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Dark Shadows

2012 PG-13 1h 53m Comedy, Fantasy, Horror Warner Bros.

Every family has its demons.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$79.7M
Final
Opening Weekend
$29.7M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
2.69x
Opening → Total
Budget
$150M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$246M
$166M international
2012 Rank
#38
Domestic
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
May 11-13 2 $29.7M $29.7M 3,755 $8K 1
May 18-20 4 $12.6M -57.6% $50.7M 3,755 $3K 2
May 25-27 6 $7.5M -40.4% $63.0M 3,404 $2K 3
Jun 1-3 8 $3.7M -50.7% $70.7M 3,002 $1K 4
Jun 8-10 11 $1.4M -61.9% $73.8M 1,550 $909 5
Jun 15-17 14 $623K -55.8% $75.2M 680 $916 6
Jun 22-24 22 $260K -58.2% $75.8M 302 $862 7
Jun 29-Jul 1 20 $393K +51.1% $76.3M 365 $1K 8
Jul 6-8 23 $305K -22.5% $76.9M 303 $1K 9
Jul 13-15 28 $227K -25.6% $77.3M 239 $949 10
Jul 20-22 12 $1.2M +433.1% $78.6M 412 $3K 11
Jul 27-29 21 $287K -76.3% $79.4M 222 $1K 12
Aug 3-5 34 $109K -62.1% $79.6M 132 $824 13

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byTim Burton
ScreenplaySeth Grahame-Smith
Produced byRichard D. Zanuck, Graham King, Johnny Depp, Christi Dembrowski, David Kennedy
CinematographyBruno Delbonnel
MusicDanny Elfman
Prod. DesignRick Heinrichs
StarringJohnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green, Helena Bonham Carter, Chloë Grace Moretz, Bella Heathcote
StudioWarner Bros.