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Monsters vs. AliensFollow

2009 • PG • 1h 34m • Action, Adventure, Animation • DreamWorks

Saving the day the monster way.

🍅 73% 59%

56

2.93

6.4

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$59.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$198.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$382.00M

$183.00M international

Domestic legs3.34x

Budget$175M

2009 rank#11

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Cast & crew

Full Letterman filmography

Rob Letterman

Rob Letterman Director

Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon Starring

Seth Rogen

Seth Rogen Starring

Hugh Laurie

Hugh Laurie Starring

Rainn Wilson

Rainn Wilson Starring

Will Arnett

Will Arnett Starring

ScreenplayRob Letterman, Jonathan Aibel, Maya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky Produced byLisa Stewart MusicHenry Jackman StudioDreamWorks

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 27-29 1 $59.3M — 4,104 $14,454 $59.3M

2 Apr 3-5 2 $32.6M −45.0% 4,109 $7,936 $104.8M

3 Apr 10-12 3 $21.8M −33.1% 4,136 $5,273 $140.2M

4 Apr 17-19 4 $13.2M −39.3% 3,662 $3,615 $163.1M

5 Apr 24-26 6 $8.5M −35.6% 3,358 $2,537 $174.8M

6 May 1-3 5 $5.8M −31.9% 2,626 $2,209 $182.4M

7 May 8-10 8 $3.3M −43.8% 2,185 $1,492 $186.8M

8 May 15-17 7 $3.2M −2.4% 1,951 $1,631 $190.7M

9 May 22-24 9 $1.5M −54.1% 1,434 $1,017 $193.1M

10 May 29-31 16 $320.0K −78.1% 566 $565 $194.4M

11 Jun 5-7 15 $270.9K −15.4% 313 $865 $194.9M

12 Jun 12-14 20 $205.1K −24.3% 255 $804 $195.2M

13 Jun 19-21 26 $165.4K −19.4% 228 $725 $195.5M

14 Jun 26-28 18 $365.1K +120.7% 311 $1,173 $196.0M

15 Jul 3-5 23 $258.4K −29.2% 281 $919 $196.6M

16 Jul 10-12 25 $250.3K −3.1% 261 $959 $197.1M

17 Jul 17-19 29 $185.2K −26.0% 230 $805 $197.5M

18 Jul 24-26 33 $134.2K −27.5% 210 $639 $197.8M

19 Jul 31-Aug 2 36 $91.3K −31.9% 155 $589 $198.0M

20 Aug 7-9 38 $78.3K −14.2% 140 $559 $198.1M

21 Aug 14-16 45 $55.3K −29.4% 116 $476 $198.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 27 #1 $16.8M — $16.8M 4,104 $4,082 1

