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Americans spent a record $9.1 billion on Halloween in 2017, including $3.4 billion on costumes, $2.7 billion on candy, $2.7 billion on decorations and $410 million on greeting cards, according to the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights and Analytics. Here are a few fun facts about how North Carolinians celebrate the holiday.

TOP 5 HORROR MOVIES FILMED IN NORTH CAROLINA

(based on total gross U.S. revenue)

HANNIBAL (2001), Asheville $165.1 MILLION

THE CONJURING (2013), Wilmington $137.4 MILLION

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (1997), Durham, Burgawand Southport $72.6 MILLION

THE CROW (1994), Wilmington $50.7 MILLION

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