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The Eye

2008 • PG-13 • 1h 37m • Horror, Mystery • Lionsgate

How can you believe your eyes when they're not yours?

🍅 22% 43%

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2.4

5.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$12.4M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$31.4M

Final

Worldwide Total

$57.6M

$26.2M international

Domestic Legs2.5x

Budget$12M

2008 Rank#94

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Cast & Crew

Jessica Alba Starring

Alessandro Nivola

Alessandro Nivola Starring

Parker Posey Starring

Chloë Grace Moretz

Chloë Grace Moretz Starring

Rade Šerbedžija

Rade Šerbedžija Starring

ScreenplaySebastian Gutierrez Produced byDon Granger, Paula Wagner, Michelle Manning CinematographyJeffrey Jur MusicMarco Beltrami StudioLionsgate

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 1-3 2 $12.4M — 2,436 $5,101 $12.4M

2 Feb 8-10 4 $6.5M −47.5% 2,470 $2,643 $21.4M

3 Feb 15-17 11 $3.2M −51.2% 2,129 $1,497 $26.3M

4 Feb 22-24 17 $1.4M −56.3% 1,211 $1,149 $28.9M

5 Feb 29-Mar 2 20 $779.2K −44.0% 624 $1,249 $30.0M

6 Mar 7-9 22 $399.6K −48.7% 398 $1,004 $30.6M

7 Mar 14-16 32 $205.7K −48.5% 213 $966 $31.0M

8 Mar 21-23 44 $74.7K −63.7% 135 $554 $31.2M

9 Mar 28-30 43 $106.5K +42.4% 174 $612 $31.3M

10 Apr 4-6 47 $60.6K −43.1% 132 $459 $31.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 1 #2 $4.9M — $4.9M 2,436 $2,027 1

Sat Feb 2 #2 $5.7M +15.3% $10.6M 2,436 $2,337 2

Sun Feb 3 #2 $1.8M −68.4% $12.4M 2,436 $738 3

Mon Feb 4 #2 $735.4K −59.1% $13.2M 2,436 $302 4

Tue Feb 5 #3 $640.6K −12.9% $13.8M 2,436 $263 5

Wed Feb 6 #4 $520.8K −18.7% $14.3M 2,436 $214 6

Thu Feb 7 #5 $568.1K +9.1% $14.9M 2,436 $233 7

Fri Feb 8 #4 $2.2M +279.5% −56.3% $17.0M 2,470 $873 8

Sat Feb 9 #4 $2.9M +34.4% −49.1% $19.9M 2,470 $1,173 9

Sun Feb 10 #4 $1.5M −49.1% −18.0% $21.4M 2,470 $597 10

Mon Feb 11 #5 $383.0K −74.0% −47.9% $21.8M 2,470 $155 11

Tue Feb 12 #8 $300.2K −21.6% −53.1% $22.1M 2,470 $122 12

Wed Feb 13 #9 $286.4K −4.6% −45.0% $22.4M 2,470 $116 13

Thu Feb 14 #9 $757.1K +164.3% +33.3% $23.1M 2,470 $307 14

Fri Feb 15 #9 $928.6K +22.7% −56.9% $24.1M 2,129 $436 15

Sat Feb 16 #11 $1.3M +39.7% −55.2% $25.4M 2,129 $609 16

Sun Feb 17 #12 $960.8K −25.9% −34.8% $26.3M 2,129 $451 17

Mon Feb 18 #12 $536.5K −44.2% +40.1% $26.9M 2,129 $252 18

Tue Feb 19 #12 $221.3K −58.8% −26.3% $27.1M 2,129 $104 19

Wed Feb 20 #12 $216.5K −2.1% −24.4% $27.3M 2,129 $102 20

Thu Feb 21 #12 $223.3K +3.1% −70.5% $27.5M 2,129 $105 21

Fri Feb 22 — $400.7K +79.5% −56.8% $27.9M 1,211 $331 22

Sat Feb 23 — $649.5K +62.1% −49.9% $28.6M 1,211 $536 23

Sun Feb 24 — $341.2K −47.5% −64.5% $28.9M 1,211 $282 24

Mon Feb 25 #16 $85.8K −74.9% −84.0% $29.0M 1,211 $71 25

Tue Feb 26 #17 $85.7K −0.1% −61.3% $29.1M 1,211 $71 26

Wed Feb 27 #17 $86.0K +0.4% −60.3% $29.2M 1,211 $71 27

Thu Feb 28 #17 $88.9K +3.4% −60.2% $29.3M 1,211 $73 28

Fri Feb 29 #19 $213.0K +139.6% −46.8% $29.5M 624 $341 29

Sat Mar 1 #19 $369.8K +73.6% −43.1% $29.9M 624 $593 30

Sun Mar 2 #22 $196.4K −46.9% −42.4% $30.0M 624 $315 31

Mon Mar 3 — $52.0K −73.5% −39.4% $30.1M 624 $83 32

Tue Mar 4 — $49.3K −5.2% −42.5% $30.1M 624 $79 33

Wed Mar 5 — $49.3K −0.0% −42.7% $30.2M 624 $79 34

Thu Mar 6 — $50.4K +2.2% −43.4% $30.2M 624 $81 35

Fri Mar 7 — $116.8K +131.8% −45.2% $30.4M 398 $293 36

Sat Mar 8 — $189.9K +62.6% −48.7% $30.6M 398 $477 37

Sun Mar 9 — $93.0K −51.0% −52.6% $30.6M 398 $234 38

Mon Mar 10 — $32.0K −65.6% −38.5% $30.7M 398 $80 39

Cumulative total$30.7M

Feb 1Feb 11Feb 20Mar 1Mar 10

Weekend grossWk 10 · $60.6K

$12.4M

$6.5M

$3.2M

$1.4M

$779.2K

$399.6K

$205.7K

$74.7K

$106.5K

$60.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,470 → 398 −83.9%

2,436 open398 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −43.1%

−47.5%

W1→2

−51.2%

W2→3

−56.3%

W3→4

−44.0%

W4→5

−48.7%

W5→6

−48.5%

W6→7

−63.7%

W7→8

+42.4%

W8→9

−43.1%

W9→10

Steepest −63.7%Biggest gain +42.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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