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2016 • PG-13 • 1h 21m • Horror, Supernatural, Thriller • Warner Bros. Pictures

Fear the Dark

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3.1

6.3

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$21.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$67.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$149.40M

$82.10M international

Domestic legs3.10x

Budget$5M

2016 rank#45

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Cast & crew

Full Sandberg filmography

David F. Sandberg

David F. Sandberg Director

Teresa Palmer

Teresa Palmer Starring

Maria Bello

Maria Bello Starring

ScreenplayEric Heisserer Produced byJames Wan, Lawrence Grey, Eric Heisserer CinematographyMarc Spicer MusicBenjamin Wallfisch Prod. DesignJennifer Spence StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 22-24 3 $21.7M — 2,818 $7,696 $21.7M

2 Jul 29-31 6 $10.8M −50.2% 2,835 $3,811 $42.9M

3 Aug 5-7 7 $6.0M −44.4% 2,581 $2,327 $54.7M

4 Aug 12-14 10 $3.2M −46.5% 1,652 $1,946 $61.1M

5 Aug 19-21 13 $1.6M −50.2% 942 $1,700 $64.2M

6 Aug 26-28 17 $670.1K −58.2% 603 $1,111 $65.5M

7 Sep 2-4 24 $564.0K −15.8% 446 $1,265 $66.2M

8 Sep 9-11 24 $313.4K −44.4% 348 $901 $66.8M

9 Sep 16-18 29 $210.4K −32.9% 282 $746 $67.1M

10 Sep 23-25 34 $130.3K −38.1% 188 $693 $67.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jul 21 #P $1.8M — $1.8M 0 $0 -1

