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The StrangersFollow

2008 • R • 1h 25m • Horror, Mystery, Thriller • Focus Features

Lock the door. Pretend you're safe.

🍅 50% 48%

47

2.94

6.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$21.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$52.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$83.10M

$30.50M international

Domestic legs2.5x

Budget$9M

2008 rank#55

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Cast & crew

Directed byBryan Bertino ScreenplayBryan Bertino Produced byRoy Lee, Doug Davison, Nathan Kahane CinematographyPeter Sova MusicTom Hajdu StarringLiv Tyler, Scott Speedman, Gemma Ward, Kip Weeks, Laura Margolis, Glenn Howerton StudioFocus Features SeriesThe Strangers

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 30-Jun 1 3 $21.0M — 2,467 $8,512 $21.0M

2 Jun 6-8 5 $8.9M −57.4% 2,477 $3,610 $37.3M

3 Jun 13-15 8 $4.0M −55.0% 2,410 $1,670 $45.3M

4 Jun 20-22 10 $2.1M −47.3% 1,578 $1,345 $49.8M

5 Jun 27-29 14 $632.1K −70.2% 602 $1,050 $51.5M

6 Jul 4-6 17 $234.9K −62.8% 324 $725 $52.0M

7 Jul 11-13 23 $179.8K −23.5% 248 $725 $52.3M

8 Jul 18-20 32 $103.7K −42.3% 192 $540 $52.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 30 #3 $7.7M — $7.7M 2,467 $3,119 1

Sat May 31 #3 $7.8M +1.4% $15.5M 2,467 $3,164 2

Sun Jun 1 #3 $5.5M −29.5% $21.0M 2,467 $2,229 3

Mon Jun 2 #3 $2.1M −61.2% $23.1M 2,466 $865 4

Tue Jun 3 #3 $2.0M −7.5% $25.1M 2,466 $800 5

Wed Jun 4 #3 $1.7M −13.8% $26.8M 2,466 $690 6

Thu Jun 5 #3 $1.6M −8.7% $28.4M 2,466 $630 7

Fri Jun 6 #5 $3.1M +98.6% −59.9% $31.4M 2,477 $1,245 8

Sat Jun 7 #5 $3.5M +12.0% −55.7% $34.9M 2,477 $1,395 9

Sun Jun 8 #5 $2.4M −30.5% −56.3% $37.3M 2,477 $970 10

Mon Jun 9 #5 $1.2M −51.6% −45.4% $38.5M 2,477 $470 11

Tue Jun 10 #5 $1.0M −13.8% −49.1% $39.5M 2,477 $405 12

Wed Jun 11 #5 $954.1K −5.0% −43.9% $40.4M 2,477 $385 13

Thu Jun 12 #5 $842.0K −11.8% −45.8% $41.3M 2,477 $340 14

Fri Jun 13 #7 $1.5M +74.6% −52.3% $42.7M 2,408 $611 15

Sat Jun 14 #8 $1.5M +4.9% −55.4% $44.3M 2,408 $641 16

Sun Jun 15 #9 $1.0M −34.4% −57.9% $45.3M 2,408 $420 17

Mon Jun 16 #8 $651.2K −35.6% −44.1% $45.9M 2,408 $270 18

Tue Jun 17 #8 $565.4K −13.2% −43.7% $46.5M 2,408 $235 19

Wed Jun 18 #8 $591.2K +4.6% −38.0% $47.1M 2,408 $246 20

Thu Jun 19 #8 $542.3K −8.3% −35.6% $47.6M 2,408 $225 21

Fri Jun 20 #10 $686.4K +26.6% −53.3% $48.3M 1,578 $435 22

Sat Jun 21 #10 $820.6K +19.5% −46.8% $49.1M 1,578 $520 23

Sun Jun 22 #11 $615.4K −25.0% −39.2% $49.8M 1,578 $390 24

Mon Jun 23 #10 $307.7K −50.0% −52.7% $50.1M 1,578 $195 25

Tue Jun 24 #10 $284.0K −7.7% −49.8% $50.4M 1,578 $180 26

Wed Jun 25 #10 $268.3K −5.6% −54.6% $50.6M 1,578 $170 27

Thu Jun 26 #11 $267.8K −0.2% −50.6% $50.9M 1,578 $170 28

Fri Jun 27 #14 $204.7K −23.6% −70.2% $51.1M 604 $339 29

Sat Jun 28 — $255.8K +25.0% −68.8% $51.3M 604 $424 30

Sun Jun 29 #14 $171.6K −32.9% −72.1% $51.5M 604 $284 31

Mon Jun 30 — $93.5K −45.5% −69.6% $51.6M 604 $155 32

Tue Jul 1 — $63.2K −32.4% −77.7% $51.7M 604 $105 33

Wed Jul 2 — $35.4K −44.0% −86.8% $51.7M 604 $59 34

Thu Jul 3 — $44.7K +26.1% −83.3% $51.8M 604 $74 35

Fri Jul 4 — $53.5K +19.7% −73.9% $51.8M 324 $165 36

Sat Jul 5 — $102.1K +90.9% −60.1% $51.9M 324 $315 37

Sun Jul 6 — $79.4K −22.2% −53.7% $52.0M 324 $245 38

Mon Jul 7 — $40.4K −49.0% −56.7% $52.0M 324 $125 39

Tue Jul 8 — $40.4K −0.0% −36.0% $52.1M 324 $125 40

Wed Jul 9 — $38.9K −3.8% +9.8% $52.1M 324 $120 41

Thu Jul 10 — $40.5K +4.1% −9.3% $52.2M 324 $125 42

Fri Jul 11 — $53.3K +31.6% −0.3% $52.2M 248 $215 43

Sat Jul 12 — $73.2K +37.2% −28.3% $52.3M 248 $295 44

Sun Jul 13 — $53.3K −27.2% −32.9% $52.3M 248 $215 45

Mon Jul 14 — $26.0K −51.2% −35.7% $52.4M 248 $105 46

Tue Jul 15 — $24.8K −4.6% −38.7% $52.4M 248 $100 47

Wed Jul 16 — $24.8K +0.0% −36.2% $52.4M 248 $100 48

Thu Jul 17 — $23.6K −5.0% −41.8% $52.4M 248 $95 49

Fri Jul 18 — $31.6K +34.1% −40.7% $52.5M 192 $165 50

Sat Jul 19 — $40.4K +27.9% −44.8% $52.5M 192 $210 51

Sun Jul 20 — $31.7K −21.6% −40.6% $52.5M 192 $165 52

Mon Jul 21 — $15.3K −51.5% −41.0% $52.5M 192 $80 53

Tue Jul 22 — $15.3K −0.2% −38.2% $52.6M 192 $80 54

Wed Jul 23 — $15.4K +0.2% −38.1% $52.6M 192 $80 55

Thu Jul 24 — $17.3K +12.5% −26.7% $52.6M 192 $90 56

Cumulative total$52.6M

May 30Jun 13Jun 27Jul 10Jul 24

Weekend grossWk 8 · $103.7K

$21.0M

$8.9M

$4.0M

$2.1M

$632.1K

$234.9K

$179.8K

$103.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 2,477 → 192 −92.2%

2,467 open192 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −42.3%

−57.4%

W1→2

−55.0%

W2→3

−47.3%

W3→4

−70.2%

W4→5

−62.8%

W5→6

−23.5%

W6→7

−42.3%

W7→8

Steepest −70.2%Best hold −23.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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