Sat Mar 28 #1 $24.3M +45% $41.0M 4,104 $5,917 2

Sun Mar 29 #1 $18.3M −25% $59.3M 4,104 $4,454 3

Mon Mar 30 #1 $3.5M −81% $62.8M 4,104 $858 4

Tue Mar 31 #1 $3.4M −4% $66.2M 4,104 $821 5

Wed Apr 1 #1 $3.0M −11% $69.2M 4,104 $733 6

Thu Apr 2 #1 $3.0M −1% $72.2M 4,104 $722 7

Fri Apr 3 #2 $8.8M +196% −48% $81.0M 4,109 $2,139 8

Sat Apr 4 #2 $14.3M +63% −41% $95.3M 4,109 $3,484 9

Sun Apr 5 #2 $9.5M −34% −48% $104.8M 4,109 $2,311 10

Mon Apr 6 #2 $3.2M −66% −9% $108.0M 4,109 $779 11

Tue Apr 7 #2 $3.5M +11% +5% $111.5M 4,109 $861 12

Wed Apr 8 #2 $3.2M −11% +5% $114.7M 4,109 $768 13

Thu Apr 9 #2 $3.7M +17% +24% $118.4M 4,109 $898 14

Fri Apr 10 #3 $9.1M +147% +4% $127.5M 4,136 $2,201 15

Sat Apr 11 #3 $8.1M −11% −43% $135.6M 4,136 $1,961 16

Sun Apr 12 #2 $4.6M −43% −52% $140.2M 4,136 $1,110 17

Mon Apr 13 #2 $3.4M −26% +6% $143.6M 4,136 $816 18

Tue Apr 14 #2 $2.4M −28% −32% $146.0M 4,136 $585 19

Wed Apr 15 #2 $2.1M −15% −35% $148.1M 4,136 $496 20

Thu Apr 16 #2 $1.8M −14% −52% $149.8M 4,136 $427 21

Fri Apr 17 #5 $3.5M +99% −61% $153.3M 3,662 $961 22

Sat Apr 18 #4 $5.6M +59% −31% $158.9M 3,662 $1,526 23

Sun Apr 19 #2 $4.1M −26% −10% $163.1M 3,662 $1,127 24

Mon Apr 20 #3 $881.5K −79% −74% $163.9M 3,662 $240 25

Tue Apr 21 #3 $875.2K −1% −64% $164.8M 3,662 $238 26

Wed Apr 22 #4 $733.8K −16% −64% $165.6M 3,662 $200 27

Thu Apr 23 #4 $739.0K +1% −58% $166.3M 3,662 $201 28

Fri Apr 24 #7 $2.0M +174% −42% $168.3M 3,358 $603 29

Sat Apr 25 #5 $3.8M +87% −32% $172.1M 3,358 $1,131 30

Sun Apr 26 #3 $2.7M −29% −35% $174.8M 3,358 $801 31

Mon Apr 27 #7 $448.5K −83% −49% $175.3M 3,358 $133 32

Tue Apr 28 #7 $473.2K +6% −46% $175.7M 3,358 $140 33

Wed Apr 29 #7 $422.2K −11% −42% $176.2M 3,358 $125 34

Thu Apr 30 #7 $446.7K +6% −40% $176.6M 3,358 $133 35

Fri May 1 #7 $1.3M +192% −36% $177.9M 2,626 $496 36

Sat May 2 #5 $2.6M +102% −31% $180.5M 2,626 $1,000 37

Sun May 3 #4 $1.9M −29% −30% $182.4M 2,626 $712 38

Mon May 4 #7 $300.2K −84% −33% $182.7M 2,626 $114 39

Tue May 5 #8 $292.1K −3% −38% $183.0M 2,626 $111 40

Wed May 6 #8 $290.2K −1% −31% $183.3M 2,626 $110 41

Thu May 7 #9 $223.1K −23% −50% $183.5M 2,626 $84 42

Fri May 8 #9 $676.6K +203% −48% $184.2M 2,185 $309 43

Sat May 9 #8 $1.5M +115% −45% $185.6M 2,185 $665 44

Sun May 10 #8 $1.1M −22% −40% $186.8M 2,185 $516 45

Mon May 11 #9 $185.7K −84% −38% $187.0M 2,185 $84 46

Tue May 12 #9 $191.5K +3% −34% $187.2M 2,185 $87 47

Wed May 13 #9 $192.6K +1% −34% $187.3M 2,185 $88 48

Thu May 14 #9 $207.8K +8% −7% $187.6M 2,185 $95 49

Fri May 15 #9 $587.7K +183% −13% $188.1M 1,951 $301 50

Sat May 16 #7 $1.5M +151% +1% $189.6M 1,951 $755 51

Sun May 17 #5 $1.1M −24% −1% $190.7M 1,951 $574 52

Mon May 18 #6 $350.9K −69% +89% $191.1M 1,951 $179 53

Tue May 19 #9 $202.8K −42% +6% $191.3M 1,951 $103 54

Wed May 20 #9 $172.6K −15% −10% $191.5M 1,951 $88 55

