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House on Haunted HillFollow

1999 • R • 1h 32m • Horror, Mystery, Thriller • Warner Bros.

Evil loves to party.

🍅 31% 42%

28

2.67

5.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$15.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$40.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$65.10M

$24.20M international

Domestic legs2.6x

Budget$19M

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Cast & crew

Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush Starring

Famke Janssen

Famke Janssen Starring

Ali Larter

Ali Larter Starring

Taye Diggs

Taye Diggs Starring

Chris Kattan

Chris Kattan Starring

Peter Gallagher

Peter Gallagher Starring

ScreenplayDick Beebe Produced byRobert Zemeckis, Joel Silver, Gilbert Adler CinematographyRick Bota MusicDon Davis StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 29-31 1 $15.9M — 2,710 $5,884 $15.9M

2 Nov 5-7 2 $7.7M −51.6% 2,710 $2,846 $28.0M

3 Nov 12-14 8 $4.3M −43.7% 2,530 $1,715 $34.8M

4 Nov 19-21 12 $1.5M −64.5% 1,807 $851 $37.4M

5 Nov 26-29 19 $710.1K −53.8% 1,041 $682 $38.6M

6 Dec 3-5 20 $392.4K −44.7% 651 $603 $39.2M

7 Dec 10-12 24 $175.0K −55.4% 345 $507 $39.5M

8 Dec 17-19 18 $302.1K +72.6% 615 $491 $39.9M

9 Dec 24-26 31 $124.2K −58.9% 340 $365 $40.2M

10 Dec 31-Jan 2 34 $155.4K +25.2% 325 $478 $40.5M

11 Jan 7-9 38 $136.3K −12.3% 245 $556 $40.7M

12 Jan 14-17 42 $106.4K −22.0% 178 $598 $40.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 29 #1 $5.4M — $5.4M 2,710 $2,000 1

Sat Oct 30 #1 $6.1M +12.9% $11.5M 2,710 $2,258 2

Sun Oct 31 #1 $4.4M −28.1% $15.9M 2,710 $1,624 3

Mon Nov 1 #1 $1.2M −72.2% $17.2M 2,710 $452 4

Tue Nov 2 #1 $1.2M +1.9% $18.4M 2,710 $461 5

Wed Nov 3 #1 $939.8K −24.8% $19.4M 2,710 $347 6

Thu Nov 4 #1 $912.3K −2.9% $20.3M 2,710 $337 7

Fri Nov 5 #3 $2.4M +165.3% −55.4% $22.7M 2,710 $893 8

Sat Nov 6 #2 $3.5M +44.8% −42.7% $26.2M 2,710 $1,293 9

Sun Nov 7 #2 $1.9M −46.6% −57.5% $28.0M 2,710 $690 10

Mon Nov 8 #2 $455.3K −75.7% −62.8% $28.4M 2,710 $168 11

Tue Nov 9 #3 $492.2K +8.1% −60.6% $28.9M 2,710 $182 12

Wed Nov 10 #3 $675.1K +37.2% −28.2% $29.6M 2,710 $249 13

Thu Nov 11 #4 $817.6K +21.1% −10.4% $30.4M 2,710 $302 14

Fri Nov 12 #8 $1.4M +71.8% −41.9% $31.8M 2,530 $555 15

Sat Nov 13 #8 $1.9M +33.5% −46.5% $33.7M 2,530 $741 16

Sun Nov 14 #7 $1.1M −43.6% −43.4% $34.8M 2,530 $418 17

Mon Nov 15 #7 $273.9K −74.1% −39.8% $35.0M 2,530 $108 18

Tue Nov 16 #7 $291.3K +6.3% −40.8% $35.3M 2,530 $115 19

Wed Nov 17 #8 $243.4K −16.4% −64.0% $35.6M 2,530 $96 20

Thu Nov 18 #7 $252.7K +3.8% −69.1% $35.8M 2,530 $100 21

Fri Nov 19 #12 $490.0K +93.9% −65.1% $36.3M 1,805 $271 22

Sat Nov 20 #13 $687.0K +40.2% −63.4% $37.0M 1,805 $381 23

Sun Nov 21 #11 $367.0K −46.6% −65.3% $37.4M 1,807 $203 24

Mon Nov 22 #12 $111.7K −69.6% −59.2% $37.5M 1,807 $62 25

Tue Nov 23 #13 $152.6K +36.5% −47.6% $37.6M 1,807 $84 26

Wed Nov 24 #14 $112.0K −26.6% −54.0% $37.7M 1,040 $108 27

Thu Nov 25 #14 $186.0K +66.1% −26.4% $37.9M 1,040 $179 28

Fri Nov 26 #14 $264.0K +41.9% −46.1% $38.2M 1,040 $254 29

Sat Nov 27 #14 $267.0K +1.1% −61.1% $38.5M 1,040 $257 30

Sun Nov 28 #19 $138.0K −48.3% −62.4% $38.6M 1,041 $133 31

Mon Nov 29 #17 $44.5K −67.7% −60.1% $38.7M 1,041 $43 32

Tue Nov 30 #17 $45.3K +1.6% −70.3% $38.7M 1,041 $43 33

Wed Dec 1 #18 $43.7K −3.5% −61.0% $38.8M 1,041 $42 34

Thu Dec 2 #18 $44.8K +2.7% −75.9% $38.8M 1,041 $43 35

Sun Dec 5 #20 $91.0K — −34.1% $39.2M 651 $140 38

Mon Dec 6 #20 $31.1K −65.8% −30.2% $39.2M 651 $48 39

Tue Dec 7 #20 $33.5K +7.7% −26.0% $39.3M 651 $51 40

Wed Dec 8 #20 $30.3K −9.6% −30.7% $39.3M 651 $46 41

Thu Dec 9 #20 $30.0K −0.8% −33.0% $39.3M 651 $46 42

Sun Dec 19 #18 $100.0K — $39.9M 615 $163 52

Mon Dec 20 #17 $47.8K −52.2% $39.9M 615 $78 53

Tue Dec 21 #17 $48.6K +1.6% $40.0M 615 $79 54

Mon Jan 17 #41 $15.4K — $40.8M 178 $87 81

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

Cumulative total$40.0M

Oct 29Nov 9Nov 19Nov 30Dec 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $155.4K

$15.9M

$7.7M

$4.3M

$1.5M

$710.1K

$392.4K

$175.0K

$302.1K

$124.2K

$155.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,710 → 615 −77.3%

2,710 open615 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +25.2%

−51.6%

W1→2

−43.7%

W2→3

−64.5%

W3→4

−53.8%

W4→5

−44.7%

W5→6

−55.4%

W6→7

+72.6%

W7→8

−58.9%

W8→9

+25.2%

W9→10

Steepest −64.5%Biggest gain +72.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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