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Released
2009 · FILM

Aliens in the Attic

When a mischievous band of kids discovers that their summer getaway is actually an alien staging ground, they must outwit the extraterrestrial invaders and prevent Earth’s conquest—all before bedtime.

“The aliens vs. the Pearsons”

Directed by
John Schultz
Written by
Mark Burton, Adam F Goldberg
Runtime
86 min
AdventureComedyFamily

Synopsis

A group of children must defend their vacation home from an invasion of aliens.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by John PaceShot by Don BurgessScored by John DebneyDesigned by Barry Chusid

Box Office

2009 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.3× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$57.9M

Budget$45.0M
Worldwide gross$57.9M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $25.2M — 44% of worldwide · International: $32.7M (56%)

Opening weekend: $8.0M — 32% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $12.3M — 49% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,106 theaters

Also known as

  • Die Noobs - Klein aber gemeinde
  • Pequeños Invasoreses
  • Les Zintrusfr
  • Alieni in soffittait

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