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2011 • R • 1h 23m • Horror, Mystery, Thriller • Paramount Pictures

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2.71

5.8

CS C+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$52.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$104.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$207.00M

$103.00M international

Domestic legs1.98x

Budget$5.0M

2011 rank#26

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Cast & crew

Directed byHenry Joost, Ariel Schulman ScreenplayChristopher Landon Produced byJason Blum, Oren Peli, Steven Schneider CinematographyMagdalena Górka StarringKatie Featherston, Sprague Grayden, Lauren Bittner, Christopher Nicholas Smith, Chloe Csengery, Jessica Tyler Brown StudioParamount Pictures SeriesParanormal Activity

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 21-23 1 $52.6M — 3,321 $15,829 $52.6M

2 Oct 28-30 2 $18.1M −65.5% 3,329 $5,450 $80.9M

3 Nov 4-6 4 $8.3M −54.1% 3,286 $2,536 $95.1M

4 Nov 11-13 8 $3.6M −56.7% 2,776 $1,300 $100.8M

5 Nov 18-20 11 $1.0M −72.3% 1,402 $713 $102.6M

6 Nov 25-27 24 $275.4K −72.5% 355 $775 $103.2M

7 Dec 2-4 33 $130.9K −52.5% 255 $513 $103.4M

8 Dec 9-11 27 $142.7K +9.0% 302 $472 $103.6M

9 Dec 16-18 31 $91.6K −35.8% 206 $444 $103.8M

10 Dec 23-25 43 $30.1K −67.2% 124 $242 $103.9M

11 Dec 30-Jan 1 46 $53.5K +78.1% 124 $431 $104.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Oct 20 $8.0M — $8.0M 2,200 $3,636 -1

