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The House with a Clock in Its WallsFollow

2018 • PG • 1h 45m • Fantasy, Comedy, Family • Universal

This house knows what makes you tick

🍅 65% 45%

57

2.74

6.1

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$26.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$68.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$131.50M

$62.90M international

Domestic legs2.58x

Budget$42M

2018 rank#42

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Cast & crew

Full Roth filmography

Eli Roth

Eli Roth Director

Jack Black

Jack Black Starring

Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett Starring

Kyle MacLachlan

Kyle MacLachlan Starring

ScreenplayEric Kripke Produced byBradley J. Fischer, James Vanderbilt, Eric Kripke CinematographyRogier Stoffers MusicNathan Barr StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 21-23 1 $26.6M — 3592 $2,469 $26.6M

3 Sep 28-30 3 $12.6M −60% 3592 $1,169 $44.9M

5 Oct 5-7 5 $7.3M −43% 3463 $705 $55.1M

8 Oct 12-14 8 $3.8M −45% 2791 $459 $62.1M

10 Oct 19-21 11 $1.8M −53% 1588 $380 $65.0M

12 Oct 26-28 10 $1.1M −47% 1042 $336 $66.5M

15 Nov 2-4 10 $526.9K −54% 510 $344 $67.3M

17 Nov 9-11 10 $306.8K −31% 281 $363 $67.8M

19 Nov 16-18 10 $172.9K −50% 195 $295 $68.1M

22 Nov 23-25 10 $128.4K −25.7% 145 $295 $68.3M

24 Nov 30-Dec 2 10 $59.6K −73% 127 $156 $68.4M

26 Dec 7-9 10 $43.9K −25% 114 $128 $68.4M

29 Dec 14-16 10 $31.5K −36% 96 $109 $68.5M

31 Dec 21-23 10 $10.7K −66.1% 53 $67 $68.5M

33 Dec 28-30 10 $17.7K +67% 45 $130 $68.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 21 #1 $7.8M — $7.8M 3592 2170 1

