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	$301,865,854	42,042,598	$301,865,854
2	Monsters vs. Aliens	Adventure	PG	$198,351,526	27,625,561	$198,351,528
3	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Adventure	PG	$196,573,705	27,377,953	$196,573,703
4	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Comedy	PG	$177,243,721	24,685,755	$177,243,721
5	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Drama	PG-13	$142,839,137	19,894,030	$142,839,135
6	Disney's A Christmas Carol	Drama		$79,836,002	11,119,220	$79,836,000
7	Zombieland	Comedy	R	$74,803,711	10,418,344	$74,803,710
8	Where the Wild Things Are	Adventure		$74,665,359	10,399,075	$74,665,359
9	The Final Destination	Horror		$66,466,372	9,257,155	$66,466,373
10	Friday the 13th	Horror	R	$65,002,019	9,053,206	$65,002,019
11	17 Again	Comedy	PG-13	$64,167,069	8,936,918	$64,167,071
12	Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$55,250,026	7,694,990	$55,250,028
13	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Drama	PG-13	$48,212,240	6,714,797	$48,212,242
14	Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans	Action	R	$45,802,315	6,379,153	$45,802,319
15	The Unborn	Horror	PG-13	$42,670,410	5,942,954	$42,670,410
16	Drag Me To Hell	Horror	PG-13	$42,100,625	5,863,597	$42,100,626
17	Halloween 2	Horror	R	$33,386,128	4,649,879	$33,386,131
18	9	Adventure	PG-13	$31,691,649	4,413,879	$31,691,651
19	The Uninvited	Horror	PG-13	$28,596,818	3,982,844	$28,596,820
20	Bedtime Stories	Comedy	PG	$24,562,807	3,421,004	$24,562,809
21	Shorts	Adventure	PG	$20,797,067	2,896,527	$20,797,064
22	The Invention of Lying	Comedy	PG-13	$18,219,219	2,537,496	$18,219,221
23	Inkheart	Adventure	PG	$17,303,424	2,409,948	$17,303,427
24	Jennifer's Body	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,204,793	2,256,935	$16,204,793
25	Twilight	Drama	PG-13	$15,847,004	2,207,104	$15,847,007
26	The Box	Thriller/Suspense		$14,503,106	2,019,931	$14,503,105
27	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	Action	PG-13	$14,046,595	1,956,350	$14,046,593
28	Dragonball Evolution	Adventure	PG	$9,362,785	1,304,009	$9,362,785
29	Babine	Drama	Not Rated	$1,570,226	218,694	$1,570,223
30	Cold Souls	Drama	PG-13	$903,148	125,787	$903,151
31	Let the Right One In	Horror	R	$637,789	88,829	$637,792
32	Antichrist	Drama		$326,651	45,495	$326,654
33	Thirst	Horror	R	$318,574	44,370	$318,577
34	Blood: The Last Vampire	Action	R	$256,682	35,750	$256,685
35	Santa vs. The Snowman	Adventure	Not Rated	$10,708	1,491	$10,705
36	City of Ember	Adventure	PG	$9,381	1,307	$9,384
37	I Sell the Dead	Horror	Not Rated	$7,066	984	$7,065
38	Otto; Or, Up with Dead People	Drama	Not Rated	$3,209	447	$3,209
39	Teeth	Comedy	R	$886	123	$883
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,924,415,806
Total Tickets Sold					268,024,489
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,924,415,831

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.