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2009 • R • 2h 3m • Horror, Mystery, Thriller • Warner Bros. Pictures

There's something wrong with Esther.

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42

3.29

7.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$12.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$41.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$78.80M

$37.20M international

Domestic legs3.2x

Budget$20M

2009 rank#73

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Cast & crew

Full Collet-Serra filmography

Jaume Collet-Serra

Jaume Collet-Serra Director

Vera Farmiga

Vera Farmiga Starring

Peter Sarsgaard

Peter Sarsgaard Starring

CCH Pounder

CCH Pounder Starring

Jimmy Bennett

Jimmy Bennett Starring

ScreenplayDavid Leslie Johnson Produced byJoel Silver, Susan Downey, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Davisson Killoran StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 24-26 4 $12.9M — 2,750 $4,681 $12.9M

2 Jul 31-Aug 2 6 $7.5M −41.5% 2,750 $2,737 $27.1M

3 Aug 7-9 10 $3.7M −51.2% 2,270 $1,619 $34.8M

4 Aug 14-16 16 $1.6M −57.1% 1,261 $1,251 $38.3M

5 Aug 21-23 20 $802.5K −49.1% 655 $1,225 $39.9M

6 Aug 28-30 23 $380.7K −52.6% 482 $790 $40.6M

7 Sep 4-6 29 $251.1K −34.1% 230 $1,092 $41.0M

8 Sep 11-13 42 $80.3K −68.0% 106 $757 $41.1M

9 Sep 18-20 35 $152.4K +89.8% 231 $660 $41.3M

10 Sep 25-27 44 $100.1K −34.3% 169 $592 $41.5M

11 Oct 2-4 51 $65.6K −34.4% 111 $591 $41.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 24 #4 $4.9M — $4.9M 2,750 $1,795 1

