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2005 • PG-13 • 1h 59m • Drama, Horror, Thriller • Screen Gems

One person's story of faith and possession.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$30.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$75.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$145.00M

$70.10M international

Domestic legs2.50x

Budget$19.0M

2005 rank#31

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Cast & crew

Full Derrickson filmography

Scott Derrickson

Scott Derrickson Director

Laura Linney

Laura Linney Starring

Tom Wilkinson

Tom Wilkinson Starring

Campbell Scott

Campbell Scott Starring

Mary Beth Hurt

Mary Beth Hurt Starring

ScreenplayScott Derrickson, Paul Harris Boardman StudioScreen Gems

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 9-11 1 $30.1M — 2,981 $10,081 $30.1M

2 Sep 16-18 2 $14.9M −50.6% 2,983 $4,978 $51.6M

3 Sep 23-25 5 $7.4M −49.9% 3,045 $2,446 $62.3M

4 Sep 30-Oct 2 7 $4.4M −41.2% 3,004 $1,458 $68.5M

5 Oct 7-9 13 $2.4M −44.2% 1,827 $1,336 $72.1M

6 Oct 14-16 19 $955.5K −60.9% 1,040 $918 $73.8M

7 Oct 21-23 27 $361.0K −62.2% 394 $916 $74.5M

8 Oct 28-30 29 $262.3K −27.3% 372 $704 $74.8M

9 Nov 4-6 32 $177.4K −32.4% 253 $701 $75.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 9 #1 $11.3M — $11.3M 2,981 $3,783 1

Sat Sep 10 #1 $12.0M +6% $23.2M 2,981 $4,009 2

Sun Sep 11 #1 $6.8M −43% $30.1M 2,981 $2,288 3

Mon Sep 12 #1 $1.9M −72% $32.0M 2,981 $650 4

Tue Sep 13 #1 $1.7M −12% $33.7M 2,981 $574 5

Wed Sep 14 #1 $1.5M −12% $35.2M 2,981 $508 6

Thu Sep 15 #1 $1.5M +1% $36.7M 2,981 $511 7

Fri Sep 16 #2 $5.0M +231% −55% $41.8M 2,983 $1,689 8

Sat Sep 17 #2 $6.4M +28% −46% $48.2M 2,983 $2,162 9

Sun Sep 18 #2 $3.4M −48% −51% $51.6M 2,983 $1,126 10

Mon Sep 19 #2 $862.8K −74% −56% $52.4M 2,983 $289 11

Tue Sep 20 #2 $892.1K +3% −48% $53.3M 2,983 $299 12

Wed Sep 21 #2 $744.1K −17% −51% $54.1M 2,983 $249 13

Thu Sep 22 #2 $748.0K +1% −51% $54.8M 2,983 $250 14

Fri Sep 23 #4 $2.3M +214% −53% $57.2M 3,045 $770 15

Sat Sep 24 #5 $3.3M +42% −48% $60.5M 3,045 $1,093 16

Sun Sep 25 #5 $1.8M −47% −47% $62.3M 3,045 $581 17

Mon Sep 26 #4 $555.0K −69% −36% $62.8M 3,045 $182 18

Tue Sep 27 #4 $485.6K −13% −46% $63.3M 3,045 $159 19

Wed Sep 28 #5 $421.0K −13% −43% $63.7M 3,045 $138 20

Thu Sep 29 #5 $417.9K −1% −44% $64.1M 3,045 $137 21

Fri Sep 30 #7 $1.3M +221% −43% $65.5M 3,004 $446 22

Sat Oct 1 #8 $2.0M +48% −40% $67.5M 3,004 $661 23

Sun Oct 2 #7 $1.1M −47% −41% $68.5M 3,004 $349 24

Mon Oct 3 #7 $312.9K −70% −44% $68.8M 3,004 $104 25

Tue Oct 4 #7 $324.0K +4% −33% $69.1M 3,004 $107 26

Wed Oct 5 #7 $263.5K −19% −37% $69.4M 3,004 $87 27

Thu Oct 6 #7 $286.4K +9% −31% $69.7M 3,004 $95 28

Mon Oct 10 #13 $254.3K — −19% $72.4M 1,827 $139 32

Cumulative total$72.4M

Sep 9Sep 16Sep 23Sep 30Oct 10

Weekend grossWk 9 · $177.4K

$30.1M

$14.9M

$7.4M

$4.4M

$2.4M

$955.5K

$361.0K

$262.3K

$177.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 3,045 → 1,827 −40.0%

2,981 open1,827 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −32.4%

−50.6%

W1→2

−49.9%

W2→3

−41.2%

W3→4

−44.2%

W4→5

−60.9%

W5→6

−62.2%

W6→7

−27.3%

W7→8

−32.4%

W8→9

Steepest −62.2%Best hold −27.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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