New Zealand Box Office for Lights Out (2016)

← Go to main Lights Out page

Lights Out poster
Theatrical Performance (US$)
New Zealand Box Office $523,279Details
Worldwide Box Office $148,806,510Details
Home Market Performance
North America DVD Sales $3,642,456 Details
North America Blu-ray Sales $1,758,220 Details
Total North America Video Sales $5,400,676
Further financial details...

  1. Summary
  2. News
  3. Box Office
  4. Worldwide
  5. Full Financials
  6. Cast & Crew
  7. Trailer

Synopsis

When Rebecca left home, she thought she left her childhood fears behind. Growing up, she was never really sure of what was and wasn't real when the lights went out…and now her little brother, Martin, is experiencing the same unexplained and terrifying events that had once tested her sanity and threatened her safety. A frightening entity with a mysterious attachment to their mother, Sophie, had reemerged. But this time, as Rebecca gets closer to unlocking the truth, there is no denying that all their lives are in danger…once the lights go out.

Metrics

Movie Details

Production Budget:$5,000,000
New Zealand Releases: July 22nd, 2016 (Wide)
Video Release: October 4th, 2016 by Warner Home Video
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for terror throughout, violence including disturbing images, some thematic material and brief drug content.
(Rating bulletin 2407 (Cert #50165), 1/13/2016)
Running Time: 80 minutes
Keywords: Haunting, Family Secrets, Director Remaking Their Own Movie, Supernatural, Supernatural Horror
Source:Based on Short Film
Genre:Horror
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: New Line Cinema, RatPac Entertainment, Dune Entertainment, Grey Matter, Atomic Monster
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

2016 - Holiday Gift Guide - Part I - First-Run Releases and Franchise Box Sets

November 22nd, 2016

Finding Dory

It’s Thanksgiving weekend, which means Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and of course the first installment of our Holiday Gift Guide. This week we will tackle first run releases, as well as franchise box sets, although there aren’t many of the latter to talk about. In fact, the best movie box set of the year includes more TV shows than movies in its running time and I’ve decided to include it in our second part, which deals with TV on DVD releases. There are still a number of big first-run releases this year that are definitely worthy gifts. We are going to start with the biggest domestic hit of the year... More...

Home Market Releases for October 25th, 2016

October 24th, 2016

Finding Dory

It’s not a great week on the home market, as the biggest release of the week is the low-budget horror film, Lights Out. It is worth picking up on Blu-ray, but it is not worth the Pick of the Week title. The best film on this week’s list is Finding Dory, but it is only coming out on Video on Demand and it is worth waiting for the Blu-ray. That said, there’s no top-notch competition, so it is the Pick of the Week. More...

Home Market Releases for October 4th, 2016

October 4th, 2016

The Wailing

The theme for this week on the home market is “good, but not great”. There are a lot of releases, but almost none of them rise above merely good. This meant there were very few contenders for Pick of the Week and the only real choice was The Wailing. It earned perfect reviews, so even though the Blu-ray isn’t loaded with extras, it is still the best release of the week. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Blair Witch Spooks the Box Office with $765,000

September 16th, 2016

Blair Witch

Blair Witch led the way during Thursday’s previews with $765,000. This is well short of the horror films we had during the summer, including The Shallows at $1.33 million and Lights Out at $1.8 million. Then again, it isn’t really fair to compare previews during summer when a lot of the target audience doesn’t have to go to school the next day. Unfortunately, there are not a lot of horror films that come out in September and previews like this have only been ubiquitous for the past few years. I think it is a good sign, but I’m not sure. Maybe if moviegoers like it more than critics do, the film will be a hit. More...

International Box Office: Bourne Bounces Back with $56.2 million

August 31st, 2016

Jason Bourne

Jason Bourne returned to first place with $56.2 million on 10,247 screens in 62 markets for totals of $197.73 million internationally and $347.01 million worldwide. The film earned first place in China with $23.96 million over the weekend for a six-day opening of $49.13 million. The entire six day opening is included in the weekend number. Its total in China is already better than the lifetime totals for any other film in the franchise. The film wasn’t quite as potent in Mexico, but it still did well earning first place with $1.53 million over the weekend, which is the best opening in the franchise.

More...

Thursday Night Previews: Don’t Breathe Knocks Out the Competition with $1.88 million

August 26th, 2016

Don’t Breathe

Don’t Breathe earned $1.8 million during its midnight previews, which is coincidentally almost exactly the same amount as Lights Out opened with earlier this summer. Don’t Breathe does have better reviews than Lights Out earned, plus it has less competition. On the other hand, this weekend is a weaker weekend at the box office. It does look like it will beat expectations and an opening of more than $20 million is likely. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will the New Releases be a Breath of Fresh Air?

