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2026 • R • Horror • A24

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$81.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$197.50M

Week 12

Worldwide total

$400.07M

$202.57M international

Domestic legs2.4x

Budget$10M

2026 rank#9

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Cast & crew

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Ejiofor Starring

Renate Reinsve

Renate Reinsve Starring

Mark Duplass

Mark Duplass Starring

ScreenplayWill Soodik · based on the work by Kane Parsons Produced byJames Wan, Michael Clear, Roberto Patino, Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen CinematographyJeremy Cox MusicEdo Van Breemen & Kane Parsons Prod. DesignDanny Vermette StudioA24

Predicted final domestic

How the model works

$197M–$197M

$197M $197M $197M

$197.50M so far

The prediction updated after the third weekend. Based on the weekend 2 and 3 drops and factoring in other movies with similar performance, the model predicts a final range of $197M–$197M. The wider range of $197M–$197M represents about 90% of outcomes after the third weekend. Learn more about how the prediction model works

$160M

Baseline

Banked through 3 weekends

88%

Earned by Wk 3

Typical for this drop profile

-63%

Weekend drops

-68% then -57%

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 29-31 (opening) 1 $81.4M — 3,442 $23,650 $81.4M

2 June 5-7 3 $26.3M −68% 3,565 $7,365 $135.4M

3 June 12-14 4 $11.5M −56% 3,404 $3,385 $160.3M

4 June 19-21 4 $7.2M −38% 2,851 $2,516 $175.1M

5 June 26-28 6 $4.4M −40% 2,396 $1,830 $184.3M

6 Jul 3-5 7 $3.2M −25% 2,396 $1,348 $190.4M

7 Jul 10-12 10 $1.5M −54% 1,262 $1,177 $194.2M

8 Jul 17-19 11 $714.8K −53% 742 $963 $196.0M

9 Jul 24-26 12 $325.5K −53% 552 $590 $196.8M

10 Jul 31-Aug 2 12 $331.7K +5% 85 $3,902 $197.3M

11 Aug 7-9 18 $54.3K −83% 47 $1,155 $197.5M

12 Aug 14-16 36 $23.9K −51% 29 $825 $197.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 29 #1 $38.4M — $38.4M 3,442 $11,160 1