Sat Sep 22 #1 $11.5M +47% $19.3M 3592 3196 2

Sun Sep 23 #1 $7.3M −36% $26.6M 3592 2043 3

Mon Sep 24 #1 $1.2M −83% $27.8M 3592 344 4

Tue Sep 25 #1 $2.2M +81% $30.1M 3592 625 5

Wed Sep 26 #1 $1.1M −49% $31.2M 3592 317 6

Thu Sep 27 #1 $1.0M −10% $32.3M 3592 286 7

Fri Sep 28 #3 $3.1M +201% −60% $35.4M 3592 862 8

Sat Sep 29 #3 $5.9M +89% −49% $41.2M 3592 1631 9

Sun Sep 30 #3 $3.6M −38% −50% $44.9M 3592 1016 10

Mon Oct 1 #3 $653.0K −82% −47% $45.5M 3592 182 11

Tue Oct 2 #3 $1.1M +70% −51% $46.6M 3592 309 12

Wed Oct 3 #3 $620.6K −44% −45% $47.2M 3592 173 13

Thu Oct 4 #4 $515.7K −17% −50% $47.8M 3592 144 14

Fri Oct 5 #5 $1.8M +245% −43% $49.5M 3463 514 15

Sat Oct 6 #5 $3.2M +79% −46% $52.7M 3463 918 16

Sun Oct 7 #5 $2.4M −25% −35% $55.1M 3463 686 17

Mon Oct 8 #5 $1.4M −41% +116% $56.5M 3463 408 18

Tue Oct 9 #5 $721.7K −49% −35% $57.2M 3463 208 19

Wed Oct 10 #5 $568.8K −21% −8% $57.8M 3463 164 20

Thu Oct 11 #5 $483.3K −15% −6% $58.3M 3463 140 21

Fri Oct 12 #8 $975.3K +102% −45% $59.3M 2791 349 22

Sat Oct 13 #8 $1.8M +82% −44% $61.0M 2791 637 23

Sun Oct 14 #8 $1.1M −39% −54% $62.1M 2791 391 24

Mon Oct 15 #8 $279.7K −74% −80% $62.4M 2791 100 25

Tue Oct 16 #8 $335.1K +20% −54% $62.7M 2791 120 26

Wed Oct 17 #8 $222.8K −34% −61% $63.0M 2791 80 27

Thu Oct 18 #8 $230.1K +3% −52% $63.2M 2791 82 28

Fri Oct 19 #11 $460.3K +100% −53% $63.6M 1588 290 29

Sat Oct 20 #11 $826.0K +79% −54% $64.5M 1588 520 30

Sun Oct 21 #11 $527.1K −36% −52% $65.0M 1588 332 31

Mon Oct 22 #12 $118.8K −77% −58% $65.1M 1588 75 32

Tue Oct 23 #12 $147.1K +24% −56% $65.3M 1588 93 33

Wed Oct 24 #13 $96.7K −34% −57% $65.4M 1588 61 34

Thu Oct 25 #12 $109.5K +13% −52% $65.5M 1588 69 35

Fri Oct 26 #10+ $245.0K +124% −47% $65.7M 1042 235 36

Sat Oct 27 #15 $493.2K +101% −40% $66.2M 1042 473 37

Sun Oct 28 #10+ $312.7K −37% −41% $66.5M 1042 300 38

Mon Oct 29 #10+ $58.0K −81% −51% $66.6M 1042 56 39

Tue Oct 30 #10+ $80.1K +38% −46% $66.7M 1042 77 40

Wed Oct 31 #10+ $102.0K +27% +6% $66.8M 1042 98 41

Thu Nov 1 #10+ $58.1K −43% −47% $66.8M 1042 56 42

Fri Nov 2 #10+ $113.0K +95% −54% $66.9M 510 222 43

Sat Nov 3 #10+ $250.7K +122% −49% $67.2M 510 491 44

Sun Nov 4 #10+ $163.2K −35% −48% $67.3M 510 320 45

Mon Nov 5 #10+ $34.5K −79% −40% $67.4M 510 68 46

Tue Nov 6 #10+ $75.6K +119% −6% $67.5M 510 148 47

Wed Nov 7 #10+ $26.1K −65% −74% $67.5M 510 51 48

Thu Nov 8 #10+ $20.7K −21% −64% $67.5M 510 41 49

Fri Nov 9 #10+ $77.6K +275% −31% $67.6M 281 276 50

Sat Nov 10 #10+ $145.0K +87% −42% $67.7M 281 516 51

Sun Nov 11 #10+ $84.2K −42% −48% $67.8M 281 300 52

Mon Nov 12 #10+ $50.0K −41% +45% $67.9M 281 178 53

Tue Nov 13 #10+ $16.0K −68% −79% $67.9M 281 57 54

Wed Nov 14 #10+ $12.5K −22% −52% $67.9M 281 44 55

Thu Nov 15 #10+ $9.9K −21% −52% $67.9M 281 35 56

Fri Nov 16 #10+ $39.0K +296% −50% $67.9M 195 200 57

Sat Nov 17 #10+ $83.6K +114% −42% $68.0M 195 429 58

