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2013 • PG-13 • 1h 40m • Fantasy, Horror, Thriller • Universal Pictures

A mother's love is forever.

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57

2.75

6.2

CS B-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$28.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$71.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$148.00M

$76.50M international

Domestic legs2.52x

Budget$15.0M

2013 rank#47

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Cast & crew

Full Muschietti filmography

Andy Muschietti

Andy Muschietti Director

Jessica Chastain

Jessica Chastain Starring

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Starring

ScreenplayAndy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, Neil Cross Produced byJ. Miles Dale, Barbara Muschietti CinematographyAntonio Riestra MusicFernando Velázquez Prod. DesignAnastasia Masaro StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 18-20 1 $28.4M — 2,647 $10,730 $28.4M

2 Jan 25-27 2 $13.1M −53.9% 2,682 $4,879 $48.9M

3 Feb 1-3 4 $6.6M −49.6% 2,781 $2,370 $58.1M

4 Feb 8-10 6 $4.2M −35.8% 2,677 $1,580 $64.0M

5 Feb 15-17 11 $2.7M −36.5% 1,648 $1,630 $68.2M

6 Feb 22-24 16 $1.2M −56.3% 1,163 $1,009 $70.2M

7 Mar 1-3 25 $342.0K −70.9% 447 $765 $70.9M

8 Mar 8-10 31 $153.0K −55.3% 214 $714 $71.1M

9 Mar 15-17 33 $142.8K −6.7% 204 $700 $71.3M

10 Mar 22-24 42 $93.6K −34.4% 130 $720 $71.5M

11 Mar 29-31 41 $73.8K −21.2% 123 $600 $71.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 18 #1 $10.1M — $10.1M 2,647 $3,815 1

