Box Office Performance for Horror Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Paranormal Activity	Horror	R	$107,854,596	14,380,613	$113,463,037
2	The Final Destination	Horror	R	$66,477,700	8,863,693	$69,934,538
3	Friday the 13th	Horror	R	$65,002,019	8,666,936	$68,382,125
4	The Haunting in Connecticut	Horror	PG-13	$55,389,516	7,385,269	$58,269,772
5	My Bloody Valentine	Horror	R	$51,545,952	6,872,794	$54,226,345
6	The Unborn	Horror	PG-13	$42,670,410	5,689,388	$44,889,271
7	Drag Me To Hell	Horror	PG-13	$42,100,625	5,613,417	$44,289,860
8	Halloween 2	Horror	R	$33,392,973	4,452,396	$35,129,404
9	The Last House on the Left	Horror	R	$32,752,215	4,366,962	$34,455,330
10	The Uninvited	Horror	PG-13	$28,596,818	3,812,909	$30,083,852
11	Saw VI	Horror	R	$27,693,292	3,692,439	$29,133,344
12	Sorority Row	Horror	R	$11,965,282	1,595,371	$12,587,477
13	Pandorum	Horror	R	$10,330,853	1,377,447	$10,868,057
14	The Collector	Horror	R	$7,712,114	1,028,282	$8,113,145
15	Låt den r�tte komma in	Horror	R	$638,173	85,090	$671,360
16	Thirst	Horror	R	$318,574	42,477	$335,144
17	House of the Devil, The	Horror	R	$101,215	13,495	$106,476
18	After Dark's Horrorfest III	Horror	Not Rated	$66,456	8,861	$69,913
19	Shadowland	Horror		$8,221	1,096	$8,647
20	I Sell the Dead	Horror	Not Rated	$7,066	942	$7,432
21	The Death Factory Bloodletting	Horror		$4,638	618	$4,876
22	Shuttle	Horror	R	$1,925	257	$2,028
23	The Objective	Horror	Not Rated	$95	13	$103
Total Gross of All Movies				$584,630,728
Total Tickets Sold					77,950,765
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$615,031,536

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.