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Up in the Air

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

The story of a man ready to make a connection.

Box office summary
Opening Weekend
$11.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$83.8M
Final
Worldwide Total
$167M
$83.0M international
Domestic Legs7.44x
Budget$25.0M
2009 Rank#38
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 18-20 8 $3.2M $8.2M 175 $18K 1
Dec 25-27 6 $11.3M +251.1% $24.0M 1,895 $6K 2
Jan 1-3 6 $10.7M -4.9% $44.4M 1,895 $6K 3
Jan 8-10 8 $7.2M -33.2% $54.8M 2,218 $3K 4
Jan 15-17 10 $5.4M -23.9% $62.8M 2,107 $3K 5
Jan 22-24 12 $3.9M -28.3% $69.2M 1,707 $2K 6
Jan 29-31 12 $2.8M -28.2% $73.3M 1,430 $2K 7
Feb 5-7 12 $2.3M -18.5% $76.6M 1,547 $1K 8
Feb 12-14 15 $1.8M -22.3% $79.2M 925 $2K 9
Feb 19-21 14 $1.1M -40.7% $80.9M 727 $1K 10
Feb 26-28 17 $802K -23.8% $82.1M 586 $1K 11
Mar 5-7 16 $607K -24.3% $83.0M 403 $2K 12
Mar 12-14 22 $265K -56.3% $83.5M 274 $968 13
Mar 19-21 32 $108K -59.4% $83.7M 178 $605 14

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJason Reitman
ScreenplayJason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
Produced byDaniel Dubiecki, Jeffrey Clifford, Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Joe Medjuck
CinematographyEric Steelberg
MusicRolfe Kent
StarringGeorge Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Sam Elliott, Amy Morton, Jason Bateman
StudioParamount Pictures