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#4,654 All-time worldwide
#127 2005 releases

Movie profile

An American Haunting

2005 · 83 min · Midsummer Films

Horror Thriller Mystery
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $29.6M
Budget $14.0M
Gross minus budget $15.6M
ROI 2.12x

Domestic gross

$14.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$15.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$6.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where An American Haunting ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #4,654 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2005 releases #127 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2005. Primary genre #459 Horror of 1,240 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

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Quick answer

How did An American Haunting (2005) perform at the box office?

High confidence

An American Haunting (2005) earned a reported $29.6M worldwide against a reported $14.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $15.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.12x. In this database it currently ranks #4,654 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #127 among 2005 releases.

Worldwide gross
$29,612,137
Budget
$14,000,000
Gross minus budget
$15,612,137
ROI
2.12x
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

An invisible entity haunts a 19th century family, and family secrets soon begin to surface. Based on the true events of the only case in US History where a spirit caused the death of a man.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 5, 2005
Production
Midsummer Films, Allan Zeman Productions, Sweetpea Entertainment
Countries
CA, RO, GB, US

Related indexes

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2005, An American Haunting is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Thriller, Mystery title from Midsummer Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $29.6M, reported production budget is $14.0M, gross-minus-budget is $15.6M, ROI is 2.12x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,654 all-time in the current chart set and #127 among 2005 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.
Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.