Name: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Director: André Øvredal
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 2019
Cast: Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush, Austin Zajur, Natalie Ganzhorn

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Thu Aug 8	P	$2.30M		—	$2.30M	2,500	$920	1
Fri Aug 9	#1	$8.78M		—	$8.78M	3,135	$2.8K	1
Sat Aug 10	#3	$6.90M	-21.3%	—	$15.69M	3,135	$2.2K	2
Sun Aug 11	#3	$5.23M	-24.3%	—	$20.92M	3,135	$1.7K	3
Mon Aug 12	#3	$2.39M	-54.3%	—	$23.30M	3,135	$762	4
Tue Aug 13	#4	$3.20M	+34.2%	—	$26.51M	3,135	$1.0K	5
Wed Aug 14	#3	$1.98M	-38.2%	—	$28.49M	3,135	$631	6
Thu Aug 15	#3	$1.68M	-15.0%	—	$30.17M	3,135	$536	7
Fri Aug 16	#5	$3.01M	+79.4%	-65.6%	$33.18M	3,135	$962	8
Sat Aug 17	#5	$4.08M	+35.3%	-40.9%	$37.26M	3,135	$1.3K	9
Sun Aug 18	#5	$2.91M	-28.6%	-44.3%	$40.17M	3,135	$929	10
Mon Aug 19	#4	$1.10M	-62.1%	-53.8%	$41.28M	3,135	$352	11
Tue Aug 20	#6	$1.46M	+32.5%	-54.4%	$42.74M	3,135	$467	12
Wed Aug 21	#6	$932K	-36.3%	-52.9%	$43.67M	3,135	$297	13
Thu Aug 22	#5	$815K	-12.5%	-51.5%	$44.49M	3,135	$260	14
Fri Aug 23	#7	$1.71M	+109.2%	-43.4%	$46.20M	2,927	$583	15
Sat Aug 24	#8	$2.57M	+50.4%	-37.1%	$48.76M	2,927	$877	16
Sun Aug 25	#9	$1.59M	-37.9%	-45.3%	$50.36M	2,927	$545	17
Mon Aug 26	#9	$533K	-66.6%	-51.7%	$50.89M	2,927	$182	18
Tue Aug 27	#9	$764K	+43.3%	-47.8%	$51.65M	2,927	$261	19
Wed Aug 28	#9	$494K	-35.4%	-47.1%	$52.15M	2,927	$169	20
Thu Aug 29	#8	$472K	-4.5%	-42.2%	$52.62M	2,927	$161	21
Fri Aug 30	#7	$1.19M	+151.6%	-30.4%	$53.81M	2,747	$432	22
Sat Aug 31	#7	$1.94M	+63.6%	-24.5%	$55.75M	2,747	$706	23
Sun Sep 1	#7	$1.87M	-3.5%	-35.8%	$57.62M	2,747	$681	24
Mon Sep 2	#11	$1.29M	-30.9%	-45.9%	$58.91M	2,747	$471	25
Tue Sep 3	#7	$466K	-64.0%	-39.1%	$59.38M	2,747	$169	26
Wed Sep 4	#8	$289K	-37.8%	-41.3%	$59.67M	2,747	$105	27
Thu Sep 5	#10	$159K	-45.1%	-66.3%	$59.83M	2,747	$58	28
Fri Sep 6	#10	$609K	+282.8%	-48.7%	$60.43M	2,101	$290	29
Sat Sep 7	#7	$1.11M	+83.2%	-42.6%	$61.55M	2,101	$531	30
Sun Sep 8	#11	$574K	-48.4%	-75.2%	$62.12M	2,101	$273	31
Mon Sep 9	#10	$138K	-75.9%	-70.3%	$62.26M	2,101	$66	32
Tue Sep 10	#10	$217K	+57.3%	-53.4%	$62.48M	2,101	$103	33
Wed Sep 11	#10	$145K	-33.5%	-55.0%	$62.62M	2,101	$69	34
Thu Sep 12	#10	$115K	-20.2%	-27.5%	$62.74M	2,101	$55	35
Fri Sep 13	#10	$513K	+344.5%	-15.8%	$63.25M	1,494	$344	36
Sat Sep 14	#11	$811K	+57.9%	-80.1%	$64.06M	1,494	$543	37
Sun Sep 15	#14	$376K	-53.7%	-83.7%	$64.44M	1,494	$251	38
Mon Sep 16	#13	$91K	-75.9%	-34.3%	$64.53M	1,494	$61	39
Tue Sep 17	#14	$132K	+46.0%	-39.1%	$64.66M	1,494	$89	40
Wed Sep 18	#13	$95K	-28.5%	-34.7%	$64.76M	1,494	$63	41
Thu Sep 19	#15	$73K	-22.3%	-36.4%	$64.83M	1,494	$49	42
Fri Sep 20	#14	$248K	+237.4%	-51.7%	$65.08M	932	$266	43
Sat Sep 21	#12	$476K	+92.3%	-41.3%	$65.55M	932	$511	44
Sun Sep 22	#15	$232K	-51.3%	-38.3%	$65.79M	932	$249	45
Mon Sep 23	—	$56K	-75.8%	-38.1%	$65.84M	932	$60	46
Tue Sep 24	—	$79K	+41.3%	-40.1%	$65.92M	932	$85	47
Wed Sep 25	—	$56K	-30.1%	-41.3%	$65.98M	932	$60	48
Thu Sep 26	—	$51K	-8.3%	-30.6%	$66.03M	932	$55	49
Fri Sep 27	#14	$217K	+326.9%	-12.3%	$66.24M	759	$286	50
Sat Sep 28	#15	$382K	+76.1%	-19.7%	$66.63M	759	$504	51
Sun Sep 29	#15	$202K	-47.3%	-13.0%	$66.83M	759	$265	52
Mon Sep 30	—	$61K	-69.6%	+9.1%	$66.89M	759	$81	53
Tue Oct 1	#15	$73K	+19.8%	-7.5%	$66.96M	759	$97	54
Wed Oct 2	—	$48K	-33.9%	-12.8%	$67.01M	759	$64	55
Thu Oct 3	—	$29K	-39.4%	-42.5%	$67.04M	759	$39	56
Fri Oct 4	#15	$120K	+310.1%	-44.6%	$67.16M	577	$208	57
Sat Oct 5	#14	$230K	+91.3%	-39.9%	$67.39M	577	$399	58
Sun Oct 6	—	$122K	-47.2%	-39.7%	$67.51M	577	$211	59
Mon Oct 7	—	$39K	-67.6%	-35.8%	$67.55M	577	$68	60
Tue Oct 8	—	$55K	+39.7%	-24.7%	$67.61M	577	$95	61
Wed Oct 9	—	$43K	-21.5%	-10.8%	$67.65M	577	$75	62
Thu Oct 10	—	$26K	-39.3%	-10.6%	$67.68M	577	$45	63
Fri Oct 11	—	$74K	+181.2%	-38.8%	$67.75M	346	$213	64
Sat Oct 12	—	$107K	+46.0%	-53.3%	$67.86M	346	$311	65
Sun Oct 13	—	$64K	-40.1%	-68.0%	$67.92M	346	$186	66
Mon Oct 14	—	$32K	-50.8%	-49.8%	$67.95M	346	$92	67
Tue Oct 15	—	$21K	-34.2%	-4.2%	$67.97M	346	$60	68
Wed Oct 16	—	$16K	-24.8%	-63.6%	$67.99M	346	$45	69
Thu Oct 17	—	$12K	-22.1%	-53.4%	$68.00M	346	$35	70
Fri Oct 18	—	$40K	+227.2%	-45.5%	$68.04M	219	$183	71
Sat Oct 19	—	$70K	+75.7%	-34.5%	$68.11M	219	$321	72
Sun Oct 20	—	$28K	-59.9%	-56.3%	$68.14M	219	$129	73
Mon Oct 21	—	$10K	-64.0%	-68.0%	$68.15M	219	$46	74
Tue Oct 22	—	$10K	-1.2%	-52.0%	$68.16M	219	$46	75
Wed Oct 23	—	$9K	-8.2%	-41.5%	$68.17M	219	$42	76
Thu Oct 24	—	$7K	-21.9%	-41.3%	$68.18M	219	$33	77
Fri Oct 25	—	$145K	+1915.7%	+260.9%	$68.32M	1,567	$92	78
Sat Oct 26	—	$259K	+79.0%	+268.7%	$68.58M	1,567	$165	79
Sun Oct 27	—	$130K	-49.7%	+362.2%	$68.71M	1,567	$83	80
Mon Oct 28	—	$40K	-69.4%	+292.8%	$68.75M	1,567	$25	81
Tue Oct 29	—	$55K	+38.8%	+452.4%	$68.81M	1,567	$35	82
Wed Oct 30	—	$46K	-17.1%	+397.4%	$68.85M	1,567	$29	83
Thu Oct 31	#15	$94K	+106.2%	+1215.8%	$68.95M	1,567	$60	84

