Friend Request (2016)

Friend Request
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $3,759,078Details
International Box Office $7,551,757
Worldwide Box Office $11,310,835
Domestic Physical Disc Sales
DVD Sales (estimated) $406,394
Blu-ray Sales (estimated) $231,343
Total $637,737
Further financial details...

Synopsis

Popular college student Laura shares everything with her more than 800 Facebook friends. One day she accepts a friend request from classmate Marina, an awkward outcast. But when Laura excludes the hoodie-clad loner from her birthday party, she makes the mistake of posting pictures of the happy gathering. Outraged by the snub, and then devastated when Laura unfriends her, Marina kills herself, unleashing evil forces that commandeer Laura’s Facebook page and post a video of Marina’s gruesome suicide. Soon, one by one, Laura’s classmates Gustavo, Isabel and Olivia fall prey to demonic forces that include homicidal swarms of wasps. Laura’s Facebook page is mysteriously hacked and begins displaying videos of each of her friends’ horrific deaths, triggering a drop in Laura’s social media followers and turning her into a campus pariah. Kicked out of school for the out-of-control postings, Laura joins forces with her boyfriend Tyler and tech-savvy friend Kobe to try and stop the killings. Together, they uncover secrets of Marina’s past and learn of her involvement with the ancient witchcraft of the “Black Mirror,” which serves as a portal to evil spirits. Laura tracks the demonic forces’ origins to a remote site where they face off against the deadly social media terror gone supernaturally viral.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$2,002,863 (53.3% of total gross)
Legs:1.88 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:33.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$9,900,000 (worldwide box office is 1.1 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,573 opening theaters/2,573 max. theaters, 1.9 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $5,012,101

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: September 22nd, 2017 (Wide) by Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures
International Releases: January 7th, 2016 (Wide) (Germany)
January 8th, 2016 (Wide) (Austria)
January 14th, 2016 (Wide) (Cambodia)
March 17th, 2016 (Wide) (Thailand)
March 17th, 2016 (Wide) (Russia (CIS))
Video Release: December 19th, 2017 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: R for horror violence, disturbing images, and language.
(Rating bulletin 2444 (Cert #50702), 9/28/2016)
Running Time: 92 minutes
Cast, crew, or production detail: Epilogue
Plot point: Haunting, Internet, Occult, Orphan, Revenge, Social Media, Social Outcast, Suicide, Witches
Social setting: College, Supernatural
Subgenre: Supernatural Horror
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Horror
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Wiedemann & Berg, Seven Pictures Film, Two Oceans, The Exchange
Production Countries: Germany
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 22, 2017 7 $2,002,863   2,573 $778   $2,002,863 1
Sep 29, 2017 14 $728,064 -64% 2,081 $350   $3,411,022 2
Oct 6, 2017 36 $75,156 -90% 154 $488   $3,700,326 3
Oct 13, 2017 62 $9,578 -87% 50 $192   $3,733,254 4
Oct 20, 2017 67 $10,486 +9% 40 $262   $3,746,025 5
Oct 27, 2017 78 $5,569 -47% 32 $174   $3,754,992 6
Nov 3, 2017 96 $483 -91% 4 $121   $3,757,645 7
Nov 10, 2017 97 $515 +7% 2 $258   $3,758,339 8
Nov 17, 2017 91 $357 -31% 2 $179   $3,758,792 9
Nov 24, 2017 86 $87 -76% 1 $87   $3,759,014 10

