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Alvin and the Chipmunks: The SqueakquelFollow

2009 • PG • 1h 28m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • 20th Century Fox

The Boys are back in town... and they have competition.

🍅 21% 49%

41

2.52

4.6

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$48.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$219.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$443.50M

$223.90M international

Domestic legs4.49x

Budget$75.0M

2009 rank#9

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Cast & crew

Full Thomas filmography

Betty Thomas

Betty Thomas Director

Zachary Levi

Zachary Levi Starring

David Cross

David Cross Starring

Jason Lee

Jason Lee Starring

Justin Long

Justin Long Starring

Matthew Gray Gubler

Matthew Gray Gubler Starring

ScreenplayJon Vitti, Glenn Berger, Jonathan Aibel Produced byJanice Karman, Ross Bagdasarian Jr. CinematographyAnthony B. Richmond MusicDavid Newman Prod. DesignMarcia Hinds Studio20th Century Fox SeriesAlvin and the Chipmunks

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 25-27 3 $48.9M — 3,700 $13,209 $75.6M

2 Jan 1-3 3 $35.2M −28.0% 3,747 $9,391 $155.9M

3 Jan 8-10 3 $16.6M −52.9% 3,641 $4,549 $178.5M

4 Jan 15-17 4 $11.6M −29.9% 3,296 $3,525 $192.7M

5 Jan 22-24 7 $6.4M −44.9% 2,973 $2,153 $204.1M

6 Jan 29-31 9 $4.0M −37.6% 2,526 $1,582 $209.3M

7 Feb 5-7 14 $2.1M −46.8% 1,965 $1,081 $212.2M

8 Feb 12-14 17 $1.3M −39.8% 1,057 $1,211 $213.9M

9 Feb 19-21 15 $935.1K −27.0% 841 $1,111 $215.6M

10 Feb 26-28 19 $771.4K −17.5% 707 $1,091 $216.6M

11 Mar 5-7 18 $544.5K −29.4% 562 $968 $217.4M

12 Mar 12-14 19 $461.6K −15.2% 408 $1,131 $218.0M

13 Mar 19-21 22 $378.5K −18.0% 380 $996 $218.6M

14 Mar 26-28 26 $275.9K −27.1% 297 $929 $219.0M

15 Apr 2-4 33 $135.1K −51.1% 255 $529 $219.3M

16 Apr 9-11 38 $78.9K −41.6% 151 $522 $219.5M

17 Apr 16-18 47 $38.1K −51.7% 169 $225 $219.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Dec 23 #1 $18.8M — $18.8M 3,656 $5,142 1

