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Cloverfield

2008 • PG-13 • 1h 25m • Action, Horror, Sci-Fi • Paramount Pictures

Some thing has found us.

🍅 78% 68%

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3.41

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$40.1M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$80.0M

Final

Worldwide Total

$172M

$92.3M international

Domestic Legs2.00x

Budget$25.0M

2008 Rank#40

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Cast & Crew

Directed byMatt Reeves ScreenplayDrew Goddard Produced byBryan Burk, J. J. Abrams CinematographyMichael Bonvillain Prod. DesignMartin Whist StarringLizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller, Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel, Odette Annable StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 18-20 1 $40.1M — 3,411 $11,743 $40.1M

2 Jan 25-27 4 $12.7M −68.3% 3,411 $3,726 $64.3M

3 Feb 1-3 9 $4.8M −61.9% 3,007 $1,610 $71.9M

4 Feb 8-10 12 $2.8M −43.1% 2,030 $1,357 $76.0M

5 Feb 15-17 20 $1.1M −59.9% 1,266 $872 $77.9M

6 Feb 22-24 28 $388.1K −64.9% 625 $620 $78.8M

7 Feb 29-Mar 2 32 $234.6K −39.5% 346 $678 $79.1M

8 Mar 7-9 36 $127.8K −45.5% 253 $505 $79.4M

9 Mar 14-16 33 $187.0K +46.3% 357 $523 $79.6M

10 Mar 21-23 40 $103.5K −44.7% 205 $504 $79.8M

11 Mar 28-30 46 $83.7K −19.1% 120 $697 $80.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 18 #1 $17.2M — $17.2M 3,411 $5,032 1

