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Fright Night

2011 • R • 1h 41m • Action, Comedy, Drama • Gaeta / Rosenzweig Films

You can't run from evil when it lives next door.

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$8.1M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$18.3M

Final

Worldwide Total

$40.5M

$22.2M international

Domestic Legs2.3x

Budget$30M

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Cast & Crew

Full Gillespie filmography

Craig Gillespie

Craig Gillespie Director

Anton Yelchin Starring

Colin Farrell Starring

Toni Collette Starring

David Tennant Starring

Imogen Poots Starring

ScreenplayMarti Noxon Produced byMichael De Luca, Alison R. Rosenzweig CinematographyJavier Aguirresarobe MusicRamin Djawadi Prod. DesignRichard Bridgland StudioGaeta / Rosenzweig Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 19-21 5 $8.1M — 3,114 $2,606 $8.1M

2 Aug 26-28 10 $3.1M −61.8% 3,114 $997 $14.3M

3 Sep 2-4 20 $1.3M −58.0% 1,468 $887 $17.1M

4 Sep 9-11 33 $229.7K −82.4% 435 $528 $17.9M

5 Sep 16-18 45 $65.5K −71.5% 148 $442 $18.0M

6 Sep 23-25 67 $19.3K −70.4% 44 $440 $18.1M

7 Sep 30-Oct 2 67 $16.7K −13.5% 23 $727 $18.1M

8 Oct 7-9 64 $23.8K +42.1% 22 $1,081 $18.1M

9 Oct 14-16 81 $9.3K −60.9% 15 $620 $18.1M

10 Oct 21-23 43 $74.1K +696.2% 120 $617 $18.2M

11 Oct 28-30 54 $38.1K −48.6% 108 $352 $18.3M

12 Nov 4-6 72 $10.9K −71.3% 26 $419 $18.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 19 #5 $3.1M — $3.1M 3,114 $987 1

Sat Aug 20 #7 $3.0M −3.3% $6.0M 3,114 $955 2

Sun Aug 21 #7 $2.1M −30.5% $8.1M 3,114 $664 3

Mon Aug 22 #7 $818.8K −60.4% $8.9M 3,114 $263 4

Tue Aug 23 #7 $949.7K +16.0% $9.9M 3,114 $305 5

Wed Aug 24 #7 $669.6K −29.5% $10.6M 3,114 $215 6

Thu Aug 25 #8 $626.0K −6.5% $11.2M 3,114 $201 7

Fri Aug 26 #9 $997.5K +59.3% −67.6% $12.2M 3,114 $320 8

Sat Aug 27 #9 $1.2M +24.5% −58.2% $13.4M 3,114 $399 9

Sun Aug 28 #9 $863.7K −30.5% −58.2% $14.3M 3,114 $277 10

Mon Aug 29 #10 $365.0K −57.7% −55.4% $14.6M 3,114 $117 11

Tue Aug 30 #9 $442.7K +21.3% −53.4% $15.1M 3,114 $142 12

Wed Aug 31 #11 $333.9K −24.6% −50.1% $15.4M 3,114 $107 13

Thu Sep 1 #10 $338.8K +1.5% −45.9% $15.8M 3,114 $109 14

Fri Sep 2 — $345.7K +2.1% −65.3% $16.1M 1,468 $236 15

Sat Sep 3 — $491.7K +42.2% −60.4% $16.6M 1,468 $335 16

Sun Sep 4 — $464.8K −5.5% −46.2% $17.1M 1,468 $317 17

Mon Sep 5 #21 $280.0K −39.8% −23.3% $17.3M 1,468 $191 18

Tue Sep 6 — $108.5K −61.3% −75.5% $17.5M 1,468 $74 19

Wed Sep 7 — $94.5K −12.8% −71.7% $17.5M 1,468 $64 20

Thu Sep 8 — $87.1K −7.9% −74.3% $17.6M 1,468 $59 21

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

Cumulative total$17.6M

Aug 19Aug 24Aug 29Sep 3Sep 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $74.1K

$8.1M

$3.1M

$1.3M

$229.7K

$65.5K

$19.3K

$16.7K

$23.8K

$9.3K

$74.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,114 → 1,468 −52.9%

3,114 open1,468 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +696.2%

−61.8%

W1→2

−58.0%

W2→3

−82.4%

W3→4

−71.5%

W4→5

−70.4%

W5→6

−13.5%

W6→7

+42.1%

W7→8

−60.9%

W8→9

+696.2%

W9→10

Steepest −82.4%Biggest gain +696.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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