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The People Under the StairsFollow

1991 • R • 1h 43m • Horror, Comedy • Universal Pictures

In every neighborhood, there is one house that adults whisper about and children cross the street to avoid.

🍅 67% 61% MC 57 LB 3.48 IMDb 6.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$5.50M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$24.20M
Final
Domestic legs4.4x
1991 rank#54
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Cast & crew

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Wes Craven Wes Craven Director Everett McGill Everett McGill Starring Ving Rhames Ving Rhames Starring Bill Cobbs Bill Cobbs Starring
ScreenplayWes Craven Produced byStuart M. Besser, Marianne Maddalena CinematographySandi Sissel Music byDon Peake, Graeme Revell StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 1-3 1 $5.5M — 1,850 $2,985 $5.5M
2 Nov 8-10 2 $4.4M −20.3% 1,850 $2,380 $12.1M
3 Nov 15-17 4 $3.0M −31.5% 1,838 $1,640 $17.0M
4 Nov 22-24 7 $1.6M −45.9% 1,552 $1,050 $19.8M
5 Nov 29-Dec 1 9 $1.2M −28.2% 1,009 $1,160 $21.7M
6 Dec 6-8 9 $635.9K −45.7% 902 $705 $22.6M
Weekend grossWk 6 · $635.9K
$5.5M
$4.4M
$3.0M
$1.6M
$1.2M
$635.9K
W1W2W3W4W5W6
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · −45.7%
−20.3%
W1→2
−31.5%
W2→3
−45.9%
W3→4
−28.2%
W4→5
−45.7%
W5→6
Steepest −45.9%Best hold −20.3%

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