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	$301,809,058	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 Sold					246,386,200
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.