Paranormal Activity Box Office Hit

- Fact 4: Budget: $15,000
- Release date (limited): September 25, 2009
- Release date (Wide): October 16, 2009
- Limited Opening Weekend: $77,873
- Wide Opening Weekend: $19,617,650 http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=...
- Distributor: Paramount
- Genre: Horror
- MPAA Rating: R
- Running Time: 1 hour, 39 minutes

Paranormal Activity is a horror film by Oren Peli, starring Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat. The movie was created on a budget of only $15,000, but grossed $77,873 in its limited opening weekend (only 12 theaters), and over $19,5 million in its wide release opening weekend.http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=paranormalactivity.htm
Until October 29, 2009, it grossed over $65M. Last weekend it played in 1,945 locations.
The movie was planned for a small release, after being shown at 2007's Screamfest and at the Slamdance Film Festival in 2008. Following its initial success, a wide release was scheduled for a wide release on almost 2,000 cinemas. This resulted in the movie taking the #1 spot in weekend revenue for the October 23-25 weekend, outperforming Saw VI and Where the Wild Things Are
History

Paranormal Activity was produced by first-time director Oren Peli, who himself has a life-ling fear of ghosts. Peli used his own house as filming location, and took a year preparing it. The movie draws similarities to The Blair Witch Project, both in filming-style and in cast preparation.http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/slamdancenews.php?id=5123

"Paranormal Activity" - Official Trailer

After a young, middle class couple moves into what seems like a typical suburban starter tract house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be somehow demonic but is certainly most active in the middle of the night. Especially when they sleep. Or try to.

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