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Case 39

2010 • R • 1h 49m • Horror, Mystery, Thriller • Paramount Vantage

Some cases should never be opened.

🍅 22% 40%

25

2.72

6.2

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$5.4M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$13.3M

Final

Worldwide Total

$28.8M

$15.5M international

Domestic Legs2.5x

Budget$27M

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Cast & Crew

Renée Zellweger

Renée Zellweger Starring

Ian McShane Starring

Bradley Cooper Starring

Adrian Lester Starring

ScreenplayRay Wright Produced bySteve Golin, Alix Madigan, Kevin Misher, Lisa Bruce CinematographyHagen Bogdanski StudioParamount Vantage

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 1-3 7 $5.4M — 2,211 $2,420 $5.4M

2 Oct 8-10 9 $2.7M −49.9% 2,212 $1,212 $9.7M

3 Oct 15-17 13 $1.2M −55.0% 1,406 $858 $11.9M

4 Oct 22-24 22 $410.4K −66.0% 721 $569 $12.7M

5 Oct 29-31 29 $177.2K −56.8% 406 $436 $13.0M

6 Nov 5-7 38 $70.5K −60.2% 157 $449 $13.2M

7 Nov 12-14 47 $30.0K −57.4% 106 $283 $13.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 1 #7 $1.8M — $1.8M 2,211 $827 1

Sat Oct 2 #7 $2.2M +19.0% $4.0M 2,211 $984 2

Sun Oct 3 #6 $1.3M −38.2% $5.4M 2,211 $609 3

Mon Oct 4 #5 $439.9K −67.3% $5.8M 2,211 $199 4

Tue Oct 5 #7 $457.1K +3.9% $6.2M 2,211 $207 5

Wed Oct 6 #7 $368.2K −19.5% $6.6M 2,211 $167 6

Thu Oct 7 #7 $353.9K −3.9% $7.0M 2,211 $160 7

Fri Oct 8 #9 $811.6K +129.3% −55.6% $7.8M 2,212 $367 8

Sat Oct 9 #9 $1.1M +35.7% −49.4% $8.9M 2,212 $498 9

Sun Oct 10 #9 $767.6K −30.3% −43.0% $9.7M 2,212 $347 10

Mon Oct 11 #12 $350.2K −54.4% −20.4% $10.0M 2,212 $158 11

Tue Oct 12 #9 $255.4K −27.1% −44.1% $10.3M 2,212 $115 12

Wed Oct 13 #9 $226.8K −11.2% −38.4% $10.5M 2,212 $103 13

Thu Oct 14 #9 $234.8K +3.5% −33.7% $10.7M 2,212 $106 14

Fri Oct 15 #13 $388.4K +65.4% −52.1% $11.1M 1,406 $276 15

Sat Oct 16 #12 $533.6K +37.4% −51.5% $11.6M 1,406 $380 16

Sun Oct 17 #13 $284.8K −46.6% −62.9% $11.9M 1,406 $203 17

Mon Oct 18 #12 $99.5K −65.1% −71.6% $12.0M 1,406 $71 18

Tue Oct 19 #14 $101.8K +2.3% −60.2% $12.1M 1,406 $72 19

Wed Oct 20 #14 $92.1K −9.5% −59.4% $12.2M 1,406 $65 20

Thu Oct 21 #14 $84.0K −8.8% −64.2% $12.3M 1,406 $60 21

Fri Oct 22 — $132.1K +57.3% −66.0% $12.4M 721 $183 22

Sat Oct 23 — $175.8K +33.0% −67.1% $12.6M 721 $244 23

Sun Oct 24 — $102.5K −41.7% −64.0% $12.7M 721 $142 24

Mon Oct 25 — $36.6K −64.3% −63.2% $12.7M 721 $51 25

Tue Oct 26 — $39.0K +6.6% −61.7% $12.8M 721 $54 26

Wed Oct 27 — $36.8K −5.7% −60.1% $12.8M 721 $51 27

Thu Oct 28 — $35.3K −3.9% −57.9% $12.9M 721 $49 28

Fri Oct 29 — $54.8K +55.0% −58.5% $12.9M 406 $135 29

Sat Oct 30 — $74.7K +36.3% −57.5% $13.0M 406 $184 30

Sun Oct 31 — $47.7K −36.1% −53.4% $13.0M 406 $118 31

Mon Nov 1 — $18.8K −60.5% −48.5% $13.1M 406 $46 32

Tue Nov 2 — $19.5K +3.6% −49.9% $13.1M 406 $48 33

Wed Nov 3 — $18.8K −3.9% −49.0% $13.1M 406 $46 34

Thu Nov 4 — $17.7K −5.6% −49.8% $13.1M 406 $44 35

Fri Nov 5 — $20.2K +14.0% −63.1% $13.1M 157 $129 36

Sat Nov 6 — $29.7K +46.9% −60.2% $13.2M 157 $189 37

Sun Nov 7 — $20.6K −30.6% −56.8% $13.2M 157 $131 38

Mon Nov 8 — $7.4K −64.2% −60.8% $13.2M 157 $47 39

Tue Nov 9 — $8.1K +9.7% −58.5% $13.2M 157 $52 40

Wed Nov 10 — $8.5K +4.9% −54.7% $13.2M 157 $54 41

Thu Nov 11 — $12.3K +44.6% −30.7% $13.2M 157 $78 42

Fri Nov 12 — $8.5K −31.2% −58.2% $13.2M 106 $80 43

Sat Nov 13 — $12.8K +51.1% −57.0% $13.2M 106 $121 44

Sun Nov 14 — $8.8K −31.1% −57.3% $13.2M 106 $83 45

Mon Nov 15 — $3.4K −61.9% −54.6% $13.3M 106 $32 46

Tue Nov 16 — $3.4K +0.6% −58.3% $13.3M 106 $32 47

Wed Nov 17 — $3.5K +2.3% −59.4% $13.3M 106 $33 48

Thu Nov 18 — $3.2K −7.6% −74.0% $13.3M 106 $30 49

Cumulative total$13.3M

Oct 1Oct 13Oct 25Nov 6Nov 18

Weekend grossWk 7 · $30.0K

$5.4M

$2.7M

$1.2M

$410.4K

$177.2K

$70.5K

$30.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 2,212 → 106 −95.2%

2,211 open106 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −57.4%

−49.9%

W1→2

−55.0%

W2→3

−66.0%

W3→4

−56.8%

W4→5

−60.2%

W5→6

−57.4%

W6→7

Steepest −66.0%Best hold −49.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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