Box Office Performance for Drama Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Drama	PG-13	$287,954,655	38,393,954	$302,928,297
2	The Blind Side	Drama	PG-13	$208,476,067	27,796,809	$219,316,823
3	Gran Torino	Drama	R	$138,274,748	18,436,633	$145,465,034
4	Disney's A Christmas Carol	Drama	PG	$137,443,917	18,325,856	$144,591,004
5	Slumdog Millionaire	Drama	R	$112,654,105	15,020,547	$118,512,116
6	Public Enemies	Drama	R	$97,104,620	12,947,283	$102,154,063
7	Hannah Montana the Movie	Drama	G	$79,576,189	10,610,159	$83,714,155
8	The Time Traveler's Wife	Drama	PG-13	$63,414,846	8,455,313	$66,712,420
9	My Sister's Keeper	Drama	PG-13	$49,200,230	6,560,031	$51,758,645
10	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Drama	PG-13	$48,212,240	6,428,299	$50,719,279
11	Up in the Air	Drama	R	$44,375,265	5,916,702	$46,682,779
12	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Drama	R	$43,760,123	5,834,683	$46,035,649
13	Orphan	Drama	R	$41,596,251	5,546,167	$43,759,258
14	Notorious	Drama	R	$36,843,682	4,912,491	$38,759,554
15	The Soloist	Drama	PG-13	$31,853,584	4,247,145	$33,509,974
16	The Reader	Drama	R	$30,640,829	4,085,444	$32,234,153
17	Invictus	Drama	PG-13	$30,586,445	4,078,193	$32,176,943
18	Defiance	Drama	R	$28,444,199	3,792,560	$29,923,298
19	Brothers	Drama	R	$27,414,913	3,655,322	$28,840,491
20	The Wrestler	Drama	R	$24,914,015	3,321,869	$26,209,546
21	Love Happens	Drama	PG-13	$22,965,110	3,062,015	$24,159,298
22	Revolutionary Road	Drama	R	$22,951,340	3,060,179	$24,144,812
23	Twilight	Drama	PG-13	$15,847,004	2,112,934	$16,671,049
24	Doubt	Drama	PG-13	$14,740,989	1,965,465	$15,507,519
25	Milk	Drama	R	$14,683,305	1,957,774	$15,446,837
26	Last Chance Harvey	Drama	PG-13	$14,538,095	1,938,413	$15,294,079
27	Amelia	Drama	PG	$14,224,141	1,896,552	$14,963,795
28	The Hurt Locker	Drama	R	$12,671,105	1,689,481	$13,330,005
29	Frost/Nixon	Drama	R	$12,330,855	1,644,114	$12,972,059
30	Not Easily Broken	Drama	PG-13	$10,572,742	1,409,699	$11,122,525
31	Seven Pounds	Drama	PG-13	$9,804,526	1,307,270	$10,314,360
32	An Education	Drama	PG-13	$7,883,524	1,051,137	$8,293,471
33	Taking Woodstock	Drama	R	$7,460,204	994,694	$7,848,136
34	The Road	Drama	R	$6,858,313	914,442	$7,214,947
35	Coco avant Chanel	Drama	PG-13	$5,997,682	799,691	$6,309,562
36	Bright Star	Drama	PG	$4,444,637	592,618	$4,675,756
37	Entre les murs	Drama	Not Rated	$3,766,810	502,241	$3,962,681
38	Two Lovers	Drama	R	$3,149,034	419,871	$3,312,782
39	Australia	Drama	PG-13	$2,867,289	382,305	$3,016,386
40	Cheri	Drama	R	$2,715,657	362,088	$2,856,874
41	Rachel Getting Married	Drama	R	$2,489,437	331,925	$2,618,888
42	The Young Victoria	Drama	PG	$2,456,337	327,512	$2,584,070
43	Adam	Drama	PG-13	$2,283,291	304,439	$2,402,024
44	Is Anybody There?	Drama	PG-13	$2,026,756	270,234	$2,132,146
45	Che, Part 1: The Argentine	Drama	Not Rated	$1,733,532	231,138	$1,823,679
46	A Single Man	Drama	R	$1,731,649	230,887	$1,821,698
47	L'heure d'�t�	Drama	Not Rated	$1,647,001	219,600	$1,732,644
48	New York, I Love You	Drama	R	$1,588,087	211,745	$1,670,668
49	Gomorra	Drama	Not Rated	$1,573,614	209,815	$1,655,440
50	Babine	Drama	Not Rated	$1,570,226	209,363	$1,651,874
51	D�d�, � travers les brumes	Drama	Not Rated	$1,548,858	206,514	$1,629,395
52	Okuribito	Drama	PG-13	$1,537,546	205,006	$1,617,497
53	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	Drama	R	$1,433,091	191,079	$1,507,613
