Halloween By Numbers

Here are the numbers....

- The National Restaurant Association says 20% of Americans will order takeout or delivery from a restaurant on Halloween.

- The National Confectioners Association reports that 99% of kids want candy for Halloween while the other one percent prefer salted snacks

- Some animal shelters have halted black cat adoptions because of Halloween.The shelters don't want the cats being abused or mistreated or adopted for only a short period of time.

- Halloween night is Papa John's second busiest night of the year behind Super Bowl Sunday. 50,000 employees and 20,000 drivers will help prepare and deliver 900,000 pizzas

- The Mother Nature Network claims parents are not only going to be checking their kids' Halloween candy for razor blades, they're also going to be checking for peanuts and wheat. The new measure is necessary because of how many children are allergic
to nuts

- Haunted Houses are expected to make between $300 million and $500 million this year. The average admission price is between $12 and $15. There are over 1,200 professional haunted houses nationwide.

- Cats Protection says black cats take 22% longer to get adopted than other cats.

- A survey by Goodwill reveals that 60% of people prefer cheap, do-it-yourself Halloween costumes.

$9 billion: Total Halloween consumer spending expected for 2018, according to the National Retail Federation.

752.2 million: Box office earnings of horror movies in 2018.

$6.9 million: Amount spent on pumpkin spice products since August 25, according to Nielsen.

[Get the full list here at CNN]