Fri Jul 22 #2 $9.2M — $9.2M 2,818 $3,247 1

Sat Jul 23 #5 $7.1M −22.1% $16.3M 2,818 $2,529 2

Sun Jul 24 #5 $5.4M −24.1% $21.7M 2,818 $1,920 3

Mon Jul 25 #4 $2.9M −47.2% $24.5M 2,818 $1,014 4

Tue Jul 26 #5 $3.1M +8.6% $27.7M 2,818 $1,101 5

Wed Jul 27 #5 $2.2M −27.8% $29.9M 2,818 $795 6

Thu Jul 28 #4 $2.2M −2.8% $32.1M 2,818 $772 7

Fri Jul 29 #5 $3.6M +63.3% −61.2% $35.6M 2,835 $1,254 8

Sat Jul 30 #6 $4.1M +15.5% −42.4% $39.7M 2,835 $1,448 9

Sun Jul 31 #7 $3.1M −23.4% −41.9% $42.9M 2,835 $1,109 10

Mon Aug 1 #6 $1.7M −46.8% −41.5% $44.5M 2,835 $590 11

Tue Aug 2 #7 $1.8M +9.5% −41.0% $46.4M 2,835 $646 12

Wed Aug 3 #7 $1.3M −28.0% −41.1% $47.7M 2,835 $465 13

Thu Aug 4 #8 $1.0M −23.1% −53.4% $48.7M 2,835 $358 14

Fri Aug 5 #7 $2.0M +97.2% −43.7% $50.7M 2,581 $775 15

Sat Aug 6 #6 $2.4M +22.2% −40.5% $53.2M 2,581 $947 16

Sun Aug 7 #7 $1.6M −36.2% −50.4% $54.7M 2,581 $605 17

Mon Aug 8 #7 $850.1K −45.5% −49.2% $55.6M 2,581 $329 18

Tue Aug 9 #9 $970.2K +14.1% −47.0% $56.5M 2,581 $376 19

Wed Aug 10 #9 $741.2K −23.6% −43.8% $57.3M 2,581 $287 20

Thu Aug 11 #9 $637.6K −14.0% −37.2% $57.9M 2,581 $247 21

Fri Aug 12 #10 $1.0M +59.0% −49.3% $58.9M 1,652 $614 22

Sat Aug 13 #10 $1.4M +36.1% −43.6% $60.3M 1,652 $835 23

Sun Aug 14 #10 $821.3K −40.5% −47.4% $61.1M 1,652 $497 24

Mon Aug 15 #10 $415.1K −49.5% −51.2% $61.5M 1,652 $251 25

Tue Aug 16 #11 $471.2K +13.5% −51.4% $62.0M 1,652 $285 26

Wed Aug 17 #10 $353.4K −25.0% −52.3% $62.4M 1,652 $214 27

Thu Aug 18 #10 $250.4K −29.2% −60.7% $62.6M 1,652 $152 28

Fri Aug 19 #13 $496.3K +98.2% −51.1% $63.1M 942 $527 29

Sat Aug 20 #13 $723.1K +45.7% −47.6% $63.8M 942 $768 30

Sun Aug 21 #14 $382.1K −47.2% −53.5% $64.2M 942 $406 31

Mon Aug 22 #13 $160.3K −58.1% −61.4% $64.4M 942 $170 32

Tue Aug 23 #14 $183.3K +14.4% −61.1% $64.6M 942 $195 33

Wed Aug 24 #14 $138.3K −24.5% −60.9% $64.7M 942 $147 34

Thu Aug 25 #- $94.8K −31.5% −62.1% $64.8M 942 $101 35

Fri Aug 26 #- $188.6K +99.0% −62.0% $65.0M 603 $313 36

Sat Aug 27 #- $327.6K +73.7% −54.7% $65.3M 603 $543 37

Sun Aug 28 #- $153.9K −53.0% −59.7% $65.5M 603 $255 38

Mon Aug 29 #- $53.8K −65.0% −66.4% $65.5M 603 $89 39

Tue Aug 30 #- $62.2K +15.4% −66.1% $65.6M 603 $103 40

Wed Aug 31 #- $43.7K −29.6% −68.4% $65.6M 603 $73 41

Thu Sep 1 #- $51.9K +18.7% −45.2% $65.7M 603 $86 42

Fri Sep 2 #- $126.1K +142.8% −33.2% $65.8M 446 $283 43

Sat Sep 3 #- $235.8K +87.0% −28.0% $66.0M 446 $529 44

Sun Sep 4 #- $202.1K −14.3% +31.3% $66.2M 446 $453 45

Mon Sep 5 #- $112.2K −44.5% +108.3% $66.4M 446 $251 46

Tue Sep 6 #- $34.8K −69.0% −44.1% $66.4M 446 $78 47

Wed Sep 7 #- $30.2K −13.2% −31.0% $66.4M 446 $68 48

Thu Sep 8 #- $29.3K −3.0% −43.6% $66.5M 446 $66 49

Fri Sep 9 #- $80.7K +175.7% −36.0% $66.5M 348 $232 50

Sat Sep 10 #- $158.1K +95.8% −33.0% $66.7M 348 $454 51

Sun Sep 11 #- $74.6K −52.8% −63.1% $66.8M 348 $214 52

Mon Sep 12 #- $20.9K −72.0% −81.4% $66.8M 348 $60 53

Tue Sep 13 #- $22.6K +8.2% −35.0% $66.8M 348 $65 54

Wed Sep 14 #- $20.8K −8.0% −31.2% $66.8M 348 $60 55

Thu Sep 15 #- $17.7K −14.8% −39.6% $66.8M 348 $51 56

Fri Sep 16 #- $56.8K +220.9% −29.6% $66.9M 282 $201 57

Sat Sep 17 #- $105.5K +85.8% −33.2% $67.0M 282 $374 58

Sun Sep 18 #- $48.1K −54.5% −35.6% $67.1M 282 $170 59

Mon Sep 19 #- $12.0K −75.0% −42.5% $67.1M 282 $43 60

Tue Sep 20 #- $14.0K +16.8% −37.8% $67.1M 282 $50 61

Wed Sep 21 #- $11.9K −15.5% −42.9% $67.1M 282 $42 62

Thu Sep 22 #- $11.0K −7.2% −37.8% $67.1M 282 $39 63

Fri Sep 23 #- $32.7K +197.5% −42.4% $67.1M 188 $174 64

Sat Sep 24 #- $65.9K +101.3% −37.5% $67.2M 188 $351 65

Sun Sep 25 #- $31.6K −52.0% −34.2% $67.2M 188 $168 66

Mon Sep 26 #- $8.3K −73.9% −31.3% $67.2M 188 $44 67

Tue Sep 27 #- $9.5K +14.6% −32.6% $67.3M 188 $50 68

Wed Sep 28 #- $7.6K −20.1% −36.2% $67.3M 188 $40 69

Thu Sep 29 #- $7.9K +4.0% −28.5% $67.3M 188 $42 70

Cumulative total$67.3M

Jul 21Aug 8Aug 25Sep 12Sep 29

Weekend grossWk 10 · $130.3K

$21.7M

$10.8M

$6.0M

$3.2M

$1.6M

$670.1K

$564.0K

$313.4K

$210.4K

$130.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,835 → 188 −93.4%

2,818 open188 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −38.1%

−50.2%

W1→2

−44.4%

W2→3

−46.5%

W3→4

−50.2%

W4→5

−58.2%

W5→6

−15.8%

W6→7

−44.4%

W7→8

−32.9%

W8→9

−38.1%

W9→10

Steepest −58.2%Best hold −15.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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