Thu May 21 #9 $185.8K +8% −11% $191.6M 1,951 $95 56

Fri May 22 #9 $295.0K +59% −50% $191.9M 1,434 $205 57

Sat May 23 #9 $590.7K +100% −60% $192.5M 1,434 $411 58

Sun May 24 #9 $573.5K −3% −49% $193.1M 1,434 $399 59

Mon May 25 #8 $601.5K +5% +71% $193.7M 1,434 $419 60

Tue May 26 #9 $134.5K −78% −34% $193.8M 1,434 $93 61

Wed May 27 #9 $131.1K −3% −24% $194.0M 1,434 $91 62

Thu May 28 $129.7K −1% −30% $194.1M 1,434 $90 63

Fri May 29 #14 $85.1K −34% −71% $194.2M 566 $150 64

Sat May 30 #14 $140.0K +65% −76% $194.3M 566 $247 65

Sun May 31 #13 $94.9K −32% −83% $194.4M 566 $167 66

Mon Jun 1 $35.2K −63% −94% $194.5M 566 $62 67

Tue Jun 2 $39.4K +12% −71% $194.5M 566 $69 68

Wed Jun 3 $41.0K +4% −69% $194.5M 566 $72 69

Thu Jun 4 $46.2K +13% −64% $194.6M 566 $81 70

Fri Jun 5 #18 $74.1K +60% −13% $194.7M 313 $236 71

Sat Jun 6 #15 $121.2K +64% −13% $194.8M 313 $387 72

Sun Jun 7 #14 $75.6K −38% −20% $194.9M 313 $241 73

Mon Jun 8 $30.8K −59% −12% $194.9M 313 $98 74

Tue Jun 9 $40.5K +32% +3% $194.9M 313 $129 75

Wed Jun 10 $44.4K +10% +8% $195.0M 313 $141 76

Thu Jun 11 $45.5K +2% −2% $195.0M 313 $145 77

Fri Jun 12 #19 $67.8K +49% −9% $195.1M 255 $265 78

Sat Jun 13 #18 $84.7K +25% −30% $195.2M 255 $332 79

Sun Jun 14 #19 $52.7K −38% −30% $195.2M 255 $206 80

Mon Jun 15 $25.9K −51% −16% $195.2M 255 $101 81

Tue Jun 16 $36.7K +42% −9% $195.3M 255 $143 82

Wed Jun 17 $31.5K −14% −29% $195.3M 255 $123 83

Thu Jun 18 $33.7K +7% −26% $195.3M 255 $132 84

Fri Jun 19 $49.3K +46% −27% $195.4M 228 $216 85

Sat Jun 20 $61.7K +25% −27% $195.5M 228 $270 86

Sun Jun 21 $54.4K −12% +3% $195.5M 228 $238 87

Mon Jun 22 $22.1K −59% −14% $195.5M 228 $97 88

Tue Jun 23 $29.2K +32% −20% $195.6M 228 $127 89

Wed Jun 24 $26.7K −8% −15% $195.6M 228 $117 90

Thu Jun 25 $27.0K +1% −20% $195.6M 228 $118 91

Fri Jun 26 $117.3K +334% +138% $195.7M 311 $377 92

Sat Jun 27 $141.2K +20% +129% $195.9M 311 $453 93

Sun Jun 28 $106.6K −25% +96% $196.0M 311 $342 94

Mon Jun 29 #17 $65.6K −38% +197% $196.0M 311 $211 95

Tue Jun 30 #15 $89.8K +37% +208% $196.1M 311 $288 96

Wed Jul 1 #15 $77.2K −14% +189% $196.2M 281 $274 97

Thu Jul 2 #15 $89.0K +15% +230% $196.3M 281 $316 98

Fri Jul 3 #17 $111.7K +25% −5% $196.4M 281 $397 99

Sat Jul 4 #19 $67.9K −39% −52% $196.5M 281 $241 100

Sun Jul 5 #18 $78.8K +16% −26% $196.6M 281 $280 101

Mon Jul 6 #16 $50.2K −36% −23% $196.6M 281 $178 102

Tue Jul 7 #14 $62.7K +25% −30% $196.7M 281 $223 103

Wed Jul 8 #13 $97.6K +56% +26% $196.8M 281 $347 104

Thu Jul 9 #13 $91.9K −6% +3% $196.9M 281 $327 105

Fri Jul 10 $81.8K −11% −27% $196.9M 261 $313 106

Sat Jul 11 $101.0K +23% +49% $197.0M 261 $386 107

Sun Jul 12 $67.5K −33% −14% $197.1M 261 $258 108

Mon Jul 13 $38.0K −44% −24% $197.2M 261 $145 109

Tue Jul 14 $51.4K +36% −18% $197.2M 261 $197 110

