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2004 • R • 1h 43m • Horror, Mystery, Thriller • Lionsgate

How much blood would you shed to stay alive?

🍅 50% 84%

46

3.68

7.6

CS C+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$18.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$56.00M

All releases

Worldwide total

$103.90M

$47.90M international

Domestic legs3.0x

Budget$1.2M

2004 rank#57

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Cast & crew

Full Wan filmography

James Wan

James Wan Director

Cary Elwes

Cary Elwes Starring

Leigh Whannell

Leigh Whannell Starring

Danny Glover

Danny Glover Starring

Monica Potter

Monica Potter Starring

Tobin Bell

Tobin Bell Starring

ScreenplayLeigh Whannell Produced byGregg Hoffman, Oren Koules, Mark Burg CinematographyDavid A. Armstrong Music byCharlie Clouser StudioLionsgate SeriesSaw

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 29-31 3 $18.3M — 2,315 $7,895 $18.3M

2 Nov 5-7 4 $11.1M −39.3% 2,467 $4,497 $35.4M

3 Nov 12-14 8 $6.4M −42.0% 2,467 $2,610 $45.8M

4 Nov 19-21 10 $2.9M −55.2% 1,679 $1,717 $50.4M

5 Nov 26-28 13 $1.5M −46.9% 1,043 $1,468 $53.2M

6 Dec 3-5 14 $852.3K −44.3% 930 $916 $54.4M

7 Dec 10-12 19 $252.6K −70.4% 485 $521 $54.9M

8 Dec 17-19 32 $87.3K −65.4% 178 $490 $55.1M

9 Dec 24-26 45 $20.5K −76.5% 100 $205 $55.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 29 #2 $6.8M — $6.8M 2,315 $2,937 1

Sat Oct 30 #3 $6.2M −8.4% $12.9M 2,315 $2,689 2

Sun Oct 31 #1 $5.4M −13.4% $18.3M 2,315 $2,329 3

Mon Nov 1 #1 $1.9M −65.0% $20.2M 2,315 $816 4

Tue Nov 2 #2 $1.5M −22.5% $21.6M 2,315 $632 5

Wed Nov 3 #2 $1.3M −9.2% $23.0M 2,315 $574 6

Thu Nov 4 #2 $1.3M +1.1% $24.3M 2,315 $581 7

Fri Nov 5 #4 $3.6M +171.6% −46.3% $28.0M 2,467 $1,480 8

Sat Nov 6 #4 $4.7M +28.6% −24.6% $32.6M 2,467 $1,902 9

Sun Nov 7 #3 $2.8M −41.3% −48.9% $35.4M 2,467 $1,116 10

Mon Nov 8 #3 $846.0K −69.3% −55.2% $36.2M 2,467 $343 11

Tue Nov 9 #3 $848.0K +0.2% −42.1% $37.1M 2,467 $344 12

Wed Nov 10 #3 $1.0M +20.2% −23.3% $38.1M 2,467 $413 13

Thu Nov 11 #5 $1.2M +18.4% −10.2% $39.3M 2,467 $489 14

Fri Nov 12 #8 $2.1M +74.0% −42.5% $41.4M 2,467 $851 15

Sat Nov 13 #8 $2.8M +32.0% −40.9% $44.2M 2,467 $1,124 16

Sun Nov 14 #7 $1.5M −44.8% −44.5% $45.8M 2,467 $620 17

Mon Nov 15 #6 $455.0K −70.2% −46.2% $46.2M 2,467 $184 18

Tue Nov 16 #6 $460.0K +1.1% −45.8% $46.7M 2,467 $186 19

Wed Nov 17 #6 $399.0K −13.3% −60.8% $47.1M 2,467 $162 20

Thu Nov 18 #6 $405.0K +1.5% −66.4% $47.5M 2,467 $164 21

Fri Nov 19 #9 $900.0K +122.2% −57.1% $48.4M 1,679 $536 22

Sat Nov 20 #10 $1.3M +39.6% −54.7% $49.7M 1,679 $748 23

Sun Nov 21 #10 $690.5K −45.0% −54.8% $50.4M 1,679 $411 24

Mon Nov 22 #8 $261.0K −62.2% −42.6% $50.6M 1,679 $155 25

Tue Nov 23 #9 $328.0K +25.7% −28.7% $50.9M 1,679 $195 26

Cumulative total$50.9M

Oct 29Nov 4Nov 11Nov 17Nov 23

Weekend grossWk 9 · $20.5K

$18.3M

$11.1M

$6.4M

$2.9M

$1.5M

$852.3K

$252.6K

$87.3K

$20.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 2,467 → 1,679 −31.9%

2,315 open1,679 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −76.5%

−39.3%

W1→2

−42.0%

W2→3

−55.2%

W3→4

−46.9%

W4→5

−44.3%

W5→6

−70.4%

W6→7

−65.4%

W7→8

−76.5%

W8→9

Steepest −76.5%Best hold −39.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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