Don't Breathe

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{{Infobox film

| name = Don't Breathe

| image = Don't Breathe (2016 film).png

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Fede Álvarez

| writer = {{Plainlist|

Fede Álvarez
Rodo Sayagues

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| producer = {{Plainlist|

Sam Raimi
Rob Tapert
Fede Álvarez

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| starring = {{Plainlist|

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| cinematography = Pedro Luque

| editing = {{Plainlist|

Eric L. Beason
Louise Ford
Gardner Gould

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| music = Roque Baños

| production_companies = {{Plainlist|

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| distributor = Sony Pictures Releasing

| released = {{film date|2016|03|12|SXSW|2016|08|26|United States}}

| runtime = 88 minutes{{cite web |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/dont-breathe-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc00mjkzmtq |title=Don't Breathe (15) |work=British Board of Film Classification |date=July 29, 2016 |access-date=July 29, 2016}}{{cite magazine |author=Dennis Harvey |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/markets-festivals/dont-breathe-review-sxsw-1201729010/ |title='Don't Breathe' Review: Fede Alvarez's Home-Invasion Thriller |magazine=Variety |date=2016-03-13 |access-date=2016-03-14}}

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $9.9 million{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=dontbreathe.htm |title=Don't Breathe (2016) |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=March 10, 2017}}

| gross = $157.8 million

}}

Don't Breathe is a 2016 American horror film{{cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2017/05/fede-alvarez-the-girl-in-the-spiders-web-dont-breathe-disruptors-interview-news-1202096477/ | title=How Director Fede Alvarez Got Ownership Stake in His Genre Smash 'Don't Breathe' — Deadline Disruptors | date=May 20, 2017 }} co-produced and directed by Fede Álvarez, who co-wrote it with Rodo Sayagues. It is the first installment in the Don't Breathe franchise. The film stars Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto, and Stephen Lang, and focuses on three home intruders who find themselves trapped and hunted in the home of their blind target.

The project, originally titled A Man in the Dark, was announced in early 2014, with Álvarez directing, Sayagues writing, and Levy starring. In contrast to his previous work on Evil Dead (2013), Álvarez decided the project would have less blood, an original storyline, more suspense, and no dependence on supernatural elements—which he felt were overused. Principal photography began in June 2015, and wrapped in July in Detroit.

Don't Breathe premiered at South by Southwest on March 12, 2016, and was theatrically released on August 26, by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film grossed over $157 million world and received positive reviews.

A sequel, Don't Breathe 2, was released in August 2021.

Plot

Rocky, Alex, and Money are three Detroit delinquents who make a living by breaking into houses and stealing valuables. Rocky longs to move to California with her younger sister, Diddy, and escape from their abusive mother and her alcoholic boyfriend. To the trio's frustration, their fence keeps undervaluing the items they bring.

Money receives a tip from their fence that Gulf War veteran Norman Nordstrom has $300,000 in cash in his house in an abandoned Detroit neighborhood. It was reportedly a settlement after a wealthy young woman, Cindy Roberts, killed Norman's daughter in a car accident. The three spy on the house and learn that Norman is blind.

At night, the gang approach the house, drug Nordstrom's rottweiler, then break in. Money puts a sleeping gas bottle in Nordstrom's bedroom. Seeing a locked basement door, he assumes the loot is hidden in there and shoots the lock. The noise wakes up Nordstrom, who overpowers Money, takes the gun, and kills him while Rocky, horrified, watches silently.

Rocky witnesses Nordstrom open a hidden safe to check his valuables. After he leaves, she opens it and takes the cash. However, he finds her and Alex's shoes and realizes there are more intruders, then returns to find the safe empty.

Rocky and Alex evade Nordstrom and enter the basement. There, they find a restrained and gagged pregnant woman who reveals herself to be Cindy Roberts. Rocky and Alex free her and attempt to open the storm cellar door. Nordstrom shoots at them, unintentionally killing Cindy. He breaks down and cries in distress over her body. Nordstrom then shuts off the lights, plunging the basement into darkness. After a blind chase and struggle, Alex knocks him out and they flee upstairs.

