Box Office Performance for Contemporary Fiction Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Hangover	Comedy	R	$277,322,503	36,976,334	$291,743,275
2	The Proposal	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$163,958,031	21,861,071	$172,483,850
3	Fast & Furious	Action	PG-13	$155,064,265	20,675,235	$163,127,604
4	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Action	PG-13	$150,201,498	20,026,866	$158,011,973
5	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Comedy	PG	$146,336,178	19,511,490	$153,945,656
6	Taken	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$145,000,989	19,333,465	$152,541,039
7	Gran Torino	Drama	R	$138,274,748	18,436,633	$145,465,034
8	Angels & Demons	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$133,375,846	17,783,446	$140,311,389
9	Slumdog Millionaire	Drama	R	$112,654,105	15,020,547	$118,512,116
10	Couples Retreat	Comedy	PG-13	$108,511,760	14,468,235	$114,154,374
11	Julie & Julia	Comedy	PG-13	$94,125,426	12,550,057	$99,019,950
12	He's Just Not That Into You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$93,953,653	12,527,154	$98,839,245
13	Madea Goes To Jail	Comedy	PG-13	$90,508,336	12,067,778	$95,214,768
14	The Ugly Truth	Romantic Comedy	R	$88,915,214	11,855,362	$93,538,806
15	Knowing	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$79,957,634	10,661,018	$84,115,432
16	Hannah Montana the Movie	Drama	G	$79,576,189	10,610,159	$83,714,155
17	Law Abiding Citizen	Thriller/Suspense	R	$72,928,813	9,723,842	$76,721,113
18	I Love You, Man	Comedy	R	$72,013,010	9,601,735	$75,757,689
19	Obsessed	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$68,261,644	9,101,553	$71,811,253
20	The Taking of Pelham 123	Action	R	$65,452,312	8,726,975	$68,855,833
21	Br�no	Comedy	R	$60,054,530	8,007,271	$63,177,368
22	It's Complicated	Romantic Comedy	R	$59,178,840	7,890,512	$62,256,140
23	Bride Wars	Comedy	PG	$58,715,510	7,828,735	$61,768,719
24	The Haunting in Connecticut	Horror	PG-13	$55,389,516	7,385,269	$58,269,772
25	Funny People	Comedy	R	$51,855,045	6,914,006	$54,551,507
26	I Can Do Bad All By Myself	Comedy	PG-13	$51,733,921	6,897,856	$54,424,084
27	My Bloody Valentine	Horror	R	$51,545,952	6,872,794	$54,226,345
28	My Sister's Keeper	Drama	PG-13	$49,200,230	6,560,031	$51,758,645
29	Old Dogs	Comedy	PG	$47,239,575	6,298,610	$49,696,033
30	Up in the Air	Drama	R	$44,375,265	5,916,702	$46,682,779
31	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Romantic Comedy	PG	$44,277,350	5,903,647	$46,579,775
32	Orphan	Drama	R	$41,596,251	5,546,167	$43,759,258
33	Duplicity	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$40,572,825	5,409,710	$42,682,612
34	Ninja Assassin	Action	R	$37,492,774	4,999,037	$39,442,402
35	State of Play	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$37,017,955	4,935,727	$38,942,886
36	The Pink Panther 2	Comedy	PG	$35,922,978	4,789,730	$37,790,970
37	All About Steve	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$33,862,903	4,515,054	$35,623,776
38	The Informant	Thriller/Suspense	R	$33,316,821	4,442,243	$35,049,297
39	The Last House on the Left	Horror	R	$32,752,215	4,366,962	$34,455,330
40	(500) Days of Summer	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$32,425,665	4,323,422	$34,111,800
