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The ConjuringFollow

2013 • R • 1h 52m • Horror, Mystery, Thriller • Warner Bros.

Based on the true case files of the Warrens.

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3.62

7.5

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$41.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$137.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$316.10M

$178.70M international

Domestic legs3.28x

Budget$20.0M

2013 rank#19

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Cast & crew

Full Wan filmography

James Wan

James Wan Director

Vera Farmiga

Vera Farmiga Starring

Patrick Wilson

Patrick Wilson Starring

Lili Taylor

Lili Taylor Starring

Ron Livingston

Ron Livingston Starring

ScreenplayCarey Hayes, Chad Hayes Produced byTony DeRosa-Grund, Peter Safran, Rob Cowan CinematographyJohn R. Leonetti MusicJoseph Bishara StudioWarner Bros. SeriesThe Conjuring

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 19-21 1 $41.9M — 2,903 $14,417 $41.9M

2 Jul 26-28 2 $22.2M −46.9% 3,022 $7,348 $83.9M

3 Aug 2-4 4 $13.0M −41.3% 3,115 $4,182 $108.0M

4 Aug 9-11 8 $6.6M −49.1% 2,650 $2,500 $120.7M

5 Aug 16-18 12 $3.9M −41.4% 2,001 $1,941 $127.8M

6 Aug 23-25 16 $2.1M −47.0% 1,355 $1,519 $131.7M

7 Aug 30-Sep 1 21 $1.4M −30.8% 903 $1,576 $133.9M

8 Sep 6-8 21 $722.3K −49.3% 716 $1,008 $135.2M

9 Sep 13-15 20 $599.3K −17.0% 676 $886 $136.0M

10 Sep 20-22 22 $417.5K −30.3% 561 $744 $136.6M

11 Sep 27-29 26 $201.3K −51.8% 338 $595 $137.0M

12 Oct 4-6 38 $118.9K −40.9% 202 $588 $137.2M

13 Oct 11-13 43 $68.0K −42.8% 145 $468 $137.3M

14 Oct 18-20 49 $43.0K −36.7% 113 $380 $137.3M

15 Oct 25-27 48 $27.6K −35.9% 100 $276 $137.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jul 18 $3.3M — $3.3M — —