Fri Oct 21 #1 $26.3M — $26.3M 3,321 $7,921 1

Sat Oct 22 #1 $17.2M −35% $43.5M 3,321 $5,180 2

Sun Oct 23 #1 $9.1M −47% $52.6M 3,321 $2,727 3

Mon Oct 24 #1 $2.9M −68% $55.5M 3,321 $867 4

Tue Oct 25 #1 $2.9M n/c $58.3M 3,321 $863 5

Wed Oct 26 #1 $2.1M −25% $60.5M 3,321 $644 6

Thu Oct 27 #1 $2.3M +8% $62.8M 3,321 $697 7

Fri Oct 28 #2 $6.4M +178% −76% $69.2M 3,329 $1,935 8

Sat Oct 29 #2 $7.3M +13% −58% $76.5M 3,329 $2,189 9

Sun Oct 30 #2 $4.4M −40% −51% $80.9M 3,329 $1,324 10

Mon Oct 31 #1 $2.5M −43% −12% $83.5M 3,329 $760 11

Tue Nov 1 #3 $1.3M −48% −54% $84.8M 3,329 $398 12

Wed Nov 2 #3 $988.8K −26% −54% $85.8M 3,329 $297 13

Thu Nov 3 #2 $1.0M +3% −56% $86.8M 3,329 $305 14

Fri Nov 4 #4 $2.9M +189% −54% $89.7M 3,286 $894 15

Sat Nov 5 #4 $3.7M +27% −49% $93.4M 3,286 $1,133 16

Sun Nov 6 #5 $1.7M −55% −62% $95.1M 3,286 $508 17

Mon Nov 7 #5 $505.9K −70% −80% $95.6M 3,286 $153 18

Tue Nov 8 #5 $537.4K +6% −60% $96.2M 3,286 $163 19

Wed Nov 9 #5 $418.2K −22% −58% $96.6M 3,286 $127 20

Thu Nov 10 #5 $619.4K +48% −39% $97.2M 3,286 $188 21

Fri Nov 11 #8 $1.4M +123% −53% $98.6M 2,776 $498 22

Sat Nov 12 #8 $1.5M +11% −59% $100.1M 2,776 $552 23

Sun Nov 13 #8 $693.6K −55% −58% $100.8M 2,776 $249 24

Mon Nov 14 #8 $209.4K −70% −59% $101.0M 2,776 $75 25

Tue Nov 15 #8 $231.9K +11% −57% $101.3M 2,776 $83 26

Wed Nov 16 #8 $193.7K −16% −54% $101.4M 2,776 $69 27

Thu Nov 17 #8 $174.9K −10% −72% $101.6M 2,776 $63 28

Fri Nov 18 #10 $333.3K +91% −76% $102.0M 2,776 $120 29

Sat Nov 19 #11 $444.0K +33% −71% $102.4M 2,776 $159 30

Sun Nov 20 #11 $223.2K −50% −68% $102.6M 2,776 $80 31

Mon Nov 21 #11 $106.1K −52% −49% $102.7M 2,776 $38 32

Tue Nov 22 #11 $139.4K +31% −40% $102.9M 2,776 $50 33

Wed Nov 23 $55.1K −60% −72% $102.9M 355 $155 34

Thu Nov 24 $50.7K −8% −71% $103.0M 355 $142 35

Fri Nov 25 $112.7K +122% −66% $103.1M 355 $317 36

Sat Nov 26 $116.8K +4% −74% $103.2M 355 $329 37

Sun Nov 27 $45.8K −61% −79% $103.2M 355 $129 38

Mon Nov 28 $16.6K −64% −84% $103.3M 355 $46 39

Tue Nov 29 $17.5K +5% −87% $103.3M 355 $49 40

Wed Nov 30 $15.3K −13% −72% $103.3M 355 $42 41

Thu Dec 1 $16.4K +8% −68% $103.3M 355 $46 42

Fri Dec 2 $41.3K +151% −63% $103.4M 255 $161 43

Sat Dec 3 $60.8K +47% −48% $103.4M 255 $238 44

Sun Dec 4 $28.8K −53% −37% $103.4M 255 $113 45

Mon Dec 5 $11.2K −61% −33% $103.5M 255 $43 46

Tue Dec 6 $10.9K −3% −38% $103.5M 255 $42 47

Wed Dec 7 $10.5K −3% −31% $103.5M 255 $41 48

Thu Dec 8 $11.3K +7% −31% $103.5M 255 $44 49

Fri Dec 9 $41.0K +263% −1% $103.5M 302 $135 50

Sat Dec 10 $64.3K +57% +6% $103.6M 302 $212 51

Sun Dec 11 $37.4K −42% +30% $103.6M 302 $123 52

Mon Dec 12 $15.2K −59% +36% $103.6M 302 $50 53

Tue Dec 13 $16.2K +6% +49% $103.7M 302 $53 54

Wed Dec 14 $15.1K −6% +43% $103.7M 302 $50 55

Thu Dec 15 $16.4K +8% +45% $103.7M 302 $54 56

Fri Dec 16 $25.2K +54% −39% $103.7M 206 $122 57

Sat Dec 17 $37.2K +48% −42% $103.8M 206 $180 58

Sun Dec 18 $29.2K −21% −22% $103.8M 206 $141 59

Mon Dec 19 $15.9K −46% +4% $103.8M 206 $77 60

Tue Dec 20 $17.6K +11% +9% $103.8M 206 $85 61

Wed Dec 21 $14.7K −16% −3% $103.8M 206 $71 62

Thu Dec 22 $16.3K +11% n/c $103.8M 206 $79 63

Fri Dec 23 $12.4K −24% −51% $103.9M 124 $99 64

Sat Dec 24 $4.0K −68% −89% $103.9M 124 $32 65

Sun Dec 25 $13.7K +244% −53% $103.9M 124 $110 66

Mon Dec 26 $16.1K +17% +1% $103.9M 124 $129 67

Tue Dec 27 $13.9K −13% −21% $103.9M 124 $112 68

Wed Dec 28 $15.4K +11% +5% $103.9M 124 $124 69

Thu Dec 29 $16.3K +5% n/c $103.9M 124 $131 70

Fri Dec 30 $21.5K +32% +73% $104.0M 124 $173 71

Sat Dec 31 $10.2K −52% +157% $104.0M 124 $82 72

Sun Jan 1 $21.9K +114% +59% $104.0M 124 $176 73

Mon Jan 2 $14.6K −33% −9% $104.0M 124 $117 74

Tue Jan 3 $7.1K −51% −49% $104.0M 124 $57 75

Wed Jan 4 $7.3K +2% −53% $104.0M 124 $58 76

Thu Jan 5 $6.6K −10% −60% $104.0M 124 $52 77

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

Cumulative total$103.9M

Oct 20Nov 7Nov 24Dec 12Dec 29

Weekend grossWk 10 · $30.1K

$52.6M

$18.1M

$8.3M

$3.6M

$1.0M

$275.4K

$130.9K

$142.7K

$91.6K

$30.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,329 → 124 −96.3%

2,200 open124 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −67.2%

−65.5%

W1→2

−54.1%

W2→3

−56.7%

W3→4

−72.3%

W4→5

−72.5%

W5→6

−52.5%

W6→7

+9.0%

W7→8

−35.8%

W8→9

−67.2%

W9→10

Steepest −72.5%Biggest gain +9.0%

Run milestones

$100M in 23 days

$100M

Day 23

Nov 12

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#11 Biggest October openingsAll-time $52.6M #14 Biggest horror openingsAll-time $52.6M

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