The Witch backdrop

The Witch movie poster

The WitchFollow

2015 • R • 1h 32m • Horror, Drama • A24

Evil takes many forms.

🍅 91% 61%

84

3.82

7.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$8.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$25.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$40.40M

$15.20M international

Domestic legs2.9x

Budget$3.5M

Compare with other movies

Cast & crew

Full Eggers filmography

Robert Eggers

Robert Eggers Director

Anya Taylor-Joy

Anya Taylor-Joy Starring

Ralph Ineson

Ralph Ineson Starring

ScreenplayRobert Eggers Produced byJay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Jodi Redmond, Daniel Bekerman, Rodrigo Teixeira CinematographyJarin Blaschke Music byMark Korven StudioA24

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 19-21 4 $8.8M — 2,046 $4,301 $8.8M

2 Feb 26-28 7 $5.1M −42.4% 2,204 $2,299 $16.7M

3 Mar 4-6 10 $2.5M −51.0% 1,715 $1,449 $20.9M

4 Mar 11-13 15 $1.0M −59.6% 945 $1,064 $22.9M

5 Mar 18-20 23 $401.9K −60.0% 361 $1,113 $23.8M

6 Mar 25-27 24 $162.1K −59.7% 146 $1,110 $24.1M

7 Apr 1-3 20 $465.3K +187.1% 666 $699 $24.7M

8 Apr 8-10 28 $130.0K −72.1% 156 $833 $25.0M

9 Apr 15-17 43 $37.9K −70.9% 55 $689 $25.0M

10 Apr 22-24 50 $23.7K −37.3% 45 $528 $25.1M

11 Apr 29-May 1 63 $11.9K −50.1% 25 $474 $25.1M

12 May 6-8 66 $8.3K −30.0% 14 $593 $25.1M

13 May 13-15 74 $3.9K −53.6% 9 $428 $25.1M

14 May 20-22 87 $1.8K −52.4% 9 $204 $25.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Feb 18 #P $630.0K — $630.0K — —

Fri Feb 19 #3 $3.3M — $3.3M 2,046 $1,597 1

Sat Feb 20 #5 $3.3M +2% $6.6M 2,046 $1,633 2

Sun Feb 21 #4 $2.2M −34% $8.8M 2,046 $1,071 3

Mon Feb 22 #3 $715.4K −67% $9.5M 2,046 $350 4

Tue Feb 23 #4 $829.2K +16% $10.3M 2,046 $405 5

Wed Feb 24 #3 $621.3K −25% $11.0M 2,046 $304 6

Thu Feb 25 #4 $642.3K +3% $11.6M 2,046 $314 7

Fri Feb 26 #8 $1.5M +132% −54% $13.1M 2,204 $677 8

Sat Feb 27 #7 $2.3M +53% −32% $15.4M 2,204 $1,038 9

Sun Feb 28 #7 $1.3M −44% −41% $16.7M 2,204 $584 10

Mon Feb 29 #6 $427.5K −67% −40% $17.1M 2,204 $194 11

Tue Mar 1 #9 $513.4K +20% −38% $17.6M 2,204 $233 12

Wed Mar 2 #8 $412.2K −20% −34% $18.0M 2,204 $187 13

Thu Mar 3 #6 $381.9K −7% −41% $18.4M 2,204 $173 14

Fri Mar 4 #10 $729.3K +91% −51% $19.1M 1,715 $425 15

Sat Mar 5 #10 $1.1M +45% −54% $20.2M 1,715 $615 16

Sun Mar 6 #11 $700.5K −34% −46% $20.9M 1,715 $408 17

Mon Mar 7 #9 $259.3K −63% −39% $21.2M 1,715 $151 18

Tue Mar 8 #10 $291.7K +13% −43% $21.4M 1,715 $170 19

Wed Mar 9 #9 $241.3K −17% −41% $21.7M 1,715 $141 20

Thu Mar 10 #9 $221.1K −8% −42% $21.9M 1,715 $129 21

Fri Mar 11 #15 $293.2K +33% −60% $22.2M 945 $310 22

Sat Mar 12 #- $427.7K +46% −59% $22.6M 945 $453 23

Sun Mar 13 #15 $284.1K −34% −59% $22.9M 945 $301 24

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

Cumulative total$22.9M

Feb 18Feb 24Mar 1Mar 7Mar 13

Weekend grossWk 10 · $23.7K

$8.8M

$5.1M

$2.5M

$1.0M

$401.9K

$162.1K

$465.3K

$130.0K

$37.9K

$23.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,204 → 945 −57.1%

2,046 open945 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −37.3%

−42.4%

W1→2

−51.0%

W2→3

−59.6%

W3→4

−60.0%

W4→5

−59.7%

W5→6

+187.1%

W6→7

−72.1%

W7→8

−70.9%

W8→9

−37.3%

W9→10

Steepest −72.1%Biggest gain +187.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Similar movies

Werwulf 2026 · Eggers The Lighthouse 2019 · Eggers $10.9M The Northman 2022 · Eggers $34.2M The First Omen 2024 · Stevenson $20.1M It: Chapter Two 2019 · Muschietti $211.6M Raw 2016 · Ducournau $515K

Box office comparisons

Build your own comparison

No head-to-head comparisons featuring The Witch yet — build one in seconds.

Build your own comparison →