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Dark ShadowsFollow

2012 • PG-13 • 1h 53m • Comedy, Fantasy, Horror • Warner Bros.

Every family has its demons.

🍅 35% 46%

55

2.83

6.2

CS B-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$29.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$79.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$246.00M

$166.00M international

Domestic legs2.69x

Budget$150M

2012 rank#38

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Cast & crew

Full Burton filmography

Tim Burton

Tim Burton Director

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp Starring

Michelle Pfeiffer

Michelle Pfeiffer Starring

Eva Green

Eva Green Starring

Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter Starring

Chloë Grace Moretz

Chloë Grace Moretz Starring

ScreenplaySeth Grahame-Smith Produced byRichard D. Zanuck, Graham King, Johnny Depp, Christi Dembrowski, David Kennedy CinematographyBruno Delbonnel MusicDanny Elfman Prod. DesignRick Heinrichs StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 11-13 2 $29.7M — 3,755 $7,905 $29.7M

2 May 18-20 4 $12.6M −57.6% 3,755 $3,351 $50.7M

3 May 25-27 6 $7.5M −40.4% 3,404 $2,204 $63.0M

4 Jun 1-3 8 $3.7M −50.7% 3,002 $1,233 $70.7M

5 Jun 8-10 11 $1.4M −61.9% 1,550 $909 $73.8M

6 Jun 15-17 14 $623.4K −55.8% 680 $916 $75.2M

7 Jun 22-24 22 $260.4K −58.2% 302 $862 $75.8M

8 Jun 29-Jul 1 20 $393.4K +51.1% 365 $1,077 $76.3M

9 Jul 6-8 23 $304.9K −22.5% 303 $1,006 $76.9M

10 Jul 13-15 28 $226.9K −25.6% 239 $949 $77.3M

11 Jul 20-22 12 $1.2M +433.1% 412 $2,936 $78.6M

12 Jul 27-29 21 $287.2K −76.3% 222 $1,293 $79.4M

13 Aug 3-5 34 $108.8K −62.1% 132 $824 $79.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu May 10 $550.0K — $550.0K — — -1

