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Domestic Total Gross:
$749,766,139
Domestic Lifetime Gross: $760,507,625
Distributor:
Fox
Release Date:
December 18, 2009
Genre:
Sci-Fi Adventure
Runtime:
2 hrs. 40 min.
MPAA Rating:
PG-13
Production Budget:
N/A
Summary
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Weekly
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Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic:
$760,507,625
27.3%
+
Foreign:
$2,021,767,547
72.7%
=
Worldwide:
$2,782,275,172
Domestic Summary
Opening Weekend:
$77,025,481
(#1 rank, 3,452 theaters, $22,313 average)
% of Total Gross:
10.3%
> View All 34 Weekends
Widest Release:
3,461 theaters
Close Date:
August 12, 2010
In Release:
238 days / 34 weeks
The Players
Director:
James Cameron
Writer:
James Cameron
Actors:
Sam Worthington
Zoe Saldana
Sigourney Weaver
Michelle Rodriguez
Giovanni Ribisi
Joel David Moore
Producers:
James Cameron
Laeta Kalogridis
(executive)
Jon Landau
Colin Wilson
(executive)
Composer:
James Horner
2009 Academy Awards®
Nominated for Nine Oscars, Including Three Wins.
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Genres
Genre
Rank
3D
1
CGI Star
1
Disability - Paraplegic / Quadriplegic
1
Environmentalist
1
IMAX (Feature-length)
1
Sci-Fi - Adventure
1
Franchises
Franchise
Rank
Showdown: All Time Grossers
1
Showdown: Cameron Clash
1
Showdown: December Sci-Fi Battle
1
Charts
Chart
Rank
All Time Domestic
1
All Time Adjusted
14
All Time Worldwide
1
Yearly 2009
1
Yearly Opening Weekends 2009
5
Yearly PG-13 Rated 2009
1
Worldwide Openings
18
Worldwide Yearly 2009
1
Foreign Opening Weekends
13
Opening Weeks
27
Opening Day Gross
54
Single Day Gross
130
Non-Opening Friday Gross
13
Non-Opening Thursday Gross
16
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross
2
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross
3
Single Day Friday Gross
51
Single Day Monday Gross
7
Single Day Saturday Gross
50
Single Day Sunday Gross
33
Single Day Thursday Gross
22
Single Day Tuesday Gross
4
Single Day Wednesday Gross
18
Non-Holiday Monday Gross
2
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time
45
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time
169
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time
65
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time
47
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends
44
New Years Days
1
Christmas Days
2
Sunday Share of Opening Weekends
149
Opening Weekends
46
Opening Weekends - December
3
Opening Weekends - Holiday
11
Eleventh Weekends
2
Ninth Weekends
2
Tenth Weekends
2
Top 10-Day Grosses
20
Top 3-Day Grosses
45
Top 4-Day Grosses
43
Top 6-Day Grosses
37
Top 7-Day Grosses
36
Top 8-Day Grosses
29
Top 9-Day Grosses
25
Twelfth Weekends
2
Twelfth Weekends
3
Top 5-Day Grosses
38
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)
12
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive)
63
Most Weekends in Top 5 (non-consecutive)
23
Consecutive Weekends At #1
10
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10
49
Consecutive Weekends In Top 5
17
Martin Lurther King 4-Day Holiday Weekends
1
President's Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends
13
Second Weekends
2
Third Weekends
1
Fourth Weekends
1
Fifth Weekends
1
Sixth Weekends
1
Seventh Weekends
1
Eighth Weekends
2
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)
14
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)
28
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)
43
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases
220
Rated PG-13
1
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends
33
Widest Releases
253
Widest Opening Releases
236
Widest PG-13 Rated Openings
127
Widest PG-13 Rated Releases
141
Fastest to $100 million
40
Fastest to $150 million
31
Fastest to $200 million
21
Fastest to $250 million
12
Fastest to $300 million
6
Fastest to $350 million
4
Fastest to $400 million
3
Fastest to $450 million
3
Fastest to $500 million
2
Slowest to $100 million
467
Slowest to $200 million
104
Best Picture Nomination Effect
99
BOM Users' Grades
57
BOM Users' Grades (2009 Releases)
12
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)
Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on February 4, 2010)
1
Yearly (Wide) 2009
1
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 2009
5
Opening Weeks Adjusted
39
Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted
30
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted
34
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted
2
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted
4
Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted
76
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted
15
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted
82
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted
60
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted
41
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted
5
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted
23
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted
127
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted
136
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted
107
Opening Weekends Adjusted - December
6
Opening Weekends Adjusted
78
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Holiday
18
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted
5
Ninth Weekends Adjusted
3
Tenth Weekends Adjusted
3
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted
14
Second Weekends Adjusted
7
Third Weekends Adjusted
1
Fourth Weekends Adjusted
1
Fifth Weekends Adjusted
2
Sixth Weekends Adjusted
3
Seventh Weekends Adjusted
2
Eighth Weekends Adjusted
4
Rated PG-13 Adjusted
2
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted
56
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