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	$301,577,469	42,002,433	$301,577,469
2	Up	Adventure	PG	$292,979,556	40,804,952	$292,979,555
3	Star Trek	Adventure	PG-13	$257,730,019	35,895,546	$257,730,020
4	Monsters vs. Aliens	Adventure	PG	$198,351,526	27,625,561	$198,351,528
5	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Adventure	PG	$196,363,405	27,348,664	$196,363,408
6	G-Force	Adventure	PG	$118,718,595	16,534,623	$118,718,593
7	Coraline	Adventure	PG	$75,286,229	10,485,547	$75,286,227
8	Race to Witch Mountain	Adventure	PG	$67,172,594	9,355,514	$67,172,591
9	Where the Wild Things Are	Adventure		$62,650,379	8,725,680	$62,650,382
10	9	Adventure	PG-13	$31,389,319	4,371,771	$31,389,316
11	Toy Story 3D Double Feature	Adventure		$30,593,152	4,260,885	$30,593,154
12	Aliens in the Attic	Adventure	PG	$25,137,060	3,500,983	$25,137,058
13	Shorts	Adventure	PG	$20,458,304	2,849,346	$20,458,304
14	Ponyo	Adventure	G	$17,646,560	2,457,738	$17,646,559
15	Inkheart	Adventure	PG	$17,303,424	2,409,948	$17,303,427
16	Astro Boy	Adventure	PG	$11,316,418	1,576,103	$11,316,420
17	Dragonball Evolution	Adventure	PG	$9,362,785	1,304,009	$9,362,785
18	The Tale of Despereaux	Adventure	G	$7,215,370	1,004,926	$7,215,369
19	The Day the Earth Stood Still	Adventure	PG-13	$4,939,529	687,957	$4,939,531
20	Fly Me To the Moon	Adventure	G	$1,968,531	274,169	$1,968,533
21	Battle for Terra	Adventure	PG	$1,647,083	229,399	$1,647,085
22	Outlander	Adventure	R	$166,003	23,120	$166,002
23	Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America	Adventure	Not Rated	$18,728	2,608	$18,725
24	Santa vs. The Snowman	Adventure	Not Rated	$10,708	1,491	$10,705
25	City of Ember	Adventure	PG	$9,381	1,307	$9,384
26	The Polar Express	Adventure	G	$3,189	444	$3,188
27	Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-Itchy Footed Mutha	Adventure		$2,242	312	$2,240
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,750,017,558
Total Tickets Sold					243,735,036
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,750,017,558

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.