Sun Nov 18 #10+ $50.3K −40% −40% $68.1M 195 258 59

Mon Nov 19 #10+ $22.4K −55% −55% $68.1M 195 115 60

Tue Nov 20 #10+ $27.1K +21% +69% $68.1M 195 139 61

Wed Nov 21 #10+ $25.4K −6% +103% $68.1M 145 175 62

Thu Nov 22 #10+ $13.0K −49% +32% $68.2M 145 90 63

Fri Nov 23 #10+ $49.1K +278% +26% $68.2M 145 339 64

Sat Nov 24 #10+ $54.1K +10% −35% $68.3M 145 373 65

Sun Nov 25 #10+ $25.2K −54% −50% $68.3M 145 174 66

Mon Nov 26 #10+ $5.5K −78% −75% $68.3M 145 38 67

Tue Nov 27 #10+ $6.3K +15% −77% $68.3M 145 44 68

Wed Nov 28 #10+ $4.7K −25% −81% $68.3M 145 33 69

Thu Nov 29 #10+ $4.5K −4% −65% $68.3M 145 31 70

Fri Nov 30 #10+ $13.2K +189% −73% $68.3M 127 104 71

Sat Dec 1 #10+ $28.5K +117% −47% $68.4M 127 224 72

Sun Dec 2 #10+ $17.9K −37% −29% $68.4M 127 141 73

Mon Dec 3 #10+ $3.1K −83% −44% $68.4M 127 25 74

Tue Dec 4 #10+ $5.0K +61% −21% $68.4M 127 39 75

Wed Dec 5 #10+ $4.5K −11% −5% $68.4M 127 35 76

Thu Dec 6 #10+ $3.4K −24% −25% $68.4M 127 27 77

Fri Dec 7 #10+ $9.9K +191% −25% $68.4M 114 86 78

Sat Dec 8 #10+ $21.3K +116% −25% $68.4M 114 187 79

Sun Dec 9 #10+ $12.7K −40% −29% $68.4M 114 111 80

Mon Dec 10 #10+ $2.6K −79% −16% $68.4M 114 23 81

Tue Dec 11 #10+ $3.6K +38% −28% $68.4M 114 32 82

Wed Dec 12 #10+ $2.8K −22% −37% $68.4M 114 25 83

Thu Dec 13 #10+ $3.6K +27% +5% $68.4M 114 31 84

Fri Dec 14 #10+ $6.3K +77% −36% $68.4M 96 66 85

Sat Dec 15 #10+ $15.6K +147% −27% $68.5M 96 163 86

Sun Dec 16 #10+ $9.6K −39% −24% $68.5M 96 100 87

Mon Dec 17 #10+ $2.2K −77% −17% $68.5M 96 23 88

Tue Dec 18 #10+ $2.9K +33% −20% $68.5M 96 30 89

Wed Dec 19 #10+ $2.9K −1% +2% $68.5M 96 30 90

Thu Dec 20 #10+ $3.8K +33% +7% $68.5M 96 40 91

Fri Dec 21 #10+ $3.5K −10% −45% $68.5M 53 65 92

Sat Dec 22 #10+ $4.2K +21% −73% $68.5M 53 79 93

Sun Dec 23 #10+ $3.0K −28% −69% $68.5M 53 57 94

Mon Dec 24 #10+ $2.0K −34% −8% $68.5M 53 38 95

Tue Dec 25 #10+ $3.1K +57% +8% $68.5M 53 59 96

Wed Dec 26 #10+ $6.0K +93% +110% $68.5M 53 114 97

Thu Dec 27 #10+ $6.1K +1% +59% $68.5M 53 115 98

Fri Dec 28 #10+ $5.8K −5% +67% $68.5M 45 128 99

Sat Dec 29 #10+ $7.1K +23% +68% $68.5M 45 157 100

Sun Dec 30 #10+ $4.8K −31% +61% $68.5M 45 108 101

Mon Dec 31 #10+ $4.0K −18% +98% $68.5M 45 88 102

Tue Jan 1 #10+ $7.0K +78% +126% $68.5M 45 157 103

Wed Jan 2 #10+ $2.9K −58% −51% $68.5M 45 65 104

Thu Jan 3 #10+ $3.3K +12% −46% $68.5M 45 73 105

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

Cumulative total$68.3M

Sep 21Oct 8Oct 26Nov 12Nov 29

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.8M

$26.6M

$12.6M

$7.3M

$3.8M

$1.8M

W1W3W5W8W10

Theater countPeak 3,592 → 145 −96.0%

3,592 open145 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −53%

−60%

W1→3

−43%

W3→5

−45%

W5→8

−53%

W8→10

Steepest −60%Best hold −43%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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