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2004 • PG-13 • 1h 31m • Horror, Mystery, Thriller • Sony Pictures Releasing

It never forgives. It never forgets.

🍅 41% 46%

48

2.83

5.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$39.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$110.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$187.00M

$76.90M international

Domestic legs2.82x

Budget$10.0M

2004 rank#21

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Cast & crew

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Sarah Michelle Gellar Starring

William Mapother

William Mapother Starring

Clea DuVall

Clea DuVall Starring

ScreenplayStephen Susco Produced bySam Raimi, Robert Tapert, Takashige Ichise CinematographyHideo Yamamoto MusicChristopher Young StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 22-24 1 $39.1M — 3,245 $12,058 $39.1M

2 Oct 29-31 1 $21.8M −44.2% 3,348 $6,516 $70.7M

3 Nov 5-7 3 $12.7M −41.9% 3,336 $3,799 $88.8M

4 Nov 12-14 7 $7.0M −44.7% 2,816 $2,489 $99.2M

5 Nov 19-21 8 $3.8M −45.6% 2,112 $1,804 $104.4M

6 Nov 26-28 12 $2.0M −48.8% 1,486 $1,313 $107.8M

7 Dec 3-5 13 $1.1M −43.4% 1,286 $858 $109.2M

8 Dec 10-12 15 $456.9K −58.6% 732 $624 $109.9M

9 Dec 17-19 25 $162.7K −64.4% 278 $585 $110.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 22 #1 $15.2M — $15.2M 3,245 $4,684 1

Sat Oct 23 #1 $15.6M +3% $30.1M 3,245 $4,802 2

Sun Oct 24 #1 $9.0M −42% $39.1M 3,245 $2,769 3

Mon Oct 25 #1 $2.8M −69% $41.9M 3,245 $853 4

Tue Oct 26 #1 $2.4M −12% $44.3M 3,245 $748 5

Wed Oct 27 #1 $2.1M −13% $46.4M 3,245 $654 6

Thu Oct 28 #1 $2.4M +14% $48.9M 3,245 $745 7

Fri Oct 29 #1 $7.6M +214% −50% $56.5M 3,348 $2,270 8

Sat Oct 30 #1 $8.8M +16% −43% $65.4M 3,348 $2,630 9

Sun Oct 31 #2 $5.3M −40% −41% $70.7M 3,348 $1,578 10

Mon Nov 1 #2 $1.7M −67% −38% $72.4M 3,348 $514 11

Tue Nov 2 #3 $1.4M −16% −41% $73.8M 3,348 $429 12

Wed Nov 3 #3 $1.1M −25% −49% $74.9M 3,348 $323 13

Thu Nov 4 #3 $1.2M +6% −52% $76.1M 3,348 $344 14

Fri Nov 5 #2 $4.4M +282% −42% $80.5M 3,336 $1,318 15

Sat Nov 6 #3 $5.7M +30% −35% $86.1M 3,336 $1,719 16

Sun Nov 7 #4 $2.7M −53% −49% $88.8M 3,336 $807 17

Mon Nov 8 #4 $634.0K −76% −63% $89.4M 3,336 $190 18

Tue Nov 9 #4 $637.0K n/c −56% $90.0M 3,336 $190 19

Wed Nov 10 #5 $904.0K +42% −17% $90.9M 3,127 $289 20

Thu Nov 11 #4 $1.3M +45% +13% $92.2M 3,127 $418 21

Fri Nov 12 #6 $2.5M +91% −43% $94.7M 2,816 $887 22

Sat Nov 13 #7 $3.2M +27% −45% $97.8M 2,816 $1,127 23

Sun Nov 14 #8 $1.5M −54% −46% $99.2M 2,816 $519 24

Mon Nov 15 #8 $353.0K −76% −44% $99.6M 2,816 $125 25

Tue Nov 16 #8 $368.0K +4% −42% $100.0M 2,816 $130 26

Wed Nov 17 #7 $323.0K −12% −64% $100.3M 2,816 $114 27

Thu Nov 18 #8 $318.0K −2% −76% $100.6M 2,816 $112 28

Fri Nov 19 #8 $1.2M +277% −52% $101.8M 2,112 $568 29

Sat Nov 20 #8 $1.9M +59% −40% $103.7M 2,112 $905 30

Sun Nov 21 #9 $747.8K −61% −49% $104.4M 2,112 $354 31

Mon Nov 22 #9 $252.0K −66% −29% $104.7M 2,112 $119 32

Tue Nov 23 #8 $343.0K +36% −7% $105.0M 2,112 $162 33

Cumulative total$105.0M

Oct 22Oct 30Nov 7Nov 15Nov 23

Weekend grossWk 9 · $162.7K

$39.1M

$21.8M

$12.7M

$7.0M

$3.8M

$2.0M

$1.1M

$456.9K

$162.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 3,348 → 2,112 −36.9%

3,245 open2,112 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −64.4%

−44.2%

W1→2

−41.9%

W2→3

−44.7%

W3→4

−45.6%

W4→5

−48.8%

W5→6

−43.4%

W6→7

−58.6%

W7→8

−64.4%

W8→9

Steepest −64.4%Best hold −41.9%

Run milestones

$100M in 27 days

$100M

Day 27

Nov 17

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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