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2015 • PG-13 • 1h 33m • Horror, Fantasy, Thriller • 20th Century Fox

They know what scares you.

🍅 29% 22%

47

2.11

4.9

CS C+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$22.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$47.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$95.70M

$48.30M international

Domestic legs2.1x

Budget$35M

2015 rank#60

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Cast & crew

Full Kenan filmography

Gil Kenan

Gil Kenan Director

Sam Rockwell

Sam Rockwell Starring

Rosemarie DeWitt

Rosemarie DeWitt Starring

Jared Harris

Jared Harris Starring

ScreenplayDavid Lindsay-Abaire Produced bySam Raimi, Rob Tapert, Roy Lee CinematographyJavier Aguirresarobe Music byMarc Streitenfeld Studio20th Century Fox SeriesPoltergeist

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 22-24 4 $22.6M — 3,240 $6,982 $22.6M

2 May 29-31 7 $8.1M −64.4% 3,242 $2,486 $38.5M

3 Jun 5-7 10 $2.7M −66.4% 2,229 $1,214 $44.3M

4 Jun 12-14 14 $689.2K −74.5% 1,069 $645 $46.1M

5 Jun 19-21 23 $210.1K −69.5% 295 $712 $46.7M

6 Jun 26-28 26 $152.3K −27.5% 187 $815 $47.0M

7 Jul 3-5 36 $65.8K −56.8% 121 $544 $47.1M

8 Jul 10-12 36 $62.4K −5.2% 98 $636 $47.3M

9 Jul 17-19 44 $40.6K −34.9% 71 $571 $47.3M

10 Jul 24-26 56 $21.2K −47.6% 44 $483 $47.4M

11 Jul 31-Aug 2 54 $18.7K −12.1% 30 $622 $47.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu May 21 #P $1.4M — $1.4M 2,500 $560 -1

