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A Nightmare on Elm Street

2010 • R • 1h 34m • Crime, Drama, Horror • Warner Bros.

Welcome to your new nightmare.

🍅 14% 43%

35

2.19

5.2

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$32.9M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$63.1M

Final

Worldwide Total

$117.7M

$54.7M international

Domestic Legs1.9x

Budget$35M

2010 Rank#51

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Cast & Crew

Rooney Mara Starring

Kyle Gallner Starring

Jackie Earle Haley

Jackie Earle Haley Starring

Clancy Brown Starring

Connie Britton Starring

ScreenplayWesley Strick, Eric Heisserer Produced byMichael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller CinematographyJeff Cutter StudioWarner Bros. SeriesA Nightmare on Elm Street

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 30-May 2 1 $32.9M — 3,332 $9,875 $32.9M

2 May 7-9 2 $9.1M −72.3% 3,332 $2,737 $48.5M

3 May 14-16 6 $4.7M −48.9% 3,075 $1,515 $56.1M

4 May 21-23 8 $2.3M −50.2% 2,125 $1,092 $60.0M

5 May 28-30 11 $922.8K −60.2% 891 $1,036 $61.7M

6 Jun 4-6 22 $212.4K −77.0% 294 $723 $62.4M

7 Jun 11-13 38 $72.6K −65.8% 125 $581 $62.6M

8 Jun 18-20 33 $120.4K +65.7% 228 $528 $62.7M

9 Jun 25-27 37 $80.1K −33.5% 172 $465 $62.9M

10 Jul 2-4 50 $40.5K −49.4% 110 $368 $63.0M

11 Jul 9-11 52 $28.8K −28.8% 53 $543 $63.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 30 #1 $15.7M — $15.7M 3,332 $4,723 1

