Box Office Performance for Drama Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Gran Torino	Drama	R	$138,274,748	19,258,321	$138,274,745
2	Slumdog Millionaire	Drama	R	$112,643,330	15,688,486	$112,643,329
3	Public Enemies	Drama	R	$97,104,620	13,524,320	$97,104,618
4	Hannah Montana the Movie	Drama	G	$79,559,647	11,080,731	$79,559,649
5	The Time Traveler's Wife	Drama	PG-13	$63,044,090	8,780,514	$63,044,091
6	My Sister's Keeper	Drama	PG-13	$49,200,230	6,852,400	$49,200,232
7	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Drama	PG-13	$48,212,240	6,714,797	$48,212,242
8	Orphan	Drama	R	$41,596,251	5,793,350	$41,596,253
9	Notorious	Drama	R	$36,842,118	5,131,214	$36,842,117
10	The Soloist	Drama	PG-13	$31,720,158	4,417,849	$31,720,156
11	The Reader	Drama	R	$30,639,074	4,267,281	$30,639,078
12	Defiance	Drama	R	$28,444,199	3,961,588	$28,444,202
13	The Wrestler	Drama	R	$24,912,375	3,469,690	$24,912,374
14	Love Happens	Drama		$22,927,390	3,193,230	$22,927,391
15	Revolutionary Road	Drama	R	$21,535,731	2,999,405	$21,535,728
16	Doubt	Drama	PG-13	$14,717,075	2,049,732	$14,717,076
17	Milk	Drama	R	$14,683,305	2,045,029	$14,683,308
18	Twilight	Drama	PG-13	$14,542,564	2,025,427	$14,542,566
19	Last Chance Harvey	Drama	PG-13	$14,538,095	2,024,804	$14,538,093
20	The Hurt Locker	Drama	R	$12,582,593	1,752,450	$12,582,591
21	Frost/Nixon	Drama	R	$12,330,855	1,717,389	$12,330,853
22	Not Easily Broken	Drama	PG-13	$10,572,742	1,472,527	$10,572,744
23	Seven Pounds	Drama	PG-13	$9,804,526	1,365,533	$9,804,527
24	Amelia	Drama	PG	$8,340,499	1,161,629	$8,340,496
25	Taking Woodstock	Drama	R	$7,460,204	1,039,026	$7,460,207
26	The Class	Drama	Not Rated	$3,766,810	524,625	$3,766,808
27	Two Lovers	Drama	R	$3,149,034	438,584	$3,149,033
28	Australia	Drama	PG-13	$2,864,949	399,018	$2,864,949
29	Cheri	Drama	R	$2,708,188	377,185	$2,708,188
30	Rachel Getting Married	Drama	R	$2,488,853	346,637	$2,488,854
31	Adam	Drama	PG-13	$2,269,153	316,038	$2,269,153
32	Coco Before Chanel	Drama	PG-13	$2,110,779	293,980	$2,110,776
33	Che, Part 1: The Argentine	Drama	Not Rated	$1,731,665	241,179	$1,731,665
34	L'heure d'�t�	Drama		$1,641,025	228,555	$1,641,025
35	Gomorrah	Drama	Not Rated	$1,573,614	219,166	$1,573,612
36	Babine	Drama	Not Rated	$1,570,226	218,694	$1,570,223
37	Departures	Drama	PG-13	$1,465,987	204,176	$1,465,984
38	Sugar	Drama	R	$1,081,922	150,686	$1,081,925
39	New York, I Love You	Drama	R	$1,010,614	140,754	$1,010,614
40	Cold Souls	Drama	PG-13	$899,653	125,300	$899,654
41	Goodbye Solo	Drama	Not Rated	$871,122	121,326	$871,121
42	I've Loved You So Long	Drama	Not Rated	$811,897	113,078	$811,900
43	The Boys are Back	Drama	PG-13	$783,013	109,055	$783,015
44	The Great Buck Howard	Drama	PG	$750,587	104,539	$750,590
45	Wendy and Lucy	Drama	R	$745,613	103,846	$745,614
46	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Drama		$649,808	90,503	$649,812
47	From Mexico with Love	Drama	PG-13	$545,315	75,949	$545,314
48	Tetro	Drama	R	$515,722	71,828	$515,725
49	Little Ashes	Drama		$480,339	66,900	$480,342
50	Crossing Over	Drama	R	$454,149	63,252	$454,149
51	Lymelife	Drama	R	$421,307	58,678	$421,308
52	Synecdoche, New York	Drama	R	$376,076	52,378	$376,074
53	Tokyo!	Drama	Not Rated	$351,059	48,894	$351,059
54	Lorna's Silence	Drama		$330,087	45,973	$330,086
55	Tokyo Sonata	Drama	PG-13	$277,315	38,623	$277,313
56	A Woman in Berlin	Drama		$273,100	38,036	$273,098
57	Revanche	Drama		$262,655	36,581	$262,652
58	The Damned United	Drama	R	$254,648	35,466	$254,646
59	The Secret Life of Bees	Drama	PG-13	$241,039	33,571	$241,040
60	Tera Mera Ki Rishta	Drama	Not Rated	$208,214	28,999	$208,213
61	London Dreams	Drama		$207,964	28,964	$207,962
62	Fireproof	Drama	PG	$194,935	27,150	$194,937
63	Frozen River	Drama	R	$194,754	27,125	$194,758
64	The Burning Plain	Drama		$190,721	26,563	$190,722
65	Shrink	Drama	R	$189,621	26,410	$189,624
