Box Office Performance for First Run Features Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Crude	Documentary		$163,417	21,789	$171,915
2	Ballerina	Documentary	Not Rated	$114,507	15,268	$120,465
3	Absurdistan	Comedy	Not Rated	$39,683	5,291	$41,746
4	Mutluluk	Drama		$37,493	4,999	$39,442
5	The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers	Documentary		$36,875	4,917	$38,795
6	Our City Dreams	Documentary	Not Rated	$34,972	4,663	$36,791
7	A Wink and a Smile	Documentary		$20,169	2,689	$21,216
8	Carmen and Geoffrey		Not Rated	$14,130	1,884	$14,865
9	Defamation			$12,038	1,605	$12,663
10	America Betrayed	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,450	327	$2,580
11	Ghosted			$1,780	237	$1,870
12	Food Beware	Documentary		$1,181	157	$1,239
13	Das Haus der schlafenden Sch�nen	Drama	Not Rated	$1,122	150	$1,184
14	Save Me	Drama	Not Rated	$1,028	137	$1,081
Total Gross of All Movies				$480,845
Total Tickets Sold					64,113
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$505,852

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.