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2010 • R • 1h 41m • Horror • Overture Films

Fear thy neighbor.

🍅 72% 57%

56

3

6.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$16.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$39.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$56.40M

$17.30M international

Domestic legs2.4x

Budget$19M

2010 rank#80

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Cast & crew

Timothy Olyphant

Timothy Olyphant Starring

Radha Mitchell

Radha Mitchell Starring

Danielle Panabaker

Danielle Panabaker Starring

ScreenplayScott Kosar, Ray Wright Produced byDean Georgaris, Rob Cowan, Michael Aguilar CinematographyMaxime Alexandre MusicMark Isham StudioOverture Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 26-28 3 $16.1M — 2,477 $6,487 $16.1M

2 Mar 5-7 6 $7.1M −55.9% 2,479 $2,856 $27.5M

3 Mar 12-14 10 $3.7M −48.0% 2,359 $1,560 $33.4M

4 Mar 19-21 13 $1.5M −59.6% 1,495 $996 $36.4M

5 Mar 26-28 18 $724.6K −51.3% 851 $851 $37.7M

6 Apr 2-4 24 $256.4K −64.6% 415 $618 $38.2M

7 Apr 9-11 34 $103.2K −59.7% 162 $637 $38.5M

8 Apr 16-18 41 $62.6K −39.4% 108 $579 $38.6M

9 Apr 23-25 31 $126.6K +102.4% 201 $630 $38.7M

10 Apr 30-May 2 34 $132.4K +4.5% 197 $672 $38.9M

11 May 7-9 38 $66.8K −49.5% 149 $448 $39.0M

12 May 14-16 40 $57.0K −14.6% 111 $514 $39.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 26 #2 $6.0M — $6.0M 2,477 $2,415 1

