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2009 • R • 1h 26m • Horror, Mystery • Paramount Pictures

What happens when you sleep?

🍅 82% 57%

68

2.90

6.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$78K

Limited · 12 theaters

Domestic total

$107.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$194.20M

$86.30M international

Domestic legs5.5x from $19.6M first wide weekend

Budget$15K

2009 rank#30

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Cast & crew

Directed byOren Peli ScreenplayOren Peli Produced byJason Blum, Oren Peli CinematographyOren Peli StarringKatie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Mark Fredrichs, Amber Armstrong, Ashley Palmer, Crystal Cartwright StudioParamount Pictures SeriesParanormal Activity

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 9-11 4 $7.9M — 160 $49,379 $9.1M

2 Oct 16-18 3 $19.6M +148.3% 760 $25,812 $33.2M

3 Oct 23-25 1 $21.1M +7.6% 1,945 $10,850 $61.6M

4 Oct 30-Nov 1 2 $16.4M −22.3% 2,404 $6,816 $84.6M

5 Nov 6-8 5 $8.3M −49.5% 2,558 $3,236 $97.1M

6 Nov 13-15 8 $4.0M −51.2% 2,712 $1,490 $103.7M

7 Nov 20-22 13 $1.4M −65.3% 1,902 $736 $106.1M

8 Nov 27-29 21 $486.2K −65.3% 725 $670 $107.1M

9 Dec 4-6 29 $122.1K −74.9% 308 $396 $107.4M

10 Dec 11-13 36 $61.7K −49.4% 182 $339 $107.5M

11 Dec 18-20 29 $88.7K +43.8% 237 $374 $107.6M

12 Dec 25-27 35 $71.7K −19.2% 158 $453 $107.7M

13 Jan 1-3 40 $61.8K −13.9% 145 $425 $107.9M

14 Jan 8-10 47 $27.0K −56.2% 103 $262 $107.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 25 $36.1K — $36.1K 12 $3,012 1

