Box Office Performance for Adventure Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Adventure	PG	$301,959,197	40,261,226	$317,661,073
2	Up	Adventure	PG	$293,004,164	39,067,222	$308,240,382
3	Star Trek	Adventure	PG-13	$257,730,019	34,364,003	$271,131,984
4	Monsters vs. Aliens	Adventure	PG	$198,351,526	26,446,870	$208,665,804
5	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Adventure	PG	$196,573,705	26,209,827	$206,795,535
6	Sherlock Holmes	Adventure	PG-13	$138,715,437	18,495,392	$145,928,643
7	G-Force	Adventure	PG	$119,436,770	15,924,903	$125,647,485
8	The Princess and the Frog	Adventure	G	$85,859,339	11,447,912	$90,324,026
9	Where the Wild Things Are	Adventure	PG	$76,566,491	10,208,865	$80,547,945
10	Coraline	Adventure	PG	$75,286,229	10,038,164	$79,201,114
11	Race to Witch Mountain	Adventure	PG	$67,172,594	8,956,346	$70,665,570
12	Planet 51	Adventure	PG	$39,570,569	5,276,076	$41,628,240
13	9	Adventure	PG-13	$31,749,894	4,233,319	$33,400,887
14	Toy Story 3D Double Feature	Adventure	G	$30,702,446	4,093,659	$32,298,970
15	Aliens in the Attic	Adventure	PG	$25,200,412	3,360,055	$26,510,834
16	Shorts	Adventure	PG	$20,919,166	2,789,222	$22,006,962
17	Astro Boy	Adventure	PG	$19,432,359	2,590,981	$20,442,840
18	The Fantastic Mr. Fox	Adventure	PG	$19,123,189	2,549,759	$20,117,599
19	Inkheart	Adventure	PG	$17,303,424	2,307,123	$18,203,200
20	Gake no ue no Ponyo	Adventure	G	$15,090,399	2,012,053	$15,875,098
21	Dragonball Evolution	Adventure	PG	$9,362,785	1,248,371	$9,849,647
22	The Tale of Despereaux	Adventure	G	$7,215,370	962,049	$7,590,567
23	The Day the Earth Stood Still	Adventure	PG-13	$4,942,722	659,030	$5,199,747
24	Fly Me To the Moon	Adventure	G	$1,979,528	263,937	$2,082,463
25	Battle for Terra	Adventure	PG	$1,647,083	219,611	$1,732,731
26	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	Adventure	PG-13	$1,029,821	137,309	$1,083,368
27	Jumper	Adventure	PG-13	$996,137	132,818	$1,047,934
28	The Polar Express	Adventure	G	$517,658	69,021	$544,576
29	Outlander	Adventure	R	$166,003	22,134	$174,637
30	Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America	Adventure	Not Rated	$18,728	2,497	$19,701
31	Santa vs. The Snowman	Adventure	Not Rated	$10,708	1,428	$11,267
32	City of Ember	Adventure	PG	$10,695	1,426	$11,251
33	The Fall	Adventure	R	$6,597	880	$6,943
34	Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-Itchy Footed Mutha	Adventure		$2,310	308	$2,430
35	WALL-E	Adventure	G	$1,275	170	$1,341
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,057,654,749
Total Tickets Sold					274,353,966
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,164,652,792

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2009. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2009. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2008 will most likely earn money in 2008 and 2009. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.