Box Office Performance for Dramatization Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Public Enemies	Drama	R	$97,104,620	13,524,320	$97,104,618
2	Notorious	Drama	R	$36,842,118	5,131,214	$36,842,117
3	Marley & Me	Comedy	PG	$36,487,427	5,081,814	$36,487,425
4	The Soloist	Drama	PG-13	$31,720,158	4,417,849	$31,720,156
5	Valkyrie	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$22,385,491	3,117,756	$22,385,488
6	Milk	Drama	R	$14,683,305	2,045,029	$14,683,308
7	Amelia	Drama	PG	$13,143,512	1,830,573	$13,143,514
8	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,024,828	1,814,043	$13,024,829
9	Frost/Nixon	Drama	R	$12,330,855	1,717,389	$12,330,853
10	Taking Woodstock	Drama	R	$7,460,204	1,039,026	$7,460,207
11	Coco Before Chanel	Drama	PG-13	$4,847,752	675,174	$4,847,749
12	The Boys are Back	Drama	PG-13	$783,013	109,055	$783,015
13	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Drama		$651,542	90,744	$651,542
14	Little Ashes	Drama		$480,339	66,900	$480,342
15	The Damned United	Drama	R	$315,306	43,914	$315,303
16	A Woman in Berlin	Drama		$287,526	40,045	$287,523
17	Hunger	Drama	Not Rated	$152,104	21,184	$152,101
18	Bronson	Drama	R	$84,532	11,773	$84,530
19	One Day You'll Understand	Drama	Not Rated	$60,706	8,455	$60,707
20	Lola Montes	Drama	Not Rated	$29,532	4,113	$29,531
Total Gross of All Movies				$292,874,870
Total Tickets Sold					40,790,370
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$292,874,857

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.