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2011 • R • 1h 50m • Horror, Mystery • Dimension Films

New decade. New rules.

🍅 61% 57%

52

3.39

6.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$18.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$38.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$96.00M

$57.80M international

Domestic legs2.0x

Budget$40M

2011 rank#83

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Cast & crew

Full Craven filmography

Wes Craven

Wes Craven Director

Neve Campbell

Neve Campbell Starring

Courteney Cox

Courteney Cox Starring

David Arquette

David Arquette Starring

Emma Roberts

Emma Roberts Starring

Hayden Panettiere

Hayden Panettiere Starring

ScreenplayKevin Williamson Produced byWes Craven, Iya Labunka CinematographyPeter Deming EditingPeter McNulty Music byMarco Beltrami StudioDimension Films SeriesScream

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 15-17 2 $18.7M — 3,305 $5,656 $18.7M

2 Apr 22-24 5 $7.0M −62.4% 3,314 $2,122 $31.0M

3 Apr 29-May 1 13 $2.2M −69.0% 2,221 $981 $35.5M

4 May 6-8 16 $701.1K −67.8% 1,333 $526 $36.9M

5 May 13-15 27 $277.1K −60.5% 426 $650 $37.5M

6 May 20-22 40 $91.3K −67.1% 205 $445 $37.7M

7 May 27-29 33 $124.9K +36.9% 261 $479 $37.9M

8 Jun 3-5 35 $77.9K −37.6% 201 $388 $38.0M

9 Jun 10-12 46 $37.5K −51.9% 80 $468 $38.1M

10 Jun 17-19 60 $14.1K −62.4% 39 $362 $38.2M

11 Jun 24-26 75 $6.4K −54.6% 18 $356 $38.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 15 #2 $8.2M — $8.2M 3,305 $2,494 1

