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The Curse of La Llorona

2019 • R • 1h 33m • Horror, Mystery, Thriller • Warner Bros.

She wants your children.

🍅 26% 34%

41

1.94

5.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$26.3M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$54.7M

Final

Worldwide Total

$123.2M

$68.5M international

Domestic Legs2.1x

Budget$9M

2019 Rank#51

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Cast & Crew

Full Chaves filmography

Michael Chaves Director

Linda Cardellini

Linda Cardellini Starring

Patricia Velásquez

Patricia Velásquez Starring

Sean Patrick Thomas

Sean Patrick Thomas Starring

ScreenplayTobias Iaconis, Mikki Daughtry Produced byJames Wan, Gary Dauberman, Emile Gladstone CinematographyMichael Burgess MusicJoseph Bishara StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 19-21 1 $26.3M — 3,372 $7,814 $26.3M

2 Apr 26-28 3 $8.0M −69.5% 3,372 $2,386 $41.8M

3 May 3-5 7 $3.7M −54.0% 2,540 $1,458 $48.3M

4 May 10-12 10 $1.9M −50.0% 1,182 $1,567 $51.5M

5 May 17-19 12 $890.0K −51.9% 651 $1,367 $53.0M

6 May 24-26 16 $495.9K −44.3% 359 $1,381 $53.8M

7 May 31-Jun 2 20 $181.4K −63.4% 167 $1,086 $54.3M

8 Jun 7-9 28 $102.5K −43.5% 120 $854 $54.4M

9 Jun 14-16 29 $71.6K −30.2% 82 $873 $54.6M

10 Jun 21-23 30 $52.8K −26.2% 61 $866 $54.7M

11 Jun 28-30 33 $32.4K −38.6% 46 $705 $54.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Apr 18 — $2.8M — $2.8M — — -1

