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The LighthouseFollow

2019 • R • 1h 50m • Drama, Fantasy, Horror • A24

There is enchantment in the light.

🍅 90% 72%

83

4.00

7.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$428K

Limited · 8 theaters

Domestic total

$10.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$18.30M

$7.40M international

Domestic legs3.6x from $3.0M biggest weekend

Budget$4M

2019 rank#130

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Cast & crew

Full Eggers filmography

Robert Eggers

Robert Eggers Director

Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe Starring

Robert Pattinson

Robert Pattinson Starring

ScreenplayRobert Eggers, Max Eggers Produced byRodrigo Teixeira, Jay Van Hoy, Robert Eggers, Lourenço Sant'Anna, Youree Henley CinematographyJarin Blaschke Music byMark Korven StudioA24

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 18-20 15 $427.8K — 8 $53,475 $427.8K

2 Oct 25-27 8 $3.0M +608.3% 586 $5,171 $3.6M

3 Nov 1-3 11 $2.0M −34.7% 978 $2,024 $7.0M

4 Nov 8-10 18 $918.6K −53.6% 683 $1,345 $8.9M

5 Nov 15-17 20 $385.6K −58.0% 290 $1,330 $9.8M

6 Nov 22-24 24 $181.0K −53.1% 113 $1,601 $10.2M

7 Nov 29-Dec 1 27 $115.2K −36.3% 90 $1,280 $10.4M

8 Dec 6-8 35 $74.2K −35.6% 82 $905 $10.5M

9 Dec 13-15 36 $48.4K −34.7% 50 $969 $10.6M

10 Dec 20-22 29 $38.8K −20.0% 43 $901 $10.7M

11 Dec 27-29 43 $19.8K −48.9% 21 $944 $10.8M

12 Jan 3-5 43 $18.2K −8.3% 21 $866 $10.8M

13 Jan 10-12 49 $7.2K −60.2% 8 $905 $10.8M

14 Jan 17-19 45 $12.6K +74.5% 5 $2,526 $10.9M

15 Jan 24-26 54 $3.5K −72.6% 5 $693 $10.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 18 #14 $170.0K — $170.0K 8 $21,250 1

