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Paranormal Activity 3

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

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Box office summary
Domestic Total
$104M
Final
Opening Weekend
$52.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
1.98x
Opening → Total
Budget
$5.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$207M
$103M international
2011 Rank
#26
Domestic
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Oct 21-23 1 $52.6M $52.6M 3,321 $16K 1
Oct 28-30 2 $18.1M -65.5% $80.9M 3,329 $5K 2
Nov 4-6 4 $8.3M -54.1% $95.1M 3,286 $3K 3
Nov 11-13 8 $3.6M -56.7% $100.8M 2,776 $1K 4
Nov 18-20 11 $1.0M -72.3% $102.6M 1,402 $713 5
Nov 25-27 24 $275K -72.5% $103.2M 355 $775 6
Dec 2-4 33 $131K -52.5% $103.4M 255 $513 7
Dec 9-11 27 $143K +9.0% $103.6M 302 $472 8
Dec 16-18 31 $92K -35.8% $103.8M 206 $444 9
Dec 23-25 43 $30K -67.2% $103.9M 124 $242 10
Dec 30-Jan 1 46 $54K +78.1% $104.0M 124 $431 11

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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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