Name: Paranormal Activity 2
Director: Tod Williams
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Released: 2010
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Sprague Grayden, Brian Boland, Molly Ephraim, Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Thu Oct 21		$6.30M			$6.30M			-1
Fri Oct 22	#1	$20.11M		—	$20.11M	3,216	$6.3K	1
Sat Oct 23	#1	$13.04M	-35%	—	$33.15M	3,216	$4.1K	2
Sun Oct 24	#1	$7.53M	-42%	—	$40.68M	3,216	$2.3K	3
Mon Oct 25	#1	$2.43M	-68%	—	$43.11M	3,216	$754	4
Tue Oct 26	#1	$2.21M	-9%	—	$45.31M	3,216	$686	5
Wed Oct 27	#1	$1.87M	-16%	—	$47.18M	3,216	$580	6
Thu Oct 28	#1	$1.98M	+6%	—	$49.16M	3,216	$615	7
Fri Oct 29	#2	$5.80M	+193%	-71%	$54.96M	3,239	$1.8K	8
Sat Oct 30	#2	$6.49M	+12%	-50%	$61.45M	3,239	$2.0K	9
Sun Oct 31	#2	$4.22M	-35%	-44%	$65.67M	3,239	$1.3K	10
Mon Nov 1	#2	$1.33M	-68%	-45%	$67.00M	3,239	$412	11
Tue Nov 2	#3	$1.19M	-11%	-46%	$68.19M	3,239	$365	12
Wed Nov 3	#4	$847K	-29%	-55%	$69.03M	3,239	$261	13
Thu Nov 4	#4	$892K	+5%	-55%	$69.93M	3,239	$275	14
Fri Nov 5	#6	$2.37M	+165%	-59%	$72.29M	3,168	$746	15
Sat Nov 6	#6	$3.21M	+36%	-51%	$75.50M	3,168	$1.0K	16
Sun Nov 7	#6	$1.46M	-54%	-65%	$76.96M	3,168	$461	17
Mon Nov 8	#6	$396K	-73%	-70%	$77.36M	3,168	$125	18
Tue Nov 9	#6	$410K	+4%	-65%	$77.77M	3,168	$129	19
Wed Nov 10	#7	$509K	+24%	-40%	$78.28M	3,168	$160	20
Thu Nov 11	#7	$675K	+33%	-24%	$78.95M	3,168	$212	21
Fri Nov 12	#8	$1.05M	+56%	-56%	$80.00M	2,403	$436	22
Sat Nov 13	#8	$1.31M	+25%	-59%	$81.31M	2,403	$546	23
Sun Nov 14	#9	$618K	-53%	-58%	$81.93M	2,403	$257	24
Mon Nov 15	#9	$179K	-71%	-55%	$82.11M	2,403	$74	25
Tue Nov 16	#10	$204K	+14%	-50%	$82.31M	2,403	$85	26
Wed Nov 17	#10	$168K	-18%	-67%	$82.48M	2,403	$69	27
Thu Nov 18	#10	$157K	-6%	-77%	$82.64M	2,403	$65	28
Fri Nov 19	#11	$302K	+93%	-71%	$82.94M	1,101	$274	29
Sat Nov 20	#13	$427K	+41%	-67%	$83.37M	1,101	$387	30
Sun Nov 21	#14	$216K	-49%	-65%	$83.58M	1,101	$196	31
Mon Nov 22	#14	$95K	-56%	-47%	$83.68M	1,101	$86	32
Tue Nov 23	#14	$121K	+27%	-41%	$83.80M	1,101	$109	33
Wed Nov 24		$44K	-63%	-74%	$83.84M	279	$158	34
Thu Nov 25		$43K	-4%	-73%	$83.89M	279	$152	35
Fri Nov 26		$88K	+107%	-71%	$83.97M	279	$316	36
Sat Nov 27		$93K	+5%	-78%	$84.07M	279	$332	37
Sun Nov 28		$39K	-58%	-82%	$84.11M	279	$139	38
Mon Nov 29		$13K	-66%	-86%	$84.12M	279	$47	39
Tue Nov 30		$13K	n/c	-89%	$84.13M	279	$46	40
Wed Dec 1		$12K	-7%	-72%	$84.14M	279	$43	41
Thu Dec 2		$12K	+2%	-71%	$84.16M	279	$44	42
Fri Dec 3		$33K	+163%	-63%	$84.19M	200	$162	43
Sat Dec 4		$45K	+37%	-52%	$84.23M	200	$222	44
Sun Dec 5		$24K	-46%	-38%	$84.26M	200	$119	45
Mon Dec 6		$7K	-69%	-43%	$84.26M	200	$37	46
Tue Dec 7		$8K	+5%	-40%	$84.27M	200	$39	47
Wed Dec 8		$8K	+9%	-30%	$84.28M	200	$42	48
Thu Dec 9		$8K	-12%	-39%	$84.29M	200	$37	49
Fri Dec 10		$15K	+96%	-55%	$84.30M	125	$117	50
Sat Dec 11		$19K	+29%	-57%	$84.32M	125	$151	51
Sun Dec 12		$12K	-39%	-52%	$84.33M	125	$92	52
Mon Dec 13		$6K	-50%	-23%	$84.34M	125	$46	53
Tue Dec 14		$5K	-19%	-40%	$84.34M	125	$37	54
Wed Dec 15		$5K	+9%	-40%	$84.35M	125	$40	55
Thu Dec 16		$5K	-4%	-35%	$84.35M	125	$39	56
Fri Dec 17		$22K	+352%	+50%	$84.38M	174	$126	57
Sat Dec 18		$33K	+48%	+72%	$84.41M	174	$187	58
Sun Dec 19		$28K	-15%	+140%	$84.44M	174	$160	59
Mon Dec 20		$17K	-40%	+188%	$84.45M	174	$95	60
Tue Dec 21		$18K	+7%	+284%	$84.47M	174	$102	61
Wed Dec 22		$13K	-25%	+164%	$84.48M	174	$77	62
Thu Dec 23		$13K	-3%	+167%	$84.50M	174	$74	63
Fri Dec 24		$4K	-68%	-81%	$84.50M	145	$29	64
Sat Dec 25		$15K	+247%	-55%	$84.52M	145	$101	65
Sun Dec 26		$21K	+44%	-24%	$84.54M	145	$145	66
Mon Dec 27		$16K	-24%	-3%	$84.55M	145	$111	67
Tue Dec 28		$16K	-4%	-13%	$84.57M	145	$107	68
Wed Dec 29		$17K	+7%	+24%	$84.59M	145	$114	69
Thu Dec 30		$17K	+5%	+34%	$84.60M	145	$120	70
Fri Dec 31		$9K	-49%	+110%	$84.61M	145	$61	71
Sat Jan 1		$29K	+229%	+99%	$84.64M	145	$200	72
Sun Jan 2		$19K	-34%	-9%	$84.66M	145	$132	73
Mon Jan 3		$9K	-55%	-46%	$84.67M	145	$60	74
Tue Jan 4		$7K	-22%	-56%	$84.68M	145	$46	75
Wed Jan 5		$7K	-4%	-61%	$84.68M	145	$44	76
Thu Jan 6		$6K	-2%	-64%	$84.69M	145	$43	77
Fri Jan 7		$10K	+63%	+17%	$84.70M	90	$114	78
Sat Jan 8		$16K	+51%	-46%	$84.71M	90	$173	79
Sun Jan 9		$8K	-47%	-57%	$84.72M	90	$91	80
Mon Jan 10		$2K	-70%	-72%	$84.73M	90	$27	81
Tue Jan 11		$3K	+3%	-62%	$84.73M	90	$28	82
Wed Jan 12		$3K	+19%	-54%	$84.73M	90	$33	83
Thu Jan 13		$3K	-2%	-53%	$84.73M	90	$32	84
Fri Jan 14		$4K	+20%	-66%	$84.74M	40	$88	85
Sat Jan 15		$5K	+53%	-65%	$84.74M	40	$136	86
Sun Jan 16		$5K	-17%	-45%	$84.75M	40	$113	87
Mon Jan 17	#53	$2K	-52%	-13%	$84.75M	40	$53	88
Tue Jan 18		$1K	-48%	-56%	$84.75M	40	$28	89
Wed Jan 19		$1K	-4%	-64%	$84.75M	40	$26	90
Thu Jan 20		$825	-23%	-72%	$84.75M	40	$20	91

