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2012 • R • 1h 28m • Horror, Mystery • Paramount Pictures

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$29.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$53.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$142.80M

$88.90M international

Domestic legs1.86x

Budget$5.0M

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Cast & crew

Directed byAriel Schulman, Henry Joost ScreenplayChristopher Landon Produced byJason Blum, Oren Peli CinematographyDoug Emmett StarringKatie Featherston, Kathryn Newton, Matt Shively, Aiden Lovekamp, Brady Allen, Stephen Dunham StudioParamount Pictures SeriesParanormal Activity

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 19-21 1 $29.0M — 3,412 $8,500 $29.0M

2 Oct 26-28 4 $8.5M −70.7% 3,412 $2,494 $42.5M

3 Nov 2-4 8 $4.3M −50.0% 3,006 $1,414 $49.5M

4 Nov 9-11 11 $2.0M −53.4% 2,348 $843 $52.6M

5 Nov 16-18 18 $383.8K −80.6% 850 $451 $53.5M

6 Nov 23-25 47 $52.9K −86.2% 108 $489 $53.7M

7 Dec 14-16 35 $56.6K +7.0% 157 $360 $53.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Oct 18 $4.5M — $4.5M — — -1

Fri Oct 19 #1 $15.1M — $15.1M 3,412 $4,428 1

Sat Oct 20 #1 $9.4M −38% $24.5M 3,412 $2,760 2

Sun Oct 21 #1 $4.5M −53% $29.0M 3,412 $1,311 3

Mon Oct 22 #1 $1.3M −71% $30.3M 3,412 $376 4

Tue Oct 23 #2 $1.5M +16% $31.8M 3,412 $437 5

Wed Oct 24 #2 $1.0M −31% $32.8M 3,412 $303 6

Thu Oct 25 #2 $1.1M +10% $34.0M 3,412 $333 7

Fri Oct 26 #4 $3.1M +175% −79% $37.1M 3,412 $917 8

Sat Oct 27 #4 $3.6M +14% −62% $40.6M 3,412 $1,043 9

Sun Oct 28 #4 $1.8M −49% −59% $42.5M 3,412 $533 10

Mon Oct 29 #4 $490.3K −73% −62% $43.0M 3,412 $143 11

Tue Oct 30 #5 $705.7K +44% −53% $43.7M 3,412 $206 12

Wed Oct 31 #2 $1.0M +47% n/c $44.7M 3,412 $303 13

Thu Nov 1 #5 $576.8K −44% −49% $45.3M 3,412 $169 14

Fri Nov 2 #7 $1.5M +152% −54% $46.7M 3,006 $482 15

Sat Nov 3 #8 $1.9M +34% −46% $48.7M 3,006 $644 16

Sun Nov 4 #8 $862.4K −56% −53% $49.5M 3,006 $286 17

Mon Nov 5 #7 $313.8K −64% −36% $49.8M 3,006 $104 18

Tue Nov 6 #10 $320.1K +2% −55% $50.2M 3,006 $106 19

Wed Nov 7 #8 $217.1K −32% −79% $50.4M 3,006 $72 20

Thu Nov 8 #9 $239.9K +11% −58% $50.6M 3,006 $79 21

Fri Nov 9 #10 $630.1K +163% −57% $51.3M 2,348 $268 22

Sat Nov 10 #11 $867.9K +38% −55% $52.1M 2,348 $369 23

Sun Nov 11 #11 $482.0K −44% −44% $52.6M 2,348 $205 24

Mon Nov 12 #11 $209.4K −57% −33% $52.8M 2,348 $89 25

Tue Nov 13 #11 $130.8K −38% −59% $52.9M 2,348 $55 26

Wed Nov 14 #11 $105.7K −19% −51% $53.0M 2,348 $45 27

Thu Nov 15 #13 $74.3K −30% −69% $53.1M 2,348 $31 28

Fri Nov 16 $125.9K +69% −80% $53.2M 850 $148 29

Sat Nov 17 $171.3K +36% −80% $53.4M 850 $201 30

