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Up in the AirFollow

2009 • R • 1h 49m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Paramount Pictures

The story of a man ready to make a connection.

🍅 90% 79%

83

3.57

7.4

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$1.20M

Limited · 15 theaters

Domestic total

$83.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$167.00M

$83.00M international

Domestic legs7.4x from $11.3M first wide weekend

Budget$25.0M

2009 rank#38

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Cast & crew

Full Reitman filmography

Jason Reitman

Jason Reitman Director

George Clooney

George Clooney Starring

Vera Farmiga

Vera Farmiga Starring

Anna Kendrick

Anna Kendrick Starring

Sam Elliott

Sam Elliott Starring

Jason Bateman

Jason Bateman Starring

ScreenplayJason Reitman, Sheldon Turner Produced byDaniel Dubiecki, Jeffrey Clifford, Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Joe Medjuck CinematographyEric Steelberg MusicRolfe Kent StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 18-20 8 $3.2M — 175 $18,343 $8.2M

2 Dec 25-27 6 $11.3M +251.1% 1,895 $5,947 $24.0M

3 Jan 1-3 6 $10.7M −4.9% 1,895 $5,657 $44.4M

4 Jan 8-10 8 $7.2M −33.2% 2,218 $3,227 $54.8M

5 Jan 15-17 10 $5.4M −23.9% 2,107 $2,584 $62.8M

6 Jan 22-24 12 $3.9M −28.3% 1,707 $2,285 $69.2M

7 Jan 29-31 12 $2.8M −28.2% 1,430 $1,958 $73.3M

8 Feb 5-7 12 $2.3M −18.5% 1,547 $1,475 $76.6M

9 Feb 12-14 15 $1.8M −22.3% 925 $1,917 $79.2M

10 Feb 19-21 14 $1.1M −40.7% 727 $1,447 $80.9M

11 Feb 26-28 17 $802.1K −23.8% 586 $1,368 $82.1M

12 Mar 5-7 16 $607.5K −24.3% 403 $1,507 $83.0M

13 Mar 12-14 22 $265.3K −56.3% 274 $968 $83.5M

14 Mar 19-21 32 $107.7K −59.4% 178 $605 $83.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 4 #13 $329.1K — $329.1K 15 $21,941 1