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Oct 22-24	1	$40.68M	—	$40.68M	3,216	$12.6K	1
Oct 29-31	2	$16.51M	-59.4%	$65.67M	3,239	$5.1K	2
Nov 5-7	6	$7.09M	-57.0%	$76.96M	3,168	$2.2K	3
Nov 12-14	8	$2.98M	-58.0%	$81.93M	2,403	$1.2K	4
Nov 19-21	12	$945K	-68.3%	$83.58M	1,101	$858	5
Nov 26-28	23	$220K	-76.7%	$84.11M	279	$788	6
Dec 3-5	31	$101K	-54.1%	$84.26M	200	$505	7
Dec 10-12	38	$45K	-55.2%	$84.33M	125	$362	8
Dec 17-19	30	$83K	+82.2%	$84.44M	174	$474	9
Dec 24-26	37	$40K	-51.6%	$84.54M	145	$275	10
Dec 31-Jan 2	39	$57K	+43.1%	$84.66M	145	$394	11

Performance Charts

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

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byTod Williams

ScreenplayMichael R. Perry, Tom Pabst, Christopher Landon

Produced byJason Blum, Oren Peli

CinematographyMichael Simmonds

StarringSprague Grayden, Brian Boland, Molly Ephraim, Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Seth Ginsberg

StudioParamount Pictures

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