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2010 • R • 1h 31m • Horror, Mystery • Paramount Pictures

In 2009 you demanded it. Nothing can prepare you for what's next.

🍅 58% 48%

53

2.65

5.7

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$40.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$84.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$177.50M

$92.80M international

Domestic legs2.08x

Budget$3.0M

2010 rank#40

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Cast & crew

Directed byTod Williams ScreenplayMichael R. Perry, Tom Pabst, Christopher Landon Produced byJason Blum, Oren Peli CinematographyMichael Simmonds StarringSprague Grayden, Brian Boland, Molly Ephraim, Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Seth Ginsberg StudioParamount Pictures SeriesParanormal Activity

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 22-24 1 $40.7M — 3,216 $12,648 $40.7M

2 Oct 29-31 2 $16.5M −59.4% 3,239 $5,096 $65.7M

3 Nov 5-7 6 $7.1M −57.0% 3,168 $2,239 $77.0M

4 Nov 12-14 8 $3.0M −58.0% 2,403 $1,240 $81.9M

5 Nov 19-21 12 $945.5K −68.3% 1,101 $858 $83.6M

6 Nov 26-28 23 $220.1K −76.7% 279 $788 $84.1M

7 Dec 3-5 31 $101.0K −54.1% 200 $505 $84.3M

8 Dec 10-12 38 $45.3K −55.2% 125 $362 $84.3M

9 Dec 17-19 30 $82.5K +82.2% 174 $474 $84.4M

10 Dec 24-26 37 $39.9K −51.6% 145 $275 $84.5M

11 Dec 31-Jan 2 39 $57.2K +43.1% 145 $394 $84.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Oct 21 $6.3M — $6.3M — — -1

