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1998 • R • 1h 26m • Horror, Thriller • Dimension Films

This summer, terror won't be taking a vacation.

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2.85

5.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$16.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$55.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$64.90M

$9.80M international

Domestic legs3.4x

Budget$17M

1998 rank#42

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Cast & crew

Jamie Lee Curtis

Jamie Lee Curtis Starring

Josh Hartnett

Josh Hartnett Starring

Adam Arkin

Adam Arkin Starring

Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams Starring

Janet Leigh

Janet Leigh Starring

ScreenplayRobert Zappia, Matt Greenberg Produced byPaul Freeman, Malek Akkad CinematographyDaryn Okada Music byJohn Ottman StudioDimension Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 7-9 3 $16.2M — 2,607 $6,209 $24.8M

2 Aug 14-16 6 $8.5M −47.6% 2,669 $3,177 $40.1M

3 Aug 21-23 11 $3.6M −57.2% 2,360 $1,539 $47.2M

4 Aug 28-30 14 $1.8M −50.5% 1,909 $942 $50.2M

5 Sep 4-6 17 $1.3M −27.2% 1,608 $815 $52.0M

6 Sep 11-13 21 $589.2K −55.0% 1,290 $457 $52.8M

7 Sep 18-20 25 $359.7K −38.9% 926 $388 $53.3M

8 Sep 25-27 30 $192.1K −46.6% 530 $362 $53.6M

9 Oct 2-4 35 $113.3K −41.0% 263 $431 $53.8M

10 Oct 9-11 36 $94.5K −16.5% 228 $415 $53.9M

11 Oct 16-18 45 $45.8K −51.6% 144 $318 $54.0M

12 Oct 23-25 30 $192.2K +319.6% 671 $286 $54.2M

13 Oct 30-Nov 1 22 $247.4K +28.7% 744 $332 $54.5M

14 Nov 6-8 52 $28.2K −88.6% 114 $248 $54.6M

15 Nov 13-15 33 $168.1K +495.4% 436 $385 $54.8M

16 Nov 20-22 37 $102.1K −39.3% 330 $309 $54.9M

17 Nov 27-29 50 $49.4K −51.6% 128 $386 $55.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Aug 5 #1 $5.1M — $5.1M 2,454 $2,093 -2

Thu Aug 6 #1 $3.4M −33.3% $8.6M 2,454 $1,396 -1

Fri Aug 7 #1 $5.7M +65.4% $14.2M 2,607 $2,174 1

Sat Aug 8 #3 $5.9M +4.3% $20.1M 2,607 $2,267 2

Sun Aug 9 #3 $4.5M −24.4% $24.8M 2,607 $1,714 3

Mon Aug 10 #2 $1.9M −56.7% $26.7M 2,607 $742 4

Tue Aug 11 #3 $1.9M −3.8% $28.5M 2,607 $714 5

Wed Aug 12 #2 $1.5M −17.3% $30.1M 2,607 $590 6

Thu Aug 13 #2 $1.5M −5.1% $31.5M 2,607 $560 7

Fri Aug 14 #4 $2.9M +95.8% −49.5% $34.4M 2,669 $1,072 8

Sat Aug 15 #6 $3.3M +16.5% −43.6% $37.7M 2,669 $1,249 9

Sun Aug 16 #6 $2.4M −29.0% −47.1% $40.1M 2,669 $886 10

Mon Aug 17 #7 $1.0M −57.0% −47.4% $41.1M 2,669 $381 11

Tue Aug 18 #7 $1.0M +2.2% −44.2% $42.2M 2,669 $389 12

Wed Aug 19 #8 $774.1K −25.5% −49.7% $42.9M 2,669 $290 13

Thu Aug 20 #8 $709.5K −8.3% −51.4% $43.6M 2,669 $266 14

Fri Aug 21 #9 $1.2M +64.2% −59.3% $44.7M 2,360 $494 15

Sat Aug 22 #10 $1.5M +27.9% −55.3% $46.2M 2,360 $631 16

Sun Aug 23 #10 $1.0M −30.9% −56.4% $47.2M 2,360 $436 17

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

Cumulative total$47.2M

Aug 5Aug 10Aug 14Aug 19Aug 23

Weekend grossWk 10 · $94.5K

$16.2M

$8.5M

$3.6M

$1.8M

$1.3M

$589.2K

$359.7K

$192.1K

$113.3K

$94.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,669 → 2,360 −11.6%

2,454 open2,360 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −16.5%

−47.6%

W1→2

−57.2%

W2→3

−50.5%

W3→4

−27.2%

W4→5

−55.0%

W5→6

−38.9%

W6→7

−46.6%

W7→8

−41.0%

W8→9

−16.5%

W9→10

Steepest −57.2%Best hold −16.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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