After blocking the basement door, they encounter the dog, who has awakened, and flee into the bedroom. Rocky escapes the room through a ventilation duct. Alex falls out of a window onto a skylight and is knocked out. When he awakens, Nordstrom shoots out the skylight, corners him in the utility room, and stabs him with a pair of garden shears. The dog pursues Rocky through the vents before she is captured by Nordstrom.

Rocky wakes up restrained in the basement. Nordstrom reveals that Cindy was pregnant with a "replacement" for his daughter. He then prepares to artificially inseminate her using a turkey baster, promising to let her go after she gives him a child. Alex, who survived by tricking Nordstrom into stabbing Money's corpse, saves Rocky and handcuffs Nordstrom.

Rocky and Alex try to leave through the front door. Nordstrom breaks free and shoots Alex dead. Rocky flees as the dog pursues her. She traps it in her car trunk but gets captured again by Nordstrom. After being dragged back inside his house, she disorients him by setting off the alarm system, then hits him repeatedly in the head with a crowbar and pushes him into the basement. The gun fires into Nordstrom's side as he falls. Believing him dead, Rocky escapes before the police arrive.

Later, Rocky and Diddy see a news report about the incident. Nordstrom, who is recovering in the hospital and in stable condition, is reported to have killed two intruders (Alex and Money) in self-defense. He does not mention Rocky, Cindy or the stolen cash. Rocky and Diddy board a train to Los Angeles.

Cast and characters

Stephen Lang as The Blind Man, named Norman Nordstrom,{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/dont-breathe-interview-fede-alvarez/ |title=Don't Breathe Director Fede Alvarez's Advice To Future Filmmakers |website=Screen Rant |date=August 25, 2016 |access-date=2022-08-14 }} a veteran of the Gulf War who was blinded by shrapnel
Jane Levy as Rocky, a Detroit thief who wants to escape to California for a better life
Dylan Minnette as Alex,{{cite web |author=Rebecca Ford |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/prisoners-actor-dylan-minnette-joins-797577 |title='Prisoners' Actor Dylan Minnette Joins Fede Alvarez's Horror Film (Exclusive) |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=2015-05-22 |access-date=2015-10-24}} a Detroit thief and Rocky's friend
Daniel Zovatto as Money,{{cite magazine |last=Lincoln |first=Ross A. |url=https://deadline.com/2015/05/actor-daniel-zovatto-joins-cast-of-fede-alvarez-a-man-in-the-dark-1201419359/ |title='A Man In The Dark' Casting: Daniel Zovatto Joins Fede Alvaraz Movie |magazine=Deadline |date=2015-05-01 |access-date=2015-10-24}} a Detroit thief and Rocky's boyfriend
{{ill|Franciska Törőcsik|hu|Törőcsik Franciska}} as Cindy, who is connected to the Blind Man through tragedy
Emma Bercovici as Diddy, Rocky's younger sister
Christian Zagia as Raul,{{cite web |url=http://cooltivarte.com/portal/?s=Christian+Zagia |title=CHRISTIAN ZAGIA: EN LAS TABLAS |date=April 19, 2013 }} a fence
Katia Bokor as Ginger, Rocky's abusive mother
{{ill|Sergej Onopko|de}} as Trevor, Ginger's boyfriend

Production

=Development=

Fede Álvarez noted that making the film was, in some ways, a reaction to his debut film Evil Dead (2013), specifically the criticisms that the film had too much blood, focused too much on shocking the audience, and was a remake. In response, Álvarez decided to make Don't Breathe, an original story that contained less blood and focused more on suspense over shocking audiences.{{cite web |title=Interview: Director Fede Álvarez on Don't Breathe |url=https://comingsoon.net/movies/features/665919-interview-director-fede-alvarez-on-dont-breathe#/slide/1 |website=Comingsoon.net |date=March 13, 2016 |access-date=5 August 2016}} He wanted to avoid making a film dealing with the supernatural, as he felt that was too trendy.