Sat Jul 25 #4 $4.5M −8.8% $9.4M 2,750 $1,636 2

Sun Jul 26 #4 $3.4M −23.6% $12.9M 2,750 $1,250 3

Mon Jul 27 #4 $1.7M −49.7% $14.6M 2,750 $628 4

Tue Jul 28 #4 $1.8M +3.5% $16.4M 2,750 $650 5

Wed Jul 29 #4 $1.6M −8.1% $18.0M 2,750 $598 6

Thu Jul 30 #4 $1.5M −8.1% $19.5M 2,750 $549 7

Fri Jul 31 #6 $2.5M +62.8% −50.2% $22.0M 2,750 $894 8

Sat Aug 1 #6 $2.8M +13.4% −38.0% $24.8M 2,750 $1,014 9

Sun Aug 2 #6 $2.3M −18.3% −33.7% $27.1M 2,750 $829 10

Mon Aug 3 #5 $1.1M −51.9% −36.6% $28.2M 2,750 $399 11

Tue Aug 4 #6 $1.1M −1.6% −39.7% $29.2M 2,750 $392 12

Wed Aug 5 #6 $947.4K −12.2% −42.3% $30.2M 2,750 $345 13

Thu Aug 6 #6 $902.1K −4.8% −40.3% $31.1M 2,750 $328 14

Fri Aug 7 #9 $1.2M +32.7% −51.3% $32.3M 2,270 $527 15

Sat Aug 8 #10 $1.4M +17.1% −49.7% $33.7M 2,270 $617 16

Sun Aug 9 #10 $1.1M −23.3% −52.8% $34.8M 2,270 $474 17

Mon Aug 10 #10 $544.1K −49.4% −50.4% $35.3M 2,270 $240 18

Tue Aug 11 #10 $538.4K −1.0% −50.1% $35.8M 2,270 $237 19

Wed Aug 12 #10 $474.4K −11.9% −49.9% $36.3M 2,270 $209 20

Thu Aug 13 #10 $446.2K −5.9% −50.5% $36.8M 2,270 $197 21

Fri Aug 14 — $509.7K +14.2% −57.4% $37.3M 1,261 $404 22

Sat Aug 15 — $635.3K +24.6% −54.7% $37.9M 1,261 $504 23

Sun Aug 16 — $432.5K −31.9% −59.8% $38.3M 1,261 $343 24

Mon Aug 17 — $218.4K −49.5% −59.9% $38.6M 1,261 $173 25

Tue Aug 18 — $208.3K −4.6% −61.3% $38.8M 1,261 $165 26

Wed Aug 19 — $187.3K −10.1% −60.5% $39.0M 1,261 $149 27

Thu Aug 20 — $171.0K −8.7% −61.7% $39.1M 1,261 $136 28

Fri Aug 21 — $250.3K +46.4% −50.9% $39.4M 655 $382 29

Sat Aug 22 — $339.7K +35.7% −46.5% $39.7M 655 $519 30

Sun Aug 23 — $212.5K −37.5% −50.9% $39.9M 655 $324 31

Mon Aug 24 — $89.5K −57.9% −59.0% $40.0M 655 $137 32

Tue Aug 25 — $78.4K −12.4% −62.3% $40.1M 655 $120 33

Wed Aug 26 — $68.3K −12.9% −63.5% $40.2M 655 $104 34

Thu Aug 27 — $60.3K −11.8% −64.7% $40.2M 655 $92 35

Fri Aug 28 — $119.7K +98.6% −52.2% $40.4M 482 $248 36

Sat Aug 29 — $176.1K +47.2% −48.2% $40.5M 482 $365 37

Sun Aug 30 — $84.9K −51.8% −60.0% $40.6M 482 $176 38

Mon Aug 31 — $32.8K −61.4% −63.4% $40.6M 482 $68 39

Tue Sep 1 — $37.4K +14.0% −52.4% $40.7M 482 $78 40

Wed Sep 2 — $34.2K −8.4% −49.9% $40.7M 482 $71 41

Thu Sep 3 — $34.6K +1.0% −42.6% $40.8M 482 $72 42

Fri Sep 4 — $65.4K +89.3% −45.3% $40.8M 230 $285 43

Sat Sep 5 — $90.0K +37.5% −48.9% $40.9M 230 $391 44

Sun Sep 6 — $95.7K +6.3% +12.7% $41.0M 230 $416 45

Mon Sep 7 #38 $37.4K −60.9% +14.0% $41.0M 230 $163 46

Tue Sep 8 — $10.6K −71.7% −71.7% $41.0M 230 $46 47

Wed Sep 9 — $9.9K −6.9% −71.2% $41.1M 230 $43 48

Thu Sep 10 — $8.7K −12.0% −74.9% $41.1M 230 $38 49

Fri Sep 11 — $26.1K +200.5% −60.2% $41.1M 106 $246 50

Sat Sep 12 — $38.6K +48.0% −57.1% $41.1M 106 $364 51

Sun Sep 13 — $15.6K −59.5% −83.7% $41.1M 106 $147 52

Mon Sep 14 — $4.6K −70.7% −87.7% $41.2M 106 $43 53

Tue Sep 15 — $5.3K +15.9% −49.8% $41.2M 106 $50 54

Wed Sep 16 — $4.6K −13.0% −53.1% $41.2M 106 $44 55

Thu Sep 17 — $4.9K +6.0% −43.5% $41.2M 106 $46 56

Fri Sep 18 — $42.9K +774.5% +64.4% $41.2M 231 $186 57

Sat Sep 19 — $66.6K +55.5% +72.7% $41.3M 231 $289 58

Sun Sep 20 — $42.9K −35.7% +174.3% $41.3M 231 $186 59

Mon Sep 21 — $12.9K −70.0% +180.6% $41.3M 231 $56 60

Tue Sep 22 — $14.2K +10.2% +166.8% $41.3M 231 $61 61

Wed Sep 23 — $12.5K −11.8% +170.4% $41.4M 231 $54 62

Thu Sep 24 — $13.2K +5.2% +168.4% $41.4M 231 $57 63

Fri Sep 25 — $26.1K +98.7% −39.0% $41.4M 169 $155 64

Sat Sep 26 — $46.2K +76.8% −30.6% $41.4M 169 $274 65

Sun Sep 27 — $27.7K −40.0% −35.3% $41.5M 169 $164 66

Mon Sep 28 — $8.5K −69.3% −33.8% $41.5M 169 $50 67

Tue Sep 29 — $9.4K +10.6% −33.5% $41.5M 169 $56 68

Wed Sep 30 — $8.7K −8.0% −30.6% $41.5M 169 $51 69

Thu Oct 1 — $8.6K −1.0% −34.7% $41.5M 169 $51 70

Fri Oct 2 — $16.0K +86.5% −38.8% $41.5M 111 $144 71

Sat Oct 3 — $31.8K +98.7% −31.2% $41.6M 111 $286 72

Sun Oct 4 — $17.8K −43.9% −35.7% $41.6M 111 $161 73

Mon Oct 5 — $5.4K −69.6% −36.4% $41.6M 111 $49 74

Tue Oct 6 — $5.5K +2.0% −41.4% $41.6M 111 $50 75

Wed Oct 7 — $5.3K −4.0% −38.8% $41.6M 111 $48 76

Thu Oct 8 — $6.3K +17.9% −27.1% $41.6M 111 $56 77

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

Cumulative total$41.5M

Jul 24Aug 10Aug 28Sep 14Oct 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $100.1K

$12.9M

$7.5M

$3.7M

$1.6M

$802.5K

$380.7K

$251.1K

$80.3K

$152.4K

$100.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,750 → 169 −93.9%

2,750 open169 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −34.3%

−41.5%

W1→2

−51.2%

W2→3

−57.1%

W3→4

−49.1%

W4→5

−52.6%

W5→6

−34.1%

W6→7

−68.0%

W7→8

+89.8%

W8→9

−34.3%

W9→10

Steepest −68.0%Biggest gain +89.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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