Fri May 11 #2 $9.7M — $9.7M 3,755 $2,576 1

Sat May 12 #2 $10.8M +12% $20.5M 3,755 $2,889 2

Sun May 13 #2 $9.2M −16% $29.7M 3,755 $2,440 3

Mon May 14 #2 $2.3M −75% $32.0M 3,755 $615 4

Tue May 15 #2 $2.6M +13% $34.6M 3,755 $695 5

Wed May 16 #3 $1.8M −29% $36.4M 3,755 $490 6

Thu May 17 #3 $1.7M −8% $38.1M 3,755 $449 7

Fri May 18 #5 $3.8M +126% −61% $42.0M 3,755 $1,017 8

Sat May 19 #4 $5.3M +39% −51% $47.3M 3,755 $1,414 9

Sun May 20 #4 $3.5M −35% −62% $50.7M 3,755 $919 10

Mon May 21 #4 $1.3M −64% −46% $52.0M 3,755 $334 11

Tue May 22 #4 $1.3M +4% −50% $53.3M 3,755 $347 12

Wed May 23 #4 $1.1M −19% −43% $54.3M 3,755 $280 13

Thu May 24 #4 $1.2M +10% −32% $55.5M 3,755 $306 14

Fri May 25 #7 $2.1M +80% −46% $57.6M 3,404 $609 15

Sat May 26 #5 $2.8M +36% −47% $60.4M 3,404 $832 16

Sun May 27 #5 $2.6M −8% −25% $63.0M 3,404 $762 17

Mon May 28 #6 $1.9M −25% +54% $64.9M 3,404 $568 18

Tue May 29 #8 $761.2K −61% −42% $65.7M 3,404 $223 19

Wed May 30 #7 $628.3K −17% −40% $66.3M 3,404 $184 20

Thu May 31 #7 $662.2K +5% −42% $67.0M 3,404 $194 21

Fri Jun 1 #8 $1.1M +61% −48% $68.0M 3,002 $356 22

Sat Jun 2 #8 $1.7M +56% −41% $69.7M 3,002 $554 23

Sun Jun 3 #8 $970.9K −42% −63% $70.7M 3,002 $323 24

Mon Jun 4 #9 $408.1K −58% −79% $71.1M 3,002 $135 25

Tue Jun 5 #9 $458.1K +12% −40% $71.5M 3,002 $152 26

Wed Jun 6 #8 $401.1K −12% −36% $71.9M 3,002 $133 27

Thu Jun 7 #8 $431.3K +8% −35% $72.4M 3,002 $143 28

Fri Jun 8 #11 $432.6K n/c −60% $72.8M 1,550 $279 29

Sat Jun 9 #11 $585.0K +35% −65% $73.4M 1,550 $377 30

Sun Jun 10 #11 $392.7K −33% −60% $73.8M 1,550 $253 31

Mon Jun 11 #11 $181.0K −54% −56% $74.0M 1,550 $116 32

Tue Jun 12 #11 $206.1K +14% −55% $74.2M 1,550 $132 33

Wed Jun 13 #11 $181.2K −12% −55% $74.4M 1,550 $116 34

Thu Jun 14 #11 $178.4K −2% −59% $74.5M 1,550 $115 35

Fri Jun 15 #14 $189.1K +6% −56% $74.7M 680 $278 36

Sat Jun 16 #14 $254.6K +35% −56% $75.0M 680 $374 37

Sun Jun 17 #14 $179.8K −29% −54% $75.2M 680 $264 38

Mon Jun 18 #14 $79.5K −56% −56% $75.2M 680 $116 39

Tue Jun 19 #14 $91.4K +15% −56% $75.3M 680 $134 40

Wed Jun 20 #14 $81.3K −11% −55% $75.4M 680 $119 41

Thu Jun 21 #14 $84.5K +4% −53% $75.5M 680 $124 42

Fri Jun 22 $82.1K −3% −57% $75.6M 302 $271 43

Sat Jun 23 $108.6K +32% −57% $75.7M 302 $359 44

Sun Jun 24 $69.8K −36% −61% $75.8M 302 $231 45

Mon Jun 25 $34.5K −50% −57% $75.8M 302 $114 46

Tue Jun 26 $37.5K +8% −59% $75.8M 302 $124 47

Wed Jun 27 $29.6K −21% −64% $75.9M 302 $98 48

Thu Jun 28 $32.6K +10% −61% $75.9M 302 $107 49

Fri Jun 29 $117.1K +259% +43% $76.0M 365 $320 50

Sat Jun 30 $156.0K +33% +44% $76.2M 365 $427 51

Sun Jul 1 $120.2K −23% +72% $76.3M 365 $329 52

Mon Jul 2 $62.6K −48% +81% $76.3M 365 $171 53

Tue Jul 3 $71.2K +14% +90% $76.4M 365 $195 54

Wed Jul 4 $73.5K +3% +148% $76.5M 365 $201 55

Thu Jul 5 $67.9K −8% +108% $76.6M 365 $186 56

Fri Jul 6 $97.9K +44% −16% $76.7M 303 $322 57

Sat Jul 7 $119.4K +22% −24% $76.8M 303 $393 58

Sun Jul 8 $87.7K −27% −27% $76.9M 303 $289 59

Mon Jul 9 $40.7K −54% −35% $76.9M 303 $134 60

Tue Jul 10 $46.7K +15% −34% $76.9M 303 $154 61

Wed Jul 11 $44.8K −4% −39% $77.0M 303 $147 62

Thu Jul 12 $48.2K +8% −29% $77.0M 303 $159 63

Fri Jul 13 $67.6K +40% −31% $77.1M 239 $282 64

Sat Jul 14 $90.4K +34% −24% $77.2M 239 $378 65

Sun Jul 15 $68.9K −24% −21% $77.3M 239 $288 66

Mon Jul 16 $34.2K −50% −16% $77.3M 239 $142 67

Tue Jul 17 $38.3K +12% −18% $77.3M 239 $160 68

Wed Jul 18 $35.8K −6% −20% $77.4M 239 $149 69

Thu Jul 19 $34.7K −3% −28% $77.4M 239 $145 70

Fri Jul 20 #11 $406.1K +1,070% +501% $77.8M 412 $985 71

Sat Jul 21 #10 $548.3K +35% +507% $78.4M 412 $1,330 72

Sun Jul 22 #12 $255.4K −53% +270% $78.6M 412 $619 73

Mon Jul 23 $103.7K −59% +204% $78.7M 412 $251 74

Tue Jul 24 $131.4K +27% +243% $78.9M 412 $319 75

Wed Jul 25 $116.6K −11% +226% $79.0M 412 $283 76

Thu Jul 26 $90.6K −22% +161% $79.1M 412 $219 77

Fri Jul 27 $90.3K n/c −78% $79.2M 222 $406 78

Sat Jul 28 $128.6K +42% −77% $79.3M 222 $579 79

Sun Jul 29 $68.2K −47% −73% $79.4M 222 $307 80

Mon Jul 30 $40.3K −41% −61% $79.4M 222 $181 81

Tue Jul 31 $44.1K +10% −66% $79.4M 222 $198 82

Wed Aug 1 $40.3K −9% −65% $79.5M 222 $181 83

Thu Aug 2 $44.0K +9% −51% $79.5M 222 $197 84

Fri Aug 3 $32.5K −26% −64% $79.6M 132 $246 85

Sat Aug 4 $42.2K +30% −67% $79.6M 132 $319 86

Sun Aug 5 $34.1K −19% −50% $79.6M 132 $258 87

Mon Aug 6 $16.6K −51% −59% $79.6M 132 $125 88

Tue Aug 7 $17.4K +5% −61% $79.7M 132 $131 89

Wed Aug 8 $13.4K −23% −67% $79.7M 132 $101 90

Thu Aug 9 $12.8K −5% −71% $79.7M 132 $97 91

Fri Aug 10 $6.8K −47% −79% $79.7M 45 $151 92

Sat Aug 11 $8.8K +28% −79% $79.7M 45 $194 93

Sun Aug 12 $7.8K −11% −77% $79.7M 45 $174 94

Mon Aug 13 $3.6K −54% −78% $79.7M 45 $80 95

Tue Aug 14 $3.9K +8% −77% $79.7M 45 $87 96

Wed Aug 15 $3.7K −7% −73% $79.7M 45 $81 97

Thu Aug 16 $4.2K +15% −67% $79.7M 45 $94 98

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$77.4M

May 10May 28Jun 14Jul 2Jul 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $226.9K

$29.7M

$12.6M

$7.5M

$3.7M

$1.4M

$623.4K

$260.4K

$393.4K

$304.9K

$226.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,755 → 239 −93.6%

3,755 open239 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −25.6%

−57.6%

W1→2

−40.4%

W2→3

−50.7%

W3→4

−61.9%

W4→5

−55.8%

W5→6

−58.2%

W6→7

+51.1%

W7→8

−22.5%

W8→9

−25.6%

W9→10

Steepest −61.9%Biggest gain +51.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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