Sat Apr 16 #2 $6.7M −18.9% $14.9M 3,305 $2,021 2

Sun Apr 17 #2 $3.8M −43.6% $18.7M 3,305 $1,141 3

Mon Apr 18 #2 $1.3M −64.2% $20.0M 3,305 $408 4

Tue Apr 19 #3 $1.5M +8.3% $21.5M 3,305 $442 5

Wed Apr 20 #3 $1.1M −22.6% $22.6M 3,305 $342 6

Thu Apr 21 #3 $1.4M +20.9% $24.0M 3,305 $414 7

Fri Apr 22 #6 $2.8M +102.4% −66.4% $26.8M 3,314 $836 8

Sat Apr 23 #5 $2.7M −1.1% −59.0% $29.5M 3,314 $827 9

Sun Apr 24 #5 $1.5M −44.5% −59.7% $31.0M 3,314 $459 10

Mon Apr 25 #5 $741.9K −51.2% −45.0% $31.8M 3,314 $224 11

Tue Apr 26 #4 $604.1K −18.6% −58.7% $32.4M 3,314 $182 12

Wed Apr 27 #5 $477.0K −21.0% −57.9% $32.9M 3,314 $144 13

Thu Apr 28 #5 $458.6K −3.9% −66.5% $33.3M 3,314 $138 14

Fri Apr 29 #11 $795.0K +73.3% −71.3% $34.1M 2,221 $358 15

Sat Apr 30 #12 $890.4K +12.0% −67.5% $35.0M 2,221 $401 16

Sun May 1 #13 $494.1K −44.5% −67.5% $35.5M 2,221 $222 17

Mon May 2 #9 $174.9K −64.6% −76.4% $35.7M 2,221 $79 18

Tue May 3 #8 $225.4K +28.9% −62.7% $35.9M 2,221 $101 19

Wed May 4 #10 $171.5K −23.9% −64.1% $36.1M 2,221 $77 20

Thu May 5 #11 $151.1K −11.9% −67.0% $36.2M 2,221 $68 21

Fri May 6 — $256.1K +69.5% −67.8% $36.5M 1,333 $192 22

Sat May 7 — $298.0K +16.4% −66.5% $36.8M 1,333 $224 23

Sun May 8 — $147.0K −50.7% −70.2% $36.9M 1,333 $110 24

Mon May 9 #15 $74.5K −49.3% −57.4% $37.0M 1,333 $56 25

Tue May 10 — $88.9K +19.3% −60.6% $37.1M 1,333 $67 26

Wed May 11 — $72.9K −18.0% −57.5% $37.2M 1,333 $55 27

Thu May 12 — $75.7K +3.9% −49.9% $37.2M 1,333 $57 28

Fri May 13 — $91.5K +20.8% −64.3% $37.3M 426 $215 29

Sat May 14 — $121.7K +33.0% −59.2% $37.4M 426 $286 30

Sun May 15 — $64.0K −47.4% −56.5% $37.5M 426 $150 31

Mon May 16 — $28.7K −55.1% −61.4% $37.5M 426 $67 32

Tue May 17 — $33.8K +17.7% −62.0% $37.6M 426 $79 33

Wed May 18 — $27.0K −20.1% −62.9% $37.6M 426 $63 34

Thu May 19 — $27.5K +1.8% −63.7% $37.6M 426 $65 35

Fri May 20 — $28.2K +2.3% −69.2% $37.7M 426 $66 36

Sat May 21 — $36.2K +28.7% −70.2% $37.7M 426 $85 37

Sun May 22 — $26.9K −25.8% −58.0% $37.7M 426 $63 38

Mon May 23 — $12.9K −52.2% −55.3% $37.7M 426 $30 39

Tue May 24 — $11.0K −14.3% −67.4% $37.7M 426 $26 40

Wed May 25 — $9.2K −16.7% −66.0% $37.8M 426 $22 41

Thu May 26 — $7.6K −16.6% −72.2% $37.8M 426 $18 42

Fri May 27 — $32.9K +329.6% +16.7% $37.8M 261 $126 43

Sat May 28 — $46.7K +42.0% +28.8% $37.8M 261 $179 44

Sun May 29 — $45.4K −2.7% +68.9% $37.9M 261 $174 45

Mon May 30 #32 $29.6K −34.8% +130.3% $37.9M 261 $113 46

Tue May 31 — $16.4K −44.8% +48.5% $37.9M 261 $63 47

Wed Jun 1 — $17.9K +9.4% +95.0% $37.9M 261 $69 48

Thu Jun 2 — $17.5K −2.4% +128.2% $38.0M 261 $67 49

Fri Jun 3 — $23.2K +33.1% −29.3% $38.0M 201 $116 50

Sat Jun 4 — $32.9K +41.6% −29.5% $38.0M 201 $164 51

Sun Jun 5 — $21.8K −33.8% −52.0% $38.0M 201 $108 52

Mon Jun 6 #30 $11.7K −46.3% −60.5% $38.1M 201 $58 53

Tue Jun 7 — $11.7K −0.1% −28.5% $38.1M 201 $58 54

Wed Jun 8 — $12.0K +2.5% −33.0% $38.1M 201 $60 55

Thu Jun 9 — $12.0K +0.2% −31.2% $38.1M 201 $60 56

Fri Jun 10 — $13.2K +9.7% −43.3% $38.1M 80 $165 57

Sat Jun 11 — $14.6K +10.9% −55.5% $38.1M 80 $183 58

Sun Jun 12 — $9.7K −34.0% −55.7% $38.1M 80 $121 59

Mon Jun 13 — $4.4K −54.5% −62.5% $38.1M 80 $55 60

Tue Jun 14 — $5.2K +18.0% −55.7% $38.1M 80 $65 61

Wed Jun 15 — $4.4K −14.4% −63.0% $38.1M 80 $55 62

Thu Jun 16 — $4.9K +10.8% −59.0% $38.1M 80 $62 63

Fri Jun 17 — $4.3K −12.2% −67.2% $38.2M 39 $111 64

Sat Jun 18 — $5.4K +24.5% −63.2% $38.2M 39 $138 65

Sun Jun 19 — $4.4K −18.0% −54.4% $38.2M 39 $113 66

Mon Jun 20 — $2.4K −45.7% −45.5% $38.2M 39 $61 67

Tue Jun 21 — $2.5K +6.2% −51.0% $38.2M 39 $65 68

Wed Jun 22 — $2.6K +1.6% −41.9% $38.2M 39 $66 69

Thu Jun 23 — $2.6K +0.5% −47.3% $38.2M 39 $67 70

Fri Jun 24 — $2.0K −21.2% −52.7% $38.2M 18 $114 71

Sat Jun 25 — $2.4K +18.0% −55.2% $38.2M 18 $134 72

Sun Jun 26 — $2.0K −19.1% −55.7% $38.2M 18 $108 73

Mon Jun 27 — $1.0K −47.4% −57.1% $38.2M 18 $57 74

Tue Jun 28 — $1.0K −0.6% −59.8% $38.2M 18 $57 75

Wed Jun 29 — $985 −3.5% −61.8% $38.2M 18 $55 76

Thu Jun 30 — $1.0K +1.8% −61.3% $38.2M 18 $56 77

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

Cumulative total$38.2M

Apr 15May 2May 20Jun 6Jun 23

Weekend grossWk 10 · $14.1K

$18.7M

$7.0M

$2.2M

$701.1K

$277.1K

$91.3K

$124.9K

$77.9K

$37.5K

$14.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,314 → 39 −98.8%

3,305 open39 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −62.4%

−62.4%

W1→2

−69.0%

W2→3

−67.8%

W3→4

−60.5%

W4→5

−67.1%

W5→6

+36.9%

W6→7

−37.6%

W7→8

−51.9%

W8→9

−62.4%

W9→10

Steepest −69.0%Biggest gain +36.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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