Sat Dec 5 #13 $474.6K +44% $803.7K 15 $31,637 2

Sun Dec 6 #13 $377.8K −20% $1.2M 15 $25,184 3

Mon Dec 7 #15 $108.1K −71% $1.3M 15 $7,204 4

Tue Dec 8 #15 $99.1K −8% $1.4M 15 $6,608 5

Wed Dec 9 #15 $99.9K +1% $1.5M 15 $6,658 6

Thu Dec 10 #15 $99.9K n/c $1.6M 15 $6,658 7

Fri Dec 11 #12 $658.2K +559% +100% $2.2M 72 $9,141 8

Sat Dec 12 #12 $1.1M +61% +123% $3.3M 72 $14,671 9

Sun Dec 13 #12 $679.8K −36% +80% $4.0M 72 $9,441 10

Mon Dec 14 #11 $210.2K −69% +94% $4.2M 72 $2,919 11

Tue Dec 15 #11 $267.2K +27% +170% $4.5M 72 $3,711 12

Wed Dec 16 #11 $283.9K +6% +184% $4.7M 72 $3,943 13

Thu Dec 17 #11 $261.9K −8% +162% $5.0M 72 $3,637 14

Fri Dec 18 #8 $931.5K +256% +42% $5.9M 175 $5,323 15

Sat Dec 19 #8 $1.3M +35% +19% $7.2M 175 $7,210 16

Sun Dec 20 #8 $1.0M −19% +50% $8.2M 175 $5,810 17

Mon Dec 21 #9 $526.1K −48% +150% $8.7M 175 $3,006 18

Tue Dec 22 #10 $541.4K +3% +103% $9.3M 175 $3,093 19

Wed Dec 23 #5 $1.7M +219% +508% $11.0M 1,895 $911 20

Thu Dec 24 #3 $1.8M +1% +569% $12.8M 1,895 $924 21

Fri Dec 25 #5 $3.6M +108% +291% $16.4M 1,895 $1,922 22

Sat Dec 26 #6 $4.4M +20% +247% $20.8M 1,895 $2,309 23

Sun Dec 27 #6 $3.2M −26% +220% $24.0M 1,895 $1,714 24

Mon Dec 28 #7 $2.3M −30% +330% $26.3M 1,895 $1,193 25

Tue Dec 29 #7 $2.2M −1% +312% $28.5M 1,895 $1,175 26

Wed Dec 30 #7 $2.3M +3% +34% $30.8M 1,895 $1,216 27

Thu Dec 31 #6 $2.8M +23% +61% $33.7M 1,895 $1,492 28

Fri Jan 1 #6 $4.1M +45% +13% $37.8M 1,895 $2,170 29

Sat Jan 2 #6 $4.5M +8% +2% $42.2M 1,895 $2,352 30

Sun Jan 3 #7 $2.2M −52% −34% $44.4M 1,895 $1,134 31

Mon Jan 4 #6 $815.4K −62% −64% $45.2M 1,895 $430 32

Tue Jan 5 #5 $910.7K +12% −59% $46.1M 1,895 $480 33

Wed Jan 6 #5 $835.2K −8% −64% $46.9M 1,895 $440 34

Thu Jan 7 #5 $705.1K −16% −75% $47.6M 1,895 $372 35

Fri Jan 8 #9 $2.1M +195% −49% $49.7M 2,218 $939 36

Sat Jan 9 #8 $3.2M +55% −28% $52.9M 2,218 $1,453 37

Sun Jan 10 #8 $1.9M −42% −14% $54.8M 2,218 $835 38

Mon Jan 11 #8 $560.1K −70% −31% $55.4M 2,218 $252 39

Tue Jan 12 #6 $716.5K +28% −21% $56.1M 2,218 $323 40

Wed Jan 13 #5 $654.1K −9% −22% $56.7M 2,218 $294 41

Thu Jan 14 #6 $641.4K −2% −9% $57.4M 2,218 $289 42

Fri Jan 15 #11 $1.5M +137% −27% $58.9M 2,107 $720 43

Sat Jan 16 #10 $2.3M +54% −27% $61.2M 2,107 $1,110 44

Sun Jan 17 #11 $1.6M −32% −14% $62.8M 2,107 $753 45

Mon Jan 18 #11 $1.1M −32% +94% $63.9M 2,107 $514 46

Tue Jan 19 #7 $507.7K −53% −29% $64.4M 2,107 $240 47

Wed Jan 20 #6 $452.3K −11% −31% $64.9M 2,107 $214 48

Thu Jan 21 #6 $480.5K +6% −25% $65.3M 2,107 $228 49

Fri Jan 22 #11 $1.1M +135% −26% $66.5M 1,707 $660 50

Sat Jan 23 #12 $2.0M +77% −15% $68.5M 1,707 $1,165 51

Sun Jan 24 #12 $785.5K −61% −50% $69.2M 1,707 $460 52

Mon Jan 25 #11 $274.5K −65% −75% $69.5M 1,707 $160 53

Tue Jan 26 #9 $346.3K +26% −32% $69.9M 1,707 $202 54

Wed Jan 27 #9 $303.0K −13% −33% $70.2M 1,707 $177 55

Thu Jan 28 #9 $303.0K n/c −37% $70.5M 1,707 $177 56

Fri Jan 29 #13 $713.8K +136% −37% $71.2M 1,430 $499 57

Sat Jan 30 #12 $1.4M +89% −32% $72.5M 1,430 $944 58

Sun Jan 31 #12 $736.5K −45% −6% $73.3M 1,430 $515 59

Mon Feb 1 #13 $201.5K −73% −27% $73.5M 1,430 $140 60

Tue Feb 2 #10 $290.7K +44% −16% $73.8M 1,430 $203 61

Wed Feb 3 #11 $286.1K −2% −6% $74.1M 1,430 $200 62

Thu Feb 4 #11 $279.4K −2% −8% $74.3M 1,430 $195 63

Fri Feb 5 #13 $689.1K +147% −3% $75.0M 1,547 $445 64

Sat Feb 6 #12 $1.2M +77% −9% $76.2M 1,547 $790 65

Sun Feb 7 #15 $371.6K −70% −50% $76.6M 1,547 $240 66

Mon Feb 8 #12 $189.0K −49% −6% $76.8M 1,547 $122 67

