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The Skeleton Key

2005 • PG-13 • 1h 44m • Drama, Horror, Mystery • Universal Pictures

Fearing is believing.

🍅 38% 58% MC 47 LB 3.16 IMDb 6.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$16.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$47.9M
Final
Worldwide Total
$92.3M
$44.3M international
Domestic Legs3.0x
Budget$40M
2005 Rank#60
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Cast & Crew

Full Softley filmography
Iain Softley Iain Softley Director Kate Hudson Kate Hudson Starring Gena Rowlands Gena Rowlands Starring Peter Sarsgaard Peter Sarsgaard Starring John Hurt John Hurt Starring Joy Bryant Joy Bryant Starring
ScreenplayEhren Kruger Produced byIain Softley, Stacey Sher, Michael Shamberg, Daniel Bobker CinematographyDan Mindel MusicEdward Shearmur StudioUniversal Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 12-14 2 $16.1M — 2,771 $5,795 $16.1M
2 Aug 19-21 5 $7.7M −51.9% 2,774 $2,785 $30.4M
3 Aug 26-28 8 $4.5M −41.3% 2,784 $1,630 $38.1M
4 Sep 2-4 9 $3.3M −27.1% 2,414 $1,370 $43.0M
5 Sep 9-11 11 $1.5M −54.3% 1,876 $805 $45.8M
6 Sep 16-18 18 $627.2K −58.5% 896 $700 $46.9M
7 Sep 23-25 29 $217.3K −65.3% 345 $630 $47.2M
8 Sep 30-Oct 2 32 $168.6K −22.4% 272 $620 $47.5M
9 Oct 7-9 44 $94.8K −43.8% 158 $600 $47.6M
10 Oct 14-16 44 $85.4K −9.9% 146 $585 $47.7M
11 Oct 21-23 55 $51.2K −40.1% 86 $595 $47.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $85.4K
$16.1M
$7.7M
$4.5M
$3.3M
$1.5M
$627.2K
$217.3K
$168.6K
$94.8K
$85.4K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −9.9%
−51.9%
W1→2
−41.3%
W2→3
−27.1%
W3→4
−54.3%
W4→5
−58.5%
W5→6
−65.3%
W6→7
−22.4%
W7→8
−43.8%
W8→9
−9.9%
W9→10
Steepest −65.3%Best hold −9.9%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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