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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

2010 • R • 1h 40m • Fantasy, Horror, Thriller • Miramax

Fear is never just make believe.

🍅 61% 34%

56

2.73

5.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$8.5M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$24.0M

Final

Worldwide Total

$39.1M

$15.1M international

Domestic Legs2.8x

Budget$25M

Compare with other movies

Cast & Crew

Directed byTroy Nixey ScreenplayGuillermo del Toro, Matthew Robbins Produced byGuillermo del Toro, Mark Johnson, Nick Nunziata CinematographyOliver Stapleton MusicMarco Beltrami Prod. DesignRoger Ford StarringKatie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Bailee Madison, Jack Thompson, Alan Dale, Emelia Burns StudioMiramax

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 26-28 4 $8.5M — 2,760 $3,089 $8.5M

2 Sep 2-4 8 $5.2M −39.1% 2,780 $1,869 $16.6M

3 Sep 9-11 12 $2.2M −58.3% 2,251 $963 $21.0M

4 Sep 16-18 17 $1.1M −48.1% 1,334 $843 $22.8M

5 Sep 23-25 23 $353.8K −68.5% 424 $834 $23.5M

6 Sep 30-Oct 2 34 $129.1K −63.5% 216 $598 $23.7M

7 Oct 7-9 38 $70.2K −45.6% 114 $616 $23.8M

8 Oct 14-16 48 $43.1K −38.6% 80 $539 $23.9M

9 Oct 21-23 59 $27.8K −35.4% 53 $525 $23.9M

10 Oct 28-30 52 $41.2K +48.0% 75 $549 $24.0M

11 Nov 4-6 51 $31.9K −22.5% 52 $614 $24.0M

12 Nov 11-13 64 $13.8K −56.6% 32 $433 $24.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 26 #3 $3.6M — $3.6M 2,760 $1,298 1

