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What Lies BeneathFollow

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

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

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3.16

6.6

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$29.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$155.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$291.00M

$136.00M international

Domestic legs5.23x

Budget$100M

2000 rank#10

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Cast & crew

Full Zemeckis filmography

Robert Zemeckis

Robert Zemeckis Director

Michelle Pfeiffer

Michelle Pfeiffer Starring

Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford Starring

Joe Morton

Joe Morton Starring

James Remar

James Remar Starring

Miranda Otto

Miranda Otto Starring

ScreenplayClark Gregg Produced bySteve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke CinematographyDon Burgess MusicAlan Silvestri StudioDreamWorks

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 21-23 1 $29.7M — 2,813 $10,559 $29.7M

2 Jul 28-30 2 $22.9M −23.0% 2,825 $8,093 $69.4M

3 Aug 4-6 5 $13.8M −39.6% 2,867 $4,816 $95.1M

4 Aug 11-13 6 $9.7M −29.5% 2,925 $3,328 $112.0M

5 Aug 18-20 5 $6.8M −30.6% 2,760 $2,448 $123.4M

6 Aug 25-27 6 $4.6M −31.7% 2,568 $1,796 $130.9M

7 Sep 1-3 4 $4.7M +2.2% 2,407 $1,958 $137.5M

8 Sep 8-10 6 $2.8M −41.3% 2,166 $1,277 $142.4M

9 Sep 15-17 7 $2.4M −13.1% 2,007 $1,199 $145.6M

10 Sep 22-24 8 $2.2M −8.9% 1,819 $1,205 $148.4M

11 Sep 29-Oct 1 9 $1.6M −25.0% 1,674 $982 $150.6M

12 Oct 6-8 11 $1.1M −31.7% 1,375 $816 $152.1M

13 Oct 13-15 14 $648.5K −42.2% 1,027 $631 $153.1M

14 Oct 20-22 19 $348.5K −46.3% 697 $499 $153.6M

15 Oct 27-29 28 $181.5K −47.9% 369 $491 $153.9M

16 Nov 3-5 34 $105.0K −42.1% 200 $525 $154.1M

17 Nov 10-12 45 $63.3K −39.7% 124 $510 $154.2M

18 Nov 17-19 19 $245.4K +287.7% 400 $613 $154.4M

19 Nov 24-26 21 $237.9K −3.1% 400 $594 $154.8M

20 Dec 1-3 23 $153.1K −35.7% 350 $437 $155.0M

21 Dec 8-10 30 $91.0K −40.5% 235 $387 $155.2M

22 Dec 15-17 33 $60.5K −33.5% 193 $313 $155.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 21 #1 $10.0M — $10.0M 2,813 $3,554 1

