Box Office Performance for Kids Fiction Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Monsters vs. Aliens	Adventure	PG	$198,351,526	26,446,870	$208,665,804
2	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Adventure	PG	$196,573,705	26,209,827	$206,795,535
3	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	Comedy	PG	$155,916,935	20,788,925	$164,024,618
4	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Comedy	PG	$124,264,907	16,568,654	$130,726,680
5	G-Force	Adventure	PG	$119,436,770	15,924,903	$125,647,485
6	The Princess and the Frog	Adventure	G	$85,859,339	11,447,912	$90,324,026
7	Coraline	Adventure	PG	$75,286,229	10,038,164	$79,201,114
8	Hotel for Dogs	Comedy	PG	$73,178,547	9,757,140	$76,983,835
9	Toy Story 3D Double Feature	Adventure	G	$30,702,446	4,093,659	$32,298,970
10	The Fantastic Mr. Fox	Adventure	PG	$19,123,189	2,549,759	$20,117,599
11	Gake no ue no Ponyo	Adventure	G	$15,090,399	2,012,053	$15,875,098
12	The Tale of Despereaux	Adventure	G	$7,215,370	962,049	$7,590,567
13	Bolt	Comedy	PG	$4,136,434	551,525	$4,351,532
14	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Comedy	PG	$3,158,070	421,076	$3,322,290
15	Fly Me To the Moon	Adventure	G	$1,979,528	263,937	$2,082,463
16	The Polar Express	Adventure	G	$517,658	69,021	$544,576
17	Igor	Comedy	PG	$81,381	10,851	$85,614
18	Call of the Wild 3D	Drama		$28,682	3,824	$30,171
19	Gooby	Drama	PG	$3,564	475	$3,748
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,110,904,679
Total Tickets Sold					148,120,624
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,168,671,723

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.