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2010 • R • 1h 28m • Comedy, Horror • Dimension Films

There's something in the water.

🍅 76% 45%

53

2.35

5.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$10.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$25.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$83.70M

$58.70M international

Domestic legs2.5x

Budget$24M

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Cast & crew

Full Aja filmography

Alexandre Aja

Alexandre Aja Director

Elisabeth Shue

Elisabeth Shue Starring

Jerry O'Connell

Jerry O'Connell Starring

Ving Rhames

Ving Rhames Starring

Christopher Lloyd

Christopher Lloyd Starring

Dina Meyer

Dina Meyer Starring

ScreenplayJosh Stolberg Produced byAlexandre Aja, Grégory Levasseur, Mark Canton, Marc Toberoff CinematographyJohn R. Leonetti StudioDimension Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 20-22 6 $10.1M — 2,470 $4,092 $10.1M

2 Aug 27-29 10 $4.3M −57.4% 2,491 $1,727 $18.3M

3 Sep 3-5 14 $2.4M −43.5% 1,789 $1,360 $22.5M

4 Sep 10-12 21 $700.8K −71.2% 825 $849 $24.3M

5 Sep 17-19 36 $150.5K −78.5% 264 $570 $24.7M

6 Sep 24-26 54 $35.3K −76.6% 66 $535 $24.8M

7 Oct 1-3 47 $65.8K +86.6% 95 $693 $24.9M

8 Oct 8-10 56 $29.3K −55.5% 54 $543 $25.0M

9 Oct 15-17 70 $12.1K −58.8% 28 $431 $25.0M

10 Oct 22-24 96 $2.2K −81.4% 6 $374 $25.0M

11 Oct 29-31 72 $9.0K +300.5% 15 $600 $25.0M

12 Nov 5-7 78 $8.0K −11.3% 6 $1,329 $25.0M

13 Nov 12-15 112 $912 −88.6% 8 $114 $25.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 20 #5 $3.6M — $3.6M 2,470 $1,458 1

