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The Grudge

2004 PG-13 1h 31m Horror, Mystery, Thriller Sony Pictures Releasing

It never forgives. It never forgets.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$110M
Final
Opening Weekend
$39.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
2.82x
Opening → Total
Budget
$10.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$187M
$76.9M international
2004 Rank
#21
Domestic
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Oct 22-24 1 $39.1M $39.1M 3,245 $12K 1
Oct 29-31 1 $21.8M -44.2% $70.7M 3,348 $7K 2
Nov 5-7 3 $12.7M -41.9% $88.8M 3,336 $4K 3
Nov 12-14 7 $7.0M -44.7% $99.2M 2,816 $2K 4
Nov 19-21 8 $3.8M -45.6% $104.4M 2,112 $2K 5
Nov 26-28 12 $2.0M -48.8% $107.8M 1,486 $1K 6
Dec 3-5 13 $1.1M -43.4% $109.2M 1,286 $858 7
Dec 10-12 15 $457K -58.6% $109.9M 732 $624 8
Dec 17-19 25 $163K -64.4% $110.2M 278 $585 9

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byTakashi Shimizu
ScreenplayStephen Susco
Produced bySam Raimi, Robert Tapert, Takashige Ichise
CinematographyHideo Yamamoto
MusicChristopher Young
StarringSarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, William Mapother, Clea DuVall, KaDee Strickland, Grace Zabriskie
StudioSony Pictures Releasing