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1999 • R • 1h 21m • Horror, Mystery • Artisan Entertainment

Everything you've heard is true.

🍅 86% 57%

80

3.24

6.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$1.50M

Limited · 27 theaters

Domestic total

$140.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$248.30M

$107.80M international

Domestic legs4.8x from $29.2M first wide weekend

Budget$600K

1999 rank#10

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Cast & crew

Directed byDaniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez Written byDaniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez Produced byRobin Cowie, Gregg Hale CinematographyNeal Fredericks Music byAntonio Cora StarringHeather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard StudioArtisan Entertainment

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 16-18 16 $1.5M — 27 $56,002 $1.6M

2 Jul 23-25 17 $2.0M +30.8% 31 $63,812 $5.0M

3 Jul 30-Aug 1 2 $29.2M +1376.5% 1,101 $26,528 $36.1M

4 Aug 6-8 2 $24.3M −16.6% 2,142 $11,367 $80.0M

5 Aug 13-15 3 $14.5M −40.4% 2,412 $6,012 $107.3M

6 Aug 20-22 5 $7.3M −49.9% 2,538 $2,863 $120.6M

7 Aug 27-29 8 $4.2M −41.9% 2,352 $1,794 $128.1M

8 Sep 3-5 8 $4.1M −3.4% 2,297 $1,775 $133.8M

9 Sep 10-12 10 $1.6M −60.0% 1,933 $844 $136.3M

10 Sep 17-19 12 $806.4K −50.6% 1,436 $562 $137.6M

11 Sep 24-26 15 $486.3K −39.7% 947 $514 $138.4M

12 Oct 1-3 21 $267.3K −45.0% 584 $458 $138.9M

13 Oct 8-10 17 $487.9K +82.5% 924 $528 $139.5M

14 Oct 15-17 21 $329.4K −32.5% 692 $476 $140.0M

15 Oct 22-24 36 $165.4K −49.8% 408 $406 $140.3M

16 Oct 29-31 42 $91.4K −44.8% 232 $394 $140.5M

17 Nov 5-7 61 $28.9K −68.4% 107 $270 $140.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Jul 14 #20 $31.3K — $31.3K 1 $31,276 1

