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2019 • R • 1h 40m • Horror, Mystery, Thriller • Paramount Pictures

Sometimes dead is better.

🍅 58% 33%

57

2.39

5.7

CS C+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$24.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$54.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$111.80M

$57.10M international

Domestic legs2.2x

Budget$21M

2019 rank#52

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Cast & crew

Directed byKevin Kölsch, Dennis Widmyer ScreenplayJeff Buhler Produced byLorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian, Steven Schneider CinematographyLaurie Rose Music byChristopher Young StarringJason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, John Lithgow, Jeté Laurence, Hugo Lavoie, Lucas Lavoie StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 5-7 2 $24.5M — 3,585 $6,835 $24.5M

2 Apr 12-14 4 $9.7M −60.2% 3,585 $2,718 $40.9M

3 Apr 19-21 7 $4.9M −50.1% 3,146 $1,546 $49.6M

4 Apr 26-28 8 $1.3M −72.8% 1,655 $799 $52.6M

5 May 3-5 12 $502.8K −62.0% 655 $768 $53.8M

6 May 10-12 17 $264.4K −47.4% 304 $870 $54.2M

7 May 17-19 22 $175.1K −33.8% 226 $775 $54.5M

8 May 24-26 34 $81.6K −53.4% 133 $614 $54.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Apr 4 #P $2.3M — $2.3M 2,942 $782 -1

Fri Apr 5 #2 $9.9M — $9.9M 3,585 $2,767 1

Sat Apr 6 #2 $9.0M −9.0% $18.9M 3,585 $2,518 2

Sun Apr 7 #2 $5.6M −38.5% $24.5M 3,585 $1,550 3

Mon Apr 8 #2 $1.6M −71.3% $26.1M 3,585 $444 4

Tue Apr 9 #2 $2.4M +52.8% $28.5M 3,585 $678 5

Wed Apr 10 #2 $1.4M −43.8% $29.9M 3,585 $382 6

Thu Apr 11 #2 $1.2M −10.4% $31.1M 3,585 $342 7

Fri Apr 12 #5 $2.9M +138.9% −70.5% $34.1M 3,585 $817 8

Sat Apr 13 #3 $4.3M +47.7% −52.1% $38.4M 3,585 $1,207 9

Sun Apr 14 #6 $2.5M −42.6% −55.2% $40.9M 3,585 $694 10

Mon Apr 15 #6 $877.7K −64.7% −44.9% $41.7M 3,585 $245 11

Tue Apr 16 #6 $1.3M +45.0% −47.7% $43.0M 3,585 $355 12

Wed Apr 17 #6 $805.3K −36.7% −41.1% $43.8M 3,585 $225 13

Thu Apr 18 #6 $910.5K +13.1% −25.8% $44.7M 3,585 $254 14

Fri Apr 19 #8 $1.8M +97.2% −38.7% $46.5M 3,146 $571 15

Sat Apr 20 #7 $2.0M +11.0% −54.0% $48.5M 3,146 $633 16

Sun Apr 21 #7 $1.1M −46.0% −56.7% $49.6M 3,146 $342 17

Mon Apr 22 #8 $537.3K −50.0% −38.8% $50.1M 3,146 $171 18

Tue Apr 23 #7 $590.7K +9.9% −53.6% $50.7M 3,146 $188 19

Wed Apr 24 #7 $397.8K −32.7% −50.6% $51.1M 3,146 $126 20

Thu Apr 25 #9 $200.4K −49.6% −78.0% $51.3M 3,146 $64 21

Fri Apr 26 #8 $411.0K +105.1% −77.1% $51.7M 1,655 $248 22

Sat Apr 27 #8 $596.0K +45.0% −70.1% $52.3M 1,655 $360 23

Sun Apr 28 #10 $315.8K −47.0% −70.6% $52.6M 1,655 $191 24

Mon Apr 29 #8 $145.4K −53.9% −72.9% $52.8M 1,655 $88 25

Tue Apr 30 #8 $181.8K +25.0% −69.2% $53.0M 1,655 $110 26

Wed May 1 #9 $158.1K −13.1% −60.3% $53.1M 1,655 $96 27

Thu May 2 #10 $126.6K −19.9% −36.8% $53.3M 1,655 $76 28

Fri May 3 — $161.3K +27.5% −60.7% $53.4M 655 $246 29

Sat May 4 — $235.0K +45.7% −60.6% $53.7M 655 $359 30

Sun May 5 — $106.4K −54.7% −66.3% $53.8M 655 $163 31

Mon May 6 — $52.1K −51.0% −64.2% $53.8M 655 $80 32

Tue May 7 — $66.7K +28.0% −63.3% $53.9M 655 $102 33

Wed May 8 — $56.1K −16.0% −64.5% $53.9M 655 $86 34

Thu May 9 — $40.8K −27.3% −67.8% $54.0M 655 $62 35

Fri May 10 — $78.1K +91.5% −51.6% $54.1M 304 $257 36

Sat May 11 — $115.2K +47.5% −51.0% $54.2M 304 $379 37

Sun May 12 — $71.1K −38.3% −33.3% $54.2M 304 $234 38

Mon May 13 — $29.1K −59.1% −44.2% $54.3M 304 $96 39

Tue May 14 — $30.5K +5.0% −54.3% $54.3M 304 $100 40

Wed May 15 — $26.2K −14.0% −53.2% $54.3M 304 $86 41

Thu May 16 — $25.1K −4.5% −38.5% $54.4M 304 $82 42

Fri May 17 — $48.5K +93.4% −37.9% $54.4M 226 $214 43

Sat May 18 — $81.7K +68.6% −29.1% $54.5M 226 $362 44

Sun May 19 — $44.8K −45.1% −36.9% $54.5M 226 $198 45

Mon May 20 — $17.2K −61.7% −41.0% $54.5M 226 $76 46

Tue May 21 — $19.1K +11.4% −37.4% $54.6M 226 $85 47

Wed May 22 — $17.1K −10.5% −34.8% $54.6M 226 $76 48

Thu May 23 — $17.5K +2.6% −30.0% $54.6M 226 $78 49

Fri May 24 — $19.5K +11.3% −59.7% $54.6M 133 $147 50

Sat May 25 — $30.6K +56.7% −62.6% $54.6M 133 $230 51

Sun May 26 — $31.5K +3.1% −29.7% $54.7M 133 $237 52

Mon May 27 — $19.2K −39.0% +12.1% $54.7M 133 $145 53

Tue May 28 — $9.6K −50.2% −49.8% $54.7M 133 $72 54

Wed May 29 — $9.5K −1.0% −44.5% $54.7M 133 $71 55

Thu May 30 — $7.9K −17.1% −55.1% $54.7M 133 $59 56

Cumulative total$54.7M

Apr 4Apr 18May 2May 16May 30

Weekend grossWk 8 · $81.6K

$24.5M

$9.7M

$4.9M

$1.3M

$502.8K

$264.4K

$175.1K

$81.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 3,585 → 133 −96.3%

2,942 open133 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −53.4%

−60.2%

W1→2

−50.1%

W2→3

−72.8%

W3→4

−62.0%

W4→5

−47.4%

W5→6

−33.8%

W6→7

−53.4%

W7→8

Steepest −72.8%Best hold −33.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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