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2024 • R • 119 min • Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller • 20th Century Studios

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3.8

7.1

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$42.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$105.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$350.90M

Global total

Budget$80M

Domestic legs2.5x

2024 rank#22

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Cast & crew

Full Álvarez filmography

Fede Álvarez

Fede Álvarez Director

Cailee Spaeny

Cailee Spaeny Starring

Isabela Merced

Isabela Merced Starring

ScreenplayFede Álvarez, Rodo Sayagues Produced byRidley Scott, Michael Pruss, Walter Hill CinematographyGalo Olivares MusicBenjamin Wallfisch Prod. DesignNaaman Marshall SeriesAlien

Predicted final domestic

How the model works

$111M–$119M

$102M $115M $128M

$105.30M so far

The prediction model updated after a -61% second-weekend drop. The wider range of $102M–$128M accounts for 90% of films. Learn more about how the prediction model works

$126M

Baseline

Horror Franchise — 3.00 baseline opening

0%

CinemaScore

B+: Horror avg is B+

+3%

Audience

Strong — RT 84%, LB 3.80, IMDB 7.1

+5%

Seasonality

Summer Peak

0%

Release Day

Friday (standard)

-5%

2nd Weekend

-61% drop

-10%

Genre

Horror Franchise legs

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 16-18 1 $42.0M — 3,885 $10,811 $42.0M

2 Aug 23-25 2 $16.4M −61% 3,915 $4,179 $72.8M

3 Aug 30-Sep 1 2 $9.2M −43.5% 3,120 $2,962 $88.7M

4 Sep 6-8 4 $3.9M −57.5% 2,560 $1,535 $97.2M

5 Sep 13-15 7 $2.4M −39.3% 1,950 $1,224 $101.3M

6 Sep 20-22 10 $1.3M −45.3% 1,350 $967 $103.6M

7 Sep 27-29 17 $494.0K −62.2% 575 $859 $104.7M

8 Oct 4-6 21 $215.0K −56.5% 265 $811 $105.1M

9 Oct 11-13 28 $74.5K −65.3% 90 $828 $105.3M

10 Oct 18-20 38 $17.2K −76.9% 35 $491 $105.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 16 #1 $18.1M — $18.1M 3,885 $4,655 1