Sat Jul 22 #1 $12.1M +21% $22.1M 2,813 $4,287 2

Sun Jul 23 #1 $8.5M −29% $29.7M 2,813 $3,035 3

Mon Jul 24 #1 $4.3M −50% $34.0M 2,813 $1,511 4

Tue Jul 25 #1 $4.5M +5% $38.4M 2,813 $1,593 5

Wed Jul 26 #1 $4.1M −9% $42.5M 2,813 $1,453 6

Thu Jul 27 #1 $4.0M −3% $46.5M 2,813 $1,408 7

Fri Jul 28 #2 $6.9M +74% −31% $53.4M 2,825 $2,440 8

Sat Jul 29 #2 $8.9M +29% −27% $62.2M 2,825 $3,136 9

Sun Jul 30 #2 $7.1M −20% −17% $69.4M 2,825 $2,512 10

Mon Jul 31 #2 $3.1M −57% −28% $72.4M 2,825 $1,080 11

Tue Aug 1 #2 $3.4M +12% −24% $75.8M 2,825 $1,205 12

Wed Aug 2 #2 $2.8M −19% −33% $78.6M 2,825 $976 13

Thu Aug 3 #2 $2.8M n/c −31% $81.3M 2,825 $974 14

Fri Aug 4 #5 $4.0M +45% −42% $85.3M 2,867 $1,396 15

Sat Aug 5 #5 $5.2M +29% −42% $90.5M 2,867 $1,807 16

Sun Aug 6 #5 $4.3M −18% −40% $95.1M 2,867 $1,488 17

Mon Aug 7 #5 $1.9M −55% −37% $97.1M 2,867 $669 18

Tue Aug 8 #4 $1.9M +1% −43% $99.0M 2,867 $676 19

Wed Aug 9 #5 $1.7M −15% −40% $100.6M 2,867 $576 20

Thu Aug 10 #4 $1.6M −2% −41% $102.3M 2,867 $566 21

Fri Aug 11 #6 $2.8M +72% −30% $105.1M 2,925 $954 22

Sat Aug 12 #6 $3.9M +39% −25% $108.9M 2,925 $1,322 23

Sun Aug 13 #6 $2.8M −27% −34% $112.0M 2,867 $981 24

Mon Aug 14 #5 $1.2M −56% −36% $113.2M 2,867 $429 25

Tue Aug 15 #4 $1.3M +5% −33% $114.5M 2,867 $450 26

Wed Aug 16 #4 $1.1M −18% −36% $115.6M 2,867 $369 27

Thu Aug 17 #4 $1.1M +1% −34% $116.7M 2,867 $371 28

Fri Aug 18 #5 $1.9M +81% −31% $118.6M 2,760 $698 29

Sat Aug 19 #5 $2.8M +45% −28% $121.4M 2,760 $1,015 30

Sun Aug 20 #5 $1.8M −34% −34% $123.4M 2,760 $669 31

Mon Aug 21 #5 $724.7K −61% −41% $124.1M 2,760 $262 32

Tue Aug 22 #5 $842.8K +16% −35% $125.0M 2,760 $305 33

Wed Aug 23 #5 $649.3K −23% −39% $125.6M 2,760 $235 34

Thu Aug 24 #5 $678.9K +5% −36% $126.3M 2,760 $245 35

Fri Aug 25 #6 $1.3M +84% −35% $127.6M 2,568 $486 36

Sat Aug 26 #6 $1.9M +48% −34% $129.4M 2,568 $721 37

Sun Aug 27 #6 $1.2M −34% −34% $130.9M 2,568 $475 38

Mon Aug 28 #6 $447.9K −63% −38% $131.4M 2,568 $174 39

Tue Aug 29 #5 $545.7K +22% −35% $131.9M 2,568 $212 40

Wed Aug 30 #5 $450.6K −17% −31% $132.4M 2,568 $175 41

Thu Aug 31 #5 $467.3K +4% −31% $132.8M 2,568 $181 42

Fri Sep 1 #7 $1.1M +138% −11% $133.9M 2,407 $462 43

Sat Sep 2 #7 $1.7M +57% −6% $135.7M 2,407 $724 44

Sun Sep 3 #5 $1.7M −5% +35% $137.3M 2,407 $687 45

Mon Sep 4 #5 $1.2M −25% +177% $138.8M 2,407 $514 46

Tue Sep 5 #6 $311.4K −75% −43% $139.1M 2,407 $129 47

Wed Sep 6 #6 $261.0K −16% −42% $139.4M 2,407 $108 48

Thu Sep 7 #5 $257.5K −1% −45% $139.6M 2,407 $106 49

Fri Sep 8 #6 $761.0K +195% −32% $140.4M 2,166 $351 50

Sat Sep 9 #6 $1.3M +67% −27% $141.6M 2,166 $587 51

Sun Sep 10 #7 $642.0K −50% −61% $142.4M 2,166 $296 52

Mon Sep 11 #7 $174.4K −73% −86% $142.6M 2,166 $80 53

Tue Sep 12 #8 $228.6K +31% −27% $142.8M 2,166 $105 54

Wed Sep 13 #6 $186.9K −18% −28% $143.0M 2,166 $86 55