Sat Jan 19 #1 $10.8M +7% $20.9M 2,647 $4,095 2

Sun Jan 20 #1 $7.5M −31% $28.4M 2,647 $2,820 3

Mon Jan 21 #1 $3.7M −50% $32.1M 2,647 $1,415 4

Tue Jan 22 #1 $1.5M −60% $33.7M 2,647 $570 5

Wed Jan 23 #1 $1.0M −32% $34.7M 2,647 $390 6

Thu Jan 24 #1 $1.1M +6% $35.8M 2,647 $415 7

Fri Jan 25 #2 $3.9M +254% −61% $39.7M 2,682 $1,449 8

Sat Jan 26 #2 $6.3M +62% −42% $46.0M 2,682 $2,345 9

Sun Jan 27 #2 $2.9M −54% −61% $48.9M 2,682 $1,085 10

Mon Jan 28 #3 $710.7K −76% −81% $49.6M 2,682 $264 11

Tue Jan 29 #4 $765.7K +8% −49% $50.4M 2,682 $285 12

Wed Jan 30 #4 $576.6K −25% −44% $50.9M 2,682 $215 13

Thu Jan 31 #4 $603.5K +5% −45% $51.5M 2,682 $225 14

Fri Feb 1 #4 $2.3M +285% −40% $53.9M 2,781 $835 15

Sat Feb 2 #4 $3.3M +43% −47% $57.2M 2,781 $1,195 16

Sun Feb 3 #4 $945.5K −72% −68% $58.1M 2,781 $340 17

Mon Feb 4 #6 $403.2K −57% −43% $58.5M 2,781 $145 18

Tue Feb 5 #7 $458.9K +14% −40% $59.0M 2,781 $165 19

Wed Feb 6 #6 $361.5K −21% −37% $59.3M 2,781 $130 20

Thu Feb 7 #5 $375.4K +4% −38% $59.7M 2,781 $135 21

Fri Feb 8 #6 $1.2M +217% −49% $60.9M 2,677 $445 22

Sat Feb 9 #6 $2.1M +74% −38% $63.0M 2,677 $775 23

Sun Feb 10 #7 $963.7K −54% +2% $64.0M 2,677 $360 24

Mon Feb 11 #7 $281.1K −71% −30% $64.2M 2,677 $105 25

Tue Feb 12 #7 $294.5K +5% −36% $64.5M 2,677 $110 26

Wed Feb 13 #8 $227.5K −23% −37% $64.8M 2,677 $85 27

Thu Feb 14 #9 $725.3K +219% +93% $65.5M 2,043 $355 28

Fri Feb 15 #10 $758.1K +5% −36% $66.2M 1,648 $460 29

Sat Feb 16 #11 $1.2M +53% −44% $67.4M 1,648 $705 30

Sun Feb 17 #11 $766.3K −34% −20% $68.2M 1,648 $465 31

Mon Feb 18 #14 $395.5K −48% +41% $68.6M 1,648 $240 32

Tue Feb 19 #13 $181.3K −54% −38% $68.7M 1,648 $110 33

Wed Feb 20 #13 $156.4K −14% −31% $68.9M 1,648 $94 34

Thu Feb 21 #14 $157.0K n/c −78% $69.1M 1,648 $95 35

Fri Feb 22 #16 $337.5K +115% −55% $69.4M 1,163 $290 36

Sat Feb 23 #16 $569.4K +69% −51% $70.0M 1,163 $489 37

Sun Feb 24 #16 $266.9K −53% −65% $70.2M 1,163 $229 38

Mon Feb 25 $75.6K −72% −81% $70.3M 1,163 $65 39

Tue Feb 26 $81.4K +8% −55% $70.4M 1,163 $70 40

Wed Feb 27 $75.6K −7% −52% $70.5M 1,163 $65 41

Thu Feb 28 $69.8K −8% −56% $70.5M 1,163 $60 42

Fri Mar 1 $102.8K +47% −70% $70.6M 447 $230 43

Sat Mar 2 $163.2K +59% −71% $70.8M 447 $365 44

Sun Mar 3 $76.0K −53% −72% $70.9M 447 $170 45

Mon Mar 4 $24.6K −68% −67% $70.9M 447 $55 46

Tue Mar 5 $22.4K −9% −73% $70.9M 447 $50 47

Wed Mar 6 $22.2K −1% −71% $70.9M 447 $49 48

Thu Mar 7 $20.1K −9% −71% $71.0M 447 $45 49

Fri Mar 8 $42.8K +113% −58% $71.0M 214 $199 50

Sat Mar 9 $72.8K +70% −55% $71.1M 214 $340 51

Sun Mar 10 $37.5K −49% −51% $71.1M 214 $175 52

Mon Mar 11 $17.1K −54% −30% $71.1M 214 $80 53

Tue Mar 12 $17.1K n/c −24% $71.2M 214 $79 54

Wed Mar 13 $13.9K −19% −37% $71.2M 214 $65 55

Thu Mar 14 $17.2K +24% −14% $71.2M 214 $80 56

Fri Mar 15 $45.9K +166% +7% $71.2M 204 $225 57

Sat Mar 16 $62.2K +36% −14% $71.3M 204 $305 58

Sun Mar 17 $34.7K −44% −7% $71.3M 204 $170 59

Mon Mar 18 $13.3K −62% −23% $71.3M 204 $65 60

Tue Mar 19 $13.3K +1% −22% $71.4M 204 $65 61

Wed Mar 20 $12.1K −9% −13% $71.4M 204 $59 62

Thu Mar 21 $13.2K +8% −24% $71.4M 204 $64 63

Fri Mar 22 $26.0K +97% −43% $71.4M 130 $199 64

Sat Mar 23 $41.6K +60% −33% $71.4M 130 $320 65

Sun Mar 24 $26.0K −37% −25% $71.5M 130 $200 66

Mon Mar 25 $10.4K −60% −22% $71.5M 130 $80 67

Tue Mar 26 $10.4K n/c −22% $71.5M 130 $80 68

Wed Mar 27 $9.8K −6% −20% $71.5M 130 $75 69

Thu Mar 28 $13.0K +33% −1% $71.5M 130 $99 70

Fri Mar 29 $26.4K +104% +2% $71.5M 123 $215 71

Sat Mar 30 $30.1K +14% −28% $71.6M 123 $245 72

Sun Mar 31 $17.2K −43% −34% $71.6M 123 $140 73

Mon Apr 1 $11.1K −36% +6% $71.6M 123 $90 74

Tue Apr 2 $9.8K −11% −6% $71.6M 123 $80 75

Wed Apr 3 $9.2K −6% −5% $71.6M 123 $75 76

Thu Apr 4 $9.8K +7% −24% $71.6M 123 $79 77

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

Cumulative total$71.5M

Jan 18Feb 4Feb 22Mar 11Mar 28

Weekend grossWk 10 · $93.6K

$28.4M

$13.1M

$6.6M

$4.2M

$2.7M

$1.2M

$342.0K

$153.0K

$142.8K

$93.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,781 → 130 −95.3%

2,647 open130 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −34.4%

−53.9%

W1→2

−49.6%

W2→3

−35.8%

W3→4

−36.5%

W4→5

−56.3%

W5→6

−70.9%

W6→7

−55.3%

W7→8

−6.7%

W8→9

−34.4%

W9→10

Steepest −70.9%Best hold −6.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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