Sat Aug 17 #1 $13.6M −25% $31.7M 3,885 $3,498 2

Sun Aug 18 #1 $10.3M −24% $42.0M 3,885 $2,659 3

Mon Aug 19 #1 $3.8M −64% $45.8M 3,885 $967 4

Tue Aug 20 #1 $4.8M +29% $50.6M 3,885 $1,248 5

Wed Aug 21 #1 $3.1M −36% $53.7M 3,885 $800 6

Thu Aug 22 #1 $2.7M −12% $56.4M 3,885 $702 7

Fri Aug 23 #2 $4.6M +70% −74% $61.1M 3,915 $1,184 8

Sat Aug 24 #2 $6.9M +50% −49% $68.0M 3,915 $1,771 9

Sun Aug 25 #2 $4.8M −31% −54% $72.8M 3,915 $1,225 10

Mon Aug 26 #2 $1.6M −67% −58% $74.4M 3,915 $400 11

Tue Aug 27 #1 $2.2M +42% −54% $76.6M 3,915 $568 12

Wed Aug 28 #2 $1.4M −36% −54% $78.0M 3,915 $362 13

Thu Aug 29 #2 $1.4M +1% −48% $79.4M 3,915 $365 14

Fri Aug 30 #3 $2.3M +60% −51% $81.7M 3,120 $733 15

Sat Aug 31 #2 $3.4M +51% −50% $85.2M 3,120 $1,105 16

Sun Sep 1 #2 $3.5M +2% −27% $88.7M 3,120 $1,125 17

Mon Sep 2 #3 $2.4M −31% +54% $91.1M 3,120 $772 18

Tue Sep 3 #3 $983.3K −59% −56% $92.1M 3,120 $315 19

Wed Sep 4 #3 $668.7K −32% −53% $92.7M 3,120 $214 20

Thu Sep 5 #3 $542.6K −19% −62% $93.3M 3,120 $174 21

Fri Sep 6 #5 $1.0M +89% −55% $94.3M 2,560 $400 22

Sat Sep 7 #4 $1.8M +76% −48% $96.1M 2,560 $702 23

Sun Sep 8 #4 $1.1M −38% −68% $97.2M 2,560 $434 24

Mon Sep 9 #4 $383.9K −65% −84% $97.6M 2,560 $150 25

Tue Sep 10 #4 $509.6K +33% −48% $98.1M 2,560 $199 26

Wed Sep 11 #4 $417.1K −18% −38% $98.5M 2,560 $163 27

Thu Sep 12 #5 $345.7K −17% −36% $98.9M 2,560 $135 28

Fri Sep 13 #7 $697.2K +102% −32% $99.6M 1,950 $358 29

Sat Sep 14 #6 $1.0M +46% −43% $100.6M 1,950 $521 30

Sun Sep 15 #7 $674.5K −34% −39% $101.3M 1,950 $346 31

Mon Sep 16 #7 $243.7K −64% −37% $101.5M 1,950 $125 32

Tue Sep 17 #8 $335.4K +38% −34% $101.8M 1,950 $172 33

Wed Sep 18 #7 $252.0K −25% −40% $102.1M 1,950 $129 34

Thu Sep 19 #7 $200.6K −20% −42% $102.3M 1,950 $103 35

Fri Sep 20 #10 $367.9K +83% −47% $102.7M 1,350 $273 36

Sat Sep 21 #10 $578.8K +57% −43% $103.2M 1,350 $429 37

Sun Sep 22 #11 $359.2K −38% −47% $103.6M 1,350 $266 38

Mon Sep 23 #9 $145.7K −59% −40% $103.7M 1,350 $108 39

Tue Sep 24 #11 $186.9K +28% −44% $103.9M 1,350 $138 40

Wed Sep 25 #9 $156.9K −16% −38% $104.1M 1,350 $116 41

Thu Sep 26 #11 $89.8K −43% −55% $104.2M 1,350 $67 42

Fri Sep 27 #18 $135.5K +51% −63% $104.3M 575 $236 43

Sat Sep 28 #18 $222.6K +64% −62% $104.5M 575 $387 44

Sun Sep 29 #18 $135.9K −39% −62% $104.7M 575 $236 45

Mon Sep 30 #16 $54.0K −60% −63% $104.7M 575 $94 46

Tue Oct 1 #16 $60.1K +11% −68% $104.8M 575 $104 47

Wed Oct 2 #16 $51.7K −14% −67% $104.8M 575 $90 48

Thu Oct 3 #16 $28.6K −45% −68% $104.9M 575 $50 49

Fri Oct 4 #19 $63.0K +120% −54% $104.9M 265 $238 50

Sat Oct 5 #19 $94.0K +49% −58% $105.0M 265 $355 51

Sun Oct 6 #20 $58.0K −38% −57% $105.1M 265 $219 52

Mon Oct 7 #20 $24.2K −58% −55% $105.1M 265 $92 53

Tue Oct 8 #19 $27.1K +12% −55% $105.1M 265 $102 54

Wed Oct 9 #20 $21.3K −21% −59% $105.2M 265 $80 55

Thu Oct 10 #19 $21.8K +2% −24% $105.2M 265 $82 56

Fri Oct 11 #28 $19.3K −11% −69% $105.2M 90 $215 57

Sat Oct 12 #27 $31.4K +62% −67% $105.2M 90 $349 58

Sun Oct 13 #27 $23.8K −24% −59% $105.3M 90 $265 59

Mon Oct 14 #26 $12.1K −49% −50% $105.3M 90 $134 60

Tue Oct 15 #27 $9.1K −25% −66% $105.3M 90 $101 61

Wed Oct 16 #27 $8.2K −10% −61% $105.3M 90 $91 62

Thu Oct 17 #27 $5.3K −35% −76% $105.3M 90 $59 63

Fri Oct 18 #34 $5.5K +4% −71% $105.3M 35 $159 64

Sat Oct 19 #33 $7.5K +36% −76% $105.3M 35 $216 65

Sun Oct 20 #35 $4.1K −46% −83% $105.3M 35 $117 66

Mon Oct 21 #33 $2.2K −46% −82% $105.3M 35 $64 67

Tue Oct 22 #33 $2.7K +23% −70% $105.3M 35 $78 68

Wed Oct 23 #35 $1.8K −33% −78% $105.3M 35 $53 69

Thu Oct 24 #34 $1.6K −11% −69% $105.3M 35 $47 70

Cumulative total$105.3M

Aug 16Sep 2Sep 20Oct 7Oct 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $17.2K

$42.0M

$16.4M

$9.2M

$3.9M

$2.4M

$1.3M

$494.0K

$215.0K

$74.5K

$17.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,915 → 35 −99.1%

3,885 open35 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −76.9%

−61%

W1→2

−43.5%

W2→3

−57.5%

W3→4

−39.3%

W4→5

−45.3%

W5→6

−62.2%

W6→7

−56.5%

W7→8

−65.3%

W8→9

−76.9%

W9→10

Steepest −76.9%Best hold −39.3%

Run milestones

$100M in 30 days

$100M

Day 30

Sep 14

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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