Film Theory: Pixar's Up, How Many Balloons Does It Take To Lift A House?

Have you ever wondered if the house in Up could really float away on balloons? So have I but that is not the most INTERESTING question! You see, people have tried to figure that out before. What I aim to do today, Loyal Theorists, is figure out the actual COST of making a balloon powered flying house WORK! That's right, we are not stopping until this house would really fly!

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Credits:
Writer: Matthew Patrick
Editor: Danial "BanditRants" Keristoufi and Koen Verhagen
Assistant Editor: AlyssaBeCrazy
Sound Editor: Yosi Berman

[TheFriendlyFoxyChannel]

The other question that MatPat didn't answer: Would the balloons be strong enough to rip the house from its foundation?

[plantimations]

Pixar:
(Animates a movie of a fun adventure with balloons)

MatPat:
“You weren’t supposed to do that.”

[raydenriddle]

MatPat: "It would take 10 years to fill up all of the balloons"

Me: "You'd be lucky for the balloons to stay inflated for a week"

[definitely_notme]

“World record for most balloons released at one time”

The environment: please please no

[ccmyart]

The real question is, would the house stay together when being lifted.

[nixonvonnixon]

Stowing away a boy scout, lifting him several hundred feet in the air, would indeed be quite the trick

[ytaccount]

Do how many bees it would take to carry a plane like the bee movie!!

[Ermmmm_Actually]

He didn't even take into account the weight of the people, the amount of effort it would take to lift the house off the foundation, the weight of the dog, the fact that wind can ruin the chances of it actually flying, the weight of every single peice of furniture, beloved item, and essential in the house, the fact that the replica of the house from Up won't be exact, the fact that birds can pop the balloons with their beaks, the fact that small actions like walking can make the house dip in altitude, the fact that air resistance can stop the house from floating, and loads of other problems that would lower the changes of his balloon count being accurate.

[pastelycrystal]

Okay but like jokes aside how rich were Phineas and Ferb? Now that it's all out on Disney+ I've been binging some episodes and keep wondering how much money it would cost to build an roller coaster or an entire beach.

[Raheel]

There is one more question: Does Carl's house have enough surface area to tie the 31 million fishing nets?

[ImTitan]

Matpat do an episode where you calculate how much much money phineas and ferb. Spent during their summer
Dang thanks for top comment guys

[KC-zipw]

here's another thing that's not often accounted for: that number of 31.5 million balloons is only applicable to if the house is just sitting there and not attached to the ground, like the house is showed to do when he takes off

[jacobrocha]

Carl was a balloon salesman prior to flying his house, so he could have afforded those balloons. You know, by committing grand theft.

[jackkemp]

He could probably pay to keep his house if he had all that money.

[Progamer]

6:00 Hang on a second. The balloons and “helium” in up are shown in the first few minutes to lift the metal balloon carrier cart at the zoo with only a few balloons. Therefore, if this Up Helium is stronger than our IRL helium, it should theoretically take much less balloons than 31 Million.

[kayla.akerley]

My theory for Up isn’t about the balloons from the house, my theory is that Carl is actually dying and the Boy Scout (who says he needs to help Carl cross something like a road or something like that) is actually an “Angel” that is there to help him cross to the other side. And his final destination is called Paradise falls...

[Dracomancer]

The REAL question: can a house, originally designed to merely be a house, maintain structurally integrity while floating?
Let me tell you, wood loves to shift, sag, and flex.

[catherinecarroll]

Mat pat: there is one other problem
me: could he breathe at those heights?
matpat: cost
me: oh y e a h

[ehhhhhh]

Loved it so much when Mat just said: "Sorry to burst your balloon" and IMEDIATLEY LEFT LIKE HE DIDN'T MAKE A PUN

[LegendarySkip]

The real question to ask is: How did Carl fit all those balloons through this chimney?