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Sinister(2012)
Released
2012 · FILM

Sinister

True‑crime author Ellison Oswalt moves his family into a Pennsylvania house haunted by the unsolved murder of its former occupants and sets out to resurrect his fading fame by uncovering their secrets; when he discovers a box of home‑movie reels that capture brutal killings, he must stop the unseen killer before the footage turns his own household into the next victim.

“Once you see him, nothing can save you.”

Directed by
Scott Derrickson
Written by
Scott Derrickson, C Robert Cargill
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
110 min
HorrorMysteryThriller

Synopsis

True-crime writer Ellison Oswalt is in a slump; he has not published a book in years and is struggling to find inspiration for his next project.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 29

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 Frederic ThoravalShot by Christopher NorrScored by Christopher YoungDesigned by David Brisbin

Box Office

2012 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 28× 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

$82.5M

Budget$3.0M
Worldwide gross$82.5M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $48.1M — 58% of worldwide · International: $34.4M (42%)

Opening weekend: $18.0M — 37% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $22.9M — 48% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,527 theaters

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Also known as

  • Sinisterde
  • Sinister - Wenn Du ihn siehst, bist Du schon verlorende

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