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2023 • R • 95 min • Horror, Thriller • A24

Say hi to the other side.

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69

3.5

7.1

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$10.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$48.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$92.20M

Global total

Budget$4.5M

Domestic legs4.6x

2023 rank#51

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Cast & crew

Directed byDanny Philippou, Michael Philippou ScreenplayDanny Philippou, Bill Hinzman StoryDaley Pearson Produced bySamantha Jennings, Kristina Ceyton CinematographyAaron McLisky MusicCornel Wilczek StarringSophie Wilde, Miranda Otto, Alexandra Jensen, Joe Bird, Otis Dhanji, Zoe Terakes StudioA24

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 28-30 6 $10.4M — 2,340 $4,458 $10.4M

2 Aug 4-6 8 $6.3M −39.4% 2,370 $2,666 $22.2M

3 Aug 11-13 7 $5.0M −20.5% 2,379 $2,112 $31.2M

4 Aug 18-20 7 $3.1M −37.8% 1,789 $1,748 $37.3M

5 Aug 25-27 10 $2.3M −26.9% 1,321 $1,731 $41.3M

6 Sep 1-3 10 $1.8M −19.5% 1,075 $1,713 $44.2M

7 Sep 8-10 12 $870.0K −52.7% 920 $946 $46.0M

8 Sep 15-17 14 $567.5K −34.8% 570 $996 $46.9M

9 Sep 22-24 19 $426.4K −24.9% 420 $1,015 $47.6M

10 Sep 29-Oct 1 23 $175.1K −58.9% 212 $826 $48.0M

11 Oct 6-8 31 $65.5K −62.6% 95 $690 $48.1M

12 Oct 13-15 29 $54.3K −17.2% 60 $905 $48.2M

13 Oct 20-22 31 $30.8K −43.2% 25 $1,233 $48.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 28 #4 $4.2M — $4.2M 2,340 $1,794 1

