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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
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
Compare with other movies
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

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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