Since October 2018 has Aquaman to contend with, Goosebumps 2 certainly doesn’t want to run against DC’s still evolving machine.
Though Goosebumps did gross $150.2 million on a $50 million budget back in 2015, it was during an October that didn’t have a lot of big ticket competition.
In particular, the status of Stine’s fictional surrogate himself, Jack Black, has always been a question Goosebumps 2’s production team would have to answer.
With this new release date, we’re not particularly sure about the chances for Black’s return, as a January release date may indicate that the studio is trying to hedge its bets with the film’s possible success.