Sat Jul 29 #6 $3.6M −15.1% $7.8M 2,340 $1,524 2

Sun Jul 30 #6 $2.7M −25.2% $10.4M 2,340 $1,140 3

Mon Jul 31 #6 $1.4M −49.0% $11.8M 2,340 $581 4

Tue Aug 1 #6 $1.5M +13.6% $13.3M 2,340 $660 5

Wed Aug 2 #6 $1.3M −18.3% $14.6M 2,340 $539 6

Thu Aug 3 #6 $1.3M +0.4% $15.9M 2,340 $541 7

Fri Aug 4 #7 $1.9M +53.9% −53.6% $17.8M 2,370 $822 8

Sat Aug 5 #8 $2.4M +24.0% −32.3% $20.2M 2,370 $1,019 9

Sun Aug 6 #8 $2.0M −19.1% −26.7% $22.2M 2,370 $825 10

Mon Aug 7 #8 $1.0M −47.9% −25.0% $23.2M 2,370 $430 11

Tue Aug 8 #7 $1.1M +12.0% −26.1% $24.3M 2,370 $482 12

Wed Aug 9 #6 $935.9K −18.0% −25.8% $25.3M 2,370 $395 13

Thu Aug 10 #6 $926.6K −1.0% −26.8% $26.2M 2,370 $391 14

Fri Aug 11 #7 $1.5M +63.0% −22.5% $27.7M 2,379 $635 15

Sat Aug 12 #7 $2.0M +32.6% −17.1% $29.7M 2,379 $842 16

Sun Aug 13 #8 $1.5M −24.6% −22.7% $31.2M 2,379 $635 17

Mon Aug 14 #6 $766.6K −49.3% −24.8% $32.0M 2,379 $322 18

Tue Aug 15 #7 $909.7K +18.7% −20.3% $32.9M 2,379 $382 19

Wed Aug 16 #5 $714.4K −21.5% −23.7% $33.6M 2,379 $300 20

Thu Aug 17 #5 $588.6K −17.6% −36.5% $34.2M 2,379 $247 21

Fri Aug 18 #7 $971.9K +65.1% −35.7% $35.2M 1,789 $543 22

Sat Aug 19 #8 $1.3M +30.2% −36.8% $36.4M 1,789 $707 23

Sun Aug 20 #8 $889.9K −29.7% −41.1% $37.3M 1,789 $497 24

Mon Aug 21 #7 $433.5K −51.3% −43.5% $37.8M 1,789 $242 25

Tue Aug 22 #7 $497.7K +14.8% −45.3% $38.3M 1,789 $278 26

Wed Aug 23 #7 $387.7K −22.1% −45.7% $38.7M 1,789 $217 27

Thu Aug 24 #7 $323.1K −16.6% −45.1% $39.0M 1,789 $181 28

Fri Aug 25 #11 $609.0K +88.5% −37.3% $39.6M 1,321 $461 29

Sat Aug 26 #9 $845.4K +38.8% −33.2% $40.4M 1,321 $640 30

Sun Aug 27 #9 $832.2K −1.6% −6.5% $41.3M 1,321 $630 31

Mon Aug 28 #10 $285.6K −65.7% −34.1% $41.6M 1,321 $216 32

Tue Aug 29 #11 $319.9K +12.0% −35.7% $41.9M 1,321 $242 33

Wed Aug 30 #9 $248.3K −22.4% −35.9% $42.1M 1,321 $188 34

Thu Aug 31 #8 $220.0K −11.4% −31.9% $42.3M 1,321 $167 35

Fri Sep 1 #10 $469.0K +113.2% −23.0% $42.8M 1,075 $436 36

Sat Sep 2 #10 $697.9K +48.8% −17.5% $43.5M 1,075 $649 37

Sun Sep 3 #10 $674.1K −3.4% −19.0% $44.2M 1,075 $627 38

Mon Sep 4 #13 $442.4K −34.4% +54.9% $44.6M 1,075 $412 39

Tue Sep 5 #11 $199.6K −54.9% −37.6% $44.8M 1,075 $186 40

Wed Sep 6 #9 $178.7K −10.5% −28.1% $45.0M 1,075 $166 41

Thu Sep 7 #11 $98.3K −45.0% −55.3% $45.1M 1,075 $91 42

Fri Sep 8 #12 $261.9K +166.5% −44.2% $45.4M 920 $285 43

Sat Sep 9 #12 $392.4K +49.8% −43.8% $45.8M 920 $427 44

Sun Sep 10 #13 $215.7K −45.0% −68.0% $46.0M 920 $234 45

Mon Sep 11 #11 $98.1K −54.5% −77.8% $46.1M 920 $107 46

Tue Sep 12 #13 $115.8K +18.1% −41.9% $46.2M 920 $126 47

Wed Sep 13 #11 $92.7K −20.0% −48.1% $46.3M 920 $101 48

Thu Sep 14 #11 $81.1K −12.5% −17.5% $46.4M 920 $88 49

Fri Sep 15 #14 $162.4K +100.3% −38.0% $46.5M 570 $285 50

Sat Sep 16 #15 $231.4K +42.5% −41.0% $46.7M 570 $406 51