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Sep 21, 2017 P $110,000     1,500 $73   $110,000  
Sep 22, 2017 7 $687,006     2,573 $267   $687,006 1
Sep 23, 2017 7 $813,069 +18%   2,573 $316   $1,500,075 2
Sep 24, 2017 7 $502,788 -38%   2,573 $195   $2,002,863 3
Sep 25, 2017 7 $157,385 -69%   2,573 $61   $2,160,248 4
Sep 26, 2017 8 $240,628 +53%   2,573 $94   $2,400,876 5
Sep 27, 2017 8 $150,532 -37%   2,573 $59   $2,551,408 6
Sep 28, 2017 7 $131,550 -13%   2,573 $51   $2,682,958 7
Sep 29, 2017 14 $213,792 +63% -69% 2,081 $103   $2,896,750 8
Sep 30, 2017 14 $340,072 +59% -58% 2,081 $163   $3,236,822 9
Oct 1, 2017 15 $174,200 -49% -65% 2,081 $84   $3,411,022 10
Oct 2, 2017 - $53,687 -69% -66% 2,081 $26   $3,464,709 11
Oct 3, 2017 15 $80,412 +50% -67% 2,081 $39   $3,545,121 12
Oct 4, 2017 - $48,323 -40% -68% 2,081 $23   $3,593,444 13
Oct 5, 2017 - $31,726 -34% -76% 2,081 $15   $3,625,170 14
Oct 6, 2017 - $20,779 -35% -90% 154 $135   $3,645,949 15
Oct 7, 2017 - $34,325 +65% -90% 154 $223   $3,680,274 16
Oct 8, 2017 - $20,052 -42% -88% 154 $130   $3,700,326 17
Oct 9, 2017 - $7,701 -62% -86% 154 $50   $3,708,027 18
Oct 10, 2017 - $7,346 -5% -91% 154 $48   $3,715,373 19
Oct 11, 2017 - $5,245 -29% -89% 154 $34   $3,720,618 20
Oct 12, 2017 - $3,058 -42% -90% 154 $20   $3,723,676 21
Oct 13, 2017 - $2,773 -9% -87% 50 $55   $3,726,449 22
Oct 14, 2017 - $4,533 +63% -87% 50 $91   $3,730,982 23
Oct 15, 2017 - $2,272 -50% -89% 50 $45   $3,733,254 24
Oct 16, 2017 - $629 -72% -92% 50 $13   $3,733,883 25
Oct 17, 2017 - $772 +23% -89% 50 $15   $3,734,655 26
Oct 18, 2017 - $424 -45% -92% 50 $8   $3,735,079 27
Oct 19, 2017 - $460 +8% -85% 50 $9   $3,735,539 28
Oct 20, 2017 - $3,492 +659% +26% 40 $87   $3,739,031 29
Oct 21, 2017 - $4,279 +23% -6% 40 $107   $3,743,310 30
Oct 22, 2017 - $2,715 -37% +19% 40 $68   $3,746,025 31
Oct 23, 2017 - $841 -69% +34% 40 $21   $3,746,866 32
Oct 24, 2017 - $933 +11% +21% 40 $23   $3,747,799 33
Oct 25, 2017 - $748 -20% +76% 40 $19   $3,748,547 34
Oct 26, 2017 - $876 +17% +90% 40 $22   $3,749,423 35
Oct 27, 2017 - $1,600 +83% -54% 32 $50   $3,751,023 36
Oct 28, 2017 - $2,404 +50% -44% 32 $75   $3,753,427 37
Oct 29, 2017 - $1,565 -35% -42% 32 $49   $3,754,992 38
Oct 30, 2017 - $413 -74% -51% 32 $13   $3,755,405 39
Oct 31, 2017 - $696 +69% -25% 32 $22   $3,756,101 40
Nov 1, 2017 - $465 -33% -38% 32 $15   $3,756,566 41
Nov 2, 2017 - $596 +28% -32% 32 $19   $3,757,162 42
Nov 3, 2017 - $85 -86% -95% 4 $21   $3,757,247 43
Nov 4, 2017 - $248 +192% -90% 4 $62   $3,757,495 44
Nov 5, 2017 - $150 -40% -90% 4 $38   $3,757,645 45
Nov 6, 2017 - $53 -65% -87% 4 $13   $3,757,698 46
Nov 7, 2017 - $29 -45% -96% 4 $7   $3,757,727 47
Nov 8, 2017 - $37 +28% -92% 4 $9   $3,757,764 48
Nov 9, 2017 - $60 +62% -90% 4 $15   $3,757,824 49
Nov 10, 2017 - $98 +63% +15% 2 $49   $3,757,922 50
Nov 11, 2017 - $213 +117% -14% 2 $107   $3,758,135 51
Nov 12, 2017 - $204 -4% +36% 2 $102   $3,758,339 52
Nov 13, 2017 - $24 -88% -55% 2 $12   $3,758,363 53
Nov 14, 2017 - $8 -67% -72% 2 $4   $3,758,371 54
Nov 15, 2017 - $30 +275% -19% 2 $15   $3,758,401 55
Nov 16, 2017 - $34 +13% -43% 2 $17   $3,758,435 56
Nov 17, 2017 - $63 +85% -36% 2 $32   $3,758,498 57
Nov 18, 2017 - $125 +98% -41% 2 $63   $3,758,623 58
Nov 19, 2017 - $169 +35% -17% 2 $85   $3,758,792 59
Nov 20, 2017 - $48 -72% +100% 2 $24   $3,758,840 60
Nov 21, 2017 - $55 +15% +588% 2 $28   $3,758,895 61
Nov 22, 2017 - $16 -71% -47% 2 $8   $3,758,911 62
Nov 23, 2017 - $16 n/c -53% 2 $8   $3,758,927 63
Nov 24, 2017 - $4 -75% -94% 1 $4   $3,758,931 64
Nov 25, 2017 - $83 +1,975% -34% 1 $83   $3,759,014 65
Nov 27, 2017 - $4   -92% 1 $4   $3,759,018 67
Nov 29, 2017 - $28   +75% 1 $28   $3,759,046 69
Nov 30, 2017 - $32 +14% +100% 1 $32   $3,759,078 70

