Sinister
Domestic Total Gross: $48,086,903 Distributor: Lionsgate/Summit Release Date: October 12, 2012 Genre: Horror Runtime: 1 hrs. 50 min. MPAA Rating: R Production Budget: $3 million
Row Title (click to view) Studio Release Gross* / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date^ 1
The Blair Witch Project
Artisan
$140,539,099
2,538
$1,512,054
27
7/16/99
2
Dark Water
Buena Vista
$25,473,352
2,657
$9,939,251
2,657
7/8/05
3
What Lies Beneath
DreamWorks
$155,464,351
2,925
$29,702,959
2,813
7/21/00
4
The Ring
DreamWorks
$129,128,133
2,927
$15,015,393
1,981
10/18/02
5
The Haunting
DreamWorks
$91,411,151
2,881
$33,435,140
2,808
7/23/99
6
The Ring Two
DreamWorks
$76,231,249
3,341
$35,065,237
3,332
3/18/05
7
Insidious
FilmDistrict
$54,009,150
2,419
$13,271,464
2,408
4/1/11
8
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
FilmDistrict
$24,046,682
2,780
$8,525,728
2,760
8/26/11
9
Mirrors
Fox
$30,691,439
2,664
$11,161,074
2,664
8/15/08
10
An American Haunting
Freestyle Releasing
$16,298,046
1,703
$5,783,508
1,675
5/5/06
11
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
Freestyle Releasing
$13,559,812
2,652
$5,423,315
2,652
10/31/08
12
The Haunting in Connecticut
Lionsgate
$55,389,516
2,732
$23,004,765
2,732
3/27/09
13
The Possession
Lionsgate
$49,130,154
2,860
$17,732,480
2,816
8/31/12
14
The Eye
Lionsgate
$31,418,697
2,470
$12,425,776
2,436
2/1/08
15
The Amityville Horror (2005)
MGM
$65,233,369
3,323
$23,507,007
3,323
4/15/05
16
The Others
Miramax
$96,522,687
2,843
$14,089,952
1,678
8/10/01
17
Silent House
Open Road Films
$12,754,783
2,124
$6,661,234
2,124
3/9/12
18
Paranormal Activity
Paramount
$107,918,810
2,712
$77,873
12
9/25/09
19
Paranormal Activity 3
Paramount
$104,028,807
3,329
$52,568,183
3,321
10/21/11
20
Paranormal Activity 2
Paramount
$84,752,907
3,239
$40,678,424
3,216
10/22/10
21
Paranormal Activity 4
Paramount
$53,921,300
3,412
$29,003,866
3,412
10/19/12
22
Case 39
Paramount Vantage
$13,261,851
2,212
$5,350,570
2,211
10/1/10
23
The Uninvited
Paramount (DreamWorks)
$28,596,818
2,344
$10,325,824
2,344
1/30/09
24
The Orphanage
Picturehouse
$7,161,284
707
$233,323
19
12/28/07
25
House at the End of The Street
Relativity
$31,611,916
3,083
$12,287,234
3,083
9/21/12
26
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Sony / Screen Gems
$75,072,454
3,045
$30,054,300
2,981
9/9/05
27
Boogeyman
Sony / Screen Gems
$46,752,382
3,052
$19,020,655
3,052
2/4/05
28
The Grudge
Sony / Columbia
$110,359,362
3,348
$39,128,715
3,245
10/22/04
29
The Grudge 2
Sony / Columbia
$39,143,839
3,214
$20,825,300
3,211
10/13/06
30
The Skeleton Key
Universal
$47,907,715
2,784
$16,057,945
2,771
8/12/05
31
Drag Me to Hell
Universal
$42,100,625
2,510
$15,825,480
2,508
5/29/09
32
Devil
Universal
$33,601,190
2,811
$12,289,375
2,809
9/17/10
33
The Fourth Kind
Universal
$25,486,040
2,530
$12,231,160
2,527
11/6/09
34
Dream House
Universal
$21,302,340
2,664
$8,129,355
2,661
9/30/11
35
The Purge
Universal
n/a
0
n/a
0
6/7/13
36
One Missed Call
Warner Bros.
$26,890,041
2,240
$12,511,473
2,240
1/4/08
37
Dark Skies
Weinstein / Dimension
$17,413,557
2,313
$8,189,166
2,313
2/22/13
38
The Amityville Horror: The Lost Tapes
Weinstein / Dimension
n/a
0
n/a
0
1/3/14
Averages: $52,225,919 2,563 $16,973,460 2,467
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