Choosing to make the antagonist blind was a result of deliberately taking abilities away from him; Álvarez explained {{Blockquote|"Sometimes you naturally give them powers and make them more menacing than a normal person, so we thought what if we do the other way around and take his eyes out and make him a blind person."}}

Álvarez has called the film an "exercise in reversal" noting that the film deliberately subverts tropes such as the fact that the house in question is a "nice house on a scary street" as opposed to the opposite, or that the movie is a home invasion story told from the point of view of the invaders.{{cite web |last1=Rife |first1=Katie |title=Don't Breathe's Fede Álvarez on reversing our horror expectations |url=https://avclub.com/article/dont-breathes-fede-alvarez-reversing-our-horror-ex-241554 |website=The A.V. Club |date=August 27, 2016 |access-date=30 August 2016}}

=Casting=

On May 1, 2015, Daniel Zovatto joined the cast. On May 22, 2015, Dylan Minnette was cast in the film, and on June 18, 2015, Jane Levy and Stephen Lang joined the cast.

=Filming=

Principal photography began on June 29, 2015.{{cite web |url=http://www.ssninsider.com/on-the-set-for-7615-j-k-simmons-starts-shooting-the-runaround-sam-raimi-produced-thriller-rolls-cameras/ |title=On the Set for 7/6/15: J.K. Simmons Starts Shooting The Runaround, Sam Raimi Produced Thriller Rolls Cameras |publisher=SSN Insider |date=2015-07-06 |access-date=2015-10-24 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20151113202537/http://www.ssninsider.com/on-the-set-for-7615-j-k-simmons-starts-shooting-the-runaround-sam-raimi-produced-thriller-rolls-cameras/ |archive-date=November 13, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} Though the film is set in Detroit, it was primarily shot in Hungary; only a few views of Detroit were actually filmed there. Álvarez estimated that the film cost roughly half as much as Evil Dead, and welcomed the change, as it allowed for less studio interference. Filming wrapped in August 2015.{{Cite web |last=McDonald|first=Adrian |page=23 |title=2016 Feature Film Study |url=https://www.filmla.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2016_film_study_WEB.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230231306/https://www.filmla.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2016_film_study_WEB.pdf |url-status=live|archive-date=December 30, 2022 |website=FilmL.A. |date=May 1, 2016 |access-date=December 30, 2022}}

Release

The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 12, 2016, and was theatrically released on August 26, 2016, by Screen Gems.{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=dontbreathe.htm |title=Don't Breathe |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=May 14, 2016}}

Reception

=Critical response=

On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 88% based on 245 reviews, with an average rating of 7.10/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Don't Breathe smartly twists its sturdy premise to offer a satisfyingly tense, chilling addition to the home invasion genre that's all the more effective for its simplicity."{{cite web |url=https://rottentomatoes.com/m/dont_breathe_2016/ |title=Don't Breathe (2016) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=December 28, 2021}} Metacritic, which assigns a rating to reviews, gives the film a score of 71 out of 100, based on 39 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.{{cite web |url=https://metacritic.com/movie/dont-breathe |title=Don't Breathe reviews |website=Metacritic |access-date=December 28, 2021}} Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.