Fri Jul 19 #1 $17.0M — $17.0M 2,903 $5,840 2

Sat Jul 20 #1 $13.9M −18% $30.9M 2,903 $4,801 3

Sun Jul 21 #1 $11.0M −21% $41.9M 2,903 $3,775 4

Mon Jul 22 #1 $5.5M −49% $47.4M 2,903 $1,907 5

Tue Jul 23 #1 $5.6M +1% $53.0M 2,903 $1,930 6

Wed Jul 24 #1 $4.5M −19% $57.5M 2,903 $1,556 7

Thu Jul 25 #1 $4.2M −6% $61.7M 2,903 $1,455 8

Fri Jul 26 #2 $7.3M +74% −57% $69.1M 3,022 $2,425 9

Sat Jul 27 #2 $8.4M +15% −39% $77.5M 3,022 $2,793 10

Sun Jul 28 #2 $6.4M −24% −41% $83.9M 3,022 $2,130 11

Mon Jul 29 #2 $2.9M −55% −48% $86.9M 3,022 $961 12

Tue Jul 30 #2 $3.0M +4% −46% $89.9M 3,022 $995 13

Wed Jul 31 #3 $2.5M −17% −45% $92.3M 3,022 $823 14

Thu Aug 1 #3 $2.6M +4% −39% $94.9M 3,022 $854 15

Fri Aug 2 #4 $4.3M +67% −41% $99.2M 3,115 $1,384 16

Sat Aug 3 #4 $5.2M +20% −39% $104.4M 3,115 $1,657 17

Sun Aug 4 #4 $3.6M −31% −45% $108.0M 3,115 $1,140 18

Mon Aug 5 #4 $1.7M −52% −41% $109.7M 3,115 $551 19

Tue Aug 6 #5 $1.7M +2% −42% $111.4M 3,115 $561 20

Wed Aug 7 #7 $1.3M −23% −46% $112.8M 3,115 $433 21

Thu Aug 8 #7 $1.3M −6% −51% $114.0M 3,115 $408 22

Fri Aug 9 #8 $2.1M +68% −50% $116.2M 2,650 $808 23

Sat Aug 10 #8 $2.7M +26% −48% $118.9M 2,650 $1,022 24

Sun Aug 11 #8 $1.8M −34% −50% $120.7M 2,650 $670 25

Mon Aug 12 #9 $868.2K −51% −49% $121.5M 2,650 $327 26

Tue Aug 13 #9 $979.0K +13% −44% $122.5M 2,650 $369 27

Wed Aug 14 #9 $760.1K −22% −44% $123.3M 2,650 $286 28

Thu Aug 15 #9 $673.2K −11% −47% $124.0M 2,650 $254 29

Fri Aug 16 #12 $1.2M +77% −44% $125.1M 2,001 $597 30

Sat Aug 17 #11 $1.6M +38% −39% $126.8M 2,001 $822 31

Sun Aug 18 #12 $1.0M −37% −41% $127.8M 2,001 $522 32

Mon Aug 19 #12 $484.0K −54% −44% $128.3M 2,001 $241 33

Tue Aug 20 #12 $522.1K +8% −47% $128.8M 2,001 $260 34

Wed Aug 21 #13 $403.0K −23% −47% $129.2M 2,001 $201 35

Thu Aug 22 #13 $363.3K −10% −46% $129.6M 2,001 $181 36

Fri Aug 23 $651.9K +79% −45% $130.3M 1,355 $481 37

Sat Aug 24 $919.2K +41% −44% $131.2M 1,355 $678 38

Sun Aug 25 $487.2K −47% −53% $131.7M 1,355 $359 39

Mon Aug 26 $218.6K −55% −55% $131.9M 1,355 $161 40

Tue Aug 27 $228.0K +4% −56% $132.1M 1,355 $168 41

Wed Aug 28 $181.1K −21% −55% $132.3M 1,355 $133 42

Thu Aug 29 $176.2K −3% −51% $132.5M 1,355 $130 43

Fri Aug 30 $360.1K +104% −45% $132.8M 903 $398 44

Sat Aug 31 $526.4K +46% −43% $133.4M 903 $582 45

Sun Sep 1 $536.8K +2% +10% $133.9M 903 $594 46

Mon Sep 2 $287.7K −46% +32% $134.2M 903 $318 47

Tue Sep 3 $104.5K −64% −54% $134.3M 903 $115 48

Wed Sep 4 $93.2K −11% −49% $134.4M 903 $103 49

Thu Sep 5 $82.0K −12% −53% $134.5M 903 $90 50

Fri Sep 6 $219.7K +168% −39% $134.7M 716 $306 51

Sat Sep 7 $342.0K +56% −35% $135.0M 716 $477 52

Sun Sep 8 $160.6K −53% −70% $135.2M 716 $224 53

Mon Sep 9 $56.1K −65% −81% $135.2M 716 $78 54

Tue Sep 10 $60.1K +7% −43% $135.3M 716 $83 55

Wed Sep 11 $53.2K −12% −43% $135.4M 716 $74 56

Thu Sep 12 $48.3K −9% −41% $135.4M 716 $67 57

Fri Sep 13 $221.3K +359% +1% $135.6M 676 $327 58

Sat Sep 14 $240.1K +8% −30% $135.9M 676 $355 59