Sat Oct 19 #15 $138.8K −18.4% $308.8K 8 $17,345 2

Sun Oct 20 #15 $119.0K −14.2% $427.8K 8 $14,879 3

Mon Oct 21 #15 $39.4K −66.9% $467.2K 8 $4,930 4

Tue Oct 22 #15 $44.4K +12.7% $511.7K 8 $5,556 5

Wed Oct 23 #15 $41.3K −7.0% $553.0K 8 $5,168 6

Thu Oct 24 — $27.5K −33.6% $580.5K 8 $3,433 7

Fri Oct 25 #7 $1.3M +4,584.4% +656.7% $1.9M 586 $2,195 8

Sat Oct 26 #9 $964.4K −25.0% +595.0% $2.8M 586 $1,646 9

Sun Oct 27 #8 $779.1K −19.2% +554.5% $3.6M 586 $1,330 10

Mon Oct 28 #8 $339.1K −56.5% +759.9% $3.9M 586 $579 11

Tue Oct 29 #8 $413.6K +22.0% +830.5% $4.4M 586 $706 12

Wed Oct 30 #8 $309.6K −25.1% +648.8% $4.7M 586 $528 13

Thu Oct 31 #8 $306.3K −1.1% +1,015.6% $5.0M 586 $523 14

Fri Nov 1 #13 $587.4K +91.7% −54.3% $5.6M 978 $601 15

Sat Nov 2 #14 $823.7K +40.2% −14.6% $6.4M 978 $842 16

Sun Nov 3 #13 $568.4K −31.0% −27.0% $7.0M 978 $581 17

Mon Nov 4 #12 $230.4K −59.5% −32.1% $7.2M 978 $236 18

Tue Nov 5 #12 $326.7K +41.8% −21.0% $7.5M 978 $334 19

Wed Nov 6 #11 $265.7K −18.7% −14.2% $7.8M 978 $272 20

Thu Nov 7 #11 $215.2K −19.0% −29.7% $8.0M 978 $220 21

Fri Nov 8 — $266.5K +23.9% −54.6% $8.3M 683 $390 22

Sat Nov 9 — $362.3K +35.9% −56.0% $8.6M 683 $531 23

Sun Nov 10 — $289.7K −20.0% −49.0% $8.9M 683 $424 24

Mon Nov 11 — $148.9K −48.6% −35.4% $9.1M 683 $218 25

Tue Nov 12 — $123.9K −16.8% −62.1% $9.2M 683 $181 26

Wed Nov 13 — $108.7K −12.3% −59.1% $9.3M 683 $159 27

Thu Nov 14 — $102.1K −6.1% −52.5% $9.4M 683 $150 28

Fri Nov 15 — $100.0K −2.1% −62.5% $9.5M 290 $345 29

Sat Nov 16 — $162.0K +62.1% −55.3% $9.7M 290 $559 30

Sun Nov 17 — $123.6K −23.8% −57.4% $9.8M 290 $426 31

Mon Nov 18 — $48.9K −60.4% −67.2% $9.8M 290 $169 32

Tue Nov 19 — $61.0K +24.8% −50.8% $9.9M 290 $210 33

Wed Nov 20 — $54.2K −11.1% −50.1% $9.9M 290 $187 34

Thu Nov 21 — $42.0K −22.5% −58.8% $10.0M 290 $145 35

Fri Nov 22 — $48.4K +15.2% −51.6% $10.0M 113 $428 36

Sat Nov 23 — $74.1K +53.1% −54.3% $10.1M 113 $656 37

Sun Nov 24 — $58.4K −21.1% −52.7% $10.2M 113 $517 38

Mon Nov 25 — $30.5K −47.8% −37.5% $10.2M 113 $270 39

Tue Nov 26 — $32.0K +4.6% −47.6% $10.2M 113 $283 40

Wed Nov 27 — $23.4K −26.6% −56.8% $10.3M 90 $260 41

Thu Nov 28 — $17.8K −24.2% −57.7% $10.3M 90 $197 42

Fri Nov 29 — $42.6K +139.6% −12.1% $10.3M 90 $473 43

Sat Nov 30 — $41.2K −3.1% −44.4% $10.4M 90 $458 44

Sun Dec 1 — $31.4K −23.8% −46.3% $10.4M 90 $349 45

Mon Dec 2 — $12.4K −60.7% −59.5% $10.4M 90 $137 46

Tue Dec 3 — $14.8K +20.1% −53.6% $10.4M 90 $165 47

Wed Dec 4 — $15.9K +6.9% −32.3% $10.4M 90 $176 48

Thu Dec 5 — $14.8K −6.5% −16.6% $10.4M 90 $165 49

Fri Dec 6 — $18.9K +27.6% −55.6% $10.5M 82 $231 50

Sat Dec 7 — $30.7K +62.0% −25.7% $10.5M 82 $374 51

Sun Dec 8 — $24.7K −19.6% −21.5% $10.5M 82 $301 52

Mon Dec 9 — $16.6K −32.8% +34.1% $10.5M 82 $202 53

Tue Dec 10 — $12.1K −27.0% −18.5% $10.6M 82 $147 54

Wed Dec 11 — $13.7K +13.4% −13.5% $10.6M 82 $167 55

Thu Dec 12 — $13.8K +0.7% −6.9% $10.6M 82 $168 56

Fri Dec 13 — $15.1K +9.5% −20.1% $10.6M 50 $302 57

Sat Dec 14 — $16.8K +11.3% −45.1% $10.6M 50 $337 58

