The 2018 *A Quiet Place* ranks first with $340.9 million worldwide, followed by *Part II* with $297.3 million and *Day One* with $261.9 million. Production budgets moved the opposite way, at $17 million, $61 million, and $67 million in the same order. Worldwide earnings mean domestic ticket sales plus international ticket sales. That split matters here because each sequel cost much more to produce while selling fewer tickets globally.
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- How much did each film earn?
- How did production budgets change?
- Why did Day One still set an opening record?
- Which film gave the best return on budget?
How much did each film earn?
Box Office Mojo reports the original earned $188,024,361 domestic and $152,928,610 international for $340,955,294 worldwide, according to the Box Office Mojo page for the original. That result puts the first film clearly ahead of both follow-ups. Its domestic share also stayed the strongest in the series.
- A Quiet Place Part II* earned $160,072,261 domestic and $137,300,000 international for $297,372,261 worldwide, according to the Box Office Mojo page for Part II. *A Quiet Place: Day One* earned $139,051,884 domestic and $122,855,769 international for $261,907,653 worldwide. The ranking is therefore consistent across domestic, international, and worldwide totals.
How did production budgets change?
The Numbers lists franchise production budgets as $17 million for the original, $61 million for *Part II*, and $67 million for *Day One*. Costs rose with each entry while worldwide grosses fell. That pattern makes the original stand out as the lowest-cost and highest-grossing film.
The jump from the first film to the second film is especially large. The move from *Part II* to *Day One* is smaller but still upward. Readers comparing the films should keep budget and gross together, not gross alone.
- Original: $17 million budget, $340.9 million worldwide
- *Part II*: $61 million budget, $297.3 million worldwide
- *Day One*: $67 million budget, $261.9 million worldwide
Why did Day One still set an opening record?
Paramount states *Day One* opened to nearly $100 million worldwide and set the franchise record for biggest global opening. A strong opening weekend measures initial demand, not final total. Later weekends determine where a film finishes.
- Day One* ultimately finished third in the franchise with over $261 million worldwide, according to Paramount Press Express in the Paramount announcement for Day One. Its record start did not prevent the series trend of lower final grosses. For franchise comparisons, opening records and final rankings answer different questions.
Which film gave the best return on budget?
Ranked by worldwide earnings, the order is the 2018 original, then *Part II*, then *Day One*. Ranked by return on production budget, the original also wins by a wide margin, with roughly a 20-to-1 worldwide multiple. The sequels earned several times their budgets, but neither approaches that efficiency.
Budget-only math has limits for studios and planners. Published estimates for *Part II* vary between $55 million and $61 million, and marketing and distribution costs sit outside production budgets. Use the ranking for scale, then treat profit as a separate calculation.