Synopsis

For more than a decade, parents Andy and Vicky have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns 11, the fire becomes harder and harder to control. After an incident reveals the family’s location, a mysterious operative is deployed to hunt down the family and seize Charlie once and for all. Charlie has other plans.

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Movie Details

Production Budget:	$12,000,000
South Korea Releases:	May 19th, 2022 (Wide), released as 파이어스타터
Video Release:	May 13th, 2022 by Peacock
MPAA Rating:	R for violent content. (Rating bulletin 2714 (cert #53574), 1/12/2022)
Keywords:	Scientific Experiment Gone Awry, Human Experimentation, Fugitive / On the Run, Psychics, Supernatural Horror, Supernatural
Source:	Remake
Genre:	Horror
Production Method:	Live Action
Creative Type:	Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies:	Blumhouse, Weed Road Pictures, BoulderLight Pictures, Angry Adam, Universal Pictures
Production Countries:	United States
Languages:	English

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For more than a decade, parents Andy and Vicky have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns 11, the fire becomes harder and harder to control. After an incident reveals the family’s location, a mysterious operative is deployed to hunt down the family and seize Charlie once and for all. Charlie has other plans. More...

Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Screens	Per Screen	Total Gross	Week
2022/05/20	19	$7,809		6	$1,302	$10,769	1

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory	Release Date	Opening Weekend	Opening Weekend Screens	Maximum Screens	Theatrical Engagements	Total Box Office	Report Date
Argentina	5/12/2022	$54,000	118	118	217	$91,936	6/1/2022
Australia	5/12/2022	$176,634	228	228	483	$311,327	7/21/2022
Austria	5/12/2022	$28,000	58	60	221	$60,832	6/22/2022
Bolivia	5/12/2022	$0	0	11	11	$13,613	5/25/2022
Brazil	5/19/2022	$66,830	344	344	617	$117,280	6/15/2022
Bulgaria	5/13/2022	$0	0	50	86	$49,417	11/3/2022
Central America	5/19/2020	$0	0	130	165	$70,897	6/8/2022
Chile	5/12/2022	$0	0	18	19	$40,841	6/1/2022
Colombia	5/12/2022	$81,000	196	196	287	$135,322	6/1/2022
Croatia	5/12/2022	$0	0	24	45	$13,227	6/15/2022
Cyprus	5/12/2022	$0	0	7	8	$4,954	6/1/2022
Czech Republic	5/13/2022	$12,013	99	99	173	$26,858	6/22/2022
Ecuador	5/12/2022	$0	0	38	48	$61,204	6/8/2022
Egypt	5/11/2022	$0	0	15	17	$24,133	6/8/2022
Finland	5/13/2022	$12,888	52	52	124	$33,372	7/21/2022
France	6/1/2022	$376,130	329	329	852	$768,754	6/22/2022
Germany	5/12/2022	$122,000	337	337	969	$239,722	6/15/2022
Greece	5/12/2022	$0	0	0	0	$24,917	6/8/2022
Hungary	5/12/2022	$32,000	51	54	140	$54,264	6/15/2022
Iceland	5/13/2022	$0	0	2	2	$4,570	5/25/2022
Indonesia	5/20/2022	$93,138	156	156	158	$106,907	6/1/2022
Israel	5/13/2022	$78,000	27	27	112	$210,644	7/27/2022
Italy	5/12/2022	$70,583	0	6	7	$132,996	6/15/2022
Japan	6/17/2022	$34,509	29	29	58	$62,488	6/29/2022
Lebanon	5/12/2022	$0	0	2	2	$29,331	5/25/2022
Mexico	5/12/2022	$203,706	0	85	89	$399,383	6/15/2022
Middle East Region	5/13/2022	$166,000	0	15	21	$190,712	6/22/2022
Netherlands	5/12/2022	$37,643	63	63	205	$117,392	6/15/2022
North America	5/13/2022	$3,827,715	3,412	3,413	8,357	$9,739,250
Paraguay	5/19/2022	$1,207	11	11	11	$1,537	5/25/2022
Peru	5/12/2022	$82,000	101	101	128	$121,567	5/25/2022
Poland	5/13/2022	$52,000	158	158	432	$172,666	6/22/2022
Romania	5/13/2022	$29,505	77	77	345	$165,093	11/3/2022
Saudi Arabia	5/12/2022	$90,000	45	45	45	$90,000	5/17/2022
Serbia and Montenegro	5/12/2022	$0	0	28	55	$11,742	6/15/2022
Slovakia	5/12/2022	$12,238	67	67	114	$28,315	6/22/2022
Slovenia	5/12/2022	$0	0	10	15	$7,200	6/1/2022
South Africa	5/13/2022	$0	0	36	49	$20,384	6/15/2022
South Korea	5/19/2022	$7,809	6	6	6	$10,769	5/25/2022
Spain	5/13/2022	$123,799	269	288	776	$271,122	8/3/2022
Sweden	5/13/2022	$0	0	57	82	$50,325	6/22/2022
Switzerland	5/12/2022	$0	0	37	97	$48,762	6/22/2022
Switzerland (German Speaking)	5/12/2022	$27,000	33	33	33	$27,000	5/17/2022
Trinidad	5/19/2022	$11,624	16	16	36	$24,214	6/22/2022
Turkey	5/13/2022	$18,151	136	136	242	$39,391	6/9/2022
United Arab Emirates	5/12/2022	$47,000	50	50	56	$68,892	5/25/2022
United Kingdom	5/12/2022	$306,042	512	512	947	$683,180	6/8/2022
Uruguay	5/12/2022	$0	0	3	3	$5,262	6/1/2022
Vietnam	5/13/2022	$32,000	200	200	271	$46,280	6/8/2022

Worldwide Total						$15,030,244	11/3/2022

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.

Leading Cast

Zac Efron		Andy McGee
Ryan Kiera Armstrong		Charlie McGee

Supporting Cast

Kurtwood Smith
John Beasley
Gloria Reuben

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Keith Thomas		Director
Scott Teems		Screenwriter
Stephen King		Story Creator
Jason Blum		Producer
Akiva Goldsman		Producer
Ryan Turek		Executive Producer
Gregory Lessans		Executive Producer
Scott Teems		Executive Producer
Martha De Laurentiis		Executive Producer
J.D. Lifshitz		Executive Producer
Raphael Margules		Executive Producer
John Carpenter		Composer
Cody Carpenter		Composer
Daniel Davies		Composer

Theatrical Performance (US$)
South Korea Box Office	$10,769	Details
Worldwide Box Office	$15,030,244	Details
Home Market Performance
North America DVD Sales	$504,465	Details
North America Blu-ray Sales	$28,887	Details
Total North America Video Sales	$533,352
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South Korea Box Office for 파이어스타터 (2020)