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Planet 51

2009 • PG • 1h 37m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • Sony Pictures Releasing

Something strange is coming to their planet...Us!

🍅 23% 40%

39

2.51

6.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$12.3M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$42.2M

Final

Worldwide Total

$109.0M

$66.8M international

Domestic Legs3.4x

Budget$60M

2009 Rank#71

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Cast & Crew

Justin Long Starring

Dwayne Johnson Starring

Jessica Biel Starring

Seann William Scott

Seann William Scott Starring

Gary Oldman Starring

John Cleese Starring

ScreenplayJoe Stillman Produced byGuy Collins, Ignacio Pérez Dolset StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 20-22 4 $12.3M — 3,035 $4,048 $12.3M

2 Nov 27-29 7 $10.2M −16.8% 3,035 $3,367 $28.5M

3 Dec 4-6 9 $4.4M −57.1% 2,904 $1,511 $34.1M

4 Dec 11-13 12 $2.3M −48.3% 2,570 $882 $37.1M

5 Dec 18-20 15 $810.1K −64.3% 1,349 $601 $38.5M

6 Dec 25-27 32 $104.7K −87.1% 209 $501 $39.2M

7 Jan 1-3 33 $160.0K +52.8% 209 $766 $39.6M

8 Jan 8-10 35 $82.0K −48.7% 132 $622 $39.7M

9 Jan 15-17 24 $386.4K +371.0% 371 $1,042 $40.1M

10 Jan 22-24 27 $324.9K −15.9% 308 $1,055 $40.6M

11 Jan 29-31 24 $281.7K −13.3% 282 $999 $41.0M

12 Feb 5-7 30 $224.7K −20.2% 268 $838 $41.3M

13 Feb 12-14 28 $200.3K −10.8% 226 $886 $41.5M

14 Feb 19-21 31 $176.6K −11.9% 206 $857 $41.8M

15 Feb 26-28 38 $138.7K −21.4% 164 $846 $42.0M

16 Mar 5-7 40 $95.3K −31.3% 142 $671 $42.1M

17 Mar 12-14 37 $81.9K −14.0% 94 $872 $42.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 20 #5 $3.2M — $3.2M 3,035 $1,049 1