Sat Aug 21 #6 $3.6M −0.9% $7.2M 2,470 $1,444 2

Sun Aug 22 #5 $2.9M −17.6% $10.1M 2,470 $1,190 3

Mon Aug 23 #5 $1.1M −62.9% $11.2M 2,470 $441 4

Tue Aug 24 #6 $1.2M +8.5% $12.4M 2,470 $479 5

Wed Aug 25 #7 $845.7K −28.5% $13.2M 2,470 $342 6

Thu Aug 26 #5 $739.8K −12.5% $14.0M 2,470 $300 7

Fri Aug 27 #10 $1.3M +72.1% −64.6% $15.2M 2,491 $511 8

Sat Aug 28 #11 $1.7M +35.5% −51.6% $17.0M 2,491 $693 9

Sun Aug 29 #8 $1.3M −24.4% −55.6% $18.3M 2,491 $524 10

Mon Aug 30 #7 $463.1K −64.5% −57.5% $18.7M 2,491 $186 11

Tue Aug 31 #9 $558.5K +20.6% −52.8% $19.3M 2,491 $224 12

Wed Sep 1 #10 $406.5K −27.2% −51.9% $19.7M 2,491 $163 13

Thu Sep 2 #10 $400.9K −1.4% −45.8% $20.1M 2,491 $161 14

Fri Sep 3 #14 $611.9K +52.6% −52.0% $20.7M 1,789 $342 15

Sat Sep 4 #15 $895.2K +46.3% −48.1% $21.6M 1,789 $500 16

Sun Sep 5 #14 $925.2K +3.3% −29.1% $22.5M 1,789 $517 17

Mon Sep 6 #16 $577.9K −37.5% +24.8% $23.1M 1,789 $323 18

Tue Sep 7 #11 $202.1K −65.0% −63.8% $23.3M 1,789 $113 19

Wed Sep 8 #12 $170.1K −15.8% −58.2% $23.5M 1,789 $95 20

Thu Sep 9 #13 $158.3K −6.9% −60.5% $23.6M 1,789 $88 21

Fri Sep 10 — $208.8K +31.9% −65.9% $23.8M 825 $253 22

Sat Sep 11 — $311.6K +49.2% −65.2% $24.2M 825 $378 23

Sun Sep 12 — $180.4K −42.1% −80.5% $24.3M 825 $219 24

Mon Sep 13 — $54.0K −70.1% −90.7% $24.4M 825 $65 25

Tue Sep 14 — $71.4K +32.3% −64.7% $24.5M 825 $87 26

Wed Sep 15 — $54.0K −24.3% −68.2% $24.5M 825 $66 27

Thu Sep 16 — $63.7K +17.8% −59.8% $24.6M 825 $77 28

Fri Sep 17 — $48.0K −24.7% −77.0% $24.6M 264 $182 29

Sat Sep 18 — $67.6K +40.9% −78.3% $24.7M 264 $256 30

Sun Sep 19 — $34.9K −48.4% −80.7% $24.7M 264 $132 31

Mon Sep 20 — $13.1K −62.5% −75.7% $24.7M 264 $50 32

Tue Sep 21 — $14.4K +10.0% −79.8% $24.8M 264 $55 33

Wed Sep 22 — $13.9K −3.7% −74.3% $24.8M 264 $53 34

Thu Sep 23 — $12.9K −6.9% −79.7% $24.8M 264 $49 35

Fri Sep 24 — $11.5K −10.9% −76.0% $24.8M 66 $174 36

Sat Sep 25 — $16.4K +42.3% −75.8% $24.8M 66 $248 37

Sun Sep 26 — $7.4K −54.6% −78.7% $24.8M 66 $112 38

Mon Sep 27 — $2.9K −60.3% −77.5% $24.8M 66 $45 39

Tue Sep 28 — $3.9K +32.7% −72.9% $24.8M 66 $59 40

Wed Sep 29 — $3.2K −17.6% −76.8% $24.8M 66 $49 41

Thu Sep 30 — $3.6K +11.3% −72.2% $24.8M 66 $54 42

Fri Oct 1 — $18.2K +406.7% +58.0% $24.9M 43 $423 43

Sat Oct 2 — $30.7K +69.0% +87.7% $24.9M 43 $714 44

Sun Oct 3 — $17.0K −44.8% +128.6% $24.9M 43 $394 45

Mon Oct 4 — $5.7K −66.6% +92.3% $24.9M 43 $132 46

Tue Oct 5 — $5.6K −1.0% +43.5% $24.9M 43 $130 47

Wed Oct 6 — $4.9K −11.9% +53.4% $24.9M 43 $115 48

Thu Oct 7 — $5.0K +1.6% +40.0% $24.9M 43 $117 49

Fri Oct 8 — $7.1K +41.9% −60.8% $24.9M 54 $132 50

Sat Oct 9 — $12.2K +71.6% −60.2% $24.9M 54 $226 51

Sun Oct 10 — $10.0K −18.5% −41.3% $25.0M 54 $184 52

Mon Oct 11 — $3.9K −60.7% −30.8% $25.0M 54 $73 53

Tue Oct 12 — $2.2K −44.3% −61.1% $25.0M 54 $40 54

Wed Oct 13 — $2.5K +14.2% −49.6% $25.0M 54 $46 55

Thu Oct 14 — $2.5K +0.6% −50.1% $25.0M 54 $46 56

Fri Oct 15 — $2.9K +17.0% −58.8% $25.0M 28 $105 57

Sat Oct 16 — $5.4K +84.9% −55.6% $25.0M 28 $194 58

Sun Oct 17 — $3.7K −31.4% −62.6% $25.0M 28 $133 59

Mon Oct 18 — $1.1K −71.7% −73.1% $25.0M 28 $38 60

Tue Oct 19 — $1.1K +4.7% −49.4% $25.0M 28 $39 61

Wed Oct 20 — $950 −13.9% −61.8% $25.0M 28 $34 62

Thu Oct 21 — $1.1K +10.5% −58.1% $25.0M 28 $38 63

Fri Oct 29 — $3.5K — $25.0M 15 $235 71

Sat Oct 30 — $4.9K +38.9% $25.0M 15 $327 72

Sun Oct 31 — $1.4K −72.0% $25.0M 15 $91 73

Mon Nov 1 — $669 −51.2% $25.0M 15 $45 74

Tue Nov 2 — $1.1K +60.1% $25.0M 15 $71 75

Wed Nov 3 — $803 −25.0% $25.0M 15 $54 76

Thu Nov 4 — $602 −25.0% $25.0M 15 $40 77

Fri Nov 5 — $2.8K +373.3% −19.3% $25.0M 6 $475 78

Sat Nov 6 — $3.3K +16.7% −32.2% $25.0M 6 $554 79

Sun Nov 7 — $1.8K −45.8% +31.3% $25.0M 6 $300 80

Mon Nov 8 — $169 −90.6% −74.7% $25.0M 6 $28 81

Tue Nov 9 — $128 −24.3% −88.0% $25.0M 6 $21 82

Wed Nov 10 — $177 +38.3% −78.0% $25.0M 6 $30 83

Thu Nov 11 — $154 −13.0% −74.4% $25.0M 6 $26 84

Fri Nov 12 — $267 +73.4% −90.6% $25.0M 8 $33 85

Sat Nov 13 — $338 +26.6% −89.8% $25.0M 8 $42 86

Sun Nov 14 — $107 −68.3% −94.1% $25.0M 8 $13 87

Mon Nov 15 — $90 −15.9% −46.7% $25.0M 8 $11 88

Tue Nov 16 — $74 −17.8% −42.2% $25.0M 8 $9 89

Wed Nov 17 — $57 −23.0% −67.8% $25.0M 8 $7 90

Thu Nov 18 — $62 +8.8% −59.7% $25.0M 8 $8 91

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

Cumulative total$25.0M

Aug 20Sep 5Sep 20Oct 6Oct 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.2K

$10.1M

$4.3M

$2.4M

$700.8K

$150.5K

$35.3K

$65.8K

$29.3K

$12.1K

$2.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,491 → 28 −98.9%

2,470 open28 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −81.4%

−57.4%

W1→2

−43.5%

W2→3

−71.2%

W3→4

−78.5%

W4→5

−76.6%

W5→6

+86.6%

W6→7

−55.5%

W7→8

−58.8%

W8→9

−81.4%

W9→10

Steepest −81.4%Biggest gain +86.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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