The Mothman Prophecies

Name: The Mothman Prophecies
Director: Mark Pellington
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Released: 2002
Cast: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Will Patton, Debra Messing, David Eigenberg

2002 • PG-13 • 1h 59m • Drama, Horror, Mystery • Sony Pictures Releasing

What do you see?

🍅 52% 56%

3.03

6.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$11.2M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$35.2M

Final

Worldwide Total

$56.4M

$21.2M international

Domestic Legs3.1x

Budget$42M

2002 Rank#74

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Cast & Crew

Full Pellington filmography

Mark Pellington Director

Richard Gere Starring

Laura Linney Starring

Will Patton Starring

Debra Messing Starring

Alan Bates Starring

ScreenplayRichard Hatem Produced byTom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Gary W. Goldstein CinematographyFred Murphy StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 25-27 6 $11.2M — 2,331 $4,809 $11.2M

2 Feb 1-3 6 $7.4M −34.3% 2,331 $3,159 $21.2M

3 Feb 8-10 9 $4.9M −33.9% 2,275 $2,141 $28.0M

4 Feb 15-18 18 $2.5M −47.8% 1,410 $1,805 $32.4M

5 Feb 22-24 21 $1.0M −59.5% 818 $1,261 $34.0M

6 Mar 1-3 25 $505.5K −51.0% 524 $965 $34.8M

7 Mar 8-10 33 $208.9K −58.7% 273 $765 $35.2M

8 Mar 15-17 49 $49.0K −76.5% 66 $742 $35.2M

Weekend grossWk 8 · $49.0K

$11.2M

$7.4M

$4.9M

$2.5M

$1.0M

$505.5K

$208.9K

$49.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −76.5%

−34.3%

W1→2

−33.9%

W2→3

−47.8%

W3→4

−59.5%

W4→5

−51.0%

W5→6

−58.7%

W6→7

−76.5%

W7→8

Steepest −76.5%Best hold −33.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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