Fri May 22 #3 $9.3M — $9.3M 3,240 $2,885 1

Sat May 23 #5 $7.4M −21.0% $16.7M 3,240 $2,280 2

Sun May 24 #5 $5.9M −20.3% $22.6M 3,240 $1,817 3

Mon May 25 #5 $3.7M −36.8% $26.3M 3,240 $1,148 4

Tue May 26 #5 $1.8M −52.3% $28.1M 3,240 $547 5

Wed May 27 #5 $1.2M −29.8% $29.4M 3,240 $385 6

Thu May 28 #5 $1.1M −11.3% $30.5M 3,240 $341 7

Fri May 29 #7 $2.6M +135.0% −72.2% $33.1M 3,242 $801 8

Sat May 30 #7 $3.4M +29.5% −54.5% $36.4M 3,242 $1,038 9

Sun May 31 #7 $2.1M −37.7% −64.4% $38.5M 3,242 $647 10

Mon Jun 1 #6 $853.4K −59.3% −77.1% $39.4M 3,242 $263 11

Tue Jun 2 #7 $955.3K +11.9% −46.1% $40.3M 3,242 $295 12

Wed Jun 3 #8 $726.0K −24.0% −41.7% $41.1M 3,242 $224 13

Thu Jun 4 #8 $541.4K −25.4% −51.0% $41.6M 3,242 $167 14

Fri Jun 5 #10 $912.0K +68.4% −64.9% $42.5M 2,229 $409 15

Sat Jun 6 #10 $1.2M +26.2% −65.8% $43.7M 2,229 $516 16

Sun Jun 7 #10 $642.2K −44.2% −69.4% $44.3M 2,229 $288 17

Mon Jun 8 #10 $312.8K −51.3% −63.3% $44.6M 2,229 $140 18

Tue Jun 9 #10 $332.2K +6.2% −65.2% $45.0M 2,229 $149 19

Wed Jun 10 #10 $284.8K −14.3% −60.8% $45.2M 2,229 $128 20

Thu Jun 11 #11 $192.2K −32.5% −64.5% $45.4M 2,229 $86 21

Fri Jun 12 #12 $220.7K +14.8% −75.8% $45.6M 1,069 $206 22

Sat Jun 13 #12 $309.1K +40.1% −73.1% $46.0M 1,069 $289 23

Sun Jun 14 #13 $159.4K −48.4% −75.2% $46.1M 1,069 $149 24

Mon Jun 15 #- $95.2K −40.3% −69.6% $46.2M 1,069 $89 25

Tue Jun 16 #- $102.6K +7.8% −69.1% $46.3M 1,069 $96 26

Wed Jun 17 #- $95.0K −7.4% −66.6% $46.4M 1,069 $89 27

Thu Jun 18 #13 $81.6K −14.1% −57.6% $46.5M 1,069 $76 28

Fri Jun 19 #- $69.5K −14.8% −68.5% $46.6M 295 $236 29

Sat Jun 20 #- $86.1K +23.8% −72.2% $46.6M 295 $292 30

Sun Jun 21 #- $54.5K −36.6% −65.8% $46.7M 295 $185 31

Mon Jun 22 #- $31.2K −42.7% −67.2% $46.7M 295 $106 32

Tue Jun 23 #- $34.8K +11.4% −66.1% $46.8M 295 $118 33

Wed Jun 24 #- $30.4K −12.6% −68.0% $46.8M 295 $103 34

Thu Jun 25 #- $28.4K −6.7% −65.2% $46.8M 295 $96 35

Fri Jun 26 #- $47.0K +65.7% −32.3% $46.9M 187 $252 36

Sat Jun 27 #- $61.8K +31.4% −28.2% $46.9M 187 $331 37

Sun Jun 28 #- $43.5K −29.7% −20.3% $47.0M 187 $232 38

Mon Jun 29 #- $24.3K −44.1% −22.2% $47.0M 187 $130 39

Tue Jun 30 #- $24.8K +2.2% −28.7% $47.0M 187 $133 40

Wed Jul 1 #- $18.4K −25.8% −39.4% $47.0M 147 $125 41

Thu Jul 2 #- $23.3K +26.6% −17.8% $47.1M 147 $159 42

Fri Jul 3 #- $25.4K +8.9% −46.0% $47.1M 121 $210 43

Sat Jul 4 #- $14.9K −41.4% −75.9% $47.1M 121 $123 44

Sun Jul 5 #- $25.5K +71.1% −41.4% $47.1M 121 $211 45

Mon Jul 6 #- $13.9K −45.4% −42.7% $47.2M 121 $115 46

Tue Jul 7 #- $16.2K +16.3% −34.8% $47.2M 121 $134 47

Wed Jul 8 #- $15.2K −6.0% −17.3% $47.2M 121 $126 48

Thu Jul 9 #- $12.6K −17.0% −45.8% $47.2M 121 $104 49

Fri Jul 10 #- $18.2K +43.8% −28.5% $47.2M 98 $185 50

Sat Jul 11 #- $25.1K +38.0% +68.3% $47.2M 98 $256 51

Sun Jul 12 #- $19.1K −23.8% −25.0% $47.3M 98 $195 52

Mon Jul 13 #- $10.2K −46.5% −26.5% $47.3M 98 $104 53

Tue Jul 14 #- $10.4K +2.0% −35.5% $47.3M 98 $106 54

Wed Jul 15 #- $9.4K −9.5% −38.0% $47.3M 98 $96 55

Thu Jul 16 #- $10.0K +5.6% −21.0% $47.3M 98 $102 56

Fri Jul 17 #- $11.6K +16.4% −36.1% $47.3M 71 $164 57

Sat Jul 18 #- $16.1K +38.4% −35.9% $47.3M 71 $226 58

Sun Jul 19 #- $12.9K −19.8% −32.6% $47.3M 71 $182 59

Mon Jul 20 #- $6.5K −49.4% −36.3% $47.3M 71 $92 60

Tue Jul 21 #- $6.5K −1.0% −38.2% $47.4M 71 $91 61

Wed Jul 22 #- $6.4K −0.2% −31.8% $47.4M 71 $91 62

Thu Jul 23 #- $6.6K +3.2% −33.4% $47.4M 71 $94 63

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

Cumulative total$47.4M

May 21Jun 6Jun 22Jul 7Jul 23

Weekend grossWk 10 · $21.2K

$22.6M

$8.1M

$2.7M

$689.2K

$210.1K

$152.3K

$65.8K

$62.4K

$40.6K

$21.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,242 → 71 −97.8%

2,500 open71 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −47.6%

−64.4%

W1→2

−66.4%

W2→3

−74.5%

W3→4

−69.5%

W4→5

−27.5%

W5→6

−56.8%

W6→7

−5.2%

W7→8

−34.9%

W8→9

−47.6%

W9→10

Steepest −74.5%Best hold −5.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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