Tue Feb 9 #12 $221.5K +17% −24% $77.0M 1,547 $143 68

Wed Feb 10 #13 $189.4K −14% −34% $77.2M 1,547 $122 69

Thu Feb 11 #12 $224.6K +19% −20% $77.4M 1,547 $145 70

Fri Feb 12 #15 $342.6K +53% −50% $77.8M 925 $370 71

Sat Feb 13 #14 $733.0K +114% −40% $78.5M 925 $792 72

Sun Feb 14 #15 $698.2K −5% +88% $79.2M 925 $754 73

Mon Feb 15 #16 $289.3K −59% +53% $79.5M 925 $312 74

Tue Feb 16 #16 $116.4K −60% −47% $79.6M 925 $125 75

Wed Feb 17 #14 $114.4K −2% −40% $79.7M 925 $123 76

Thu Feb 18 #14 $124.2K +9% −45% $79.9M 925 $134 77

Fri Feb 19 #14 $274.3K +121% −20% $80.1M 727 $377 78

Sat Feb 20 #14 $511.7K +87% −30% $80.6M 727 $703 79

Sun Feb 21 #15 $266.1K −48% −62% $80.9M 727 $365 80

Mon Feb 22 #14 $91.1K −66% −68% $81.0M 727 $125 81

Tue Feb 23 #14 $95.3K +5% −18% $81.1M 727 $131 82

Wed Feb 24 #14 $91.2K −4% −20% $81.2M 727 $125 83

Thu Feb 25 #14 $90.3K −1% −27% $81.3M 727 $124 84

Fri Feb 26 $199.4K +121% −27% $81.5M 586 $340 85

Sat Feb 27 $422.1K +112% −18% $81.9M 586 $720 86

Sun Feb 28 $180.6K −57% −32% $82.1M 586 $308 87

Mon Mar 1 $61.1K −66% −33% $82.1M 586 $104 88

Tue Mar 2 $88.4K +45% −7% $82.2M 586 $150 89

Wed Mar 3 $85.4K −3% −6% $82.3M 586 $145 90

Thu Mar 4 $89.9K +5% n/c $82.4M 586 $153 91

Fri Mar 5 $165.8K +84% −17% $82.6M 403 $411 92

Sat Mar 6 $320.2K +93% −24% $82.9M 403 $794 93

Sun Mar 7 $121.5K −62% −33% $83.0M 403 $301 94

Mon Mar 8 $44.4K −63% −27% $83.1M 403 $110 95

Tue Mar 9 $50.1K +13% −43% $83.1M 403 $124 96

Wed Mar 10 $45.5K −9% −47% $83.2M 403 $112 97

Thu Mar 11 $48.8K +7% −46% $83.2M 403 $121 98

Fri Mar 12 $80.8K +65% −51% $83.3M 274 $294 99

Sat Mar 13 $124.2K +54% −61% $83.4M 274 $453 100

Sun Mar 14 $60.3K −51% −50% $83.5M 274 $219 101

Mon Mar 15 $24.7K −59% −44% $83.5M 274 $90 102

Tue Mar 16 $27.8K +13% −44% $83.5M 274 $101 103

Wed Mar 17 $24.6K −12% −46% $83.5M 274 $89 104

Thu Mar 18 $25.1K +2% −49% $83.6M 274 $91 105

Fri Mar 19 $32.5K +29% −60% $83.6M 178 $182 106

Sat Mar 20 $47.9K +47% −61% $83.6M 178 $268 107

Sun Mar 21 $27.3K −43% −55% $83.7M 178 $153 108

Mon Mar 22 $11.3K −59% −54% $83.7M 178 $63 109

Tue Mar 23 $12.6K +12% −55% $83.7M 178 $70 110

Wed Mar 24 $10.0K −20% −59% $83.7M 178 $56 111

Thu Mar 25 $12.2K +22% −51% $83.7M 178 $68 112

Fri Mar 26 $16.9K +38% −48% $83.7M 87 $194 113

Sat Mar 27 $24.0K +42% −50% $83.8M 87 $276 114

Sun Mar 28 $12.7K −47% −54% $83.8M 87 $145 115

Mon Mar 29 $4.8K −62% −58% $83.8M 87 $55 116

Tue Mar 30 $5.5K +14% −57% $83.8M 87 $62 117

Wed Mar 31 $4.8K −12% −52% $83.8M 87 $55 118

Thu Apr 1 $5.3K +10% −57% $83.8M 87 $60 119

Fri Apr 2 $5.3K n/c −69% $83.8M 41 $129 120

Sat Apr 3 $8.4K +60% −65% $83.8M 41 $206 121

Sun Apr 4 $4.4K −48% −66% $83.8M 41 $106 122

Mon Apr 5 $3.2K −27% −33% $83.8M 41 $77 123

Tue Apr 6 $2.2K −31% −60% $83.8M 41 $53 124

Wed Apr 7 $2.2K n/c −54% $83.8M 41 $53 125

Thu Apr 8 $2.4K +7% −55% $83.8M 41 $57 126

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

Cumulative total$77.4M

Dec 4Dec 21Jan 8Jan 25Feb 11

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.1M

$3.2M

$11.3M

$10.7M

$7.2M

$5.4M

$3.9M

$2.8M

$2.3M

$1.8M

$1.1M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,218 → 1,547 −30.3%

15 open1,547 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −40.7%

+251.1%

W1→2

−4.9%

W2→3

−33.2%

W3→4

−23.9%

W4→5

−28.3%

W5→6

−28.2%

W6→7

−18.5%

W7→8

−22.3%

W8→9

−40.7%

W9→10

Steepest −40.7%Biggest gain +251.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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