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Paranormal Activity 2

Paranormal Activity 2
2010
 91 minutes (1 hrs 31 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Starring

David Bierend · Brian Boland · Molly Ephraim · Katie Featherston · Seth Ginsberg · Sprague Grayden

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 22nd October 2010

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 22nd Oct '10
  • Debut position: 1
  • Highest position: 1
  • Debut gross: £3.8 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 5

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 22nd Oct '10
  • Debut position: 1
  • Highest position: 1
  • Debut gross: $40.7 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 12

Chart position history

UK box office

22 Oct, 2010
1
29 Oct, 2010
3
5 Nov, 2010
5
12 Nov, 2010
8
19 Nov, 2010
11

US box office

22 Oct, 2010
1
29 Oct, 2010
2
5 Nov, 2010
6
12 Nov, 2010
8
19 Nov, 2010
12

Global box office

22 Oct, 2010
1
29 Oct, 2010
1
5 Nov, 2010
3
12 Nov, 2010
8
19 Nov, 2010
13
26 Nov, 2010
14
18 Feb, 2011
7

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Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £10.9 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $84.8 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $164.4 Million

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What were the big movies hitting the UK box office over the last 30 year?

Each week we present a rundown of the UK box office chart headlines on this same week from last year to 1990.

A year ago (2019) -

No. 1 movie: - Joker which had been at the top for 4 weeks and with a total gross of £46.7 Million it was also the top total grossing film.

Highest Debut: - Terminator: Dark Fate directed by Tim Miller and starring Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger which entered the box office at number 2.

Longest run: - Downton Abbey which had been on the box office for 7 weeks.

Five years ago (2015) -

No.1 movie: - Hotel Transylvania 2 which had been at the top for 2 weeks.

Highest debut: - Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension directed by Gregory Plotkin and starring Chris J. Murray and Brit Shaw which entered the box office at number 3.

No. 1 and top total grossing: - Minions which had taken £46.7 Million over 15 weeks of release.

Ten years ago (2010) -

No. 1 and Highest debut: - Paranormal Activity 2 starring David Bierend and Brian Boland and directed by Tod Williams

No. 1 and top total grossing: - The Other Guys which had taken £8 Million over 6 weeks of release.

Fifteen years ago (2005) -

No. 1 movie: - Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit which had been at the top for 2 weeks and with a total gross of £16.7 Million it was also the top total grossing film.

Highest Debut: - Nanny Mcphee directed by Kirk Jones and starring Emma Thompson and Colin Firth which entered the box office at number 2.

Longest run: - Pride And Prejudice which had been on the box office for 6 weeks.

Twenty years ago (2000) -

No. 1 and highest debut: - What Lies Beneath starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Katharine Towne and directed by Robert Zemeckis

No. 1 and top total grossing: - Snatch which had taken £12.1 Million over 8 weeks of release.

Twenty five years ago (1995) -

No. 1 and highest debut: - Nine Months starring Hugh Grant and Julianne Moore and directed by Chris Columbus

No. 1 and top total grossing: - Batman Forever which had taken £20.7 Million over 14 weeks of release.

Thirty years ago (1990) -

No. 1 movie: - Ghost which had been at the top for 4 weeks and with a total gross of £21.1 Million it was also the top total grossing film.

Highest Debut: - Goodfellas directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro and Ray Liotta which entered the box office at number 4.

Longest run: - Die Hard 2: Die Harder which had been on the box office for 11 weeks.

Animated comedy Hotel Transylvania 2 stays at the top of the box office for a second week with a string of weak films entering lower down the chart.

On its second weekend HT 2 takes £2.2 million which brings its UK gross after 10 days to £9.4 million, this means that after 2 weeks the film has surpassed its predecessor.

Highest new film of the weekend is Paranormal Activity The Ghost Dimension which enters the box office at number 3 with £1.4 million.

This is the 6th (sort of) film in the series and is to date the lowest debuting film with most of the others taking in the £3 million on their debut weekend.

Also new this week at number 5 is the Vin Diesel film The Last Witch Hunter which also stars Michael Cain.

Highest total grossing film on the box office this week is The Martian which has taken £20 million to date.

Historical charts

A year ago - Fury was the highest grossing film of the week and also the highest new entry of the week sitting at number 1, the previous weeks top film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fell to number 2.

Five years ago - Paranormal Activity 2 was the new film entering the box office at the top knocking Despicable Me off the top to number 2.

Ten years ago - Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of The Were-Rabbit was unmovable at the top of the box office which left Nanny McPhee to debut as the highest new film at number 2.

Fifteen years ago - What Lies Beneath took over the top slot on its debut dropping Dinosaur down to the number 2 slot.

Twenty years ago - Nine Months was new at the top with Pocahontas falling to number 3.

Twenty five years ago - Ghost stayed put at the top of the box office leaving highest new film Bird On A Wire to debut in the number 2 position.