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2024 • R • 95 min • Horror, Thriller • Lionsgate

The terror begins

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3.2

6.4

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$11.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$35.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$48.20M

Global total

Budget$8.5M

Domestic legs3.0x

2024 rank#44

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Cast & crew

Directed byRenny Harlin ScreenplayAlan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland · based on Bryan Bertino's story Produced byNot specified CinematographyNot specified MusicNot specified Prod. DesignNot specified StarringMadelaine Petsch, Froy Gutierrez, Ema Horvath, Rachel Shenton SeriesThe Strangers

Predicted final domestic

How the model works

$29M–$32M

$27M $30M $34M

$35.20M so far

The prediction model updated after a -53% second-weekend drop. The wider range of $27M–$34M accounts for 90% of films. Learn more about how the prediction model works

$35M

Baseline

Horror Sequel — 3.00 baseline opening

-3%

CinemaScore

B: Horror avg is B+

-1%

Audience

Below Avg — RT 79%, LB 3.20, IMDB 6.4

-3%

Seasonality

Summer Early

0%

Release Day

Friday (standard)

+2%

2nd Weekend

-53% drop

-9%

Genre

Horror Sequel legs

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 17-19 3 $11.8M — 2,856 $4,140 $11.8M

2 May 24-26 6 $5.6M −52.8% 2,856 $1,954 $21.3M

1 Memorial Day wknd 6 $7.0M — 2,856 $2,456 $22.8M

3 May 31-Jun 2 6 $3.7M −33.7% 2,527 $1,464 $28.5M

4 Jun 7-9 10 $1.8M −51.4% 2,016 $891 $32.2M

5 Jun 14-16 9 $759.0K −57.8% 1,027 $739 $33.9M

6 Jun 21-23 14 $345.2K −54.5% 595 $580 $34.8M

7 Jun 28-30 21 $154.8K −55.2% 133 $1,163 $35.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 17 #3 $5.1M — $5.1M 2,856 $1,785 1

Sat May 18 #3 $4.1M −20% $9.2M 2,856 $1,425 2

Sun May 19 #3 $2.7M −35% $11.8M 2,856 $930 3

Mon May 20 #3 $1.0M −61% $12.9M 2,856 $359 4

Tue May 21 #3 $1.2M +14% $14.0M 2,856 $411 5

Wed May 22 #3 $846.4K −28% $14.9M 2,856 $296 6

Thu May 23 #3 $861.5K +2% $15.7M 2,856 $302 7

Fri May 24 #5 $1.7M +92% −68% $17.4M 2,856 $578 8

Sat May 25 #6 $2.1M +26% −49% $19.5M 2,856 $728 9

Sun May 26 #6 $1.9M −11% −30% $21.3M 2,856 $648 10

Mon May 27 #6 $1.4M −22% +40% $22.8M 2,856 $503 11

Tue May 28 #5 $771.6K −46% −34% $23.5M 2,856 $270 12

Wed May 29 #5 $645.7K −16% −24% $24.2M 2,856 $226 13

Thu May 30 #5 $598.2K −7% −31% $24.8M 2,856 $209 14

Fri May 31 #7 $1.1M +84% −33% $25.9M 2,527 $435 15

Sat Jun 1 #6 $1.5M +35% −29% $27.3M 2,527 $587 16

Sun Jun 2 #6 $1.1M −25% −40% $28.5M 2,527 $442 17

Mon Jun 3 #5 $494.5K −56% −66% $29.0M 2,527 $196 18

Tue Jun 4 #7 $586.5K +19% −24% $29.5M 2,527 $232 19

Wed Jun 5 #7 $495.2K −16% −23% $30.0M 2,527 $196 20

Thu Jun 6 #6 $325.5K −34% −46% $30.4M 2,527 $129 21

Fri Jun 7 #8 $580.3K +78% −47% $30.9M 2,016 $288 22

Sat Jun 8 #9 $717.7K +24% −52% $31.7M 2,016 $356 23

Sun Jun 9 #9 $499.6K −30% −55% $32.2M 2,016 $248 24

Mon Jun 10 #9 $252.8K −49% −49% $32.4M 2,016 $125 25

Tue Jun 11 #8 $300.4K +19% −49% $32.7M 2,016 $149 26

Wed Jun 12 #8 $242.9K −19% −51% $33.0M 2,016 $120 27

Thu Jun 13 #8 $173.8K −28% −47% $33.1M 2,016 $86 28

Fri Jun 14 #9 $258.4K +49% −55% $33.4M 1,027 $252 29

Sat Jun 15 #10 $299.7K +16% −58% $33.7M 1,027 $292 30

Sun Jun 16 #10 $200.9K −33% −60% $33.9M 1,027 $196 31

Mon Jun 17 #10 $130.8K −35% −48% $34.0M 1,027 $127 32

Tue Jun 18 #10 $159.9K +22% −47% $34.2M 1,027 $156 33

Wed Jun 19 #10 $148.7K −7% −39% $34.3M 1,027 $145 34

Thu Jun 20 #11 $108.0K −27% −38% $34.4M 1,027 $105 35

Fri Jun 21 #14 $115.7K +7% −55% $34.6M 595 $194 36

Sat Jun 22 #14 $135.9K +17% −55% $34.7M 595 $228 37

Sun Jun 23 #18 $93.6K −31% −53% $34.8M 595 $157 38

Mon Jun 24 #13 $49.3K −47% −62% $34.8M 595 $83 39

Tue Jun 25 #11 $62.5K +27% −61% $34.9M 595 $105 40

Wed Jun 26 #12 $46.6K −25% −69% $34.9M 595 $78 41

Thu Jun 27 #12 $37.5K −20% −65% $35.0M 595 $63 42

Fri Jun 28 #18 $61.5K +64% −47% $35.0M 133 $462 43

Sat Jun 29 #19 $56.4K −8% −59% $35.1M 133 $424 44

Sun Jun 30 #19 $36.9K −35% −61% $35.1M 133 $278 45

Mon Jul 1 #18 $16.8K −55% −66% $35.2M 133 $126 46

Tue Jul 2 #18 $19.1K +14% −69% $35.2M 133 $144 47

Wed Jul 3 #18 $18.7K −2% −60% $35.2M 133 $141 48

Thu Jul 4 #23 $9.3K −50% −75% $35.2M 133 $70 49

Cumulative total$35.2M

May 17May 29Jun 10Jun 22Jul 4

Weekend grossWk 7 · $154.8K

$11.8M

$5.6M

$7.0M

$3.7M

$1.8M

$759.0K

$345.2K

$154.8K

W1W2W1W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 2,856 → 133 −95.3%

2,856 open133 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −55.2%

−52.8%

W1→2

−33.7%

W1→3

−51.4%

W3→4

−57.8%

W4→5

−54.5%

W5→6

−55.2%

W6→7

Steepest −57.8%Best hold −33.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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