Fri Apr 19 #1 $11.9M +333.4% $11.9M 3,372 $3,535 1

Sat Apr 20 #1 $8.8M −26.2% $20.7M 3,372 $2,607 2

Sun Apr 21 #1 $5.6M −35.9% $26.3M 3,372 $1,672 3

Mon Apr 22 #1 $2.3M −59.9% $28.6M 3,372 $670 4

Tue Apr 23 #1 $2.7M +20.7% $31.3M 3,372 $808 5

Wed Apr 24 #1 $1.5M −46.7% $32.8M 3,372 $431 6

Thu Apr 25 #2 $1.0M −31.1% $33.8M 3,372 $297 7

Fri Apr 26 #3 $2.5M +145.4% −79.4% $36.2M 3,372 $729 8

Sat Apr 27 #3 $3.2M +30.8% −63.4% $39.5M 3,372 $953 9

Sun Apr 28 #2 $2.4M −26.2% −57.9% $41.8M 3,372 $704 10

Mon Apr 29 #3 $662.5K −72.1% −70.7% $42.5M 3,372 $196 11

Tue Apr 30 #3 $964.5K +45.6% −64.6% $43.5M 3,372 $286 12

Wed May 1 #2 $627.0K −35.0% −56.8% $44.1M 3,372 $186 13

Thu May 2 #3 $515.9K −17.7% −48.5% $44.6M 3,372 $153 14

Fri May 3 #7 $1.1M +118.4% −54.1% $45.7M 2,540 $444 15

Sat May 4 #7 $1.5M +34.9% −52.7% $47.2M 2,540 $598 16

Sun May 5 #6 $1.1M −30.5% −55.5% $48.3M 2,540 $416 17

Mon May 6 #5 $322.2K −69.5% −51.4% $48.6M 2,540 $127 18

Tue May 7 #6 $458.5K +42.3% −52.5% $49.1M 2,540 $181 19

Wed May 8 #6 $301.2K −34.3% −52.0% $49.4M 2,540 $119 20

Thu May 9 #7 $215.5K −28.4% −58.2% $49.6M 2,540 $85 21

Fri May 10 #10 $514.8K +138.9% −54.3% $50.1M 1,182 $436 22

Sat May 11 #10 $775.8K +50.7% −48.9% $50.9M 1,182 $656 23

Sun May 12 #10 $561.2K −27.7% −46.9% $51.5M 1,182 $475 24

Mon May 13 #10 $171.4K −69.5% −46.8% $51.6M 1,182 $145 25

Tue May 14 #10 $225.4K +31.5% −50.8% $51.8M 1,182 $191 26

Wed May 15 #10 $152.9K −32.2% −49.2% $52.0M 1,182 $129 27

Thu May 16 #11 $113.9K −25.5% −47.1% $52.1M 1,182 $96 28

Fri May 17 #12 $244.1K +114.3% −52.6% $52.4M 651 $375 29

Sat May 18 #12 $383.5K +57.1% −50.6% $52.7M 651 $589 30

Sun May 19 #12 $262.5K −31.6% −53.2% $53.0M 651 $403 31

Mon May 20 #13 $85.9K −67.3% −49.9% $53.1M 651 $132 32

Tue May 21 #13 $116.2K +35.3% −48.4% $53.2M 651 $179 33

Wed May 22 #13 $85.0K −26.9% −44.4% $53.3M 651 $131 34

Thu May 23 #13 $56.8K −33.2% −50.2% $53.3M 651 $87 35

Fri May 24 — $119.6K +110.8% −51.0% $53.5M 359 $333 36

Sat May 25 #15 $177.4K +48.3% −53.7% $53.6M 359 $494 37

Sun May 26 #15 $198.9K +12.1% −24.2% $53.8M 359 $554 38

Mon May 27 — $108.6K −45.4% +26.5% $54.0M 359 $303 39

Tue May 28 #15 $61.8K −43.1% −46.8% $54.0M 359 $172 40

Wed May 29 — $45.9K −25.9% −46.0% $54.1M 359 $128 41

Thu May 30 — $27.8K −39.4% −51.1% $54.1M 359 $77 42

Fri May 31 — $58.2K +109.6% −51.3% $54.1M 167 $349 43

Sat Jun 1 — $76.8K +31.9% −56.7% $54.2M 167 $460 44

Sun Jun 2 — $46.4K −39.6% −76.7% $54.3M 167 $278 45

Mon Jun 3 — $17.7K −61.9% −83.7% $54.3M 167 $106 46

Tue Jun 4 — $19.3K +9.4% −68.8% $54.3M 167 $116 47

Wed Jun 5 — $17.0K −11.9% −62.9% $54.3M 167 $102 48

Thu Jun 6 — $15.9K −6.6% −42.8% $54.3M 167 $95 49

Fri Jun 7 — $25.6K +61.1% −56.0% $54.4M 120 $214 50

Sat Jun 8 — $41.6K +62.2% −45.9% $54.4M 120 $346 51

Sun Jun 9 — $35.4K −14.9% −23.7% $54.4M 120 $295 52

Mon Jun 10 — $12.4K −65.0% −29.9% $54.5M 120 $103 53

Tue Jun 11 — $14.3K +15.7% −25.8% $54.5M 120 $119 54

Wed Jun 12 — $12.1K −15.6% −28.9% $54.5M 120 $101 55

Thu Jun 13 — $11.7K −3.2% −26.3% $54.5M 120 $98 56

Fri Jun 14 — $20.0K +70.8% −21.9% $54.5M 82 $244 57

Sat Jun 15 — $27.0K +34.7% −35.1% $54.5M 82 $329 58

Sun Jun 16 — $24.6K −8.7% −30.4% $54.6M 82 $300 59

Mon Jun 17 — $10.6K −57.1% −14.8% $54.6M 82 $129 60

Tue Jun 18 — $10.9K +3.7% −23.7% $54.6M 82 $133 61

Wed Jun 19 — $9.7K −11.0% −19.5% $54.6M 82 $119 62

Thu Jun 20 — $9.1K −6.7% −22.4% $54.6M 82 $111 63

Fri Jun 21 — $14.3K +56.8% −28.8% $54.6M 61 $234 64

Sat Jun 22 — $21.2K +48.8% −21.3% $54.6M 61 $348 65

Sun Jun 23 — $17.4K −18.2% −29.5% $54.7M 61 $285 66

Mon Jun 24 — $6.5K −62.4% −38.2% $54.7M 61 $107 67

Tue Jun 25 — $7.0K +8.0% −35.7% $54.7M 61 $115 68

Wed Jun 26 — $5.9K −16.8% −39.8% $54.7M 61 $96 69

Thu Jun 27 — $5.8K −0.6% −35.9% $54.7M 61 $95 70

Fri Jun 28 — $8.5K +45.5% −40.6% $54.7M 46 $184 71

Sat Jun 29 — $11.6K +36.5% −45.5% $54.7M 46 $251 72

Sun Jun 30 — $12.4K +7.2% −28.6% $54.7M 46 $269 73

Mon Jul 1 — $4.5K −63.6% −30.8% $54.7M 46 $98 74

Tue Jul 2 — $4.7K +3.0% −34.0% $54.7M 46 $101 75

Wed Jul 3 — $4.1K −12.2% −30.4% $54.7M 46 $89 76

Thu Jul 4 — $4.4K +8.2% −24.2% $54.7M 46 $96 77

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

Cumulative total$54.7M

Apr 18May 6May 23Jun 10Jun 27

Weekend grossWk 10 · $52.8K

$26.3M

$8.0M

$3.7M

$1.9M

$890.0K

$495.9K

$181.4K

$102.5K

$71.6K

$52.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,372 → 61 −98.2%

3,372 open61 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −26.2%

−69.5%

W1→2

−54.0%

W2→3

−50.0%

W3→4

−51.9%

W4→5

−44.3%

W5→6

−63.4%

W6→7

−43.5%

W7→8

−30.2%

W8→9

−26.2%

W9→10

Steepest −69.5%Best hold −26.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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