Found Footage
1980-Present Included in this list are feature-length movies made primarily from documentary-style ""found footage"".
| Row | Rank | Title (click to view) | Studio | Opening | % of Total | Theaters / Avg. | Total Gross | Release Date | | 1 |
5 |
The Blair Witch Project |
Art. |
$29,207,381 |
20.8% |
1,101 |
$26,528 |
$140,539,099 |
7/30/99 |
| 2 |
10 |
Paranormal Activity |
Par. |
$19,617,650 |
18.2% |
760 |
$25,813 |
$107,918,810 |
10/16/09 |
| 3 |
1 |
Paranormal Activity 3 |
Par. |
$52,568,183 |
50.5% |
3,321 |
$15,829 |
$104,028,807 |
10/21/11 |
| 4 |
4 |
The Devil Inside |
Par. |
$33,732,515 |
63.3% |
2,285 |
$14,763 |
$53,261,944 |
1/6/12 |
| 5 |
2 |
Paranormal Activity 2 |
Par. |
$40,678,424 |
48.0% |
3,216 |
$12,649 |
$84,752,907 |
10/22/10 |
| 6 |
3 |
Cloverfield |
Par. |
$40,058,229 |
50.0% |
3,411 |
$11,744 |
$80,048,433 |
1/18/08 |
| 7 |
6 |
Paranormal Activity 4 |
Par. |
$29,003,866 |
53.8% |
3,412 |
$8,501 |
$53,921,300 |
10/19/12 |
| 8 |
11 |
A Haunted House |
ORF |
$18,101,682 |
45.2% |
2,160 |
$8,380 |
$40,041,683 |
1/11/13 |
| 9 |
7 |
Chronicle (2012) |
Fox |
$22,004,098 |
34.1% |
2,907 |
$7,569 |
$64,575,175 |
2/3/12 |
| 10 |
9 |
The Last Exorcism |
LGF |
$20,366,613 |
49.6% |
2,874 |
$7,087 |
$41,034,350 |
8/27/10 |
| 11 |
8 |
Project X |
WB |
$21,051,363 |
38.5% |
3,055 |
$6,891 |
$54,731,865 |
3/2/12 |
| 12 |
12 |
Quarantine |
SGem |
$14,211,321 |
44.8% |
2,461 |
$5,775 |
$31,691,811 |
10/10/08 |
| 13 |
16 |
George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead |
TRR |
$232,576 |
24.3% |
42 |
$5,538 |
$958,961 |
2/15/08 |
| 14 |
13 |
End of Watch |
ORF |
$13,152,683 |
32.1% |
2,730 |
$4,818 |
$41,003,371 |
9/21/12 |
| 15 |
14 |
Apollo 18 |
W/Dim. |
$8,704,271 |
49.2% |
3,328 |
$2,615 |
$17,687,709 |
9/2/11 |
| 16 |
18 |
[Rec] 2 |
Magn. |
$8,191 |
29.5% |
5 |
$1,638 |
$27,766 |
7/9/10 |
| 17 |
17 |
The Bay |
RAtt. |
$19,747 |
64.4% |
23 |
$859 |
$30,668 |
11/2/12 |
| 18 |
15 |
The Virginity Hit |
Sony |
$301,885 |
47.4% |
700 |
$431 |
$636,706 |
9/24/10 |
AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only, 15 titles): | $24,184,011 | 39.6% | 2,515 | $9,616 | $61,058,265 | - |
Note: Only movies with opening weekend grosses are listed on this chart.
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