Name: Sinister
Director: Scott Derrickson
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 2012
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, Fred Thompson, James Ransone, Michael Hall D'Addario

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Oct 12	#1	$7.42M	—	—	$7.42M	2,527	$2.9K	1
Sat Oct 13	#4	$6.85M	-7.6%	—	$14.27M	2,527	$2.7K	2
Sun Oct 14	#4	$3.74M	-45.4%	—	$18.01M	2,527	$1.5K	3
Mon Oct 15	#3	$1.31M	-65.1%	—	$19.31M	2,527	$517	4
Tue Oct 16	#3	$1.40M	+7.2%	—	$20.71M	2,527	$554	5
Wed Oct 17	#3	$1.08M	-22.6%	—	$21.80M	2,527	$429	6
Thu Oct 18	#3	$1.12M	+3.4%	—	$22.92M	2,527	$444	7
Fri Oct 19	#6	$2.99M	+166.8%	-59.7%	$25.91M	2,542	$1.2K	8
Sat Oct 20	#6	$3.82M	+27.6%	-44.3%	$29.73M	2,542	$1.5K	9
Sun Oct 21	#7	$2.01M	-47.4%	-46.3%	$31.74M	2,542	$789	10
Mon Oct 22	#5	$656K	-67.3%	-49.8%	$32.39M	2,542	$258	11
Tue Oct 23	#5	$790K	+20.5%	-43.6%	$33.18M	2,542	$311	12
Wed Oct 24	#5	$602K	-23.8%	-44.5%	$33.78M	2,542	$237	13
Thu Oct 25	#4	$661K	+9.8%	-41.0%	$34.44M	2,542	$260	14
Fri Oct 26	#7	$1.74M	+163.1%	-41.9%	$36.18M	2,347	$741	15
Sat Oct 27	#9	$2.13M	+22.5%	-44.2%	$38.32M	2,347	$908	16
Sun Oct 28	#9	$1.13M	-47.2%	-43.9%	$39.44M	2,347	$479	17
Mon Oct 29	#7	$346K	-69.3%	-47.2%	$39.79M	2,347	$147	18
Tue Oct 30	#7	$497K	+43.7%	-37.1%	$40.28M	2,347	$212	19
Wed Oct 31	#3	$833K	+67.5%	+38.3%	$41.12M	2,347	$355	20
Thu Nov 1	#9	$425K	-48.9%	-35.7%	$41.54M	2,347	$181	21
Fri Nov 2	#12	$909K	+113.7%	-47.8%	$42.45M	1,882	$483	22
Sat Nov 3	#12	$1.26M	+38.9%	-40.8%	$43.71M	1,882	$671	23
Sun Nov 4	#13	$564K	-55.3%	-49.9%	$44.28M	1,882	$299	24
Mon Nov 5	#12	$226K	-59.9%	-34.6%	$44.50M	1,882	$120	25
Tue Nov 6	#13	$214K	-5.2%	-56.9%	$44.72M	1,882	$114	26
Wed Nov 7	#12	$158K	-26.4%	-81.0%	$44.88M	1,882	$84	27
Thu Nov 8	#13	$179K	+13.5%	-57.9%	$45.05M	1,882	$95	28
Fri Nov 9	#12	$478K	+167.2%	-47.4%	$45.53M	1,554	$308	29
Sat Nov 10	#12	$666K	+39.2%	-47.2%	$46.20M	1,554	$429	30
Sun Nov 11	#13	$380K	-43.0%	-32.6%	$46.58M	1,554	$244	31
Mon Nov 12	#14	$159K	-58.1%	-29.6%	$46.74M	1,554	$102	32
Tue Nov 13	#13	$105K	-33.7%	-50.8%	$46.84M	1,554	$68	33
Wed Nov 14	#14	$89K	-16.0%	-43.9%	$46.93M	1,554	$57	34
Thu Nov 15	#15	$63K	-28.5%	-64.6%	$47.00M	1,554	$41	35
Fri Nov 16	-	$147K	+131.4%	-69.3%	$47.14M	789	$186	36
Sat Nov 17	-	$197K	+34.2%	-70.4%	$47.34M	789	$250	37
Sun Nov 18	-	$112K	-42.9%	-70.4%	$47.45M	789	$143	38
Mon Nov 19	-	$55K	-50.8%	-65.2%	$47.51M	789	$70	39
Tue Nov 20	-	$73K	+31.4%	-31.1%	$47.58M	789	$92	40
Wed Nov 21	-	$18K	-75.1%	-79.6%	$47.60M	789	$23	41
Thu Nov 22	-	$17K	-7.1%	-73.5%	$47.61M	789	$21	42
Fri Nov 23	-	$37K	+119.5%	-74.9%	$47.65M	127	$290	43
Sat Nov 24	-	$40K	+9.2%	-79.6%	$47.69M	127	$317	44
Sun Nov 25	-	$15K	-63.7%	-87.0%	$47.71M	127	$115	45
Mon Nov 26	-	$6K	-60.2%	-89.5%	$47.71M	127	$46	46
Tue Nov 27	-	$6K	+9.8%	-91.2%	$47.72M	127	$50	47
Wed Nov 28	-	$6K	-11.3%	-68.7%	$47.72M	127	$44	48
Thu Nov 29	-	$6K	+2.8%	-65.4%	$47.73M	127	$46	49
Fri Nov 30	-	$12K	+110.7%	-66.8%	$47.74M	88	$139	50
Sat Dec 1	-	$19K	+52.7%	-53.5%	$47.76M	88	$212	51
Sun Dec 2	-	$10K	-48.4%	-33.9%	$47.77M	88	$110	52
Mon Dec 3	-	$4K	-58.8%	-31.6%	$47.77M	88	$45	53
Tue Dec 4	-	$5K	+21.4%	-24.3%	$47.78M	88	$55	54
Wed Dec 5	-	$4K	-12.1%	-25.1%	$47.78M	88	$48	55
Thu Dec 6	-	$4K	+3.6%	-24.5%	$47.79M	88	$50	56
Fri Dec 7	-	$11K	+155.2%	-8.5%	$47.80M	214	$52	57
Sat Dec 8	-	$15K	+38.2%	-17.2%	$47.81M	214	$72	58
Sun Dec 9	-	$10K	-35.9%	+2.8%	$47.82M	214	$46	59
Mon Dec 10	-	$4K	-62.4%	-6.2%	$47.83M	214	$17	60
Tue Dec 11	-	$5K	+28.3%	-0.9%	$47.83M	214	$22	61
Wed Dec 12	-	$4K	-16.6%	-6.0%	$47.84M	214	$19	62
Thu Dec 13	-	$4K	-6.1%	-14.8%	$47.84M	214	$17	63
Fri Dec 14	-	$21K	+462.1%	+87.7%	$47.86M	184	$114	64
Sat Dec 15	-	$34K	+62.6%	+120.9%	$47.90M	184	$186	65
Sun Dec 16	-	$22K	-35.0%	+124.2%	$47.92M	184	$121	66
Mon Dec 17	-	$10K	-55.3%	+166.7%	$47.93M	184	$54	67
Tue Dec 18	-	$11K	+8.8%	+126.2%	$47.94M	184	$59	68
Wed Dec 19	-	$11K	-1.6%	+167.0%	$47.95M	184	$58	69
Thu Dec 20	-	$11K	+4.1%	+195.8%	$47.96M	184	$60	70
Fri Dec 21	-	$8K	-30.0%	-63.2%	$47.97M	82	$94	71
Sat Dec 22	-	$11K	+48.2%	-66.4%	$47.98M	82	$140	72
Sun Dec 23	-	$9K	-22.1%	-59.7%	$47.99M	82	$109	73
Mon Dec 24	-	$2K	-72.9%	-75.6%	$47.99M	82	$30	74
Tue Dec 25	-	$7K	+190.8%	-34.7%	$48.00M	82	$86	75
Wed Dec 26	-	$9K	+29.8%	-13.8%	$48.01M	82	$112	76
Thu Dec 27	-	$10K	+10.7%	-8.3%	$48.02M	82	$124	77
Fri Dec 28	-	$13K	+27.8%	+67.4%	$48.03M	82	$158	78
Sat Dec 29	-	$15K	+14.3%	+29.0%	$48.04M	82	$181	79
Sun Dec 30	-	$12K	-16.3%	+38.6%	$48.06M	82	$151	80
Mon Dec 31	-	$5K	-62.8%	+90.3%	$48.06M	82	$56	81
Tue Jan 1	-	$11K	+130.7%	+51.0%	$48.07M	82	$130	82
Wed Jan 2	-	$8K	-28.2%	-16.5%	$48.08M	82	$93	83
Thu Jan 3	-	$7K	-7.9%	-30.5%	$48.09M	82	$86	84