41	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Black Comedy	R	$32,018,431	4,269,124	$33,683,388
42	The Reader	Drama	R	$30,640,829	4,085,444	$32,234,153
43	The Stepfather	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$29,062,561	3,875,008	$30,573,813
44	Saw VI	Horror	R	$27,693,292	3,692,439	$29,133,344
45	Dance Flick	Comedy	PG-13	$25,794,018	3,439,202	$27,135,304
46	The International	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,450,527	3,393,404	$26,773,958
47	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$25,312,384	3,374,985	$26,628,632
48	The Wrestler	Drama	R	$24,914,015	3,321,869	$26,209,546
49	Observe and Report	Comedy	R	$24,007,324	3,200,977	$25,255,709
50	Fighting	Action	PG-13	$23,091,010	3,078,801	$24,291,740
51	Love Happens	Drama	PG-13	$22,965,110	3,062,015	$24,159,298
52	Fame	Musical	PG	$22,455,510	2,994,068	$23,623,197
53	Yes Man	Comedy	PG-13	$18,183,588	2,424,478	$19,129,131
54	Fired Up	Comedy	PG-13	$17,231,291	2,297,505	$18,127,314
55	New in Town	Romantic Comedy	PG	$16,734,283	2,231,238	$17,604,468
56	Imagine That	Comedy	PG	$16,222,392	2,162,986	$17,065,960
57	Armored	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$15,815,302	2,108,707	$16,637,698
58	A Perfect Getaway	Thriller/Suspense	R	$15,515,460	2,068,728	$16,322,264
59	The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard	Comedy	R	$15,122,676	2,016,357	$15,909,057
60	I Love You, Beth Cooper	Comedy	PG-13	$14,800,725	1,973,430	$15,570,363
61	Last Chance Harvey	Drama	PG-13	$14,538,095	1,938,413	$15,294,079
62	Nine	Musical	PG-13	$13,745,976	1,832,797	$14,460,768
63	Crank 2: High Voltage	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,684,249	1,824,567	$14,395,834
64	Whip It	Comedy	PG-13	$13,077,184	1,743,625	$13,757,201
65	The Hurt Locker	Drama	R	$12,671,105	1,689,481	$13,330,005
66	12 Rounds	Action	PG-13	$12,234,694	1,631,293	$12,870,902
67	Sunshine Cleaning	Comedy	R	$12,062,558	1,608,341	$12,689,810
68	Sorority Row	Horror	R	$11,965,282	1,595,371	$12,587,477
69	Extract	Comedy	R	$10,823,158	1,443,088	$11,385,964
70	De p�re en flic	Comedy	Not Rated	$10,644,453	1,419,260	$11,197,961
71	Not Easily Broken	Drama	PG-13	$10,572,742	1,409,699	$11,122,525
72	Whiteout	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,275,638	1,370,085	$10,809,971
73	Next Day Air	Comedy	R	$10,027,047	1,336,940	$10,548,457
74	The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day	Action	R	$9,957,954	1,327,727	$10,475,766
75	Seven Pounds	Drama	PG-13	$9,804,526	1,307,270	$10,314,360
76	Away We Go	Comedy	R	$9,451,946	1,260,259	$9,943,444
77	Everybody's Fine	Comedy	PG-13	$9,208,876	1,227,850	$9,687,737
78	Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li	Action	PG-13	$9,135,036	1,218,005	$9,610,059
79	My Life in Ruins	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$8,677,425	1,156,990	$9,128,651
80	The Collector	Horror	R	$7,712,114	1,028,282	$8,113,145
81	Post Grad	Comedy	PG-13	$6,382,178	850,957	$6,714,051
82	Whatever Works	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$5,306,706	707,561	$5,582,656
83	Bandslam	Comedy	PG	$5,210,988	694,798	$5,481,956
84	3 Idiots	Comedy	PG-13	$4,757,078	634,277	$5,004,446
85	Miss March	Comedy	R	$4,543,320	605,776	$4,779,573
86	Entre les murs	Drama	Not Rated	$3,766,810	502,241	$3,962,681