Sat Nov 21 #5 $5.5M +73.8% $8.7M 3,035 $1,824 2

Sun Nov 22 #4 $3.6M −35.6% $12.3M 3,035 $1,175 3

Mon Nov 23 #5 $982.6K −72.5% $13.3M 3,035 $324 4

Tue Nov 24 #5 $1.3M +34.2% $14.6M 3,035 $434 5

Wed Nov 25 #7 $2.1M +61.2% $16.7M 3,035 $700 6

Thu Nov 26 #7 $1.6M −24.7% $18.3M 3,035 $527 7

Fri Nov 27 #7 $4.1M +156.4% +28.8% $22.4M 3,035 $1,352 8

Sat Nov 28 #7 $4.0M −3.7% −28.6% $26.3M 3,035 $1,302 9

Sun Nov 29 #7 $2.2M −45.2% −39.3% $28.5M 3,035 $713 10

Mon Nov 30 #8 $325.8K −85.0% −66.8% $28.8M 3,035 $107 11

Tue Dec 1 #8 $301.2K −7.6% −77.2% $29.1M 3,035 $99 12

Wed Dec 2 #8 $269.7K −10.5% −87.3% $29.4M 3,035 $89 13

Thu Dec 3 #8 $282.0K +4.6% −82.4% $29.7M 3,035 $93 14

Fri Dec 4 #10 $1.0M +268.4% −74.7% $30.7M 2,904 $358 15

Sat Dec 5 #8 $2.0M +97.0% −48.2% $32.8M 2,904 $705 16

Sun Dec 6 #9 $1.3M −36.4% −39.9% $34.1M 2,904 $448 17

Mon Dec 7 #10 $192.3K −85.2% −41.0% $34.2M 2,904 $66 18

Tue Dec 8 #10 $222.7K +15.8% −26.0% $34.5M 2,904 $77 19

Wed Dec 9 #10 $208.4K −6.4% −22.7% $34.7M 2,904 $72 20

Thu Dec 10 #10 $199.1K −4.5% −29.4% $34.9M 2,904 $69 21

Fri Dec 11 #13 $476.1K +139.2% −54.2% $35.4M 2,570 $185 22

Sat Dec 12 #11 $1.1M +129.5% −46.6% $36.4M 2,570 $425 23

Sun Dec 13 #11 $698.2K −36.1% −46.4% $37.1M 2,570 $272 24

Mon Dec 14 #15 $122.8K −82.4% −36.2% $37.3M 2,570 $48 25

Tue Dec 15 #15 $134.5K +9.6% −39.6% $37.4M 2,570 $52 26

Wed Dec 16 #15 $131.8K −2.0% −36.7% $37.5M 2,570 $51 27

Thu Dec 17 #14 $155.1K +17.7% −22.1% $37.7M 2,570 $60 28

Fri Dec 18 #16 $203.4K +31.1% −57.3% $37.9M 1,349 $151 29

Sat Dec 19 #14 $330.0K +62.3% −69.8% $38.2M 1,349 $245 30

Sun Dec 20 #15 $276.7K −16.1% −60.4% $38.5M 1,349 $205 31

Mon Dec 21 #14 $229.9K −16.9% +87.3% $38.7M 1,349 $170 32

Tue Dec 22 #12 $266.8K +16.0% +98.3% $39.0M 1,349 $198 33

Wed Dec 23 — $73.5K −72.4% −44.2% $39.1M 468 $157 34

Thu Dec 24 #20 $42.2K −42.6% −72.8% $39.1M 468 $90 35

Fri Dec 25 — $20.0K −52.6% −90.2% $39.1M 209 $96 36

Sat Dec 26 — $42.4K +112.0% −87.1% $39.2M 209 $203 37

Sun Dec 27 — $42.3K −0.4% −84.7% $39.2M 209 $202 38

Mon Dec 28 — $44.9K +6.2% −80.5% $39.3M 209 $215 39

Tue Dec 29 — $56.6K +26.1% −78.8% $39.3M 209 $271 40

Wed Dec 30 — $54.2K −4.2% −26.3% $39.4M 209 $259 41

Thu Dec 31 — $41.1K −24.1% −2.6% $39.4M 209 $197 42

Fri Jan 1 — $56.7K +37.8% +183.3% $39.5M 209 $271 43

Sat Jan 2 — $65.1K +14.9% +53.5% $39.5M 209 $312 44

Sun Jan 3 — $38.2K −41.3% −9.6% $39.6M 209 $183 45

Fri Jan 8 — $16.6K — −70.8% $39.6M 132 $125 50

Sat Jan 9 — $39.4K +138.2% −39.4% $39.7M 132 $299 51

Sun Jan 10 — $26.1K −33.9% −31.8% $39.7M 132 $197 52

Fri Jan 15 — $83.8K — +406.2% $39.8M 371 $226 57

Sat Jan 16 — $167.2K +99.5% +323.9% $40.0M 371 $451 58

Sun Jan 17 — $135.4K −19.0% +419.8% $40.1M 371 $365 59

Mon Jan 18 #21 $142.4K +5.2% $40.2M 371 $384 60

Fri Jan 22 — $75.3K — −10.2% $40.4M 308 $244 64

Sat Jan 23 — $156.6K +108.0% −6.4% $40.5M 308 $508 65

Sun Jan 24 — $93.1K −40.6% −31.3% $40.6M 308 $302 66

Fri Jan 29 — $63.9K — −15.2% $40.8M 282 $226 71

Sat Jan 30 — $133.0K +108.3% −15.1% $40.9M 282 $472 72

Sun Jan 31 — $84.9K −36.2% −8.8% $41.0M 282 $301 73

Fri Feb 5 — $52.7K — −17.4% $41.1M 268 $197 78

Sat Feb 6 — $120.2K +128.0% −9.6% $41.2M 268 $449 79

Sun Feb 7 — $51.7K −57.0% −39.0% $41.3M 268 $193 80

Fri Feb 12 — $40.0K — −24.2% $41.4M 226 $177 85

Sat Feb 13 — $80.9K +102.6% −32.7% $41.4M 226 $358 86

Sun Feb 14 — $79.4K −1.9% +53.5% $41.5M 226 $351 87

Mon Feb 15 #26 $66.3K −16.6% $41.6M 226 $293 88

Fri Feb 19 — $36.5K — −8.8% $41.7M 206 $177 92

Sat Feb 20 — $83.2K +128.1% +2.7% $41.7M 206 $404 93

Sun Feb 21 — $56.9K −31.5% −28.3% $41.8M 206 $276 94

Fri Feb 26 — $28.3K — −22.3% $41.9M 164 $173 99

Sat Feb 27 — $67.3K +137.5% −19.1% $41.9M 164 $410 100

Sun Feb 28 — $43.1K −35.9% −24.3% $42.0M 164 $263 101

Fri Mar 5 — $20.7K — −26.8% $42.0M 142 $146 106

Sat Mar 6 — $43.9K +111.6% −34.8% $42.1M 142 $309 107

Sun Mar 7 — $30.7K −30.1% −28.8% $42.1M 142 $216 108

Fri Mar 12 — $12.9K — −37.8% $42.1M 94 $137 113

Sat Mar 13 — $48.3K +274.7% +10.1% $42.2M 94 $514 114

Sun Mar 14 — $20.7K −57.1% −32.5% $42.2M 94 $220 115

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$40.6M

Nov 20Dec 4Dec 17Dec 31Jan 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $324.9K

$12.3M

$10.2M

$4.4M

$2.3M

$810.1K

$104.7K

$160.0K

$82.0K

$386.4K

$324.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,035 → 308 −89.9%

3,035 open308 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −15.9%

−16.8%

W1→2

−57.1%

W2→3

−48.3%

W3→4

−64.3%

W4→5

−87.1%

W5→6

+52.8%

W6→7

−48.7%

W7→8

+371.0%

W8→9

−15.9%

W9→10

Steepest −87.1%Biggest gain +371.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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