Box Office Performance for Digital Animation Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Up	Adventure	PG	$293,004,164	39,067,222	$308,240,382
2	Monsters vs. Aliens	Adventure	PG	$198,351,526	26,446,870	$208,665,804
3	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Adventure	PG	$196,573,705	26,209,827	$206,795,535
4	Disney's A Christmas Carol	Drama	PG	$137,443,917	18,325,856	$144,591,004
5	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Comedy	PG	$124,264,907	16,568,654	$130,726,680
6	Planet 51	Adventure	PG	$39,570,569	5,276,076	$41,628,240
7	9	Adventure	PG-13	$31,749,894	4,233,319	$33,400,887
8	Toy Story 3D Double Feature	Adventure	G	$30,702,446	4,093,659	$32,298,970
9	Astro Boy	Adventure	PG	$19,432,359	2,590,981	$20,442,840
10	The Tale of Despereaux	Adventure	G	$7,215,370	962,049	$7,590,567
11	Bolt	Comedy	PG	$4,136,434	551,525	$4,351,532
12	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Comedy	PG	$3,158,070	421,076	$3,322,290
13	Fly Me To the Moon	Adventure	G	$1,979,528	263,937	$2,082,463
14	Battle for Terra	Adventure	PG	$1,647,083	219,611	$1,732,731
15	The Polar Express	Adventure	G	$517,658	69,021	$544,576
16	Igor	Comedy	PG	$81,381	10,851	$85,614
17	WALL-E	Adventure	G	$1,275	170	$1,341
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,089,830,286
Total Tickets Sold					145,310,704
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,146,501,455

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.