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2018 • R • 1h 25m • Horror • Aviron Pictures

Let us prey.

🍅 39% 37%

48

2.76

5.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$10.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$24.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$32.10M

$7.70M international

Domestic legs2.3x

Budget$5M

2018 rank#97

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Cast & crew

Bailee Madison

Bailee Madison Starring

Christina Hendricks

Christina Hendricks Starring

Martin Henderson

Martin Henderson Starring

Lewis Pullman

Lewis Pullman Starring

ScreenplayBryan Bertino, Ben Ketai Produced byRyan Kavanaugh, James Harris, Mark Lane, Wayne Marc Godfrey CinematographyRyan Samul StudioAviron Pictures SeriesThe Strangers

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 9-11 3 $10.4M — 2,464 $4,222 $10.4M

2 Mar 16-18 8 $4.7M −54.8% 2,464 $1,908 $18.5M

3 Mar 23-25 14 $2.1M −56.1% 1,480 $1,394 $22.2M

4 Mar 30-Apr 1 21 $668.6K −67.6% 537 $1,245 $23.6M

5 Apr 6-8 26 $194.9K −70.8% 249 $783 $24.1M

6 Apr 13-15 32 $90.9K −53.4% 61 $1,490 $24.2M

7 Apr 20-22 37 $68.8K −24.3% 90 $765 $24.3M

8 Apr 27-29 49 $25.9K −62.4% 62 $418 $24.4M

9 May 4-6 51 $18.4K −28.8% 40 $461 $24.4M

10 May 11-13 69 $9.4K −48.9% 24 $392 $24.4M

11 May 18-20 73 $4.9K −47.6% 15 $329 $24.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 9 #3 $4.0M — $4.0M 2,464 $1,620 1

