Box Office History for Alvin and the Chipmunks Movies

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Release
Date
TitleProduction
Budget
Opening
Weekend
Domestic
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Dec 18, 2015Alvin and the Chipmunks: Th… $90,000,000$14,287,159$85,886,987$249,517,956
Dec 16, 2011Alvin and the Chipmunks: Ch… $80,000,000$23,244,744$133,107,389$349,088,523
Mar 30, 2010Alvin and the Chipmunks: Al…
Dec 23, 2009Alvin and the Chipmunks: Th… $70,000,000$48,875,415$219,614,612$443,483,213
Dec 14, 2007Alvin and the Chipmunks $55,000,000$44,307,417$217,326,974$362,605,033
 
Averages $73,750,000$32,678,684$163,983,991$351,173,681
Totals 5 $295,000,000$655,935,962$1,404,694,725

Video Release Breakdown

Release DateTitleDomestic
Video Sales
to Date
Watch Now
Apr 1, 2008Alvin and the Chipmunks $142,379,987 Disney+ iTunes Google Vudu
Mar 30, 2010Alvin and the Chipmunks: Alvin and the Chi…    
Mar 30, 2010Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel $83,270,131 Disney+ Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
Mar 27, 2012Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked $55,264,960 iTunes Google Vudu
Mar 4, 2016Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip $16,975,602 Disney+ Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
 
 Totals$297,890,680

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.

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Note: This list contains actors who appeared in at least two movies in the franchise.

PersonNr. of
Movies
RoleFranchise
Worldwide
Box Office
Career
Worldwide
Box Office
Franchise
/
Career
Jason Lee 4 Dave $1,404,694,725 $3,226,090,503 43.5%
Justin Long 4 Alvin $1,404,694,725 $3,496,659,360 40.2%
Matthew Gray Gubler 4 Simon $1,404,694,725 $1,528,890,538 91.9%
Jesse McCartney 4 Theodore $1,404,694,725 $1,452,394,939 96.7%
David Cross 3 Ian $1,155,176,769 $5,374,293,525 21.5%
Anna Faris 3 Jeanette $1,042,089,692 $3,880,313,324 26.9%
Christina Applegate 3 Brittany $1,042,089,692 $2,238,426,508 46.6%
Amy Poehler 2 Voice of Eleanor $792,571,736 $3,677,313,931 21.6%
Jane Lynch 2 Gayle $806,088,246 $3,908,750,227 20.6%

Note: This list contains people who contributed to at least two movies in the franchise.

PersonNr. of
Movies
Technical RoleFranchise
Worldwide
Box Office
Career
Worldwide
Box Office
Franchise
/
Career
Janice Karman 4 Producer (4)
Screenwriter (1)
Based on the Chipettes Created by Janice Karman (1)
$1,404,694,725 $1,411,499,037 99.5%
Ross Bagdasarian Jr 4 Producer (4)
Character Creator (3)
Screenwriter (1)
$1,404,694,725 $1,411,499,037 99.5%
Karen Rosenfelt 4 Executive Producer (4) $1,404,694,725 $6,412,571,489 21.9%
Arnon Milchan 4 Executive Producer (4) $1,404,694,725 $9,188,547,716 15.3%
Steve Waterman 4 Executive Producer (3)
Producer (1)
$1,404,694,725 $1,986,213,972 70.7%
Richard Holland 3 Production Designer (3) $961,211,512 $1,301,727,927 73.8%
Ali Dee Theodore 3 Executive Music Producer (3) $1,155,176,769 $1,155,176,769 100.0%
Jonathan Aibel 2 Screenwriter (2) $792,571,736 $4,031,403,203 19.7%
Glenn Berger 2 Screenwriter (2) $792,571,736 $4,031,403,203 19.7%
Jon Vitti 2 Screenwriter (2)
Story Creator (1)
$806,088,246 $1,685,447,609 47.8%
Michele Imperato Stabile 2 Executive Producer (2) $806,088,246 $2,730,223,003 29.5%
Peter Lyons Collister 2 Cinematographer (2) $612,122,989 $2,511,600,554 24.4%
Mark Mothersbaugh 2 Composer (2) $598,606,479 $6,732,112,685 8.9%
Chris Bailey 2 Animation Supervisor (2) $806,088,246 $1,418,718,115 56.8%
Mildred Iatrou 2 Supervising Sound Editor (2) $806,088,246 $6,682,902,960 12.1%