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2005 • R • 1h 53m • Horror • Warner Bros.

Prey. Slay. Display.

🍅 27% 44%

41

3.02

5.5

CS C+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$12.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$32.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$70.10M

$38.00M international

Domestic legs2.7x

Budget$35M

2005 rank#86

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Cast & crew

Full Collet-Serra filmography

Jaume Collet-Serra

Jaume Collet-Serra Director

Chad Michael Murray

Chad Michael Murray Starring

Brian Van Holt

Brian Van Holt Starring

Jon Abrahams

Jon Abrahams Starring

ScreenplayChad Hayes, Carey W. Hayes Produced byJoel Silver, Robert Zemeckis, Susan Levin CinematographyStephen F. Windon Music byJohn Ottman StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 6-8 2 $12.1M — 3,111 $3,882 $12.1M

2 May 13-15 6 $6.6M −45.7% 3,111 $2,110 $21.9M

3 May 20-22 7 $3.3M −49.9% 2,765 $1,189 $26.9M

4 May 27-29 10 $1.3M −60.3% 1,635 $798 $29.5M

5 Jun 3-5 13 $448.2K −65.6% 538 $833 $30.7M

6 Jun 10-12 27 $134.9K −69.9% 202 $668 $31.0M

7 Jun 17-19 19 $217.8K +61.4% 112 $1,945 $31.3M

8 Jun 24-26 23 $222.0K +1.9% 267 $832 $31.6M

9 Jul 1-3 33 $108.7K −51.1% 200 $543 $31.8M

10 Jul 8-10 42 $67.0K −38.3% 140 $479 $31.9M

11 Jul 15-17 48 $39.6K −40.9% 92 $431 $32.0M

12 Jul 22-24 58 $26.0K −34.5% 67 $388 $32.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 6 #2 $4.9M — $4.9M — — 1

Sat May 7 #2 $4.5M −6.6% $9.4M 3,111 $1,456 2

Sun May 8 #3 $2.7M −40.6% $12.1M 3,111 $866 3

Mon May 9 #2 $954.0K −64.6% $13.0M 3,111 $307 4

Tue May 10 #3 $833.0K −12.7% $13.9M 3,111 $268 5

Wed May 11 #3 $766.0K −8.0% $14.6M 3,111 $246 6

Thu May 12 #3 $752.0K −1.8% $15.4M 3,111 $242 7

Fri May 13 #5 $2.2M +192.6% −54.7% $17.6M 3,111 $707 8

Sat May 14 #6 $2.7M +20.6% −41.4% $20.3M 3,111 $853 9

Sun May 15 #6 $1.7M −37.8% −38.7% $21.9M 3,111 $530 10

Mon May 16 #6 $516.0K −68.7% −45.9% $22.5M 3,111 $166 11

Tue May 17 #6 $461.0K −10.7% −44.7% $22.9M 3,111 $148 12

Wed May 18 #6 $372.0K −19.3% −51.4% $23.3M 3,111 $120 13

Thu May 19 #7 $328.0K −11.8% −56.4% $23.6M 3,111 $105 14

Fri May 20 #6 $1.0M +211.8% −53.5% $24.6M 2,765 $370 15

Sat May 21 #7 $1.4M +32.4% −49.0% $26.0M 2,765 $489 16

Sun May 22 #7 $912.5K −32.6% −44.7% $26.9M 2,765 $330 17

Mon May 23 #7 $374.0K −59.0% −27.5% $27.3M 2,765 $135 18

Tue May 24 #7 $311.0K −16.8% −32.5% $27.6M 2,765 $112 19

Wed May 25 #7 $301.0K −3.2% −19.1% $27.9M 2,765 $109 20

Thu May 26 #7 $333.0K +10.6% +1.5% $28.2M 2,765 $120 21

Fri May 27 #10 $394.5K +18.5% −61.4% $28.6M 1,635 $241 22

Sat May 28 #10 $480.1K +21.7% −64.5% $29.1M 1,635 $294 23

Sun May 29 #10 $429.9K −10.5% −52.9% $29.5M 1,635 $263 24

Mon May 30 #10 $323.7K −24.7% −13.4% $29.9M 1,635 $198 25

Tue May 31 #10 $147.0K −54.6% −52.7% $30.0M 1,635 $90 26

Mon Jun 6 — $46.2K — −85.7% $30.7M 538 $86 32

Tue Jun 7 — $49.3K +6.6% −66.5% $30.8M 538 $92 33

Mon Jul 4 #35 $14.8K — $31.8M — — 60

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

Cumulative total$31.8M

May 6May 13May 20May 27Jul 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $67.0K

$12.1M

$6.6M

$3.3M

$1.3M

$448.2K

$134.9K

$217.8K

$222.0K

$108.7K

$67.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,111 → 538 −82.7%

3,111 open538 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −38.3%

−45.7%

W1→2

−49.9%

W2→3

−60.3%

W3→4

−65.6%

W4→5

−69.9%

W5→6

+61.4%

W6→7

+1.9%

W7→8

−51.1%

W8→9

−38.3%

W9→10

Steepest −69.9%Biggest gain +61.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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