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Monsters vs. Aliens

2009 PG 1h 34m Action, Adventure, Animation DreamWorks

Saving the day the monster way.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$198M
Final
Opening Weekend
$59.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.34x
Opening → Total
Budget
$175M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$382M
$183M international
2009 Rank
#11
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Mar 27-29 1 $59.3M $59.3M 4,104 $14K 1
Apr 3-5 2 $32.6M -45.0% $104.8M 4,109 $8K 2
Apr 10-12 3 $21.8M -33.1% $140.2M 4,136 $5K 3
Apr 17-19 4 $13.2M -39.3% $163.1M 3,662 $4K 4
Apr 24-26 6 $8.5M -35.6% $174.8M 3,358 $3K 5
May 1-3 5 $5.8M -31.9% $182.4M 2,626 $2K 6
May 8-10 8 $3.3M -43.8% $186.8M 2,185 $1K 7
May 15-17 7 $3.2M -2.4% $190.7M 1,951 $2K 8
May 22-24 9 $1.5M -54.1% $193.1M 1,434 $1K 9
May 29-31 16 $320K -78.1% $194.4M 566 $565 10
Jun 5-7 15 $271K -15.4% $194.9M 313 $865 11
Jun 12-14 20 $205K -24.3% $195.2M 255 $804 12
Jun 19-21 26 $165K -19.4% $195.5M 228 $725 13
Jun 26-28 18 $365K +120.7% $196.0M 311 $1K 14
Jul 3-5 23 $258K -29.2% $196.6M 281 $919 15
Jul 10-12 25 $250K -3.1% $197.1M 261 $959 16
Jul 17-19 29 $185K -26.0% $197.5M 230 $805 17
Jul 24-26 33 $134K -27.5% $197.8M 210 $639 18
Jul 31-Aug 2 36 $91K -31.9% $198.0M 155 $589 19
Aug 7-9 38 $78K -14.2% $198.1M 140 $559 20
Aug 14-16 45 $55K -29.4% $198.3M 116 $476 21

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byRob Letterman, Conrad Vernon
ScreenplayRob Letterman, Jonathan Aibel, Maya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky
StarringReese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie, Rainn Wilson, Will Arnett, Kiefer Sutherland
StudioDreamWorks