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2018 • PG-13 • 1h 33m • Horror, Mystery, Thriller • Sony Pictures Releasing

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30

1.27

3.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$11.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$30.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$51.90M

$21.40M international

Domestic legs2.7x

Budget$10M

2018 rank#91

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Cast & crew

Full White filmography

Sylvain White

Sylvain White Director

Joey King

Joey King Starring

Javier Botet

Javier Botet Starring

ScreenplayDavid Birke Produced byJames Vanderbilt, Bradley J. Fischer, William Sherak, Sarah Snow CinematographyLuca Del Puppo MusicRamin Djawadi Prod. DesignJeremy Woodward StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 10-12 4 $11.4M — 2,358 $4,823 $11.4M

2 Aug 17-19 8 $4.8M −57.8% 2,358 $2,036 $20.6M

3 Aug 24-26 10 $2.8M −41.9% 2,065 $1,351 $25.4M

4 Aug 31-Sep 2 14 $1.8M −34.9% 1,534 $1,184 $28.2M

5 Sep 7-9 16 $838.5K −53.8% 983 $853 $29.7M

6 Sep 14-16 22 $322.8K −61.5% 402 $803 $30.2M

7 Sep 21-23 35 $101.8K −68.5% 161 $632 $30.4M

8 Sep 28-30 59 $30.5K −70.1% 68 $448 $30.4M

9 Oct 5-7 57 $15.8K −48.1% 30 $528 $30.5M

10 Oct 12-14 36 $40.7K +157.3% 67 $608 $30.5M

11 Oct 19-21 41 $24.6K −39.6% 57 $432 $30.5M

12 Oct 26-28 56 $14.1K −42.8% 37 $380 $30.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Aug 9 — $1.0M — $1.0M 2,109 $474 -1

