Title District 9 Overview Aliens land in South Africa and, with their ship totally disabled, have no way home. Years later, after living in a slum and wearing out their welcome the 'Non-Humans' are being moved to a new tent city overseen by Multi-National United MNU . Tagline You are not welcome here. Genres Science Fiction Keywords slum, street gang, mutation, south africa, johannesburg, dystopia, genetics, government, satire, alien, prawn, mockumentary, alternate history, racism, metamorphosis, xenophobia, internment camp, body transformation, alien technology, segregation Production Companies WingNut Films, TriStar Pictures, Key Creatives, Block Hanson, Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit CPTC , The Department of Trade and Industry of South Africa, QED International, Province of British Columbia Production Services Tax Credit, District 9, New Zealand Post Digital and Visual Effects Grant Production Countries United States of America, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa Spoken Languages Afrikaans, , , , isiZulu, English Original Language en Runtime minutes 112 Release Year 2009
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 211 million USD