August 25th, 2016

Don’t Breathe

It’s the last weekend of summer and a number of schools are already back, so the box office prospects are really low. That’s not to say there’s nothing to look forward to, as Don’t Breathe is earning stellar reviews. On the other hand, Mechanic: Resurrection still has no reviews. (There was another movie, Hands of Stone, that was expected to open wide, but that is no longer the case.) This weekend last year, Straight Outta Compton completed its threepete with $13.13 million. The best new release was War Room, which only managed $11.35 million. This year, the two wide releases will topped the combined numbers of those two films, while the holdovers will push 2016 over 2015 in the year-over-year comparison. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Jason Bourne Treks to the top of the Chart with $59.22 million

August 2nd, 2016

Jason Bourne

There was no surprise at the top of the weekend box office chart, as Jason Bourne easily won with $59.22 million. This was on the high end of expectations, but not quite as strong as Star Trek Beyond’s opening last weekend. Both of the other two new releases, Bad Moms and Nerve, also did well. In fact, none of the films we talked about before the weekend missed expectations. The overall box office was down a little compared to last weekend, but a 3.1% decline is hardly noteworthy. More importantly, the box office was 30% higher than the same weekend last year. Year-to-date, 2016 saw its lead over 2015 nearly double to $260 million or 4.0%. Being ahead $6.84 billion to $6.58 billion at this point of the year is a good position to be in, but it wouldn’t take a major collapse for 2016 to fall behind 2015 by year’s end. More...

Friday Estimates: Bourne doesn’t have the Ultimate Opening Friday, but still on Pace for $60 million Weekend

July 30th, 2016

Jason Bourne

Jason Bourne dominated the Friday box office chart, earning $22.71 million. I’ve seen reports that this is the biggest opening day for a Matt Damon movie, but The Bourne Ultimatum did better with $24.67 million. That film also earned much better reviews than this film did, so it likely won’t have the same legs. It did earn an A- with CinemaScore, so that will help a little. It will likely have similar legs to Star Trek Beyond. Beyond did earn better reviews, but Star Trek has a bigger fanboy factor, which hurt its legs. That will give the film $60 million over the weekend, more or less. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Jason be a Bourne Again Box Office Hit?

July 28th, 2016

Jason Bourne

The month of July comes to an end this weekend and there are three wide releases hoping the month goes out on a high note. Jason Bourne is the only one with a shot at first place, while Bad Moms is looking to become a solid counter-programming hit. Meanwhile, Nerve opened on Wednesday and it just doesn’t want to slip between the cracks. As far as holdovers are concerned, Star Trek Beyond's daily numbers are average for the summer, but that will still be enough to hit the century mark over the weekend. It won’t be the only film to reach $100 million over the weekend. This weekend last year was led by Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation with $55.52 million. I don’t think Jason Bourne will top that, but since the second best film, Vacation, made less than $15 million, I think 2016 will win on depth. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Star Trek Tops Chart, but still Weakest in Reboot Franchise with $59.25 million

July 26th, 2016

Star Trek Beyond

As expected, Star Trek Beyond earned first place on the weekend box office chart and while it didn’t live up to my lofty predictions, it still did very well with $59.25 million. The next two wide releases, Lights Out and Ice Age: Collision Course, had nearly identical openings with $21.69 million and $21.37 million respectively. For Lights Out, this is a breakout opening and means it is practically guaranteed a profit and will likely get a sequel. For Collision Course, it is a sign that they should retire the franchise. Both The Secret Life of Pets and Ghostbusters earned $20 million, meaning every film in the top five topped that mark, tying with the record most recently set last May. The overall box office was 20% higher than last week at $196 million. This is also 29% higher than the same weekend last year. Since last week, the year-over-year competition got a little closer at $6.55 billion to $6.41 billion. 2016 is still ahead by 2.2%, but this is less than the ticket price inflation. More...

Weekend Estimates: Star Trek Falls Short of $60 Million

July 24th, 2016

Star Trek Beyond

Star Trek Beyond will fall just short of $60 million at the box office this weekend, according to Sunday estimates from Paramount. The studio has the film coming in at $59.6 million over three days, which is substantially short of the $79.2 million earned on debut by Star Trek (the reboot) in 2009, and the $70.2 million made by Star Trek Into Darkness. The so-so start comes in spite of excellent reviews, which are now running at 84% on Rotten Tomatoes, and the franchise seems to have trouble reaching beyond its core audience. More...

