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The Mist

2007 • R • 2h 6m • Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller • MGM

Fear changes everything.

🍅 74% 65%

58

3.45

7.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$8.9M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$25.6M

Final

Worldwide Total

$57.2M

$31.6M international

Domestic Legs2.9x

Budget$13M

2007 Rank#96

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Cast & Crew

Full Darabont filmography

Frank Darabont Director

Thomas Jane Starring

Marcia Gay Harden

Marcia Gay Harden Starring

Laurie Holden Starring

Andre Braugher Starring

Toby Jones Starring

ScreenplayFrank Darabont Produced byFrank Darabont, Liz Glotzer CinematographyRohn Schmidt Music byMark Isham StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 23-25 9 $8.9M — 2,423 $3,686 $12.9M

2 Nov 30-Dec 2 8 $4.6M −49.0% 2,423 $1,879 $19.6M

3 Dec 7-9 10 $2.6M −42.3% 2,336 $1,126 $23.5M

4 Dec 14-16 18 $539.6K −79.5% 1,362 $396 $24.9M

5 Dec 21-23 36 $42.7K −92.1% 83 $515 $25.3M

6 Dec 28-30 49 $25.2K −41.0% 71 $355 $25.3M

7 Jan 4-6 50 $24.8K −1.6% 61 $406 $25.3M

8 Jan 11-13 49 $21.4K −13.5% 49 $438 $25.4M

9 Jan 18-20 59 $16.4K −23.7% 33 $496 $25.4M

10 Jan 25-27 68 $9.5K −41.8% 21 $453 $25.4M

11 Feb 1-3 86 $3.3K −65.3% 9 $367 $25.4M

12 Feb 8-10 88 $1.9K −41.4% 4 $484 $25.4M

13 Feb 15-17 48 $65.9K +3303.7% 102 $646 $25.5M

14 Feb 22-24 63 $36.6K −44.4% 84 $436 $25.6M

15 Feb 29-Mar 2 77 $14.2K −61.1% 39 $365 $25.6M

16 Mar 7-9 88 $5.6K −60.6% 16 $350 $25.6M

17 Mar 14-16 112 $1.5K −73.4% 5 $299 $25.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Nov 21 #6 $2.0M — $2.0M 2,423 $821 1

Thu Nov 22 #7 $1.9M −2% $3.9M 2,423 $801 2

Fri Nov 23 #9 $3.5M +79% $7.4M 2,423 $1,435 3

Sat Nov 24 #9 $3.5M — $10.9M 2,423 $1,439 4

Sun Nov 25 #7 $2.0M −44% $12.9M 2,423 $812 5

Mon Nov 26 #5 $604.5K −69% $13.5M 2,423 $249 6

Tue Nov 27 #5 $574.1K −5% $14.0M 2,423 $237 7

Wed Nov 28 #5 $502.5K −12% −75% $14.5M 2,423 $207 8

Thu Nov 29 #7 $467.4K −7% −76% $15.0M 2,423 $193 9

Fri Nov 30 #9 $1.4M +191% −61% $16.4M 2,423 $561 10

Sat Dec 1 #9 $2.1M +52% −41% $18.4M 2,423 $851 11

Sun Dec 2 #10 $1.1M −45% −42% $19.6M 2,423 $467 12

Mon Dec 3 #7 $337.8K −70% −44% $19.9M 2,423 $139 13

Tue Dec 4 #9 $334.6K −1% −42% $20.2M 2,423 $138 14

Wed Dec 5 #8 $306.9K −8% −39% $20.5M 2,423 $127 15

Thu Dec 6 #10 $305.3K −1% −35% $20.8M 2,423 $126 16

Fri Dec 7 #10 $788.0K +158% −42% $21.6M 2,336 $337 17

Mon Dec 10 #10 $241.7K — −28% $23.7M 2,336 $103 20

Tue Dec 11 #11 $234.4K −3% −30% $24.0M 2,336 $100 21

Wed Dec 12 #12 $214.2K −9% −30% $24.2M 2,336 $92 22

Thu Dec 13 #12 $198.1K −7% −35% $24.4M 2,336 $85 23

Tue Jan 1 #- $4.7K — $25.3M 71 $66 42

Mon Jan 21 #55 $3.0K — $25.4M 33 $91 62

Mon Feb 18 #54 $9.6K — $25.5M 102 $94 90

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

Cumulative total$25.4M

Nov 21Nov 27Dec 2Dec 10Jan 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $9.5K

$8.9M

$4.6M

$2.6M

$539.6K

$42.7K

$25.2K

$24.8K

$21.4K

$16.4K

$9.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,423 → 33 −98.6%

2,423 open33 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −41.8%

−49.0%

W1→2

−42.3%

W2→3

−79.5%

W3→4

−92.1%

W4→5

−41.0%

W5→6

−1.6%

W6→7

−13.5%

W7→8

−23.7%

W8→9

−41.8%

W9→10

Steepest −92.1%Best hold −1.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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