Sun Dec 15 — $16.5K −2.0% −33.1% $10.6M 50 $330 59

Mon Dec 16 — $10.1K −38.5% −38.8% $10.6M 50 $203 60

Tue Dec 17 — $11.8K +16.4% −2.3% $10.6M 50 $236 61

Wed Dec 18 — $12.4K +5.0% −9.5% $10.7M 50 $248 62

Thu Dec 19 — $12.1K −2.6% −12.5% $10.7M 50 $242 63

Fri Dec 20 — $10.5K −13.1% −30.6% $10.7M 43 $244 64

Sat Dec 21 — $15.0K +42.5% −11.1% $10.7M 43 $348 65

Sun Dec 22 — $13.3K −11.0% −19.3% $10.7M 43 $310 66

Mon Dec 23 — $9.2K −30.9% −9.2% $10.7M 43 $214 67

Tue Dec 24 — $5.9K −35.4% −49.7% $10.7M 43 $138 68

Wed Dec 25 — $5.6K −6.3% −55.1% $10.7M 43 $130 69

Thu Dec 26 — $6.5K +16.4% −46.3% $10.7M 43 $151 70

Fri Dec 27 — $7.0K +7.4% −33.7% $10.7M 21 $332 71

Sat Dec 28 — $7.7K +10.4% −48.6% $10.8M 21 $366 72

Sun Dec 29 — $5.2K −32.6% −61.1% $10.8M 21 $247 73

Mon Dec 30 — $7.5K +44.9% −18.5% $10.8M 21 $357 74

Tue Dec 31 — $5.5K −26.1% −6.8% $10.8M 21 $264 75

Wed Jan 1 — $9.6K +73.7% +72.9% $10.8M 21 $458 76

Thu Jan 2 — $9.0K −6.7% +38.6% $10.8M 21 $428 77

Fri Jan 3 — $6.1K −31.7% −11.9% $10.8M 21 $292 78

Sat Jan 4 — $8.0K +29.9% +3.7% $10.8M 21 $380 79

Sun Jan 5 — $4.1K −48.8% −21.2% $10.8M 21 $194 80

Mon Jan 6 — $3.7K −9.9% −51.0% $10.8M 21 $175 81

Tue Jan 7 — $3.5K −5.6% −37.4% $10.8M 21 $165 82

Wed Jan 8 — $4.2K +19.8% −56.8% $10.8M 21 $198 83

Thu Jan 9 — $4.5K +9.2% −49.5% $10.8M 21 $216 84

Fri Jan 10 — $2.9K −35.9% −52.5% $10.8M 8 $364 85

Sat Jan 11 — $2.9K −1.7% −64.1% $10.8M 8 $358 86

Sun Jan 12 — $1.5K −48.8% −64.1% $10.8M 8 $183 87

Mon Jan 13 — $4.5K +208.7% +23.2% $10.8M 8 $566 88

Tue Jan 14 — $3.1K −30.6% −9.5% $10.8M 8 $393 89

Wed Jan 15 — $2.0K −35.5% −51.3% $10.8M 8 $253 90

Thu Jan 16 — $1.3K −38.0% −72.3% $10.8M 8 $157 91

Fri Jan 17 — $3.9K +207.6% +32.7% $10.8M 5 $773 92

Sat Jan 18 — $4.3K +11.2% +50.2% $10.9M 5 $859 93

Sun Jan 19 — $4.5K +4.1% +205.0% $10.9M 5 $894 94

Mon Jan 20 — $1.0K −76.6% −76.9% $10.9M 5 $209 95

Tue Jan 21 — $952 −9.0% −69.7% $10.9M 5 $190 96

Wed Jan 22 — $856 −10.1% −57.7% $10.9M 5 $171 97

Thu Jan 23 — $1.2K +38.2% −5.8% $10.9M 5 $237 98

Fri Jan 24 — $1.0K −15.4% −74.1% $10.9M 5 $200 99

Sat Jan 25 — $1.4K +41.6% −67.0% $10.9M 5 $283 100

Sun Jan 26 — $1.0K −26.2% −76.6% $10.9M 5 $209 101

Mon Jan 27 — $516 −50.7% −50.7% $10.9M 5 $103 102

Tue Jan 28 — $1.0K +98.4% +7.6% $10.9M 5 $205 103

Wed Jan 29 — $979 −4.4% +14.4% $10.9M 5 $196 104

Thu Jan 30 — $1.1K +12.8% −6.7% $10.9M 5 $221 105

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

Cumulative total$10.7M

Oct 18Nov 4Nov 22Dec 9Dec 26

Weekend grossWk 10 · $38.8K

$427.8K

$3.0M

$2.0M

$918.6K

$385.6K

$181.0K

$115.2K

$74.2K

$48.4K

$38.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 978 → 43 −95.6%

8 open43 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −20.0%

+608.3%

W1→2

−34.7%

W2→3

−53.6%

W3→4

−58.0%

W4→5

−53.1%

W5→6

−36.3%

W6→7

−35.6%

W7→8

−34.7%

W8→9

−20.0%

W9→10

Steepest −58.0%Biggest gain +608.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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