Box Office Performance for Historical Fiction Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Inglourious Basterds	Action	R	$120,135,237	16,731,927	$120,135,236
2	Year One	Comedy	R	$43,337,279	6,035,833	$43,337,281
3	Defiance	Drama	R	$28,444,199	3,961,588	$28,444,202
4	Revolutionary Road	Drama	R	$21,535,731	2,999,405	$21,535,728
5	Doubt	Drama	PG-13	$14,717,075	2,049,732	$14,717,076
6	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Drama	R	$8,699,180	1,211,585	$8,699,180
7	A Serious Man	Comedy	R	$6,834,722	951,911	$6,834,721
8	Pirate Radio	Comedy	R	$2,904,380	404,510	$2,904,382
9	Australia	Drama	PG-13	$2,864,949	399,018	$2,864,949
10	Cheri	Drama	R	$2,708,188	377,185	$2,708,188
11	My One and Only	Comedy	PG-13	$2,556,558	356,067	$2,556,561
12	Fly Me To the Moon	Adventure	G	$1,968,531	274,169	$1,968,533
13	Fanboys	Comedy	PG-13	$685,484	95,471	$685,482
14	The Informers	Thriller/Suspense	R	$315,000	43,872	$315,001
15	The Secret Life of Bees	Drama	PG-13	$241,039	33,571	$241,040
16	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Drama	PG-13	$176,444	24,574	$176,441
17	Flammen og Citronen	Thriller/Suspense		$145,109	20,210	$145,108
18	Appaloosa	Western	R	$130,820	18,220	$130,820
19	A Secret	Drama	Not Rated	$45,364	6,318	$45,363
20	The Legend of God's Gun	Western	Not Rated	$38,884	5,416	$38,887
21	The Little Traitor	Drama		$33,588	4,678	$33,588
22	Lola Montes	Drama	Not Rated	$29,532	4,113	$29,531
23	An American Affair	Drama	Not Rated	$27,276	3,799	$27,277
24	Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America	Adventure	Not Rated	$18,728	2,608	$18,725
25	Passchendaele	Drama	Not Rated	$17,172	2,392	$17,175
26	Local Color	Drama	R	$17,151	2,389	$17,153
27	The Education of Charlie Banks	Drama	R	$14,547	2,026	$14,547
28	Good	Drama	Not Rated	$13,625	1,898	$13,628
29	The Vanished Empire	Drama		$9,288	1,294	$9,291
30	Sixty Six	Comedy	PG-13	$1,088	152	$1,091
Total Gross of All Movies				$258,666,168
Total Tickets Sold					36,025,931
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$258,666,185

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.