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The Black PhoneFollow

2022 • R • 1h 42m • Horror • Universal Pictures

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3.8

7.5

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$23.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$90.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$161.40M

Global total

Budget$18.0M

Domestic legs3.8x

2022 rank#23

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Cast & crew

Full Derrickson filmography

Scott Derrickson

Scott Derrickson Director

Ethan Hawke

Ethan Hawke Starring

Mason Thames

Mason Thames Starring

Jeremy Davies

Jeremy Davies Starring

ScreenplayScott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill Produced byJason Blum, Scott Derrickson CinematographyBrett Jutkiewicz MusicMark Korven Prod. DesignCristina Cascone

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 24-26 4 $23.6M — 3,150 $7,502 $23.6M

2 Jul 1-3 5 $12.2M −48% 3,156 $3,879 $47.4M

3 Jul 8-10 6 $7.8M −36% 2,559 $3,040 $62.4M

4 Jul 15-17 7 $5.4M −31% 2,271 $2,365 $72.1M

5 Jul 22-24 8 $3.5M −35% 2,055 $1,707 $78.6M

6 Jul 29-31 8 $2.5M −29% 1,638 $1,526 $83.1M

7 Aug 5-7 10 $1.5M −40% 1,197 $1,258 $85.9M

8 Aug 12-14 15 $1.0M −32% 926 $1,103 $87.7M

9 Aug 19-21 15 $556.5K −46% 649 $857 $88.7M

10 Aug 26-28 - $280.8K −50% 391 $718 $89.2M

11 Sep 2-4 - $244.6K −13% 253 $966 $89.6M

12 Sep 9-11 - $108.9K −55% 185 $588 $89.8M

13 Sep 16-18 - $73.5K −33% 125 $587 $89.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jun 23 #P $3.0M — $3.0M 2,800 $1,071 -1

