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Paranormal Activity

2009 R 1h 26m Horror, Mystery Paramount Pictures

What happens when you sleep?

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$108M
Final
Opening Weekend
$21.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
5.11x
Opening → Total
Budget
$15K
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$193M
$85.4M international
2009 Rank
#30
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Oct 9-11 4 $7.9M $9.1M 160 $49K 1
Oct 16-18 3 $19.6M +148.3% $33.2M 760 $26K 2
Oct 23-25 1 $21.1M +7.6% $61.6M 1,945 $11K 3
Oct 30-Nov 1 2 $16.4M -22.3% $84.6M 2,404 $7K 4
Nov 6-8 5 $8.3M -49.5% $97.1M 2,558 $3K 5
Nov 13-15 8 $4.0M -51.2% $103.7M 2,712 $1K 6
Nov 20-22 13 $1.4M -65.3% $106.1M 1,902 $736 7
Nov 27-29 21 $486K -65.3% $107.1M 725 $670 8
Dec 4-6 29 $122K -74.9% $107.4M 308 $396 9
Dec 11-13 36 $62K -49.4% $107.5M 182 $339 10
Dec 18-20 29 $89K +43.8% $107.6M 237 $374 11
Dec 25-27 35 $72K -19.2% $107.7M 158 $453 12
Jan 1-3 40 $62K -13.9% $107.9M 145 $425 13
Jan 8-10 47 $27K -56.2% $107.9M 103 $262 14

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Cumulative Total

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Theater Count

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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Cast & Crew

Directed byOren Peli
ScreenplayOren Peli
StarringKatie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Mark Fredrichs, Amber Armstrong, Ashley Palmer, Crystal Cartwright
StudioParamount Pictures