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The Cabin in the WoodsFollow

2012 • R • 95 min • Horror, Thriller • Lionsgate

You think you know the story

🍅 92% 74%

72

3.37

7.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$14.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$42.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$70.70M

Global total

Budget$30M

Domestic legs2.9x

2012 rank#81

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Cast & crew

Directed byDrew Goddard ScreenplayJoss Whedon, Drew Goddard Produced byJoss Whedon CinematographyPeter Deming MusicDavid Julyan Prod. DesignMartin Whist StarringKristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams StudioLionsgate

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 13-15 3 $14.7M — 2,811 $5,245 $14.7M

2 Apr 20-22 6 $8.0M −45.6% 2,811 $2,852 $27.2M

3 Apr 27-29 10 $4.6M −42.4% 2,639 $1,750 $34.8M

4 May 4-6 11 $1.6M −66.1% 1,669 $938 $38.0M

5 May 11-13 14 $971.5K −37.9% 1,029 $944 $39.8M

6 May 18-20 19 $381.6K −60.7% 448 $852 $40.6M

7 May 25-27 23 $174.4K −54.3% 203 $859 $40.9M

8 Jun 1-3 31 $111.9K −35.8% 136 $823 $41.2M

9 Jun 8-10 36 $62.6K −44.1% 113 $554 $41.3M

10 Jun 15-17 28 $173.1K +176.5% 224 $773 $41.5M

11 Jun 22-24 31 $138.6K −19.9% 196 $707 $41.8M

12 Jun 29-Jul 1 38 $76.4K −44.9% 149 $513 $41.9M

13 Jul 6-8 42 $43.4K −43.3% 83 $523 $42.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 13 #3 $5.5M — $5.5M 2,811 $1,971 1

