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Dream HouseFollow

2011 • PG-13 • 1h 32m • Drama, Mystery, Thriller • Universal Pictures

Once upon a time, there were two little girls who lived in a house.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$8.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$21.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$41.60M

$20.30M international

Domestic legs2.6x

Budget$50M

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Cast & crew

Full Sheridan filmography

Jim Sheridan

Jim Sheridan Director

Daniel Craig

Daniel Craig Starring

Naomi Watts

Naomi Watts Starring

Rachel Weisz

Rachel Weisz Starring

Marton Csokas

Marton Csokas Starring

Elias Koteas

Elias Koteas Starring

ScreenplayDavid Loucka Produced byEhren Kruger, James G. Robinson, David Robinson, Daniel Bobker CinematographyCaleb Deschanel MusicJohn Debney StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 30-Oct 2 6 $8.1M — 2,661 $3,055 $8.1M

2 Oct 7-9 8 $4.5M −44.9% 2,664 $1,680 $14.5M

3 Oct 14-16 11 $2.5M −44.9% 2,172 $1,135 $18.4M

4 Oct 21-23 14 $1.1M −54.1% 1,224 $925 $20.2M

5 Oct 28-30 18 $397.8K −64.9% 585 $680 $20.8M

6 Nov 4-6 30 $201.3K −49.4% 330 $610 $21.1M

7 Nov 11-13 39 $78.9K −60.8% 172 $459 $21.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 30 #6 $2.9M — $2.9M 2,661 $1,085 1

Sat Oct 1 #5 $3.5M +22.1% $6.4M 2,661 $1,325 2

Sun Oct 2 #6 $1.7M −51.3% $8.1M 2,661 $645 3

Mon Oct 3 #6 $479.0K −72.1% $8.6M 2,661 $180 4

Tue Oct 4 #8 $558.8K +16.7% $9.2M 2,661 $210 5

Wed Oct 5 #8 $412.5K −26.2% $9.6M 2,661 $155 6

Thu Oct 6 #8 $412.4K −0.0% $10.0M 2,661 $155 7

Fri Oct 7 #7 $1.4M +229.5% −52.9% $11.4M 2,664 $510 8

Sat Oct 8 #7 $1.9M +42.2% −45.2% $13.3M 2,664 $725 9

Sun Oct 9 #8 $1.2M −38.6% −30.9% $14.5M 2,664 $445 10

Mon Oct 10 #8 $492.8K −58.4% +2.9% $15.0M 2,664 $185 11

Tue Oct 11 #8 $346.3K −29.7% −38.0% $15.3M 2,664 $130 12

Wed Oct 12 #8 $293.0K −15.4% −29.0% $15.6M 2,664 $110 13

Thu Oct 13 #9 $319.7K +9.1% −22.5% $15.9M 2,664 $120 14

Fri Oct 14 #10 $749.3K +134.4% −44.8% $16.7M 2,172 $345 15

Sat Oct 15 #11 $1.2M +55.1% −39.8% $17.8M 2,172 $535 16

Sun Oct 16 #11 $553.9K −52.3% −53.3% $18.4M 2,172 $255 17

Mon Oct 17 #11 $163.1K −70.5% −66.9% $18.5M 2,172 $75 18

Tue Oct 18 #11 $173.8K +6.5% −49.8% $18.7M 2,172 $80 19

Wed Oct 19 #11 $162.6K −6.4% −44.5% $18.9M 2,172 $75 20

Thu Oct 20 #11 $163.7K +0.7% −48.8% $19.0M 2,172 $75 21

Fri Oct 21 — $379.4K +131.9% −49.4% $19.4M 1,224 $310 22

Sat Oct 22 — $532.4K +40.3% −54.2% $20.0M 1,224 $435 23

Sun Oct 23 — $220.3K −58.6% −60.2% $20.2M 1,224 $180 24

Mon Oct 24 — $61.2K −72.2% −62.5% $20.2M 1,224 $50 25

Tue Oct 25 — $67.3K +10.0% −61.3% $20.3M 1,224 $55 26

Wed Oct 26 — $61.2K −9.1% −62.4% $20.4M 1,224 $50 27

Thu Oct 27 — $67.0K +9.5% −59.0% $20.4M 1,224 $55 28

Fri Oct 28 — $125.8K +87.6% −66.9% $20.6M 585 $215 29

Sat Oct 29 — $184.3K +46.5% −65.4% $20.7M 585 $315 30

Sun Oct 30 — $87.8K −52.4% −60.2% $20.8M 585 $150 31

Mon Oct 31 — $38.0K −56.7% −37.9% $20.9M 585 $65 32

Tue Nov 1 — $26.3K −30.8% −60.9% $20.9M 585 $45 33

Wed Nov 2 — $23.4K −11.1% −61.8% $20.9M 585 $40 34

Thu Nov 3 — $23.4K −0.1% −65.1% $20.9M 585 $40 35

Fri Nov 4 — $61.0K +161.1% −51.5% $21.0M 330 $185 36

Sat Nov 5 — $99.0K +62.2% −46.3% $21.1M 330 $300 37

Sun Nov 6 — $41.3K −58.3% −53.0% $21.1M 330 $125 38

Mon Nov 7 — $14.8K −64.0% −60.9% $21.2M 330 $45 39

Tue Nov 8 — $14.8K −0.5% −43.9% $21.2M 330 $45 40

Wed Nov 9 — $11.6K −21.8% −50.6% $21.2M 330 $35 41

Thu Nov 10 — $16.5K +42.8% −29.5% $21.2M 330 $50 42

Fri Nov 11 — $26.6K +61.1% −56.5% $21.2M 172 $155 43

Sat Nov 12 — $35.2K +32.4% −64.5% $21.3M 172 $205 44

Sun Nov 13 — $17.2K −51.2% −58.4% $21.3M 172 $100 45

Mon Nov 14 — $5.1K −70.4% −65.8% $21.3M 172 $30 46

Tue Nov 15 — $5.2K +2.5% −64.8% $21.3M 172 $30 47

Wed Nov 16 — $4.3K −17.3% −62.8% $21.3M 172 $25 48

Thu Nov 17 — $4.3K +0.6% −73.8% $21.3M 172 $25 49

Cumulative total$21.3M

Sep 30Oct 12Oct 24Nov 5Nov 17

Weekend grossWk 7 · $78.9K

$8.1M

$4.5M

$2.5M

$1.1M

$397.8K

$201.3K

$78.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 2,664 → 172 −93.5%

2,661 open172 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −60.8%

−44.9%

W1→2

−44.9%

W2→3

−54.1%

W3→4

−64.9%

W4→5

−49.4%

W5→6

−60.8%

W6→7

Steepest −64.9%Best hold −44.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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