Ouija: Origin of Evil

2016 | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Based on a Toy, Supernatural

Synopsis

In 1967 Los Angeles, a widowed mother's daughter tries to communicate with her late father through a Ouija board, but unleashes a demon instead.

Scores

Overall Score
81.6
Popularity Percentile (Year)
82.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
87.7%
Review Aggregate
69.0

Critic Consensus

82.7% Fresh • 127 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 83% of 127 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize historical, coming of age, scary. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

historicalcoming of agescarycharacter-drivenfamily-friendlysuspensefulstylizedpsychologicalvisually strikingemotional

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Elizabeth Reaser2016$586,000$766,000(est)
Lulu Wilson2016$361,000$471,000(est)
Annalise Basso2016$272,000$355,000(est)
Henry Thomas2016$222,000$290,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score83.0
RT critic review count127
Rotten Tomatoes audience score58.0
RT audience rating count10,000
IMDb rating6.2
IMDb votes80,176

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2016$35,144,504$45,936,795
International2016$46,561,240$60,859,421
Worldwide2016$81,705,744$106,796,216

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2016$36,196,748$47,312,166
Digital Rentals ?2016$4,132,000$5,400,868
Digital Purchases ?2016$4,212,000$5,505,435
Physical Rentals ?2016$3,627,000$4,740,791
Physical Purchases ?2016$10,237,000$13,380,612
TV & Streaming Revenue2016$8,786,126$11,484,199
Total Revenues2016$67,190,874$87,824,071
Expenses
Budget ?2016$9,000,000$11,763,750
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2016$11,250,000 (est)$14,704,687 (est)
Participations2016$5,375,000$7,025,573
Residuals ?2016$1,698,000$2,219,427
Interest & Overhead2016$1,800,000$2,352,750
Total Expenses2016$29,123,000$38,066,188
Movie Net Profit or Loss2016$38,067,874$49,757,884

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