Fri Aug 10 #3 $4.8M +384.7% $4.8M 2,358 $2,055 1

Sat Aug 11 #5 $3.8M −21.5% $8.7M 2,358 $1,613 2

Sun Aug 12 #5 $2.7M −28.5% $11.4M 2,358 $1,154 3

Mon Aug 13 #4 $1.4M −49.5% $12.7M 2,358 $583 4

Tue Aug 14 #5 $1.4M +4.6% $14.2M 2,358 $610 5

Wed Aug 15 #7 $839.2K −41.7% $15.0M 2,358 $356 6

Thu Aug 16 #7 $751.8K −10.4% $15.8M 2,358 $319 7

Fri Aug 17 #8 $1.4M +88.3% −70.8% $17.2M 2,358 $600 8

Sat Aug 18 #8 $2.1M +48.1% −44.9% $19.3M 2,358 $889 9

Sun Aug 19 #8 $1.3M −38.4% −52.6% $20.6M 2,358 $547 10

Mon Aug 20 #8 $512.7K −60.3% −62.7% $21.1M 2,358 $217 11

Tue Aug 21 #10 $701.7K +36.9% −51.2% $21.8M 2,358 $298 12

Wed Aug 22 #10 $454.8K −35.2% −45.8% $22.2M 2,358 $193 13

Thu Aug 23 #9 $370.7K −18.5% −50.7% $22.6M 2,358 $157 14

Fri Aug 24 #10 $787.0K +112.3% −44.4% $23.4M 2,065 $381 15

Sat Aug 25 #9 $1.3M +60.4% −39.8% $24.7M 2,065 $611 16

Sun Aug 26 #11 $741.7K −41.2% −42.5% $25.4M 2,065 $359 17

Mon Aug 27 #11 $246.9K −66.7% −51.8% $25.7M 2,065 $120 18

Tue Aug 28 #12 $314.1K +27.2% −55.2% $26.0M 2,065 $152 19

Wed Aug 29 #12 $210.0K −33.1% −53.8% $26.2M 2,065 $102 20

Thu Aug 30 #12 $180.1K −14.2% −51.4% $26.4M 2,065 $87 21

Fri Aug 31 #15 $432.7K +140.2% −45.0% $26.8M 1,534 $282 22

Sat Sep 1 #14 $719.9K +66.4% −42.9% $27.5M 1,534 $469 23

Sun Sep 2 #15 $663.7K −7.8% −10.5% $28.2M 1,534 $433 24

Mon Sep 3 — $384.4K −42.1% +55.7% $28.6M 1,534 $251 25

Tue Sep 4 — $127.1K −66.9% −59.5% $28.7M 1,534 $83 26

Wed Sep 5 #15 $101.0K −20.5% −51.9% $28.8M 1,534 $66 27

Thu Sep 6 — $65.3K −35.3% −63.7% $28.9M 1,534 $43 28

Fri Sep 7 #14 $236.3K +261.8% −45.4% $29.1M 983 $240 29

Sat Sep 8 — $431.1K +82.4% −40.1% $29.5M 983 $439 30

Sun Sep 9 — $171.1K −60.3% −74.2% $29.7M 983 $174 31

Mon Sep 10 — $60.1K −64.9% −84.4% $29.8M 983 $61 32

Tue Sep 11 — $74.8K +24.5% −41.2% $29.8M 983 $76 33

Wed Sep 12 — $50.3K −32.7% −50.2% $29.9M 983 $51 34

Thu Sep 13 — $38.2K −24.0% −41.5% $29.9M 983 $39 35

Fri Sep 14 — $106.4K +178.5% −55.0% $30.0M 402 $265 36

Sat Sep 15 — $166.3K +56.3% −61.4% $30.2M 402 $414 37

Sun Sep 16 — $50.1K −69.9% −70.7% $30.2M 402 $125 38

Mon Sep 17 — $12.1K −75.9% −79.9% $30.3M 402 $30 39

Tue Sep 18 — $15.0K +23.9% −80.0% $30.3M 402 $37 40

Wed Sep 19 — $13.2K −12.0% −73.8% $30.3M 402 $33 41

Thu Sep 20 — $9.9K −24.6% −74.0% $30.3M 402 $25 42

Fri Sep 21 — $30.8K +209.6% −71.1% $30.3M 161 $191 43

Sat Sep 22 — $52.7K +71.4% −68.3% $30.4M 161 $327 44

Sun Sep 23 — $18.3K −65.2% −63.4% $30.4M 161 $114 45

Mon Sep 24 — $4.1K −77.4% −65.8% $30.4M 161 $26 46

Tue Sep 25 — $5.8K +39.5% −61.5% $30.4M 161 $36 47

Wed Sep 26 — $3.8K −33.8% −71.0% $30.4M 161 $24 48

Thu Sep 27 — $3.0K −22.4% −70.2% $30.4M 161 $18 49

Fri Sep 28 — $8.8K +198.3% −71.2% $30.4M 68 $130 50

Sat Sep 29 — $15.1K +71.1% −71.3% $30.4M 68 $223 51

Sun Sep 30 — $6.5K −57.0% −64.5% $30.4M 68 $96 52

Mon Oct 1 — $1.6K −74.9% −60.6% $30.4M 68 $24 53

Tue Oct 2 — $2.0K +19.9% −66.1% $30.4M 68 $29 54

Wed Oct 3 — $1.9K −2.4% −50.0% $30.4M 68 $28 55

Thu Oct 4 — $2.2K +16.2% −25.2% $30.4M 68 $33 56

Fri Oct 5 — $5.3K +139.7% −39.9% $30.5M 30 $177 57

Sat Oct 6 — $7.3K +38.0% −51.5% $30.5M 30 $244 58

Sun Oct 7 — $3.2K −56.7% −51.2% $30.5M 30 $106 59

Fri Oct 12 — $9.8K — +85.2% $30.5M 67 $147 64

Sat Oct 13 — $18.3K +86.1% +149.8% $30.5M 67 $273 65

Sun Oct 14 — $12.6K −31.4% +295.2% $30.5M 67 $188 66

Mon Oct 15 — $3.4K −73.2% $30.5M 67 $50 67

Tue Oct 16 — $3.3K −2.9% $30.5M 67 $49 68

Wed Oct 17 — $3.0K −9.2% $30.5M 67 $44 69

Thu Oct 18 — $3.2K +8.0% $30.5M 67 $48 70

Fri Oct 19 — $6.4K +99.4% −35.1% $30.5M 57 $112 71

Sat Oct 20 — $11.5K +79.4% −37.4% $30.5M 57 $201 72

Sun Oct 21 — $6.7K −41.2% −46.3% $30.5M 57 $118 73

Mon Oct 22 — $1.8K −73.0% −46.0% $30.5M 57 $32 74

Tue Oct 23 — $1.9K +5.3% −41.4% $30.5M 57 $34 75

Wed Oct 24 — $2.0K +3.5% −33.2% $30.5M 57 $35 76

Thu Oct 25 — $2.1K +4.2% −35.6% $30.6M 57 $36 77

Fri Oct 26 — $3.8K +86.0% −39.9% $30.6M 37 $104 78

Sat Oct 27 — $6.2K +60.9% −46.1% $30.6M 37 $167 79

Sun Oct 28 — $4.1K −34.4% −39.9% $30.6M 37 $110 80

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

Cumulative total$30.5M

Aug 9Aug 26Sep 11Sep 28Oct 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $40.7K

$11.4M

$4.8M

$2.8M

$1.8M

$838.5K

$322.8K

$101.8K

$30.5K

$15.8K

$40.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,358 → 67 −97.2%

2,109 open67 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +157.3%

−57.8%

W1→2

−41.9%

W2→3

−34.9%

W3→4

−53.8%

W4→5

−61.5%

W5→6

−68.5%

W6→7

−70.1%

W7→8

−48.1%

W8→9

+157.3%

W9→10

Steepest −70.1%Biggest gain +157.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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