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2012 • R • 1h 50m • Horror, Mystery, Thriller • Summit Entertainment

Once you see him, nothing can save you.

🍅 64% 62%

53

3.40

6.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$18.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$48.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$87.70M

$39.60M international

Domestic legs2.7x

Budget$3M

2012 rank#68

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Cast & crew

Full Derrickson filmography

Scott Derrickson

Scott Derrickson Director

Ethan Hawke

Ethan Hawke Starring

Vincent D'Onofrio

Vincent D'Onofrio Starring

Fred Thompson

Fred Thompson Starring

Written byScott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill Produced byJason Blum, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones CinematographyChristopher Norr Music byChristopher Young StudioSummit Entertainment

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 12-14 3 $18.0M — 2,527 $7,126 $18.0M

2 Oct 19-21 6 $8.8M −51.0% 2,542 $3,468 $31.7M

3 Oct 26-28 9 $5.0M −43.3% 2,347 $2,129 $39.4M

4 Nov 2-4 12 $2.7M −45.3% 1,882 $1,453 $44.3M

5 Nov 9-11 12 $1.5M −44.3% 1,554 $981 $46.6M

6 Nov 16-18 16 $456.0K −70.1% 789 $578 $47.5M

7 Nov 23-25 32 $91.6K −79.9% 127 $721 $47.7M

8 Nov 30-Dec 2 45 $40.6K −55.7% 88 $461 $47.8M

9 Dec 7-9 45 $36.6K −9.8% 214 $171 $47.8M

10 Dec 14-16 29 $77.4K +111.6% 184 $421 $47.9M

11 Dec 21-23 42 $28.2K −63.6% 82 $343 $48.0M

12 Dec 28-30 40 $40.2K +42.6% 82 $490 $48.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 12 #1 $7.4M — $7.4M 2,527 $2,935 1

