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The RavenFollow

2012 • R • 1h 51m • Crime, Drama, Mystery • Relativity Media

The only one who can stop a serial killer is the man who inspired him.

🍅 21% 46%

44

2.81

6.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$7.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$16.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$30.60M

$14.60M international

Domestic legs2.2x

Budget$26M

Compare with other movies

Cast & crew

John Cusack

John Cusack Starring

Luke Evans

Luke Evans Starring

Alice Eve

Alice Eve Starring

Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson Starring

Kevin McNally

Kevin McNally Starring

Oliver Jackson-Cohen

Oliver Jackson-Cohen Starring

ScreenplayBen Livingston, Hannah Shakespeare Produced byAaron Ryder, Trevor Macy, Marc D. Evans CinematographyDanny Ruhlmann Prod. DesignRoger Ford StudioRelativity Media

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 27-29 7 $7.3M — 2,203 $3,309 $7.3M

2 May 4-6 8 $2.6M −63.8% 2,209 $1,194 $12.2M

3 May 11-13 12 $1.4M −47.7% 1,888 $730 $14.7M

4 May 18-20 25 $236.7K −82.8% 432 $548 $15.5M

5 May 25-27 37 $60.0K −74.6% 111 $541 $15.7M

6 Jun 1-3 55 $19.2K −68.1% 61 $314 $15.8M

7 Jun 8-10 57 $14.2K −26.1% 34 $417 $15.8M

8 Jun 15-17 62 $12.1K −15.0% 29 $416 $15.8M

9 Jun 22-24 37 $67.4K +458.9% 133 $506 $15.9M

10 Jun 29-Jul 1 48 $22.0K −67.3% 78 $282 $16.0M

11 Jul 6-8 72 $3.3K −85.2% 29 $112 $16.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 27 #7 $2.5M — $2.5M 2,203 $1,147 1