54	Polytechnique	Drama	Not Rated	$1,418,304	189,107	$1,492,054
55	The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry	Drama	PG	$1,167,623	155,683	$1,228,339
56	Sugar	Drama	R	$1,081,922	144,256	$1,138,180
57	Me and Orson Welles	Drama	PG-13	$942,276	125,637	$991,276
58	Cold Souls	Drama	PG-13	$905,209	120,695	$952,284
59	Goodbye Solo	Drama	R	$871,445	116,193	$916,763
60	Il y a longtemps que je t'aime	Drama	Not Rated	$813,326	108,443	$855,615
61	The Boys are Back	Drama	PG-13	$809,752	107,967	$851,860
62	Wendy and Lucy	Drama	R	$754,366	100,582	$793,592
63	The Great Buck Howard	Drama	PG	$750,587	100,078	$789,615
64	Crazy Heart	Drama	R	$702,188	93,625	$738,701
65	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Drama		$655,871	87,449	$689,973
66	The Messenger	Drama	R	$654,374	87,250	$688,403
67	From Mexico with Love	Drama	PG-13	$548,775	73,170	$577,311
68	Tetro	Drama	R	$518,522	69,136	$545,483
69	The Maid	Drama		$492,776	65,703	$518,397
70	Little Ashes	Drama		$481,586	64,211	$506,625
71	Crossing Over	Drama	R	$455,654	60,754	$479,349
72	The Damned United	Drama	R	$438,836	58,511	$461,652
73	Lymelife	Drama	R	$421,307	56,174	$443,213
74	Antichrist	Drama		$404,122	53,883	$425,137
75	The Lovely Bones	Drama	PG-13	$383,101	51,080	$403,021
76	Synecdoche, New York	Drama	R	$377,689	50,359	$397,333
77	Tokyo!	Drama	Not Rated	$351,059	46,808	$369,315
78	Le silence de Lorna	Drama		$338,795	45,173	$356,415
79	London Dreams	Drama		$300,293	40,039	$315,908
80	Adoration	Drama		$294,244	39,233	$309,548
81	Revanche	Drama		$294,122	39,216	$309,414
82	Anonyma - Eine Frau in Berlin	Drama		$294,014	39,202	$309,304
83	Tokyo Sonata	Drama	PG-13	$278,356	37,114	$292,829
84	Tera Mera Ki Rishta	Drama	Not Rated	$271,942	36,259	$286,084
85	The Private Lives of Pippa Lee	Drama	R	$261,198	34,826	$274,777
86	The Secret Life of Bees	Drama	PG-13	$255,175	34,023	$268,441
87	Frozen River	Drama	R	$202,328	26,977	$212,849
88	The Burning Plain	Drama		$200,730	26,764	$211,168
89	Fireproof	Drama	PG	$199,773	26,636	$210,158
90	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Drama	PG-13	$192,019	25,603	$202,008
91	Shrink	Drama	R	$189,621	25,283	$199,483
92	Hunger	Drama	Not Rated	$152,104	20,281	$160,017
93	The Other Man	Drama	R	$149,530	19,937	$157,303
94	35 Rhums	Drama		$132,755	17,701	$139,661
95	Fados	Drama	Not Rated	$129,150	17,220	$135,866
96	War Eagle, Arkansas	Drama	PG-13	$123,670	16,489	$130,098
97	The Song of Sparrows	Drama	PG	$116,372	15,516	$122,421
98	Rolling	Drama	Not Rated	$113,132	15,084	$119,013
99	Medicine for Melancholy	Drama	Not Rated	$111,551	14,873	$117,348
100	Irene in Time	Drama	PG-13	$110,175	14,690	$115,904
101	Bronson	Drama	R	$104,979	13,997	$110,436
102	Hanami	Drama	Not Rated	$104,433	13,924	$109,860
103	La mujer sin cabeza	Drama		$95,675	12,757	$100,653
104	Made in U.S.A.	Drama	Not Rated	$95,209	12,695	$100,164
105	The Little Traitor	Drama		$88,453	11,794	$93,055
106	Weisse Band: Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte, Das	Drama	R	$85,690	11,425	$90,143
107	The Mysteries of Pittsburgh	Drama	R	$80,283	10,704	$84,455
108	Phoebe in Wonderland	Drama	PG-13	$73,361	9,781	$77,172
109	Disgrace	Drama	R	$69,705	9,294	$73,330
110	Un conte de Noël	Drama	Not Rated	$68,870	9,183	$72,454
111	Sodot Ha	Drama	R	$64,585	8,611	$67,941
112	Serbis	Drama	R	$64,407	8,588	$67,759
113	Plus tard	Drama	Not Rated	$60,855	8,114	$64,019
