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The People Under the Stairs

1991 • R • 1h 43m • Horror, Comedy • Universal Pictures

In every neighborhood, there is one house that adults whisper about and children cross the street to avoid.

🍅 67% 61% MC 57 LB 3.48 IMDb 6.4

The People Under the Stairs Box Office

Opening Weekend
$5.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$24.2M
Final
Domestic Legs4.4x
1991 Rank#54
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 1-3 1 $5.52M — $5.52M 1,850 $3.0K 1
Nov 8-10 2 $4.40M -20.3% $12.07M 1,850 $2.4K 2
Nov 15-17 4 $3.01M -31.5% $16.96M 1,838 $1.6K 3
Nov 22-24 7 $1.63M -45.9% $19.80M 1,552 $1.1K 4
Nov 29-Dec 1 9 $1.17M -28.2% $21.72M 1,009 $1.2K 5
Dec 6-8 9 $636K -45.7% $22.60M 902 $705 6

Cast & Crew

Directed byWes Craven
ScreenplayWes Craven
Produced byStuart M. Besser, Marianne Maddalena
CinematographySandi Sissel
Music byDon Peake, Graeme Revell
StarringBrandon Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, A. J. Langer, Ving Rhames, Sean Whalen, Bill Cobbs
StudioUniversal Pictures

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