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District 9 (2009)

DEMO 8.2 · BUBBLE 10.0 · BOOM 6.8 (with BEQ 8.1). Bass measured on the disc, Atmos. Directed by Neill Blomkamp. Science Fiction.

District 9 (2009) poster
Front
23%
L75%
23%
R76%
100%
C100%
LFE
14%
LFE53%
Surround
20%
Ls77%
19%
Rs76%
7%
Lrs45%
7%
Rrs43%
Wide
28%
Lw75%
27%
Rw78%
Height
16%
Ltf66%
15%
Rtf66%
11%
Ltm59%
11%
Rtm59%
8%
Ltr46%
8%
Rtr50%

Bar and top figure — level against the film’s most active channel. Bottom figure — share of the runtime the channel carries signal.

DEMO
8.2 / 10
Bubble
10.0 / 10
Boom, as released
6.8 / 10
Boom with BEQ
8.1 / 10
Measured release
Disc · Atmos · chart by aron7awol
Also in the catalogue
Disc · DTS-HD MA 5.1 — not measured here
Deep bass peak, 10–30 Hz
-21.8 dBFS · with BEQ -18.1
Depth, 10–20 vs 30–60 Hz
-5.2 dB · with BEQ +1.3
Average level, 10–30 Hz
-49.3 dBFS · with BEQ -45.6
Minutes of deep bass
29 min · with BEQ 40 min at ≥ −30 dBFS
Tomatometer
90% · as of 2 Aug 2024
Metascore
81 / 100 · as of 14 Jul 2025
Chart scale read
-10 to -70.3 dBFS
Height uptime
67.0%
LFE uptime
35.6% (shown, not scored)
Dynamic range
21.8 dB
Channels used
16 of 16
Genres
Science Fiction
Tags
action, action thriller, adventure, biopunk, drama, dystopian
Audio
Atmos, DTS-HD MA 5.1
Released
5 Aug 2009
First listed
4 Dec 2018
Sources
PerceptualPro + BEQ
Render
older, corrected

Channel by channel, through the film

One lane per speaker, the whole film from left to right. Bar height is how loud that speaker gets (square-root scale against this film's loudest moment, so quiet passages stay visible). The amber line under a lane marks the moments counted as playing, and the figure on the right is their share of the film. For the six height speakers that share is part of BUBBLE.

Front
L
75%
R
76%
C
100%
LFE
LFE
53%
Surround
Ls
77%
Rs
76%
Lrs
45%
Rrs
43%
Wide
Lw
75%
Rw
78%
Height
Ltf
66%
Rtf
66%
Ltm
59%
Rtm
59%
Ltr
46%
Rtr
50%
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Read from PerceptualPro's channel-activity graph, pixel by pixel. A lane marked unused never rises out of its line.

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