Box Office Performance for Based on Book/Short Story 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	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Drama	PG-13	$287,954,655	38,393,954	$302,928,297
3	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Comedy	PG	$177,243,721	23,632,496	$186,460,393
4	Sherlock Holmes	Adventure	PG-13	$138,715,437	18,495,392	$145,928,643
5	Angels & Demons	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$133,375,846	17,783,446	$140,311,389
6	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Comedy	PG	$124,264,907	16,568,654	$130,726,680
7	Public Enemies	Drama	R	$97,104,620	12,947,283	$102,154,063
8	Julie & Julia	Comedy	PG-13	$94,125,426	12,550,057	$99,019,950
9	He's Just Not That Into You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$93,953,653	12,527,154	$98,839,245
10	The Princess and the Frog	Adventure	G	$85,859,339	11,447,912	$90,324,026
11	Knowing	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$79,957,634	10,661,018	$84,115,432
12	Where the Wild Things Are	Adventure	PG	$76,566,491	10,208,865	$80,547,945
13	Coraline	Adventure	PG	$75,286,229	10,038,164	$79,201,114
14	Hotel for Dogs	Comedy	PG	$73,178,547	9,757,140	$76,983,835
15	Race to Witch Mountain	Adventure	PG	$67,172,594	8,956,346	$70,665,570
16	The Time Traveler's Wife	Drama	PG-13	$63,414,846	8,455,313	$66,712,420
17	My Sister's Keeper	Drama	PG-13	$49,200,230	6,560,031	$51,758,645
18	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Drama	PG-13	$48,212,240	6,428,299	$50,719,279
19	Up in the Air	Drama	R	$44,375,265	5,916,702	$46,682,779
20	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Romantic Comedy	PG	$44,277,350	5,903,647	$46,579,775
21	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Drama	R	$43,760,123	5,834,683	$46,035,649
22	Marley & Me	Comedy	PG	$36,489,705	4,865,294	$38,387,170
23	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Black Comedy	R	$32,018,431	4,269,124	$33,683,388
24	The Reader	Drama	R	$30,640,829	4,085,444	$32,234,153
25	Revolutionary Road	Drama	R	$22,951,340	3,060,179	$24,144,812
26	The Fantastic Mr. Fox	Adventure	PG	$19,123,189	2,549,759	$20,117,599
27	Yes Man	Comedy	PG-13	$18,183,588	2,424,478	$19,129,131
28	Inkheart	Adventure	PG	$17,303,424	2,307,123	$18,203,200
29	Twilight	Drama	PG-13	$15,847,004	2,112,934	$16,671,049
30	The Box	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$15,045,676	2,006,090	$15,828,050
31	I Love You, Beth Cooper	Comedy	PG-13	$14,800,725	1,973,430	$15,570,363
32	Amelia	Drama	PG	$14,224,141	1,896,552	$14,963,795
33	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	Action	PG-13	$14,046,595	1,872,879	$14,777,015
34	Whip It	Comedy	PG-13	$13,077,184	1,743,625	$13,757,201
35	Not Easily Broken	Drama	PG-13	$10,572,742	1,409,699	$11,122,525
36	Taking Woodstock	Drama	R	$7,460,204	994,694	$7,848,136
37	The Tale of Despereaux	Adventure	G	$7,215,370	962,049	$7,590,567
38	The Road	Drama	R	$6,858,313	914,442	$7,214,947
39	3 Idiots	Comedy	PG-13	$4,757,078	634,277	$5,004,446
40	Entre les murs	Drama	Not Rated	$3,766,810	502,241	$3,962,681
41	Blade Runner	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,016,759	402,235	$3,173,634
42	Cheri	Drama	R	$2,715,657	362,088	$2,856,874
43	Quantum of Solace	Action	PG-13	$2,548,014	339,735	$2,680,509
44	M�n som hatar kvinnor	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,186,693	291,559	$2,300,401
45	A Single Man	Drama	R	$1,731,649	230,887	$1,821,698
46	Gomorra	Drama	Not Rated	$1,573,614	209,815	$1,655,440
47	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Comedy	R	$1,429,299	190,573	$1,503,621
48	Jumper	Adventure	PG-13	$996,137	132,818	$1,047,934
49	Me and Orson Welles	Drama	PG-13	$942,276	125,637	$991,276
50	The Polar Express	Adventure	G	$517,658	69,021	$544,576
51	The Lovely Bones	Drama	PG-13	$383,101	51,080	$403,021
52	The Informers	Thriller/Suspense	R	$315,000	42,000	$331,380
53	Anonyma - Eine Frau in Berlin	Drama		$294,014	39,202	$309,304
54	The Private Lives of Pippa Lee	Drama	R	$261,198	34,826	$274,777
55	The Secret Life of Bees	Drama	PG-13	$255,175	34,023	$268,441
56	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Drama	PG-13	$192,019	25,603	$202,008
57	Appaloosa	Western	R	$130,820	17,443	$137,625
58	The Little Traitor	Drama		$88,453	11,794	$93,055
59	The Mysteries of Pittsburgh	Drama	R	$80,283	10,704	$84,455
60	Body of Lies	Thriller/Suspense	R	$79,281	10,571	$83,405
61	Disgrace	Drama	R	$69,705	9,294	$73,330
62	Ne Le Dis � Personne	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$60,915	8,122	$64,083
63	Plus tard	Drama	Not Rated	$60,855	8,114	$64,019
64	$9.99	Comedy	R	$51,085	6,811	$53,739
65	Nights in Rodanthe	Drama	PG-13	$48,278	6,437	$50,788
66	Un secret	Drama	Not Rated	$45,507	6,068	$47,877
67	How About You	Drama	Not Rated	$38,471	5,129	$40,468
68	Mutluluk	Drama		$37,493	4,999	$39,442
69	Lola Montes	Drama	Not Rated	$29,532	3,938	$31,071
70	Killshot	Thriller/Suspense	R	$18,643	2,486	$19,615
71	City of Ember	Adventure	PG	$10,695	1,426	$11,251
72	Pontypool	Thriller/Suspense		$3,865	515	$4,063
73	Breakfast with Scot	Drama	PG-13	$2,200	293	$2,312
74	Love Comes Lately	Drama	Not Rated	$1,207	161	$1,270
75	Das Haus der schlafenden Sch�nen	Drama	Not Rated	$1,122	150	$1,184
76	I Can't Think Straight	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$987	132	$1,041
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,524,558,358
Total Tickets Sold					336,607,784
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,655,835,416

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.