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The Conjuring

2013 • R • 1h 52m • Horror, Mystery, Thriller • Warner Bros.

Based on the true case files of the Warrens.

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3.62

7.5

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$41.9M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$137.4M

Final

Worldwide Total

$316.1M

$178.7M international

Domestic Legs3.28x

Budget$20.0M

2013 Rank#19

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJames Wan ScreenplayCarey Hayes, Chad Hayes Produced byTony DeRosa-Grund, Peter Safran, Rob Cowan CinematographyJohn R. Leonetti MusicJoseph Bishara StarringVera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor, Ron Livingston, Hayley McFarland, Sterling Jerins StudioWarner Bros. SeriesThe Conjuring

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 19-21 1 $41.9M — 2,903 $14,417 $41.9M

2 Jul 26-28 2 $22.2M −46.9% 3,022 $7,348 $83.9M

3 Aug 2-4 4 $13.0M −41.3% 3,115 $4,182 $108.0M

4 Aug 9-11 8 $6.6M −49.1% 2,650 $2,500 $120.7M

5 Aug 16-18 12 $3.9M −41.4% 2,001 $1,941 $127.8M

6 Aug 23-25 16 $2.1M −47.0% 1,355 $1,519 $131.7M

7 Aug 30-Sep 1 21 $1.4M −30.8% 903 $1,576 $133.9M

8 Sep 6-8 21 $722.3K −49.3% 716 $1,008 $135.2M

9 Sep 13-15 20 $599.3K −17.0% 676 $886 $136.0M

10 Sep 20-22 22 $417.5K −30.3% 561 $744 $136.6M

11 Sep 27-29 26 $201.3K −51.8% 338 $595 $137.0M

12 Oct 4-6 38 $118.9K −40.9% 202 $588 $137.2M

13 Oct 11-13 43 $68.0K −42.8% 145 $468 $137.3M

14 Oct 18-20 49 $43.0K −36.7% 113 $380 $137.3M

15 Oct 25-27 48 $27.6K −35.9% 100 $276 $137.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jul 18 $3.3M — $3.3M — —