Sun Sep 17 #14 $173.6K −25.0% −19.5% $46.9M 570 $305 52

Mon Sep 18 #13 $59.9K −65.5% −38.9% $47.0M 570 $105 53

Tue Sep 19 #14 $79.5K +32.7% −31.4% $47.1M 570 $139 54

Wed Sep 20 #13 $70.9K −10.8% −23.5% $47.1M 570 $124 55

Thu Sep 21 #13 $60.2K −15.1% −25.7% $47.2M 570 $106 56

Fri Sep 22 #16 $131.2K +117.9% −19.2% $47.3M 420 $312 57

Sat Sep 23 #18 $183.9K +40.2% −20.5% $47.5M 420 $438 58

Sun Sep 24 #18 $111.2K −39.5% −35.9% $47.6M 420 $265 59

Mon Sep 25 #17 $44.1K −60.4% −26.4% $47.7M 420 $105 60

Tue Sep 26 #17 $53.2K +20.8% −33.0% $47.7M 420 $127 61

Wed Sep 27 #17 $43.2K −18.8% −39.1% $47.8M 420 $103 62

Thu Sep 28 #18 $29.1K −32.7% −51.7% $47.8M 420 $69 63

Fri Sep 29 #20 $55.2K +89.9% −57.9% $47.8M 212 $261 64

Sat Sep 30 #21 $77.3K +40.0% −58.0% $47.9M 212 $365 65

Sun Oct 1 #21 $42.5K −45.0% −61.8% $48.0M 212 $201 66

Mon Oct 2 #20 $19.9K −53.3% −54.9% $48.0M 212 $94 67

Tue Oct 3 #20 $20.3K +2.4% −61.8% $48.0M 212 $96 68

Wed Oct 4 #20 $17.6K −13.7% −59.3% $48.0M 212 $83 69

Thu Oct 5 #22 $13.2K −24.7% −54.5% $48.0M 212 $62 70

Fri Oct 6 #28 $21.0K +58.7% −62.0% $48.1M 95 $221 71

Sat Oct 7 #28 $27.6K +31.8% −64.2% $48.1M 95 $291 72

Sun Oct 8 #29 $16.9K −39.0% −60.3% $48.1M 95 $178 73

Mon Oct 9 #29 $10.0K −40.7% −49.7% $48.1M 95 $105 74

Tue Oct 10 #28 $10.1K +1.2% −50.2% $48.1M 95 $107 75

Wed Oct 11 #28 $8.9K −12.1% −49.3% $48.1M 95 $94 76

Thu Oct 12 #28 $7.7K −14.1% −42.1% $48.1M 95 $81 77

Fri Oct 13 #27 $18.1K +136.5% −13.8% $48.2M 60 $302 78

Sat Oct 14 #28 $20.7K +14.2% −25.2% $48.2M 60 $345 79

Sun Oct 15 #25 $15.5K −25.0% −8.1% $48.2M 60 $258 80

Mon Oct 16 #28 $6.8K −56.4% −32.5% $48.2M 60 $113 81

Tue Oct 17 #28 $8.1K +20.2% −19.8% $48.2M 60 $135 82

Wed Oct 18 #27 $6.3K −22.1% −29.0% $48.2M 60 $105 83

Thu Oct 19 #26 $5.1K −19.2% −33.2% $48.2M 60 $85 84

Fri Oct 20 #27 $7.7K +49.6% −57.7% $48.2M 25 $306 85

Sat Oct 21 #27 $13.2K +73.1% −35.9% $48.2M 25 $530 86

Sun Oct 22 #27 $9.9K −25.0% −35.9% $48.2M 25 $397 87

Mon Oct 23 #19 $13.4K +35.1% +98.7% $48.3M 25 $537 88

Tue Oct 24 #21 $18.0K +33.8% +121.1% $48.3M 25 $718 89

Wed Oct 25 #20 $14.2K −20.9% +124.7% $48.3M 25 $568 90

Thu Oct 26 #21 $4.4K −69.2% −14.4% $48.3M 25 $175 91

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

Cumulative total$48.0M

Jul 28Aug 14Sep 1Sep 18Oct 5

Weekend grossWk 10 · $175.1K

$10.4M

$6.3M

$5.0M

$3.1M

$2.3M

$1.8M

$870.0K

$567.5K

$426.4K

$175.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,379 → 212 −91.1%

2,340 open212 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −58.9%

−39.4%

W1→2

−20.5%

W2→3

−37.8%

W3→4

−26.9%

W4→5

−19.5%

W5→6

−52.7%

W6→7

−34.8%

W7→8

−24.9%

W8→9

−58.9%

W9→10

Steepest −58.9%Best hold −19.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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