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Scary Stories to Tell in the DarkFollow

2019 • PG-13 • 1h 51m • Horror, Mystery, Thriller • CBS Films/Lionsgate

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$20.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$68.95M

Final

Worldwide total

$104.90M

Budget$28M

Domestic legs3.31x

2019 rank#42

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Cast & crew

Full Øvredal filmography

André Øvredal

André Øvredal Director

Dean Norris

Dean Norris Starring

Gil Bellows

Gil Bellows Starring

ScreenplayDan Hageman, Kevin Hageman, Guillermo del Toro, Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan Produced byGuillermo del Toro, Sean Daniel, Jason F. Brown, J. Miles Dale, Elizabeth Grave CinematographyRoman Osin MusicMarco Beltrami & Anna Drubich StudioLionsgate

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 9-11 2 $20.9M — 3,135 $6,672 $20.9M

2 Aug 16-18 5 $10.0M −52.1% 3,135 $3,192 $40.2M

3 Aug 23-25 8 $5.9M −41.4% 2,927 $2,005 $50.4M

4 Aug 30-Sep 1 7 $5.0M −14.8% 2,747 $1,820 $57.6M

5 Sep 6-8 9 $2.3M −54.0% 2,101 $1,094 $62.1M

6 Sep 13-15 11 $1.7M −26.0% 1,494 $1,138 $64.4M

7 Sep 20-22 14 $955.5K −43.8% 932 $1,025 $65.8M

8 Sep 27-29 13 $801.3K −16.1% 759 $1,056 $66.8M

9 Oct 4-6 16 $471.8K −41.1% 577 $818 $67.5M

10 Oct 11-13 20 $245.5K −47.9% 346 $710 $67.9M

11 Oct 18-20 23 $138.6K −43.5% 219 $633 $68.1M

12 Oct 25-27 21 $534.1K +285.4% 1,567 $341 $68.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Aug 8 P $2.3M — $2.3M 2,500 $920 1

