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What We Do in the ShadowsFollow

2014 • R • 1h 27m • Comedy, Horror • Unison Films / Paladin

Some interviews with some vampires.

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$84K
Limited · 2 theaters
Domestic total
$3.50M
Final
Worldwide total
$8.10M
$4.70M international
Domestic legs10.9x from $322K biggest weekend

Cast & crew

Full Clement filmography
Jemaine Clement Jemaine Clement Director Taika Waititi Taika Waititi Director Rhys Darby Rhys Darby Starring
ScreenplayJemaine Clement, Taika Waititi Produced byTaika Waititi, Chelsea Winstanley, Emanuel Michael CinematographyD.J. Stipsen, Richard Bluck Music byPlan 9 StudioUnison Films / Paladin

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Feb 13-15 39 $83.6K — 2 $41,778 $83.6K
2 Feb 20-22 36 $128.5K +53.8% 16 $8,032 $222.3K
3 Feb 27-Mar 1 27 $245.7K +91.2% 46 $5,341 $519.3K
4 Mar 6-8 22 $318.5K +29.6% 100 $3,185 $921.5K
5 Mar 13-15 19 $321.9K +1.1% 126 $2,555 $1.4M
6 Mar 20-22 21 $300.7K −6.6% 134 $2,244 $1.8M
7 Mar 27-29 23 $240.2K −20.1% 144 $1,668 $2.2M
8 Apr 3-5 25 $180.4K −24.9% 125 $1,443 $2.5M
9 Apr 10-12 24 $138.4K −23.3% 113 $1,225 $2.9M
10 Apr 17-19 31 $89.2K −35.5% 87 $1,026 $3.1M
11 Apr 24-26 37 $69.8K −21.7% 65 $1,074 $3.2M
12 May 1-3 38 $38.5K −44.8% 51 $756 $3.3M
13 May 8-10 47 $32.4K −15.9% 32 $1,013 $3.3M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $89.2K
$83.6K
$128.5K
$245.7K
$318.5K
$321.9K
$300.7K
$240.2K
$180.4K
$138.4K
$89.2K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −35.5%
+53.8%
W1→2
+91.2%
W2→3
+29.6%
W3→4
+1.1%
W4→5
−6.6%
W5→6
−20.1%
W6→7
−24.9%
W7→8
−23.3%
W8→9
−35.5%
W9→10
Steepest −35.5%Biggest gain +91.2%

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