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 22, 2017 7 $2,682,958   2,573 $1,043   $2,682,958 1
Sep 29, 2017 14 $942,212 -65% 2,081 $453   $3,625,170 2
Oct 6, 2017 36 $98,506 -90% 154 $640   $3,723,676 3
Oct 13, 2017 63 $11,863 -88% 50 $237   $3,735,539 4
Oct 20, 2017 66 $13,884 +17% 40 $347   $3,749,423 5
Oct 27, 2017 76 $7,739 -44% 32 $242   $3,757,162 6
Nov 3, 2017 100 $662 -91% 4 $166   $3,757,824 7
Nov 10, 2017 96 $611 -8% 2 $306   $3,758,435 8
Nov 17, 2017 92 $492 -19% 2 $246   $3,758,927 9
Nov 24, 2017 93 $151 -69% 1 $151   $3,759,078 10

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.


Synopsis

Popular college student Laura shares everything with her more than 800 Facebook friends. One day she accepts a friend request from classmate Marina, an awkward outcast. But when Laura excludes the hoodie-clad loner from her birthday party, she makes the mistake of posting pictures of the happy gathering. Outraged by the snub, and then devastated when Laura unfriends her, Marina kills herself, unleashing evil forces that commandeer Laura’s Facebook page and post a video of Marina’s gruesome suicide. Soon, one by one, Laura’s classmates Gustavo, Isabel and Olivia fall prey to demonic forces that include homicidal swarms of wasps. Laura’s Facebook page is mysteriously hacked and begins displaying videos of each of her friends’ horrific deaths, triggering a drop in Laura’s social media followers and turning her into a campus pariah. Kicked out of school for the out-of-control postings, Laura joins forces with her boyfriend Tyler and tech-savvy friend Kobe to try and stop the killings. Together, they uncover secrets of Marina’s past and learn of her involvement with the ancient witchcraft of the “Black Mirror,” which serves as a portal to evil spirits. Laura tracks the demonic forces’ origins to a remote site where they face off against the deadly social media terror gone supernaturally viral.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$2,002,863 (53.3% of total gross)
Legs:1.88 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:33.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$9,900,000 (worldwide box office is 1.1 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,573 opening theaters/2,573 max. theaters, 1.9 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $5,012,101

