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2016 • R • 1h 28m • Crime, Horror, Thriller • Sony / Screen Gems

Fear the silence.

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3.5

7.1

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$26.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$89.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$158.90M

$69.70M international

Domestic legs3.38x

Budget$10M

2016 rank#34

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Cast & crew

Full Álvarez filmography

Fede Álvarez

Fede Álvarez Director

Stephen Lang

Stephen Lang Starring

Jane Levy

Jane Levy Starring

Dylan Minnette

Dylan Minnette Starring

Daniel Zovatto

Daniel Zovatto Starring

ScreenplayFede Álvarez, Rodo Sayagues Produced bySam Raimi, Rob Tapert, Fede Álvarez CinematographyPedro Luque MusicRoque Baños Written byFede Álvarez, Daniel Goldhaber StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 26-28 1 $26.4M — 3,051 $8,657 $26.4M

2 Sep 2-4 1 $15.8M −40.1% 3,051 $5,190 $51.3M

3 Sep 9-11 3 $8.3M −47.9% 3,384 $2,438 $66.9M

4 Sep 16-18 5 $5.6M −31.6% 3,208 $1,758 $75.4M

5 Sep 23-25 7 $3.8M −33.1% 2,438 $1,548 $81.1M

6 Sep 30-Oct 2 8 $2.4M −36.9% 1,653 $1,441 $84.7M

7 Oct 7-9 11 $1.4M −42.1% 1,066 $1,294 $87.0M

8 Oct 14-16 17 $677.3K −50.9% 612 $1,107 $88.2M

9 Oct 21-23 28 $178.9K −73.6% 257 $696 $88.6M

10 Oct 28-30 28 $221.7K +23.9% 431 $514 $88.9M

11 Nov 4-6 45 $38.3K −82.7% 72 $532 $89.0M

12 Nov 11-13 51 $26.2K −31.7% 47 $557 $89.0M

13 Nov 18-20 56 $11.5K −56.0% 23 $501 $89.1M

14 Nov 25-27 61 $6.9K −40.4% 15 $458 $89.1M

15 Dec 2-4 39 $48.8K +611.2% 79 $618 $89.1M

16 Dec 9-11 44 $32.1K −34.3% 74 $434 $89.2M

17 Dec 16-18 47 $11.3K −64.7% 37 $306 $89.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Aug 25 #P $1.9M — $1.9M 2,500 $760 -1

