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The Hills Have Eyes

2006 • R • 1h 47m • Horror, Thriller • Fox Searchlight Pictures

The lucky ones die first.

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$15.7M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$41.8M
Final
Worldwide Total
$70.4M
$28.6M international
Domestic Legs2.7x
Budget$17M
2006 Rank#73
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Cast & Crew

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Alexandre Aja Alexandre Aja Director Kathleen Quinlan Kathleen Quinlan Starring Vinessa Shaw Vinessa Shaw Starring Dan Byrd Dan Byrd Starring Ted Levine Ted Levine Starring
ScreenplayAlexandre Aja, Grégory Levasseur Based onthe 1977 film by Wes Craven Produced byWes Craven, Marianne Maddalena, Peter Locke CinematographyMaxime Alexandre Music bytomandandy StudioFox Searchlight Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 10-12 3 $15.7M — 2,620 $5,996 $15.7M
2 Mar 17-19 5 $8.0M −49.0% 2,621 $3,056 $28.7M
3 Mar 24-26 8 $4.4M −45.2% 2,461 $1,782 $35.7M
4 Mar 31-Apr 2 12 $1.9M −57.0% 1,628 $1,159 $39.0M
5 Apr 7-9 17 $692.1K −63.3% 693 $999 $40.3M
6 Apr 14-16 20 $336.2K −51.4% 357 $942 $40.9M
7 Apr 21-23 26 $150.9K −55.1% 223 $677 $41.2M
8 Apr 28-30 31 $122.3K −18.9% 195 $627 $41.4M
9 May 5-7 33 $100.6K −17.8% 197 $511 $41.5M
10 May 12-14 42 $65.9K −34.5% 149 $442 $41.6M
11 May 19-21 42 $47.9K −27.3% 89 $538 $41.7M
12 May 26-28 49 $24.8K −48.2% 47 $527 $41.7M
13 Jun 2-4 57 $15.8K −36.2% 24 $659 $41.8M
14 Jun 9-11 72 $5.2K −67.3% 13 $397 $41.8M
15 Jun 16-18 85 $4.1K −20.8% 11 $372 $41.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$41.6M
Mar 10Mar 18Mar 26May 10May 18
Weekend grossWk 10 · $65.9K
$15.7M
$8.0M
$4.4M
$1.9M
$692.1K
$336.2K
$150.9K
$122.3K
$100.6K
$65.9K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 2,621 → 149 −94.3%
2,620 open149 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −34.5%
−49.0%
W1→2
−45.2%
W2→3
−57.0%
W3→4
−63.3%
W4→5
−51.4%
W5→6
−55.1%
W6→7
−18.9%
W7→8
−17.8%
W8→9
−34.5%
W9→10
Steepest −63.3%Best hold −17.8%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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