Name: Poltergeist
Director: Gil Kenan
Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Thriller
Released: 2015
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jared Harris, Jane Adams, Saxon Sharbino

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Thu May 21	#P	$1.40M		—	$1.40M	2,500	$560	-1
Fri May 22	#3	$9.35M		—	$9.35M	3,240	$2.9K	1
Sat May 23	#5	$7.39M	-21.0%	—	$16.73M	3,240	$2.3K	2
Sun May 24	#5	$5.89M	-20.3%	—	$22.62M	3,240	$1.8K	3
Mon May 25	#5	$3.72M	-36.8%	—	$26.34M	3,240	$1.1K	4
Tue May 26	#5	$1.77M	-52.3%	—	$28.12M	3,240	$547	5
Wed May 27	#5	$1.25M	-29.8%	—	$29.36M	3,240	$385	6
Thu May 28	#5	$1.11M	-11.3%	—	$30.47M	3,240	$341	7
Fri May 29	#7	$2.60M	+135.0%	-72.2%	$33.06M	3,242	$801	8
Sat May 30	#7	$3.36M	+29.5%	-54.5%	$36.43M	3,242	$1.0K	9
Sun May 31	#7	$2.10M	-37.7%	-64.4%	$38.53M	3,242	$647	10
Mon Jun 1	#6	$853K	-59.3%	-77.1%	$39.38M	3,242	$263	11
Tue Jun 2	#7	$955K	+11.9%	-46.1%	$40.33M	3,242	$295	12
Wed Jun 3	#8	$726K	-24.0%	-41.7%	$41.06M	3,242	$224	13
Thu Jun 4	#8	$541K	-25.4%	-51.0%	$41.60M	3,242	$167	14
Fri Jun 5	#10	$912K	+68.4%	-64.9%	$42.51M	2,229	$409	15
Sat Jun 6	#10	$1.15M	+26.2%	-65.8%	$43.66M	2,229	$516	16
Sun Jun 7	#10	$642K	-44.2%	-69.4%	$44.31M	2,229	$288	17
Mon Jun 8	#10	$313K	-51.3%	-63.3%	$44.62M	2,229	$140	18
Tue Jun 9	#10	$332K	+6.2%	-65.2%	$44.95M	2,229	$149	19
Wed Jun 10	#10	$285K	-14.3%	-60.8%	$45.24M	2,229	$128	20
Thu Jun 11	#11	$192K	-32.5%	-64.5%	$45.43M	2,229	$86	21
Fri Jun 12	#12	$221K	+14.8%	-75.8%	$45.65M	1,069	$206	22
Sat Jun 13	#12	$309K	+40.1%	-73.1%	$45.96M	1,069	$289	23
Sun Jun 14	#13	$159K	-48.4%	-75.2%	$46.12M	1,069	$149	24
Mon Jun 15	#-	$95K	-40.3%	-69.6%	$46.21M	1,069	$89	25
Tue Jun 16	#-	$103K	+7.8%	-69.1%	$46.32M	1,069	$96	26
Wed Jun 17	#-	$95K	-7.4%	-66.6%	$46.41M	1,069	$89	27
Thu Jun 18	#13	$82K	-14.1%	-57.6%	$46.49M	1,069	$76	28
Fri Jun 19	#-	$70K	-14.8%	-68.5%	$46.56M	295	$236	29
Sat Jun 20	#-	$86K	+23.8%	-72.2%	$46.65M	295	$292	30
Sun Jun 21	#-	$55K	-36.6%	-65.8%	$46.70M	295	$185	31
Mon Jun 22	#-	$31K	-42.7%	-67.2%	$46.73M	295	$106	32
Tue Jun 23	#-	$35K	+11.4%	-66.1%	$46.77M	295	$118	33
Wed Jun 24	#-	$30K	-12.6%	-68.0%	$46.80M	295	$103	34
Thu Jun 25	#-	$28K	-6.7%	-65.2%	$46.83M	295	$96	35
Fri Jun 26	#-	$47K	+65.7%	-32.3%	$46.87M	187	$252	36
Sat Jun 27	#-	$62K	+31.4%	-28.2%	$46.94M	187	$331	37
Sun Jun 28	#-	$43K	-29.7%	-20.3%	$46.98M	187	$232	38
Mon Jun 29	#-	$24K	-44.1%	-22.2%	$47.00M	187	$130	39
Tue Jun 30	#-	$25K	+2.2%	-28.7%	$47.03M	187	$133	40
Wed Jul 1	#-	$18K	-25.8%	-39.4%	$47.05M	147	$125	41
Thu Jul 2	#-	$23K	+26.6%	-17.8%	$47.07M	147	$159	42
Fri Jul 3	#-	$25K	+8.9%	-46.0%	$47.10M	121	$210	43
Sat Jul 4	#-	$15K	-41.4%	-75.9%	$47.11M	121	$123	44
Sun Jul 5	#-	$25K	+71.1%	-41.4%	$47.14M	121	$211	45
Mon Jul 6	#-	$14K	-45.4%	-42.7%	$47.15M	121	$115	46
Tue Jul 7	#-	$16K	+16.3%	-34.8%	$47.17M	121	$134	47
Wed Jul 8	#-	$15K	-6.0%	-17.3%	$47.18M	121	$126	48
Thu Jul 9	#-	$13K	-17.0%	-45.8%	$47.19M	121	$104	49
Fri Jul 10	#-	$18K	+43.8%	-28.5%	$47.21M	98	$185	50
Sat Jul 11	#-	$25K	+38.0%	+68.3%	$47.24M	98	$256	51
Sun Jul 12	#-	$19K	-23.8%	-25.0%	$47.26M	98	$195	52
Mon Jul 13	#-	$10K	-46.5%	-26.5%	$47.27M	98	$104	53
Tue Jul 14	#-	$10K	+2.0%	-35.5%	$47.28M	98	$106	54
Wed Jul 15	#-	$9K	-9.5%	-38.0%	$47.29M	98	$96	55
Thu Jul 16	#-	$10K	+5.6%	-21.0%	$47.30M	98	$102	56
Fri Jul 17	#-	$12K	+16.4%	-36.1%	$47.31M	71	$164	57
Sat Jul 18	#-	$16K	+38.4%	-35.9%	$47.32M	71	$226	58
Sun Jul 19	#-	$13K	-19.8%	-32.6%	$47.34M	71	$182	59
Mon Jul 20	#-	$7K	-49.4%	-36.3%	$47.34M	71	$92	60
Tue Jul 21	#-	$6K	-1.0%	-38.2%	$47.35M	71	$91	61
Wed Jul 22	#-	$6K	-0.2%	-31.8%	$47.36M	71	$91	62
Thu Jul 23	#-	$7K	+3.2%	-33.4%	$47.36M	71	$94	63

