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	$63,332,639	8,820,702	$63,332,640
6	Disney's A Christmas Carol	Drama		$63,272,757	8,812,362	$63,272,759
7	My Sister's Keeper	Drama	PG-13	$49,200,230	6,852,400	$49,200,232
8	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Drama	PG-13	$48,212,240	6,714,797	$48,212,242
9	Orphan	Drama	R	$41,596,251	5,793,350	$41,596,253
10	Notorious	Drama	R	$36,842,118	5,131,214	$36,842,117
11	The Soloist	Drama	PG-13	$31,720,158	4,417,849	$31,720,156
12	The Reader	Drama	R	$30,639,074	4,267,281	$30,639,078
13	Defiance	Drama	R	$28,444,199	3,961,588	$28,444,202
14	The Wrestler	Drama	R	$24,912,375	3,469,690	$24,912,374
15	Love Happens	Drama		$22,965,110	3,198,483	$22,965,108
16	Revolutionary Road	Drama	R	$21,535,731	2,999,405	$21,535,728
17	Doubt	Drama	PG-13	$14,717,075	2,049,732	$14,717,076
18	Milk	Drama	R	$14,683,305	2,045,029	$14,683,308
19	Twilight	Drama	PG-13	$14,542,564	2,025,427	$14,542,566
20	Last Chance Harvey	Drama	PG-13	$14,538,095	2,024,804	$14,538,093
21	Amelia	Drama	PG	$13,143,512	1,830,573	$13,143,514
22	The Hurt Locker	Drama	R	$12,647,089	1,761,433	$12,647,089
23	Frost/Nixon	Drama	R	$12,330,855	1,717,389	$12,330,853
24	Not Easily Broken	Drama	PG-13	$10,572,742	1,472,527	$10,572,744
25	Seven Pounds	Drama	PG-13	$9,804,526	1,365,533	$9,804,527
26	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Drama	R	$8,699,180	1,211,585	$8,699,180
27	Taking Woodstock	Drama	R	$7,460,204	1,039,026	$7,460,207
28	Coco Before Chanel	Drama	PG-13	$4,847,752	675,174	$4,847,749
29	The Class	Drama	Not Rated	$3,766,810	524,625	$3,766,808
30	Two Lovers	Drama	R	$3,149,034	438,584	$3,149,033
31	Australia	Drama	PG-13	$2,864,949	399,018	$2,864,949
32	Cheri	Drama	R	$2,708,188	377,185	$2,708,188
33	Rachel Getting Married	Drama	R	$2,488,853	346,637	$2,488,854
34	Adam	Drama	PG-13	$2,277,396	317,186	$2,277,395
35	Che, Part 1: The Argentine	Drama	Not Rated	$1,731,665	241,179	$1,731,665
36	L'heure d'�t�	Drama		$1,641,025	228,555	$1,641,025
37	Gomorrah	Drama	Not Rated	$1,573,614	219,166	$1,573,612
38	Babine	Drama	Not Rated	$1,570,226	218,694	$1,570,223
39	Departures	Drama	PG-13	$1,482,650	206,497	$1,482,648
40	New York, I Love You	Drama	R	$1,386,792	193,147	$1,386,795
41	Sugar	Drama	R	$1,081,922	150,686	$1,081,925
42	Cold Souls	Drama	PG-13	$903,148	125,787	$903,151
43	Goodbye Solo	Drama	Not Rated	$871,275	121,347	$871,271
44	I've Loved You So Long	Drama	Not Rated	$811,897	113,078	$811,900
45	The Boys are Back	Drama	PG-13	$783,013	109,055	$783,015
46	The Great Buck Howard	Drama	PG	$750,587	104,539	$750,590
47	Wendy and Lucy	Drama	R	$745,613	103,846	$745,614
48	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Drama		$651,542	90,744	$651,542
49	From Mexico with Love	Drama	PG-13	$548,365	76,374	$548,365
50	Tetro	Drama	R	$515,722	71,828	$515,725
51	Little Ashes	Drama		$480,339	66,900	$480,342
52	Crossing Over	Drama	R	$454,149	63,252	$454,149
53	Lymelife	Drama	R	$421,307	58,678	$421,308
54	Synecdoche, New York	Drama	R	$376,076	52,378	$376,074
55	Tokyo!	Drama	Not Rated	$351,059	48,894	$351,059
56	Lorna's Silence	Drama		$335,155	46,679	$335,155
57	The Damned United	Drama	R	$315,306	43,914	$315,303
58	A Woman in Berlin	Drama		$287,526	40,045	$287,523
59	Antichrist	Drama		$282,404	39,332	$282,404
60	Tokyo Sonata	Drama	PG-13	$277,315	38,623	$277,313
61	Revanche	Drama		$262,655	36,581	$262,652
62	The Secret Life of Bees	Drama	PG-13	$241,039	33,571	$241,040
63	Tera Mera Ki Rishta	Drama	Not Rated	$208,214	28,999	$208,213
64	London Dreams	Drama		$207,964	28,964	$207,962
65	The Burning Plain	Drama		$198,300	27,618	$198,297
66	Fireproof	Drama	PG	$194,935	27,150	$194,937
67	Frozen River	Drama	R	$194,754	27,125	$194,758
68	Shrink	Drama	R	$189,621	26,410	$189,624
69	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Drama	PG-13	$176,444	24,574	$176,441
70	Hunger	Drama	Not Rated	$152,104	21,184	$152,101