Sat Apr 28 #7 $2.9M +16.4% $5.5M 2,203 $1,335 2

Sun Apr 29 #7 $1.8M −38.0% $7.3M 2,203 $828 3

Mon Apr 30 #6 $587.7K −67.8% $7.9M 2,203 $267 4

Tue May 1 #6 $705.6K +20.1% $8.6M 2,203 $320 5

Wed May 2 #6 $513.1K −27.3% $9.1M 2,203 $233 6

Thu May 3 #6 $443.3K −13.6% $9.5M 2,203 $201 7

Fri May 4 #7 $849.8K +91.7% −66.4% $10.4M 2,209 $385 8

Sat May 5 #7 $1.0M +23.3% −64.4% $11.4M 2,209 $474 9

Sun May 6 #9 $739.2K −29.4% −59.5% $12.2M 2,209 $335 10

Mon May 7 #8 $264.2K −64.3% −55.1% $12.4M 2,209 $120 11

Tue May 8 #8 $343.9K +30.2% −51.3% $12.8M 2,209 $156 12

Wed May 9 #7 $288.5K −16.1% −43.8% $13.1M 2,209 $131 13

Thu May 10 #7 $272.3K −5.6% −38.6% $13.3M 2,209 $123 14

Fri May 11 #9 $408.2K +49.9% −52.0% $13.8M 1,888 $216 15

Sat May 12 #11 $546.7K +33.9% −47.8% $14.3M 1,888 $290 16

Sun May 13 #12 $423.9K −22.5% −42.7% $14.7M 1,888 $225 17

Mon May 14 #10 $159.6K −62.3% −39.6% $14.9M 1,888 $85 18

Tue May 15 #11 $172.5K +8.0% −49.9% $15.1M 1,888 $91 19

Wed May 16 #11 $125.8K −27.0% −56.4% $15.2M 1,888 $67 20

Thu May 17 #11 $127.4K +1.2% −53.2% $15.3M 1,888 $67 21

Fri May 18 — $72.7K −42.9% −82.2% $15.4M 432 $168 22

Sat May 19 — $103.4K +42.2% −81.1% $15.5M 432 $239 23

Sun May 20 — $60.5K −41.5% −85.7% $15.5M 432 $140 24

Mon May 21 — $30.5K −49.6% −80.9% $15.6M 432 $71 25

Tue May 22 — $32.4K +6.1% −81.2% $15.6M 432 $75 26

Wed May 23 — $32.8K +1.4% −73.9% $15.6M 432 $76 27

Thu May 24 — $34.0K +3.5% −73.3% $15.7M 432 $79 28

Fri May 25 — $15.8K −53.5% −78.3% $15.7M 111 $142 29

Sat May 26 — $22.7K +44.0% −78.0% $15.7M 111 $205 30

Sun May 27 — $21.5K −5.4% −64.5% $15.7M 111 $194 31

Mon May 28 — $14.8K −31.0% −51.4% $15.8M 111 $134 32

Tue May 29 — $7.6K −48.8% −76.5% $15.8M 111 $68 33

Wed May 30 — $6.7K −12.2% −79.7% $15.8M 111 $60 34

Thu May 31 — $7.3K +9.8% −78.4% $15.8M 111 $66 35

Fri Jun 1 — $5.8K −20.8% −63.2% $15.8M 61 $95 36

Sat Jun 2 — $8.0K +37.6% −64.9% $15.8M 61 $131 37

Sun Jun 3 — $5.4K −32.7% −75.0% $15.8M 61 $88 38

Mon Jun 4 — $3.3K −39.5% −78.1% $15.8M 61 $53 39

Tue Jun 5 — $3.3K +0.7% −56.8% $15.8M 61 $54 40

Wed Jun 6 — $2.8K −15.8% −58.6% $15.8M 61 $45 41

Thu Jun 7 — $2.7K −0.9% −62.7% $15.8M 61 $45 42

Fri Jun 8 — $5.5K +102.4% −4.6% $15.8M 34 $163 43

Sat Jun 9 — $5.4K −2.1% −32.1% $15.8M 34 $159 44

Sun Jun 10 — $3.2K −40.8% −40.3% $15.8M 34 $94 45

Mon Jun 11 — $2.2K −31.0% −32.0% $15.8M 34 $65 46

Tue Jun 12 — $3.4K +51.5% +2.3% $15.8M 34 $99 47

Wed Jun 13 — $2.8K −15.4% +2.8% $15.8M 34 $83 48

Thu Jun 14 — $2.2K −21.3% −18.5% $15.8M 34 $66 49

Fri Jun 15 — $4.1K +81.7% −26.8% $15.8M 29 $140 50

Sat Jun 16 — $4.7K +15.8% −13.4% $15.8M 29 $162 51

Sun Jun 17 — $3.3K −29.7% +2.8% $15.8M 29 $114 52

Mon Jun 18 — $1.5K −54.2% −31.7% $15.8M 29 $52 53

Tue Jun 19 — $2.3K +50.8% −32.1% $15.8M 29 $79 54

Wed Jun 20 — $2.0K −10.4% −28.0% $15.8M 29 $70 55

Thu Jun 21 — $2.8K +35.5% +24.0% $15.8M 29 $95 56

Fri Jun 22 — $20.4K +638.1% +403.7% $15.9M 133 $154 57

Sat Jun 23 — $25.9K +26.9% +451.9% $15.9M 133 $195 58

Sun Jun 24 — $21.0K −18.9% +536.9% $15.9M 133 $158 59

Mon Jun 25 — $10.9K −47.9% +624.0% $15.9M 133 $82 60

Tue Jun 26 — $12.7K +15.9% +456.4% $15.9M 133 $95 61

Wed Jun 27 — $10.9K −14.3% +432.0% $16.0M 133 $82 62

Thu Jun 28 — $11.4K +4.8% +311.3% $16.0M 133 $86 63

Fri Jun 29 — $6.7K −41.4% −67.3% $16.0M 78 $86 64

Sat Jun 30 — $8.4K +26.4% −67.5% $16.0M 78 $108 65

Sun Jul 1 — $6.9K −17.9% −67.1% $16.0M 78 $89 66

Mon Jul 2 — $4.1K −40.3% −62.2% $16.0M 78 $53 67

Tue Jul 3 — $4.8K +15.0% −62.5% $16.0M 78 $61 68

Wed Jul 4 — $5.1K +6.6% −53.3% $16.0M 78 $65 69

Thu Jul 5 — $4.9K −2.7% −56.7% $16.0M 78 $63 70

Fri Jul 6 — $926 −81.2% −86.1% $16.0M 29 $32 71

Sat Jul 7 — $1.2K +32.9% −85.4% $16.0M 29 $42 72

Sun Jul 8 — $1.1K −10.5% −84.1% $16.0M 29 $38 73

Mon Jul 9 — $492 −55.4% −88.1% $16.0M 29 $17 74

Tue Jul 10 — $598 +21.5% −87.4% $16.0M 29 $21 75

Wed Jul 11 — $603 +0.8% −88.1% $16.0M 29 $21 76

Thu Jul 12 — $601 −0.3% −87.8% $16.0M 29 $21 77

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

Cumulative total$16.0M

Apr 27May 14Jun 1Jun 18Jul 5

Weekend grossWk 10 · $22.0K

$7.3M

$2.6M

$1.4M

$236.7K

$60.0K

$19.2K

$14.2K

$12.1K

$67.4K

$22.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,209 → 78 −96.5%

2,203 open78 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −67.3%

−63.8%

W1→2

−47.7%

W2→3

−82.8%

W3→4

−74.6%

W4→5

−68.1%

W5→6

−26.1%

W6→7

−15.0%

W7→8

+458.9%

W8→9

−67.3%

W9→10

Steepest −82.8%Biggest gain +458.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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