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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Box Office Performance for Adventure Movies in 2009

RankMovieGenreMPAA2009 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Adventure PG $301,809,058 42,034,688 $301,809,060
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 $196,519,585 27,370,416 $196,519,587
6 G-Force Adventure PG $119,114,038 16,589,699 $119,114,039
7 Coraline Adventure PG $75,286,229 10,485,547 $75,286,227
8 Where the Wild Things Are Adventure   $73,440,413 10,228,470 $73,440,415
9 Race to Witch Mountain Adventure PG $67,172,594 9,355,514 $67,172,591
10 9 Adventure PG-13 $31,625,752 4,404,701 $31,625,753
11 Toy Story 3D Double Feature Adventure   $30,593,152 4,260,885 $30,593,154
12 Aliens in the Attic Adventure PG $25,181,910 3,507,230 $25,181,911
13 Shorts Adventure PG $20,724,310 2,886,394 $20,724,309
14 Astro Boy Adventure PG $17,965,336 2,502,136 $17,965,336
15 Ponyo Adventure G $17,646,560 2,457,738 $17,646,559
16 Inkheart Adventure PG $17,303,424 2,409,948 $17,303,427
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 The Fantastic Mr. Fox Adventure PG $265,900 37,033 $265,897
23 Outlander Adventure R $166,003 23,120 $166,002
24 Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America Adventure Not Rated $18,728 2,608 $18,725
25 Santa vs. The Snowman Adventure Not Rated $10,708 1,491 $10,705
26 City of Ember Adventure PG $9,381 1,307 $9,384
27 The Polar Express Adventure G $3,189 444 $3,188
28 Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-Itchy Footed Mutha Adventure   $2,242 312 $2,240
Total Gross of All Movies$1,769,052,911
Total Tickets Sold246,386,200
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$1,769,052,916

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.