Sat Feb 27 #4 $6.3M +6.1% $12.3M 2,477 $2,562 2

Sun Feb 28 #4 $3.7M −41.1% $16.1M 2,477 $1,510 3

Mon Mar 1 #3 $1.3M −66.3% $17.3M 2,477 $508 4

Tue Mar 2 #4 $1.2M −4.5% $18.5M 2,477 $485 5

Wed Mar 3 #4 $958.4K −20.3% $19.5M 2,477 $387 6

Thu Mar 4 #4 $906.1K −5.4% $20.4M 2,477 $366 7

Fri Mar 5 #5 $2.3M +158.8% −60.8% $22.7M 2,479 $946 8

Sat Mar 6 #6 $3.0M +28.3% −52.6% $25.7M 2,479 $1,214 9

Sun Mar 7 #6 $1.7M −42.7% −53.9% $27.5M 2,479 $696 10

Mon Mar 8 #6 $591.6K −65.7% −53.0% $28.1M 2,479 $239 11

Tue Mar 9 #6 $603.1K +1.9% −49.8% $28.7M 2,479 $243 12

Wed Mar 10 #6 $512.0K −15.1% −46.6% $29.2M 2,479 $207 13

Thu Mar 11 #6 $529.5K +3.4% −41.6% $29.7M 2,479 $214 14

Fri Mar 12 #10 $1.2M +120.0% −50.3% $30.9M 2,359 $494 15

Sat Mar 13 #10 $1.5M +32.7% −48.6% $32.4M 2,359 $655 16

Sun Mar 14 #10 $971.0K −37.2% −43.7% $33.4M 2,359 $412 17

Mon Mar 15 #10 $408.9K −57.9% −30.9% $33.8M 2,359 $173 18

Tue Mar 16 #10 $414.6K +1.4% −31.3% $34.2M 2,359 $176 19

Wed Mar 17 #11 $320.8K −22.6% −37.3% $34.5M 2,359 $136 20

Thu Mar 18 #10 $374.4K +16.7% −29.3% $34.9M 2,359 $159 21

Fri Mar 19 #12 $483.9K +29.3% −58.4% $35.4M 1,495 $324 22

Sat Mar 20 #13 $636.3K +31.5% −58.8% $36.0M 1,495 $426 23

Sun Mar 21 #16 $368.7K −42.1% −62.0% $36.4M 1,495 $247 24

Mon Mar 22 #13 $143.7K −61.0% −64.9% $36.5M 1,495 $96 25

Tue Mar 23 #13 $136.6K −4.9% −67.1% $36.7M 1,495 $91 26

Wed Mar 24 #13 $129.7K −5.1% −59.6% $36.8M 1,495 $87 27

Thu Mar 25 #13 $142.2K +9.6% −62.0% $36.9M 1,495 $95 28

Fri Mar 26 — $228.9K +61.0% −52.7% $37.2M 851 $269 29

Sat Mar 27 — $300.2K +31.1% −52.8% $37.5M 851 $353 30

Sun Mar 28 — $195.4K −34.9% −47.0% $37.7M 851 $230 31

Mon Mar 29 — $82.6K −57.7% −42.5% $37.8M 851 $97 32

Tue Mar 30 — $77.1K −6.7% −43.6% $37.8M 851 $91 33

Wed Mar 31 — $74.1K −3.9% −42.9% $37.9M 851 $87 34

Thu Apr 1 — $77.0K +3.9% −45.8% $38.0M 851 $90 35

Fri Apr 2 — $96.5K +25.3% −57.9% $38.1M 415 $233 36

Sat Apr 3 — $96.7K +0.2% −67.8% $38.2M 415 $233 37

Sun Apr 4 — $63.2K −34.7% −67.7% $38.2M 415 $152 38

Mon Apr 5 — $32.5K −48.5% −60.6% $38.3M 415 $78 39

Tue Apr 6 — $30.9K −4.9% −59.9% $38.3M 415 $75 40

Wed Apr 7 — $31.0K +0.3% −58.1% $38.3M 415 $75 41

Thu Apr 8 — $32.9K +6.0% −57.3% $38.4M 415 $79 42

Fri Apr 9 — $32.8K −0.3% −66.0% $38.4M 162 $203 43

Sat Apr 10 — $43.8K +33.5% −54.7% $38.4M 162 $270 44

Sun Apr 11 — $26.6K −39.2% −57.9% $38.5M 162 $164 45

Mon Apr 12 — $10.4K −60.8% −67.9% $38.5M 162 $64 46

Tue Apr 13 — $11.7K +11.8% −62.3% $38.5M 162 $72 47

Wed Apr 14 — $9.3K −20.0% −69.9% $38.5M 162 $58 48

Thu Apr 15 — $9.6K +2.4% −70.9% $38.5M 162 $59 49

Fri Apr 16 — $20.3K +112.1% −38.2% $38.5M 108 $188 50

Sat Apr 17 — $26.9K +32.4% −38.7% $38.6M 108 $249 51

Sun Apr 18 — $15.4K −42.6% −42.1% $38.6M 108 $143 52

Mon Apr 19 — $5.8K −62.7% −44.9% $38.6M 108 $53 53

Tue Apr 20 — $6.5K +13.8% −44.0% $38.6M 108 $61 54

Wed Apr 21 — $6.1K −6.8% −34.7% $38.6M 108 $56 55

Thu Apr 22 — $5.8K −5.0% −39.4% $38.6M 108 $54 56

Fri Apr 23 — $34.7K +499.4% +71.1% $38.6M 201 $173 57

Sat Apr 24 — $54.3K +56.3% +102.0% $38.7M 201 $270 58

Sun Apr 25 — $37.7K −30.6% +144.2% $38.7M 201 $187 59

Mon Apr 26 — $14.5K −61.4% +152.6% $38.7M 201 $72 60

Tue Apr 27 — $14.0K −3.4% +114.4% $38.8M 201 $70 61

Wed Apr 28 — $13.6K −3.2% +122.8% $38.8M 201 $68 62

Thu Apr 29 — $13.2K −3.1% +127.1% $38.8M 201 $65 63

Fri Apr 30 — $52.2K +297.0% +50.4% $38.8M 197 $265 64

Sat May 1 — $51.0K −2.3% −6.0% $38.9M 197 $259 65

Sun May 2 — $29.1K −42.9% −22.7% $38.9M 197 $148 66

Mon May 3 — $9.8K −66.4% −32.7% $38.9M 197 $50 67

Tue May 4 — $9.5K −3.1% −32.4% $38.9M 197 $48 68

Wed May 5 — $9.2K −3.0% −32.3% $38.9M 197 $47 69

Thu May 6 — $9.2K −0.4% −30.4% $39.0M 197 $46 70

Fri May 7 — $22.4K +144.5% −57.2% $39.0M 149 $150 71

Sat May 8 — $26.3K +17.4% −48.5% $39.0M 149 $176 72

Sun May 9 — $18.2K −30.8% −37.6% $39.0M 149 $122 73

Mon May 10 — $7.1K −60.7% −27.0% $39.0M 149 $48 74

Tue May 11 — $6.9K −3.8% −27.5% $39.0M 149 $46 75

Wed May 12 — $7.6K +11.0% −17.1% $39.0M 149 $51 76

Thu May 13 — $6.8K −10.2% −25.2% $39.0M 149 $46 77

Fri May 14 — $16.9K +146.8% −24.5% $39.1M 111 $152 78

Sat May 15 — $27.0K +60.0% +3.0% $39.1M 111 $244 79

Sun May 16 — $13.1K −51.6% −28.0% $39.1M 111 $118 80

Mon May 17 — $4.9K −62.6% −31.4% $39.1M 111 $44 81

Tue May 18 — $4.9K +0.5% −28.3% $39.1M 111 $44 82

Wed May 19 — $4.9K +0.5% −35.1% $39.1M 111 $45 83

Thu May 20 — $5.4K +10.1% −20.5% $39.1M 111 $49 84

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

Cumulative total$39.0M

Feb 26Mar 15Apr 2Apr 19May 6

Weekend grossWk 10 · $132.4K

$16.1M

$7.1M

$3.7M

$1.5M

$724.6K

$256.4K

$103.2K

$62.6K

$126.6K

$132.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,479 → 197 −92.1%

2,477 open197 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +4.5%

−55.9%

W1→2

−48.0%

W2→3

−59.6%

W3→4

−51.3%

W4→5

−64.6%

W5→6

−59.7%

W6→7

−39.4%

W7→8

+102.4%

W8→9

+4.5%

W9→10

Steepest −64.6%Biggest gain +102.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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