Fri Aug 26 #1 $10.0M — $10.0M 3,051 $3,289 1

Sat Aug 27 #1 $9.9M −1.5% $19.9M 3,051 $3,238 2

Sun Aug 28 #1 $6.5M −34.2% $26.4M 3,051 $2,130 3

Mon Aug 29 #1 $2.3M −63.9% $28.8M 3,051 $769 4

Tue Aug 30 #1 $3.0M +27.0% $31.7M 3,051 $977 5

Wed Aug 31 #1 $1.9M −37.8% $33.6M 3,051 $608 6

Thu Sep 1 #1 $1.8M −1.2% $35.4M 3,051 $600 7

Fri Sep 2 #1 $4.2M +128.4% −58.3% $39.6M 3,051 $1,371 8

Sat Sep 3 #1 $5.9M +42.2% −39.8% $45.6M 3,051 $1,949 9

Sun Sep 4 #1 $5.7M −4.1% −12.2% $51.3M 3,051 $1,870 10

Mon Sep 5 #1 $3.9M −32.1% +65.1% $55.1M 3,051 $1,270 11

Tue Sep 6 #1 $1.5M −60.6% −48.8% $56.7M 3,051 $501 12

Wed Sep 7 #1 $1.0M −32.2% −44.2% $57.7M 3,051 $339 13

Thu Sep 8 #1 $928.7K −10.3% −49.3% $58.6M 3,051 $304 14

Fri Sep 9 #3 $2.4M +162.3% −41.7% $61.1M 3,384 $720 15

Sat Sep 10 #3 $3.8M +55.7% −36.2% $64.9M 3,384 $1,121 16

Sun Sep 11 #3 $2.0M −46.7% −64.6% $66.9M 3,384 $597 17

Mon Sep 12 #3 $691.5K −65.8% −82.2% $67.6M 3,384 $204 18

Tue Sep 13 #3 $931.0K +34.6% −39.1% $68.5M 3,384 $275 19

Wed Sep 14 #2 $641.2K −31.1% −38.0% $69.1M 3,384 $189 20

Thu Sep 15 #2 $591.8K −7.7% −36.3% $69.7M 3,384 $175 21

Fri Sep 16 #5 $1.7M +180.5% −31.9% $71.4M 3,208 $517 22

Sat Sep 17 #6 $2.6M +54.8% −32.3% $74.0M 3,208 $801 23

Sun Sep 18 #5 $1.4M −45.0% −30.2% $75.4M 3,208 $440 24

Mon Sep 19 #5 $470.9K −66.6% −31.9% $75.8M 3,208 $147 25

Tue Sep 20 #5 $620.8K +31.8% −33.3% $76.5M 3,208 $194 26

Wed Sep 21 #5 $431.4K −30.5% −32.7% $76.9M 3,208 $134 27

Thu Sep 22 #5 $418.7K −2.9% −29.2% $77.3M 3,208 $131 28

Fri Sep 23 #7 $1.1M +163.4% −33.6% $78.4M 2,438 $452 29

Sat Sep 24 #7 $1.8M +59.3% −31.6% $80.2M 2,438 $721 30

Sun Sep 25 #7 $913.5K −48.0% −35.3% $81.1M 2,438 $375 31

Mon Sep 26 #7 $297.6K −67.4% −36.8% $81.4M 2,438 $122 32

Tue Sep 27 #7 $407.4K +36.9% −34.4% $81.8M 2,438 $167 33

Wed Sep 28 #6 $306.0K −24.9% −29.1% $82.1M 2,438 $126 34

Thu Sep 29 #6 $264.9K −13.4% −36.7% $82.4M 2,438 $109 35

Fri Sep 30 #9 $676.8K +155.6% −38.6% $83.0M 1,653 $409 36

Sat Oct 1 #8 $1.1M +64.8% −36.5% $84.2M 1,653 $675 37

Sun Oct 2 #9 $589.4K −47.2% −35.5% $84.7M 1,653 $357 38

Mon Oct 3 #9 $219.6K −62.7% −26.2% $85.0M 1,653 $133 39

Tue Oct 4 #9 $249.2K +13.5% −38.8% $85.2M 1,653 $151 40

Wed Oct 5 #8 $198.5K −20.4% −35.1% $85.4M 1,653 $120 41

Thu Oct 6 #9 $162.3K −18.2% −38.7% $85.6M 1,653 $98 42

Fri Oct 7 #11 $389.3K +139.9% −42.5% $86.0M 1,066 $365 43

Sat Oct 8 #11 $604.4K +55.2% −45.8% $86.6M 1,066 $567 44

Sun Oct 9 #11 $385.9K −36.2% −34.5% $87.0M 1,066 $362 45

Mon Oct 10 #11 $185.8K −51.9% −15.4% $87.1M 1,066 $174 46

Tue Oct 11 #12 $147.7K −20.5% −40.8% $87.3M 1,066 $139 47

Wed Oct 12 #12 $119.8K −18.9% −39.6% $87.4M 1,066 $112 48

Thu Oct 13 #12 $96.0K −19.9% −40.9% $87.5M 1,066 $90 49

Fri Oct 14 #- $192.1K +100.2% −50.7% $87.7M 612 $314 50

Sat Oct 15 #- $317.1K +65.1% −47.5% $88.0M 612 $518 51

Sun Oct 16 #- $168.2K −47.0% −56.4% $88.2M 612 $275 52

Mon Oct 17 #15 $62.0K −63.1% −66.6% $88.2M 612 $101 53

Tue Oct 18 #- $65.5K +5.6% −55.6% $88.3M 612 $107 54

Wed Oct 19 #- $57.8K −11.8% −51.8% $88.4M 612 $94 55

Thu Oct 20 #- $36.2K −37.3% −62.3% $88.4M 612 $59 56

Fri Oct 21 #- $58.4K +61.3% −69.6% $88.5M 257 $227 57

Sat Oct 22 #- $83.5K +43.0% −73.7% $88.5M 257 $325 58

Sun Oct 23 #- $37.1K −55.6% −77.9% $88.6M 257 $144 59

Mon Oct 24 #- $16.4K −55.9% −73.6% $88.6M 257 $64 60

Tue Oct 25 #- $18.9K +15.3% −71.2% $88.6M 257 $73 61

Wed Oct 26 #- $15.6K −17.6% −73.1% $88.6M 257 $61 62

Thu Oct 27 #- $17.4K +12.1% −51.8% $88.6M 257 $68 63

Fri Oct 28 #- $69.6K +299.3% +19.2% $88.7M 431 $161 64