Sat Sep 26 $34.5K −5% $70.6K 12 $2,874 2

Sun Sep 27 $7.2K −79% $77.9K 12 $602 3

Mon Sep 28 $5.6K −23% $83.4K 12 $463 4

Tue Sep 29 $6.0K +8% $89.5K 12 $501 5

Wed Sep 30 $6.8K +13% $96.3K 12 $569 6

Thu Oct 1 #12 $148.2K +2,071% $244.5K 33 $4,492 7

Fri Oct 2 $203.5K +37% +463% $448.0K 33 $6,166 8

Sat Oct 3 $233.3K +15% +576% $681.3K 33 $7,069 9

Sun Oct 4 $95.4K −59% +1,219% $776.8K 33 $2,892 10

Mon Oct 5 $74.0K −22% +1,230% $850.8K 33 $2,242 11

Tue Oct 6 $82.3K +11% +1,267% $933.1K 33 $2,494 12

Wed Oct 7 $100.5K +22% +1,373% $1.0M 33 $3,046 13

Thu Oct 8 #12 $179.6K +79% +21% $1.2M 33 $5,442 14

Fri Oct 9 #4 $2.7M +1,381% +1,207% $3.9M 160 $16,620 15

Sat Oct 10 #5 $2.9M +7% +1,124% $6.7M 160 $17,848 16

Sun Oct 11 #5 $2.4M −16% +2,400% $9.1M 160 $14,910 17

Mon Oct 12 #4 $1.3M −45% +1,680% $10.4M 160 $8,231 18

Tue Oct 13 #3 $1.1M −19% +1,201% $11.5M 160 $6,694 19

Wed Oct 14 #3 $990.8K −8% +885% $12.5M 160 $6,192 20

Thu Oct 15 #3 $1.1M +7% +491% $13.6M 160 $6,632 21

Fri Oct 16 #3 $6.8M +538% +155% $20.3M 763 $8,871 22

Sat Oct 17 #3 $7.7M +14% +171% $28.1M 763 $10,150 23

Sun Oct 18 #2 $5.1M −34% +114% $33.2M 763 $6,689 24

Mon Oct 19 #2 $2.0M −61% +49% $35.1M 763 $2,579 25

Tue Oct 20 #2 $1.8M −9% +67% $36.9M 763 $2,340 26

Wed Oct 21 #1 $1.6M −8% +65% $38.6M 763 $2,148 27

Thu Oct 22 #1 $1.9M +17% +80% $40.5M 763 $2,505 28

Fri Oct 23 #1 $7.6M +296% +12% $48.0M 1,945 $3,893 29

Sat Oct 24 #1 $8.6M +14% +12% $56.7M 1,945 $4,441 30

Sun Oct 25 #1 $4.9M −43% −4% $61.6M 1,945 $2,515 31

Mon Oct 26 #1 $1.9M −62% −6% $63.4M 1,945 $952 32

Tue Oct 27 #1 $1.7M −8% −5% $65.1M 1,945 $876 33

Wed Oct 28 #2 $1.5M −14% −11% $66.6M 1,945 $753 34

Thu Oct 29 #2 $1.6M +11% −14% $68.2M 1,945 $840 35

Fri Oct 30 #2 $6.0M +267% −21% $74.2M 2,404 $2,497 36

Sat Oct 31 #2 $6.6M +10% −24% $80.8M 2,404 $2,735 37

Sun Nov 1 #2 $3.8M −42% −22% $84.6M 2,404 $1,583 38

Mon Nov 2 #2 $1.2M −69% −36% $85.8M 2,404 $493 39

Tue Nov 3 #2 $1.1M −5% −34% $86.9M 2,404 $470 40

Wed Nov 4 #2 $903.3K −20% −38% $87.8M 2,404 $375 41

Thu Nov 5 #2 $982.3K +9% −40% $88.8M 2,404 $408 42

Fri Nov 6 #5 $2.9M +192% −52% $91.7M 2,558 $1,119 43

Sat Nov 7 #5 $3.7M +29% −44% $95.4M 2,558 $1,440 44

Sun Nov 8 #5 $1.7M −53% −55% $97.1M 2,558 $676 45

Mon Nov 9 #5 $520.3K −70% −56% $97.6M 2,558 $203 46

Tue Nov 10 #5 $745.7K +43% −34% $98.4M 2,558 $291 47

Wed Nov 11 #8 $820.7K +10% −9% $99.2M 2,558 $320 48

Thu Nov 12 #6 $451.6K −45% −54% $99.6M 2,558 $176 49

Fri Nov 13 #7 $1.5M +232% −48% $101.1M 2,712 $552 50

Sat Nov 14 #8 $1.7M +16% −53% $102.9M 2,712 $641 51

Sun Nov 15 #8 $805.9K −54% −53% $103.7M 2,712 $297 52

Mon Nov 16 #8 $258.5K −68% −50% $103.9M 2,712 $95 53

Tue Nov 17 #9 $271.9K +5% −64% $104.2M 2,712 $100 54

Wed Nov 18 #9 $239.3K −12% −71% $104.5M 2,712 $88 55

Thu Nov 19 #9 $221.9K −7% −51% $104.7M 2,712 $81 56

Fri Nov 20 #10 $502.8K +127% −66% $105.2M 1,902 $264 57

Sat Nov 21 #13 $601.3K +20% −65% $105.8M 1,902 $316 58

Sun Nov 22 #13 $297.0K −51% −63% $106.1M 1,902 $156 59

Mon Nov 23 #12 $141.5K −52% −45% $106.2M 1,902 $74 60

Tue Nov 24 #12 $183.3K +30% −33% $106.4M 1,902 $96 61

Wed Nov 25 $101.7K −44% −58% $106.5M 725 $140 62

Thu Nov 26 $117.6K +16% −47% $106.6M 725 $162 63

Fri Nov 27 $200.9K +71% −60% $106.8M 725 $277 64

