The BabadookFollow

Name: The Babadook
Director: Jennifer Kent
Genre: Horror, Drama, Mystery
Released: 2014
Cast: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall, Hayley McElhinney, Barbara West

2014 • Not Rated • 1h 34m • Horror, Drama, Mystery • IFC Midnight

If it's in a word, or it's in a look, you can't get rid of...

🍅 98% 72%

3.30

6.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$30K

Limited · 3 theaters

Domestic total

$951K

Final

Worldwide total

$7.50M

$6.50M international

Domestic legs7.1x from $134K biggest weekend

Budget$2M

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Cast & crew

Directed byJennifer Kent Written byJennifer Kent Produced byKristina Ceyton, Kristian Moliere CinematographyRadek Ładczuk Music byJed Kurzel StarringEssie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall, Hayley McElhinney, Barbara West StudioIFC Midnight

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 28-30 41 $30.0K — 3 $10,002 $30.0K

2 Dec 5-7 35 $78.1K +160.3% 23 $3,396 $123.9K

3 Dec 12-14 31 $134.5K +72.2% 80 $1,681 $302.3K

4 Dec 19-21 31 $103.5K −23.0% 79 $1,310 $480.3K

5 Dec 26-28 38 $61.0K −41.0% 66 $924 $608.1K

6 Jan 2-4 41 $72.2K +18.4% 59 $1,224 $742.1K

7 Jan 9-11 45 $43.3K −40.0% 55 $788 $815.3K

8 Jan 16-18 51 $28.8K −33.5% 40 $720 $864.9K

9 Jan 23-25 61 $18.4K −35.9% 30 $615 $900.1K

10 Jan 30-Feb 1 68 $7.0K −62.0% 20 $351 $913.7K

11 Feb 6-8 72 $6.4K −8.9% 10 $639 $924.3K

12 Feb 13-15 77 $5.5K −13.9% 11 $500 $933.1K

14 Feb 27-Mar 1 84 $2.4K — 6 $407 $947.2K

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

Weekend grossWk 10 · $7.0K

$30.0K

$78.1K

$134.5K

$103.5K

$61.0K

$72.2K

$43.3K

$28.8K

$18.4K

$7.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −62.0%

+160.3%

W1→2

+72.2%

W2→3

−23.0%

W3→4

−41.0%

W4→5

+18.4%

W5→6

−40.0%

W6→7

−33.5%

W7→8

−35.9%

W8→9

−62.0%

W9→10

Steepest −62.0%Biggest gain +160.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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