Name: District 9
Director: Neill Blomkamp
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Released: 2009
Cast: Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt, Sylvaine Strike, Elizabeth Mkandawie

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Aug 14	#1	$14.16M		—	$14.16M	3,049	$4.6K	1
Sat Aug 15	#1	$12.61M	-11%	—	$26.78M	3,049	$4.1K	2
Sun Aug 16	#1	$10.58M	-16%	—	$37.35M	3,049	$3.5K	3
Mon Aug 17	#1	$5.16M	-51%	—	$42.52M	3,049	$1.7K	4
Tue Aug 18	#1	$4.60M	-11%	—	$47.12M	3,049	$1.5K	5
Wed Aug 19	#1	$3.87M	-16%	—	$50.99M	3,049	$1.3K	6
Thu Aug 20	#1	$3.60M	-7%	—	$54.59M	3,049	$1.2K	7
Fri Aug 21	#2	$5.54M	+54%	-61%	$60.13M	3,050	$1.8K	8
Sat Aug 22	#2	$7.24M	+31%	-43%	$67.37M	3,050	$2.4K	9
Sun Aug 23	#2	$5.44M	-25%	-49%	$72.80M	3,050	$1.8K	10
Mon Aug 24	#2	$2.01M	-63%	-61%	$74.81M	3,050	$658	11
Tue Aug 25	#2	$2.01M	n/c	-56%	$76.82M	3,050	$658	12
Wed Aug 26	#2	$1.70M	-15%	-56%	$78.52M	3,050	$557	13
Thu Aug 27	#2	$1.59M	-7%	-56%	$80.11M	3,050	$521	14
Fri Aug 28	#4	$2.97M	+87%	-46%	$83.08M	3,180	$932	15
Sat Aug 29	#4	$4.38M	+48%	-39%	$87.46M	3,180	$1.4K	16
Sun Aug 30	#4	$2.92M	-33%	-46%	$90.38M	3,180	$918	17
Mon Aug 31	#4	$1.03M	-65%	-49%	$91.41M	3,180	$322	18
Tue Sep 1	#3	$1.08M	+5%	-46%	$92.49M	3,180	$339	19
Wed Sep 2	#3	$896K	-17%	-47%	$93.39M	3,180	$281	20
Thu Sep 3	#3	$887K	-1%	-44%	$94.27M	3,180	$279	21
Fri Sep 4	#5	$1.77M	+100%	-40%	$96.05M	3,139	$564	22
Sat Sep 5	#5	$2.56M	+44%	-42%	$98.61M	3,139	$815	23
Sun Sep 6	#5	$2.75M	+7%	-6%	$101.35M	3,139	$874	24
Mon Sep 7	#5	$2.04M	-26%	+99%	$103.39M	3,139	$649	25
Tue Sep 8	#5	$580K	-72%	-46%	$103.97M	3,139	$184	26
Wed Sep 9	#6	$491K	-15%	-45%	$104.46M	3,139	$156	27
Thu Sep 10	#6	$458K	-7%	-48%	$104.92M	3,139	$145	28
Fri Sep 11	#8	$1.05M	+130%	-41%	$105.97M	2,560	$410	29
Sat Sep 12	#8	$1.60M	+52%	-37%	$107.57M	2,560	$625	30
Sun Sep 13	#8	$885K	-45%	-68%	$108.46M	2,560	$345	31
Mon Sep 14	#9	$304K	-66%	-85%	$108.76M	2,560	$118	32
Tue Sep 15	#10	$352K	+16%	-39%	$109.11M	2,560	$137	33
Wed Sep 16	#8	$331K	-6%	-33%	$109.44M	2,560	$129	34
Thu Sep 17	#8	$328K	-1%	-28%	$109.77M	2,560	$128	35
Fri Sep 18	#13	$568K	+73%	-46%	$110.34M	1,558	$364	36
Sat Sep 19	#13	$834K	+47%	-48%	$111.17M	1,558	$535	37
Sun Sep 20	#12	$511K	-39%	-42%	$111.69M	1,558	$327	38
Mon Sep 21	#13	$182K	-64%	-40%	$111.87M	1,558	$116	39
Tue Sep 22	#13	$207K	+13%	-41%	$112.07M	1,558	$132	40
Wed Sep 23	#12	$184K	-11%	-44%	$112.26M	1,558	$118	41
Thu Sep 24	#12	$182K	-1%	-45%	$112.44M	1,558	$116	42
Fri Sep 25	#16	$311K	+71%	-45%	$112.75M	925	$336	43
Sat Sep 26	#15	$475K	+53%	-43%	$113.23M	925	$513	44
Sun Sep 27	#13	$296K	-38%	-42%	$113.52M	925	$320	45
Mon Sep 28	#14	$104K	-65%	-43%	$113.63M	925	$112	46
Tue Sep 29	#14	$105K	+1%	-49%	$113.73M	925	$112	47
Wed Sep 30	#15	$95K	-9%	-48%	$113.83M	925	$102	48
Thu Oct 1	#15	$97K	+1%	-47%	$113.92M	925	$104	49

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Aug 14-16	1	$37.35M	—	$37.35M	3,049	$12.3K	1
Aug 21-23	2	$18.21M	-51.2%	$72.80M	3,050	$6.0K	2
Aug 28-30	4	$10.27M	-43.6%	$90.38M	3,180	$3.2K	3
Sep 4-6	5	$7.08M	-31.1%	$101.35M	3,139	$2.3K	4
Sep 11-13	8	$3.54M	-50.0%	$108.46M	2,560	$1.4K	5
Sep 18-20	13	$1.91M	-45.9%	$111.69M	1,558	$1.2K	6
Sep 25-27	15	$1.08M	-43.4%	$113.52M	925	$1.2K	7
Oct 2-4	22	$481K	-55.6%	$114.40M	493	$974	8
Oct 9-11	28	$291K	-39.5%	$114.87M	333	$873	9
Oct 16-18	28	$246K	-15.4%	$115.24M	335	$734	10
Oct 23-25	33	$148K	-39.8%	$115.50M	232	$638	11
Oct 30-Nov 1	38	$82K	-44.4%	$115.65M	176	$467	12

Performance Charts

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

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byNeill Blomkamp

ScreenplayNeill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell

Produced byPeter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham

CinematographyTrent Opaloch

MusicClinton Shorter

Prod. DesignPhilip Ivey

StarringSharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt, Sylvaine Strike, Elizabeth Mkandawie, John Sumner

StudioTriStar Pictures

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