Sinister

Washed-up true crime writer Ellison Oswalt finds a box of super 8 home movies in his new home that suggest the murder that he is currently researching is the work of a serial killer whose work dates back to the 1960s.

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Grosses

Domestic (58.3%)
$48,086,903

International (41.7%)
$34,428,210

Worldwide
$82,515,113

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Summary Details

DistributorLionsgate
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Opening$18,007,634
2,527 theaters

Budget$3,000,000

Release DateOct 12, 2012 - Jan 3, 2013

MPAAR

Running Time1 hr 50 min

GenresHorror Mystery Thriller

In Release446 days/63 weeks

Widest Release2,542 theaters

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Date	DOW	Rank	Daily	%± YD	%± LW	Theaters	Avg	To Date	Day	Estimated
Jan 3, 2013	Thursday	37	$7,046	-7.9%	-30.5%	82	$85	$48,086,903	84	false
Jan 2, 2013	Wednesday	36	$7,650	-28.2%	-16.5%	82	$93	$48,079,857	83	false
Jan 1, 2013 New Year's Day	Tuesday	40	$10,651	+130.7%	+51%	82	$129	$48,072,207	82	false
Dec 31, 2012 New Year's Eve	Monday	43	$4,616	-62.8%	+90.3%	82	$56	$48,061,556	81	false
Dec 30, 2012	Sunday	38	$12,396	-16.3%	+38.6%	82	$151	$48,056,940	80	false
Dec 29, 2012	Saturday	42	$14,804	+14.3%	+29%	82	$180	$48,044,544	79	false
Dec 28, 2012	Friday	40	$12,956	+27.8%	+67.4%	82	$158	$48,029,740	78	false
Dec 27, 2012	Thursday	37	$10,141	+10.7%	-8.3%	82	$123	$48,016,784	77	false
Dec 26, 2012	Wednesday	35	$9,159	+29.8%	-13.8%	82	$111	$48,006,643	76	false
Dec 25, 2012 Christmas Day	Tuesday	38	$7,055	+190.8%	-34.7%	82	$86	$47,997,484	75	false
Dec 24, 2012	Monday	44	$2,426	-72.9%	-75.6%	93	$26	$47,990,429	74	false
Dec 23, 2012	Sunday	38	$8,941	-22.1%	-59.7%	93	$96	$47,988,003	73	false
Dec 22, 2012	Saturday	38	$11,473	+48.2%	-66.4%	93	$123	$47,979,062	72	false
Dec 21, 2012	Friday	39	$7,740	-30%	-63.2%	93	$83	$47,967,589	71	false
Dec 20, 2012	Thursday	31	$11,058	+4.1%	+195.8%	184	$60	$47,959,849	70	false
Dec 19, 2012	Wednesday	31	$10,625	-1.6%	+167%	184	$57	$47,948,791	69	false
Dec 18, 2012	Tuesday	28	$10,797	+8.8%	+126.2%	184	$58	$47,938,166	68	false
Dec 17, 2012	Monday	27	$9,925	-55.3%	+166.7%	184	$53	$47,927,369	67	false
Dec 16, 2012	Sunday	26	$22,206	-35%	+124.2%	184	$120	$47,917,444	66	false
Dec 15, 2012	Saturday	28	$34,161	+62.6%	+120.9%	184	$185	$47,895,238	65	false
Dec 14, 2012	Friday	27	$21,011	+462.1%	+87.7%	184	$114	$47,861,077	64	false
Dec 13, 2012	Thursday	30	$3,738	-6.1%	-14.8%	77	$48	$47,840,066	63	false
Dec 12, 2012	Wednesday	30	$3,980	-16.6%	-6%	77	$51	$47,836,328	62	false
Dec 11, 2012	Tuesday	30	$4,773	+28.3%	-0.9%	77	$61	$47,832,348	61	false
Dec 10, 2012	Monday	30	$3,721	-62.4%	-6.2%	77	$48	$47,827,575	60	false
Dec 9, 2012	Sunday	35	$9,906	-35.9%	+2.8%	77	$128	$47,823,854	59	false
Dec 8, 2012	Saturday	34	$15,466	+38.2%	-17.2%	77	$200	$47,813,948	58	false
Dec 7, 2012	Friday	32	$11,192	+155.2%	-8.5%	77	$145	$47,798,482	57	false
Dec 6, 2012	Thursday	26	$4,386	+3.6%	-24.5%	88	$49	$47,787,290	56	false
Dec 5, 2012	Wednesday	27	$4,235	-12.1%	-25.1%	88	$48	$47,782,904	55	false
Dec 4, 2012	Tuesday	28	$4,818	+21.4%	-24.3%	88	$54	$47,778,669	54	false
Dec 3, 2012	Monday	27	$3,968	-58.8%	-31.6%	88	$45	$47,773,851	53	false
Dec 2, 2012	Sunday	38	$9,640	-48.4%	-33.9%	88	$109	$47,769,883	52	false
Dec 1, 2012	Saturday	38	$18,680	+52.7%	-53.5%	88	$212	$47,760,243	51	false
Nov 30, 2012	Friday	32	$12,236	+110.7%	-66.8%	88	$139	$47,741,563	50	false
Nov 29, 2012	Thursday	28	$5,807	+2.8%	-65.4%	127	$45	$47,729,327	49	false
Nov 28, 2012	Wednesday	28	$5,651	-11.3%	-68.7%	127	$44	$47,723,520	48	false