Thu Jul 15 #20 $26.1K −16% $57.4K 1 $26,143 2

Fri Jul 16 #16 $500.0K +1% $560.0K 27 $18,519 3

Sat Jul 17 #17 $500.0K — $1.1M 27 $18,519 4

Sun Jul 18 #15 $501.0K — $1.6M 27 $18,556 5

Mon Jul 19 #14 $351.7K −30% $1.9M 27 $13,028 6

Tue Jul 20 #14 $375.2K +7% $2.3M 27 $13,895 7

Wed Jul 21 #14 $354.0K −6% +1% $2.7M 27 $13,110 8

Thu Jul 22 #14 $376.9K +6% +1% $3.0M 27 $13,960 9

Fri Jul 23 #17 $456.0K +21% −9% $3.5M 27 $16,889 10

Sat Jul 24 #18 $519.5K +14% +4% $4.0M 31 $16,758 11

Sun Jul 25 #17 $650.0K +25% +30% $5.0M 31 $20,968 12

Mon Jul 26 #12 $491.6K −24% +40% $5.5M 31 $15,857 13

Tue Jul 27 #12 $427.4K −13% +14% $6.0M 31 $13,788 14

Wed Jul 28 #12 $436.1K +2% +23% $6.4M 31 $14,068 15

Thu Jul 29 #12 $409.0K −6% +9% $6.8M 31 $13,193 16

Fri Jul 30 #2 $8.2M +1% +1% $15.0M 1,101 $7,479 17

Sat Jul 31 #2 $10.2M +24% +1% $25.2M 1,101 $9,237 18

Sun Aug 1 #1 $9.4M −8% +1% $36.1M 1,101 $8,538 19

Mon Aug 2 #1 $5.4M −42% +1% $41.6M 1,101 $4,935 20

Tue Aug 3 #1 $4.9M −10% +1% $46.5M 1,101 $4,447 21

Wed Aug 4 #1 $4.4M −9% +918% $50.9M 1,101 $4,033 22

Thu Aug 5 #2 $4.1M −7% +905% $55.0M 1,101 $3,734 23

Fri Aug 6 #2 $7.8M +90% −5% $63.5M 2,142 $3,644 24

Sat Aug 7 #2 $8.8M +12% −14% $72.3M 2,142 $4,097 25

Sun Aug 8 #2 $7.8M −12% −17% $80.0M 2,142 $3,621 26

Mon Aug 9 #2 $3.4M −56% −37% $83.5M 2,142 $1,608 27

Tue Aug 10 #2 $3.4M −1% −30% $86.9M 2,142 $1,589 28

Wed Aug 11 #2 $2.9M −16% −36% $89.8M 2,142 $1,335 29

Thu Aug 12 #2 $2.7M −7% −35% $92.4M 2,142 $1,241 30

Fri Aug 13 #3 $5.1M +90% −35% $97.4M 2,412 $2,100 31

Sat Aug 14 #4 $5.4M +6% −39% $102.8M 2,412 $2,231 32

Sun Aug 15 #3 $4.0M −26% −48% $107.3M 2,412 $1,661 33

Mon Aug 16 #3 $1.6M −60% −53% $108.9M 2,412 $670 34

Tue Aug 17 #4 $1.7M +6% −50% $110.6M 2,412 $709 35

Wed Aug 18 #4 $1.4M −19% −52% $112.0M 2,412 $571 36

Thu Aug 19 #4 $1.3M −9% −53% $113.2M 2,412 $520 37

Fri Aug 20 #5 $2.6M +106% −49% $115.8M 2,538 $1,017 38

Sat Aug 21 #6 $2.8M +10% −47% $118.7M 2,538 $1,120 39

Sun Aug 22 #5 $2.0M −30% −50% $120.6M 2,538 $781 40

Mon Aug 23 #5 $784.0K −60% −51% $121.4M 2,538 $309 41

Tue Aug 24 #5 $870.1K +11% −49% $122.3M 2,538 $343 42

Wed Aug 25 #7 $704.8K −19% −49% $123.0M 2,538 $278 43

Thu Aug 26 #6 $657.3K −7% −48% $123.7M 2,538 $259 44

Fri Aug 27 #7 $1.3M +91% −51% $124.9M 2,618 $480 45

Sat Aug 28 #7 $1.7M +32% −42% $126.6M 2,618 $633 46

Sun Aug 29 #9 $1.2M −29% −40% $128.1M 2,352 $503 47

Mon Aug 30 #7 $409.1K −65% −48% $128.5M 2,352 $174 48

Tue Aug 31 #7 $446.1K +9% −49% $128.9M 2,352 $190 49

Wed Sep 1 #8 $348.2K −22% −51% $129.3M 2,352 $148 50

Thu Sep 2 #8 $338.9K −3% −48% $129.6M 2,352 $144 51

Fri Sep 3 #8 $734.0K +117% −42% $130.4M 2,301 $319 52

Sat Sep 4 #8 $1.1M +56% −31% $131.5M 2,301 $498 53

Sun Sep 5 #8 $1.2M +2% −1% $132.7M 2,297 $508 54

Mon Sep 6 #12 $726.6K −38% +78% $133.8M 2,297 $316 55

Tue Sep 7 #7 $291.1K −60% −35% $134.1M 2,297 $127 56

