Box Office Performance for Dramatization Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Blind Side	Drama	PG-13	$208,476,067	27,796,809	$219,316,823
2	Public Enemies	Drama	R	$97,104,620	12,947,283	$102,154,063
3	Notorious	Drama	R	$36,843,682	4,912,491	$38,759,554
4	Marley & Me	Comedy	PG	$36,489,705	4,865,294	$38,387,170
5	The Soloist	Drama	PG-13	$31,853,584	4,247,145	$33,509,974
6	Invictus	Drama	PG-13	$30,586,445	4,078,193	$32,176,943
7	Valkyrie	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$22,373,908	2,983,188	$23,537,353
8	Milk	Drama	R	$14,683,305	1,957,774	$15,446,837
9	Amelia	Drama	PG	$14,224,141	1,896,552	$14,963,795
10	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,024,828	1,736,644	$13,702,121
11	Frost/Nixon	Drama	R	$12,330,855	1,644,114	$12,972,059
12	An Education	Drama	PG-13	$7,883,524	1,051,137	$8,293,471
13	Taking Woodstock	Drama	R	$7,460,204	994,694	$7,848,136
14	Coco avant Chanel	Drama	PG-13	$5,997,682	799,691	$6,309,562
15	Bright Star	Drama	PG	$4,444,637	592,618	$4,675,756
16	The Young Victoria	Drama	PG	$2,456,337	327,512	$2,584,070
17	Polytechnique	Drama	Not Rated	$1,418,304	189,107	$1,492,054
18	The Boys are Back	Drama	PG-13	$809,752	107,967	$851,860
19	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Drama		$655,871	87,449	$689,973
20	Red Cliff	Action	R	$526,841	70,245	$554,233
21	Little Ashes	Drama		$481,586	64,211	$506,625
22	Der Baader Meinhof Komplex	Action	R	$476,270	63,503	$501,039
23	The Damned United	Drama	R	$438,836	58,511	$461,652
24	Anonyma - Eine Frau in Berlin	Drama		$294,014	39,202	$309,304
25	Hunger	Drama	Not Rated	$152,104	20,281	$160,017
26	Bronson	Drama	R	$104,979	13,997	$110,436
27	Plus tard	Drama	Not Rated	$60,855	8,114	$64,019
28	Lola Montes	Drama	Not Rated	$29,532	3,938	$31,071
29	Hope and Redemption: The Lena Baker Story	Drama		$18,215	2,429	$19,165
Total Gross of All Movies				$551,700,683
Total Tickets Sold					73,560,093
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$580,389,134

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.