114	Stellet licht	Drama	Not Rated	$60,200	8,027	$63,333
115	Jerichow	Drama		$60,105	8,014	$63,230
116	Trucker	Drama	R	$51,192	6,826	$53,857
117	Broken Hill	Drama	PG	$50,076	6,677	$52,682
118	Venkovsky ucitel	Drama	Not Rated	$50,072	6,676	$52,674
119	Nights in Rodanthe	Drama	PG-13	$48,278	6,437	$50,788
120	Owl and the Sparrow	Drama	PG	$47,071	6,276	$49,518
121	Kaerlighed Pa Film	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$45,835	6,111	$48,216
122	Solnstse	Drama		$45,565	6,075	$47,932
123	Un secret	Drama	Not Rated	$45,507	6,068	$47,877
124	How About You	Drama	Not Rated	$38,471	5,129	$40,468
125	Mutluluk	Drama		$37,493	4,999	$39,442
126	Uncertainty	Drama		$36,689	4,892	$38,598
127	Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi	Drama	Not Rated	$33,647	4,486	$35,395
128	Tony Manero	Drama		$33,447	4,460	$35,189
129	The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond	Drama		$29,750	3,967	$31,300
130	Mancora	Drama	R	$29,697	3,960	$31,244
131	Lola Montes	Drama	Not Rated	$29,532	3,938	$31,071
132	Lola Montes	Drama	Not Rated	$29,532	3,938	$31,071
133	Call of the Wild 3D	Drama		$28,682	3,824	$30,171
134	An American Affair	Drama	Not Rated	$28,044	3,739	$29,501
135	Death in Love	Drama	R	$23,412	3,122	$24,633
136	The Open Road	Drama	PG-13	$19,716	2,629	$20,743
137	Women in Trouble	Drama	R	$18,521	2,469	$19,480
138	Between Love & Goodbye	Drama	Not Rated	$18,480	2,464	$19,441
139	Hope and Redemption: The Lena Baker Story	Drama		$18,215	2,429	$19,165
140	Good	Drama	R	$17,980	2,397	$18,912
141	Passchendaele	Drama	Not Rated	$17,172	2,290	$18,068
142	Local Color	Drama	R	$17,151	2,287	$18,044
143	Tennessee	Drama		$16,100	2,147	$16,940
144	Storm	Drama		$16,013	2,135	$16,845
145	Five Minutes of Heaven	Drama	R	$15,676	2,090	$16,490
146	The Education of Charlie Banks	Drama	R	$15,078	2,010	$15,859
147	Tum Mile	Drama		$13,937	1,858	$14,660
148	La Ventana	Drama		$12,738	1,698	$13,397
149	Home	Drama		$10,405	1,387	$10,943
150	Ischeznuvshaya Imperiya	Drama		$10,289	1,372	$10,825
151	Live Fast, Die Young	Drama	Not Rated	$10,019	1,336	$10,541
152	Mammoth	Drama		$9,580	1,277	$10,076
153	Winter of Frozen Dreams	Drama	R	$8,321	1,109	$8,750
154	Yonkers Joe	Drama	R	$8,286	1,105	$8,718
155	Endgame	Drama	PG-13	$8,238	1,098	$8,663
156	Loren Cass	Drama		$8,125	1,083	$8,545
157	New Year Parade	Drama		$6,767	902	$7,117
158	Alexandra	Drama	Not Rated	$4,137	552	$4,355
159	Eden	Drama	Not Rated	$3,914	522	$4,119
160	Afterschool	Drama		$3,911	521	$4,111
161	Gooby	Drama	PG	$3,564	475	$3,748
162	Otto; Or, Up with Dead People	Drama	Not Rated	$3,562	475	$3,748
163	Sandstorm	Drama		$3,444	459	$3,622
164	Donne-moi la main	Drama		$2,434	325	$2,564
165	The Village Barbershop	Drama	R	$2,359	315	$2,485
166	Breakfast with Scot	Drama	PG-13	$2,200	293	$2,312
167	Love Comes Lately	Drama	Not Rated	$1,207	161	$1,270
168	Das Haus der schlafenden Sch�nen	Drama	Not Rated	$1,122	150	$1,184
169	Save Me	Drama	Not Rated	$1,028	137	$1,081
170	Kings of the Evening	Drama	PG	$802	107	$844
171	El Tinte de la Fama	Drama		$341	45	$355
172	The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela	Drama	R	$213	28	$221
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,820,214,276
Total Tickets Sold					242,695,238
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,914,865,428

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.