Nov 27, 2012	Tuesday	28	$6,368	+9.8%	-91.2%	127	$50	$47,717,869	47	false
Nov 26, 2012	Monday	27	$5,798	-60.2%	-89.5%	127	$45	$47,711,501	46	false
Nov 25, 2012	Sunday	33	$14,579	-63.7%	-87%	127	$114	$47,705,703	45	false
Nov 24, 2012	Saturday	26	$40,210	+9.2%	-79.6%	127	$316	$47,691,124	44	false
Nov 23, 2012	Friday	25	$36,832	+119.5%	-74.9%	127	$290	$47,650,914	43	false
Nov 22, 2012 Thanksgiving	Thursday	24	$16,778	-7.1%	-73.5%	127	$132	$47,614,082	42	false
Nov 21, 2012	Wednesday	26	$18,058	-75.1%	-79.6%	127	$142	$47,597,304	41	false
Nov 20, 2012	Tuesday	16	$72,659	+31.4%	-31.1%	789	$92	$47,579,246	40	false
Nov 19, 2012	Monday	16	$55,310	-50.8%	-65.2%	789	$70	$47,506,587	39	false
Nov 18, 2012	Sunday	17	$112,485	-42.9%	-70.4%	789	$142	$47,451,277	38	false
Nov 17, 2012	Saturday	16	$196,881	+34.2%	-70.4%	789	$249	$47,338,792	37	false
Nov 16, 2012	Friday	16	$146,661	+131.4%	-69.3%	789	$185	$47,141,911	36	false
Nov 15, 2012	Thursday	16	$63,378	-28.5%	-64.6%	1,554	$40	$46,995,250	35	false
Nov 14, 2012	Wednesday	15	$88,587	-16%	-43.9%	1,554	$57	$46,931,872	34	false
Nov 13, 2012	Tuesday	14	$105,456	-33.7%	-50.8%	1,554	$67	$46,843,285	33	false
Nov 12, 2012	Monday	14	$159,143	-58.1%	-29.6%	1,554	$102	$46,737,829	32	false
Nov 11, 2012	Sunday	13	$379,852	-43%	-32.6%	1,554	$244	$46,578,686	31	false
Nov 10, 2012	Saturday	12	$666,104	+39.2%	-47.2%	1,554	$428	$46,198,834	30	false
Nov 9, 2012	Friday	12	$478,492	+167.2%	-47.4%	1,554	$307	$45,532,730	29	false
Nov 8, 2012	Thursday	13	$179,104	+13.5%	-57.9%	1,882	$95	$45,054,238	28	false
Nov 7, 2012	Wednesday	12	$157,840	-26.4%	-81%	1,882	$83	$44,875,134	27	false
Nov 6, 2012	Tuesday	13	$214,341	-5.2%	-56.9%	1,882	$113	$44,717,294	26	false
Nov 5, 2012	Monday	12	$226,133	-59.9%	-34.6%	1,882	$120	$44,502,953	25	false
Nov 4, 2012	Sunday	13	$563,604	-55.3%	-49.9%	1,882	$299	$44,276,820	24	false
Nov 3, 2012	Saturday	12	$1,261,991	+38.9%	-40.8%	1,882	$670	$43,713,216	23	false
Nov 2, 2012	Friday	12	$908,851	+113.7%	-47.8%	1,882	$482	$42,451,225	22	false
Nov 1, 2012	Thursday	9	$425,391	-48.9%	-35.7%	2,347	$181	$41,542,374	21	false
Oct 31, 2012 Halloween	Wednesday	3	$832,700	+67.5%	+38.3%	2,347	$354	$41,116,983	20	false
Oct 30, 2012	Tuesday	7	$497,254	+43.7%	-37.1%	2,347	$211	$40,284,283	19	false
Oct 29, 2012	Monday	7	$345,975	-69.3%	-47.2%	2,347	$147	$39,787,029	18	false
Oct 28, 2012	Sunday	9	$1,125,268	-47.2%	-43.9%	2,347	$479	$39,441,054	17	false
Oct 27, 2012	Saturday	9	$2,131,159	+22.5%	-44.2%	2,347	$908	$38,315,786	16	false
Oct 26, 2012	Friday	7	$1,739,672	+163.1%	-41.9%	2,347	$741	$36,184,627	15	false
Oct 25, 2012	Thursday	4	$661,310	+9.8%	-41%	2,542	$260	$34,444,955	14	false
Oct 24, 2012	Wednesday	5	$602,186	-23.8%	-44.5%	2,542	$236	$33,783,645	13	false
Oct 23, 2012	Tuesday	5	$790,082	+20.5%	-43.6%	2,542	$310	$33,181,459	12	false
Oct 22, 2012	Monday	5	$655,734	-67.3%	-49.8%	2,542	$257	$32,391,377	11	false
Oct 21, 2012	Sunday	7	$2,006,617	-47.4%	-46.3%	2,542	$789	$31,735,643	10	false
Oct 20, 2012	Saturday	6	$3,816,637	+27.6%	-44.3%	2,542	$1,501	$29,729,026	9	false
Oct 19, 2012	Friday	6	$2,992,221	+166.8%	-59.7%	2,542	$1,177	$25,912,389	8	false
Oct 18, 2012	Thursday	3	$1,121,331	+3.4%	-	2,527	$443	$22,920,168	7	false
Oct 17, 2012	Wednesday	3	$1,084,331	-22.6%	-	2,527	$429	$21,798,837	6	false
Oct 16, 2012	Tuesday	3	$1,400,726	+7.2%	-	2,527	$554	$20,714,506	5	false
Oct 15, 2012	Monday	3	$1,306,146	-65.1%	-	2,527	$516	$19,313,780	4	false
Oct 14, 2012	Sunday	4	$3,738,625	-45.4%	-	2,527	$1,479	$18,007,634	3	false
Oct 13, 2012	Saturday	4	$6,852,570	-7.6%	-	2,527	$2,711	$14,269,009	2	false
Oct 12, 2012	Friday	1	$7,416,439	-	-	2,527	$2,934	$7,416,439	1	false