Halloween Statistics 2012: Creepy Calculations

Halloween STATISTICS 2012 Creepy Calculations How Adults Plan to CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN 36% 76% 50% Hand out Carve a pumpkin Throw or attend a party candy 33% 51% 45% Take children trick-or-treating Decorate home Dress in costume or yard How Much Americans Spend on COSTUMES FOR.. Adults Kids Pets $1.4 billion $11 billion $370 million 2012 Halloween COSTUME TRENDS KIDS Spider-Man Rag Doll Strawberry Shortcake Princess Batman ADULTS Monster Waldo Top Gun Batman Zombie Flight Suit Character PETS Raptor Jockey 15.1% of people this Halloween plan to dress their pet in costume. Yoda Dorothy Taco Trick-or-Treating BY THE NUMBERS 41 million potential trick-or-treaters million households 89 giving out candy (Kids in the US age 5-14) Most (and Least) Popular HALLOWEEN CANDY According to a survey of over 100 Americans asked to rank each type. 1 Chocolate Candy Bars (Snickers, Twix, Hershey's, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.) Chocolate Candy Pieces (M&M's, Tootsie Rolls, Milk Duds, Raisinettes...) Fruit-Flavored Chewy Candy (Starburst, Skittles, Mike & Ike, Gummy Bears, Jelly Beans...) 3 4 Fruit-Flavored Hard Candy (Smarties, Jolly Ranchers, Spree, Bottle Caps...) Seasonal Candy (Candy Corn, Caramel Apples, Popcorn Balls..) Lollipops & Suckers (Tootsie Pops, Blow Pops, Dum Dums...) 6 7 8. Chewing Gum & Bubblegum (Bazooka, Bubble Yum, Doublemint...) Other (Toothbrush, spare change, stickers, coupons...) Best (and Worst) Cities for TRICK-or TREATNG Irvine, CA America's Safest City Flint, MI New York, NY America's Most America's Most Dangerous City Populous City Source: 24/7 Wall St. Source: 24/7 Wall St. Source: NYC.gov Miami, FL Warmest Average October Weather Denver, CO Coldest Average October Weather Washington, DC America's Wealthiest City Source: CurrentResults.com Source: CurrentResults.com Source: LA Times Guinness World Record: HEAVIEST PUMPKIN 1810 Ibs. Record set by Chris Stephens of Stillwater, MN in 2010 Looking for Halloween ENTERTAINMENT IDEAS? POPULAR SONGS POPULAR FILMS Most played Halloween songs of Oct. 2010 according to Billboard. IMDB's highest rated horror films released in the US. 1 1 Psycho (1960) Alfred Hitchcock "Thriller" Michael Jackson 3 4 5 "Monster Mash" Bobby "Boris" Pickett "Ghostbusters" Ray Parker Jr. "Werewolves Of London" | 4 Diabolique (1955) Alien (1979) Ridley Scott 3 The Shining (1980) Stanley Kubrick Warren Zevon Henri-Georges Clouzot "Highway To Hell" AC/DC The Thing (1982) John Carpenter TURN on YOUR TELEVISION It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown has been shown every Halloween since its debut in 1966. This will be the 46th year it has aired. I POPULAR BOOKS POPULAR GAMES Amazon's most popular horror books for October 2012. Metacritic's highest rated horror games for current consoles. 1 The Walking Dead vol. 2 Robert Kirkman, et al. 1 BioShock РС/P53/Хbоx 360 2 The Walking Dead vol. 1 Robert Kirkman, et al. 2 O Demon's Souls PS3 3 11/22/63 Stephen King 3 Left 4 Dead 2 РC/ХЬоx 360 This Book Is Full Of Spiders 4 Left 4 Dead David Wong 4 5 РС/ХЬох 360 Shadow Of Night Deborah E. Harkness 5 Dead Space РC/PS3/ХЬох 360 The Modern History of TRICK or-TREATng 1895: SCOTLAND Earliest record of children "guising" on Halloween - going door-to-door disguised in costume collecting treats. 1911: ONTARIO First record of guising in North America. 1919: MASSACHUSETTS Process similar to trick-or-treating described in Ruth Edna Kelly 's book, Hallowe'en in America. 1927: ALBERTA Earliest recorded use of the term "trick or treat." 