Box Office Performance for Digital Animation Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Up	Adventure	PG	$292,979,556	40,804,952	$292,979,555
2	Monsters vs. Aliens	Adventure	PG	$198,351,526	27,625,561	$198,351,528
3	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Adventure	PG	$196,573,705	27,377,953	$196,573,703
4	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Comedy	PG	$122,308,668	17,034,633	$122,308,665
5	Disney's A Christmas Carol	Drama		$79,836,002	11,119,220	$79,836,000
6	9	Adventure	PG-13	$31,691,649	4,413,879	$31,691,651
7	Toy Story 3D Double Feature	Adventure		$30,593,152	4,260,885	$30,593,154
8	Astro Boy	Adventure	PG	$18,621,561	2,593,532	$18,621,560
9	Planet 51	Adventure	PG	$12,286,129	1,711,160	$12,286,129
10	The Tale of Despereaux	Adventure	G	$7,215,370	1,004,926	$7,215,369
11	Bolt	Comedy	PG	$4,136,434	576,105	$4,136,434
12	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Comedy	PG	$2,994,140	417,011	$2,994,139
13	Fly Me To the Moon	Adventure	G	$1,968,531	274,169	$1,968,533
14	Battle for Terra	Adventure	PG	$1,647,083	229,399	$1,647,085
15	The Fantastic Mr. Fox	Adventure	PG	$562,048	78,280	$562,050
16	Igor	Comedy	PG	$41,444	5,772	$41,443
17	The Polar Express	Adventure	G	$3,189	444	$3,188
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,001,810,187
Total Tickets Sold					139,527,881
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,001,810,186

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.