Thu Sep 14 #7 $200.5K +7% −22% $143.2M 2,166 $92 56

Fri Sep 15 #8 $684.0K +241% −10% $143.9M 2,007 $340 57

Sat Sep 16 #6 $1.2M +72% −8% $145.0M 2,007 $584 58

Sun Sep 17 #9 $497.0K −58% −23% $145.6M 2,007 $247 59

Mon Sep 18 #8 $140.6K −72% −19% $145.7M 2,007 $70 60

Tue Sep 19 #8 $183.8K +31% −20% $145.9M 2,007 $91 61

Wed Sep 20 #8 $162.8K −11% −13% $146.1M 2,007 $81 62

Thu Sep 21 #8 $175.9K +8% −12% $146.2M 2,007 $87 63

Fri Sep 22 #8 $614.0K +249% −10% $146.9M 1,819 $337 64

Sat Sep 23 #8 $1.1M +79% −7% $148.0M 1,819 $602 65

Sun Sep 24 #10 $461.0K −58% −7% $148.4M 1,819 $253 66

Mon Sep 25 #10 $115.7K −75% −18% $148.5M 1,819 $63 67

Tue Sep 26 #10 $145.2K +26% −21% $148.7M 1,819 $79 68

Wed Sep 27 #11 $123.9K −15% −24% $148.8M 1,819 $68 69

Thu Sep 28 #10 $133.5K +8% −24% $149.0M 1,819 $73 70

Fri Sep 29 #9 $485.0K +263% −21% $149.4M 1,674 $289 71

Sat Sep 30 #8 $800.0K +65% −27% $150.2M 1,674 $477 72

Sun Oct 1 #10 $347.0K −57% −25% $150.6M 1,674 $207 73

Mon Oct 2 #10 $90.5K −74% −22% $150.7M 1,674 $54 74

Tue Oct 3 #10 $104.6K +16% −28% $150.8M 1,674 $62 75

Wed Oct 4 #9 $103.6K −1% −16% $150.9M 1,674 $61 76

Thu Oct 5 #9 $122.7K +18% −8% $151.0M 1,674 $73 77

Fri Oct 6 #9 $322.0K +162% −34% $151.3M 1,375 $234 78

Sat Oct 7 #9 $512.0K +59% −36% $151.9M 1,375 $372 79

Sun Oct 8 #10 $284.0K −45% −18% $152.1M 1,375 $206 80

Mon Oct 9 #13 $115.9K −59% +28% $152.3M 1,375 $84 81

Tue Oct 10 #11 $70.5K −39% −33% $152.3M 1,375 $51 82

Wed Oct 11 #11 $69.8K −1% −33% $152.4M 1,375 $50 83

Thu Oct 12 #10 $72.9K +5% −41% $152.5M 1,375 $53 84

Sun Oct 15 #14 $135.0K — −52% $153.1M 1,027 $131 87

Mon Oct 16 #16 $41.7K −69% −64% $153.2M 1,027 $40 88

Tue Oct 17 #16 $43.0K +3% −39% $153.2M 1,027 $41 89

Wed Oct 18 #16 $43.9K +2% −37% $153.2M 1,027 $42 90

Thu Oct 19 #16 $48.3K +10% −34% $153.3M 1,027 $47 91

Sun Oct 22 #20 $73.0K — −46% $153.6M 697 $104 94

Mon Oct 23 #20 $21.5K −71% −48% $153.7M 697 $30 95

Tue Oct 24 #20 $23.1K +7% −46% $153.7M 697 $33 96

Wed Oct 25 #20 $24.6K +7% −44% $153.7M 697 $35 97

Thu Oct 26 #20 $26.5K +8% −45% $153.7M 697 $38 98

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

Cumulative total$149.0M

Jul 21Aug 7Aug 25Sep 11Sep 28

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.2M

$29.7M

$22.9M

$13.8M

$9.7M

$6.8M

$4.6M

$4.7M

$2.8M

$2.4M

$2.2M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,925 → 1,819 −37.8%

2,813 open1,819 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −8.9%

−23.0%

W1→2

−39.6%

W2→3

−29.5%

W3→4

−30.6%

W4→5

−31.7%

W5→6

+2.2%

W6→7

−41.3%

W7→8

−13.1%

W8→9

−8.9%

W9→10

Steepest −41.3%Biggest gain +2.2%

Run milestones

$100M in 20 days

$100M

Day 20

Aug 9

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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