Sat Nov 28 $203.1K +1% −66% $107.0M 725 $280 65

Sun Nov 29 $82.2K −60% −72% $107.1M 725 $113 66

Mon Nov 30 $33.3K −60% −76% $107.1M 725 $45 67

Tue Dec 1 $36.8K +11% −80% $107.2M 725 $50 68

Wed Dec 2 $36.3K −1% −64% $107.2M 725 $50 69

Thu Dec 3 $35.5K −2% −70% $107.3M 725 $48 70

Fri Dec 4 $39.8K +12% −80% $107.3M 308 $129 71

Sat Dec 5 $54.8K +38% −73% $107.3M 308 $178 72

Sun Dec 6 $27.4K −50% −67% $107.4M 308 $89 73

Mon Dec 7 $12.0K −56% −64% $107.4M 308 $39 74

Tue Dec 8 $12.0K n/c −67% $107.4M 308 $38 75

Wed Dec 9 $10.5K −12% −71% $107.4M 308 $34 76

Thu Dec 10 $11.4K +8% −68% $107.4M 308 $36 77

Fri Dec 11 $18.7K +65% −53% $107.4M 182 $103 78

Sat Dec 12 $26.5K +41% −52% $107.5M 182 $145 79

Sun Dec 13 $16.5K −38% −40% $107.5M 182 $90 80

Mon Dec 14 $7.7K −53% −36% $107.5M 182 $42 81

Tue Dec 15 $6.8K −12% −43% $107.5M 182 $37 82

Wed Dec 16 $7.7K +13% −27% $107.5M 182 $42 83

Thu Dec 17 $7.3K −5% −36% $107.5M 182 $40 84

Fri Dec 18 $24.2K +230% +29% $107.5M 237 $102 85

Sat Dec 19 $33.6K +39% +27% $107.6M 237 $141 86

Sun Dec 20 $30.9K −8% +87% $107.6M 237 $130 87

Mon Dec 21 $18.7K −39% +143% $107.6M 237 $79 88

Tue Dec 22 $19.1K +2% +181% $107.6M 237 $80 89

Wed Dec 23 $18.1K −5% +135% $107.7M 237 $76 90

Thu Dec 24 $6.2K −66% −16% $107.7M 237 $25 91

Fri Dec 25 $17.9K +190% −26% $107.7M 158 $113 92

Sat Dec 26 $29.1K +63% −13% $107.7M 158 $184 93

Sun Dec 27 $24.8K −15% −20% $107.7M 158 $156 94

Mon Dec 28 $16.5K −33% −12% $107.8M 158 $104 95

Tue Dec 29 $15.0K −9% −22% $107.8M 158 $94 96

Wed Dec 30 $15.9K +6% −12% $107.8M 158 $100 97

Thu Dec 31 $8.5K −46% +38% $107.8M 158 $53 98

Fri Jan 1 $24.4K +186% +36% $107.8M 145 $167 99

Sat Jan 2 $24.8K +2% −15% $107.8M 145 $170 100

Sun Jan 3 $12.6K −49% −49% $107.9M 145 $87 101

Mon Jan 4 $5.9K −54% −64% $107.9M 145 $40 102

Tue Jan 5 $5.3K −10% −65% $107.9M 145 $36 103

Wed Jan 6 $4.7K −11% −70% $107.9M 145 $32 104

Thu Jan 7 $4.2K −11% −51% $107.9M 145 $29 105

Fri Jan 8 $7.6K +80% −69% $107.9M 103 $73 106

Sat Jan 9 $12.4K +64% −50% $107.9M 103 $120 107

Sun Jan 10 $7.0K −44% −44% $107.9M 103 $68 108

Mon Jan 11 $2.2K −68% −62% $107.9M 103 $21 109

Tue Jan 12 $2.2K +1% −58% $107.9M 103 $21 110

Wed Jan 13 $2.5K +10% −48% $107.9M 103 $23 111

Thu Jan 14 $2.5K +1% −41% $107.9M 103 $24 112

Fri Jan 15 $1.7K −30% −77% $107.9M 52 $33 113

Sat Jan 16 $2.3K +35% −81% $107.9M 52 $44 114

Sun Jan 17 $1.5K −37% −79% $107.9M 52 $28 115

Mon Jan 18 #61 $624 −58% −72% $107.9M 52 $12 116

Tue Jan 19 $530 −15% −76% $107.9M 52 $10 117

Wed Jan 20 $434 −18% −82% $107.9M 52 $8 118

Thu Jan 21 $563 +30% −77% $107.9M 52 $10 119

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

Cumulative total$107.3M

Sep 25Oct 12Oct 30Nov 16Dec 3

Weekend grossWk 10 · $61.7K

$7.9M

$19.6M

$21.1M

$16.4M

$8.3M

$4.0M

$1.4M

$486.2K

$122.1K

$61.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,712 → 725 −73.3%

12 open725 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −49.4%

+148.3%

W1→2

+7.6%

W2→3

−22.3%

W3→4

−49.5%

W4→5

−51.2%

W5→6

−65.3%

W6→7

−65.3%

W7→8

−74.9%

W8→9

−49.4%

W9→10

Steepest −74.9%Biggest gain +148.3%

Run milestones

$100M in 50 days

$100M

Day 50

Nov 13

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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