Wed Sep 8 #8 $212.1K −27% −39% $134.3M 2,297 $92 57

Thu Sep 9 #8 $199.7K −6% −41% $134.5M 2,297 $87 58

Fri Sep 10 #10 $450.0K +125% −39% $135.0M 2,297 $196 59

Sat Sep 11 #10 $638.0K +42% −44% $135.6M 1,933 $330 60

Sun Sep 12 #10 $416.0K −35% −64% $136.3M 1,937 $215 61

Mon Sep 13 #10 $112.7K −73% −84% $136.4M 1,937 $58 62

Tue Sep 14 #10 $145.7K +29% −50% $136.5M 1,937 $75 63

Wed Sep 15 #10 $128.2K −12% −40% $136.7M 1,937 $66 64

Thu Sep 16 #10 $128.9K +1% −35% $136.8M 1,937 $67 65

Fri Sep 17 #12 $227.0K +76% −50% $137.0M 1,437 $158 66

Sat Sep 18 #12 $328.0K +44% −49% $137.3M 1,437 $228 67

Sun Sep 19 #14 $222.0K −32% −47% $137.6M 1,437 $154 68

Mon Sep 20 #13 $73.7K −67% −35% $137.7M 1,434 $51 69

Tue Sep 21 #12 $86.4K +17% −41% $137.8M 1,434 $60 70

Wed Sep 22 #12 $71.4K −17% −44% $137.9M 1,434 $50 71

Thu Sep 23 #13 $67.9K −5% −47% $137.9M 1,434 $47 72

Fri Sep 24 #15 $121.0K +78% −47% $138.1M 945 $128 73

Sat Sep 25 #15 $191.0K +58% −42% $138.3M 945 $202 74

Sun Sep 26 #15 $123.0K −36% −45% $138.4M 947 $130 75

Mon Sep 27 #15 $40.0K −67% −46% $138.5M 947 $42 76

Tue Sep 28 #15 $48.5K +21% −44% $138.5M 947 $51 77

Wed Sep 29 #15 $42.9K −11% −40% $138.6M 947 $45 78

Thu Sep 30 #15 $41.5K −3% −39% $138.6M 947 $44 79

Fri Oct 1 #20 $67.0K +61% −45% $138.7M 588 $114 80

Sat Oct 2 #19 $104.0K +55% −46% $138.8M 588 $177 81

Sun Oct 3 #19 $69.0K −34% −44% $138.9M 584 $118 82

Mon Oct 4 #19 $21.8K −68% −46% $138.9M 584 $37 83

Tue Oct 5 #18 $28.4K +30% −41% $138.9M 584 $49 84

Wed Oct 6 #19 $24.0K −15% −44% $139.0M 584 $41 85

Thu Oct 7 #17 $27.4K +14% −34% $139.0M 584 $47 86

Fri Oct 8 #16 $121.0K +342% +81% $139.1M 924 $131 87

Sat Oct 9 #16 $201.0K +66% +93% $139.3M 924 $218 88

Sun Oct 10 #15 $161.0K −20% +133% $139.5M 924 $174 89

Mon Oct 11 #16 $65.7K −59% +201% $139.5M 924 $71 90

Tue Oct 12 #14 $54.2K −17% +91% $139.6M 924 $59 91

Wed Oct 13 #14 $51.4K −5% +114% $139.6M 924 $56 92

Thu Oct 14 #15 $51.8K +1% +89% $139.7M 924 $56 93

Sun Oct 17 #19 $100.0K — −38% $140.0M 696 $144 96

Tue Oct 19 #16 $41.5K — −23% $140.1M 696 $60 98

Wed Oct 20 #17 $39.5K −5% −23% $140.1M 696 $57 99

Thu Oct 21 #17 $41.2K +4% −21% $140.2M 696 $59 100

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

Cumulative total$137.8M

Jul 14Jul 31Aug 18Sep 4Sep 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $806.4K

$1.5M

$2.0M

$29.2M

$24.3M

$14.5M

$7.3M

$4.2M

$4.1M

$1.6M

$806.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,618 → 1,434 −45.2%

1 open1,434 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −50.6%

+30.8%

W1→2

+1376.5%

W2→3

−16.6%

W3→4

−40.4%

W4→5

−49.9%

W5→6

−41.9%

W6→7

−3.4%

W7→8

−60.0%

W8→9

−50.6%

W9→10

Steepest −60.0%Biggest gain +1376.5%

Run milestones

$100M in 32 days

$100M

Day 32

Aug 14

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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