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Fright NightFollow

1985 • R • 1h 46m • Horror • Sony Pictures Releasing

There are some very good reasons to be afraid of the dark.

🍅 83% 77% MC 62 LB 3.56 IMDb 7.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$6.10M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$24.90M
Final
Domestic legs4.1x
1985 rank#34
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Cast & crew

Directed byTom Holland ScreenplayTom Holland Produced byHerb Jaffe CinematographyJan Kiesser StarringChris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse, Roddy McDowall, Stephen Geoffreys, Jonathan Stark StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 2-4 3 $6.1M — 1,542 $3,968 $6.1M
2 Aug 9-11 5 $4.3M −30.4% 1,545 $2,755 $13.3M
3 Aug 16-18 8 $2.4M −42.7% 1,110 $2,197 $17.8M
4 Aug 23-25 10 $1.6M −36.0% 828 $1,885 $20.6M
5 Aug 30-Sep 2 17 $1.1M −31.0% 536 $2,010 $22.2M
6 Sep 6-8 16 $779.9K −27.6% 608 $1,283 $23.2M
7 Sep 13-15 13 $710.6K −8.9% 684 $1,039 $24.2M
8 Sep 20-22 16 $453.6K −36.2% 487 $932 $24.9M
Weekend grossWk 8 · $453.6K
$6.1M
$4.3M
$2.4M
$1.6M
$1.1M
$779.9K
$710.6K
$453.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −36.2%
−30.4%
W1→2
−42.7%
W2→3
−36.0%
W3→4
−31.0%
W4→5
−27.6%
W5→6
−8.9%
W6→7
−36.2%
W7→8
Steepest −42.7%Best hold −8.9%

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