87	The Brothers Bloom	Black Comedy	PG-13	$3,531,756	470,901	$3,715,409
88	Two Lovers	Drama	R	$3,149,034	419,871	$3,312,782
89	Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day	Comedy	R	$3,012,677	401,690	$3,169,334
90	Easy Virtue	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$2,656,784	354,238	$2,794,938
91	Quantum of Solace	Action	PG-13	$2,548,014	339,735	$2,680,509
92	Sin Nombre	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,536,665	338,222	$2,668,572
93	Rachel Getting Married	Drama	R	$2,489,437	331,925	$2,618,888
94	Love Aaj Kal	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$2,430,083	324,011	$2,556,447
95	In the Loop	Black Comedy	Not Rated	$2,388,804	318,507	$2,513,020
96	Adam	Drama	PG-13	$2,283,291	304,439	$2,402,024
97	M�n som hatar kvinnor	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,186,693	291,559	$2,300,401
98	Is Anybody There?	Drama	PG-13	$2,026,756	270,234	$2,132,146
99	Los abrazos rotos	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,022,655	269,687	$2,127,830
100	Four Christmases	Comedy	PG-13	$1,956,206	260,827	$2,057,925
101	Rudo y Cursi	Comedy	R	$1,827,660	243,688	$1,922,698
102	Les doigts croches	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,662,485	221,665	$1,748,937
103	L'heure d'�t�	Drama	Not Rated	$1,647,001	219,600	$1,732,644
104	New York, I Love You	Drama	R	$1,588,087	211,745	$1,670,668
105	Gomorra	Drama	Not Rated	$1,573,614	209,815	$1,655,440
106	D�d�, � travers les brumes	Drama	Not Rated	$1,548,858	206,514	$1,629,395
107	Okuribito	Drama	PG-13	$1,537,546	205,006	$1,617,497
108	Kambakkht Ishq	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$1,445,739	192,765	$1,520,916
109	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	Drama	R	$1,433,091	191,079	$1,507,613
110	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Comedy	R	$1,429,299	190,573	$1,503,621
111	Kaminey	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$1,286,143	171,486	$1,353,025
112	Paper Heart	Comedy	PG-13	$1,274,062	169,875	$1,340,314
113	Sugar	Drama	R	$1,081,922	144,256	$1,138,180
114	Paris	Comedy	R	$960,240	128,032	$1,010,172
115	Management	Romantic Comedy		$934,658	124,621	$983,260
116	Chandni Chowk to China	Musical	PG-13	$921,738	122,898	$969,665
117	Il y a longtemps que je t'aime	Drama	Not Rated	$813,326	108,443	$855,615
118	Wendy and Lucy	Drama	R	$754,366	100,582	$793,592
119	The Great Buck Howard	Drama	PG	$750,587	100,078	$789,615
120	Crazy Heart	Drama	R	$702,188	93,625	$738,701
121	The Messenger	Drama	R	$654,374	87,250	$688,403
122	Play the Game	Comedy	PG-13	$653,120	87,083	$687,085
123	La fille de Monaco	Comedy		$602,992	80,399	$634,348
124	Role Models	Comedy	R	$590,530	78,737	$621,235
125	Tetro	Drama	R	$518,522	69,136	$545,483
126	Crossing Over	Drama	R	$455,654	60,754	$479,349
127	The Limits of Control	Thriller/Suspense	R	$426,688	56,892	$448,878
128	Humpday	Comedy	R	$407,377	54,317	$428,561
129	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	Comedy	PG-13	$386,017	51,469	$406,090
130	Synecdoche, New York	Drama	R	$377,689	50,359	$397,333
131	Luck by Chance	Comedy	Not Rated	$356,019	47,469	$374,530
132	Le silence de Lorna	Drama		$338,795	45,173	$356,415
133	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	Musical	G	$335,126	44,683	$352,549
