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Released
2009 · FILM

Monsters vs Aliens

When a bride-to-be is struck by an alien meteorite and grows into a 50‑foot giant on her wedding day, she must escape a secret government containment facility and find a way to shrink before the world’s militaries decide she’s a weapon.

“Saving the day the monster way.”

Directed by
Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon
Written by
Maya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
94 min
ActionAdventureAnimation
Streaming on
  • Peacock

Synopsis

On her wedding day, Susan Murphy is struck by a meteor containing extraterrestrial material, causing her to grow to 49 feet 11 inches tall. The military intervenes, captures her, and transports her to a secret government facility where she is given the codename Ginormica and confined alongside a diverse group of monsters.

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The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 37

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 Joyce ArrastiaScored by Henry JackmanDesigned by David James

Box Office

2009 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.2× 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

$381.5M

Budget$175.0M
Worldwide gross$381.5M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $198.4M — 52% of worldwide · International: $183.2M (48%)

Opening weekend: $59.3M — 30% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $72.2M — 36% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 4,104 theaters

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Also known as

  • Monster und Aliensde
  • Monsters vs. Aliensde
  • Monsters vs. Aliens: An IMAX 3D Experiencede
  • Monsters vs Alienses
  • Monstres contre Aliensfr
  • Mostri contro alieniit

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