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The Hills Have EyesFollow

2006 • R • 1h 47m • Horror, Thriller • Fox Searchlight Pictures

The lucky ones die first.

🍅 51% 58%

52

3.00

6.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$15.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$41.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$70.40M

$28.60M international

Domestic legs2.7x

Budget$17M

2006 rank#73

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Cast & crew

Full Aja filmography

Alexandre Aja

Alexandre Aja Director

Kathleen Quinlan

Kathleen Quinlan Starring

Vinessa Shaw

Vinessa Shaw Starring

Dan Byrd

Dan Byrd Starring

Ted Levine

Ted Levine Starring

ScreenplayAlexandre Aja, Grégory Levasseur Based onthe 1977 film by Wes Craven Produced byWes Craven, Marianne Maddalena, Peter Locke CinematographyMaxime Alexandre Music bytomandandy StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 10-12 3 $15.7M — 2,620 $5,996 $15.7M

2 Mar 17-19 5 $8.0M −49.0% 2,621 $3,056 $28.7M

3 Mar 24-26 8 $4.4M −45.2% 2,461 $1,782 $35.7M

4 Mar 31-Apr 2 12 $1.9M −57.0% 1,628 $1,159 $39.0M

5 Apr 7-9 17 $692.1K −63.3% 693 $999 $40.3M

6 Apr 14-16 20 $336.2K −51.4% 357 $942 $40.9M

7 Apr 21-23 26 $150.9K −55.1% 223 $677 $41.2M

8 Apr 28-30 31 $122.3K −18.9% 195 $627 $41.4M

9 May 5-7 33 $100.6K −17.8% 197 $511 $41.5M

10 May 12-14 42 $65.9K −34.5% 149 $442 $41.6M

11 May 19-21 42 $47.9K −27.3% 89 $538 $41.7M

12 May 26-28 49 $24.8K −48.2% 47 $527 $41.7M

13 Jun 2-4 57 $15.8K −36.2% 24 $659 $41.8M

14 Jun 9-11 72 $5.2K −67.3% 13 $397 $41.8M

15 Jun 16-18 85 $4.1K −20.8% 11 $372 $41.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 10 #2 $5.6M — $5.6M 2,620 $2,145 1

Sat Mar 11 #3 $6.1M +9% $11.8M 2,620 $2,345 2

Sun Mar 12 #3 $3.9M −36% $15.7M 2,620 $1,505 3

Mon Mar 13 #2 $1.5M −63% $17.2M 2,620 $559 4

Tue Mar 14 #3 $1.3M −12% $18.5M 2,620 $494 5

Wed Mar 15 #3 $1.2M −10% $19.6M 2,620 $444 6

Thu Mar 16 #3 $1.1M −5% $20.7M 2,620 $420 7

Fri Mar 17 #5 $2.3M +110% −59% $23.0M 2,621 $883 8

Sat Mar 18 #5 $3.5M +52% −43% $26.6M 2,621 $1,342 9

Sun Mar 19 #5 $2.2M −38% −45% $28.7M 2,621 $830 10

Mon Mar 20 #4 $709.8K −67% −52% $29.5M 2,621 $271 11

Tue Mar 21 #4 $673.1K −5% −48% $30.1M 2,621 $257 12

Wed Mar 22 #4 $602.3K −11% −48% $30.7M 2,621 $230 13

Thu Mar 23 #5 $604.1K — −45% $31.3M 2,621 $230 14

Fri Mar 24 #8 $1.4M +131% −40% $32.7M 2,461 $567 15

Sat Mar 25 #8 $1.9M +33% −47% $34.6M 2,461 $755 16

Sun Mar 26 #8 $1.1M −39% −48% $35.7M 2,461 $460 17

Mon Mar 27 #8 $383.9K −66% −46% $36.1M 2,461 $156 18

Tue Mar 28 #8 $367.4K −4% −45% $36.5M 2,461 $149 19

Wed Mar 29 #7 $325.7K −11% −46% $36.8M 2,461 $132 20

Thu Mar 30 #7 $321.5K −1% −47% $37.1M 2,461 $131 21

Mon May 8 #- $10.1K — $41.5M 197 $51 60

Tue May 9 #- $10.6K +5% $41.5M 197 $54 61

Wed May 10 #- $9.8K −7% $41.5M 197 $50 62

Thu May 11 #- $10.4K +6% $41.5M 197 $53 63

Fri May 12 #- $18.8K +81% $41.6M 149 $126 64

Sat May 13 #- $27.9K +49% $41.6M 149 $188 65

Sun May 14 #- $19.2K −31% $41.6M 149 $129 66

Mon May 15 #- $7.1K −63% −30% $41.6M 149 $48 67

Tue May 16 #- $7.4K +4% −30% $41.6M 149 $50 68

Wed May 17 #- $6.7K −9% −32% $41.6M 149 $45 69

Thu May 18 #- $7.2K +7% −31% $41.6M 149 $48 70

Fri May 19 #- $11.9K +65% −37% $41.6M 89 $133 71

Sat May 20 #- $20.8K +76% −26% $41.7M 89 $234 72

Sun May 21 #- $15.2K −27% −21% $41.7M 89 $171 73

Mon May 22 #- $6.2K −59% −12% $41.7M 89 $70 74

Tue May 23 #- $5.1K −18% −31% $41.7M 89 $57 75

Wed May 24 #- $5.3K +4% −21% $41.7M 89 $59 76

Thu May 25 #- $5.8K +9% −20% $41.7M 89 $65 77

Mon May 29 #55 $4.5K — −28% $41.7M 47 $95 81

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

Cumulative total$41.6M

Mar 10Mar 18Mar 26May 10May 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $65.9K

$15.7M

$8.0M

$4.4M

$1.9M

$692.1K

$336.2K

$150.9K

$122.3K

$100.6K

$65.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,621 → 149 −94.3%

2,620 open149 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −34.5%

−49.0%

W1→2

−45.2%

W2→3

−57.0%

W3→4

−63.3%

W4→5

−51.4%

W5→6

−55.1%

W6→7

−18.9%

W7→8

−17.8%

W8→9

−34.5%

W9→10

Steepest −63.3%Best hold −17.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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