Fri Oct 22 #1 $20.1M — $20.1M 3,216 $6,252 1

Sat Oct 23 #1 $13.0M −35% $33.1M 3,216 $4,054 2

Sun Oct 24 #1 $7.5M −42% $40.7M 3,216 $2,341 3

Mon Oct 25 #1 $2.4M −68% $43.1M 3,216 $754 4

Tue Oct 26 #1 $2.2M −9% $45.3M 3,216 $686 5

Wed Oct 27 #1 $1.9M −16% $47.2M 3,216 $580 6

Thu Oct 28 #1 $2.0M +6% $49.2M 3,216 $615 7

Fri Oct 29 #2 $5.8M +193% −71% $55.0M 3,239 $1,790 8

Sat Oct 30 #2 $6.5M +12% −50% $61.4M 3,239 $2,003 9

Sun Oct 31 #2 $4.2M −35% −44% $65.7M 3,239 $1,302 10

Mon Nov 1 #2 $1.3M −68% −45% $67.0M 3,239 $412 11

Tue Nov 2 #3 $1.2M −11% −46% $68.2M 3,239 $365 12

Wed Nov 3 #4 $847.3K −29% −55% $69.0M 3,239 $261 13

Thu Nov 4 #4 $892.0K +5% −55% $69.9M 3,239 $275 14

Fri Nov 5 #6 $2.4M +165% −59% $72.3M 3,168 $746 15

Sat Nov 6 #6 $3.2M +36% −51% $75.5M 3,168 $1,012 16

Sun Nov 7 #6 $1.5M −54% −65% $77.0M 3,168 $461 17

Mon Nov 8 #6 $396.4K −73% −70% $77.4M 3,168 $125 18

Tue Nov 9 #6 $410.4K +4% −65% $77.8M 3,168 $129 19

Wed Nov 10 #7 $509.2K +24% −40% $78.3M 3,168 $160 20

Thu Nov 11 #7 $674.7K +33% −24% $79.0M 3,168 $212 21

Fri Nov 12 #8 $1.0M +56% −56% $80.0M 2,403 $436 22

Sat Nov 13 #8 $1.3M +25% −59% $81.3M 2,403 $546 23

Sun Nov 14 #9 $618.0K −53% −58% $81.9M 2,403 $257 24

Mon Nov 15 #9 $178.5K −71% −55% $82.1M 2,403 $74 25

Tue Nov 16 #10 $204.3K +14% −50% $82.3M 2,403 $85 26

Wed Nov 17 #10 $167.5K −18% −67% $82.5M 2,403 $69 27

Thu Nov 18 #10 $156.8K −6% −77% $82.6M 2,403 $65 28

Fri Nov 19 #11 $302.0K +93% −71% $82.9M 1,101 $274 29

Sat Nov 20 #13 $427.1K +41% −67% $83.4M 1,101 $387 30

Sun Nov 21 #14 $216.4K −49% −65% $83.6M 1,101 $196 31

Mon Nov 22 #14 $94.9K −56% −47% $83.7M 1,101 $86 32

Tue Nov 23 #14 $120.6K +27% −41% $83.8M 1,101 $109 33

Wed Nov 24 $44.2K −63% −74% $83.8M 279 $158 34

Thu Nov 25 $42.6K −4% −73% $83.9M 279 $152 35

Fri Nov 26 $88.4K +107% −71% $84.0M 279 $316 36

Sat Nov 27 $92.8K +5% −78% $84.1M 279 $332 37

Sun Nov 28 $38.9K −58% −82% $84.1M 279 $139 38

Mon Nov 29 $13.1K −66% −86% $84.1M 279 $47 39

Tue Nov 30 $13.1K n/c −89% $84.1M 279 $46 40

Wed Dec 1 $12.2K −7% −72% $84.1M 279 $43 41

Thu Dec 2 $12.4K +2% −71% $84.2M 279 $44 42

Fri Dec 3 $32.6K +163% −63% $84.2M 200 $162 43

Sat Dec 4 $44.5K +37% −52% $84.2M 200 $222 44

Sun Dec 5 $24.0K −46% −38% $84.3M 200 $119 45

Mon Dec 6 $7.5K −69% −43% $84.3M 200 $37 46

Tue Dec 7 $7.8K +5% −40% $84.3M 200 $39 47

Wed Dec 8 $8.5K +9% −30% $84.3M 200 $42 48

Thu Dec 9 $7.5K −12% −39% $84.3M 200 $37 49

Fri Dec 10 $14.7K +96% −55% $84.3M 125 $117 50

Sat Dec 11 $19.0K +29% −57% $84.3M 125 $151 51

Sun Dec 12 $11.6K −39% −52% $84.3M 125 $92 52

Mon Dec 13 $5.8K −50% −23% $84.3M 125 $46 53

Tue Dec 14 $4.7K −19% −40% $84.3M 125 $37 54

Wed Dec 15 $5.1K +9% −40% $84.3M 125 $40 55

Thu Dec 16 $4.9K −4% −35% $84.4M 125 $39 56

Fri Dec 17 $22.1K +352% +50% $84.4M 174 $126 57

Sat Dec 18 $32.6K +48% +72% $84.4M 174 $187 58

Sun Dec 19 $27.9K −15% +140% $84.4M 174 $160 59

Mon Dec 20 $16.6K −40% +188% $84.5M 174 $95 60

Tue Dec 21 $17.9K +7% +284% $84.5M 174 $102 61

Wed Dec 22 $13.4K −25% +164% $84.5M 174 $77 62

Thu Dec 23 $13.0K −3% +167% $84.5M 174 $74 63

Fri Dec 24 $4.2K −68% −81% $84.5M 145 $29 64

Sat Dec 25 $14.6K +247% −55% $84.5M 145 $101 65

Sun Dec 26 $21.1K +44% −24% $84.5M 145 $145 66

Mon Dec 27 $16.1K −24% −3% $84.6M 145 $111 67

Tue Dec 28 $15.5K −4% −13% $84.6M 145 $107 68

Wed Dec 29 $16.6K +7% +24% $84.6M 145 $114 69

Thu Dec 30 $17.4K +5% +34% $84.6M 145 $120 70

Fri Dec 31 $8.9K −49% +110% $84.6M 145 $61 71

Sat Jan 1 $29.1K +229% +99% $84.6M 145 $200 72

Sun Jan 2 $19.2K −34% −9% $84.7M 145 $132 73

Mon Jan 3 $8.7K −55% −46% $84.7M 145 $60 74

Tue Jan 4 $6.8K −22% −56% $84.7M 145 $46 75

Wed Jan 5 $6.5K −4% −61% $84.7M 145 $44 76

Thu Jan 6 $6.4K −2% −64% $84.7M 145 $43 77

Fri Jan 7 $10.3K +63% +17% $84.7M 90 $114 78

Sat Jan 8 $15.6K +51% −46% $84.7M 90 $173 79

Sun Jan 9 $8.2K −47% −57% $84.7M 90 $91 80

Mon Jan 10 $2.5K −70% −72% $84.7M 90 $27 81

Tue Jan 11 $2.6K +3% −62% $84.7M 90 $28 82

Wed Jan 12 $3.0K +19% −54% $84.7M 90 $33 83

Thu Jan 13 $3.0K −2% −53% $84.7M 90 $32 84

Fri Jan 14 $3.6K +20% −66% $84.7M 40 $88 85

Sat Jan 15 $5.5K +53% −65% $84.7M 40 $136 86

Sun Jan 16 $4.5K −17% −45% $84.7M 40 $113 87

Mon Jan 17 #53 $2.2K −52% −13% $84.7M 40 $53 88

Tue Jan 18 $1.1K −48% −56% $84.8M 40 $28 89

Wed Jan 19 $1.1K −4% −64% $84.8M 40 $26 90

Thu Jan 20 $825 −23% −72% $84.8M 40 $20 91

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

Cumulative total$84.6M

Oct 21Nov 8Nov 25Dec 13Dec 30

Weekend grossWk 10 · $39.9K

$40.7M

$16.5M

$7.1M

$3.0M

$945.5K

$220.1K

$101.0K

$45.3K

$82.5K

$39.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,239 → 145 −95.5%

3,216 open145 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −51.6%

−59.4%

W1→2

−57.0%

W2→3

−58.0%

W3→4

−68.3%

W4→5

−76.7%

W5→6

−54.1%

W6→7

−55.2%

W7→8

+82.2%

W8→9

−51.6%

W9→10

Steepest −76.7%Biggest gain +82.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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