Sat May 30 #1 $24.7M −36% $63.2M 3,442 $7,187 2

Sun May 31 #1 $18.3M −26% $81.4M 3,442 $5,303 3

Mon Jun 1 #1 $7.7M −58% $89.1M 3,442 $2,228 4

Tue Jun 2 #1 $8.8M +14% $97.8M 3,442 $2,550 5

Wed Jun 3 #1 $6.0M −32% $103.9M 3,442 $1,747 6

Thu Jun 4 #2 $5.3M −13% $109.1M 3,442 $1,527 7

Fri Jun 5 #3 $8.0M +52% −79% $117.1M 3,565 $2,237 8

Sat Jun 6 #2 $10.4M +31% −58% $127.5M 3,565 $2,930 9

Sun Jun 7 #3 $7.8M −25% −57% $135.4M 3,565 $2,198 10

Mon Jun 8 #3 $3.3M −58% −57% $138.7M 3,565 $923 11

Tue Jun 9 #3 $4.4M +33% −50% $143.0M 3,565 $1,228 12

Wed Jun 10 #3 $3.2M −28% −48% $146.2M 3,565 $884 13

Thu Jun 11 #3 $2.6M −18% −51% $148.8M 3,565 $725 14

Fri Jun 12 #4 $3.6M +41% −54% $152.4M 3,404 $1,067 15

Sat Jun 13 #4 $4.4M +20% −58% $156.8M 3,404 $1,281 16

Sun Jun 14 #4 $3.5M −19% −55% $160.3M 3,404 $1,037 17

Mon Jun 15 — $1.8M −50% −46% $162.1M 3,404 $519 18

Tue Jun 16 — $2.3M +29% −48% $164.3M 3,404 $669 19

Wed Jun 17 — $1.8M −19% −41% $166.2M 3,404 $542 20

Thu Jun 18 #3 $1.7M −8% −34% $167.9M 3,404 $499 21

Fri Jun 19 #4 $2.5M +46% −32% $170.4M 2,851 $866 22

Sat Jun 20 #4 $2.8M +12% −37% $173.1M 2,851 $970 23

Sun Jun 21 #5 $1.9M −30% −45% $175.1M 2,851 $679 24

Mon Jun 22 #4 $1.2M −36% −30% $176.3M 2,851 $435 25

Tue Jun 23 #4 $1.5M +20% −35% $177.8M 2,851 $522 26

Wed Jun 24 #4 $1.1M −24% −39% $178.9M 2,851 $396 27

Thu Jun 25 #5 $960.8K −15% −43% $179.9M 2,851 $337 28

Fri Jun 26 #6 $1.3M +36% −47% $181.2M 2,396 $547 29

Sat Jun 27 #6 $1.7M +31% −38% $182.9M 2,396 $717 30

Sun Jun 28 #6 $1.4M −21% −30% $184.3M 2,396 $566 31

Mon Jun 29 #6 $718.8K −47% −42% $185.0M 2,396 $300 32

Tue Jun 30 #6 $905.7K +26% −39% $185.9M 2,396 $378 33

Wed Jul 1 #7 $606.8K −33% −46% $186.5M 2,396 $253 34

Thu Jul 2 #7 $685.7K +13% −29% $187.2M 2,396 $286 35

Fri Jul 3 #7 $1.5M +117% +14% $188.7M 2,079 $716 36

Sat Jul 4 #7 $791.2K −47% −54% $189.5M 2,079 $381 37

Sun Jul 5 #7 $949.5K +20% −30% $190.4M 2,079 $457 38

Mon Jul 6 #7 $579.2K −39% −19% $191.0M 2,079 $279 39

Tue Jul 7 #7 $741.4K +28% −18% $191.7M 2,079 $357 40

Wed Jul 8 #7 $607.9K −18% $192.3M 2,079 $292 41

Thu Jul 9 #6 $382.3K −37% −44% $192.7M 2,079 $184 42

Fri Jul 10 #11 $498.5K +30% −67% $193.2M 1,262 $395 43

Sat Jul 11 #10 $548.3K +10% −31% $193.8M 1,262 $435 44

Sun Jul 12 #10 $474.3K −14% −50% $194.2M 1,262 $376 45

Mon Jul 13 #- $260.9K −45% −55% $194.5M 1,262 $207 46

Tue Jul 14 #- $313.0K +20% −58% $194.8M 1,262 $248 47

Wed Jul 15 #- $263.0K −16% −57% $195.1M 1,262 $208 48

Thu Jul 16 #10 $178.8K −32% −53% $195.2M 1,262 $142 49

Fri Jul 17 #11 $215.2K +20% −57% $195.5M 742 $290 50

Sat Jul 18 #11 $277.6K +29% −49% $195.7M 742 $374 51

Sun Jul 19 #11 $222.1K −20% −53% $196.0M 742 $299 52

Mon Jul 20 — $122.4K −37% −53% $196.1M 742 $165 53

Tue Jul 21 — $149.3K +22% −52% $196.2M 742 $201 54

Wed Jul 22 — $128.4K −14% −51% $196.3M 742 $173 55

Thu Jul 23 — $101.5K −21% −43% $196.4M 742 $137 56

Fri Jul 24 #15 $91.1K −10% −58% $196.5M 552 $165 57

Sat Jul 25 #12 $130.2K +43% −53% $196.7M 552 $236 58

Sun Jul 26 #12 $104.2K −20% −46% $196.8M 552 $189 59

Mon Jul 27 #13 $51.6K −45% −58% $196.8M 552 $93 60

Tue Jul 28 #13 $73.2K +42% −51% $196.9M 552 $133 61

Wed Jul 29 #13 $62.3K −15% −52% $196.9M 552 $113 62

Thu Jul 30 #12 $13.1K −79% −87% $197.0M 552 $24 63

Fri Jul 31 #11 $123.0K +841% +35% $197.1M 85 $1,447 64

Sat Aug 1 #11 $119.3K −3% −8% $197.2M 85 $1,403 65

Sun Aug 2 #11 $89.5K −25% −5% $197.3M 85 $1,052 66

Mon Aug 3 — $35.9K −44% −30% $197.3M 85 $423 67

Tue Aug 4 — $38.4K +7% −48% $197.4M 85 $452 68

Wed Aug 5 — $40.4K +5% −35% $197.4M 85 $475 69

Thu Aug 6 — $34.7K −14% +165% $197.4M 85 $408 70

Fri Aug 7 — $15.7K −55% −88% $197.4M 47 $333 71

Sat Aug 8 — $22.1K +41% −83% $197.5M 47 $470 72

Sun Aug 9 — $11.0K −50% −83% $197.5M 47 $235 73

Mon Aug 10 — $2.9K −74% −92% $197.5M 47 $61 74

Tue Aug 11 — $3.2K +13% −92% $197.5M 47 $69 75

Wed Aug 12 — $3.8K +16% −91% $197.5M 47 $80 76

Thu Aug 13 — $4.1K +9% −88% $197.5M 47 $87 77

Fri Aug 14 — $6.9K +68% −56% $197.5M 29 $238 78

Sat Aug 15 — $9.5K +37% −57% $197.5M 29 $326 79

Sun Aug 16 — $7.6K −20% −31% $197.5M 29 $261 80

Mon Aug 17 — $1.8K −74% −37% $197.5M 29 $63 81

Tue Aug 18 — $2.1K +17% −35% $197.5M 29 $73 82

Wed Aug 19 — $1.9K −11% −50% $197.5M 29 $65 83

Thu Aug 20 — $2.1K +11% −49% $197.5M 29 $72 84

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

Cumulative total$197.4M

May 29Jun 15Jul 3Jul 20Aug 6

Weekend grossWk 10 · $331.7K

$81.4M

$26.3M

$11.5M

$7.2M

$4.4M

$3.2M

$1.5M

$714.8K

$325.5K

$331.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,565 → 85 −97.6%

3,442 open85 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +5%

−68%

W1→2

−56%

W2→3

−38%

W3→4

−40%

W4→5

−25%

W5→6

−54%

W6→7

−53%

W7→8

−53%

W8→9

+5%

W9→10

Steepest −68%Biggest gain +5%

Run milestones

$100M in 6 days

$100M

Day 6

Jun 3

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#4 Biggest horror openingsAll-time $81.4M #7 Biggest horror filmsAll-time $197.5M #16 Biggest R-rated openingsAll-time $81.4M

From the analysis desk

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