Friday Estimates: Star Trek Soars with $22.5 million

July 23rd, 2016

Star Trek Beyond

As expected, Star Trek Beyond led the way on the Friday box office chart, earning $22.5 million. This is in line with the average among analysts, but lower than my prediction. I did warn you about irrational exuberance. Given the film’s reviews and its A CinemaScore, it should have a relatively good internal multiplier. Look for an opening weekend of close to $57 million, which is significantly better than Ghostbusters’ opening with last week and not that much worse than what X-Men: Apocalypse opened with in May. I assume Paramount is happy with this result, but the film will need good legs and a strong international run to justify another sequel. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Star Trek’s Previews are in the Stratosphere at $5.5 million

July 22nd, 2016

Star Trek Beyond

Star Trek Beyond got off to a fast start with $5.5 million during its midnight previews. This is $2 million more than Ghostbusters made last weekend, plus it has better reviews. On the other hand, it is a sequel, so the comparison isn’t perfect. We could compare it to the previous installment in the franchise, but that film opened on a Wednesday. X-Men: Apocalypse earned $8.4 million in its previews, but that film earned weaker reviews and is a comic book movie, which tend to be more front-loaded. I was a little more bullish than most with my prediction, but this result make me feel a lot better. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Star Trek go Above and Beyond the Competition?

July 21st, 2016

Star Trek Beyond

Star Trek Beyond leads a pack of three wide releases this weekend and there are some who think it will have the best live-action release since Captain America: Civil War. That would be great news for the overall box office. Ice Age: Collision Course has to deal with direct competition and terrible reviews, but it should still do relatively well thanks to goodwill its franchise has built up. The final new release of the week is Lights Out. This low-budget horror film won’t need to earn $20 million over the weekend to break even, but there’s a slim chance it will. In fact, The Secret Life of Pets should easily add another $20 million to its running tally, and Ghostbusters has a good shot at doing the same. So we could have five films earning $20 million over the weekend for the first time in a year. We should have three films earning more than $25 million. Meanwhile this weekend last year, there were no films that earned more than $25 million. Hopefully 2016 will win the year-over-year competition with ease. More...

Contest: Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

July 14th, 2016

Star Trek Beyond

There are three wide releases opening next week, but there’s not a lot of doubt which film will top the chart. Star Trek Beyond should win this weekend over Ice Age: Collision Course, although both should have no trouble getting to $100 million domestically. Meanwhile, Lights Out is nothing more than counter-programming and if it tops $50 million, it will be seen as a serious hit. Because there doesn’t seem to be a race for top spot, Star Trek Beyond is the target film in this week's Box Office Prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for Star Trek Beyond.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a winners’ choice Frankenprize consisting of either a multi-disc TV on DVD release, two previously reviewed movies, or three single-disc kids DVDs. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also win a winners’ choice Frankenprize consisting of either a multi-disc TV on DVD release, two previously reviewed movies, or three single-disc kids DVDs. Finally, we will be choosing an entrant from the group of people who haven't won, or haven't won recently, and they will also win a winners’ choice Frankenprize consisting of either a multi-disc TV on DVD release, two previously reviewed movies, or three single-disc kids DVDs.

Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

2016 Preview: July

July 1st, 2016

The Secret Life of Pets

It's July 1st, which is Canada Day. To celebrate, I wanted to give a gift to my American readers down south, so here's a bunch of "u"s. U, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u. Now you can spell words like "colour" and "neighbour" correctly. As for the July preview... June wasn't a good month, despite Finding Dory being on pace to become the biggest hit of the year so far. Most other films failed to match expectations and as a result, 2016's lead over 2015 has nearly evaporated. In fact, ticket sales are below last year's pace. So how does July look in comparison? Well, last July, there were five films that earned more than $100 million, led by Minions, which earned more than $300 million. This July, there are five films that should earn more than $100 million, led by The Secret Life of Pets, which should earned around $250 million. I don't think July 2016 will live up to July 2015, but it should be close. Maybe if one of the expected midlevel hits is a surprise $100 million hit, or if two more of the $100 million hits crack $200 million, then the month will look great. Or one of the expected $100 million hits could flop and 2016 will actually fall behind 2015, even without taking into account ticket price inflation. More...

Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2016/07/22 6 $186,238   43 $4,331   $186,238 1
2016/07/29 4 $113,503 -39% 46 $2,467   $353,379 2
2016/08/05 7 $48,824 -57% 44 $1,110   $425,707 3
2016/08/12 8 $36,401 -25% 40 $910   $475,876 4
2016/08/19 16 $11,433 -69% 16 $715   $514,170 5
2016/08/26 30 $3,518 -69% 6 $586   $523,279 6