Sun Sep 15 $137.9K −43% −14% $136.0M 676 $203 60

Mon Sep 16 $53.8K −61% −4% $136.1M 676 $79 61

Tue Sep 17 $54.5K +1% −9% $136.1M 676 $80 62

Wed Sep 18 $47.4K −13% −11% $136.2M 676 $70 63

Thu Sep 19 $49.1K +4% +2% $136.2M 676 $72 64

Fri Sep 20 $129.5K +164% −41% $136.3M 561 $230 65

Sat Sep 21 $195.6K +51% −19% $136.5M 561 $348 66

Sun Sep 22 $92.3K −53% −33% $136.6M 561 $164 67

Mon Sep 23 $35.1K −62% −35% $136.7M 561 $62 68

Tue Sep 24 $40.0K +14% −27% $136.7M 561 $71 69

Wed Sep 25 $35.6K −11% −25% $136.7M 561 $63 70

Thu Sep 26 $35.0K −2% −29% $136.8M 561 $62 71

Fri Sep 27 $58.0K +66% −55% $136.8M 338 $171 72

Sat Sep 28 $94.6K +63% −52% $136.9M 338 $279 73

Sun Sep 29 $48.7K −48% −47% $137.0M 338 $144 74

Mon Sep 30 $17.0K −65% −51% $137.0M 338 $50 75

Tue Oct 1 $18.8K +10% −53% $137.0M 338 $55 76

Wed Oct 2 $18.6K −1% −48% $137.0M 338 $55 77

Thu Oct 3 $17.7K −5% −50% $137.0M 338 $52 78

Fri Oct 4 $33.9K +92% −42% $137.1M 202 $167 79

Sat Oct 5 $57.0K +68% −40% $137.1M 202 $282 80

Sun Oct 6 $28.0K −51% −42% $137.2M 202 $138 81

Mon Oct 7 $10.6K −62% −38% $137.2M 202 $52 82

Tue Oct 8 $11.0K +3% −41% $137.2M 202 $54 83

Wed Oct 9 $10.1K −8% −46% $137.2M 202 $50 84

Thu Oct 10 $11.6K +15% −34% $137.2M 202 $57 85

Fri Oct 11 $19.3K +65% −43% $137.2M 145 $132 86

Sat Oct 12 $31.8K +65% −44% $137.3M 145 $219 87

Sun Oct 13 $16.9K −47% −40% $137.3M 145 $116 88

Mon Oct 14 $7.8K −54% −27% $137.3M 145 $53 89

Tue Oct 15 $6.4K −17% −42% $137.3M 145 $44 90

Wed Oct 16 $5.8K −9% −42% $137.3M 145 $40 91

Thu Oct 17 $6.9K +19% −40% $137.3M 145 $47 92

Fri Oct 18 $12.9K +86% −33% $137.3M 113 $114 93

Sat Oct 19 $20.3K +57% −36% $137.3M 113 $180 94

Sun Oct 20 $9.7K −52% −42% $137.3M 113 $86 95

Mon Oct 21 $3.9K −60% −50% $137.3M 113 $34 96

Tue Oct 22 $3.6K −7% −43% $137.4M 113 $32 97

Wed Oct 23 $3.3K −10% −44% $137.4M 113 $28 98

Thu Oct 24 $4.4K +36% −36% $137.4M 113 $39 99

Fri Oct 25 $8.2K +85% −37% $137.4M 100 $82 100

Sat Oct 26 $13.2K +61% −35% $137.4M 100 $132 101

Sun Oct 27 $6.2K −53% −37% $137.4M 100 $61 102

Mon Oct 28 $2.2K −64% −43% $137.4M 100 $22 103

Tue Oct 29 $2.7K +24% −24% $137.4M 100 $27 104

Wed Oct 30 $3.0K +8% −9% $137.4M 100 $29 105

Thu Oct 31 $5.0K +68% +12% $137.4M 100 $49 106

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

Cumulative total$136.7M

Jul 18Aug 4Aug 22Sep 8Sep 25

Weekend grossWk 10 · $417.5K

$41.9M

$22.2M

$13.0M

$6.6M

$3.9M

$2.1M

$1.4M

$722.3K

$599.3K

$417.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,115 → 561 −82.0%

2,903 open561 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −30.3%

−46.9%

W1→2

−41.3%

W2→3

−49.1%

W3→4

−41.4%

W4→5

−47.0%

W5→6

−30.8%

W6→7

−49.3%

W7→8

−17.0%

W8→9

−30.3%

W9→10

Steepest −49.3%Best hold −17.0%

Run milestones

$100M in 17 days

$100M

Day 17

Aug 3

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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