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2009 PG-13 2h 42m Action, Adventure, Fantasy 20th Century Fox

Enter the world of Pandora.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$750M
Final
Opening Weekend
$77.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
9.73x
Opening → Total
Budget
$237M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$2.74B
$1.99B international
2009 Rank
#1
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 18-20 1 $77.0M $77.0M 3,452 $22K 1
Dec 25-27 1 $75.6M -1.8% $212.7M 3,456 $22K 2
Jan 1-3 1 $68.5M -9.4% $352.1M 3,461 $20K 3
Jan 8-10 1 $50.3M -26.6% $430.8M 3,422 $15K 4
Jan 15-17 1 $42.8M -14.9% $493.3M 3,285 $13K 5
Jan 22-24 1 $34.9M -18.3% $551.7M 3,141 $11K 6
Jan 29-31 1 $31.3M -10.5% $595.8M 3,074 $10K 7
Feb 5-7 2 $22.9M -26.9% $629.3M 3,000 $8K 8
Feb 12-14 Vancouver Olympics 4 $23.6M +3.3% $661.2M 2,685 $9K 9
Feb 19-21 Vancouver Olympics 3 $16.2M -31.2% $688.0M 2,581 $6K 10
Feb 26-28 Vancouver Olympics 4 $13.7M -15.9% $706.6M 2,456 $6K 11
Mar 5-7 5 $8.1M -40.5% $720.6M 2,163 $4K 12
Mar 12-14 7 $6.5M -19.6% $730.3M 1,718 $4K 13
Mar 19-21 8 $4.0M -38.3% $736.9M 1,236 $3K 14
Mar 26-28 11 $2.0M -49.2% $740.4M 930 $2K 15
Apr 2-4 13 $980K -52.1% $742.3M 511 $2K 16
Apr 9-11 12 $845K -13.8% $743.7M 454 $2K 17
Apr 16-18 12 $1.0M +18.7% $745.0M 500 $2K 18
Apr 23-25 15 $920K -8.2% $746.4M 421 $2K 19
Apr 30-May 2 19 $633K -31.2% $747.3M 387 $2K 20
May 7-9 19 $425K -32.9% $747.9M 328 $1K 21
May 14-16 21 $335K -21.2% $748.5M 279 $1K 22
May 21-23 29 $189K -43.8% $748.8M 167 $1K 23

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJames Cameron
ScreenplayJames Cameron
StarringSam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi
Studio20th Century Fox