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The Blair Witch Project

1999 R 1h 21m Horror, Mystery Artisan Entertainment

Everything you've heard is true.

The Blair Witch Project Box Office

Opening Weekend
$1.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$140.5M
Final
Worldwide Total
$248.3M
$107.8M international
Domestic Legs92.9x
Budget$600K
1999 Rank#10
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 16-18 16 $1.51M $1.57M 27 $56.0K 1
Jul 23-25 17 $1.98M +30.8% $5.04M 31 $63.8K 2
Jul 30-Aug 1 2 $29.21M +1376.5% $36.14M 1,101 $26.5K 3
Aug 6-8 2 $24.35M -16.6% $80.05M 2,142 $11.4K 4
Aug 13-15 3 $14.50M -40.4% $107.28M 2,412 $6.0K 5
Aug 20-22 5 $7.27M -49.9% $120.65M 2,538 $2.9K 6
Aug 27-29 8 $4.22M -41.9% $128.08M 2,352 $1.8K 7
Sep 3-5 8 $4.08M -3.4% $133.84M 2,297 $1.8K 8
Sep 10-12 10 $1.63M -60.0% $136.27M 1,933 $844 9
Sep 17-19 12 $806K -50.6% $137.64M 1,436 $562 10
Sep 24-26 15 $486K -39.7% $138.43M 947 $514 11
Oct 1-3 21 $267K -45.0% $138.88M 584 $458 12
Oct 8-10 17 $488K +82.5% $139.47M 924 $528 13
Oct 15-17 21 $329K -32.5% $140.01M 692 $476 14
Oct 22-24 36 $165K -49.8% $140.33M 408 $406 15
Oct 29-31 42 $91K -44.8% $140.47M 232 $394 16
Nov 5-7 61 $29K -68.4% $140.53M 107 $270 17

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byDaniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez
Written byDaniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez
Produced byRobin Cowie, Gregg Hale
CinematographyNeal Fredericks
Music byAntonio Cora
StarringHeather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard
StudioArtisan Entertainment

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