Fri Jun 24 #2 $10.2M +241% $10.2M 3,150 $3,251 1

Sat Jun 25 #4 $7.5M −27% $17.8M 3,150 $2,387 2

Sun Jun 26 #4 $5.9M −22% $23.6M 3,150 $1,863 3

Mon Jun 27 #4 $3.1M −48% $26.7M 3,150 $973 4

Tue Jun 28 #4 $3.2M +5% $29.9M 3,150 $1,021 5

Wed Jun 29 #4 $2.7M −16% $32.6M 3,150 $860 6

Thu Jun 30 #4 $2.5M −7% −16% $35.2M 3,150 $804 7

Fri Jul 1 #5 $4.0M +56% −61% $39.1M 3,156 $1,254 8

Sat Jul 2 #5 $4.5M +14% −40% $43.6M 3,156 $1,431 9

Sun Jul 3 #5 $3.8M −17% −36% $47.4M 3,156 $1,193 10

Mon Jul 4 #5 $1.9M −49% −38% $49.3M 3,156 $607 11

Tue Jul 5 #5 $2.1M +8% −36% $51.4M 3,156 $652 12

Wed Jul 6 #5 $1.8M −12% −33% $53.2M 3,156 $572 13

Thu Jul 7 #5 $1.5M −19% −42% $54.7M 3,156 $462 14

Fri Jul 8 #6 $2.4M +63% −40% $57.0M 2,559 $927 15

Sat Jul 9 #6 $3.1M +29% −32% $60.1M 2,559 $1,194 16

Sun Jul 10 #6 $2.4M −23% −38% $62.4M 2,559 $918 17

Mon Jul 11 #5 $1.1M −52% −41% $63.6M 2,559 $442 18

Tue Jul 12 #6 $1.2M +7% −41% $64.8M 2,559 $472 19

Wed Jul 13 #5 $1.0M −14% −42% $65.8M 2,559 $408 20

Thu Jul 14 #5 $918.8K −12% −37% $66.7M 2,559 $359 21

Fri Jul 15 #7 $1.6M +77% −31% $68.4M 2,271 $717 22

Sat Jul 16 #8 $2.1M +30% −31% $70.5M 2,271 $932 23

Sun Jul 17 #7 $1.6M −23% −31% $72.1M 2,271 $715 24

Mon Jul 18 #6 $812.9K −50% −28% $72.9M 2,271 $357 25

Tue Jul 19 #7 $859.1K +6% −29% $73.8M 2,271 $378 26

Wed Jul 20 #7 $739.5K −14% −29% $74.5M 2,271 $325 27

Thu Jul 21 #7 $584.7K −21% −36% $75.1M 2,271 $257 28

Fri Jul 22 #8 $1.1M +87% −33% $76.2M 2,055 $531 29

Sat Jul 23 #8 $1.4M +28% −34% $77.6M 2,055 $681 30

Sun Jul 24 #8 $1.0M −28% −37% $78.6M 2,055 $494 31

Mon Jul 25 #8 $523.0K −48% −36% $79.1M 2,055 $254 32

Tue Jul 26 #8 $563.7K +8% −34% $79.7M 2,055 $274 33

Wed Jul 27 #8 $479.8K −15% −35% $80.2M 2,055 $233 34

Thu Jul 28 #7 $439.1K −8% −25% $80.6M 2,055 $213 35

Fri Jul 29 #8 $769.6K +75% −30% $81.4M 1,638 $469 36

Sat Jul 30 #8 $1.0M +31% −28% $82.4M 1,638 $613 37

Sun Jul 31 #8 $724.7K −28% −29% $83.1M 1,638 $442 38

Mon Aug 1 #8 $362.7K −50% −31% $83.5M 1,638 $221 39

Tue Aug 2 #8 $386.6K +7% −31% $83.9M 1,638 $236 40

Wed Aug 3 #8 $323.6K −16% −33% $84.2M 1,638 $197 41

Thu Aug 4 #8 $245.5K −24% −44% $84.4M 1,638 $149 42

Fri Aug 5 #10 $446.9K +82% −42% $84.9M 1,197 $373 43

Sat Aug 6 #10 $610.4K +37% −39% $85.5M 1,197 $509 44

Sun Aug 7 #10 $448.8K −26% −38% $85.9M 1,197 $374 45

Mon Aug 8 #10 $218.6K −51% −40% $86.2M 1,197 $182 46

Tue Aug 9 #10 $227.2K +4% −41% $86.4M 1,197 $189 47

Wed Aug 10 #10 $187.6K −17% −42% $86.6M 1,197 $156 48

Thu Aug 11 #11 $141.4K −25% −42% $86.7M 1,197 $118 49

Fri Aug 12 #15 $299.9K +112% −33% $87.0M 926 $323 50

Sat Aug 13 #13 $445.6K +49% −27% $87.5M 926 $481 51

Sun Aug 14 #13 $276.7K −38% −38% $87.7M 926 $298 52

Mon Aug 15 #15 $115.9K −58% −47% $87.9M 926 $125 53

Tue Aug 16 #14 $128.3K +11% −44% $88.0M 926 $138 54

Wed Aug 17 #15 $106.9K −17% −43% $88.1M 926 $115 55

Thu Aug 18 #15 $71.8K −33% −49% $88.2M 926 $77 56

Fri Aug 19 #- $161.1K +125% −46% $88.3M 649 $248 57

Sat Aug 20 #15 $250.1K +55% −44% $88.6M 649 $385 58

Sun Aug 21 #- $145.3K −42% −47% $88.7M 649 $223 59

Mon Aug 22 #15 $56.9K −61% −51% $88.8M 649 $87 60

Tue Aug 23 #- $60.0K +5% −53% $88.8M 649 $92 61

Wed Aug 24 #- $54.3K −10% −49% $88.9M 649 $83 62

Thu Aug 25 #- $40.0K −26% −44% $88.9M 649 $61 63

Fri Aug 26 #- $76.8K +92% −52% $89.0M 391 $196 64

Sat Aug 27 #- $130.2K +69% −48% $89.1M 391 $332 65

Sun Aug 28 #- $73.8K −43% −49% $89.2M 391 $188 66

Mon Aug 29 #- $25.1K −66% −56% $89.2M 391 $64 67

Tue Aug 30 #- $30.0K +19% −50% $89.3M 391 $76 68

Wed Aug 31 #- $23.9K −20% −56% $89.3M 391 $61 69

Thu Sep 1 #- $21.7K −9% −46% $89.3M 391 $55 70

Fri Sep 2 #- $46.7K +115% −39% $89.4M 253 $184 71

Sat Sep 3 #- $107.2K +130% −18% $89.5M 253 $423 72

Sun Sep 4 #- $90.7K −15% +23% $89.6M 253 $358 73

Mon Sep 5 #- $52.7K −42% +110% $89.6M 253 $208 74

Tue Sep 6 #- $16.4K −69% −45% $89.6M 253 $64 75

Wed Sep 7 #- $13.9K −15% −42% $89.6M 253 $55 76

Thu Sep 8 #- $10.4K −26% −52% $89.7M 253 $41 77

Fri Sep 9 #- $32.4K +212% −31% $89.7M 185 $175 78

Sat Sep 10 #- $51.2K +58% −52% $89.7M 185 $276 79

Sun Sep 11 #- $25.3K −51% −72% $89.8M 185 $136 80

Mon Sep 12 #- $8.8K −65% −83% $89.8M 185 $47 81

Tue Sep 13 #- $8.6K −1% −47% $89.8M 185 $46 82

Wed Sep 14 #- $7.7K −11% −45% $89.8M 185 $41 83

Thu Sep 15 #- $6.0K −22% −42% $89.8M 185 $32 84

Fri Sep 16 #- $20.8K +246% −36% $89.8M 125 $166 85

Sat Sep 17 #- $34.0K +64% −34% $89.8M 125 $271 86

Sun Sep 18 #- $18.8K −45% −26% $89.9M 125 $150 87

Mon Sep 19 #- $6.0K −68% −32% $89.9M 125 $48 88

Tue Sep 20 #- $6.6K +10% −23% $89.9M 125 $52 89

Wed Sep 21 #- $5.4K −18% −29% $89.9M 125 $43 90

Thu Sep 22 #- $4.9K −10% −19% $89.9M 125 $39 91

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

Cumulative total$89.3M

Jun 23Jul 11Jul 28Aug 15Sep 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $280.8K

$23.6M

$12.2M

$7.8M

$5.4M

$3.5M

$2.5M

$1.5M

$1.0M

$556.5K

$280.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,156 → 391 −87.6%

2,800 open391 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −50%

−48%

W1→2

−36%

W2→3

−31%

W3→4

−35%

W4→5

−29%

W5→6

−40%

W6→7

−32%

W7→8

−46%

W8→9

−50%

W9→10

Steepest −50%Best hold −29%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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