Sat May 1 #1 $10.6M −32.7% $26.3M 3,332 $3,179 2

Sun May 2 #1 $6.6M −37.9% $32.9M 3,332 $1,973 3

Mon May 3 #1 $2.1M −68.4% $35.0M 3,332 $623 4

Tue May 4 #1 $1.8M −12.9% $36.8M 3,332 $543 5

Wed May 5 #1 $1.3M −28.5% $38.1M 3,332 $388 6

Thu May 6 #1 $1.3M −1.2% $39.4M 3,332 $384 7

Fri May 7 #2 $3.3M +161.3% −78.8% $42.7M 3,332 $1,002 8

Sat May 8 #2 $3.7M +12.2% −64.6% $46.4M 3,332 $1,125 9

Sun May 9 #3 $2.0M −45.8% −69.1% $48.5M 3,332 $610 10

Mon May 10 #2 $795.4K −60.9% −61.7% $49.3M 3,332 $239 11

Tue May 11 #2 $803.2K +1.0% −55.6% $50.1M 3,332 $241 12

Wed May 12 #2 $693.2K −13.7% −46.4% $50.8M 3,332 $208 13

Thu May 13 #2 $638.1K −7.9% −50.1% $51.4M 3,332 $192 14

Fri May 14 #5 $1.6M +143.6% −53.5% $53.0M 3,075 $505 15

Sat May 15 #6 $2.0M +30.1% −46.0% $55.0M 3,075 $658 16

Sun May 16 #6 $1.1M −46.6% −46.8% $56.1M 3,075 $351 17

Mon May 17 #5 $419.5K −61.2% −47.3% $56.5M 3,075 $136 18

Tue May 18 #5 $423.7K +1.0% −47.2% $56.9M 3,075 $138 19

Wed May 19 #5 $374.1K −11.7% −46.0% $57.3M 3,075 $122 20

Thu May 20 #5 $362.3K −3.2% −43.2% $57.6M 3,075 $118 21

Fri May 21 #8 $770.5K +112.7% −50.4% $58.4M 2,125 $363 22

Sat May 22 #8 $987.7K +28.2% −51.2% $59.4M 2,125 $465 23

Sun May 23 #9 $563.2K −43.0% −47.9% $60.0M 2,125 $265 24

Mon May 24 #8 $232.5K −58.7% −44.6% $60.2M 2,125 $109 25

Tue May 25 #8 $214.3K −7.8% −49.4% $60.4M 2,125 $101 26

Wed May 26 #8 $202.3K −5.6% −45.9% $60.6M 2,125 $95 27

Thu May 27 #9 $162.4K −19.7% −55.2% $60.8M 1,535 $106 28

Fri May 28 #11 $276.5K +70.3% −64.1% $61.1M 891 $310 29

Sat May 29 #11 $329.1K +19.0% −66.7% $61.4M 891 $369 30

Sun May 30 #11 $317.2K −3.6% −43.7% $61.7M 891 $356 31

Mon May 31 #11 $204.6K −35.5% −12.0% $61.9M 891 $230 32

Tue Jun 1 #10 $102.5K −49.9% −52.2% $62.0M 891 $115 33

Wed Jun 2 #10 $98.4K −4.0% −51.4% $62.1M 891 $110 34

Thu Jun 3 #11 $92.3K −6.2% −43.2% $62.2M 891 $104 35

Fri Jun 4 — $70.3K −23.9% −74.6% $62.3M 294 $239 36

Sat Jun 5 — $91.0K +29.5% −72.3% $62.4M 294 $310 37

Sun Jun 6 — $51.2K −43.8% −83.9% $62.4M 294 $174 38

Mon Jun 7 — $28.1K −45.1% −86.3% $62.4M 294 $96 39

Tue Jun 8 — $23.1K −17.6% −77.4% $62.5M 294 $79 40

Wed Jun 9 — $20.9K −9.7% −78.8% $62.5M 294 $71 41

Thu Jun 10 — $21.6K +3.3% −76.6% $62.5M 294 $73 42

Fri Jun 11 — $24.8K +15.0% −64.7% $62.5M 125 $199 43

Sat Jun 12 — $29.8K +20.2% −67.2% $62.6M 125 $239 44

Sun Jun 13 — $18.0K −39.8% −64.9% $62.6M 125 $144 45

Mon Jun 14 — $10.1K −44.0% −64.2% $62.6M 125 $80 46

Tue Jun 15 — $8.3K −17.9% −64.3% $62.6M 125 $66 47

Wed Jun 16 — $9.1K +10.4% −56.4% $62.6M 125 $73 48

Thu Jun 17 — $7.5K −18.1% −65.4% $62.6M 125 $60 49

Fri Jun 18 — $37.0K +395.5% +49.0% $62.7M 228 $162 50

Sat Jun 19 — $45.1K +21.9% +51.2% $62.7M 228 $198 51

Sun Jun 20 — $38.3K −15.2% +113.0% $62.7M 228 $168 52

Mon Jun 21 — $22.7K −40.6% +125.9% $62.8M 228 $100 53

Tue Jun 22 — $22.3K −2.0% +169.8% $62.8M 228 $98 54

Wed Jun 23 — $21.5K −3.3% +136.2% $62.8M 228 $94 55

Thu Jun 24 — $21.8K +1.4% +192.3% $62.8M 228 $96 56

Fri Jun 25 — $24.1K +10.3% −35.0% $62.8M 172 $140 57

Sat Jun 26 — $30.3K +25.8% −32.9% $62.9M 172 $176 58

Sun Jun 27 — $25.7K −15.0% −32.8% $62.9M 172 $150 59

Mon Jun 28 — $13.1K −48.9% −42.2% $62.9M 172 $76 60

Tue Jun 29 — $12.6K −4.0% −43.4% $62.9M 172 $73 61

Wed Jun 30 — $11.5K −9.0% −46.7% $62.9M 160 $72 62

Thu Jul 1 — $13.1K +14.1% −40.0% $63.0M 155 $84 63

Fri Jul 2 — $15.3K +17.0% −36.4% $63.0M 110 $139 64

Sat Jul 3 — $15.2K −0.5% −49.7% $63.0M 110 $138 65

Sun Jul 4 — $9.9K −34.8% −61.4% $63.0M 110 $90 66

Mon Jul 5 #49 $12.9K +30.2% −1.6% $63.0M 110 $118 67

Tue Jul 6 — $8.1K −37.4% −35.8% $63.0M 110 $74 68

Wed Jul 7 — $7.9K −1.9% −30.8% $63.0M 110 $72 69

Thu Jul 8 — $8.9K +12.8% −31.7% $63.0M 110 $81 70

Fri Jul 9 — $9.0K +0.4% −41.3% $63.0M 53 $169 71

Sat Jul 10 — $11.2K +25.2% −26.2% $63.1M 53 $212 72

Sun Jul 11 — $8.6K −23.7% −13.6% $63.1M 53 $162 73

Mon Jul 12 — $3.7K −56.5% −71.2% $63.1M 53 $70 74

Tue Jul 13 — $3.8K +2.3% −52.9% $63.1M 53 $72 75

Wed Jul 14 — $3.9K +2.9% −50.5% $63.1M 53 $74 76

Thu Jul 15 — $3.9K −0.9% −56.5% $63.1M 53 $73 77

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

Cumulative total$63.0M

Apr 30May 17Jun 4Jun 21Jul 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $40.5K

$32.9M

$9.1M

$4.7M

$2.3M

$922.8K

$212.4K

$72.6K

$120.4K

$80.1K

$40.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,332 → 110 −96.7%

3,332 open110 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −49.4%

−72.3%

W1→2

−48.9%

W2→3

−50.2%

W3→4

−60.2%

W4→5

−77.0%

W5→6

−65.8%

W6→7

+65.7%

W7→8

−33.5%

W8→9

−49.4%

W9→10

Steepest −77.0%Biggest gain +65.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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