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What Lies Beneath

2000 PG-13 2h 10m Drama, Horror, Mystery DreamWorks Distribution

He was the perfect husband until his one mistake followed them home.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$155M
Final
Opening Weekend
$29.7M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
5.23x
Opening → Total
Budget
$100M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$291M
$136M international
2000 Rank
#10
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 21-23 1 $29.7M $29.7M 2,813 $11K 1
Jul 28-30 2 $22.9M -23.0% $69.4M 2,825 $8K 2
Aug 4-6 5 $13.8M -39.6% $95.1M 2,867 $5K 3
Aug 11-13 6 $9.7M -29.5% $112.0M 2,925 $3K 4
Aug 18-20 5 $6.8M -30.6% $123.4M 2,760 $2K 5
Aug 25-27 6 $4.6M -31.7% $130.9M 2,568 $2K 6
Sep 1-3 4 $4.7M +2.2% $137.5M 2,407 $2K 7
Sep 8-10 6 $2.8M -41.3% $142.4M 2,166 $1K 8
Sep 15-17 Sydney Olympics 7 $2.4M -13.1% $145.6M 2,007 $1K 9
Sep 22-24 Sydney Olympics 8 $2.2M -8.9% $148.4M 1,819 $1K 10
Sep 29-Oct 1 Sydney Olympics 9 $1.6M -25.0% $150.6M 1,674 $982 11
Oct 6-8 11 $1.1M -31.7% $152.1M 1,375 $816 12
Oct 13-15 14 $649K -42.2% $153.1M 1,027 $631 13
Oct 20-22 19 $348K -46.3% $153.6M 697 $499 14
Oct 27-29 28 $182K -47.9% $153.9M 369 $491 15
Nov 3-5 34 $105K -42.1% $154.1M 200 $525 16
Nov 10-12 45 $63K -39.7% $154.2M 124 $510 17
Nov 17-19 19 $245K +287.7% $154.4M 400 $613 18
Nov 24-26 21 $238K -3.1% $154.8M 400 $594 19
Dec 1-3 23 $153K -35.7% $155.0M 350 $437 20
Dec 8-10 30 $91K -40.5% $155.2M 235 $387 21
Dec 15-17 33 $61K -33.5% $155.2M 193 $313 22

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byRobert Zemeckis
ScreenplayClark Gregg
StarringMichelle Pfeiffer, Harrison Ford, Diana Scarwid, James Remar, Miranda Otto, Ray Baker
StudioDreamWorks Distribution