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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

2006 • R • 1h 24m • Horror • New Line Cinema

What you know about fear... doesn't even come close.

🍅 16% 53%

30

2.71

5.8

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$18.5M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$39.5M

Final

Worldwide Total

$50.5M

$11.0M international

Domestic Legs2.1x

Budget$16M

2006 Rank#79

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Cast & Crew

Full Liebesman filmography

Jonathan Liebesman

Jonathan Liebesman Director

Jordana Brewster

Jordana Brewster Starring

Matt Bomer Starring

R. Lee Ermey Starring

Lew Temple Starring

ScreenplaySheldon Turner Produced byMichael Bay, Tobe Hooper, Kim Henkel, Andrew Form CinematographyLukas Ettlin StudioNew Line Cinema

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 6-8 2 $18.5M — 2,820 $6,563 $18.5M

2 Oct 13-15 5 $7.5M −59.6% 2,820 $2,654 $30.2M

3 Oct 20-22 10 $3.8M −49.5% 2,569 $1,471 $35.9M

4 Oct 27-29 18 $1.3M −66.4% 2,007 $633 $38.2M

5 Nov 3-5 24 $379.3K −70.1% 452 $839 $39.0M

6 Nov 10-12 34 $146.5K −61.4% 172 $852 $39.2M

7 Nov 17-19 47 $45.3K −69.1% 93 $487 $39.3M

8 Nov 24-26 54 $17.6K −61.2% 39 $450 $39.4M

9 Dec 1-3 58 $12.6K −28.3% 35 $360 $39.4M

10 Dec 8-10 47 $35.7K +183.3% 84 $425 $39.4M

11 Dec 15-17 51 $23.5K −34.1% 68 $346 $39.5M

12 Dec 22-25 53 $10.0K −57.5% 68 $147 $39.5M

13 Dec 29-Jan 1 59 $12.2K +22.4% 41 $299 $39.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 6 #2 $7.4M — $7.4M 2,820 $2,624 1

Sat Oct 7 #3 $6.7M −9.5% $14.1M 2,820 $2,376 2

Sun Oct 8 #3 $4.4M −34.3% $18.5M 2,820 $1,560 3

Mon Oct 9 #3 $1.7M −62.3% $20.2M 2,820 $589 4

Tue Oct 10 #2 $990.0K −40.4% $21.1M 2,820 $351 5

Wed Oct 11 #2 $880.0K −11.1% $22.0M 2,820 $312 6

Thu Oct 12 #2 $865.0K −1.7% $22.7M 2,820 $307 7

Fri Oct 13 #5 $2.7M +212.1% −63.5% $25.4M 2,820 $957 8

Sat Oct 14 #5 $3.0M +11.1% −55.2% $28.4M 2,820 $1,064 9

Sun Oct 15 #6 $1.8M −40.0% −59.1% $30.2M 2,820 $638 10

Mon Oct 16 #5 $545.0K −69.7% −67.2% $30.7M 2,820 $193 11

Tue Oct 17 #5 $515.0K −5.5% −48.0% $31.3M 2,820 $183 12

Wed Oct 18 #5 $445.0K −13.6% −49.4% $31.7M 2,820 $158 13

Thu Oct 19 #5 $460.0K +3.4% −46.8% $32.1M 2,820 $163 14

Fri Oct 20 #9 $1.2M +160.9% −55.6% $33.3M 2,569 $467 15

Sat Oct 21 #10 $1.6M +33.3% −46.7% $34.9M 2,569 $623 16

Sun Oct 22 #10 $990.0K −38.1% −45.0% $35.9M 2,569 $385 17

Mon Oct 23 #9 $275.0K −72.2% −49.5% $36.2M 2,569 $107 18

Tue Oct 24 #9 $280.0K +1.8% −45.6% $36.5M 2,569 $109 19

Wed Oct 25 #9 $250.0K −10.7% −43.8% $36.7M 2,569 $97 20

Thu Oct 26 #10 $250.0K +0.0% −45.7% $36.9M 2,569 $97 21

Fri Oct 27 — $440.0K +76.0% −63.3% $37.3M 2,007 $219 22

Sat Oct 28 — $510.0K +15.9% −68.1% $37.8M 2,007 $254 23

Sun Oct 29 — $320.0K −37.3% −67.7% $38.2M 2,007 $159 24

Mon Dec 25 #51 $4.5K — $39.5M 68 $67 81

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

Cumulative total$38.2M

Oct 6Oct 12Oct 18Oct 23Oct 29

Weekend grossWk 10 · $35.7K

$18.5M

$7.5M

$3.8M

$1.3M

$379.3K

$146.5K

$45.3K

$17.6K

$12.6K

$35.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,820 → 2,007 −28.8%

2,820 open2,007 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +183.3%

−59.6%

W1→2

−49.5%

W2→3

−66.4%

W3→4

−70.1%

W4→5

−61.4%

W5→6

−69.1%

W6→7

−61.2%

W7→8

−28.3%

W8→9

+183.3%

W9→10

Steepest −70.1%Biggest gain +183.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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