Pet Sematary

Name: Pet Sematary
Director: Mary Lambert
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Released: 1989
Cast: Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby, Brad Greenquist, Michael Lombard

1989 • R • 1h 43m • Fantasy, Horror, Thriller • Paramount Pictures

Sometimes, dead is better.

🍅 55% 60%

3.26

6.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$12.0M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$57.5M

Final

Domestic Legs4.8x

Budget$11.5M

1989 Rank#23

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Cast & Crew

Directed byMary Lambert ScreenplayStephen King Produced byRichard P. Rubinstein CinematographyPeter Stein StarringDale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby, Brad Greenquist, Michael Lombard, Miko Hughes StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 21-23 1 $12.0M — 1,585 $7,600 $12.0M

2 Apr 28-30 1 $8.4M −30.4% 1,585 $5,287 $24.4M

3 May 5-7 2 $6.3M −24.4% 1,585 $3,999 $33.2M

4 May 12-14 4 $4.0M −37.4% 1,585 $2,504 $38.9M

5 May 19-21 5 $2.6M −34.5% 1,585 $1,642 $42.7M

6 May 26-29 7 $2.6M −1.9% 1,439 $1,774 $46.1M

7 Jun 2-4 9 $1.7M −33.0% 1,248 $1,371 $48.4M

8 Jun 9-11 9 $1.5M −9.6% 1,097 $1,410 $50.8M

9 Jun 16-18 9 $1.3M −18.5% 923 $1,365 $52.8M

Weekend grossWk 9 · $1.3M

$12.0M

$8.4M

$6.3M

$4.0M

$2.6M

$1.7M

$1.5M

$1.3M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −18.5%

−30.4%

W1→2

−24.4%

W2→3

−37.4%

W3→4

−34.5%

W4→5

−1.9%

W5→6

−33.0%

W6→7

−9.6%

W7→8

−18.5%

W8→9

Steepest −37.4%Best hold −1.9%

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