Dennis Harvey of Variety called Don't Breathe "a muscular exercise in brutal, relentless peril that should please genre fans." Jim Vejvoda of IGN awarded 8.8/10 and wrote, "Director Fede Álvarez delivers a lean, very mean thrill ride with Don't Breathe, tapping into several primal human fears and further establishing himself as one of the genre filmmakers to keep an eye on in the years ahead."{{cite news |url=https://ign.com/articles/2016/08/24/dont-breathe-review |last=Vejvoda |first=Jim |title=Don't Breathe Review |website=IGN |date=August 24, 2016 |access-date=August 27, 2016}} Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, writing: "This is some weird, twisted shit. Don't groan when I say Don't Breathe is a home-invasion thriller. Director Fede Álvarez is as good as it gets when it comes to playing with things that go bump in the night."{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/dont-breathe-movie-review-w436132 |last=Travers |first=Peter |title='Don't Breathe' Review: Home-Invasion Thriller Will Scare You Sightless |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=August 26, 2016 |access-date=August 27, 2016}}

Amy Nicholson of MTV wrote in a positive review, "Álvarez knows the size of his ambitions. He's written one great ghoul, surrounded him with targets, and simply let him let rip."{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2922462/dont-breathe-jane-levy-review/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824205222/http://www.mtv.com/news/2922462/dont-breathe-jane-levy-review/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 24, 2016 |last=Nicholson |first=Amy |title=DON'T BREATHE: IF YOU SCREAM, YOU DIE |website=MTV |date=August 24, 2016 |access-date=August 27, 2016}} The Verge called it "an impressive script-flip from the 1967 classic Wait Until Dark".{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/8/25/12645032/dont-breathe-movie-review-horror-thriller|title=Don't Breathe is a ruthlessly efficient, claustrophobic terror machine|date=August 25, 2016|work=theverge.com|access-date=April 12, 2017}} Álvarez says he wrote the script before watching Wait Until Dark.{{cite web|url=http://www.mystatesman.com/entertainment/movies/movies-that-influenced-don-breathe-and-that-did-not/0pHhngSdonODo0rIixSo0O/|title=3 movies that influenced 'Don't Breathe,' and 2 that did not|work=mystatesman.com|access-date=April 12, 2017|archive-date=April 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406022545/http://www.mystatesman.com/entertainment/movies/movies-that-influenced-don-breathe-and-that-did-not/0pHhngSdonODo0rIixSo0O/|url-status=dead}} Jim Hemphill of Filmmaker Magazine called it "the best American horror film in twenty years."{{cite web |url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/99152-we-laid-out-the-chessboard-of-the-movie-fede-alvarez-dont-breathe/|title="We Laid Out the Chessboard of the Movie": Fede Álvarez on Don't Breathe |website=Filmmaker Magazine |first=Jim |last=Hemphill |date=July 20, 2016 |access-date=June 8, 2021}}

= Box office =

Don't Breathe grossed $89.2 million in North America and $67.9 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $157.1 million, against a production budget of $9.9 million.{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=dontbreathe.htm |title=Don't Breathe (2016) |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=March 10, 2017}} Due to its low production budget, the film became a sleeper hit and was considered a large financial success, with a net profit of $59.1 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues.{{cite magazine|url=https://deadline.com/2017/03/dont-breathe-box-office-profits-2016-1202046807/ |title=No. 19 'Don't Breathe' Box Office Profits – 2016 Most Valuable Movie Blockbuster Tournament|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|magazine=Deadline Hollywood|date=March 20, 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/lists/summer-box-office-winners-losers-925566/item/marvel-studios-925567 |title=Summer Box-Office Winners and Losers: From 'Finding Dory' to 'Ben-Hur' |author=Pamela McClintock |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=September 4, 2016 |access-date=September 4, 2016}}{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/box-office-dont-breathe-light-between-oceans-suicide-squad-1201851853/ |title='Don't Breathe' Frightens Competition at Labor Day Box Office |author=Dave McNary |work=Variety |date=September 4, 2016 |access-date=September 4, 2016}} For Sony Pictures, it became their second late-summer surprise hit of 2016, following Sausage Party.

