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The Strangers: Chapter 1

2024 R 95 min Horror, Thriller

The terror begins

Box office summary
Opening Weekend
$11.8M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$35.2M
Final
Worldwide Total
$48.2M
Global total
Budget
$8.5M
Production
Domestic Legs
3.0x
Opening → Total
2024 Rank
#44
Domestic
Compare with other movies
Predicted Final Domestic
$29M–$32M
$27M $30M $34M
$35M so far

The prediction model updated after a -53% second-weekend drop. The wider range of $27M–$34M accounts for 90% of films.

$35M
Baseline
Horror Sequel — 3.00 baseline opening
-3%
CinemaScore
B: Horror avg is B+
-1%
Audience
Below Avg — RT 79%, LB 3.20, IMDB 6.4
-3%
Seasonality
Summer Early
0%
Sequel
Sequel
0%
Release Day
Friday (standard)
+2%
2nd Weekend
-53% drop
-9%
Genre
Horror Sequel legs
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
May 17-19 3 $11.8M $11.8M 2,856 $4K 1
May 24-26 6 $5.6M -52.8% $21.3M 2,856 $2K 2
Memorial Day wknd 6 $7.0M $22.8M 2,856 $2K 1
May 31-Jun 2 6 $3.7M -33.7% $28.5M 2,527 $1K 3
Jun 7-9 10 $1.8M -51.4% $32.2M 2,016 $891 4
Jun 14-16 9 $759K -57.8% $33.9M 1,027 $739 5
Jun 21-23 14 $345K -54.5% $34.8M 595 $580 6
Jun 28-30 21 $155K -55.2% $35.1M 133 $1K 7

Performance Charts

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byRenny Harlin
ScreenplayAlan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland · based on Bryan Bertino's story
Produced byNot specified
CinematographyNot specified
MusicNot specified
Prod. DesignNot specified
StarringMadelaine Petsch, Froy Gutierrez, Ema Horvath, Rachel Shenton