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
May 22-24	4	$22.62M	—	$22.62M	3,240	$7.0K	1
May 29-31	7	$8.06M	-64.4%	$38.53M	3,242	$2.5K	2
Jun 5-7	10	$2.71M	-66.4%	$44.31M	2,229	$1.2K	3
Jun 12-14	14	$689K	-74.5%	$46.12M	1,069	$645	4
Jun 19-21	23	$210K	-69.5%	$46.70M	295	$712	5
Jun 26-28	26	$152K	-27.5%	$46.98M	187	$815	6
Jul 3-5	36	$66K	-56.8%	$47.14M	121	$544	7
Jul 10-12	36	$62K	-5.2%	$47.26M	98	$636	8
Jul 17-19	44	$41K	-34.9%	$47.34M	71	$571	9
Jul 24-26	56	$21K	-47.6%	$47.38M	44	$483	10
Jul 31-Aug 2	54	$19K	-12.1%	$47.42M	30	$622	11

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byGil Kenan

ScreenplayDavid Lindsay-Abaire

Produced bySam Raimi, Rob Tapert, Roy Lee

CinematographyJavier Aguirresarobe

Music byMarc Streitenfeld

StarringSam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jared Harris, Jane Adams, Saxon Sharbino, Kyle Catlett, Kennedi Clements

Studio20th Century Fox

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