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2005 • PG-13 • 1h 25m • Thriller • DreamWorks Distribution

Fear takes flight.

🍅 80% 64%

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2.86

6.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$16.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$57.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$96.70M

$38.80M international

Domestic legs3.58x

Budget$26.0M

2005 rank#45

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Cast & crew

Full Craven filmography

Wes Craven

Wes Craven Director

Rachel McAdams

Rachel McAdams Starring

Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy Starring

Brian Cox

Brian Cox Starring

Jayma Mays

Jayma Mays Starring

ScreenplayCarl Ellsworth StudioDreamWorks

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 19-21 2 $16.2M — 3,079 $5,250 $16.2M

2 Aug 26-28 3 $10.3M −36.4% 3,091 $3,328 $32.6M

3 Sep 2-4 4 $7.6M −26.0% 3,134 $2,429 $43.7M

4 Sep 9-11 5 $4.5M −41.3% 3,076 $1,453 $51.2M

5 Sep 16-18 8 $2.9M −36.0% 2,455 $1,164 $55.2M

6 Sep 23-25 14 $1.1M −60.9% 1,575 $709 $57.0M

7 Sep 30-Oct 2 24 $321.6K −71.2% 567 $567 $57.6M

8 Oct 7-9 40 $116.9K −63.6% 214 $546 $57.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 19 #2 $6.1M — $6.1M 3,079 $1,981 1

Sat Aug 20 #2 $6.0M −2% $12.1M 3,079 $1,948 2

Sun Aug 21 #2 $4.1M −32% $16.2M 3,079 $1,331 3

Mon Aug 22 #2 $1.7M −58% $17.9M 3,079 $559 4

Tue Aug 23 #2 $1.6M −7% $19.5M 3,079 $520 5

Wed Aug 24 #2 $1.4M −10% $20.9M 3,079 $469 6

Thu Aug 25 #2 $1.3M −8% $22.3M 3,079 $433 7

Fri Aug 26 #3 $3.3M +148% −46% $25.6M 3,091 $1,070 8

Sat Aug 27 #3 $4.3M +30% −28% $29.9M 3,091 $1,396 9

Sun Aug 28 #3 $2.7M −38% −35% $32.6M 3,091 $862 10

Mon Aug 29 #3 $972.3K −64% −44% $33.5M 3,091 $314 11

Tue Aug 30 #3 $973.2K n/c −39% $34.5M 3,091 $314 12

Wed Aug 31 #4 $820.0K −16% −43% $35.3M 3,091 $265 13

Thu Sep 1 #4 $745.0K −9% −44% $36.1M 3,091 $241 14

Fri Sep 2 #4 $2.1M +177% −38% $38.1M 3,134 $657 15

Sat Sep 3 #4 $2.9M +40% −33% $41.0M 3,134 $920 16

Sun Sep 4 #5 $2.7M −7% n/c $43.7M 3,134 $851 17

Mon Sep 5 #5 $1.8M −32% +88% $45.5M 3,134 $582 18

Tue Sep 6 #5 $435.2K −76% −55% $46.0M 3,134 $138 19

Wed Sep 7 #5 $389.9K −10% −52% $46.3M 3,134 $124 20

Thu Sep 8 #5 $360.8K −7% −52% $46.7M 3,134 $115 21

Fri Sep 9 #4 $1.4M +300% −30% $48.1M 3,076 $469 22

Sat Sep 10 #5 $2.0M +40% −30% $50.2M 3,076 $655 23

Sun Sep 11 #5 $1.0M −50% −62% $51.2M 3,076 $328 24

Mon Sep 12 #6 $262.1K −74% −86% $51.4M 3,076 $85 25

Tue Sep 13 #5 $295.9K +13% −32% $51.7M 3,076 $96 26

Wed Sep 14 #5 $297.3K n/c −24% $52.0M 3,076 $96 27

Thu Sep 15 #6 $296.8K n/c −18% $52.3M 3,076 $96 28

Fri Sep 16 #8 $900.7K +203% −38% $53.2M 2,455 $366 29

Sat Sep 17 #8 $1.3M +47% −34% $54.6M 2,455 $539 30

Sun Sep 18 #9 $634.7K −52% −37% $55.2M 2,455 $258 31

Mon Sep 19 #10 $163.4K −74% −38% $55.3M 2,455 $66 32

Tue Sep 20 #10 $189.2K +16% −36% $55.5M 2,455 $77 33

Wed Sep 21 #10 $169.7K −10% −43% $55.7M 2,455 $69 34

Thu Sep 22 #9 $173.7K +2% −41% $55.9M 2,455 $70 35

Fri Sep 23 #14 $340.1K +96% −62% $56.2M 1,575 $215 36

Sat Sep 24 #14 $517.3K +52% −61% $56.7M 1,575 $328 37

Sun Sep 25 #14 $260.2K −50% −59% $57.0M 1,575 $165 38

Mon Oct 10 #44 $8.8K — $57.9M 214 $41 53

Cumulative total$57.9M

Aug 19Aug 29Sep 7Sep 17Oct 10

Weekend grossWk 8 · $116.9K

$16.2M

$10.3M

$7.6M

$4.5M

$2.9M

$1.1M

$321.6K

$116.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 3,134 → 214 −93.2%

3,079 open214 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −63.6%

−36.4%

W1→2

−26.0%

W2→3

−41.3%

W3→4

−36.0%

W4→5

−60.9%

W5→6

−71.2%

W6→7

−63.6%

W7→8

Steepest −71.2%Best hold −26.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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