Box Office Performance for Historical Fiction Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Sherlock Holmes	Adventure	PG-13	$138,715,437	18,495,392	$145,928,643
2	Inglourious Basterds	Action	R	$120,774,594	16,103,279	$127,054,871
3	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Drama	R	$43,760,123	5,834,683	$46,035,649
4	Year One	Comedy	PG-13	$43,337,279	5,778,304	$45,590,819
5	Defiance	Drama	R	$28,444,199	3,792,560	$29,923,298
6	Brothers	Drama	R	$27,414,913	3,655,322	$28,840,491
7	The Fourth Kind	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$25,464,480	3,395,264	$26,788,633
8	Revolutionary Road	Drama	R	$22,951,340	3,060,179	$24,144,812
9	Adventureland	Black Comedy	R	$16,044,025	2,139,203	$16,878,312
10	Doubt	Drama	PG-13	$14,740,989	1,965,465	$15,507,519
11	A Serious Man	Comedy	R	$9,190,525	1,225,403	$9,668,430
12	The Boat That Rocked	Comedy	R	$7,994,115	1,065,882	$8,409,809
13	Australia	Drama	PG-13	$2,867,289	382,305	$3,016,386
14	Cheri	Drama	R	$2,715,657	362,088	$2,856,874
15	My One and Only	Comedy	PG-13	$2,556,558	340,874	$2,689,496
16	A Single Man	Drama	R	$1,731,649	230,887	$1,821,698
17	The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry	Drama	PG	$1,167,623	155,683	$1,228,339
18	Me and Orson Welles	Drama	PG-13	$942,276	125,637	$991,276
19	Fanboys	Comedy	PG-13	$687,609	91,681	$723,363
20	The Informers	Thriller/Suspense	R	$315,000	42,000	$331,380
21	The Secret Life of Bees	Drama	PG-13	$255,175	34,023	$268,441
22	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Drama	PG-13	$192,019	25,603	$202,008
23	Flammen og Citronen	Thriller/Suspense		$148,089	19,745	$155,788
24	Appaloosa	Western	R	$130,820	17,443	$137,625
25	The Little Traitor	Drama		$88,453	11,794	$93,055
26	Weisse Band: Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte, Das	Drama	R	$85,690	11,425	$90,143
27	Un secret	Drama	Not Rated	$45,507	6,068	$47,877
28	The Legend of God's Gun	Western	Not Rated	$39,086	5,211	$41,115
29	The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond	Drama		$29,750	3,967	$31,300
30	Lola Montes	Drama	Not Rated	$29,532	3,938	$31,071
31	An American Affair	Drama	Not Rated	$28,044	3,739	$29,501
32	Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America	Adventure	Not Rated	$18,728	2,497	$19,701
33	Good	Drama	R	$17,980	2,397	$18,912
34	Passchendaele	Drama	Not Rated	$17,172	2,290	$18,068
35	Local Color	Drama	R	$17,151	2,287	$18,044
36	The Education of Charlie Banks	Drama	R	$15,078	2,010	$15,859
37	Ischeznuvshaya Imperiya	Drama		$10,289	1,372	$10,825
38	Waiting for Dublin	Romantic Comedy		$5,925	790	$6,233
39	Sixty Six	Comedy	PG-13	$1,088	145	$1,144
40	Kings of the Evening	Drama	PG	$802	107	$844
Total Gross of All Movies				$512,992,058
Total Tickets Sold					68,398,942
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$539,667,652

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.