Sun Nov 18 $86.6K −49% −82% $53.5M 850 $101 31

Mon Nov 19 $42.4K −51% −80% $53.5M 850 $49 32

Tue Nov 20 $59.6K +41% −54% $53.6M 850 $70 33

Wed Nov 21 $9.2K −85% −91% $53.6M 108 $85 34

Thu Nov 22 $7.9K −14% −89% $53.6M 108 $73 35

Fri Nov 23 $20.5K +160% −84% $53.6M 108 $189 36

Sat Nov 24 $23.1K +13% −87% $53.7M 108 $213 37

Sun Nov 25 $9.3K −60% −89% $53.7M 108 $86 38

Mon Nov 26 $3.4K −63% −92% $53.7M 108 $31 39

Tue Nov 27 $3.8K +12% −94% $53.7M 108 $35 40

Wed Nov 28 $3.7K −2% −60% $53.7M 108 $34 41

Thu Nov 29 $4.1K +11% −48% $53.7M 108 $38 42

Fri Nov 30 $8.5K +105% −59% $53.7M 70 $121 43

Sat Dec 1 $11.8K +39% −49% $53.7M 70 $168 44

Sun Dec 2 $5.9K −50% −37% $53.7M 70 $83 45

Mon Dec 3 $2.4K −59% −29% $53.7M 70 $34 46

Tue Dec 4 $2.5K +1% −36% $53.7M 70 $35 47

Wed Dec 5 $2.4K −2% −35% $53.7M 70 $34 48

Thu Dec 6 $2.3K −3% −44% $53.7M 70 $33 49

Fri Dec 7 $6.3K +169% −26% $53.7M 48 $130 50

Sat Dec 8 $7.7K +23% −35% $53.7M 48 $160 51

Sun Dec 9 $3.9K −49% −33% $53.7M 48 $81 52

Mon Dec 10 $1.5K −62% −37% $53.7M 48 $31 53

Tue Dec 11 $1.7K +13% −31% $53.7M 48 $35 54

Wed Dec 12 $1.6K −8% −35% $53.8M 48 $32 55

Thu Dec 13 $1.4K −9% −39% $53.8M 48 $29 56

Fri Dec 14 $14.0K +882% +123% $53.8M 157 $89 57

Sat Dec 15 $25.5K +82% +231% $53.8M 157 $162 58

Sun Dec 16 $17.2K −33% +336% $53.8M 157 $109 59

Mon Dec 17 $6.9K −60% +357% $53.8M 157 $43 60

Tue Dec 18 $7.4K +8% +336% $53.8M 157 $47 61

Wed Dec 19 $7.4K −1% +372% $53.8M 157 $47 62

Thu Dec 20 $7.8K +6% +448% $53.8M 157 $49 63

Fri Dec 21 $3.4K −56% −76% $53.8M 50 $68 64

Sat Dec 22 $4.9K +43% −81% $53.8M 50 $97 65

Sun Dec 23 $3.8K −21% −78% $53.8M 50 $76 66

Mon Dec 24 $940 −76% −86% $53.9M 50 $18 67

Tue Dec 25 $3.1K +226% −59% $53.9M 50 $61 68

Wed Dec 26 $5.1K +65% −31% $53.9M 50 $101 69

Thu Dec 27 $5.1K +1% −35% $53.9M 50 $102 70

Fri Dec 28 $6.2K +21% +82% $53.9M 50 $123 71

Sat Dec 29 $8.2K +33% +69% $53.9M 50 $164 72

Sun Dec 30 $6.3K −23% +64% $53.9M 50 $126 73

Mon Dec 31 $2.2K −66% +131% $53.9M 50 $43 74

Tue Jan 1 $5.2K +140% +70% $53.9M 50 $104 75

Wed Jan 2 $4.3K −17% −14% $53.9M 50 $86 76

Thu Jan 3 $3.8K −13% −26% $53.9M 50 $75 77

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

Cumulative total$53.9M

Oct 18Nov 5Nov 22Dec 10Dec 27

Weekend grossWk 7 · $56.6K

$29.0M

$8.5M

$4.3M

$2.0M

$383.8K

$52.9K

$56.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 3,412 → 50 −98.5%

3,412 open50 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · +7.0%

−70.7%

W1→2

−50.0%

W2→3

−53.4%

W3→4

−80.6%

W4→5

−86.2%

W5→6

+7.0%

W6→7

Steepest −86.2%Biggest gain +7.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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