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Aug 9-11	2	$20.92M	—	$20.92M	3,135	$6.7K	1
Aug 16-18	5	$10.01M	-52.1%	$40.17M	3,135	$3.2K	2
Aug 23-25	8	$5.87M	-41.4%	$50.36M	2,927	$2.0K	3
Aug 30-Sep 1	7	$5.00M	-14.8%	$57.62M	2,747	$1.8K	4
Sep 6-8	9	$2.30M	-54.0%	$62.12M	2,101	$1.1K	5
Sep 13-15	11	$1.70M	-26.0%	$64.44M	1,494	$1.1K	6
Sep 20-22	14	$955K	-43.8%	$65.79M	932	$1.0K	7
Sep 27-29	13	$801K	-16.1%	$66.83M	759	$1.1K	8
Oct 4-6	16	$472K	-41.1%	$67.51M	577	$818	9
Oct 11-13	20	$246K	-47.9%	$67.92M	346	$710	10
Oct 18-20	23	$139K	-43.5%	$68.14M	219	$633	11
Oct 25-27	21	$534K	+285.4%	$68.71M	1,567	$341	12

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byAndré Øvredal

ScreenplayDan Hageman, Kevin Hageman, Guillermo del Toro, Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan

Produced byGuillermo del Toro, Sean Daniel, Jason F. Brown, J. Miles Dale, Elizabeth Grave

CinematographyRoman Osin

MusicMarco Beltrami & Anna Drubich

StarringZoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush, Austin Zajur, Natalie Ganzhorn, Dean Norris, Gil Bellows

StudioCBS Films/Lionsgate

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