Fri Jul 19 #1 $17.0M — $17.0M 2,903 $5,840 2

Sat Jul 20 #1 $13.9M −18% $30.9M 2,903 $4,801 3

Sun Jul 21 #1 $11.0M −21% $41.9M 2,903 $3,775 4

Mon Jul 22 #1 $5.5M −49% $47.4M 2,903 $1,907 5

Tue Jul 23 #1 $5.6M +1% $53.0M 2,903 $1,930 6

Wed Jul 24 #1 $4.5M −19% $57.5M 2,903 $1,556 7

Thu Jul 25 #1 $4.2M −6% $61.7M 2,903 $1,455 8

Fri Jul 26 #2 $7.3M +74% −57% $69.1M 3,022 $2,425 9

Sat Jul 27 #2 $8.4M +15% −39% $77.5M 3,022 $2,793 10

Sun Jul 28 #2 $6.4M −24% −41% $83.9M 3,022 $2,130 11

Mon Jul 29 #2 $2.9M −55% −48% $86.9M 3,022 $961 12

Tue Jul 30 #2 $3.0M +4% −46% $89.9M 3,022 $995 13

Wed Jul 31 #3 $2.5M −17% −45% $92.3M 3,022 $823 14

Thu Aug 1 #3 $2.6M +4% −39% $94.9M 3,022 $854 15

Fri Aug 2 #4 $4.3M +67% −41% $99.2M 3,115 $1,384 16

Sat Aug 3 #4 $5.2M +20% −39% $104.4M 3,115 $1,657 17

Sun Aug 4 #4 $3.6M −31% −45% $108.0M 3,115 $1,140 18

Mon Aug 5 #4 $1.7M −52% −41% $109.7M 3,115 $551 19

Tue Aug 6 #5 $1.7M +2% −42% $111.4M 3,115 $561 20

Wed Aug 7 #7 $1.3M −23% −46% $112.8M 3,115 $433 21

Thu Aug 8 #7 $1.3M −6% −51% $114.0M 3,115 $408 22

Fri Aug 9 #8 $2.1M +68% −50% $116.2M 2,650 $808 23

Sat Aug 10 #8 $2.7M +26% −48% $118.9M 2,650 $1,022 24

Sun Aug 11 #8 $1.8M −34% −50% $120.7M 2,650 $670 25

Mon Aug 12 #9 $868.2K −51% −49% $121.5M 2,650 $327 26

Tue Aug 13 #9 $979.0K +13% −44% $122.5M 2,650 $369 27

Wed Aug 14 #9 $760.1K −22% −44% $123.3M 2,650 $286 28

Thu Aug 15 #9 $673.2K −11% −47% $124.0M 2,650 $254 29

Fri Aug 16 #12 $1.2M +77% −44% $125.1M 2,001 $597 30

Sat Aug 17 #11 $1.6M +38% −39% $126.8M 2,001 $822 31

Sun Aug 18 #12 $1.0M −37% −41% $127.8M 2,001 $522 32

Mon Aug 19 #12 $484.0K −54% −44% $128.3M 2,001 $241 33

Tue Aug 20 #12 $522.1K +8% −47% $128.8M 2,001 $260 34

Wed Aug 21 #13 $403.0K −23% −47% $129.2M 2,001 $201 35

Thu Aug 22 #13 $363.3K −10% −46% $129.6M 2,001 $181 36

Fri Aug 23 $651.9K +79% −45% $130.3M 1,355 $481 37

Sat Aug 24 $919.2K +41% −44% $131.2M 1,355 $678 38

Sun Aug 25 $487.2K −47% −53% $131.7M 1,355 $359 39

Mon Aug 26 $218.6K −55% −55% $131.9M 1,355 $161 40

Tue Aug 27 $228.0K +4% −56% $132.1M 1,355 $168 41

Wed Aug 28 $181.1K −21% −55% $132.3M 1,355 $133 42

Thu Aug 29 $176.2K −3% −51% $132.5M 1,355 $130 43

Fri Aug 30 $360.1K +104% −45% $132.8M 903 $398 44

Sat Aug 31 $526.4K +46% −43% $133.4M 903 $582 45

Sun Sep 1 $536.8K +2% +10% $133.9M 903 $594 46

Mon Sep 2 $287.7K −46% +32% $134.2M 903 $318 47

Tue Sep 3 $104.5K −64% −54% $134.3M 903 $115 48

Wed Sep 4 $93.2K −11% −49% $134.4M 903 $103 49

Thu Sep 5 $82.0K −12% −53% $134.5M 903 $90 50

Fri Sep 6 $219.7K +168% −39% $134.7M 716 $306 51

Sat Sep 7 $342.0K +56% −35% $135.0M 716 $477 52

Sun Sep 8 $160.6K −53% −70% $135.2M 716 $224 53

Mon Sep 9 $56.1K −65% −81% $135.2M 716 $78 54

Tue Sep 10 $60.1K +7% −43% $135.3M 716 $83 55

Wed Sep 11 $53.2K −12% −43% $135.4M 716 $74 56

Thu Sep 12 $48.3K −9% −41% $135.4M 716 $67 57

Fri Sep 13 $221.3K +359% +1% $135.6M 676 $327 58

