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The PossessionFollow

2012 • PG-13 • 1h 33m • Horror, Mystery, Thriller • Lionsgate

Fear the demon that doesn't fear God.

🍅 40% 48%

45

2.61

5.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$17.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$49.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$82.90M

$33.80M international

Domestic legs2.8x

Budget$14M

2012 rank#67

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Cast & crew

Directed byOle Bornedal ScreenplayStiles White, Juliet Snowden Produced bySam Raimi, Robert Tapert, J.R. Young CinematographyDan Laustsen StarringJeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick, Natasha Calis, Madison Davenport, Rob LaBelle, Matisyahu StudioLionsgate

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 31-Sep 2 1 $17.7M — 2,816 $6,297 $17.7M

2 Sep 7-9 1 $9.3M −47.5% 2,834 $3,288 $33.2M

3 Sep 14-16 3 $5.8M −38.1% 2,860 $2,016 $41.1M

4 Sep 21-23 8 $2.6M −54.2% 2,598 $1,017 $45.3M

5 Sep 28-30 12 $1.4M −48.4% 1,618 $842 $47.4M

6 Oct 5-7 18 $623.5K −54.2% 821 $759 $48.4M

7 Oct 12-14 23 $161.0K −74.2% 369 $436 $48.7M

8 Oct 19-21 40 $58.3K −63.8% 133 $438 $48.8M

9 Oct 26-28 48 $33.5K −42.5% 82 $409 $48.9M

10 Nov 2-4 35 $94.6K +182.1% 155 $610 $49.0M

11 Nov 9-11 37 $62.7K −33.7% 121 $519 $49.1M

12 Nov 16-18 50 $27.2K −56.6% 81 $336 $49.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 31 #1 $6.1M — $6.1M 2,816 $2,159 1