Don't Breathe was released in the United States and Canada on August 26, 2016, and was originally projected to gross $11–14 million from 3,051 theaters in its opening weekend, with some estimates going as high as $20 million,{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2016/08/dont-breathe-suicide-squad-mechanic-resurrection-southside-with-you-hands-of-stone-1201808025/ |title='Don't Breathe' Could Suffocate 'Suicide Squad' During Sluggish Summer Weekend: Box Office Preview |work=Deadline Hollywood|date=August 24, 2016 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.boxoffice.com/weekend-forecast-dont-breathe-hands-stone-mechanic-ressurection/ |title=Weekend Forecast: 'Don't Breathe,' 'Mechanic: Resurrection' & 'Hands Of Stone' |work=boxoffice.com|date=August 24, 2016 }} and many publications noting it could be the first film to dethrone Suicide Squad from the top of the box office.{{cite web |url=https://thewrap.com/horror-movie-dont-breathe-to-scare-off-suicide-squad-for-no-1-spot/ |title=Horror Movie 'Don't Breathe' to Scare Off 'Suicide Squad' for No 1 Spot |work=thewrap.com|date=August 23, 2016 }} It made $1.9 million from Thursday night preview screenings, at 2,500 theaters,{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2016/08/dont-breathe-suicide-squad-southside-with-you-mechanic-insurrection-box-office-1201809180/ |title='Don't Breathe' Inhales Cash On Thursday Night – Box Office |author=Anthony D'Alessandro |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=August 26, 2016 |access-date=August 1, 2021 |quote=to have a B+ CinemaScore and 87% fresh Rotten Tomatoes score is incredibly rare for a horror movie }}{{cite web |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/weekend-box-office-dont-breathe-923073 |title=Box Office: 'Don't Breathe' Inhales $1.9 Million Thursday |author=Rebecca Ford |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=August 26, 2016 |access-date=August 26, 2016}} and $10 million on its opening day.{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2016/08/27/box-office-dont-breathe-tops-suicide-squad-scares-up-10m-friday/#6cecbbb07ed6 |title=Box Office: 'Don't Breathe' Tops 'Suicide Squad,' Scares Up $10M Friday |author=Scott Mendelson |work=Forbes |date=August 27, 2016 |access-date=August 28, 2016}} It fell just 1.5% on Saturday, earning $9.8 million, which is uncommon as R-rated horror films tend to do well on their first day and drop sharply in revenue from their second day onward. Compared to other 2016 horror films, Lights Out had a drop of 22%, while The Conjuring 2 fell by 15%. In total, it grossed $26.4 million in its opening weekend, far above initial projections by 120% and easily displacing Suicide Squad to take the top spot at the box office. It was the biggest original horror debut of the year (besting 10 Cloverfield Lane), the biggest Screen Gems August opening ever (beating Takers) and the biggest debut for an R-rated original horror film since The Conjuring in 2013.{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2016/08/28/weekend-box-office-dont-breathe-ends-summer-with-huge-26m-debut/ |title=Weekend Box Office: 'Don't Breathe' Ends Summer With Huge $26M Debut |author=Scott Mendelson |work=Forbes |date=August 28, 2016 |access-date=August 28, 2016}} Following its first-place finish, the film continued to dominate the box office for the second weekend, earning $15.8 million and an estimated $19.7 million for the four day Labor Day holiday, one of the best numbers ever for the long holiday weekend.{{cite web |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/weekend-box-office-dont-breathe-925671 |title=Box Office: 'Don't Breathe' Winning with Huge $19M, But Plenty of Labor Day Casualties |author=Pamela McClintock |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=September 4, 2016 |access-date=September 4, 2016}} As a result, it became only the second horror film to top the weekend box office two weekends in a row since 2014.{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4220&p=.htm |title='Don't Breathe' Repeats Atop Weekend Box Office Over Slow Labor Day Weekend |author=Brad Brevet |work=Box Office Mojo |date=September 4, 2016 |access-date=September 4, 2016}} The second weekend drop was only -40%, a remarkable feat considering the fact that horror films typically tumble at least 60% or more in their second weekend. The gradual drop was due to the holiday. It took only 11 days to surpass Álvarez's previous film, the Evil Dead reboot.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2016/09/dont-breathe-light-between-oceans-morgan-labor-day-weekend-box-office-1201812978/ |title='Don't Breathe' Still Has Oxygen, 'Suicide Squad' Seizes $300M+, 'Morgan' D.O.A. : Labor Day Weekend B.O. – Sunday Update |author=Anthony D'Alessandro |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=September 4, 2016 |access-date=September 4, 2016}}{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2016/09/04/box-office-dont-breathe-tops-suicide-squad-near-300m-star-trek-beyond-nabs-30m-in-china/ |title=Box Office: 'Don't Breathe' Tops, 'Suicide Squad' Near $300M, 'Star Trek Beyond' Nabs $30M In China |author=Scott Mendelson |work=Forbes |date=September 4, 2016 |access-date=September 4, 2016}}

