Name: Poltergeist
Director: Tobe Hooper
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 1982
Cast: JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunne, Oliver Robins

Cast & crew

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Craig T. Nelson Starring Poltergeist Franchise Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio

ScreenplaySteven Spielberg, Michael Grais, Mark Victor Story bySteven Spielberg Produced bySteven Spielberg, Frank Marshall CinematographyMatthew F. Leonetti Music byJerry Goldsmith Edited byMichael Kahn StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer SeriesPoltergeist

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 4-6 3 $6.9M — 890 $7,749 $6.9M

2 Jun 11-13 4 $5.4M −22.0% 890 $6,045 $15.8M

3 Jun 18-20 6 $4.7M −12.5% 911 $5,169 $24.3M

4 Jun 25-27 7 $4.1M −12.9% 911 $4,504 $31.3M

5 Jul 2-4 7 $4.3M +3.8% 1,060 $4,017 $38.0M

6 Jul 9-11 5 $3.2M −23.8% 1,030 $3,152 $42.7M

7 Jul 16-18 7 $2.6M −18.4% 1,030 $2,572 $47.4M

8 Jul 23-25 8 $2.1M −19.8% 926 $2,295 $51.3M

9 Jul 30-Aug 1 9 $1.8M −13.1% 867 $2,130 $54.9M

10 Aug 6-8 9 $1.9M +3.1% 805 $2,365 $58.1M

11 Aug 13-15 12 $1.4M −25.1% 699 $2,039 $60.6M

12 Aug 20-22 14 $1.3M −10.2% 739 $1,732 $62.3M

13 Aug 27-29 17 $920.5K −28.1% 681 $1,352 $64.2M

14 Sep 3-5 19 $1.1M +17.7% 596 $1,818 $65.7M

15 Sep 10-12 9 $1.1M −1.7% 680 $1,567 $66.9M

16 Sep 17-19 13 $738.3K −30.7% 530 $1,393 $67.9M

17 Sep 24-26 13 $720.0K −2.5% 440 $1,636 $68.9M

18 Oct 1-3 19 $414.7K −42.4% 368 $1,127 $69.6M

19 Oct 8-10 20 $389.2K −6.2% 308 $1,264 $70.5M

20 Oct 15-17 22 $206.2K −47.0% 246 $838 $71.3M

21 Oct 22-24 18 $183.3K −11.1% 171 $1,072 $71.6M

22 Oct 29-31 9 $1.0M +447.2% 879 $1,141 $72.7M

23 Nov 5-7 12 $385.6K −61.6% 323 $1,194 $73.5M

24 Nov 12-14 13 $223.2K −42.1% 288 $775 $73.9M

25 Nov 19-21 16 $186.7K −16.4% 211 $885 $74.1M

26 Nov 26-28 15 $290.9K +55.9% 213 $1,366 $74.5M

27 Dec 3-5 15 $143.3K −50.7% 193 $743 $74.7M

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

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.9M

$6.9M

$5.4M

$4.7M

$4.1M

$4.3M

$3.2M

$2.6M

$2.1M

$1.8M

$1.9M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +3.1%

−22.0%

W1→2

−12.5%

W2→3

−12.9%

W3→4

+3.8%

W4→5

−23.8%

W5→6

−18.4%

W6→7

−19.8%

W7→8

−13.1%

W8→9

+3.1%

W9→10

Steepest −23.8%Biggest gain +3.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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