Box Office Performance for Animation/Live Action Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Action	PG-13	$402,111,870	53,614,916	$423,021,687
2	Avatar	Action	PG-13	$352,114,898	46,948,653	$370,424,872
3	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Adventure	PG	$301,959,197	40,261,226	$317,661,073
4	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	Comedy	PG	$155,916,935	20,788,925	$164,024,618
5	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Action	PG-13	$150,201,498	20,026,866	$158,011,973
6	G-Force	Adventure	PG	$119,436,770	15,924,903	$125,647,485
7	District 9	Thriller/Suspense	R	$115,646,235	15,419,498	$121,659,839
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,597,387,403
Total Tickets Sold					212,984,987
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,680,451,547

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.