Sat Sep 1 #1 $6.3M +4.1% $12.4M 2,816 $2,247 2

Sun Sep 2 #1 $5.3M −15.8% $17.7M 2,816 $1,892 3

Mon Sep 3 #1 $3.3M −37.2% $21.1M 2,816 $1,188 4

Tue Sep 4 #1 $1.2M −64.1% $22.3M 2,816 $427 5

Wed Sep 5 #1 $781.2K −35.0% $23.1M 2,816 $277 6

Thu Sep 6 #1 $787.7K +0.8% $23.8M 2,816 $280 7

Fri Sep 7 #1 $2.9M +266.3% −52.5% $26.7M 2,834 $1,018 8

Sat Sep 8 #1 $4.4M +53.3% −30.1% $31.2M 2,834 $1,561 9

Sun Sep 9 #1 $2.0M −54.6% −62.3% $33.2M 2,834 $709 10

Mon Sep 10 #2 $554.8K −72.4% −83.4% $33.7M 2,834 $196 11

Tue Sep 11 #2 $673.8K +21.5% −43.9% $34.4M 2,834 $238 12

Wed Sep 12 #3 $491.2K −27.1% −37.1% $34.9M 2,834 $173 13

Thu Sep 13 #3 $480.7K −2.1% −39.0% $35.4M 2,834 $170 14

Fri Sep 14 #3 $1.8M +280.0% −36.7% $37.2M 2,860 $639 15

Sat Sep 15 #3 $2.7M +45.1% −40.1% $39.8M 2,860 $927 16

Sun Sep 16 #3 $1.3M −51.3% −35.8% $41.1M 2,860 $451 17

Mon Sep 17 #4 $430.3K −66.6% −22.4% $41.6M 2,860 $150 18

Tue Sep 18 #4 $455.2K +5.8% −32.4% $42.0M 2,860 $159 19

Wed Sep 19 #4 $311.5K −31.6% −36.6% $42.3M 2,860 $109 20

Thu Sep 20 #4 $319.1K +2.4% −33.6% $42.6M 2,860 $112 21

Fri Sep 21 #8 $808.8K +153.5% −55.7% $43.5M 2,598 $311 22

Sat Sep 22 #8 $1.2M +54.2% −52.9% $44.7M 2,598 $480 23

Sun Sep 23 #9 $586.0K −53.0% −54.6% $45.3M 2,598 $226 24

Mon Sep 24 #9 $167.2K −71.5% −61.1% $45.5M 2,598 $64 25

Tue Sep 25 #9 $225.6K +34.9% −50.4% $45.7M 2,598 $87 26

Wed Sep 26 #10 $190.2K −15.7% −38.9% $45.9M 2,598 $73 27

Thu Sep 27 #9 $174.7K −8.1% −45.2% $46.0M 2,598 $67 28

Fri Sep 28 #12 $413.5K +136.7% −48.9% $46.5M 1,618 $256 29

Sat Sep 29 #12 $663.8K +60.5% −46.8% $47.1M 1,618 $410 30

Sun Sep 30 #12 $285.1K −57.0% −51.3% $47.4M 1,618 $176 31

Mon Oct 1 #13 $87.8K −69.2% −47.5% $47.5M 1,618 $54 32

Tue Oct 2 #14 $96.9K +10.5% −57.0% $47.6M 1,618 $60 33

Wed Oct 3 #13 $85.8K −11.5% −54.9% $47.7M 1,618 $53 34

Thu Oct 4 — $85.7K −0.1% −51.0% $47.8M 1,618 $53 35

Fri Oct 5 #14 $184.5K +115.4% −55.4% $48.0M 821 $225 36

Sat Oct 6 #16 $285.1K +54.5% −57.1% $48.2M 821 $347 37

Sun Oct 7 #17 $153.9K −46.0% −46.0% $48.4M 821 $187 38

Mon Oct 8 — $62.1K −59.7% −29.3% $48.5M 821 $76 39

Tue Oct 9 — $42.6K −31.4% −56.1% $48.5M 821 $52 40

Wed Oct 10 — $39.1K −8.1% −54.4% $48.5M 821 $48 41

Thu Oct 11 — $35.9K −8.1% −58.1% $48.6M 821 $44 42

Fri Oct 12 — $52.0K +44.7% −71.8% $48.6M 369 $141 43

Sat Oct 13 — $77.7K +49.3% −72.8% $48.7M 369 $210 44

Sun Oct 14 — $31.4K −59.6% −79.6% $48.7M 369 $85 45

Mon Oct 15 — $10.6K −66.3% −83.0% $48.7M 369 $29 46

Tue Oct 16 — $10.5K −1.0% −75.4% $48.8M 369 $28 47

Wed Oct 17 — $11.1K +6.1% −71.6% $48.8M 369 $30 48

Thu Oct 18 — $11.1K +0.1% −69.0% $48.8M 369 $30 49

Fri Oct 19 — $18.4K +65.3% −64.7% $48.8M 133 $138 50

Sat Oct 20 — $29.3K +59.6% −62.2% $48.8M 133 $221 51

Sun Oct 21 — $10.6K −64.0% −66.3% $48.8M 133 $79 52

Mon Oct 22 — $3.3K −68.6% −68.6% $48.8M 133 $25 53

Tue Oct 23 — $2.9K −13.3% −72.5% $48.8M 133 $22 54

Wed Oct 24 — $2.8K −3.1% −74.9% $48.8M 133 $21 55

Thu Oct 25 — $3.8K +38.0% −65.4% $48.8M 133 $29 56

Fri Oct 26 — $12.1K +213.2% −34.4% $48.9M 82 $147 57

Sat Oct 27 — $15.4K +28.1% −47.4% $48.9M 82 $188 58

Sun Oct 28 — $6.0K −60.9% −42.9% $48.9M 82 $74 59

Mon Oct 29 — $1.4K −76.4% −57.0% $48.9M 82 $17 60

Tue Oct 30 — $1.7K +17.9% −41.6% $48.9M 82 $20 61

Wed Oct 31 — $2.5K +47.4% −11.2% $48.9M 82 $30 62

Thu Nov 1 — $1.9K −21.8% −49.7% $48.9M 82 $24 63

Fri Nov 2 — $24.2K +1148.9% +100.7% $48.9M 155 $156 64

Sat Nov 3 — $44.4K +83.7% +187.7% $49.0M 155 $287 65

Sun Nov 4 — $26.0K −41.5% +330.8% $49.0M 155 $168 66

Mon Nov 5 — $8.2K −68.3% +477.4% $49.0M 155 $53 67

Tue Nov 6 — $8.1K −2.1% +379.5% $49.0M 155 $52 68

Wed Nov 7 — $7.2K −10.7% +190.5% $49.0M 155 $46 69

Thu Nov 8 — $7.6K +5.9% +293.5% $49.0M 155 $49 70

Fri Nov 9 — $15.8K +107.7% −34.6% $49.0M 121 $131 71

Sat Nov 10 — $28.9K +82.5% −35.0% $49.1M 121 $239 72

Sun Nov 11 — $18.0K −37.6% −30.6% $49.1M 121 $149 73

Mon Nov 12 — $7.2K −60.3% −13.1% $49.1M 121 $59 74

Tue Nov 13 — $4.2K −41.8% −48.3% $49.1M 121 $34 75

Wed Nov 14 — $3.7K −11.1% −48.5% $49.1M 121 $31 76

Thu Nov 15 — $4.1K +10.1% −46.5% $49.1M 121 $34 77

Fri Nov 16 — $7.0K +71.8% −55.7% $49.1M 81 $87 78

Sat Nov 17 — $12.2K +73.7% −57.8% $49.1M 81 $150 79

Sun Nov 18 — $8.0K −34.0% −55.4% $49.1M 81 $99 80

Mon Nov 19 — $3.6K −55.2% −49.6% $49.1M 81 $45 81

Tue Nov 20 — $4.2K +17.3% +1.5% $49.1M 81 $52 82

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

Cumulative total$49.0M

Aug 31Sep 17Oct 5Oct 22Nov 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $94.6K

$17.7M

$9.3M

$5.8M

$2.6M

$1.4M

$623.5K

$161.0K

$58.3K

$33.5K

$94.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,860 → 155 −94.6%

2,816 open155 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +182.1%

−47.5%

W1→2

−38.1%

W2→3

−54.2%

W3→4

−48.4%

W4→5

−54.2%

W5→6

−74.2%

W6→7

−63.8%

W7→8

−42.5%

W8→9

+182.1%

W9→10

Steepest −74.2%Biggest gain +182.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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