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The InvitationFollow

2022 • PG-13 • 1h 44m • Horror • Sony Pictures Releasing

🍅 74% 68%

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3.4

6.9

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$6.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$25.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$38.00M

Global total

Budget$10.0M

Domestic legs3.7x

2022 rank#45

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Cast & crew

Directed byJessica M. Thompson ScreenplayBlair Butler, Jessica M. Thompson Produced byEmile Gladstone CinematographyAutumn Eakin MusicDara Taylor Prod. DesignZoë Tahtelbaum StarringNathalie Emmanuel, Thomas Doherty, Sean Pertwee, Hugh Skinner

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 26-28 1 $6.8M — 3,114 $2,185 $6.8M

2 Sep 2-4 5 $4.9M −28% 3,114 $1,565 $13.9M

3 Sep 9-11 5 $2.7M −45% 3,117 $855 $18.9M

4 Sep 16-18 8 $1.8M −34% 2,425 $729 $21.5M

5 Sep 23-25 11 $1.0M −41% 1,676 $621 $23.1M

6 Sep 30-Oct 2 15 $485.6K −53% 1,027 $472 $24.0M

7 Oct 7-9 - $430.2K −11% 1,025 $419 $24.6M

8 Oct 14-16 - $281.7K −35% 545 $516 $25.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Aug 25 #P $775.0K — $775.0K 2,739 $282 -1

Fri Aug 26 #1 $2.7M +246% $2.7M 3,114 $861 1

Sat Aug 27 #1 $2.5M −6% $5.2M 3,114 $807 2

Sun Aug 28 #2 $1.6M −36% $6.8M 3,114 $516 3

Mon Aug 29 #1 $533.3K −67% $7.3M 3,114 $171 4

Tue Aug 30 #2 $762.5K +43% $8.1M 3,114 $244 5

Wed Aug 31 #3 $483.6K −37% $8.6M 3,114 $155 6

Thu Sep 1 #3 $460.1K −5% −41% $9.0M 3,114 $147 7

Fri Sep 2 #4 $1.1M +129% −61% $10.1M 3,114 $339 8

Sat Sep 3 #5 $2.1M +95% −18% $12.2M 3,114 $662 9

Sun Sep 4 #4 $1.8M −15% +9% $13.9M 3,114 $564 10

Mon Sep 5 #4 $1.2M −29% +133% $15.2M 3,114 $398 11

Tue Sep 6 #3 $441.7K −64% −42% $15.6M 3,114 $141 12

Wed Sep 7 #4 $343.9K −22% −29% $15.9M 3,114 $110 13

Thu Sep 8 #4 $276.7K −20% −40% $16.2M 3,114 $88 14

Fri Sep 9 #6 $714.9K +158% −32% $16.9M 3,117 $229 15

Sat Sep 10 #6 $1.2M +73% −40% $18.2M 3,117 $395 16

Sun Sep 11 #6 $718.5K −42% −59% $18.9M 3,117 $230 17

Mon Sep 12 #6 $209.5K −71% −83% $19.1M 3,117 $67 18

Tue Sep 13 #7 $281.0K +34% −36% $19.4M 3,117 $90 19

Wed Sep 14 #6 $208.8K −26% −39% $19.6M 3,117 $67 20

Thu Sep 15 #6 $177.0K −15% −36% $19.8M 3,117 $56 21

Fri Sep 16 #8 $500.3K +183% −30% $20.3M 2,425 $206 22

Sat Sep 17 #8 $794.4K +59% −36% $21.1M 2,425 $327 23

Sun Sep 18 #8 $473.6K −40% −34% $21.5M 2,425 $195 24

Mon Sep 19 #8 $136.2K −71% −35% $21.7M 2,425 $56 25

Tue Sep 20 #8 $165.9K +22% −41% $21.8M 2,425 $68 26

Wed Sep 21 #8 $131.9K −20% −37% $22.0M 2,425 $54 27

Thu Sep 22 #8 $112.8K −15% −36% $22.1M 2,425 $46 28

Fri Sep 23 #11 $285.4K +153% −43% $22.4M 1,676 $170 29

Sat Sep 24 #11 $478.1K +68% −40% $22.8M 1,676 $285 30

Sun Sep 25 #11 $277.5K −42% −41% $23.1M 1,676 $165 31

Mon Sep 26 #12 $91.5K −67% −33% $23.2M 1,676 $54 32

Tue Sep 27 #11 $101.2K +11% −39% $23.3M 1,676 $60 33

Wed Sep 28 #10 $93.3K −8% −29% $23.4M 1,676 $55 34

Thu Sep 29 #10 $65.6K −30% −42% $23.5M 1,676 $39 35

Fri Sep 30 #- $128.7K +96% −55% $23.6M 1,027 $125 36

Sat Oct 1 #- $230.0K +79% −52% $23.8M 1,027 $223 37

Sun Oct 2 #- $126.9K −45% −54% $24.0M 1,027 $123 38

Mon Oct 3 #- $38.3K −70% −58% $24.0M 1,027 $37 39

Tue Oct 4 #- $45.2K +18% −55% $24.0M 1,027 $43 40

Wed Oct 5 #- $48.2K +7% −48% $24.1M 1,027 $46 41

Thu Oct 6 #- $36.3K −25% −45% $24.1M 1,027 $35 42

Fri Oct 7 #- $117.1K +222% −9% $24.2M 1,025 $114 43

Sat Oct 8 #- $185.8K +59% −19% $24.4M 1,025 $181 44

Sun Oct 9 #- $127.3K −31% +0% $24.6M 1,025 $124 45

Mon Oct 10 #- $68.1K −47% +78% $24.6M 1,025 $66 46

Tue Oct 11 #- $45.3K −34% +0% $24.7M 1,025 $44 47

Wed Oct 12 #- $43.3K −4% −10% $24.7M 1,025 $42 48

Thu Oct 13 #- $35.7K −18% −2% $24.8M 1,025 $34 49

Fri Oct 14 #- $91.5K +157% −22% $24.8M 545 $167 50

Sat Oct 15 #- $130.1K +42% −30% $25.0M 545 $238 51

Sun Oct 16 #- $60.1K −54% −53% $25.0M 545 $110 52

Mon Oct 17 #- $17.9K −70% −74% $25.1M 545 $32 53

Tue Oct 18 #- $19.5K +9% −57% $25.1M 545 $35 54

Wed Oct 19 #- $16.3K −16% −62% $25.1M 545 $29 55

Thu Oct 20 #- $12.0K −27% −66% $25.1M 545 $22 56

Cumulative total$25.1M

Aug 25Sep 8Sep 22Oct 6Oct 20

Weekend grossWk 8 · $281.7K

$6.8M

$4.9M

$2.7M

$1.8M

$1.0M

$485.6K

$430.2K

$281.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 3,117 → 545 −82.5%

2,739 open545 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −35%

−28%

W1→2

−45%

W2→3

−34%

W3→4

−41%

W4→5

−53%

W5→6

−11%

W6→7

−35%

W7→8

Steepest −53%Best hold −11%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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