134	O'Horten	Comedy		$302,232	40,298	$317,951
135	Adoration	Drama		$294,244	39,233	$309,548
136	Tokyo Sonata	Drama	PG-13	$278,356	37,114	$292,829
137	The Private Lives of Pippa Lee	Drama	R	$261,198	34,826	$274,777
138	Spread	Comedy	R	$250,617	33,416	$263,652
139	Ghajini	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$237,949	31,727	$250,326
140	Big Fan	Comedy	R	$230,874	30,783	$242,878
141	World's Greatest Dad	Black Comedy	R	$221,805	29,574	$233,339
142	Frozen River	Drama	R	$202,328	26,977	$212,849
143	Happy-Go-Lucky	Comedy	R	$201,587	26,878	$212,067
144	The Burning Plain	Drama		$200,730	26,764	$211,168
145	Fireproof	Drama	PG	$199,773	26,636	$210,158
146	Shrink	Drama	R	$189,621	25,283	$199,483
147	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Comedy	R	$157,136	20,951	$165,303
148	The Other Man	Drama	R	$149,530	19,937	$157,303
149	12	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$125,120	16,683	$131,629
150	War Eagle, Arkansas	Drama	PG-13	$123,670	16,489	$130,098
151	The Song of Sparrows	Drama	PG	$116,372	15,516	$122,421
152	Gentlemen Broncos	Comedy	PG-13	$115,155	15,354	$121,143
153	Medicine for Melancholy	Drama	Not Rated	$111,551	14,873	$117,348
154	Irene in Time	Drama	PG-13	$110,175	14,690	$115,904
155	Hanami	Drama	Not Rated	$104,433	13,924	$109,860
156	Ong-Bak 2	Action	R	$102,458	13,661	$107,785
157	House of the Devil, The	Horror	R	$101,215	13,495	$106,476
158	Nothing Like the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$97,952	13,060	$103,043
159	Made in U.S.A.	Drama	Not Rated	$95,209	12,695	$100,164
160	Motherhood	Comedy	PG-13	$93,388	12,452	$98,246
161	The Mysteries of Pittsburgh	Drama	R	$80,283	10,704	$84,455
162	Body of Lies	Thriller/Suspense	R	$79,281	10,571	$83,405
163	Phoebe in Wonderland	Drama	PG-13	$73,361	9,781	$77,172
164	Disgrace	Drama	R	$69,705	9,294	$73,330
165	Un conte de Noël	Drama	Not Rated	$68,870	9,183	$72,454
166	White On Rice	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$67,186	8,958	$70,679
167	After Dark's Horrorfest III	Horror	Not Rated	$66,456	8,861	$69,913
168	Sodot Ha	Drama	R	$64,585	8,611	$67,941
169	Serbis	Drama	R	$64,407	8,588	$67,759
170	Ne Le Dis � Personne	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$60,915	8,122	$64,083
171	Soul Men	Comedy	R	$60,453	8,060	$63,593
172	Stellet licht	Drama	Not Rated	$60,200	8,027	$63,333
173	Not Forgotten	Thriller/Suspense		$53,723	7,163	$56,516
174	Trucker	Drama	R	$51,192	6,826	$53,857
175	$9.99	Comedy	R	$51,085	6,811	$53,739
176	Broken Hill	Drama	PG	$50,076	6,677	$52,682
177	Nights in Rodanthe	Drama	PG-13	$48,278	6,437	$50,788
178	Love N' Dancing	Musical	PG	$47,812	6,375	$50,299
179	Owl and the Sparrow	Drama	PG	$47,071	6,276	$49,518
180	Le code a chang�	Comedy		$46,714	6,229	$49,147
181	Kaerlighed Pa Film	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$45,835	6,111	$48,216
182	Eagle Eye	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$39,048	5,206	$41,075
183	The Slammin' Salmon	Comedy	R	$38,920	5,189	$40,941
184	How About You	Drama	Not Rated	$38,471	5,129	$40,468
185	Mutluluk	Drama		$37,493	4,999	$39,442
186	Uncertainty	Drama		$36,689	4,892	$38,598
187	Were the World Mine	Musical	Not Rated	$36,592	4,879	$38,495
188	Le combat dans l'�le	Thriller/Suspense		$33,830	4,511	$35,592