66	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Drama	PG-13	$176,444	24,574	$176,441
67	Antichrist	Drama		$156,318	21,771	$156,316
68	Hunger	Drama	Not Rated	$152,104	21,184	$152,101
69	Fados	Drama	Not Rated	$129,150	17,987	$129,147
70	War Eagle, Arkansas	Drama	PG-13	$123,670	17,224	$123,668
71	The Song of Sparrows	Drama	PG	$115,927	16,146	$115,928
72	Rolling	Drama	Not Rated	$113,132	15,757	$113,135
73	Medicine for Melancholy	Drama	Not Rated	$110,869	15,441	$110,866
74	Irene in Time	Drama	PG-13	$110,175	15,345	$110,177
75	Cherry Blossoms	Drama	Not Rated	$104,433	14,545	$104,433
76	Made in U.S.A.	Drama	Not Rated	$95,209	13,260	$95,207
77	The Other Man	Drama	R	$89,482	12,463	$89,484
78	The Headless Woman	Drama		$87,828	12,232	$87,826
79	The Mysteries of Pittsburgh	Drama	R	$80,283	11,181	$80,280
80	Phoebe in Wonderland	Drama	PG-13	$72,979	10,164	$72,978
81	Disgrace	Drama		$69,705	9,708	$69,703
82	A Christmas Tale	Drama	Not Rated	$68,550	9,547	$68,547
83	Bronson	Drama	R	$66,255	9,228	$66,257
84	The Secrets	Drama	R	$64,585	8,995	$64,584
85	Serbis	Drama	R	$64,407	8,970	$64,405
86	One Day You'll Understand	Drama	Not Rated	$60,706	8,455	$60,707
87	Jerichow	Drama		$60,105	8,371	$60,104
88	Silent Light	Drama	Not Rated	$52,293	7,283	$52,292
89	Broken Hill	Drama	PG	$50,076	6,974	$50,073
90	Nights in Rodanthe	Drama	PG-13	$48,278	6,724	$48,278
91	The Country Teacher	Drama	Not Rated	$47,696	6,643	$47,697
92	Owl and the Sparrow	Drama	PG	$47,071	6,556	$47,072
93	A Secret	Drama	Not Rated	$45,364	6,318	$45,363
94	Just Another Love Story	Drama	Not Rated	$42,686	5,945	$42,685
95	Trucker	Drama	R	$41,548	5,787	$41,551
96	One Day You'll Understand	Drama	Not Rated	$38,557	5,370	$38,557
97	How About You	Drama	Not Rated	$37,825	5,268	$37,824
98	Bliss	Drama		$35,214	4,904	$35,211
99	Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi	Drama	Not Rated	$33,647	4,686	$33,645
100	Tony Manero	Drama		$33,239	4,629	$33,236
101	Mancora	Drama	R	$29,697	4,136	$29,696
102	Lola Montes	Drama	Not Rated	$29,532	4,113	$29,531
103	Lola Montes	Drama	Not Rated	$29,532	4,113	$29,531
104	Call of the Wild 3D	Drama		$28,682	3,995	$28,684
105	An American Affair	Drama	Not Rated	$27,276	3,799	$27,277
106	Death in Love	Drama	R	$23,412	3,261	$23,414
107	The Open Road	Drama	PG-13	$19,348	2,695	$19,350
108	Passchendaele	Drama	Not Rated	$17,172	2,392	$17,175
109	Local Color	Drama	R	$17,151	2,389	$17,153
110	Between Love & Goodbye	Drama	Not Rated	$16,588	2,310	$16,586
111	Tennessee	Drama		$16,100	2,242	$16,098
112	The Education of Charlie Banks	Drama	R	$14,547	2,026	$14,547
113	Good	Drama	Not Rated	$13,625	1,898	$13,628
114	Five Minutes of Heaven	Drama		$13,217	1,841	$13,218
115	The Window	Drama		$12,738	1,774	$12,737
116	The Vanished Empire	Drama		$9,288	1,294	$9,291
117	Live Fast, Die Young	Drama	Not Rated	$8,494	1,183	$8,494
118	Yonkers Joe	Drama	R	$8,286	1,154	$8,286
119	Loren Cass	Drama		$8,125	1,132	$8,128
120	Winter of Frozen Dreams	Drama	R	$7,334	1,021	$7,331
121	Eden	Drama	Not Rated	$3,914	545	$3,913
122	Gooby	Drama	PG	$3,564	496	$3,561
123	Otto; Or, Up with Dead People	Drama	Not Rated	$3,209	447	$3,209
124	Sandstorm	Drama		$3,157	440	$3,159
125	Afterschool	Drama		$2,606	363	$2,606
126	Give Me Your Hand	Drama		$2,434	339	$2,434
127	The Village Barbershop	Drama	R	$2,359	329	$2,362
128	Breakfast with Scot	Drama	PG-13	$2,200	306	$2,197
129	House of the Sleeping Beauties	Drama	Not Rated	$1,122	156	$1,120
130	Save Me	Drama	Not Rated	$1,028	143	$1,027
131	Love Comes Lately	Drama	Not Rated	$586	82	$589
132	El Tinte de la Fama	Drama		$341	47	$337
133	The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela	Drama	R	$213	30	$215
Total Gross of All Movies				$990,244,878
Total Tickets Sold					137,917,112
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$990,244,864

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.