Up in the Air
“The story of a man ready to make a connection.”
Corporate downsizing expert Ryan Bingham spends his life in planes, airports, and hotels, but just as he’s about to reach a milestone of ten million frequent flyer miles, he meets a woman who causes him to rethink his transient life.
Genres
Drama, Romance
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Up in the Air performed
Budget
$25.0M
Worldwide Gross
$166.8M
Gross Profit
$141.8M
Return
6.7× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$24M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Ryan Bingham
George Clooney
Ryan Bingham
Alex Goran
Vera Farmiga
Alex Goran
Natalie Keener
Anna Kendrick
Natalie Keener
Maynard Finch
Sam Elliott
Maynard Finch
Kara Bingham
Amy Morton
Kara Bingham
Craig Gregory
Jason Bateman
Craig Gregory
Julie Bingham
Melanie Lynskey
Julie Bingham
Bob
J.K. Simmons
Bob
Jim Miller
Danny McBride
Jim Miller
Steve
Zach Galifianakis
Steve
Karen Barnes
Tamala Jones
Karen Barnes
Fired IT worker
Adhir Kalyan
Fired IT worker
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