Sat Sep 14 $240.1K +8% −30% $135.9M 676 $355 59

Sun Sep 15 $137.9K −43% −14% $136.0M 676 $203 60

Mon Sep 16 $53.8K −61% −4% $136.1M 676 $79 61

Tue Sep 17 $54.5K +1% −9% $136.1M 676 $80 62

Wed Sep 18 $47.4K −13% −11% $136.2M 676 $70 63

Thu Sep 19 $49.1K +4% +2% $136.2M 676 $72 64

Fri Sep 20 $129.5K +164% −41% $136.3M 561 $230 65

Sat Sep 21 $195.6K +51% −19% $136.5M 561 $348 66

Sun Sep 22 $92.3K −53% −33% $136.6M 561 $164 67

Mon Sep 23 $35.1K −62% −35% $136.7M 561 $62 68

Tue Sep 24 $40.0K +14% −27% $136.7M 561 $71 69

Wed Sep 25 $35.6K −11% −25% $136.7M 561 $63 70

Thu Sep 26 $35.0K −2% −29% $136.8M 561 $62 71

Fri Sep 27 $58.0K +66% −55% $136.8M 338 $171 72

Sat Sep 28 $94.6K +63% −52% $136.9M 338 $279 73

Sun Sep 29 $48.7K −48% −47% $137.0M 338 $144 74

Mon Sep 30 $17.0K −65% −51% $137.0M 338 $50 75

Tue Oct 1 $18.8K +10% −53% $137.0M 338 $55 76

Wed Oct 2 $18.6K −1% −48% $137.0M 338 $55 77

Thu Oct 3 $17.7K −5% −50% $137.0M 338 $52 78

Fri Oct 4 $33.9K +92% −42% $137.1M 202 $167 79

Sat Oct 5 $57.0K +68% −40% $137.1M 202 $282 80

Sun Oct 6 $28.0K −51% −42% $137.2M 202 $138 81

Mon Oct 7 $10.6K −62% −38% $137.2M 202 $52 82

Tue Oct 8 $11.0K +3% −41% $137.2M 202 $54 83

Wed Oct 9 $10.1K −8% −46% $137.2M 202 $50 84

Thu Oct 10 $11.6K +15% −34% $137.2M 202 $57 85

Fri Oct 11 $19.3K +65% −43% $137.2M 145 $132 86

Sat Oct 12 $31.8K +65% −44% $137.3M 145 $219 87

Sun Oct 13 $16.9K −47% −40% $137.3M 145 $116 88

Mon Oct 14 $7.8K −54% −27% $137.3M 145 $53 89

Tue Oct 15 $6.4K −17% −42% $137.3M 145 $44 90

Wed Oct 16 $5.8K −9% −42% $137.3M 145 $40 91

Thu Oct 17 $6.9K +19% −40% $137.3M 145 $47 92

Fri Oct 18 $12.9K +86% −33% $137.3M 113 $114 93

Sat Oct 19 $20.3K +57% −36% $137.3M 113 $180 94

Sun Oct 20 $9.7K −52% −42% $137.3M 113 $86 95

Mon Oct 21 $3.9K −60% −50% $137.3M 113 $34 96

Tue Oct 22 $3.6K −7% −43% $137.4M 113 $32 97

Wed Oct 23 $3.3K −10% −44% $137.4M 113 $28 98

Thu Oct 24 $4.4K +36% −36% $137.4M 113 $39 99

Fri Oct 25 $8.2K +85% −37% $137.4M 100 $82 100

Sat Oct 26 $13.2K +61% −35% $137.4M 100 $132 101

Sun Oct 27 $6.2K −53% −37% $137.4M 100 $61 102

Mon Oct 28 $2.2K −64% −43% $137.4M 100 $22 103

Tue Oct 29 $2.7K +24% −24% $137.4M 100 $27 104

Wed Oct 30 $3.0K +8% −9% $137.4M 100 $29 105

Thu Oct 31 $5.0K +68% +12% $137.4M 100 $49 106

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

Cumulative total$136.7M

Jul 18Aug 4Aug 22Sep 8Sep 25

Weekend grossWk 10 · $417.5K

$41.9M

$22.2M

$13.0M

$6.6M

$3.9M

$2.1M

$1.4M

$722.3K

$599.3K

$417.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,115 → 561 −82.0%

2,903 open561 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −30.3%

−46.9% W1→2

−41.3% W2→3

−49.1% W3→4

−41.4% W4→5

−47.0% W5→6

−30.8% W6→7

−49.3% W7→8

−17.0% W8→9

−30.3% W9→10

Steepest −49.3%Best hold −17.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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