Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

2019 | Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Supernatural

Synopsis

Pennsylvania, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Stella and her friends decide to sneak into a haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces that they will be unable to control.

Scores

Overall Score
85.9
Popularity Percentile (Year)
88.3%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
90.8%
Review Aggregate
71.9

Critic Consensus

N/A • 0 critic reviews

No professional critic quote data was available to synthesize a consensus summary.

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Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Zoe Colletti2019$1,326,000$1,626,000(est)
Michael Garza2019$816,000$1,001,000(est)
Gabriel Rush2019$614,000$754,000(est)
Austin Zajur2019$502,000$616,000(est)
Natalie Ganzhorn2019$430,000$527,000(est)
Austin Abrams2019$378,000$464,000(est)
Dean Norris2019$340,000$417,000(est)
Gil Bellows2019$309,000$379,000(est)
Lorraine Toussaint2019$285,000$349,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score78.0
RT critic review count237
Rotten Tomatoes audience score72.0
RT audience rating count5,000
IMDb rating6.2
IMDb votes90,081

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2019$68,947,070$84,586,217
International2019$35,598,432$43,673,164
Worldwide2019$104,545,504$128,259,384

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 Revenue2019$48,712,908$59,762,374
Digital Rentals ?2019$4,892,000$6,001,644
Digital Purchases ?2019$5,843,000$7,168,358
Physical Rentals ?2019$2,214,000$2,716,198
Physical Purchases ?2019$6,371,000$7,816,123
TV & Streaming Revenue2019$17,236,768$21,146,554
Total Revenues2019$85,269,675$104,611,252
Expenses
Budget ?2019$25,000,000$30,670,708
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2019$29,095,000 (est)$35,694,570 (est)
Participations2019$6,822,000$8,369,423
Residuals ?2019$1,773,000$2,175,167
Interest & Overhead2019$4,250,000$5,214,020
Total Expenses2019$66,940,000$82,123,887
Movie Net Profit or Loss2019$18,329,675$22,487,365

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