1900 1925 1950 1939:UNITED STATES Earliest use of the term "trick or treat" in a national publication. Sources: National Retail Federation, NPD Group via USAToday.com, US Census Bureau, and US Census Confectionery Industry Report. Also: 24/7 Wall St., Amazon, Billboard, CurrentResults.com, Guiness Book Of World Records, IMD6, LA Times, Metacritic, and NYC.gov. Costume trends based on internal sales data and forecasting. Halloween Costumes.com Halloween STATISTICS 2012 Creepy Calculations How Adults Plan to CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN 36% 76% 50% Hand out Carve a pumpkin Throw or attend a party candy 33% 51% 45% Take children trick-or-treating Decorate home Dress in costume or yard How Much Americans Spend on COSTUMES FOR.. Adults Kids Pets $1.4 billion $11 billion $370 million 2012 Halloween COSTUME TRENDS KIDS Spider-Man Rag Doll Strawberry Shortcake Princess Batman ADULTS Monster Waldo Top Gun Batman Zombie Flight Suit Character PETS Raptor Jockey 15.1% of people this Halloween plan to dress their pet in costume. Yoda Dorothy Taco Trick-or-Treating BY THE NUMBERS 41 million potential trick-or-treaters million households 89 giving out candy (Kids in the US age 5-14) Most (and Least) Popular HALLOWEEN CANDY According to a survey of over 100 Americans asked to rank each type. 1 Chocolate Candy Bars (Snickers, Twix, Hershey's, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.) Chocolate Candy Pieces (M&M's, Tootsie Rolls, Milk Duds, Raisinettes...) Fruit-Flavored Chewy Candy (Starburst, Skittles, Mike & Ike, Gummy Bears, Jelly Beans...) 3 4 Fruit-Flavored Hard Candy (Smarties, Jolly Ranchers, Spree, Bottle Caps...) Seasonal Candy (Candy Corn, Caramel Apples, Popcorn Balls..) Lollipops & Suckers (Tootsie Pops, Blow Pops, Dum Dums...) 6 7 8. Chewing Gum & Bubblegum (Bazooka, Bubble Yum, Doublemint...) Other (Toothbrush, spare change, stickers, coupons...) Best (and Worst) Cities for TRICK-or TREATNG Irvine, CA America's Safest City Flint, MI New York, NY America's Most America's Most Dangerous City Populous City Source: 24/7 Wall St. Source: 24/7 Wall St. Source: NYC.gov Miami, FL Warmest Average October Weather Denver, CO Coldest Average October Weather Washington, DC America's Wealthiest City Source: CurrentResults.com Source: CurrentResults.com Source: LA Times Guinness World Record: HEAVIEST PUMPKIN 1810 Ibs. Record set by Chris Stephens of Stillwater, MN in 2010 Looking for Halloween ENTERTAINMENT IDEAS? POPULAR SONGS POPULAR FILMS Most played Halloween songs of Oct. 2010 according to Billboard. IMDB's highest rated horror films released in the US. 1 1 Psycho (1960) Alfred Hitchcock "Thriller" Michael Jackson 3 4 5 "Monster Mash" Bobby "Boris" Pickett "Ghostbusters" Ray Parker Jr. "Werewolves Of London" | 4 Diabolique (1955) Alien (1979) Ridley Scott 3 The Shining (1980) Stanley Kubrick Warren Zevon Henri-Georges Clouzot "Highway To Hell" AC/DC The Thing (1982) John Carpenter TURN on YOUR TELEVISION It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown has been shown every Halloween since its debut in 1966. This will be the 46th year it has aired. I POPULAR BOOKS POPULAR GAMES Amazon's most popular horror books for October 2012. Metacritic's highest rated horror games for current consoles. 1 The Walking Dead vol. 2 Robert Kirkman, et al. 1 BioShock РС/P53/Хbоx 360 2 The Walking Dead vol. 1 Robert Kirkman, et al. 2 O Demon's Souls PS3 3 11/22/63 Stephen King 3 Left 4 Dead 2 РC/ХЬоx 360 This Book Is Full Of Spiders 4 Left 4 Dead David Wong 4 5 РС/ХЬох 360 Shadow Of Night Deborah E. Harkness 5 Dead Space РC/PS3/ХЬох 360 The Modern History of TRICK or-TREATng 1895: SCOTLAND Earliest record of children "guising" on Halloween - going door-to-door disguised in costume collecting treats. 1911: ONTARIO First record of guising in North America. 1919: MASSACHUSETTS Process similar to trick-or-treating described in Ruth Edna Kelly 's book, Hallowe'en in America. 1927: ALBERTA Earliest recorded use of the term "trick or treat." 1900 1925 1950 1939:UNITED STATES Earliest use of the term "trick or treat" in a national publication. Sources: National Retail Federation, NPD Group via USAToday.com, US Census Bureau, and US Census Confectionery Industry Report. Also: 24/7 Wall St., Amazon, Billboard, CurrentResults.com, Guiness Book Of World Records, IMD6, LA Times, Metacritic, and NYC.gov. Costume trends based on internal sales data and forecasting. Halloween Costumes.com