Sat Oct 13 #4 $6.9M −7.6% $14.3M 2,527 $2,712 2

Sun Oct 14 #4 $3.7M −45.4% $18.0M 2,527 $1,479 3

Mon Oct 15 #3 $1.3M −65.1% $19.3M 2,527 $517 4

Tue Oct 16 #3 $1.4M +7.2% $20.7M 2,527 $554 5

Wed Oct 17 #3 $1.1M −22.6% $21.8M 2,527 $429 6

Thu Oct 18 #3 $1.1M +3.4% $22.9M 2,527 $444 7

Fri Oct 19 #6 $3.0M +166.8% −59.7% $25.9M 2,542 $1,177 8

Sat Oct 20 #6 $3.8M +27.6% −44.3% $29.7M 2,542 $1,501 9

Sun Oct 21 #7 $2.0M −47.4% −46.3% $31.7M 2,542 $789 10

Mon Oct 22 #5 $655.7K −67.3% −49.8% $32.4M 2,542 $258 11

Tue Oct 23 #5 $790.1K +20.5% −43.6% $33.2M 2,542 $311 12

Wed Oct 24 #5 $602.2K −23.8% −44.5% $33.8M 2,542 $237 13

Thu Oct 25 #4 $661.3K +9.8% −41.0% $34.4M 2,542 $260 14

Fri Oct 26 #7 $1.7M +163.1% −41.9% $36.2M 2,347 $741 15

Sat Oct 27 #9 $2.1M +22.5% −44.2% $38.3M 2,347 $908 16

Sun Oct 28 #9 $1.1M −47.2% −43.9% $39.4M 2,347 $479 17

Mon Oct 29 #7 $346.0K −69.3% −47.2% $39.8M 2,347 $147 18

Tue Oct 30 #7 $497.3K +43.7% −37.1% $40.3M 2,347 $212 19

Wed Oct 31 #3 $832.7K +67.5% +38.3% $41.1M 2,347 $355 20

Thu Nov 1 #9 $425.4K −48.9% −35.7% $41.5M 2,347 $181 21

Fri Nov 2 #12 $908.9K +113.7% −47.8% $42.5M 1,882 $483 22

Sat Nov 3 #12 $1.3M +38.9% −40.8% $43.7M 1,882 $671 23

Sun Nov 4 #13 $563.6K −55.3% −49.9% $44.3M 1,882 $299 24

Mon Nov 5 #12 $226.1K −59.9% −34.6% $44.5M 1,882 $120 25

Tue Nov 6 #13 $214.3K −5.2% −56.9% $44.7M 1,882 $114 26

Wed Nov 7 #12 $157.8K −26.4% −81.0% $44.9M 1,882 $84 27

Thu Nov 8 #13 $179.1K +13.5% −57.9% $45.1M 1,882 $95 28

Fri Nov 9 #12 $478.5K +167.2% −47.4% $45.5M 1,554 $308 29

Sat Nov 10 #12 $666.1K +39.2% −47.2% $46.2M 1,554 $429 30

Sun Nov 11 #13 $379.9K −43.0% −32.6% $46.6M 1,554 $244 31

Mon Nov 12 #14 $159.1K −58.1% −29.6% $46.7M 1,554 $102 32

Tue Nov 13 #13 $105.5K −33.7% −50.8% $46.8M 1,554 $68 33

Wed Nov 14 #14 $88.6K −16.0% −43.9% $46.9M 1,554 $57 34

Thu Nov 15 #15 $63.4K −28.5% −64.6% $47.0M 1,554 $41 35

Fri Nov 16 - $146.7K +131.4% −69.3% $47.1M 789 $186 36

Sat Nov 17 - $196.9K +34.2% −70.4% $47.3M 789 $250 37

Sun Nov 18 - $112.5K −42.9% −70.4% $47.5M 789 $143 38

Mon Nov 19 - $55.3K −50.8% −65.2% $47.5M 789 $70 39

Tue Nov 20 - $72.7K +31.4% −31.1% $47.6M 789 $92 40

Wed Nov 21 - $18.1K −75.1% −79.6% $47.6M 789 $23 41

Thu Nov 22 - $16.8K −7.1% −73.5% $47.6M 789 $21 42

Fri Nov 23 - $36.8K +119.5% −74.9% $47.7M 127 $290 43

Sat Nov 24 - $40.2K +9.2% −79.6% $47.7M 127 $317 44

Sun Nov 25 - $14.6K −63.7% −87.0% $47.7M 127 $115 45

Mon Nov 26 - $5.8K −60.2% −89.5% $47.7M 127 $46 46

Tue Nov 27 - $6.4K +9.8% −91.2% $47.7M 127 $50 47

Wed Nov 28 - $5.7K −11.3% −68.7% $47.7M 127 $44 48

Thu Nov 29 - $5.8K +2.8% −65.4% $47.7M 127 $46 49

Fri Nov 30 - $12.2K +110.7% −66.8% $47.7M 88 $139 50

Sat Dec 1 - $18.7K +52.7% −53.5% $47.8M 88 $212 51

Sun Dec 2 - $9.6K −48.4% −33.9% $47.8M 88 $110 52

Mon Dec 3 - $4.0K −58.8% −31.6% $47.8M 88 $45 53

Tue Dec 4 - $4.8K +21.4% −24.3% $47.8M 88 $55 54

Wed Dec 5 - $4.2K −12.1% −25.1% $47.8M 88 $48 55

Thu Dec 6 - $4.4K +3.6% −24.5% $47.8M 88 $50 56

Fri Dec 7 - $11.2K +155.2% −8.5% $47.8M 214 $52 57

Sat Dec 8 - $15.5K +38.2% −17.2% $47.8M 214 $72 58

Sun Dec 9 - $9.9K −35.9% +2.8% $47.8M 214 $46 59

Mon Dec 10 - $3.7K −62.4% −6.2% $47.8M 214 $17 60

Tue Dec 11 - $4.8K +28.3% −0.9% $47.8M 214 $22 61

Wed Dec 12 - $4.0K −16.6% −6.0% $47.8M 214 $19 62

Thu Dec 13 - $3.7K −6.1% −14.8% $47.8M 214 $17 63

Fri Dec 14 - $21.0K +462.1% +87.7% $47.9M 184 $114 64

Sat Dec 15 - $34.2K +62.6% +120.9% $47.9M 184 $186 65

Sun Dec 16 - $22.2K −35.0% +124.2% $47.9M 184 $121 66

Mon Dec 17 - $9.9K −55.3% +166.7% $47.9M 184 $54 67

Tue Dec 18 - $10.8K +8.8% +126.2% $47.9M 184 $59 68

Wed Dec 19 - $10.6K −1.6% +167.0% $47.9M 184 $58 69

Thu Dec 20 - $11.1K +4.1% +195.8% $48.0M 184 $60 70

Fri Dec 21 - $7.7K −30.0% −63.2% $48.0M 82 $94 71

Sat Dec 22 - $11.5K +48.2% −66.4% $48.0M 82 $140 72

Sun Dec 23 - $8.9K −22.1% −59.7% $48.0M 82 $109 73

Mon Dec 24 - $2.4K −72.9% −75.6% $48.0M 82 $30 74

Tue Dec 25 - $7.1K +190.8% −34.7% $48.0M 82 $86 75

Wed Dec 26 - $9.2K +29.8% −13.8% $48.0M 82 $112 76

Thu Dec 27 - $10.1K +10.7% −8.3% $48.0M 82 $124 77

Fri Dec 28 - $13.0K +27.8% +67.4% $48.0M 82 $158 78

Sat Dec 29 - $14.8K +14.3% +29.0% $48.0M 82 $181 79

Sun Dec 30 - $12.4K −16.3% +38.6% $48.1M 82 $151 80

Mon Dec 31 - $4.6K −62.8% +90.3% $48.1M 82 $56 81

Tue Jan 1 - $10.7K +130.7% +51.0% $48.1M 82 $130 82

Wed Jan 2 - $7.7K −28.2% −16.5% $48.1M 82 $93 83

Thu Jan 3 - $7.0K −7.9% −30.5% $48.1M 82 $86 84

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

Cumulative total$48.0M

Oct 12Oct 29Nov 16Dec 3Dec 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $77.4K

$18.0M

$8.8M

$5.0M

$2.7M

$1.5M

$456.0K

$91.6K

$40.6K

$36.6K

$77.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,542 → 184 −92.8%

2,527 open184 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +111.6%

−51.0%

W1→2

−43.3%

W2→3

−45.3%

W3→4

−44.3%

W4→5

−70.1%

W5→6

−79.9%

W6→7

−55.7%

W7→8

−9.8%

W8→9

+111.6%

W9→10

Steepest −79.9%Biggest gain +111.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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