Box Office Performance for Fantasy Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Adventure	PG	$301,959,197	40,261,226	$317,661,073
2	Up	Adventure	PG	$293,004,164	39,067,222	$308,240,382
3	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Drama	PG-13	$287,954,655	38,393,954	$302,928,297
4	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Comedy	PG	$177,243,721	23,632,496	$186,460,393
5	Disney's A Christmas Carol	Drama	PG	$137,443,917	18,325,856	$144,591,004
6	Paranormal Activity	Horror	R	$107,854,596	14,380,613	$113,463,037
7	Where the Wild Things Are	Adventure	PG	$76,566,491	10,208,865	$80,547,945
8	Zombieland	Comedy	R	$75,590,286	10,078,705	$79,520,982
9	The Final Destination	Horror	R	$66,477,700	8,863,693	$69,934,538
10	Friday the 13th	Horror	R	$65,002,019	8,666,936	$68,382,125
11	17 Again	Comedy	PG-13	$64,167,069	8,555,609	$67,503,755
12	Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$55,250,026	7,366,670	$58,123,026
13	Land of the Lost	Comedy	PG-13	$49,438,370	6,591,783	$52,009,168
14	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Drama	PG-13	$48,212,240	6,428,299	$50,719,279
15	Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans	Action	R	$45,802,315	6,106,975	$48,184,033
16	The Unborn	Horror	PG-13	$42,670,410	5,689,388	$44,889,271
17	Drag Me To Hell	Horror	PG-13	$42,100,625	5,613,417	$44,289,860
18	Halloween 2	Horror	R	$33,392,973	4,452,396	$35,129,404
19	9	Adventure	PG-13	$31,749,894	4,233,319	$33,400,887
20	The Uninvited	Horror	PG-13	$28,596,818	3,812,909	$30,083,852
21	Bedtime Stories	Comedy	PG	$24,562,807	3,275,041	$25,840,073
22	Shorts	Adventure	PG	$20,919,166	2,789,222	$22,006,962
23	The Invention of Lying	Comedy	PG-13	$18,451,251	2,460,167	$19,410,718
24	Inkheart	Adventure	PG	$17,303,424	2,307,123	$18,203,200
25	Jennifer's Body	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,204,793	2,160,639	$17,047,442
26	Twilight	Drama	PG-13	$15,847,004	2,112,934	$16,671,049
27	The Box	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$15,045,676	2,006,090	$15,828,050
28	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	Action	PG-13	$14,046,595	1,872,879	$14,777,015
29	Dragonball Evolution	Adventure	PG	$9,362,785	1,248,371	$9,849,647
30	Babine	Drama	Not Rated	$1,570,226	209,363	$1,651,874
31	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	Adventure	PG-13	$1,029,821	137,309	$1,083,368
32	Cold Souls	Drama	PG-13	$905,209	120,695	$952,284
33	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Comedy	PG	$735,449	98,060	$773,693
34	Låt den r�tte komma in	Horror	R	$638,173	85,090	$671,360
35	Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D	Musical	PG	$406,085	54,145	$427,204
36	Antichrist	Drama		$404,122	53,883	$425,137
37	The Lovely Bones	Drama	PG-13	$383,101	51,080	$403,021
38	Thirst	Horror	R	$318,574	42,477	$335,144
39	Blood: The Last Vampire	Action	R	$256,682	34,224	$270,027
40	One Peace at a Time	Documentary		$11,698	1,560	$12,308
41	Santa vs. The Snowman	Adventure	Not Rated	$10,708	1,428	$11,267
42	City of Ember	Adventure	PG	$10,695	1,426	$11,251
43	I Sell the Dead	Horror	Not Rated	$7,066	942	$7,432
44	The Fall	Adventure	R	$6,597	880	$6,943
45	Otto; Or, Up with Dead People	Drama	Not Rated	$3,562	475	$3,748
46	Teeth	Comedy	R	$886	118	$931
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,188,919,641
Total Tickets Sold					291,855,952
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,302,743,461

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.