Thu Dec 24 #2 $7.9M −58% $26.7M 3,656 $2,164 2

Fri Dec 25 #3 $13.9M +76% $40.6M 3,700 $3,754 3

Sat Dec 26 #3 $19.8M +43% $60.4M 3,700 $5,362 4

Sun Dec 27 #3 $15.1M −24% $75.6M 3,700 $4,092 5

Mon Dec 28 #2 $12.1M −20% $87.7M 3,700 $3,269 6

Tue Dec 29 #2 $12.5M +4% $100.2M 3,700 $3,387 7

Wed Dec 30 #2 $11.8M −6% −37% $112.0M 3,700 $3,183 8

Thu Dec 31 #2 $8.7M −26% +10% $120.7M 3,700 $2,360 9

Fri Jan 1 #3 $13.0M +49% −6% $133.7M 3,747 $3,468 10

Sat Jan 2 #3 $14.4M +11% −28% $148.1M 3,747 $3,835 11

Sun Jan 3 #2 $7.8M −46% −48% $155.9M 3,747 $2,086 12

Mon Jan 4 #3 $2.2M −72% −82% $158.1M 3,747 $591 13

Tue Jan 5 #4 $1.6M −30% −88% $159.7M 3,747 $414 14

Wed Jan 6 #4 $1.2M −24% −90% $160.9M 3,747 $314 15

Thu Jan 7 #4 $1.0M −13% −88% $161.9M 3,747 $272 16

Fri Jan 8 #4 $3.5M +240% −73% $165.4M 3,641 $952 17

Sat Jan 9 #2 $8.0M +132% −44% $173.4M 3,641 $2,210 18

Sun Jan 10 #2 $5.0M −37% −35% $178.5M 3,641 $1,386 19

Mon Jan 11 #5 $655.4K −87% −70% $179.1M 3,641 $180 20

Tue Jan 12 #5 $728.0K +11% −53% $179.8M 3,641 $199 21

Wed Jan 13 #6 $613.6K −16% −48% $180.4M 3,641 $168 22

Thu Jan 14 #5 $643.7K +5% −37% $181.1M 3,641 $176 23

Fri Jan 15 #5 $2.4M +276% −30% $183.5M 3,296 $734 24

Sat Jan 16 #4 $5.3M +118% −35% $188.8M 3,296 $1,598 25

Sun Jan 17 #4 $3.9M −25% −22% $192.7M 3,296 $1,193 26

Mon Jan 18 #3 $3.7M −6% +462% $196.4M 3,296 $1,118 27

Tue Jan 19 #6 $545.6K −85% −25% $196.9M 3,296 $165 28

Wed Jan 20 #9 $383.2K −30% −38% $197.3M 3,296 $116 29

Thu Jan 21 #8 $410.3K +7% −36% $197.7M 3,296 $124 30

Fri Jan 22 #9 $1.4M +241% −42% $199.1M 2,973 $470 31

Sat Jan 23 #7 $3.2M +132% −38% $202.4M 2,973 $1,089 32

Sun Jan 24 #6 $1.8M −46% −55% $204.1M 2,973 $593 33

Mon Jan 25 #9 $344.0K −81% −91% $204.5M 2,973 $115 34

Tue Jan 26 #11 $292.9K −15% −46% $204.8M 2,973 $98 35

Wed Jan 27 #11 $249.9K −15% −35% $205.0M 2,973 $84 36

Thu Jan 28 #11 $270.8K +8% −34% $205.3M 2,973 $91 37

Fri Jan 29 #10 $809.5K +199% −42% $206.1M 2,526 $320 38

Sat Jan 30 #9 $1.9M +136% −41% $208.0M 2,526 $757 39

Sun Jan 31 #7 $1.3M −33% −28% $209.3M 2,526 $504 40

Mon Feb 1 #11 $220.8K −83% −36% $209.5M 2,526 $87 41

Tue Feb 2 #14 $187.2K −15% −36% $209.7M 2,526 $74 42

Wed Feb 3 $173.1K −8% −31% $209.9M 2,526 $68 43

Thu Feb 4 $154.1K −11% −43% $210.0M 2,526 $60 44

Fri Feb 5 #15 $425.7K +176% −47% $210.5M 1,965 $216 45

Sat Feb 6 #13 $1.1M +169% −40% $211.6M 1,965 $582 46

Sun Feb 7 #10 $556.0K −51% −56% $212.2M 1,965 $282 47

Mon Feb 8 $130.8K −76% −41% $212.3M 1,965 $66 48

Tue Feb 9 $106.8K −18% −43% $212.4M 1,965 $54 49

Wed Feb 10 $99.6K −7% −42% $212.5M 1,965 $50 50

Thu Feb 11 $122.2K +23% −21% $212.6M 1,965 $62 51

Fri Feb 12 #18 $208.8K +71% −51% $212.8M 1,057 $197 52

Sat Feb 13 #17 $530.7K +154% −54% $213.4M 1,057 $502 53

Sun Feb 14 #17 $541.1K +2% −3% $213.9M 1,057 $511 54

Mon Feb 15 #12 $415.7K −23% +218% $214.3M 1,057 $393 55

Tue Feb 16 #14 $121.7K −71% +14% $214.4M 1,057 $115 56

Wed Feb 17 #16 $102.1K −16% +2% $214.5M 1,057 $96 57

Thu Feb 18 #16 $110.4K +8% −10% $214.6M 1,057 $104 58

Fri Feb 19 $192.9K +75% −8% $214.8M 841 $229 59

Sat Feb 20 #15 $451.3K +134% −15% $215.3M 841 $536 60

Sun Feb 21 #14 $290.9K −36% −46% $215.6M 841 $345 61

Mon Feb 22 $51.7K −82% −88% $215.6M 841 $61 62

Tue Feb 23 $50.1K −3% −59% $215.7M 841 $59 63

Wed Feb 24 $50.9K +1% −50% $215.7M 841 $60 64

Thu Feb 25 $51.9K +2% −53% $215.8M 841 $61 65

Fri Feb 26 $145.3K +180% −25% $215.9M 707 $205 66

Sat Feb 27 $388.9K +168% −14% $216.3M 707 $550 67

