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District 9

2009 R 1h 52m Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller TriStar Pictures

You are not welcome here.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$116M
Final
Opening Weekend
$37.4M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.10x
Opening → Total
Budget
$30.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$211M
$95.2M international
2009 Rank
#27
Domestic
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Aug 14-16 1 $37.4M $37.4M 3,049 $12K 1
Aug 21-23 2 $18.2M -51.2% $72.8M 3,050 $6K 2
Aug 28-30 4 $10.3M -43.6% $90.4M 3,180 $3K 3
Sep 4-6 5 $7.1M -31.1% $101.4M 3,139 $2K 4
Sep 11-13 8 $3.5M -50.0% $108.5M 2,560 $1K 5
Sep 18-20 13 $1.9M -45.9% $111.7M 1,558 $1K 6
Sep 25-27 15 $1.1M -43.4% $113.5M 925 $1K 7
Oct 2-4 22 $481K -55.6% $114.4M 493 $974 8
Oct 9-11 28 $291K -39.5% $114.9M 333 $873 9
Oct 16-18 28 $246K -15.4% $115.2M 335 $734 10
Oct 23-25 33 $148K -39.8% $115.5M 232 $638 11
Oct 30-Nov 1 38 $82K -44.4% $115.6M 176 $467 12

Performance Charts

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Cumulative Total

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Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byNeill Blomkamp
ScreenplayNeill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
Produced byPeter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham
CinematographyTrent Opaloch
MusicClinton Shorter
Prod. DesignPhilip Ivey
StarringSharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt, Sylvaine Strike, Elizabeth Mkandawie, John Sumner
StudioTriStar Pictures