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2026 • R • 1h 35m • Horror, Thriller • Roadside Attractions

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3.5

7.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$5.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$26.96M

Week 7

Worldwide total

$26.96M

$0.00M international

Domestic legs4.9x

Budget$3M

2026 rank#43

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Cast & crew

Cristin Milioti

Cristin Milioti Starring

Topher Grace Starring

Keegan-Michael Key

Keegan-Michael Key Starring

Michael Shannon

Michael Shannon Starring

Patton Oswalt Starring

ScreenplayCasper Kelly, Jamie King StudioRoadside Attractions

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 28-30 6 $5.5M — 1,277 $4,279 $5.5M

2 Sep 4-6 7 $5.8M +6% 1,771 $3,276 $14.3M

3 Sep 11-13 6 $3.6M −38% 1,720 $2,104 $21.4M

4 Sep 18-20 10 $2.0M −46% 1,543 $1,265 $24.9M

5 Sep 25-27 13 $697.4K −64% 722 $966 $26.4M

6 Oct 2-4 23 $210.4K −70% 543 $388 $26.8M

7 Oct 9-11 26 $29.0K −86% 49 $593 $27.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Aug 27 (p) — $527.0K — $527.0K 1,258 $419 0

Fri Aug 28 #6 $2.2M — $2.2M 1,277 $1,717 1

Sat Aug 29 #8 $1.8M −19% $4.0M 1,277 $1,396 2

Sun Aug 30 #7 $1.5M −17% $5.5M 1,277 $1,166 3

Mon Aug 31 #5 $707.0K −53% $6.2M 1,277 $554 4

Tue Sep 1 #6 $927.2K +31% $7.1M 1,277 $726 5

Wed Sep 2 #5 $705.2K −24% $7.8M 1,277 $552 6

Thu Sep 3 #5 $713.2K +1% $8.5M 1,277 $558 7

Fri Sep 4 #7 $1.5M +113% −31% $10.0M 1,771 $858 8

Sat Sep 5 #7 $2.1M +37% +17% $12.1M 1,771 $1,176 9

Sun Sep 6 #6 $2.2M +6% +48% $14.3M 1,771 $1,242 10

Mon Sep 7 #6 $1.6M −27% +127% $15.9M 1,771 $906 11

Tue Sep 8 #5 $809.7K −50% −13% $16.7M 1,771 $457 12

Wed Sep 9 #5 $563.7K −30% −20% $17.3M 1,771 $318 13

Thu Sep 10 #5 $468.3K −17% −34% $17.8M 1,771 $264 14

Fri Sep 11 #7 $1.0M +123% −31% $18.8M 1,720 $608 15

Sat Sep 12 #7 $1.5M +48% −26% $20.4M 1,720 $897 16

Sun Sep 13 #6 $1.0M −33% −53% $21.4M 1,720 $599 17

Mon Sep 14 #6 $362.5K −65% −77% $21.7M 1,720 $210 18

Tue Sep 15 #- $516.0K +42% −36% $22.3M 1,720 $300 19

Wed Sep 16 #6 $388.3K −25% −31% $22.7M 1,720 $226 20

Thu Sep 17 #7 $250.5K −35% −47% $22.9M 1,720 $146 21

Fri Sep 18 #10 $564.7K +125% −46% $23.5M 1,543 $366 22

Sat Sep 19 #10 $824.0K +46% −47% $24.3M 1,543 $534 23

Sun Sep 20 #10 $562.8K −32% −45% $24.9M 1,543 $365 24

Mon Sep 21 #8 $224.2K −60% −38% $25.1M 1,543 $145 25

Tue Sep 22 #9 $275.8K +23% −47% $25.4M 1,543 $179 26

Wed Sep 23 #8 $202.8K −26% −48% $25.6M 1,543 $131 27

Thu Sep 24 #8 $104.3K −49% −58% $25.7M 1,543 $68 28

Fri Sep 25 #13 $207.3K +99% −63% $25.9M 722 $287 29

Sat Sep 26 #13 $307.2K +48% −63% $26.2M 722 $426 30

Sun Sep 27 #12 $182.8K −40% −68% $26.4M 722 $253 31

Mon Sep 28 #13 $68.7K −62% −69% $26.4M 722 $95 32

Tue Sep 29 #12 $90.0K +31% −67% $26.5M 722 $125 33

Wed Sep 30 #11 $76.8K −15% −62% $26.6M 722 $106 34

Thu Oct 1 #12 $43.9K −43% −58% $26.6M 722 $61 35

Fri Oct 2 #18 $60.0K +37% −71% $26.7M 543 $110 36

Sat Oct 3 #18 $92.9K +55% −70% $26.8M 543 $171 37

Sun Oct 4 #18 $57.5K −38% −69% $26.8M 543 $106 38

Mon Oct 5 #16 $19.4K −66% −72% $26.9M 543 $36 39

Tue Oct 6 #16 $28.3K +46% −69% $26.9M 543 $52 40

Wed Oct 7 #16 $23.2K −18% −70% $26.9M 543 $43 41

Thu Oct 8 #17 $9.6K −59% −78% $26.9M 543 $18 42

Cumulative total$26.9M

Aug 27Sep 7Sep 17Sep 28Oct 8

Weekend grossWk 7 · $29.0K

$5.5M

$5.8M

$3.6M

$2.0M

$697.4K

$210.4K

$29.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 1,771 → 543 −69.3%

1,258 open543 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −86%

+6%

W1→2

−38%

W2→3

−46%

W3→4

−64%

W4→5

−70%

W5→6

−86%

W6→7

Steepest −86%Biggest gain +6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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