Name: House of Wax
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Genre: Horror
Released: 2005
Cast: Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Van Holt, Paris Hilton, Jared Padalecki

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri May 6	#2	$4.85M		—	$4.85M	—	—	1
Sat May 7	#2	$4.53M	-6.6%	—	$9.38M	3,111	$1.5K	2
Sun May 8	#3	$2.69M	-40.6%	—	$12.08M	3,111	$866	3
Mon May 9	#2	$954K	-64.6%	—	$13.03M	3,111	$307	4
Tue May 10	#3	$833K	-12.7%	—	$13.87M	3,111	$268	5
Wed May 11	#3	$766K	-8.0%	—	$14.63M	3,111	$246	6
Thu May 12	#3	$752K	-1.8%	—	$15.38M	3,111	$242	7
Fri May 13	#5	$2.20M	+192.6%	-54.7%	$17.60M	3,111	$707	8
Sat May 14	#6	$2.65M	+20.6%	-41.4%	$20.30M	3,111	$853	9
Sun May 15	#6	$1.65M	-37.8%	-38.7%	$21.95M	3,111	$530	10
Mon May 16	#6	$516K	-68.7%	-45.9%	$22.46M	3,111	$166	11
Tue May 17	#6	$461K	-10.7%	-44.7%	$22.92M	3,111	$148	12
Wed May 18	#6	$372K	-19.3%	-51.4%	$23.30M	3,111	$120	13
Thu May 19	#7	$328K	-11.8%	-56.4%	$23.62M	3,111	$105	14
Fri May 20	#6	$1.02M	+211.8%	-53.5%	$24.65M	2,765	$370	15
Sat May 21	#7	$1.35M	+32.4%	-49.0%	$26.00M	2,765	$489	16
Sun May 22	#7	$912K	-32.6%	-44.7%	$26.91M	2,765	$330	17
Mon May 23	#7	$374K	-59.0%	-27.5%	$27.29M	2,765	$135	18
Tue May 24	#7	$311K	-16.8%	-32.5%	$27.60M	2,765	$112	19
Wed May 25	#7	$301K	-3.2%	-19.1%	$27.90M	2,765	$109	20
Thu May 26	#7	$333K	+10.6%	+1.5%	$28.23M	2,765	$120	21
Fri May 27	#10	$395K	+18.5%	-61.4%	$28.63M	1,635	$241	22
Sat May 28	#10	$480K	+21.7%	-64.5%	$29.11M	1,635	$294	23
Sun May 29	#10	$430K	-10.5%	-52.9%	$29.54M	1,635	$263	24
Mon May 30	#10	$324K	-24.7%	-13.4%	$29.86M	1,635	$198	25
Tue May 31	#10	$147K	-54.6%	-52.7%	$30.01M	1,635	$90	26
Mon Jun 6	—	$46K		-85.7%	$30.74M	538	$86	32
Tue Jun 7	—	$49K	+6.6%	-66.5%	$30.79M	538	$92	33
Mon Jul 4	#35	$15K		—	$31.80M	—	—	60

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
May 6-8	2	$12.08M	—	$12.08M	3,111	$3.9K	1
May 13-15	6	$6.56M	-45.7%	$21.95M	3,111	$2.1K	2
May 20-22	7	$3.29M	-49.9%	$26.91M	2,765	$1.2K	3
May 27-29	10	$1.30M	-60.3%	$29.54M	1,635	$798	4
Jun 3-5	13	$448K	-65.6%	$30.70M	538	$833	5
Jun 10-12	27	$135K	-69.9%	$31.02M	202	$668	6
Jun 17-19	19	$218K	+61.4%	$31.28M	112	$1.9K	7
Jun 24-26	23	$222K	+1.9%	$31.57M	267	$832	8
Jul 1-3	33	$109K	-51.1%	$31.79M	200	$543	9
Jul 8-10	42	$67K	-38.3%	$31.92M	140	$479	10
Jul 15-17	48	$40K	-40.9%	$32.00M	92	$431	11
Jul 22-24	58	$26K	-34.5%	$32.05M	67	$388	12

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJaume Collet-Serra

ScreenplayChad Hayes, Carey W. Hayes

Produced byJoel Silver, Robert Zemeckis, Susan Levin

CinematographyStephen F. Windon

Music byJohn Ottman

StarringElisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Van Holt, Paris Hilton, Jared Padalecki, Jon Abrahams, Robert Ri'chard

StudioWarner Bros.

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