Sat Jan 19 #1 $13.9M −19% $31.0M 3,411 $4,064 2

Sun Jan 20 #1 $9.0M −35% $40.1M 3,411 $2,646 3

Mon Jan 21 #1 $6.1M −33% $46.1M 3,411 $1,784 4

Tue Jan 22 #1 $2.1M −65% $48.3M 3,411 $620 5

Wed Jan 23 #1 $1.7M −21% $49.9M 3,411 $488 6

Thu Jan 24 #1 $1.7M n/c $51.6M 3,411 $487 7

Fri Jan 25 #4 $4.1M +145% −76% $55.7M 3,411 $1,196 8

Sat Jan 26 #4 $5.4M +33% −61% $61.1M 3,411 $1,594 9

Sun Jan 27 #4 $3.2M −41% −65% $64.3M 3,411 $936 10

Mon Jan 28 #4 $822.5K −74% −86% $65.1M 3,411 $241 11

Tue Jan 29 #5 $705.1K −14% −67% $65.8M 3,411 $206 12

Wed Jan 30 #6 $636.2K −10% −62% $66.5M 3,411 $186 13

Thu Jan 31 #6 $603.7K −5% −64% $67.1M 3,411 $176 14

Fri Feb 1 #9 $1.6M +164% −61% $68.7M 3,007 $530 15

Sat Feb 2 #10 $2.4M +53% −55% $71.1M 3,007 $811 16

Sun Feb 3 #8 $808.5K −67% −75% $71.9M 3,007 $268 17

Mon Feb 4 #9 $389.3K −52% −53% $72.3M 3,007 $129 18

Tue Feb 5 #9 $344.0K −12% −51% $72.6M 3,007 $114 19

Wed Feb 6 #9 $303.7K −12% −52% $73.0M 3,007 $100 20

Thu Feb 7 #9 $331.8K +9% −45% $73.3M 3,007 $110 21

Fri Feb 8 #12 $773.8K +133% −51% $74.1M 2,030 $381 22

Sat Feb 9 #12 $1.3M +62% −49% $75.3M 2,030 $616 23

Sun Feb 10 #12 $731.0K −42% −10% $76.0M 2,030 $360 24

Mon Feb 11 #12 $199.6K −73% −49% $76.2M 2,030 $98 25

Tue Feb 12 #14 $163.9K −18% −52% $76.4M 2,030 $80 26

Wed Feb 13 #13 $167.8K +2% −45% $76.6M 2,030 $82 27

Thu Feb 14 #18 $201.1K +20% −39% $76.8M 1,266 $158 28

Fri Feb 15 #18 $301.5K +50% −61% $77.1M 1,266 $238 29

Sat Feb 16 #19 $456.1K +51% −64% $77.5M 1,266 $360 30

Sun Feb 17 #19 $346.4K −24% −53% $77.9M 1,266 $273 31

Mon Feb 18 #20 $228.1K −34% +14% $78.1M 1,266 $180 32

Tue Feb 19 $97.8K −57% −40% $78.2M 1,266 $77 33

Wed Feb 20 #18 $92.1K −6% −45% $78.3M 1,266 $72 34

Thu Feb 21 #19 $95.6K +4% −52% $78.4M 1,266 $75 35

Fri Feb 22 $112.8K +18% −63% $78.5M 625 $180 36

Sat Feb 23 $172.5K +53% −62% $78.7M 625 $276 37

Sun Feb 24 $102.8K −40% −70% $78.8M 625 $164 38

Mon Feb 25 $32.8K −68% −86% $78.8M 625 $52 39

Tue Feb 26 $32.9K n/c −66% $78.8M 625 $52 40

Wed Feb 27 #24 $35.2K +7% −62% $78.9M 625 $56 41

Thu Feb 28 $34.1K −3% −64% $78.9M 625 $54 42

Fri Feb 29 $59.4K +74% −47% $79.0M 346 $171 43

Sat Mar 1 $109.6K +85% −36% $79.1M 346 $316 44

Sun Mar 2 $65.6K −40% −36% $79.1M 346 $189 45

Mon Mar 3 $21.7K −67% −34% $79.2M 346 $62 46

Tue Mar 4 $18.8K −14% −43% $79.2M 346 $54 47

Wed Mar 5 $18.1K −4% −49% $79.2M 346 $52 48

Thu Mar 6 $16.6K −8% −51% $79.2M 346 $48 49

Fri Mar 7 $35.4K +113% −40% $79.3M 253 $139 50

Sat Mar 8 $55.2K +56% −50% $79.3M 253 $218 51

Sun Mar 9 $37.2K −33% −43% $79.4M 253 $146 52

Mon Mar 10 $11.1K −70% −49% $79.4M 253 $43 53

Tue Mar 11 $13.6K +23% −28% $79.4M 253 $53 54

Wed Mar 12 $13.4K −1% −26% $79.4M 253 $53 55

Thu Mar 13 $12.5K −7% −25% $79.4M 253 $49 56

Fri Mar 14 $51.6K +314% +46% $79.5M 357 $144 57

Sat Mar 15 $78.5K +52% +42% $79.5M 357 $219 58

Sun Mar 16 $56.9K −28% +53% $79.6M 357 $159 59

Mon Mar 17 $24.1K −58% +117% $79.6M 357 $67 60

Tue Mar 18 $27.4K +14% +102% $79.6M 357 $76 61

Wed Mar 19 $25.8K −6% +92% $79.7M 357 $72 62

Thu Mar 20 $31.2K +21% +150% $79.7M 357 $87 63

Fri Mar 21 $34.9K +12% −32% $79.7M 205 $170 64

Sat Mar 22 $40.9K +17% −48% $79.8M 205 $199 65

Sun Mar 23 $27.7K −32% −51% $79.8M 205 $135 66

Mon Mar 24 $18.3K −34% −24% $79.8M 205 $89 67

Tue Mar 25 $15.4K −16% −44% $79.8M 205 $74 68

Wed Mar 26 $16.2K +6% −37% $79.9M 205 $79 69

Thu Mar 27 $17.4K +7% −44% $79.9M 205 $84 70

Fri Mar 28 $22.9K +32% −34% $79.9M 120 $190 71

Sat Mar 29 $35.6K +55% −13% $79.9M 120 $296 72

Sun Mar 30 $25.2K −29% −9% $80.0M 120 $210 73

Mon Mar 31 $9.1K −64% −50% $80.0M 120 $76 74

Tue Apr 1 $9.2K +1% −40% $80.0M 120 $76 75

Wed Apr 2 $10.1K +10% −38% $80.0M 120 $84 76

Thu Apr 3 $10.5K +4% −40% $80.0M 120 $87 77

Fri Apr 4 $11.4K +8% −50% $80.0M 93 $122 78

Sat Apr 5 $20.4K +80% −43% $80.0M 93 $219 79

Sun Apr 6 $11.2K −45% −55% $80.0M 93 $120 80

Mon Apr 7 $3.6K −68% −61% $80.0M 93 $38 81

Tue Apr 8 $3.8K +7% −58% $80.0M 93 $41 82

Wed Apr 9 $3.3K −15% −68% $80.0M 93 $35 83

Thu Apr 10 $3.4K +5% −67% $80.0M 93 $36 84

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

Cumulative total$79.9M

Jan 18Feb 4Feb 22Mar 10Mar 27

Weekend grossWk 10 · $103.5K

$40.1M

$12.7M

$4.8M

$2.8M

$1.1M

$388.1K

$234.6K

$127.8K

$187.0K

$103.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,411 → 205 −94.0%

3,411 open205 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −44.7%

−68.3% W1→2

−61.9% W2→3

−43.1% W3→4

−59.9% W4→5

−64.9% W5→6

−39.5% W6→7

−45.5% W7→8

+46.3% W8→9

−44.7% W9→10

Steepest −68.3%Best hold −39.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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