Sat Oct 29 #- $102.0K +46.7% +22.3% $88.8M 431 $237 65

Sun Oct 30 #- $50.1K −50.9% +35.0% $88.9M 431 $116 66

Mon Oct 31 #- $39.2K −21.8% +139.4% $88.9M 431 $91 67

Tue Nov 1 #- $25.1K −36.1% +32.8% $88.9M 431 $58 68

Wed Nov 2 #- $20.6K −17.9% +32.3% $89.0M 431 $48 69

Thu Nov 3 #- $15.8K −23.4% −9.5% $89.0M 431 $37 70

Fri Nov 4 #- $11.2K −29.2% −84.0% $89.0M 72 $155 71

Sat Nov 5 #- $18.0K +61.0% −82.4% $89.0M 72 $250 72

Sun Nov 6 #- $9.2K −49.0% −81.7% $89.0M 72 $127 73

Mon Nov 7 #- $4.0K −56.6% −89.8% $89.0M 72 $55 74

Tue Nov 8 #- $3.9K −2.9% −84.6% $89.0M 72 $54 75

Wed Nov 9 #- $3.8K −1.6% −81.5% $89.0M 72 $53 76

Thu Nov 10 #- $5.2K +37.6% −66.8% $89.0M 72 $73 77

Fri Nov 11 #- $8.6K +65.1% −22.6% $89.0M 47 $184 78

Sat Nov 12 #- $11.0K +27.7% −38.6% $89.0M 47 $235 79

Sun Nov 13 #- $6.5K −41.1% −29.1% $89.0M 47 $138 80

Mon Nov 14 #- $2.2K −66.4% −45.1% $89.1M 47 $47 81

Tue Nov 15 #- $2.6K +19.9% −32.2% $89.1M 47 $56 82

Wed Nov 16 #- $2.7K +1.8% −29.8% $89.1M 47 $57 83

Thu Nov 17 #- $2.4K −9.3% −53.8% $89.1M 47 $51 84

Fri Nov 18 #- $3.3K +37.7% −61.4% $89.1M 23 $145 85

Sat Nov 19 #- $5.2K +55.0% −53.2% $89.1M 23 $225 86

Sun Nov 20 #- $3.0K −41.4% −53.4% $89.1M 23 $132 87

Mon Nov 21 #- $1.5K −50.5% −31.4% $89.1M 23 $65 88

Tue Nov 22 #- $1.9K +26.8% −27.5% $89.1M 23 $83 89

Wed Nov 23 #- $1.7K −12.4% −37.6% $89.1M 23 $72 90

Thu Nov 24 #- $1.1K −35.4% −55.6% $89.1M 23 $47 91

Fri Nov 25 #- $2.5K +128.0% −26.4% $89.1M 15 $163 92

Sat Nov 26 #- $2.9K +16.6% −44.7% $89.1M 15 $190 93

Sun Nov 27 #- $1.6K −45.6% −48.6% $89.1M 15 $104 94

Mon Nov 28 #- $588 −62.2% −60.8% $89.1M 15 $39 95

Tue Nov 29 #- $499 −15.1% −73.8% $89.1M 15 $33 96

Wed Nov 30 #- $705 +41.3% −57.7% $89.1M 15 $47 97

Thu Dec 1 #- $536 −24.0% −50.1% $89.1M 15 $36 98

Fri Dec 2 #- $12.5K +2232.6% +410.1% $89.1M 79 $158 99

Sat Dec 3 #- $22.1K +77.1% +675.2% $89.1M 79 $280 100

Sun Dec 4 #- $14.2K −36.1% +810.6% $89.1M 79 $179 101

Mon Dec 5 #- $4.5K −67.9% +673.6% $89.1M 79 $58 102

Tue Dec 6 #- $4.8K +6.1% +867.3% $89.1M 79 $61 103

Wed Dec 7 #- $4.7K −2.9% +565.0% $89.1M 79 $59 104

Thu Dec 8 #- $4.4K −6.3% +720.0% $89.2M 79 $56 105

Fri Dec 9 #- $8.4K +90.4% −33.1% $89.2M 74 $113 106

Sat Dec 10 #- $15.1K +80.4% −31.8% $89.2M 74 $204 107

Sun Dec 11 #- $8.6K −42.9% −39.1% $89.2M 74 $117 108

Mon Dec 12 #- $3.1K −64.3% −32.2% $89.2M 74 $42 109

Tue Dec 13 #- $3.5K +14.5% −26.9% $89.2M 74 $48 110

Wed Dec 14 #- $3.0K −13.6% −35.0% $89.2M 74 $41 111

Thu Dec 15 #- $3.6K +17.6% −18.5% $89.2M 74 $48 112

Fri Dec 16 #- $2.9K −19.7% −65.6% $89.2M 37 $78 113

Sat Dec 17 #- $4.5K +55.8% −70.3% $89.2M 37 $121 114

Sun Dec 18 #- $4.0K −11.4% −54.0% $89.2M 37 $107 115

Mon Dec 19 #- $1.8K −54.6% −41.5% $89.2M 37 $49 116

Tue Dec 20 #- $2.0K +9.8% −43.9% $89.2M 37 $53 117

Wed Dec 21 #- $1.7K −12.3% −43.1% $89.2M 30 $58 118

Thu Dec 22 #- $1.9K +8.9% −47.2% $89.2M 30 $63 119

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

Cumulative total$89.0M

Aug 25Sep 12Sep 29Oct 17Nov 3

Weekend grossWk 10 · $221.7K

$26.4M

$15.8M

$8.3M

$5.6M

$3.8M

$2.4M

$1.4M

$677.3K

$178.9K

$221.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,384 → 431 −87.3%

2,500 open431 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +23.9%

−40.1%

W1→2

−47.9%

W2→3

−31.6%

W3→4

−33.1%

W4→5

−36.9%

W5→6

−42.1%

W6→7

−50.9%

W7→8

−73.6%

W8→9

+23.9%

W9→10

Steepest −73.6%Biggest gain +23.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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