Sat Aug 27 #4 $3.0M −15.3% $6.6M 2,760 $1,099 2

Sun Aug 28 #5 $1.9M −37.1% $8.5M 2,760 $691 3

Mon Aug 29 #5 $800.6K −58.0% $9.3M 2,760 $290 4

Tue Aug 30 #5 $895.1K +11.8% $10.2M 2,760 $324 5

Wed Aug 31 #6 $621.6K −30.6% $10.8M 2,760 $225 6

Thu Sep 1 #6 $597.1K −3.9% $11.4M 2,760 $216 7

Fri Sep 2 #7 $1.5M +146.6% −58.9% $12.9M 2,780 $530 8

Sat Sep 3 #7 $1.9M +30.7% −36.6% $14.8M 2,780 $692 9

Sun Sep 4 #9 $1.8M −6.6% −5.8% $16.6M 2,780 $647 10

Mon Sep 5 #10 $1.2M −34.0% +48.3% $17.8M 2,780 $427 11

Tue Sep 6 #8 $409.6K −65.5% −54.2% $18.2M 2,780 $147 12

Wed Sep 7 #8 $312.2K −23.8% −49.8% $18.5M 2,780 $112 13

Thu Sep 8 #7 $289.5K −7.3% −51.5% $18.8M 2,780 $104 14

Fri Sep 9 #12 $674.6K +133.0% −54.2% $19.5M 2,251 $300 15

Sat Sep 10 #11 $999.2K +48.1% −48.1% $20.5M 2,251 $444 16

Sun Sep 11 #13 $493.0K −50.7% −72.6% $21.0M 2,251 $219 17

Mon Sep 12 #10 $155.2K −68.5% −86.9% $21.2M 2,251 $69 18

Tue Sep 13 #11 $183.0K +17.9% −55.3% $21.3M 2,251 $81 19

Wed Sep 14 #11 $156.2K −14.7% −50.0% $21.5M 2,251 $69 20

Thu Sep 15 #11 $164.0K +5.0% −43.4% $21.7M 2,251 $73 21

Fri Sep 16 — $354.3K +116.1% −47.5% $22.0M 1,334 $266 22

Sat Sep 17 #16 $498.8K +40.8% −50.1% $22.5M 1,334 $374 23

Sun Sep 18 #17 $271.5K −45.6% −44.9% $22.8M 1,334 $204 24

Mon Sep 19 #15 $80.1K −70.5% −48.4% $22.9M 1,334 $60 25

Tue Sep 20 #15 $91.0K +13.6% −50.2% $23.0M 1,334 $68 26

Wed Sep 21 — $80.0K −12.1% −48.7% $23.0M 1,334 $60 27

Thu Sep 22 — $88.8K +10.9% −45.8% $23.1M 1,334 $67 28

Fri Sep 23 — $110.1K +24.0% −68.9% $23.2M 424 $260 29

Sat Sep 24 — $162.9K +48.0% −67.3% $23.4M 424 $384 30

Sun Sep 25 — $80.8K −50.4% −70.3% $23.5M 424 $190 31

Mon Sep 26 — $24.2K −70.1% −69.9% $23.5M 424 $57 32

Tue Sep 27 — $25.3K +4.6% −72.3% $23.5M 424 $60 33

Wed Sep 28 — $26.1K +3.3% −67.4% $23.6M 424 $62 34

Thu Sep 29 — $26.6K +1.8% −70.1% $23.6M 424 $63 35

Fri Sep 30 — $37.9K +42.6% −65.6% $23.6M 216 $175 36

Sat Oct 1 — $61.1K +61.3% −62.5% $23.7M 216 $283 37

Sun Oct 2 — $30.1K −50.7% −62.7% $23.7M 216 $139 38

Mon Oct 3 — $9.4K −68.8% −61.0% $23.7M 216 $44 39

Tue Oct 4 — $10.2K +8.4% −59.6% $23.7M 216 $47 40

Wed Oct 5 — $11.5K +12.7% −56.0% $23.7M 216 $53 41

Thu Oct 6 — $10.2K −10.9% −61.5% $23.7M 216 $47 42

Fri Oct 7 — $19.7K +92.3% −48.1% $23.8M 114 $173 43

Sat Oct 8 — $31.5K +59.9% −48.5% $23.8M 114 $276 44

Sun Oct 9 — $19.1K −39.4% −36.7% $23.8M 114 $167 45

Mon Oct 10 — $7.5K −60.5% −20.0% $23.8M 114 $66 46

Tue Oct 11 — $5.6K −25.3% −44.9% $23.8M 114 $49 47

Wed Oct 12 — $5.1K −10.1% −56.0% $23.8M 114 $44 48

Thu Oct 13 — $5.1K +0.8% −50.2% $23.8M 114 $45 49

Fri Oct 14 — $11.4K +124.7% −41.9% $23.9M 80 $143 50

Sat Oct 15 — $23.3K +103.7% −25.9% $23.9M 80 $292 51

Sun Oct 16 — $8.3K −64.3% −56.4% $23.9M 80 $104 52

Mon Oct 17 — $3.0K −63.5% −59.6% $23.9M 80 $38 53

Tue Oct 18 — $2.9K −5.6% −49.0% $23.9M 80 $36 54

Wed Oct 19 — $2.9K +1.4% −42.4% $23.9M 80 $36 55

Thu Oct 20 — $2.4K −18.1% −53.2% $23.9M 80 $30 56

Fri Oct 21 — $9.0K +276.7% −21.6% $23.9M 53 $169 57

Sat Oct 22 — $12.7K +41.8% −45.5% $23.9M 53 $240 58

Sun Oct 23 — $6.1K −51.8% −26.3% $23.9M 53 $116 59

Mon Oct 24 — $1.9K −68.4% −36.3% $23.9M 53 $37 60

Tue Oct 25 — $2.3K +21.0% −18.4% $23.9M 53 $44 61

Wed Oct 26 — $1.8K −24.9% −39.5% $23.9M 53 $33 62

Thu Oct 27 — $2.0K +16.4% −14.0% $23.9M 53 $39 63

Fri Oct 28 — $12.0K +484.1% +33.3% $23.9M 75 $160 64

Sat Oct 29 — $18.0K +50.5% +41.6% $24.0M 75 $240 65

Sun Oct 30 — $11.2K −37.7% +83.0% $24.0M 75 $150 66

Mon Oct 31 — $4.5K −60.0% +132.0% $24.0M 75 $60 67

Tue Nov 1 — $3.1K −30.1% +34.1% $24.0M 75 $42 68

Wed Nov 2 — $2.9K −8.8% +62.8% $24.0M 75 $38 69

Thu Nov 3 — $2.9K +3.0% +44.0% $24.0M 75 $39 70

Fri Nov 4 — $8.9K +203.3% −25.2% $24.0M 52 $172 71

Sat Nov 5 — $13.7K +53.1% −24.0% $24.0M 52 $263 72

Sun Nov 6 — $9.3K −32.1% −17.1% $24.0M 52 $179 73

Mon Nov 7 — $2.1K −77.1% −52.7% $24.0M 52 $41 74

Tue Nov 8 — $2.2K +3.5% −30.0% $24.0M 52 $42 75

Wed Nov 9 — $2.0K −10.5% −31.2% $24.0M 52 $38 76

Thu Nov 10 — $2.3K +14.4% −23.6% $24.0M 52 $43 77

Fri Nov 11 — $4.6K +102.4% −49.0% $24.0M 32 $142 78

Sat Nov 12 — $5.4K +18.3% −60.6% $24.0M 32 $169 79

Sun Nov 13 — $3.9K −27.9% −58.1% $24.0M 32 $122 80

Mon Nov 14 — $1.2K −70.1% −45.3% $24.0M 32 $36 81

Tue Nov 15 — $1.1K −5.5% −50.1% $24.0M 32 $34 82

Wed Nov 16 — $956 −12.9% −51.4% $24.0M 32 $30 83

Thu Nov 17 — $976 +2.1% −56.7% $24.0M 32 $30 84

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

Cumulative total$24.0M

Aug 26Sep 12Sep 30Oct 17Nov 3

Weekend grossWk 10 · $41.2K

$8.5M

$5.2M

$2.2M

$1.1M

$353.8K

$129.1K

$70.2K

$43.1K

$27.8K

$41.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,780 → 75 −97.3%

2,760 open75 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +48.0%

−39.1%

W1→2

−58.3%

W2→3

−48.1%

W3→4

−68.5%

W4→5

−63.5%

W5→6

−45.6%

W6→7

−38.6%

W7→8

−35.4%

W8→9

+48.0%

W9→10

Steepest −68.5%Biggest gain +48.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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