Fright Night

Name: Fright Night
Director: Tom Holland
Genre: Horror
Released: 1985
Cast: Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse, Roddy McDowall, Stephen Geoffreys

1985 • R • 1h 46m • Horror • Sony Pictures Releasing

There are some very good reasons to be afraid of the dark.

🍅 83% 77%

3.56

7.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$6.1M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$24.9M

Final

Domestic Legs4.1x

1985 Rank#34

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Cast & Crew

Directed byTom Holland ScreenplayTom Holland Produced byHerb Jaffe CinematographyJan Kiesser StarringChris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse, Roddy McDowall, Stephen Geoffreys, Jonathan Stark StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 2-4 3 $6.1M — 1,542 $3,968 $6.1M

2 Aug 9-11 5 $4.3M −30.4% 1,545 $2,755 $13.3M

3 Aug 16-18 8 $2.4M −42.7% 1,110 $2,197 $17.8M

4 Aug 23-25 10 $1.6M −36.0% 828 $1,885 $20.6M

5 Aug 30-Sep 2 17 $1.1M −31.0% 536 $2,010 $22.2M

6 Sep 6-8 16 $779.9K −27.6% 608 $1,283 $23.2M

7 Sep 13-15 13 $710.6K −8.9% 684 $1,039 $24.2M

8 Sep 20-22 16 $453.6K −36.2% 487 $932 $24.9M

Weekend grossWk 8 · $453.6K

$6.1M

$4.3M

$2.4M

$1.6M

$1.1M

$779.9K

$710.6K

$453.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −36.2%

−30.4%

W1→2

−42.7%

W2→3

−36.0%

W3→4

−31.0%

W4→5

−27.6%

W5→6

−8.9%

W6→7

−36.2%

W7→8

Steepest −42.7%Best hold −8.9%

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