<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $78.4 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Happy Death Day is a 2017 American slasher film directed by Christopher B. Landon, written by Scott Lobdell and starring Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, and Ruby Modine . The film was produced by Jason Blum through his Blumhouse Productions banner . It follows a college student who is murdered on her birthday and begins reliving the day over and over again; at that point, she sets out to find the killer and stop her death . </P> <P> The film was released on October 13, 2017, by Universal Pictures . It has grossed over $78 million worldwide and received generally positive reviews, with critics deeming the film entertaining while acknowledging the familiar premise, and describing it as "Groundhog Day meets Scream". </P> <P> Theresa "Tree" Gelbman wakes up on her birthday on Monday, September 18th in the dorm room of classmate Carter Davis after a drunken romp the previous evening . Tree goes through the day being self - centered, dismissive and condescending to her fellow classmates and previous hook - ups, ignoring her father's invite to a restaurant, throwing away a birthday cupcake given to her by her roommate Lori, and having an affair with her professor Gregory Butler . That night, while going to a party, Tree is lured into a tunnel where she is murdered by a hooded figure wearing a mask of the campus mascot . </P>

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