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Released
2009 · FILM

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel

Three mischievous chipmunks must out‑perform rival pop stars—the fierce Chipettes—while dodging a scheming manager who’ll sabotage their high‑school debut to keep his career afloat.

“The Boys are back in town... and they have competition.”

Directed by
Betty Thomas
Written by
Jon Vitti, Jonathan Aibel
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
89 min
AdventureAnimationComedy
Streaming on
  • Disney+

Synopsis

The animated film follows the adventures of pop sensations Alvin, Simon, and Theodore, who find themselves under the care of Dave Seville.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 71+ credited

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 Matt FriedmanShot by Anthony B RichmondScored by David NewmanDesigned by Marcia Hinds

Box Office

2009 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 5.9× 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

$443.1M

Budget$75.0M
Worldwide gross$443.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $219.6M — 50% of worldwide · International: $223.5M (50%)

Opening weekend: $26.7M — 12% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $26.7M — 12% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,656 theaters

Also known as

  • Alvin und die Chipmunks 2de
  • Alvin y las ardillas 2es
  • Alvin et les Chipmunks 2fr
  • Alvin Superstar 2it

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