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2018 • R • 1h 46m • Horror, Thriller • Universal

Face your fate.

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67

3.2

6.5

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$76.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$159.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$255.40M

$96.10M international

Domestic legs2.09x

Budget$10M

2018 rank#21

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Cast & crew

Full Green filmography

David Gordon Green

David Gordon Green Director

Jamie Lee Curtis

Jamie Lee Curtis Starring

Judy Greer

Judy Greer Starring

Andi Matichak

Andi Matichak Starring

Will Patton

Will Patton Starring

Nick Castle

Nick Castle Starring

ScreenplayDanny McBride, David Gordon Green, Jeff Fradley Produced byMalek Akkad, Jason Blum CinematographyMichael Simmonds MusicJohn Carpenter, Cody Carpenter, Daniel Davies Prod. DesignTommy Lee Wallace StudioUniversal Pictures SeriesHalloween

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 19-21 1 $76.2M — 3,928 $19,405 $76.2M

2 Oct 26-28 1 $31.4M −58.8% 3,990 $7,874 $126.1M

3 Nov 2-4 5 $10.8M −65.5% 3,775 $2,869 $150.2M

4 Nov 9-11 9 $4.0M −63.1% 2,717 $1,472 $157.0M

5 Nov 16-18 16 $699.2K −82.5% 922 $758 $158.8M

6 Nov 23-25 30 $119.3K −82.9% 171 $698 $159.1M

7 Nov 30-Dec 2 37 $56.2K −52.9% 130 $432 $159.2M

8 Dec 7-9 42 $49.6K −11.7% 138 $359 $159.3M

9 Dec 14-16 43 $22.0K −55.5% 68 $324 $159.3M

10 Dec 21-23 50 $6.8K −68.9% 29 $236 $159.3M

11 Dec 28-30 52 $9.0K +30.8% 23 $390 $159.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Oct 18 #P $7.7M — $7.7M 3,200 $2,406 -1

