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2011 · FILM

Dream House

A desperate publisher relocates his family to a quiet New England town, only to discover their dream home hides a brutal murder and must race against a hidden killer to protect his loved ones.

“Once upon a time, there were two little girls who lived in a house.”

Directed by
Jim Sheridan, Jack Boem
Written by
David Loucka
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
92 min
DramaMysteryThriller

Synopsis

Will Atenton, a publisher, leaves a well-paying job in New York to move his wife, Libby, and their daughters to a small town in New England. As they begin settling into their new home, the Atentons learn that a woman and her children were murdered there, and the husband of the deceased family remains the primary suspect in the case. With assistance from a neighbor who had a close relationship with the murdered family, Will uncovers a disturbing sequence of events.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 260+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Glen ScantleburyShot by Caleb DeschanelScored by John DebneyDesigned by Carol SpierSound by Tom Bellfort Nm0068938Costumes by Delphine WhiteStunts by John Stoneham JrVFX by Joseph Bell

Box Office

2011 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.8× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$40.0M

Budget$50.0M
Worldwide gross$40.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $21.3M — 53% of worldwide · International: $18.7M (47%)

Opening weekend: $8.1M — 38% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $10.0M — 47% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,661 theaters

Versions & cuts

  • Blu-ray· 92 min

Also known as

  • Dream Housede
  • (English)Dream House
  • (Bulgarian)Къщата на сенките
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • IsraelSep 29, 2011
  • PortugalSep 29, 2011
  • UkraineSep 29, 2011
  • CanadaSep 30, 2011
  • MalaysiaSep 30, 2011

Companies

ProductionMorgan Creek Entertainment, Bobker/Kruger
DistributionUniversal Pictures, Entertainment One, Warner Bros., Cascade Film, Cascade Ukraine
Special effectsCoSA VFX, Digiscope, EFX - Prasad, Gradient Effects, Spin VFX
Other companiesMorgan Creek International, Abbey Road Studios, Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), Angel Song Music, Buddha Jones Graphics, Capers on Location

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