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: September 22nd, 2017 (Wide) by Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures
International Releases: January 7th, 2016 (Wide) (Germany)
January 8th, 2016 (Wide) (Austria)
January 14th, 2016 (Wide) (Cambodia)
March 17th, 2016 (Wide) (Thailand)
March 17th, 2016 (Wide) (Russia (CIS))
Video Release: December 19th, 2017 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: R for horror violence, disturbing images, and language.
(Rating bulletin 2444 (Cert #50702), 9/28/2016)
Running Time: 92 minutes
Cast, crew, or production detail: Epilogue
Plot point: Haunting, Internet, Occult, Orphan, Revenge, Social Media, Social Outcast, Suicide, Witches
Social setting: College, Supernatural
Subgenre: Supernatural Horror
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Horror
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Wiedemann & Berg, Seven Pictures Film, Two Oceans, The Exchange
Production Countries: Germany
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 22, 2017 7 $2,002,863   2,573 $778   $2,002,863 1
Sep 29, 2017 14 $728,064 -64% 2,081 $350   $3,411,022 2
Oct 6, 2017 36 $75,156 -90% 154 $488   $3,700,326 3
Oct 13, 2017 62 $9,578 -87% 50 $192   $3,733,254 4
Oct 20, 2017 67 $10,486 +9% 40 $262   $3,746,025 5
Oct 27, 2017 78 $5,569 -47% 32 $174   $3,754,992 6
Nov 3, 2017 96 $483 -91% 4 $121   $3,757,645 7
Nov 10, 2017 97 $515 +7% 2 $258   $3,758,339 8
Nov 17, 2017 91 $357 -31% 2 $179   $3,758,792 9
Nov 24, 2017 86 $87 -76% 1 $87   $3,759,014 10