71	Fados	Drama	Not Rated	$129,150	17,987	$129,147
72	War Eagle, Arkansas	Drama	PG-13	$123,670	17,224	$123,668
73	The Song of Sparrows	Drama	PG	$115,927	16,146	$115,928
74	Rolling	Drama	Not Rated	$113,132	15,757	$113,135
75	Medicine for Melancholy	Drama	Not Rated	$110,869	15,441	$110,866
76	Irene in Time	Drama	PG-13	$110,175	15,345	$110,177
77	Cherry Blossoms	Drama	Not Rated	$104,433	14,545	$104,433
78	Made in U.S.A.	Drama	Not Rated	$95,209	13,260	$95,207
79	The Other Man	Drama	R	$89,482	12,463	$89,484
80	The Headless Woman	Drama		$87,828	12,232	$87,826
81	Bronson	Drama	R	$84,532	11,773	$84,530
82	The Mysteries of Pittsburgh	Drama	R	$80,283	11,181	$80,280
83	Phoebe in Wonderland	Drama	PG-13	$72,979	10,164	$72,978
84	Disgrace	Drama		$69,705	9,708	$69,703
85	A Christmas Tale	Drama	Not Rated	$68,550	9,547	$68,547
86	The Secrets	Drama	R	$64,585	8,995	$64,584
87	Serbis	Drama	R	$64,407	8,970	$64,405
88	One Day You'll Understand	Drama	Not Rated	$60,706	8,455	$60,707
89	Jerichow	Drama		$60,105	8,371	$60,104
90	Silent Light	Drama	Not Rated	$52,293	7,283	$52,292
91	Broken Hill	Drama	PG	$50,076	6,974	$50,073
92	Nights in Rodanthe	Drama	PG-13	$48,278	6,724	$48,278
93	The Country Teacher	Drama	Not Rated	$47,696	6,643	$47,697
94	Owl and the Sparrow	Drama	PG	$47,071	6,556	$47,072
95	A Secret	Drama	Not Rated	$45,364	6,318	$45,363
96	Trucker	Drama	R	$45,140	6,287	$45,141
97	The Messenger	Drama	R	$44,523	6,201	$44,523
98	Just Another Love Story	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$42,686	5,945	$42,685
99	One Day You'll Understand	Drama	Not Rated	$38,557	5,370	$38,557
100	How About You	Drama	Not Rated	$37,825	5,268	$37,824
101	Bliss	Drama		$37,148	5,174	$37,149
102	Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi	Drama	Not Rated	$33,647	4,686	$33,645
103	The Little Traitor	Drama		$33,588	4,678	$33,588
104	Tony Manero	Drama		$33,239	4,629	$33,236
105	Mancora	Drama	R	$29,697	4,136	$29,696
106	Lola Montes	Drama	Not Rated	$29,532	4,113	$29,531
107	Lola Montes	Drama	Not Rated	$29,532	4,113	$29,531
108	Call of the Wild 3D	Drama		$28,682	3,995	$28,684
109	An American Affair	Drama	Not Rated	$27,276	3,799	$27,277
110	Death in Love	Drama	R	$23,412	3,261	$23,414
111	The Open Road	Drama	PG-13	$19,348	2,695	$19,350
112	Passchendaele	Drama	Not Rated	$17,172	2,392	$17,175
113	Local Color	Drama	R	$17,151	2,389	$17,153
114	Between Love & Goodbye	Drama	Not Rated	$16,588	2,310	$16,586
115	Tennessee	Drama		$16,100	2,242	$16,098
116	The Education of Charlie Banks	Drama	R	$14,547	2,026	$14,547
117	Good	Drama	Not Rated	$13,625	1,898	$13,628
118	Five Minutes of Heaven	Drama		$13,217	1,841	$13,218
119	Uncertainty	Drama		$13,075	1,821	$13,075
120	The Window	Drama		$12,738	1,774	$12,737
121	The Vanished Empire	Drama		$9,288	1,294	$9,291
122	Live Fast, Die Young	Drama	Not Rated	$8,494	1,183	$8,494
123	Yonkers Joe	Drama	R	$8,286	1,154	$8,286
124	Loren Cass	Drama		$8,125	1,132	$8,128
125	Winter of Frozen Dreams	Drama	R	$7,334	1,021	$7,331
126	Endgame	Drama	PG-13	$4,469	622	$4,466
127	Eden	Drama	Not Rated	$3,914	545	$3,913
128	Gooby	Drama	PG	$3,564	496	$3,561
129	Otto; Or, Up with Dead People	Drama	Not Rated	$3,209	447	$3,209
130	Sandstorm	Drama		$3,157	440	$3,159
131	Afterschool	Drama		$2,606	363	$2,606
132	Give Me Your Hand	Drama		$2,434	339	$2,434
133	The Village Barbershop	Drama	R	$2,359	329	$2,362
134	Breakfast with Scot	Drama	PG-13	$2,200	306	$2,197
135	House of the Sleeping Beauties	Drama	Not Rated	$1,122	156	$1,120
136	Save Me	Drama	Not Rated	$1,028	143	$1,027
137	Love Comes Lately	Drama	Not Rated	$586	82	$589
138	El Tinte de la Fama	Drama		$341	47	$337
139	The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela	Drama	R	$213	30	$215
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,070,890,357
Total Tickets Sold					149,149,073
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,070,890,344

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.