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#332 All-time worldwide

#10 2009 releases

Movie profile

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel

Name: Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Genre: Comedy, Family, Animation, Fantasy, Music
Released: 2009-12-21
Duration: 89 min

2009 · 89 min · Fox 2000 Pictures

Comedy Family Animation Fantasy Music

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $443.1M

Budget $75.0M

Gross minus budget $368.1M

ROI 5.91x

Domestic gross

$190.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$252.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$57.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #332 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2009 releases #10 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2009. Studio / company #2 Fox 2000 Pictures of 38 titles Position inside the mapped Fox 2000 Pictures movie set. Franchise #1 Alvin And The Chipmunks of 4 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #98 Comedy of 4,945 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#329 1917 2019 · $446.1M #330 Men in Black II 2002 · $445.1M #331 The Mummy Returns 2001 · $443.3M #333 The Bourne Ultimatum 2007 · $442.8M #334 Les Misérables 2012 · $442.6M #335 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 2023 · $441.4M

Quick answer

How did Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009) earned a reported $443.1M worldwide against a reported $75.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $368.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 5.91x. In this database it currently ranks #332 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #10 among 2009 releases.

Worldwide gross: $443,140,005
Budget: $75,000,000
Gross minus budget: $368,140,005
ROI: 5.91x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Dec 21, 2009
Production: Fox 2000 Pictures, Bagdasarian Productions, Regency Enterprises
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyFox 2000 Pictures FranchiseAlvin And The Chipmunks Release year chart2009 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartFamily Genre chartAnimation Genre chartFantasy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2009, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Family, Animation title from Fox 2000 Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $443.1M, reported production budget is $75.0M, gross-minus-budget is $368.1M, ROI is 5.91x. For comparison, it currently sits #332 all-time in the current chart set and #10 among 2009 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.

Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.