Box Office Performance for Black Comedy Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Black Comedy	R	$32,018,431	4,269,124	$33,683,388
2	Adventureland	Black Comedy	R	$16,044,025	2,139,203	$16,878,312
3	The Brothers Bloom	Black Comedy	PG-13	$3,531,756	470,901	$3,715,409
4	In the Loop	Black Comedy	Not Rated	$2,388,804	318,507	$2,513,020
5	World's Greatest Dad	Black Comedy	R	$221,805	29,574	$233,339
6	Laila's Birthday	Black Comedy		$13,689	1,825	$14,399
Total Gross of All Movies				$54,218,510
Total Tickets Sold					7,229,134
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$57,037,867

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.