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Paranormal Activity 2

2010 R 1h 31m Horror, Mystery Paramount Pictures

In 2009 you demanded it. Nothing can prepare you for what's next.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$84.8M
Final
Opening Weekend
$40.7M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
2.08x
Opening → Total
Budget
$3.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$178M
$92.8M international
2010 Rank
#40
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Oct 22-24 1 $40.7M $40.7M 3,216 $13K 1
Oct 29-31 2 $16.5M -59.4% $65.7M 3,239 $5K 2
Nov 5-7 6 $7.1M -57.0% $77.0M 3,168 $2K 3
Nov 12-14 8 $3.0M -58.0% $81.9M 2,403 $1K 4
Nov 19-21 12 $945K -68.3% $83.6M 1,101 $858 5
Nov 26-28 23 $220K -76.7% $84.1M 279 $788 6
Dec 3-5 31 $101K -54.1% $84.3M 200 $505 7
Dec 10-12 38 $45K -55.2% $84.3M 125 $362 8
Dec 17-19 30 $83K +82.2% $84.4M 174 $474 9
Dec 24-26 37 $40K -51.6% $84.5M 145 $275 10
Dec 31-Jan 2 39 $57K +43.1% $84.7M 145 $394 11

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byTod Williams
ScreenplayMichael R. Perry, Tom Pabst, Christopher Landon
StarringSprague Grayden, Brian Boland, Molly Ephraim, Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Seth Ginsberg
StudioParamount Pictures