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What Lies Beneath

2000 PG-13 2h 10m Drama, Horror, Mystery DreamWorks Distribution

He was the perfect husband until his one mistake followed them home.

What Lies Beneath Box Office

Opening Weekend
$29.7M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$155M
Final
Worldwide Total
$291M
$136M international
Domestic Legs5.23x
Budget$100M
2000 Rank#10
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 21-23 1 $29.70M $29.70M 2,813 $10.6K 1
Jul 28-30 2 $22.86M -23.0% $69.35M 2,825 $8.1K 2
Aug 4-6 5 $13.81M -39.6% $95.13M 2,867 $4.8K 3
Aug 11-13 6 $9.74M -29.5% $112.00M 2,925 $3.3K 4
Aug 18-20 5 $6.76M -30.6% $123.41M 2,760 $2.4K 5
Aug 25-27 6 $4.61M -31.7% $130.92M 2,568 $1.8K 6
Sep 1-3 4 $4.71M +2.2% $137.54M 2,407 $2.0K 7
Sep 8-10 6 $2.77M -41.3% $142.38M 2,166 $1.3K 8
Sep 15-17 7 $2.41M -13.1% $145.58M 2,007 $1.2K 9
Sep 22-24 8 $2.19M -8.9% $148.43M 1,819 $1.2K 10
Sep 29-Oct 1 9 $1.64M -25.0% $150.60M 1,674 $982 11
Oct 6-8 11 $1.12M -31.7% $152.14M 1,375 $816 12
Oct 13-15 14 $649K -42.2% $153.12M 1,027 $631 13
Oct 20-22 19 $348K -46.3% $153.64M 697 $499 14
Oct 27-29 28 $182K -47.9% $153.92M 369 $491 15
Nov 3-5 34 $105K -42.1% $154.08M 200 $525 16
Nov 10-12 45 $63K -39.7% $154.18M 124 $510 17
Nov 17-19 19 $245K +287.7% $154.44M 400 $613 18
Nov 24-26 21 $238K -3.1% $154.80M 400 $594 19
Dec 1-3 23 $153K -35.7% $155.02M 350 $437 20
Dec 8-10 30 $91K -40.5% $155.15M 235 $387 21
Dec 15-17 33 $61K -33.5% $155.24M 193 $313 22

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Cumulative Total

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byRobert Zemeckis
ScreenplayClark Gregg
Produced bySteve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke
CinematographyDon Burgess
MusicAlan Silvestri
StarringMichelle Pfeiffer, Harrison Ford, Diana Scarwid, James Remar, Miranda Otto, Ray Baker
StudioDreamWorks Distribution

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