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Ghost TownFollow

2008 • PG-13 • 1h 42m • Comedy, Drama, Fantasy • Paramount Pictures

He sees dead people... and they annoy him.

🍅 85% 61%

72

3.01

6.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$5.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$13.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$30.00M

$16.60M international

Domestic legs2.7x

Budget$20M

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Cast & crew

Full Koepp filmography

David Koepp

David Koepp Director

Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais Starring

Greg Kinnear

Greg Kinnear Starring

Téa Leoni

Téa Leoni Starring

Billy Campbell

Billy Campbell Starring

Aasif Mandvi

Aasif Mandvi Starring

ScreenplayDavid Koepp, John Kamps Produced byGavin Polone, Joseph E. Iberti CinematographyFred Murphy StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 19-21 8 $5.0M — 1,505 $3,330 $5.0M

2 Sep 26-28 11 $2.9M −41.5% 1,512 $1,938 $9.2M

3 Oct 3-5 18 $1.5M −49.8% 1,456 $1,010 $11.5M

4 Oct 10-12 20 $502.4K −65.8% 575 $874 $12.5M

5 Oct 17-19 26 $207.5K −58.7% 252 $823 $12.9M

6 Oct 24-26 40 $81.1K −60.9% 125 $649 $13.0M

7 Oct 31-Nov 2 48 $40.9K −49.6% 61 $671 $13.1M

8 Nov 7-9 37 $98.8K +141.6% 170 $581 $13.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 19 #8 $1.5M — $1.5M 1,505 $1,016 1

Sat Sep 20 #7 $2.3M +48.8% $3.8M 1,505 $1,511 2

Sun Sep 21 #8 $1.2M −46.9% $5.0M 1,505 $803 3

Mon Sep 22 #7 $320.5K −73.5% $5.3M 1,505 $213 4

Tue Sep 23 #7 $355.6K +10.9% $5.7M 1,505 $236 5

Wed Sep 24 #7 $308.5K −13.2% $6.0M 1,505 $205 6

Thu Sep 25 #7 $294.2K −4.7% $6.3M 1,505 $195 7

Fri Sep 26 — $764.3K +159.8% −50.0% $7.1M 1,512 $505 8

Sat Sep 27 #11 $1.5M +90.3% −36.1% $8.5M 1,512 $962 9

Sun Sep 28 #11 $712.6K −51.0% −41.0% $9.2M 1,512 $471 10

Mon Sep 29 — $193.0K −72.9% −39.8% $9.4M 1,512 $128 11

Tue Sep 30 #11 $265.4K +37.5% −25.4% $9.7M 1,512 $176 12

Wed Oct 1 #11 $210.3K −20.8% −31.8% $9.9M 1,512 $139 13

Thu Oct 2 #12 $166.2K −21.0% −43.5% $10.1M 1,512 $110 14

Fri Oct 3 — $448.5K +169.9% −41.3% $10.5M 1,456 $308 15

Sat Oct 4 — $678.2K +51.2% −53.4% $11.2M 1,456 $466 16

Sun Oct 5 — $343.2K −49.4% −51.8% $11.5M 1,456 $236 17

Mon Oct 6 — $102.7K −70.1% −46.8% $11.6M 1,456 $71 18

Tue Oct 7 — $115.3K +12.3% −56.5% $11.7M 1,456 $79 19

Wed Oct 8 — $122.8K +6.4% −41.6% $11.9M 1,456 $84 20

Thu Oct 9 — $130.2K +6.1% −21.6% $12.0M 1,456 $89 21

Fri Oct 10 — $155.2K +19.2% −65.4% $12.2M 575 $270 22

Sat Oct 11 — $224.4K +44.6% −66.9% $12.4M 575 $390 23

Sun Oct 12 — $122.8K −45.3% −64.2% $12.5M 575 $214 24

Mon Oct 13 — $66.1K −46.2% −35.7% $12.6M 575 $115 25

Tue Oct 14 — $37.3K −43.5% −67.6% $12.6M 575 $65 26

Wed Oct 15 — $34.5K −7.5% −71.9% $12.6M 575 $60 27

Thu Oct 16 — $42.8K +23.8% −67.2% $12.7M 575 $74 28

Fri Oct 17 — $73.9K +72.7% −52.4% $12.8M 252 $293 29

Sat Oct 18 — $95.0K +28.7% −57.6% $12.8M 252 $377 30

Sun Oct 19 — $38.6K −59.4% −68.6% $12.9M 252 $153 31

Mon Oct 20 — $14.6K −62.2% −77.9% $12.9M 252 $58 32

Tue Oct 21 — $16.5K +13.3% −55.8% $12.9M 252 $66 33

Wed Oct 22 — $14.9K −9.6% −56.8% $12.9M 252 $59 34

Thu Oct 23 — $16.5K +10.8% −61.3% $13.0M 252 $66 35

Fri Oct 24 — $29.1K +76.1% −60.6% $13.0M 125 $233 36

Sat Oct 25 — $36.0K +23.5% −62.2% $13.0M 125 $288 37

Sun Oct 26 — $16.0K −55.4% −58.5% $13.0M 125 $128 38

Mon Oct 27 — $6.4K −60.2% −56.2% $13.0M 125 $51 39

Tue Oct 28 — $6.8K +7.1% −58.6% $13.0M 125 $55 40

Wed Oct 29 — $5.7K −16.7% −61.9% $13.1M 125 $46 41

Thu Oct 30 — $6.5K +14.4% −60.6% $13.1M 125 $52 42

Fri Oct 31 — $10.0K +53.4% −65.7% $13.1M 61 $164 43

Sat Nov 1 — $21.6K +116.1% −40.0% $13.1M 61 $354 44

Sun Nov 2 — $9.3K −56.8% −41.8% $13.1M 61 $153 45

Mon Nov 3 — $4.1K −56.6% −36.5% $13.1M 61 $66 46

Tue Nov 4 — $4.2K +4.3% −38.2% $13.1M 61 $69 47

Wed Nov 5 — $4.4K +3.0% −23.5% $13.1M 61 $71 48

Thu Nov 6 — $4.2K −4.2% −35.9% $13.1M 61 $68 49

Fri Nov 7 — $31.8K +662.0% +218.2% $13.1M 170 $187 50

Sat Nov 8 — $45.4K +42.8% +110.3% $13.2M 170 $267 51

Sun Nov 9 — $21.7K −52.3% +132.3% $13.2M 170 $127 52

Mon Nov 10 — $10.0K −54.0% +146.0% $13.2M 170 $59 53

Tue Nov 11 — $13.6K +36.8% +222.6% $13.2M 170 $80 54

Wed Nov 12 — $7.5K −45.0% +72.3% $13.2M 170 $44 55

Thu Nov 13 — $7.5K +0.2% +80.1% $13.3M 170 $44 56

Cumulative total$13.3M

Sep 19Oct 3Oct 17Oct 30Nov 13

Weekend grossWk 8 · $98.8K

$5.0M

$2.9M

$1.5M

$502.4K

$207.5K

$81.1K

$40.9K

$98.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 1,512 → 170 −88.8%

1,505 open170 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · +141.6%

−41.5%

W1→2

−49.8%

W2→3

−65.8%

W3→4

−58.7%

W4→5

−60.9%

W5→6

−49.6%

W6→7

+141.6%

W7→8

Steepest −65.8%Biggest gain +141.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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