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Sep 21, 2017 P $110,000     1,500 $73   $110,000  
Sep 22, 2017 7 $687,006     2,573 $267   $687,006 1
Sep 23, 2017 7 $813,069 +18%   2,573 $316   $1,500,075 2
Sep 24, 2017 7 $502,788 -38%   2,573 $195   $2,002,863 3
Sep 25, 2017 7 $157,385 -69%   2,573 $61   $2,160,248 4
Sep 26, 2017 8 $240,628 +53%   2,573 $94   $2,400,876 5
Sep 27, 2017 8 $150,532 -37%   2,573 $59   $2,551,408 6
Sep 28, 2017 7 $131,550 -13%   2,573 $51   $2,682,958 7
Sep 29, 2017 14 $213,792 +63% -69% 2,081 $103   $2,896,750 8
Sep 30, 2017 14 $340,072 +59% -58% 2,081 $163   $3,236,822 9
Oct 1, 2017 15 $174,200 -49% -65% 2,081 $84   $3,411,022 10
Oct 2, 2017 - $53,687 -69% -66% 2,081 $26   $3,464,709 11
Oct 3, 2017 15 $80,412 +50% -67% 2,081 $39   $3,545,121 12
Oct 4, 2017 - $48,323 -40% -68% 2,081 $23   $3,593,444 13
Oct 5, 2017 - $31,726 -34% -76% 2,081 $15   $3,625,170 14
Oct 6, 2017 - $20,779 -35% -90% 154 $135   $3,645,949 15
Oct 7, 2017 - $34,325 +65% -90% 154 $223   $3,680,274 16
Oct 8, 2017 - $20,052 -42% -88% 154 $130   $3,700,326 17
Oct 9, 2017 - $7,701 -62% -86% 154 $50   $3,708,027 18
Oct 10, 2017 - $7,346 -5% -91% 154 $48   $3,715,373 19
Oct 11, 2017 - $5,245 -29% -89% 154 $34   $3,720,618 20
Oct 12, 2017 - $3,058 -42% -90% 154 $20   $3,723,676 21
Oct 13, 2017 - $2,773 -9% -87% 50 $55   $3,726,449 22
Oct 14, 2017 - $4,533 +63% -87% 50 $91   $3,730,982 23
Oct 15, 2017 - $2,272 -50% -89% 50 $45   $3,733,254 24
Oct 16, 2017 - $629 -72% -92% 50 $13   $3,733,883 25
Oct 17, 2017 - $772 +23% -89% 50 $15   $3,734,655 26
Oct 18, 2017 - $424 -45% -92% 50 $8   $3,735,079 27
Oct 19, 2017 - $460 +8% -85% 50 $9   $3,735,539 28
Oct 20, 2017 - $3,492 +659% +26% 40 $87   $3,739,031 29
Oct 21, 2017 - $4,279 +23% -6% 40 $107   $3,743,310 30
Oct 22, 2017 - $2,715 -37% +19% 40 $68   $3,746,025 31
Oct 23, 2017 - $841 -69% +34% 40 $21   $3,746,866 32
Oct 24, 2017 - $933 +11% +21% 40 $23   $3,747,799 33
Oct 25, 2017 - $748 -20% +76% 40 $19   $3,748,547 34
Oct 26, 2017 - $876 +17% +90% 40 $22   $3,749,423 35
Oct 27, 2017 - $1,600 +83% -54% 32 $50   $3,751,023 36
Oct 28, 2017 - $2,404 +50% -44% 32 $75   $3,753,427 37
Oct 29, 2017 - $1,565 -35% -42% 32 $49   $3,754,992 38
Oct 30, 2017 - $413 -74% -51% 32 $13   $3,755,405 39
Oct 31, 2017 - $696 +69% -25% 32 $22   $3,756,101 40
Nov 1, 2017 - $465 -33% -38% 32 $15   $3,756,566 41
Nov 2, 2017 - $596 +28% -32% 32 $19   $3,757,162 42
Nov 3, 2017 - $85 -86% -95% 4 $21   $3,757,247 43
Nov 4, 2017 - $248 +192% -90% 4 $62   $3,757,495 44
Nov 5, 2017 - $150 -40% -90% 4 $38   $3,757,645 45
Nov 6, 2017 - $53 -65% -87% 4 $13   $3,757,698 46
Nov 7, 2017 - $29 -45% -96% 4 $7   $3,757,727 47
Nov 8, 2017 - $37 +28% -92% 4 $9   $3,757,764 48
Nov 9, 2017 - $60 +62% -90% 4 $15   $3,757,824 49
Nov 10, 2017 - $98 +63% +15% 2 $49   $3,757,922 50
Nov 11, 2017 - $213 +117% -14% 2 $107   $3,758,135 51
Nov 12, 2017 - $204 -4% +36% 2 $102   $3,758,339 52
Nov 13, 2017 - $24 -88% -55% 2 $12   $3,758,363 53
Nov 14, 2017 - $8 -67% -72% 2 $4   $3,758,371 54
Nov 15, 2017 - $30 +275% -19% 2 $15   $3,758,401 55
Nov 16, 2017 - $34 +13% -43% 2 $17   $3,758,435 56
Nov 17, 2017 - $63 +85% -36% 2 $32   $3,758,498 57
Nov 18, 2017 - $125 +98% -41% 2 $63   $3,758,623 58
Nov 19, 2017 - $169 +35% -17% 2 $85   $3,758,792 59
Nov 20, 2017 - $48 -72% +100% 2 $24   $3,758,840 60
Nov 21, 2017 - $55 +15% +588% 2 $28   $3,758,895 61
Nov 22, 2017 - $16 -71% -47% 2 $8   $3,758,911 62
Nov 23, 2017 - $16 n/c -53% 2 $8   $3,758,927 63
Nov 24, 2017 - $4 -75% -94% 1 $4   $3,758,931 64
Nov 25, 2017 - $83 +1,975% -34% 1 $83   $3,759,014 65
Nov 27, 2017 - $4   -92% 1 $4   $3,759,018 67
Nov 29, 2017 - $28   +75% 1 $28   $3,759,046 69
Nov 30, 2017 - $32 +14% +100% 1 $32   $3,759,078 70

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 22, 2017 7 $2,682,958   2,573 $1,043   $2,682,958 1
Sep 29, 2017 14 $942,212 -65% 2,081 $453   $3,625,170 2
Oct 6, 2017 36 $98,506 -90% 154 $640   $3,723,676 3
Oct 13, 2017 63 $11,863 -88% 50 $237   $3,735,539 4
Oct 20, 2017 66 $13,884 +17% 40 $347   $3,749,423 5
Oct 27, 2017 76 $7,739 -44% 32 $242   $3,757,162 6
Nov 3, 2017 100 $662 -91% 4 $166   $3,757,824 7
Nov 10, 2017 96 $611 -8% 2 $306   $3,758,435 8
Nov 17, 2017 92 $492 -19% 2 $246   $3,758,927 9
Nov 24, 2017 93 $151 -69% 1 $151   $3,759,078 10

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.