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The House with a Clock in Its Walls

2018 PG 1h 45m Fantasy, Comedy, Family Universal

This house knows what makes you tick

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$26.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$68.5M
Final
Worldwide Total
$131.5M
$62.9M international
Domestic Legs2.58x
Budget$42M
2018 Rank#42
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Cast & Crew

Directed byEli Roth ScreenplayEric Kripke Produced byBradley J. Fischer, James Vanderbilt, Eric Kripke CinematographyRogier Stoffers MusicNathan Barr StarringJack Black, Cate Blanchett, Owen Vaccaro, Kyle MacLachlan StudioUniversal Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 21-23 1 $26.6M 3592 $2,469 $26.6M
3 Sep 28-30 3 $12.6M −60% 3592 $1,169 $44.9M
5 Oct 5-7 5 $7.3M −43% 3463 $705 $55.1M
8 Oct 12-14 8 $3.8M −45% 2791 $459 $62.1M
10 Oct 19-21 11 $1.8M −53% 1588 $380 $65.0M
12 Oct 26-28 10 $1.1M −47% 1042 $336 $66.5M
15 Nov 2-4 10 $526.9K −54% 510 $344 $67.3M
17 Nov 9-11 10 $306.8K −31% 281 $363 $67.8M
19 Nov 16-18 10 $172.9K −50% 195 $295 $68.1M
22 Nov 23-25 10 $128.4K +26% 145 $295 $68.3M
24 Nov 30-Dec 2 10 $59.6K −73% 127 $156 $68.4M
26 Dec 7-9 10 $43.9K −25% 114 $128 $68.4M
29 Dec 14-16 10 $31.5K −36% 96 $109 $68.5M
31 Dec 21-23 10 $10.7K −45% 53 $67 $68.5M
33 Dec 28-30 10 $17.7K +67% 45 $130 $68.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$68.3M
Sep 21Oct 8Oct 26Nov 12Nov 29
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.8M
$26.6M
$12.6M
$7.3M
$3.8M
$1.8M
W1W3W5W8W10
Theater countPeak 3,592 → 145 −96.0%
3,592 open145 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −53%
−60% W1→3
−43% W3→5
−45% W5→8
−53% W8→10
Steepest −60%Best hold −43%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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