Fri Oct 19 #1 $33.1M — $33.1M 3,928 $8,422 1

Sat Oct 20 #1 $27.1M −18.1% $60.2M 3,928 $6,894 2

Sun Oct 21 #1 $16.1M −40.7% $76.2M 3,928 $4,088 3

Mon Oct 22 #1 $4.6M −71.1% $80.9M 3,928 $1,182 4

Tue Oct 23 #1 $6.3M +36.7% $87.2M 3,928 $1,616 5

Wed Oct 24 #1 $3.7M −42.0% $90.9M 3,928 $937 6

Thu Oct 25 #1 $3.8M +2.3% $94.7M 3,928 $958 7

Fri Oct 26 #1 $9.9M +162.9% −70.1% $104.6M 3,990 $2,480 8

Sat Oct 27 #1 $13.6M +37.3% −49.8% $118.1M 3,990 $3,406 9

Sun Oct 28 #1 $7.9M −41.6% −50.6% $126.1M 3,990 $1,989 10

Mon Oct 29 #1 $2.5M −68.9% −46.8% $128.5M 3,990 $619 11

Tue Oct 30 #1 $3.8M +53.5% −40.3% $132.3M 3,990 $950 12

Wed Oct 31 #1 $5.5M +46.3% +50.8% $137.9M 3,990 $1,390 13

Thu Nov 1 #1 $1.5M −72.8% −59.9% $139.4M 3,990 $378 14

Fri Nov 2 #4 $3.5M +129.9% −65.0% $142.9M 3,775 $918 15

Sat Nov 3 #4 $4.8M +39.6% −64.4% $147.7M 3,775 $1,282 16

Sun Nov 4 #5 $2.5M −47.9% −68.2% $150.2M 3,775 $669 17

Mon Nov 5 #5 $718.6K −71.5% −70.9% $150.9M 3,775 $190 18

Tue Nov 6 #6 $986.3K +37.2% −74.0% $151.9M 3,775 $261 19

Wed Nov 7 #5 $560.0K −43.2% −89.9% $152.5M 3,775 $148 20

Thu Nov 8 #6 $480.4K −14.2% −68.1% $153.0M 3,775 $127 21

Fri Nov 9 #9 $1.2M +139.4% −66.8% $154.1M 2,717 $423 22

Sat Nov 10 #9 $1.8M +53.4% −63.5% $155.9M 2,717 $650 23

Sun Nov 11 #9 $1.1M −38.6% −57.1% $157.0M 2,717 $399 24

Mon Nov 12 #9 $462.1K −57.4% −35.7% $157.4M 2,717 $170 25

Tue Nov 13 #9 $325.1K −29.7% −67.0% $157.8M 2,717 $120 26

Wed Nov 14 #9 $216.6K −33.4% −61.3% $158.0M 2,717 $80 27

Thu Nov 15 #9 $123.6K −42.9% −74.3% $158.1M 2,717 $45 28

Fri Nov 16 #- $194.7K +57.5% −83.1% $158.3M 922 $211 29

Sat Nov 17 #15 $325.1K +67.0% −81.6% $158.6M 922 $353 30

Sun Nov 18 #- $179.4K −44.8% −83.4% $158.8M 922 $195 31

Mon Nov 19 #15 $88.5K −50.6% −80.8% $158.9M 922 $96 32

Tue Nov 20 #- $61.4K −30.6% −81.1% $158.9M 922 $67 33

Wed Nov 21 #- $24.2K −60.7% −88.8% $159.0M 171 $141 34

Thu Nov 22 #- $19.6K −19.0% −84.2% $159.0M 171 $114 35

Fri Nov 23 #- $44.7K +128.5% −77.0% $159.0M 171 $262 36

Sat Nov 24 #- $49.6K +10.9% −84.7% $159.1M 171 $290 37

Sun Nov 25 #- $25.0K −49.6% −86.1% $159.1M 171 $146 38

Mon Nov 26 #- $6.8K −72.9% −92.3% $159.1M 171 $40 39

Tue Nov 27 #- $8.2K +21.2% −86.6% $159.1M 171 $48 40

Wed Nov 28 #- $7.0K −14.7% −71.0% $159.1M 171 $41 41

Thu Nov 29 #- $6.1K −13.0% −68.8% $159.1M 171 $36 42

Fri Nov 30 #- $16.2K +165.2% −63.8% $159.2M 130 $124 43

Sat Dec 1 #- $25.1K +55.2% −49.4% $159.2M 130 $193 44

Sun Dec 2 #- $14.9K −40.8% −40.5% $159.2M 130 $114 45

Mon Dec 3 #- $4.6K −69.4% −32.8% $159.2M 130 $35 46

Tue Dec 4 #- $4.7K +2.9% −43.0% $159.2M 130 $36 47

Wed Dec 5 #- $4.7K +1.2% −32.4% $159.2M 130 $36 48

Thu Dec 6 #- $4.7K −1.2% −23.2% $159.2M 130 $36 49

Fri Dec 7 #- $14.3K +204.2% −11.9% $159.2M 138 $103 50

Sat Dec 8 #- $22.1K +55.3% −11.9% $159.2M 138 $160 51

Sun Dec 9 #- $13.2K −40.4% −11.3% $159.3M 138 $96 52

Mon Dec 10 #- $4.1K −68.9% −9.9% $159.3M 138 $30 53

Tue Dec 11 #- $4.8K +16.4% +2.0% $159.3M 138 $35 54

Wed Dec 12 #- $4.6K −3.1% −2.3% $159.3M 138 $34 55

Thu Dec 13 #- $4.2K −9.2% −10.2% $159.3M 138 $30 56

Fri Dec 14 #- $5.6K +32.6% −60.9% $159.3M 68 $82 57

Sat Dec 15 #- $9.5K +69.7% −57.2% $159.3M 68 $139 58

Sun Dec 16 #- $7.0K −26.0% −46.9% $159.3M 68 $103 59

Mon Dec 17 #- $2.5K −64.8% −40.0% $159.3M 68 $36 60

Tue Dec 18 #- $2.9K +19.3% −38.5% $159.3M 68 $43 61

Wed Dec 19 #- $2.6K −12.9% −44.7% $159.3M 68 $38 62

Thu Dec 20 #- $3.6K +42.2% −13.4% $159.3M 68 $54 63

Fri Dec 21 #- $1.8K −50.5% −67.7% $159.3M 29 $62 64

Sat Dec 22 #- $2.7K +49.7% −71.5% $159.3M 29 $93 65

Sun Dec 23 #- $2.4K −12.6% −66.4% $159.3M 29 $81 66

Mon Dec 24 #- $630 −73.2% −74.4% $159.3M 29 $22 67

Tue Dec 25 #- $2.6K +320.6% −9.9% $159.3M 29 $91 68

Wed Dec 26 #- $2.2K −16.8% −13.9% $159.3M 29 $76 69

Thu Dec 27 #- $2.1K −6.6% −43.4% $159.3M 29 $71 70

Fri Dec 28 #- $2.4K +15.8% +32.5% $159.3M 23 $104 71

Sat Dec 29 #- $3.3K +37.9% +22.1% $159.3M 23 $143 72

Sun Dec 30 #- $3.3K −0.2% +39.5% $159.3M 23 $143 73

Mon Dec 31 #- $955 −70.9% +51.6% $159.3M 23 $42 74

Tue Jan 1 #- $2.4K +148.2% −10.6% $159.3M 23 $103 75

Wed Jan 2 #- $1.7K −30.0% −24.7% $159.3M 23 $72 76

Thu Jan 3 #- $1.5K −11.1% −28.4% $159.3M 23 $64 77

Fri Oct 15 #- $19.0K +1188.1% $159.4M 7 $2,714 1093

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

Cumulative total$159.3M

Oct 18Nov 5Nov 22Dec 10Dec 27

Weekend grossWk 10 · $6.8K

$76.2M

$31.4M

$10.8M

$4.0M

$699.2K

$119.3K

$56.2K

$49.6K

$22.0K

$6.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,990 → 29 −99.3%

3,200 open29 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −68.9%

−58.8%

W1→2

−65.5%

W2→3

−63.1%

W3→4

−82.5%

W4→5

−82.9%

W5→6

−52.9%

W6→7

−11.7%

W7→8

−55.5%

W8→9

−68.9%

W9→10

Steepest −82.9%Best hold −11.7%

Run milestones

$100M in 8 days

$100M

Day 8

Oct 26

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#6 Biggest October openingsAll-time $76.2M #7 Biggest horror openingsAll-time $76.2M #13 Biggest horror filmsAll-time $159.3M #17 Biggest R-rated openingsAll-time $76.2M

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