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2008 • PG-13 • 1h 27m • Horror • Sony Pictures Releasing

A Night To Die For.

🍅 9% 38%

17

1.94

4.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$20.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$43.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$57.20M

$13.30M international

Domestic legs2.1x

Budget$18M

2008 rank#65

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Cast & crew

Directed byNelson McCormick ScreenplayJ.S. Cardone Produced byNeal H. Moritz, Toby Jaffe CinematographyChecco Varese MusicPaul Haslinger Prod. DesignJon Gary Steele StarringBrittany Snow, Scott Porter, Jessica Stroup, Dana Davis, Collins Pennie, Kelly Blatz StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 11-13 1 $20.8M — 2,700 $7,706 $20.8M

2 Apr 18-20 3 $8.7M −58.3% 2,700 $3,211 $32.1M

3 Apr 25-27 6 $4.5M −48.0% 2,821 $1,598 $38.2M

4 May 2-4 8 $2.4M −46.7% 2,434 $987 $41.4M

5 May 9-11 10 $1.0M −57.9% 1,465 $691 $42.8M

6 May 16-18 13 $452.1K −55.4% 567 $797 $43.5M

7 May 23-25 19 $208.2K −53.9% 287 $726 $43.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 11 #1 $9.5M — $9.5M 2,700 $3,528 1

Sat Apr 12 #1 $8.3M −12.7% $17.8M 2,700 $3,081 2

Sun Apr 13 #2 $3.0M −64.4% $20.8M 2,700 $1,097 3

Mon Apr 14 #2 $733.2K −75.3% $21.5M 2,700 $272 4

Tue Apr 15 #3 $693.7K −5.4% $22.2M 2,700 $257 5

Wed Apr 16 #3 $580.6K −16.3% $22.8M 2,700 $215 6

Thu Apr 17 #3 $651.0K +12.1% $23.5M 2,700 $241 7

Fri Apr 18 #3 $3.5M +435.9% −63.4% $27.0M 2,700 $1,292 8

Sat Apr 19 #3 $3.7M +6.6% −55.3% $30.7M 2,700 $1,377 9

Sun Apr 20 #5 $1.5M −60.6% −50.6% $32.1M 2,700 $542 10

Mon Apr 21 #6 $426.8K −70.8% −41.8% $32.6M 2,700 $158 11

Tue Apr 22 #5 $406.5K −4.8% −41.4% $33.0M 2,700 $151 12

Wed Apr 23 #5 $362.4K −10.8% −37.6% $33.3M 2,700 $134 13

Thu Apr 24 #5 $384.9K +6.2% −40.9% $33.7M 2,700 $143 14

Fri Apr 25 #5 $1.7M +336.6% −51.8% $35.4M 2,821 $596 15

Sat Apr 26 #5 $2.0M +20.1% −45.7% $37.4M 2,821 $716 16

Sun Apr 27 #8 $808.4K −60.0% −44.8% $38.2M 2,821 $287 17

Mon Apr 28 #10 $189.8K −76.5% −55.5% $38.4M 2,821 $67 18

Tue Apr 29 #10 $187.2K −1.4% −54.0% $38.6M 2,821 $66 19

Wed Apr 30 #10 $173.5K −7.3% −52.1% $38.8M 2,821 $62 20

Thu May 1 #7 $174.2K +0.4% −54.8% $38.9M 2,821 $62 21

Fri May 2 #7 $871.9K +400.6% −48.1% $39.8M 2,434 $358 22

Sat May 3 #8 $1.1M +27.6% −44.9% $40.9M 2,434 $457 23

Sun May 4 #9 $418.9K −62.4% −48.2% $41.4M 2,434 $172 24

Mon May 5 #11 $78.1K −81.4% −58.9% $41.4M 2,434 $32 25

Tue May 6 #9 $104.6K +33.9% −44.1% $41.5M 2,434 $43 26

Wed May 7 #10 $107.8K +3.1% −37.9% $41.6M 2,434 $44 27

Thu May 8 #10 $108.3K +0.5% −37.8% $41.8M 2,434 $44 28

Fri May 9 #9 $372.2K +243.6% −57.3% $42.1M 1,465 $254 29

Sat May 10 #10 $445.5K +19.7% −60.0% $42.6M 1,465 $304 30

Sun May 11 #13 $195.3K −56.2% −53.4% $42.8M 1,465 $133 31

Mon May 12 #12 $59.4K −69.6% −23.9% $42.8M 1,465 $41 32

Tue May 13 #13 $57.7K −2.9% −44.8% $42.9M 1,465 $39 33

Wed May 14 #14 $54.8K −5.0% −49.1% $43.0M 1,465 $37 34

Thu May 15 #13 $61.2K +11.6% −43.5% $43.0M 1,465 $42 35

Fri May 16 #11 $145.0K +137.1% −61.0% $43.2M 567 $256 36

Sat May 17 — $216.4K +49.2% −51.4% $43.4M 567 $382 37

Sun May 18 — $90.6K −58.1% −53.6% $43.5M 567 $160 38

Mon May 19 — $28.4K −68.6% −52.1% $43.5M 567 $50 39

Tue May 20 — $25.6K −10.1% −55.7% $43.5M 567 $45 40

Wed May 21 — $25.0K −2.4% −54.5% $43.5M 567 $44 41

Thu May 22 — $15.6K −37.4% −74.4% $43.6M 567 $28 42

Fri May 23 — $59.3K +279.2% −59.1% $43.6M 567 $105 43

Sat May 24 #17 $87.1K +47.0% −59.7% $43.7M 567 $154 44

Sun May 25 — $61.8K −29.0% −31.8% $43.8M 567 $109 45

Mon May 26 #19 $45.1K −27.1% +58.5% $43.8M 287 $157 46

Cumulative total$43.8M

Apr 11Apr 22May 4May 15May 26

Weekend grossWk 7 · $208.2K

$20.8M

$8.7M

$4.5M

$2.4M

$1.0M

$452.1K

$208.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 2,821 → 287 −89.8%

2,700 open287 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −53.9%

−58.3%

W1→2

−48.0%

W2→3

−46.7%

W3→4

−57.9%

W4→5

−55.4%

W5→6

−53.9%

W6→7

Steepest −58.3%Best hold −46.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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