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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.

Box office summary
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
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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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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
Produced byJason Blum, Oren Peli
CinematographyMichael Simmonds
StarringSprague Grayden, Brian Boland, Molly Ephraim, Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Seth Ginsberg
StudioParamount Pictures