Although the film fell to third place in its third weekend as a result of being overtaken by Sully and When the Bough Breaks, it continued to witness strong holds by falling 49% after adding another 333 theaters.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2016/09/11/box-office-dont-breathe-and-suicide-squad-hold-great-meryl-streep-tops-ben-hur/ |title=Box Office: 'Don't Breathe' And 'Suicide Squad' Hold Great, Meryl Streep Tops 'Ben-Hur'|author=Scott Mendelson|work=Forbes|date=September 11, 2016|access-date=September 11, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/09/sully-glides-in-with-1-35m-for-warner-bros-thursday-box-office-1201815274/|title='Sully' Soars To $35.5M For Biggest Post-Labor Day Weekend, 'Bough' Breaks With $15M – Sunday Update|author= Anita Busch, Anthony D'Alessandro|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=September 11, 2016|access-date=September 11, 2016}}

Outside North America, the film's biggest debuts were in the United Kingdom ($1.3 million), Germany ($1.3 million), Brazil ($1.2 million) Mexico ($1.2 million) and Australia ($1 million).{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2016/08/jason-bourne-ice-age-collision-course-china-secret-life-of-pets-suicide-squad-mechanic-weekend-foreign-results-international-box-office-1201809853/ |title='Bourne' Back At #1; 'Ice Age' Skates Across $300M Offshore; 'Pets' Prances Past $700M WW – Intl Box Office |author=Nancy Tartaglione |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=August 28, 2016 |access-date=August 29, 2016}}{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2016/09/star-trek-beyond-china-secret-life-of-pets-suicide-squad-dont-breathe-oversease-weekend-results-international-box-office-1201813293/ |title='Star Trek Beyond' Beams Into China With $31.3M Bow; 'Pets' Woofs It Past $750M WW -International Box Office |author=Nancy Tartaglione |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=September 4, 2016 |access-date=September 5, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/09/sully-mil-jeong-suicide-squad-international-box-office-1201817102/|title='Sully' Flies Higher In Offshore Debut; 'Suicide Squad' Squashes $700M WW – International Box Office Final|author=Anita Busch|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=September 13, 2016|access-date=September 14, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/09/bridget-jones-baby-suicide-squad-chinese-odyssey-sully-overseas-weekend-results-international-box-office-1201821739/|title='Bridget Jones's Baby' Bows To $30M; 'Suicide Squad' Powers Past $400M – Intl Box Office|author=Nancy Tartaglione|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=September 18, 2016|access-date=September 19, 2016}} It scored the third biggest opening of the year for a Hollywood film in Korea with $4.5 million.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/10/girl-on-the-train-miss-peregrine-monster-calls-suicide-squad-weekend-results-international-box-office-1201833606/|title='Miss Peregrine' Nears $100M Overseas; 'Girl On The Train' Chugs $16.5M; 'A Monster Calls' In Spain – Intl Box Office|author=Nancy Tartaglione|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=October 9, 2016|access-date=October 9, 2016}} It's on pace to become the highest-grossing horror film in Uruguay.

