Planet 51

An alien civilization is invaded by Astronaut Chuck Baker, who believes that the planet was uninhabited. Wanted by the military, Baker must get back to his ship before it goes into orbit without him.

Summary Details
DistributorDeAPlaneta
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Opening$4,342,884
509 theaters
Budget$70,000,000
Release DateNov 27, 2009
MPAAPG
Running Time1 hr 31 min
GenresAdventure Animation Comedy Family Fantasy Sci-Fi
In Release400 days/57 weeks
Widest Release509 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Nov 27-292$4,342,884-509-$8,532$4,342,8841
Dec 4-62$2,994,010-31.1%509-$5,882$8,062,0482
Dec 11-132$1,705,616-43%498-11$3,424$12,446,0733
Dec 18-203$1,048,467-38.5%440-58$2,382$13,680,4264
Dec 25-277$943,755-10%382-58$2,470$15,178,2955
Jan 1-37$607,815-35.6%287-95$2,117$15,674,3706
Jan 8-1010$254,505-58.1%251-36$1,013$16,226,7577
Jan 15-1714$157,827-38%178-73$886$16,403,5318
Jan 22-2416$96,030-39.2%116-62$827$16,545,1019
Jan 29-3119$62,993-34.4%87-29$724$16,584,80910
Feb 5-725$20,793-67%70-17$297$16,153,23111
Feb 12-14
Vancouver Olympics
24$15,378-26%48-22$320$16,169,06312
Feb 19-21
Vancouver Olympics
30$8,478-44.9%33-15$256$16,179,34913
Feb 26-28
Vancouver Olympics
35$6,769-20.2%13-20$520$16,186,27314
Mar 5-742$2,183-67.8%8-5$272$15,758,26215
Mar 12-1449$624-71.4%5-3$124$15,759,04416
Mar 19-2146$1,014+62.5%4-1$253$15,760,17417
Mar 26-2850$652-35.7%1-3$652$15,762,61218