Wed Jul 15 $45.4K −12% −53% $197.3M 261 $174 111

Thu Jul 16 $45.6K n/c −50% $197.3M 261 $174 112

Fri Jul 17 $61.1K +34% −25% $197.4M 230 $265 113

Sat Jul 18 $73.4K +20% −27% $197.4M 230 $318 114

Sun Jul 19 $50.8K −31% −25% $197.5M 230 $220 115

Mon Jul 20 $29.6K −42% −22% $197.5M 230 $128 116

Tue Jul 21 $44.0K +49% −14% $197.6M 230 $191 117

Wed Jul 22 $44.1K n/c −3% $197.6M 230 $191 118

Thu Jul 23 $42.9K −3% −6% $197.6M 230 $186 119

Fri Jul 24 $42.7K −1% −30% $197.7M 210 $203 120

Sat Jul 25 $55.5K +30% −24% $197.7M 210 $264 121

Sun Jul 26 $36.0K −35% −29% $197.8M 210 $171 122

Mon Jul 27 $21.4K −41% −28% $197.8M 210 $101 123

Tue Jul 28 $31.3K +46% −29% $197.8M 210 $149 124

Wed Jul 29 $33.8K +8% −24% $197.9M 210 $160 125

Thu Jul 30 $32.1K −5% −25% $197.9M 210 $152 126

Fri Jul 31 $30.8K −4% −28% $197.9M 155 $198 127

Sat Aug 1 $35.0K +14% −37% $198.0M 155 $225 128

Sun Aug 2 $25.6K −27% −29% $198.0M 155 $165 129

Mon Aug 3 $14.0K −45% −35% $198.0M 155 $90 130

Tue Aug 4 $19.9K +42% −37% $198.0M 155 $128 131

Wed Aug 5 $17.4K −12% −48% $198.0M 155 $112 132

Thu Aug 6 $19.1K +9% −41% $198.1M 155 $122 133

Fri Aug 7 $24.3K +28% −21% $198.1M 140 $173 134

Sat Aug 8 $34.0K +40% −3% $198.1M 140 $242 135

Sun Aug 9 $20.0K −41% −22% $198.1M 140 $142 136

Mon Aug 10 $10.7K −46% −23% $198.1M 140 $76 137

Tue Aug 11 $15.9K +49% −20% $198.2M 140 $113 138

Wed Aug 12 $22.3K +40% +28% $198.2M 140 $159 139

Thu Aug 13 $15.3K −31% −20% $198.2M 140 $109 140

Fri Aug 14 $16.5K +8% −32% $198.2M 116 $141 141

Sat Aug 15 $23.1K +40% −32% $198.2M 116 $199 142

Sun Aug 16 $15.8K −32% −21% $198.3M 116 $135 143

Mon Aug 17 $7.5K −52% −30% $198.3M 116 $64 144

Tue Aug 18 $10.3K +38% −35% $198.3M 116 $89 145

Wed Aug 19 $8.9K −13% −60% $198.3M 116 $77 146

Thu Aug 20 $9.6K +8% −37% $198.3M 116 $83 147

Fri Aug 21 $11.0K +14% −33% $198.3M 95 $115 148

Sat Aug 22 $16.8K +53% −27% $198.3M 95 $176 149

Sun Aug 23 $12.5K −26% −21% $198.3M 95 $131 150

Mon Aug 24 $4.6K −63% −39% $198.3M 95 $48 151

Tue Aug 25 $5.1K +11% −51% $198.3M 95 $53 152

Wed Aug 26 $4.7K −7% −47% $198.3M 95 $49 153

Thu Aug 27 $5.1K +8% −47% $198.4M 95 $53 154

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

Cumulative total$194.6M

Mar 27Apr 13May 1May 18Jun 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $320.0K

$59.3M

$32.6M

$21.8M

$13.2M

$8.5M

$5.8M

$3.3M

$3.2M

$1.5M

$320.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,136 → 566 −86.3%

4,104 open566 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −78.1%

−45.0%

W1→2

−33.1%

W2→3

−39.3%

W3→4

−35.6%

W4→5

−31.9%

W5→6

−43.8%

W6→7

−2.4%

W7→8

−54.1%

W8→9

−78.1%

W9→10

Steepest −78.1%Best hold −2.4%

Run milestones

$100M in 10 days

$100M

Day 10

Apr 5

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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