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Released
2016 · FILM

Lights Out

A young man investigates his family's dark secrets after strange occurrences begin haunting his home, uncovering a terrifying presence that thrives in the shadows and threatens everyone he loves.

“You were right to be afraid of the dark.”

Directed by
David F Sandberg
Written by
Eric Heisserer, David F Sandberg
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
81 min
HorrorMystery
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Rebecca must uncover the source of the terror behind her little brother's experiences, which once challenged her own sanity, leading her to confront a supernatural spirit connected to their mother.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 25

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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 Michel AllerShot by Marc SpicerScored by Benjamin WallfischDesigned by Jennifer Spence

Box Office

2016 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 30× 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

$149.4M

Budget$4.9M
Worldwide gross$149.4M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $67.3M — 45% of worldwide · International: $82.1M (55%)

Opening weekend: $21.7M — 32% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $32.1M — 48% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,818 theaters

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Also known as

  • Lights Outde
  • Dans le noirfr
  • Lights Out - Terrore nel buioit

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