Fri Aug 9 #1 $8.8M — $8.8M 3,135 $2,801 1

Sat Aug 10 #3 $6.9M −21.3% $15.7M 3,135 $2,203 2

Sun Aug 11 #3 $5.2M −24.3% $20.9M 3,135 $1,668 3

Mon Aug 12 #3 $2.4M −54.3% $23.3M 3,135 $762 4

Tue Aug 13 #4 $3.2M +34.2% $26.5M 3,135 $1,022 5

Wed Aug 14 #3 $2.0M −38.2% $28.5M 3,135 $631 6

Thu Aug 15 #3 $1.7M −15.0% $30.2M 3,135 $536 7

Fri Aug 16 #5 $3.0M +79.4% −65.6% $33.2M 3,135 $962 8

Sat Aug 17 #5 $4.1M +35.3% −40.9% $37.3M 3,135 $1,301 9

Sun Aug 18 #5 $2.9M −28.6% −44.3% $40.2M 3,135 $929 10

Mon Aug 19 #4 $1.1M −62.1% −53.8% $41.3M 3,135 $352 11

Tue Aug 20 #6 $1.5M +32.5% −54.4% $42.7M 3,135 $467 12

Wed Aug 21 #6 $932.0K −36.3% −52.9% $43.7M 3,135 $297 13

Thu Aug 22 #5 $815.4K −12.5% −51.5% $44.5M 3,135 $260 14

Fri Aug 23 #7 $1.7M +109.2% −43.4% $46.2M 2,927 $583 15

Sat Aug 24 #8 $2.6M +50.4% −37.1% $48.8M 2,927 $877 16

Sun Aug 25 #9 $1.6M −37.9% −45.3% $50.4M 2,927 $545 17

Mon Aug 26 #9 $533.2K −66.6% −51.7% $50.9M 2,927 $182 18

Tue Aug 27 #9 $764.5K +43.3% −47.8% $51.7M 2,927 $261 19

Wed Aug 28 #9 $493.8K −35.4% −47.1% $52.1M 2,927 $169 20

Thu Aug 29 #8 $471.7K −4.5% −42.2% $52.6M 2,927 $161 21

Fri Aug 30 #7 $1.2M +151.6% −30.4% $53.8M 2,747 $432 22

Sat Aug 31 #7 $1.9M +63.6% −24.5% $55.7M 2,747 $706 23

Sun Sep 1 #7 $1.9M −3.5% −35.8% $57.6M 2,747 $681 24

Mon Sep 2 #11 $1.3M −30.9% −45.9% $58.9M 2,747 $471 25

Tue Sep 3 #7 $465.5K −64.0% −39.1% $59.4M 2,747 $169 26

Wed Sep 4 #8 $289.4K −37.8% −41.3% $59.7M 2,747 $105 27

Thu Sep 5 #10 $159.0K −45.1% −66.3% $59.8M 2,747 $58 28

Fri Sep 6 #10 $608.9K +282.8% −48.7% $60.4M 2,101 $290 29

Sat Sep 7 #7 $1.1M +83.2% −42.6% $61.5M 2,101 $531 30

Sun Sep 8 #11 $574.3K −48.4% −75.2% $62.1M 2,101 $273 31

Mon Sep 9 #10 $138.1K −75.9% −70.3% $62.3M 2,101 $66 32

Tue Sep 10 #10 $217.3K +57.3% −53.4% $62.5M 2,101 $103 33

Wed Sep 11 #10 $144.6K −33.5% −55.0% $62.6M 2,101 $69 34

Thu Sep 12 #10 $115.4K −20.2% −27.5% $62.7M 2,101 $55 35

Fri Sep 13 #10 $513.2K +344.5% −15.8% $63.3M 1,494 $344 36

Sat Sep 14 #11 $811.0K +57.9% −80.1% $64.1M 1,494 $543 37

Sun Sep 15 #14 $375.5K −53.7% −83.7% $64.4M 1,494 $251 38

Mon Sep 16 #13 $90.6K −75.9% −34.3% $64.5M 1,494 $61 39

Tue Sep 17 #14 $132.3K +46.0% −39.1% $64.7M 1,494 $89 40

Wed Sep 18 #13 $94.6K −28.5% −34.7% $64.8M 1,494 $63 41

Thu Sep 19 #15 $73.4K −22.3% −36.4% $64.8M 1,494 $49 42

Fri Sep 20 #14 $247.7K +237.4% −51.7% $65.1M 932 $266 43

Sat Sep 21 #12 $476.1K +92.3% −41.3% $65.6M 932 $511 44

Sun Sep 22 #15 $231.7K −51.3% −38.3% $65.8M 932 $249 45

Mon Sep 23 — $56.1K −75.8% −38.1% $65.8M 932 $60 46

Tue Sep 24 — $79.3K +41.3% −40.1% $65.9M 932 $85 47

Wed Sep 25 — $55.5K −30.1% −41.3% $66.0M 932 $60 48

Thu Sep 26 — $50.9K −8.3% −30.6% $66.0M 932 $55 49

Fri Sep 27 #14 $217.3K +326.9% −12.3% $66.2M 759 $286 50

Sat Sep 28 #15 $382.5K +76.1% −19.7% $66.6M 759 $504 51

Sun Sep 29 #15 $201.5K −47.3% −13.0% $66.8M 759 $265 52

Mon Sep 30 — $61.3K −69.6% +9.1% $66.9M 759 $81 53

Tue Oct 1 #15 $73.3K +19.8% −7.5% $67.0M 759 $97 54

Wed Oct 2 — $48.5K −33.9% −12.8% $67.0M 759 $64 55

Thu Oct 3 — $29.3K −39.4% −42.5% $67.0M 759 $39 56

Fri Oct 4 #15 $120.2K +310.1% −44.6% $67.2M 577 $208 57

Sat Oct 5 #14 $230.1K +91.3% −39.9% $67.4M 577 $399 58

Sun Oct 6 — $121.5K −47.2% −39.7% $67.5M 577 $211 59

Mon Oct 7 — $39.3K −67.6% −35.8% $67.6M 577 $68 60

Tue Oct 8 — $55.0K +39.7% −24.7% $67.6M 577 $95 61

Wed Oct 9 — $43.2K −21.5% −10.8% $67.7M 577 $75 62

Thu Oct 10 — $26.2K −39.3% −10.6% $67.7M 577 $45 63

Fri Oct 11 — $73.6K +181.2% −38.8% $67.7M 346 $213 64

Sat Oct 12 — $107.5K +46.0% −53.3% $67.9M 346 $311 65

Sun Oct 13 — $64.5K −40.1% −68.0% $67.9M 346 $186 66

Mon Oct 14 — $31.7K −50.8% −49.8% $68.0M 346 $92 67

Tue Oct 15 — $20.9K −34.2% −4.2% $68.0M 346 $60 68

Wed Oct 16 — $15.7K −24.8% −63.6% $68.0M 346 $45 69

Thu Oct 17 — $12.2K −22.1% −53.4% $68.0M 346 $35 70

Fri Oct 18 — $40.0K +227.2% −45.5% $68.0M 219 $183 71

Sat Oct 19 — $70.4K +75.7% −34.5% $68.1M 219 $321 72

Sun Oct 20 — $28.2K −59.9% −56.3% $68.1M 219 $129 73

Mon Oct 21 — $10.1K −64.0% −68.0% $68.2M 219 $46 74

Tue Oct 22 — $10.0K −1.2% −52.0% $68.2M 219 $46 75

Wed Oct 23 — $9.2K −8.2% −41.5% $68.2M 219 $42 76

Thu Oct 24 — $7.2K −21.9% −41.3% $68.2M 219 $33 77

Fri Oct 25 — $144.7K +1915.7% +260.9% $68.3M 1,567 $92 78

Sat Oct 26 — $259.1K +79.0% +268.7% $68.6M 1,567 $165 79

Sun Oct 27 — $130.4K −49.7% +362.2% $68.7M 1,567 $83 80

Mon Oct 28 — $39.9K −69.4% +292.8% $68.8M 1,567 $25 81

Tue Oct 29 — $55.3K +38.8% +452.4% $68.8M 1,567 $35 82

Wed Oct 30 — $45.8K −17.1% +397.4% $68.9M 1,567 $29 83

Thu Oct 31 #15 $94.5K +106.2% +1215.8% $68.9M 1,567 $60 84

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

Cumulative total$68.0M

Aug 8Aug 26Sep 12Sep 30Oct 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $245.5K

$20.9M

$10.0M

$5.9M

$5.0M

$2.3M

$1.7M

$955.5K

$801.3K

$471.8K

$245.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,135 → 346 −89.0%

2,500 open346 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −47.9%

−52.1%

W1→2

−41.4%

W2→3

−14.8%

W3→4

−54.0%

W4→5

−26.0%

W5→6

−43.8%

W6→7

−16.1%

W7→8

−41.1%

W8→9

−47.9%

W9→10

Steepest −54.0%Best hold −14.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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