= Accolades =

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Award ! Date of ceremony ! Category ! Recipient(s) ! Result ! class="unsortable"\| {{Abbreviation\|Ref.\|References}}
Critics' Choice Movie Awards \| December 11, 2016 \| Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie \| Don't Breathe \| {{nom}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web\|title=La La Land Leads with 12 Nominations for the 22nd Annual Critics' Choice Awards \|url=http://www.criticschoice.com/critics-choice-awards \|publisher=Critics' Choice \|date=December 1, 2016 \|access-date=December 1, 2016}}
Empire Awards \| March 19, 2017 \| Best Horror \| Don't Breathe \| {{nom}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web\|url=https://www.flickreel.com/star-wars-rogue-one-leads-empire-awards-2017-nominations/ \|title=Star Wars: Rogue One Leads Empire Awards 2017 Nominations \|first=Danny \|last=Pape \|publisher=Flickreel.com \|date=February 7, 2017 \|access-date=March 3, 2017}}
rowspan="2"\| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards \| rowspan="2"\| October 2, 2017 \| Best Film \| Don't Breathe \| {{Nominated}} \| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web\|title=Never mind Oscar, here's the 2017 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards Nominees Ballot!\|url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/never-mind-oscar-heres-the-2017-fangoria-chainsaw-awards-nominees-ballot/\|website=FANGORIA®\|access-date=14 February 2017\|archive-date=August 6, 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806233824/http://fangoria.com/new/never-mind-oscar-heres-the-2017-fangoria-chainsaw-awards-nominees-ballot/\|url-status=dead}}
Best Supporting Actor \| Stephen Lang \| {{Won}}
Saturn Awards \| June 28, 2017 \| Best Horror Film \| Don't Breathe \| {{won}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web\|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/awards/saturn-awards-nominations-2017-rogue-one-walking-dead-1202000833/ \|title=Saturn Awards Nominations 2017: 'Rogue One,' 'Walking Dead' Lead \|last=McNary \|first=Dave \|work=Variety \|date=March 2, 2017 \|access-date=March 3, 2017}}
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association \| December 18, 2016 \| Best Horror/Science-Fiction Film \| Don't Breathe \| {{nom}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|url=http://www.stlfilmcritics.org/awards \|title=2016 StLFCA Annual Award Nominations \|publisher=St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association \|date=December 12, 2016 \|access-date=December 12, 2016}}

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Award

! Date of ceremony

! Category

! Recipient(s)

! Result

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Critics' Choice Movie Awards

| December 11, 2016

| Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie

| Don't Breathe

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|title=La La Land Leads with 12 Nominations for the 22nd Annual Critics' Choice Awards |url=http://www.criticschoice.com/critics-choice-awards |publisher=Critics' Choice |date=December 1, 2016 |access-date=December 1, 2016}}

Empire Awards

| March 19, 2017

| Best Horror

| Don't Breathe

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://www.flickreel.com/star-wars-rogue-one-leads-empire-awards-2017-nominations/ |title=Star Wars: Rogue One Leads Empire Awards 2017 Nominations |first=Danny |last=Pape |publisher=Flickreel.com |date=February 7, 2017 |access-date=March 3, 2017}}

rowspan="2"| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

| rowspan="2"| October 2, 2017

| Best Film

| Don't Breathe

| {{Nominated}}

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|title=Never mind Oscar, here's the 2017 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards Nominees Ballot!|url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/never-mind-oscar-heres-the-2017-fangoria-chainsaw-awards-nominees-ballot/|website=FANGORIA®|access-date=14 February 2017|archive-date=August 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806233824/http://fangoria.com/new/never-mind-oscar-heres-the-2017-fangoria-chainsaw-awards-nominees-ballot/|url-status=dead}}

Best Supporting Actor

| {{Won}}

| Don't Breathe

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/awards/saturn-awards-nominations-2017-rogue-one-walking-dead-1202000833/ |title=Saturn Awards Nominations 2017: 'Rogue One,' 'Walking Dead' Lead |last=McNary |first=Dave |work=Variety |date=March 2, 2017 |access-date=March 3, 2017}}

