Box Office Performance for Based on Play Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Madea Goes To Jail	Comedy	PG-13	$90,485,233	12,602,400	$90,485,232
2	I Can Do Bad All By Myself	Comedy	PG-13	$51,697,449	7,200,202	$51,697,450
3	Doubt	Drama	PG-13	$14,717,075	2,049,732	$14,717,076
4	Frost/Nixon	Drama	R	$12,330,855	1,717,389	$12,330,853
5	Easy Virtue	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$2,656,324	369,962	$2,656,327
6	Were the World Mine	Musical	Not Rated	$36,592	5,096	$36,589
7	Good	Drama	Not Rated	$13,625	1,898	$13,628
8	Eden	Drama	Not Rated	$3,914	545	$3,913
Total Gross of All Movies				$171,941,067
Total Tickets Sold					23,947,224
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$171,941,068

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.