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The Babadook

2014 • Not Rated • 1h 34m • Horror, Drama, Mystery • IFC Midnight

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🍅 98% 72% MC 86 LB 3.30 IMDb 6.8

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$30K
Limited · 3 theaters
Domestic Total
$951K
Final
Worldwide Total
$7.5M
$6.5M international
Domestic Legs7.1x
Budget$2M
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Cast & Crew

Directed byJennifer Kent Written byJennifer Kent Produced byKristina Ceyton, Kristian Moliere CinematographyRadek Ładczuk Music byJed Kurzel StarringEssie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall, Hayley McElhinney, Barbara West StudioIFC Midnight
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 28-30 41 $30.0K — 3 $10,002 $30.0K
2 Dec 5-7 35 $78.1K +160.3% 23 $3,396 $123.9K
3 Dec 12-14 31 $134.5K +72.2% 80 $1,681 $302.3K
4 Dec 19-21 31 $103.5K −23.0% 79 $1,310 $480.3K
5 Dec 26-28 38 $61.0K −41.0% 66 $924 $608.1K
6 Jan 2-4 41 $72.2K +18.4% 59 $1,224 $742.1K
7 Jan 9-11 45 $43.3K −40.0% 55 $788 $815.3K
8 Jan 16-18 51 $28.8K −33.5% 40 $720 $864.9K
9 Jan 23-25 61 $18.4K −35.9% 30 $615 $900.1K
10 Jan 30-Feb 1 68 $7.0K −62.0% 20 $351 $913.7K
11 Feb 6-8 72 $6.4K −8.9% 10 $639 $924.3K
12 Feb 13-15 77 $5.5K −13.9% 11 $500 $933.1K
14 Feb 27-Mar 1 84 $2.4K — 6 $407 $947.2K
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $7.0K
$30.0K
$78.1K
$134.5K
$103.5K
$61.0K
$72.2K
$43.3K
$28.8K
$18.4K
$7.0K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −62.0%
+160.3%
W1→2
+72.2%
W2→3
−23.0%
W3→4
−41.0%
W4→5
+18.4%
W5→6
−40.0%
W6→7
−33.5%
W7→8
−35.9%
W8→9
−62.0%
W9→10
Steepest −62.0%Biggest gain +160.3%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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