Sat Apr 14 #3 $5.7M +3% $11.3M 2,811 $2,034 2

Sun Apr 15 #3 $3.5M −39% $14.7M 2,811 $1,240 3

Mon Apr 16 #2 $1.2M −66% $15.9M 2,811 $424 4

Tue Apr 17 #2 $1.3M +10% $17.2M 2,811 $465 5

Wed Apr 18 #2 $1.0M −23% $18.2M 2,811 $357 6

Thu Apr 19 #2 $984.5K −2% $19.2M 2,811 $350 7

Fri Apr 20 #5 $2.5M +153% −55% $21.7M 2,811 $884 8

Sat Apr 21 #6 $3.4M +35% −41% $25.1M 2,811 $1,194 9

Sun Apr 22 #6 $2.2M −35% −38% $27.2M 2,811 $773 10

Mon Apr 23 #5 $723.0K −67% −39% $28.0M 2,811 $257 11

Tue Apr 24 #4 $870.7K +20% −33% $28.8M 2,811 $310 12

Wed Apr 25 #5 $654.1K −25% −35% $29.5M 2,811 $233 13

Thu Apr 26 #5 $669.7K +2% −32% $30.2M 2,811 $238 14

Fri Apr 27 — $1.4M +112% −43% $31.6M 2,639 $538 15

Sat Apr 28 — $2.0M +42% −40% $33.6M 2,639 $763 16

Sun Apr 29 — $1.2M −41% −45% $34.8M 2,639 $450 17

Mon Apr 30 #8 $411.4K −65% −43% $35.2M 3,572 $115 18

Tue May 1 #8 $509.7K +24% −41% $35.7M 3,572 $143 19

Wed May 2 #8 $400.4K −21% −39% $36.1M 3,572 $112 20

Thu May 3 #9 $349.2K −13% −48% $36.5M 3,572 $98 21

Fri May 4 #10 $515.7K +48% −64% $37.0M 1,669 $309 22

Sat May 5 #11 $617.9K +20% −69% $37.6M 1,669 $370 23

Sun May 6 #11 $431.2K −30% −64% $38.0M 1,669 $258 24

Mon May 7 #10 $177.7K −59% −57% $38.2M 1,669 $106 25

Tue May 8 #10 $210.0K +18% −59% $38.4M 1,669 $126 26

Wed May 9 #10 $188.4K −10% −53% $38.6M 1,669 $113 27

Thu May 10 — $187.6K 0% −46% $38.8M 1,669 $112 28

Fri May 11 #13 $303.1K +62% −41% $39.1M 1,029 $295 29

Sat May 12 #14 $401.0K +32% −35% $39.5M 1,029 $390 30

Sun May 13 #14 $267.4K −33% −38% $39.8M 1,029 $260 31

Mon May 14 #12 $119.6K −55% −33% $39.9M 1,029 $116 32

Tue May 15 #12 $128.7K +8% −39% $40.0M 1,029 $125 33

Wed May 16 #13 $84.2K −35% −55% $40.1M 1,029 $82 34

Thu May 17 #13 $83.6K −1% −55% $40.2M 1,029 $81 35

Fri May 18 — $114.3K +37% −62% $40.3M 448 $255 36

Sat May 19 — $160.6K +41% −60% $40.4M 448 $358 37

Sun May 20 — $106.7K −34% −60% $40.6M 448 $238 38

Mon May 21 — $55.2K −48% −54% $40.6M 448 $123 39

Tue May 22 — $51.6K −6% −60% $40.7M 448 $115 40

Wed May 23 — $48.0K −7% −43% $40.7M 448 $107 41

Thu May 24 — $52.2K +9% −38% $40.8M 448 $117 42

Fri May 25 — $47.3K −9% −59% $40.8M 203 $233 43

Sat May 26 — $64.3K +36% −60% $40.9M 203 $317 44

Sun May 27 — $62.8K −2% −41% $40.9M 203 $309 45

Mon May 28 — $46.7K −26% −15% $41.0M 203 $230 46

Tue May 29 — $24.9K −47% −52% $41.0M 203 $123 47

Wed May 30 — $24.5K −2% −49% $41.0M 203 $121 48

Thu May 31 — $23.2K −5% −55% $41.1M 203 $115 49

Fri Jun 1 — $34.4K +48% −27% $41.1M 136 $253 50

Sat Jun 2 — $45.5K +33% −29% $41.1M 136 $335 51

Sun Jun 3 — $32.0K −30% −49% $41.2M 136 $236 52

Mon Jun 4 — $16.2K −50% −65% $41.2M 136 $119 53

Tue Jun 5 — $17.2K +6% −31% $41.2M 136 $126 54

Wed Jun 6 — $15.2K −11% −38% $41.2M 136 $112 55

Thu Jun 7 — $14.8K −3% −36% $41.2M 136 $109 56

Fri Jun 8 — $18.6K +26% −46% $41.2M 113 $165 57

Sat Jun 9 — $25.1K +35% −45% $41.3M 113 $222 58

Sun Jun 10 — $18.9K −25% −41% $41.3M 113 $167 59

Mon Jun 11 — $10.4K −45% −36% $41.3M 113 $92 60

Tue Jun 12 — $11.1K +7% −35% $41.3M 113 $98 61

Wed Jun 13 — $11.0K −1% −27% $41.3M 113 $98 62

Thu Jun 14 — $11.3K +3% −23% $41.3M 113 $100 63

Fri Jun 15 — $53.1K +368% +185% $41.4M 224 $237 64

Sat Jun 16 — $67.0K +26% +167% $41.5M 224 $299 65

Sun Jun 17 — $53.1K −21% +181% $41.5M 224 $237 66

Mon Jun 18 — $35.5K −33% +242% $41.5M 224 $158 67

Tue Jun 19 — $31.4K −12% +182% $41.6M 224 $140 68

Wed Jun 20 — $33.3K +6% +201% $41.6M 224 $148 69

Thu Jun 21 — $31.2K −6% +175% $41.6M 224 $139 70

Fri Jun 22 — $42.2K +35% −20% $41.7M 196 $216 71

Sat Jun 23 — $52.8K +25% −21% $41.7M 196 $270 72

Sun Jun 24 — $43.6K −18% −18% $41.8M 196 $222 73

Mon Jun 25 — $23.1K −47% −35% $41.8M 196 $118 74

Tue Jun 26 — $22.7K −2% −28% $41.8M 196 $116 75

Wed Jun 27 — $22.0K −3% −34% $41.8M 196 $112 76

Thu Jun 28 — $21.9K −1% −30% $41.9M 196 $111 77

Fri Jun 29 — $22.4K +2% −47% $41.9M 149 $150 78

Sat Jun 30 — $30.0K +34% −43% $41.9M 149 $201 79

Sun Jul 1 — $24.1K −20% −45% $41.9M 149 $162 80

Mon Jul 2 — $13.6K −43% −41% $42.0M 149 $91 81

Tue Jul 3 — $14.4K +6% −36% $42.0M 149 $97 82

Wed Jul 4 — $13.2K −9% −40% $42.0M 149 $89 83

Thu Jul 5 — $15.6K +18% −29% $42.0M 149 $105 84

Fri Jul 6 — $13.7K −12% −39% $42.0M 83 $165 85

Sat Jul 7 — $16.6K +22% −45% $42.0M 83 $200 86

Sun Jul 8 — $13.1K −21% −46% $42.0M 83 $158 87

Mon Jul 9 — $7.0K −47% −49% $42.1M 83 $84 88

Tue Jul 10 — $7.5K +8% −48% $42.1M 83 $91 89

Wed Jul 11 — $7.4K −2% −44% $42.1M 83 $89 90

Thu Jul 12 — $7.8K +6% −50% $42.1M 83 $94 91

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

Cumulative total$41.6M

Apr 13Apr 30May 18Jun 4Jun 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $173.1K

$14.7M

$8.0M

$4.6M

$1.6M

$971.5K

$381.6K

$174.4K

$111.9K

$62.6K

$173.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,572 → 224 −93.7%

2,811 open224 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +176.5%

−45.6%

W1→2

−42.4%

W2→3

−66.1%

W3→4

−37.9%

W4→5

−60.7%

W5→6

−54.3%

W6→7

−35.8%

W7→8

−44.1%

W8→9

+176.5%

W9→10

Steepest −66.1%Biggest gain +176.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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