Sun Feb 28 $237.2K −39% −18% $216.6M 707 $335 68

Mon Mar 1 $67.2K −72% +30% $216.6M 707 $95 69

Tue Mar 2 $74.0K +10% +48% $216.7M 707 $104 70

Wed Mar 3 $61.7K −17% +21% $216.8M 707 $87 71

Thu Mar 4 $62.7K +2% +21% $216.8M 707 $88 72

Fri Mar 5 $126.8K +102% −13% $216.9M 562 $225 73

Sat Mar 6 $257.8K +103% −34% $217.2M 562 $458 74

Sun Mar 7 $159.8K −38% −33% $217.4M 562 $284 75

Mon Mar 8 $33.6K −79% −50% $217.4M 562 $59 76

Tue Mar 9 $35.8K +7% −52% $217.4M 562 $63 77

Wed Mar 10 $30.8K −14% −50% $217.5M 562 $54 78

Thu Mar 11 $34.1K +11% −46% $217.5M 562 $60 79

Fri Mar 12 $103.9K +205% −18% $217.6M 408 $254 80

Sat Mar 13 $214.5K +107% −17% $217.8M 408 $525 81

Sun Mar 14 $143.3K −33% −10% $218.0M 408 $351 82

Mon Mar 15 $72.3K −50% +115% $218.0M 408 $177 83

Tue Mar 16 $86.8K +20% +142% $218.1M 408 $212 84

Wed Mar 17 $70.1K −19% +127% $218.2M 408 $171 85

Thu Mar 18 $71.0K +1% +108% $218.3M 408 $174 86

Fri Mar 19 $116.5K +64% +12% $218.4M 380 $306 87

Sat Mar 20 $159.6K +37% −26% $218.5M 380 $419 88

Sun Mar 21 $102.5K −36% −28% $218.6M 380 $269 89

Mon Mar 22 $27.4K −73% −62% $218.7M 380 $72 90

Tue Mar 23 $27.5K n/c −68% $218.7M 380 $72 91

Wed Mar 24 $25.8K −6% −63% $218.7M 380 $67 92

Thu Mar 25 $30.0K +16% −58% $218.8M 380 $79 93

Fri Mar 26 $72.5K +141% −38% $218.8M 380 $190 94

Sat Mar 27 $121.6K +68% −24% $218.9M 380 $320 95

Sun Mar 28 $81.8K −33% −20% $219.0M 380 $215 96

Mon Mar 29 $33.0K −60% +20% $219.1M 380 $86 97

Tue Mar 30 $37.9K +15% +38% $219.1M 380 $99 98

Wed Mar 31 $33.0K −13% +28% $219.1M 380 $86 99

Thu Apr 1 $36.8K +11% +22% $219.2M 380 $96 100

Fri Apr 2 $56.9K +55% −21% $219.2M 255 $223 101

Sat Apr 3 $52.7K −7% −57% $219.3M 255 $206 102

Sun Apr 4 $25.5K −52% −69% $219.3M 255 $99 103

Mon Apr 5 $27.9K +9% −15% $219.3M 255 $109 104

Tue Apr 6 $23.9K −15% −37% $219.4M 255 $93 105

Wed Apr 7 $24.6K +3% −26% $219.4M 255 $96 106

Thu Apr 8 $26.5K +8% −28% $219.4M 255 $103 107

Fri Apr 9 $24.5K −7% −57% $219.4M 151 $162 108

Sat Apr 10 $33.3K +36% −37% $219.5M 151 $220 109

Sun Apr 11 $21.1K −37% −17% $219.5M 151 $139 110

Mon Apr 12 $4.8K −77% −83% $219.5M 151 $31 111

Tue Apr 13 $5.1K +7% −79% $219.5M 151 $33 112

Wed Apr 14 $4.4K −14% −82% $219.5M 151 $29 113

Thu Apr 15 $4.9K +12% −81% $219.5M 151 $32 114

Fri Apr 16 $7.1K +44% −71% $219.5M 169 $41 115

Sat Apr 17 $19.0K +168% −43% $219.5M 169 $112 116

Sun Apr 18 $12.0K −37% −43% $219.5M 169 $71 117

Mon Apr 19 $2.2K −82% −54% $219.5M 169 $13 118

Tue Apr 20 $2.9K +32% −43% $219.5M 169 $17 119

Wed Apr 21 $2.6K −12% −41% $219.6M 169 $15 120

Thu Apr 22 $2.5K −1% −48% $219.6M 169 $15 121

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

Cumulative total$216.7M

Dec 23Jan 9Jan 27Feb 13Mar 2

Weekend grossWk 10 · $771.4K

$48.9M

$35.2M

$16.6M

$11.6M

$6.4M

$4.0M

$2.1M

$1.3M

$935.1K

$771.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,747 → 707 −81.1%

3,656 open707 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −17.5%

−28.0%

W1→2

−52.9%

W2→3

−29.9%

W3→4

−44.9%

W4→5

−37.6%

W5→6

−46.8%

W6→7

−39.8%

W7→8

−27.0%

W8→9

−17.5%

W9→10

Steepest −52.9%Best hold −17.5%

Run milestones

$200M in 32 days

$100M

Day 7

Dec 29

$200M

Day 32

Jan 23

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#5 Biggest grossers never #1All-time $219.6M #6 Biggest Christmas openingsAll-time $48.9M #15 Biggest openings not at #1All-time $48.9M

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