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 7/29/2016 $974,636 204 204 637 $2,327,758 1/1/2019
Australia 7/22/2016 $830,341 170 175 668 $2,495,680 8/29/2016
Brazil 8/19/2016 $793,000 269 408 972 $3,802,300 11/16/2018
Bulgaria 7/22/2016 $11,564 0 0 0 $63,475 2/26/2019
Czech Republic 7/22/2016 $127,955 78 78 263 $522,119 12/31/2018
France 8/26/2016 $1,500,000 0 0 0 $5,130,615 8/17/2018
Germany 8/5/2016 $1,100,000 0 0 0 $2,849,733 8/19/2018
Italy 8/5/2016 $643,775 239 239 239 $1,795,196 9/6/2016
Lithuania 7/22/2016 $26,085 120 120 258 $109,344 8/26/2016
Mexico 7/29/2016 $1,824,049 0 0 0 $5,551,617 8/23/2016
Netherlands 7/21/2016 $155,924 47 48 281 $860,597 9/14/2016
New Zealand 7/22/2016 $186,238 43 46 195 $523,279 8/30/2016
North America 7/22/2016 $21,688,103 2,818 2,835 12,695 $67,268,835
Poland 7/22/2016 $193,511 0 0 0 $841,878 11/18/2018
Portugal 7/22/2016 $53,202 26 26 98 $219,651 9/23/2016
Russia (CIS) 7/22/2016 $1,664,605 874 874 2386 $3,856,549 12/31/2018
Slovakia 7/22/2016 $68,133 51 51 154 $262,495 9/8/2016
South Korea 8/11/2016 $75,210 0 659 1655 $7,919,240 9/10/2018
Spain 8/19/2016 $1,139,282 275 283 1546 $5,142,906 11/4/2016
Sweden 8/12/2016 $438,000 0 0 0 $438,000 8/15/2016
Turkey 7/22/2016 $95,306 161 161 481 $481,426 2/26/2019
United Kingdom 8/19/2016 $1,471,451 440 440 1183 $4,310,954 9/7/2016
 
Rest of World $32,032,863
 
Worldwide Total$148,806,510 2/26/2019

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.

Leading Cast

Teresa Palmer    Rebecca
Gabriel Bateman    Martin
Billy Burke    Paul
Maria Bello    Sophie

Supporting Cast

Alexander Dipersia    Bret
Alicia Vela-Bailey    Diana
Andi Osho    Emma
Rolando Boyce    Officer Brian Andrews
Maria Russell    Officer Gomez
Elizabeth Pan    Nurse
Lotta Losten    Esther
Amiah Miller    Young Rebecca
Ava Cantrell    Teen Diana
Emily Alyn Lind    Teen Sophie

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

David F. Sandberg    Director
Eric Heisserer    Screenwriter
David F. Sandberg    Story by
James Wan    Producer
Lawrence Grey    Producer
Eric Heisserer    Producer
Walter Hamada    Executive Producer
Dave Neustadter    Executive Producer
Richard Brener    Executive Producer
Steven Mnuchin    Executive Producer
Michael Clear    Executive Producer
Jack Murray    Executive Producer
Ben Everard    Executive Producer
Jennifer Spence    Production Designer
Kirk Morri    Editor
Michel Aller    Editor
Benjamin Wallfisch    Composer
Marc Spicer    Director of Photography
Cyrus Mojibi    Co-Producer
Patrick Wade    Co-Producer
Lawrence Kao    Co-Producer
Lloyd Everard    Co-Producer
Zak Olkewicz    Co-Producer
Rich Delia    Casting Director
Angela Demo    Casting Director
Kristin M. Burke    Costume Designer
Gerard DiNardi    Unit Production Manager
Elaine Dysinger    Unit Production Manager
Cory Johnson    First Assistant Director
Ivan Kraljevic    Second Assistant Director
Shannon Kemp    Art Director
Jennifer Stoefen    Artistic Coordinator
Lisa Son    Set Decorator
Raelyn Tepper    Set Decorator
Robert Janiger    Sound Mixer
Alex Junco    Post-Production Supervisor
Frank McGrath    Assistant Editor
Bill R. Dean    Supervising Sound Editor
Bill R. Dean    Sound Designer
Anna Behlmer    Re-recording Mixer
Mark Paterson    Re-recording Mixer
P.K. Hooker    Sound Effects Editor
Eric A. Norris    Sound Effects Editor
Bruce Barris    Sound Effects Editor
Christopher T. Welch    Dialogue Editor
Susan Kurtz    Dialogue Editor
David Jobe    Foley Mixer
Darrell Hall    Music Editor
Stacey Brashear    Location Manager
Scott Peterson    Script Supervisor
Kelli Marino    Script Supervisor
Steffany Bernstein-Pratt    Costume Supervisor
Eleanor Sabaduquia    Make up
Yoko Nobushi    Make up
Kelly Capoccia    Make-up and Prosthetic Effects Designer
Samantha Ward    Make-up and Prosthetic Effects Designer
Traci Smithe    Hairstylist
Mark Byers    Special Effects Coordinator
Steve Sosner    Special Effects
Joe Klein    Special Effects
Mark Norby    Stunt Coordinator

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.