189	Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi	Drama	Not Rated	$33,647	4,486	$35,395
190	Beyond a Reasonable Doubt	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$32,917	4,389	$34,629
191	Changeling	Thriller/Suspense	R	$32,475	4,330	$34,164
192	Super Capers	Comedy	PG	$30,955	4,127	$32,562
193	Call of the Wild 3D	Drama		$28,682	3,824	$30,171
194	Surveillance	Thriller/Suspense	R	$27,349	3,647	$28,775
195	The Answer Man	Romantic Comedy	R	$26,676	3,557	$28,065
196	Ciao		R	$26,550	3,540	$27,931
197	Ciao		R	$26,550	3,540	$27,931
198	JCVD	Comedy	R	$21,700	2,893	$22,826
199	The Open Road	Drama	PG-13	$19,716	2,629	$20,743
200	Donkey Punch	Thriller/Suspense	R	$19,367	2,582	$20,372
201	Killshot	Thriller/Suspense	R	$18,643	2,486	$19,615
202	Adventures of Power	Comedy	PG-13	$17,738	2,365	$18,660
203	Splinterheads	Comedy	R	$16,392	2,186	$17,248
204	Tennessee	Drama		$16,100	2,147	$16,940
205	St. Trinian's	Comedy	PG-13	$15,000	2,000	$15,780
206	Chocolate	Action	R	$14,845	1,979	$15,614
207	Laila's Birthday	Black Comedy		$13,689	1,825	$14,399
208	The Escapist	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$13,439	1,792	$14,139
209	Max Payne	Action	PG-13	$12,164	1,622	$12,798
210	I Hate Valentine's Day	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$11,004	1,467	$11,575
211	Live Fast, Die Young	Drama	Not Rated	$10,019	1,336	$10,541
212	Mammoth	Drama		$9,580	1,277	$10,076
213	Janky Promoters	Comedy	R	$9,069	1,209	$9,539
214	Winter of Frozen Dreams	Drama	R	$8,321	1,109	$8,750
215	Yonkers Joe	Drama	R	$8,286	1,105	$8,718
216	Looking for Palladin	Comedy	R	$7,246	966	$7,622
217	Cowboy and Lucky			$7,160	955	$7,535
218	The Skeptic	Thriller/Suspense		$6,671	889	$7,014
219	Momma's Man	Comedy	Not Rated	$5,627	750	$5,918
220	Antarctica	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,133	684	$5,397
221	Alexandra	Drama	Not Rated	$4,137	552	$4,355
222	The Marc Pease Experience	Comedy		$4,033	538	$4,245
223	Eden	Drama	Not Rated	$3,914	522	$4,119
224	Afterschool	Drama		$3,911	521	$4,111
225	Pontypool	Thriller/Suspense		$3,865	515	$4,063
226	Familiar Strangers	Comedy	PG-13	$3,516	469	$3,700
227	Donne-moi la main	Drama		$2,434	325	$2,564
228	The Village Barbershop	Drama	R	$2,359	315	$2,485
229	Breakfast with Scot	Drama	PG-13	$2,200	293	$2,312
230	The Canyon	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,785	238	$1,878
231	Love Comes Lately	Drama	Not Rated	$1,207	161	$1,270
232	Break	Action		$1,191	159	$1,255
233	Tru Loved	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,149	153	$1,207
234	Shanghai Red	Thriller/Suspense		$1,146	153	$1,207
235	Das Haus der schlafenden Sch�nen	Drama	Not Rated	$1,122	150	$1,184
236	Save Me	Drama	Not Rated	$1,028	137	$1,081
237	I Can't Think Straight	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$987	132	$1,041
238	Patrik, Age 1.5	Comedy	Not Rated	$408	54	$426
239	El Tinte de la Fama	Drama		$341	45	$355
240	The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela	Drama	R	$213	28	$221
241	The Objective	Horror	Not Rated	$95	13	$103
Total Gross of All Movies				$4,001,467,469
Total Tickets Sold					533,528,996
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,209,543,778

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.