The July North American box office was crawling with 7 horror films, among them a couple of dolls holding onto 2 spots in the top 5 (for the second month in a row), the creature feature of the year making a splashy, bloody arrival, and the director of Hereditary returning to scare audiences with a lesson on festival cult-ure .
July also saw 4 flicks leave theaters for good, including the year-to-date’s highest-earning horror film. Can you guess the movie?
Keep reading for a comprehensive list of the horror/thriller box office winners and losers of July, as well as the R.I.P. reveal of those films that faded away from theaters.
- ANNABELLE COMES HOME
Genre: Horror
Release Date: June 26, 2019
July Gross – North America: $39.4 million
Year-to-date North American Gross: $70.5 million
Year-to-date North American ranking among all films released in 2019: #22
July Gross – Overseas: $93 million
Year-to-date Overseas Gross: $140.2 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $210.7 million
Production Budget: N.A.
Check out my “not a review” of the film here!
- CRAWL
Genre: Horror
Release Date: July 12, 2019
July Gross – North America: $33.5 million
Year-to-date North American Gross: $33.5 million
Year-to-date North American ranking among all films released in 2019: #39
July Gross – Overseas: $15.8 million
Year-to-date Overseas Gross: $15.8 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $49.3 million
Production Budget: $13.5 million
Check out my “not a review” of the film here!
- MIDSOMMAR
Genre: Horror
Release Date: July 3, 2019
July Gross – North America: $24.7 million
Year-to-date North American Gross: $24.7 million
Year-to-date North American ranking among all films released in 2019: #45
July Gross – Overseas: $6.5 million
Year-to-date Overseas Gross: $6.5 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $31.2 million
Production Budget: N.A.
- CHILD’S PLAY
Genre: Horror
Release Date: June 21, 2019
July Gross – North America: $5.6 million
Year-to-date North American Gross: $29.1 million
Year-to-date North American ranking among all films released in 2019: #43
July Gross – Overseas: $0
Year-to-date Overseas Gross: $0
Total Worldwide Gross: $29.1 million
Production Budget: $10 million
- MA
Genre: Horror
Release Date: May 31, 2019
July Gross – North America: $618,975
Year-to-date North American Gross: $45.4 million
Year-to-date North American ranking among all films released in 2019: #32
June Gross – Overseas: $2 million
Year-to-date Overseas Gross: $15.1 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $60.5 million
Production Budget: $5 million
Rabbit in Red review here!
- THE CURSE OF LA LLORONA
Genre: Horror
Release Date: April 19, 2019
July Gross – North America: $17,666
Year-to-date North American Gross: $54.7 million
Year-to-date North American ranking among all films released in 2019: #23
July Gross – Overseas: $100,000
Year-to-date Overseas Gross: $67.4 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $122.1 million
Production Budget: $9 million
- KILLER UNICORN
Genre: Horror
Release Date: June 14, 2019
July Gross – North America: $2,748
Year-to-date North American Gross: $32,901
Year-to-date North American ranking among all films released in 2019: #329
June Gross – Overseas: $
Year-to-date Overseas Gross: $
Total Worldwide Gross: $32,901
Production Budget: N.A.
R.I.P. (WINNERS or LOSERS?)
On average, studios earn back approximately 55% of the final gross.
RELEASED: MAY 24, 2019
CLOSED: JUNE 27, 2019
TOTAL NORTH AMERICAN: $17,300,439
TOTAL OVERSEAS: $15,092,549
TOTAL WORLDWIDE: $32,392,988
WINNER! /LOSER! Sure its worldwide earnings were over 5 times more than its $6 million production budget, but when factoring in the bucks it cost to market the movie on a global basis, the resulting profit is likely more “burn” than “bright”.
RELEASED: MAY 3, 2019
CLOSED: JUNE 27, 2019
TOTAL NORTH AMERICAN: $35,419,122
TOTAL OVERSEAS: $1,009,157
TOTAL WORLDWIDE: $36,428,279
WINNER! /LOSER! On an $8 million production budget, the movie was moderately successful with North American audiences, but for whatever reason was considerably less welcome overseas.
RELEASED: MAY 24, 2019
CLOSED: JUNE 27, 2019
TOTAL NORTH AMERICAN: $771,645
TOTAL OVERSEAS: $0
TOTAL WORLDWIDE: $771,645
LOSER! Originally released on 252 screens, the per screen average in the first week barely surpassed $1,000. This Church’s collection plate was far from full.
RELEASED: MARCH 22, 2019
CLOSED: JUNE 6, 2019
TOTAL NORTH AMERICAN: $175,005,930
TOTAL OVERSEAS: $79,658,530
TOTAL WORLDWIDE: $254,664,460
WINNER! Jordan Peele’s follow-up to Get Out (2017’s top-grossing horror film) continued the writer/director’s winning streak with Us, currently the top-grossing horror film of this year!
Rabbit in Red review here!
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