St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association

| December 18, 2016

| Best Horror/Science-Fiction Film

| Don't Breathe

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web |url=http://www.stlfilmcritics.org/awards |title=2016 StLFCA Annual Award Nominations |publisher=St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association |date=December 12, 2016 |access-date=December 12, 2016}}

Sequel

In November 2016, writer and director Fede Álvarez announced that a sequel was in the works.{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3414469/dont-breathe-sequel-works/|title=There's a 'Don't Breathe' Sequel in the Works - Bloody Disgusting!|date=November 15, 2016|work=bloody-disgusting.com|access-date=April 12, 2017}} Producer Sam Raimi commented on the sequel and was quoted saying, "It's only the greatest idea for a sequel I've ever heard. I'm not kidding."{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3414867/sam-raimi-beyond-excited-dont-breathe-sequel/|title=Sam Raimi Says They Have the "Greatest Idea...Ever" For a 'Don't Breathe' Sequel - Bloody Disgusting!|date=November 17, 2016|work=bloody-disgusting.com|access-date=April 12, 2017}} In November 2018, Álvarez announced the script for the sequel was completed.{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/fede-alvarez-says-dont-breathe-2-has-a-script-but-evil-dead-2-does-not/|title='Don't Breathe 2' Has a Script but 'Evil Dead 2' Does Not, Says Fede Álvarez|first=Brian|last=Welk|website=TheWrap|date=November 3, 2018|access-date=January 19, 2020}}

In January 2020, the title was announced as Don't Breathe 2. The film was to begin principal photography in April 2020, with a script co-written by Rodo Sayagues and Álvarez, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/dont-breathe-2-taps-co-writer-rodo-sayagues-to-direct/ |title='Don't Breathe 2' Taps Co-Writer Rodo Sayagues to Direct |website=TheWrap |first=Brian |last=Welk |date=January 17, 2020 |access-date=January 17, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2556478/sounds-like-dont-breathe-2-is-further-along-than-we-thought |title=Sounds Like 'Don't Breathe 2' Is Further Along Than We Thought |website=CinemaBlend |last=El-Mahmoud |first=Sarah |date=October 8, 2020 |access-date=October 10, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/dont-breathe-sequel-has-been-filming-its-a-wrap-for-star-stephen-lang |title='Don't Breathe' Sequel Has Been Filming! It's a Wrap for Star Stephen Lang |website=JoBlo.com |last=Hamman |first=Cody |date=October 8, 2020 |access-date=October 10, 2020}} Eventually, Sayagues served as director, while the latter served as a producer.{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/dont-breathe-2-taps-co-writer-rodo-sayagues-to-direct/|title='Don't Breathe 2' Taps Co-Writer Rodo Sayagues to Direct|website=TheWrap|first=Brian|last=Welk|date=January 17, 2020|access-date=January 19, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.scoopbyte.com/dont-breathe-2-filming-begins-with-a-new-director/ |title='Don't Breathe 2': Filming Begins with a new Director |website=Scoop Byte |first=Pavneet |last=Kaur |date=January 23, 2020 |access-date=August 12, 2020}} On October 8, 2020, Lang revealed filming had completed.{{Cite web|url=https://collider.com/dont-breathe-2-filming-finished-stephen-lang/|title='Don't Breathe 2' Has Apparently Finished Filming and We Didn't Even Know It Had Started|date=October 8, 2020|access-date=2020-10-09|website=Collider|last=Reimann|first=Tom}} The film was released on August 13, 2021.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/ghostbusters-afterlife-release-date-summer-1234812430/ |title='Ghostbusters' Sequel Moves to Summer 2021 |website=Variety |first=Rebecca |last=Rubin |date=October 21, 2020 |access-date=October 21, 2020}}