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Monday, February 13, 2012

Box Office Performance for Historical Fiction Movies in 2009

RankMovieGenreMPAA2009 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
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 Sold68,398,942
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.