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Oct 12-14	3	$18.01M	—	$18.01M	2,527	$7.1K	1
Oct 19-21	6	$8.82M	-51.0%	$31.74M	2,542	$3.5K	2
Oct 26-28	9	$5.00M	-43.3%	$39.44M	2,347	$2.1K	3
Nov 2-4	12	$2.73M	-45.3%	$44.28M	1,882	$1.5K	4
Nov 9-11	12	$1.52M	-44.3%	$46.58M	1,554	$981	5
Nov 16-18	16	$456K	-70.1%	$47.45M	789	$578	6
Nov 23-25	32	$92K	-79.9%	$47.71M	127	$721	7
Nov 30-Dec 2	45	$41K	-55.7%	$47.77M	88	$461	8
Dec 7-9	45	$37K	-9.8%	$47.82M	214	$171	9
Dec 14-16	29	$77K	+111.6%	$47.92M	184	$421	10
Dec 21-23	42	$28K	-63.6%	$47.99M	82	$343	11
Dec 28-30	40	$40K	+42.6%	$48.06M	82	$490	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 byScott Derrickson

Written byScott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill

Produced byJason Blum, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones

CinematographyChristopher Norr

Music byChristopher Young

StarringEthan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, Fred Thompson, James Ransone, Michael Hall D'Addario, Clare Foley

StudioSummit Entertainment

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