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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.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$83.8M
Final
Opening Weekend
$11.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
7.44x
Opening → Total
Budget
$25.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$167M
$83.0M international
2009 Rank
#38
Domestic

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 Vancouver Olympics 15 $1.8M -22.3% $79.2M 925 $2K 9
Feb 19-21 Vancouver Olympics 14 $1.1M -40.7% $80.9M 727 $1K 10
Feb 26-28 Vancouver Olympics 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

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Cumulative Total

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Theater Count

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJason Reitman
ScreenplayJason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
StarringGeorge Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Sam Elliott, Amy Morton, Jason Bateman
StudioParamount Pictures