Sat Mar 10 #3 $4.0M −0.1% $8.0M 2,464 $1,618 2

Sun Mar 11 #3 $2.4M −39.2% $10.4M 2,464 $984 3

Mon Mar 12 #4 $868.2K −64.2% $11.3M 2,464 $352 4

Tue Mar 13 #6 $1.1M +23.6% $12.3M 2,464 $436 5

Wed Mar 14 #6 $756.9K −29.5% $13.1M 2,464 $307 6

Thu Mar 15 #6 $701.2K −7.4% $13.8M 2,464 $285 7

Fri Mar 16 #7 $1.5M +116.7% −61.9% $15.3M 2,464 $617 8

Sat Mar 17 #8 $1.9M +26.9% −51.6% $17.3M 2,464 $783 9

Sun Mar 18 #9 $1.3M −35.1% −48.3% $18.5M 2,464 $508 10

Mon Mar 19 #8 $415.2K −66.8% −52.2% $18.9M 2,464 $169 11

Tue Mar 20 #9 $521.6K +25.6% −51.4% $19.4M 2,464 $212 12

Wed Mar 21 #9 $360.4K −30.9% −52.4% $19.8M 2,464 $146 13

Thu Mar 22 #9 $338.5K −6.1% −51.7% $20.1M 2,464 $137 14

Fri Mar 23 #13 $604.5K +78.6% −60.2% $20.7M 1,480 $408 15

Sat Mar 24 #14 $903.6K +49.5% −53.2% $21.6M 1,480 $611 16

Sun Mar 25 #14 $554.6K −38.6% −55.7% $22.2M 1,480 $375 17

Mon Mar 26 #14 $194.2K −65.0% −53.2% $22.4M 1,480 $131 18

Tue Mar 27 #14 $260.2K +34.0% −50.1% $22.7M 1,480 $176 19

Wed Mar 28 #15 $140.2K −46.1% −61.1% $22.8M 1,480 $95 20

Thu Mar 29 — $118.0K −15.8% −65.1% $22.9M 1,480 $80 21

Fri Mar 30 — $238.4K +102.0% −60.6% $23.2M 537 $444 22

Sat Mar 31 — $246.0K +3.2% −72.8% $23.4M 537 $458 23

Sun Apr 1 — $184.2K −25.1% −66.8% $23.6M 537 $343 24

Mon Apr 2 — $88.4K −52.0% −54.5% $23.7M 537 $165 25

Tue Apr 3 — $97.2K +10.0% −62.6% $23.8M 537 $181 26

Wed Apr 4 — $78.2K −19.5% −44.2% $23.8M 537 $146 27

Thu Apr 5 — $34.3K −56.2% −71.0% $23.9M 537 $64 28

Fri Apr 6 — $64.3K +87.6% −73.0% $23.9M 249 $258 29

Sat Apr 7 — $89.2K +38.7% −63.7% $24.0M 249 $358 30

Sun Apr 8 — $41.4K −53.5% −77.5% $24.1M 249 $166 31

Mon Apr 9 — $16.3K −60.6% −81.5% $24.1M 249 $66 32

Tue Apr 10 — $19.5K +19.1% −80.0% $24.1M 249 $78 33

Wed Apr 11 — $15.5K −20.1% −80.1% $24.1M 249 $62 34

Thu Apr 12 — $9.6K −38.5% −72.1% $24.1M 249 $38 35

Fri Apr 13 — $37.1K +288.0% −42.3% $24.2M 61 $608 36

Sat Apr 14 — $39.1K +5.3% −56.2% $24.2M 61 $641 37

Sun Apr 15 — $14.7K −62.3% −64.4% $24.2M 61 $242 38

Mon Apr 16 — $5.7K −61.4% −65.2% $24.2M 61 $93 39

Tue Apr 17 — $6.5K +14.1% −66.6% $24.2M 61 $106 40

Wed Apr 18 — $6.3K −3.3% −59.6% $24.2M 61 $103 41

Thu Apr 19 — $6.1K −2.6% −36.1% $24.3M 61 $100 42

Fri Apr 20 — $19.7K +222.4% −46.9% $24.3M 90 $219 43

Sat Apr 21 — $31.0K +57.3% −20.7% $24.3M 90 $344 44

Sun Apr 22 — $18.2K −41.3% +23.3% $24.3M 90 $202 45

Mon Apr 23 — $6.1K −66.3% +7.7% $24.3M 90 $68 46

Tue Apr 24 — $6.4K +4.7% −1.2% $24.3M 90 $71 47

Wed Apr 25 — $5.4K −15.4% −13.6% $24.3M 90 $60 48

Thu Apr 26 — $5.3K −2.8% −13.8% $24.3M 90 $59 49

Fri Apr 27 — $6.0K +14.0% −69.5% $24.4M 62 $97 50

Sat Apr 28 — $11.1K +85.0% −64.1% $24.4M 62 $179 51

Sun Apr 29 — $8.8K −21.0% −51.7% $24.4M 62 $142 52

Mon Apr 30 — $3.4K −61.0% −44.0% $24.4M 62 $55 53

Tue May 1 — $3.6K +3.9% −44.4% $24.4M 62 $57 54

Wed May 2 — $3.0K −15.0% −44.2% $24.4M 62 $49 55

Thu May 3 — $4.0K +31.4% −24.5% $24.4M 62 $64 56

Fri May 4 — $4.7K +19.1% −21.1% $24.4M 40 $118 57

Sat May 5 — $7.4K +55.2% −33.8% $24.4M 40 $184 58

Sun May 6 — $6.3K −13.7% −27.6% $24.4M 40 $159 59

Mon May 7 — $2.1K −66.8% −38.6% $24.4M 40 $53 60

Tue May 8 — $2.0K −6.0% −44.5% $24.4M 40 $49 61

Wed May 9 — $2.0K −0.7% −35.1% $24.4M 40 $49 62

Thu May 10 — $1.6K −17.5% −59.2% $24.4M 40 $41 63

Fri May 11 — $2.2K +35.5% −53.7% $24.4M 24 $92 64

Sat May 12 — $4.0K +81.1% −45.9% $24.4M 24 $166 65

Sun May 13 — $3.2K −18.4% −48.9% $24.4M 24 $135 66

Mon May 14 — $1.1K −66.1% −47.7% $24.4M 24 $46 67

Tue May 15 — $976 −11.4% −50.7% $24.4M 24 $41 68

Wed May 16 — $902 −7.6% −54.1% $24.4M 24 $38 69

Thu May 17 — $1.1K +22.8% −31.6% $24.4M 24 $46 70

Fri May 18 — $1.0K −6.0% −52.6% $24.4M 15 $69 71

Sat May 19 — $2.1K +101.3% −47.3% $24.4M 15 $140 72

Sun May 20 — $1.8K −14.1% −44.5% $24.4M 15 $120 73

Mon May 21 — $701 −61.1% −36.3% $24.4M 15 $47 74

Tue May 22 — $595 −15.1% −39.0% $24.4M 15 $40 75

Wed May 23 — $567 −4.7% −37.1% $24.4M 15 $38 76

Thu May 24 — $809 +42.7% −27.0% $24.4M 15 $54 77

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

Cumulative total$24.4M

Mar 9Mar 26Apr 13Apr 30May 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $9.4K

$10.4M

$4.7M

$2.1M

$668.6K

$194.9K

$90.9K

$68.8K

$25.9K

$18.4K

$9.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,464 → 24 −99.0%

2,464 open24 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −48.9%

−54.8%

W1→2

−56.1%

W2→3

−67.6%

W3→4

−70.8%

W4→5

−53.4%

W5→6

−24.3%

W6→7

−62.4%

W7→8

−28.8%

W8→9

−48.9%

W9→10

Steepest −70.8%Best hold −24.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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