Monsters vs. Aliens

A woman transformed into a giant after she is struck by a meteorite on her wedding day becomes part of a team of monsters sent in by the U.S. government to defeat an alien mastermind trying to take over Earth.

Grosses

Domestic (52%)
$198,351,526
Summary Details
DistributorDreamWorks
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Opening$59,321,095
4,104 theaters
Budget$175,000,000
MPAAPG
Running Time1 hr 34 min
GenresAction Adventure Animation Comedy Family Fantasy Sci-Fi
In Release280 days/40 weeks
Widest Release4,136 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Mar 27-291$59,321,095-4,104-$14,454$59,321,0951
Apr 3-52$32,609,165-45%4,109+5$7,936$104,799,3872
Apr 10-123$21,812,253-33.1%4,136+27$5,273$140,203,7993
Apr 10-13
Easter wknd
3$25,191,075-4,136-$6,090$143,582,621-
Apr 17-194$13,240,233-39.3%3,662-474$3,615$163,063,4654
Apr 24-266$8,520,826-35.6%3,358-304$2,537$174,813,8305
May 1-35$5,803,429-31.9%2,626-732$2,209$182,407,9716
May 8-108$3,260,440-43.8%2,185-441$1,492$186,774,0927
May 15-177$3,182,085-2.4%1,951-234$1,631$190,733,7668
May 22-249$1,459,198-54.1%1,434-517$1,017$193,105,0629
May 22-25
Memorial Day wknd
9$2,060,680-1,434-$1,437$193,706,544-
May 29-3116$320,040-78.1%566-868$565$194,421,86410
Jun 5-715$270,873-15.4%313-253$865$194,854,48111
Jun 12-1420$205,122-24.3%255-58$804$195,220,74812
Jun 19-2126$165,408-19.4%228-27$725$195,513,95913
Jun 26-2818$365,080+120.7%311+83$1,173$195,984,05514
Jul 3-523$258,355-29.2%281-30$919$196,564,09515
Jul 10-1225$250,308-3.1%261-20$959$197,116,82116
Jul 17-1929$185,191-26%230-31$805$197,482,44717
Jul 24-2633$134,194-27.5%210-20$639$197,777,36218
Jul 31-Aug 236$91,322-31.9%155-55$589$197,987,26419
Aug 7-938$78,316-14.2%140-15$559$198,135,89420
Aug 14-1645$55,318-29.4%116-24$476$198,255,43721
Aug 21-2346$40,265-27.2%95-21$423$198,332,12822