Box Office Performance for Live Action Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Drama	PG-13	$287,954,655	38,393,954	$302,928,297
2	The Hangover	Comedy	R	$277,322,503	36,976,334	$291,743,275
3	Star Trek	Adventure	PG-13	$257,730,019	34,364,003	$271,131,984
4	The Blind Side	Drama	PG-13	$208,476,067	27,796,809	$219,316,823
5	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Action	PG-13	$179,883,157	23,984,421	$189,237,082
6	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Comedy	PG	$177,243,721	23,632,496	$186,460,393
7	The Proposal	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$163,958,031	21,861,071	$172,483,850
8	2012	Action	PG-13	$163,442,129	21,792,284	$171,941,121
9	Fast & Furious	Action	PG-13	$155,064,265	20,675,235	$163,127,604
10	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Comedy	PG	$146,336,178	19,511,490	$153,945,656
11	Taken	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$145,000,989	19,333,465	$152,541,039
12	Sherlock Holmes	Adventure	PG-13	$138,715,437	18,495,392	$145,928,643
13	Gran Torino	Drama	R	$138,274,748	18,436,633	$145,465,034
14	Angels & Demons	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$133,375,846	17,783,446	$140,311,389
15	Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins	Action	PG-13	$125,322,469	16,709,663	$131,839,241
16	Inglourious Basterds	Action	R	$120,774,594	16,103,279	$127,054,871
17	Slumdog Millionaire	Drama	R	$112,654,105	15,020,547	$118,512,116
18	Couples Retreat	Comedy	PG-13	$108,511,760	14,468,235	$114,154,374
19	Paranormal Activity	Horror	R	$107,854,596	14,380,613	$113,463,037
20	Watchmen	Action	R	$107,509,799	14,334,640	$113,100,310
21	Public Enemies	Drama	R	$97,104,620	12,947,283	$102,154,063
22	Julie & Julia	Comedy	PG-13	$94,125,426	12,550,057	$99,019,950
23	He's Just Not That Into You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$93,953,653	12,527,154	$98,839,245
24	Madea Goes To Jail	Comedy	PG-13	$90,508,336	12,067,778	$95,214,768
25	The Ugly Truth	Romantic Comedy	R	$88,915,214	11,855,362	$93,538,806
26	Knowing	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$79,957,634	10,661,018	$84,115,432
27	Hannah Montana the Movie	Drama	G	$79,576,189	10,610,159	$83,714,155
28	Where the Wild Things Are	Adventure	PG	$76,566,491	10,208,865	$80,547,945
29	Zombieland	Comedy	R	$75,590,286	10,078,705	$79,520,982
30	Hotel for Dogs	Comedy	PG	$73,178,547	9,757,140	$76,983,835
31	Law Abiding Citizen	Thriller/Suspense	R	$72,928,813	9,723,842	$76,721,113
32	Michael Jackson's This Is It	Documentary	PG	$72,091,016	9,612,135	$75,839,745
33	I Love You, Man	Comedy	R	$72,013,010	9,601,735	$75,757,689
34	Obsessed	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$68,261,644	9,101,553	$71,811,253
35	Race to Witch Mountain	Adventure	PG	$67,172,594	8,956,346	$70,665,570
36	The Final Destination	Horror	R	$66,477,700	8,863,693	$69,934,538
37	The Taking of Pelham 123	Action	R	$65,452,312	8,726,975	$68,855,833
38	Friday the 13th	Horror	R	$65,002,019	8,666,936	$68,382,125
39	17 Again	Comedy	PG-13	$64,167,069	8,555,609	$67,503,755
40	The Time Traveler's Wife	Drama	PG-13	$63,414,846	8,455,313	$66,712,420
41	Br�no	Comedy	R	$60,054,530	8,007,271	$63,177,368
42	It's Complicated	Romantic Comedy	R	$59,178,840	7,890,512	$62,256,140
43	Bride Wars	Comedy	PG	$58,715,510	7,828,735	$61,768,719
44	The Haunting in Connecticut	Horror	PG-13	$55,389,516	7,385,269	$58,269,772
45	Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$55,250,026	7,366,670	$58,123,026
46	Funny People	Comedy	R	$51,855,045	6,914,006	$54,551,507
47	I Can Do Bad All By Myself	Comedy	PG-13	$51,733,921	6,897,856	$54,424,084
48	My Bloody Valentine	Horror	R	$51,545,952	6,872,794	$54,226,345
49	Land of the Lost	Comedy	PG-13	$49,438,370	6,591,783	$52,009,168
50	My Sister's Keeper	Drama	PG-13	$49,200,230	6,560,031	$51,758,645
51	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Drama	PG-13	$48,212,240	6,428,299	$50,719,279
52	Old Dogs	Comedy	PG	$47,239,575	6,298,610	$49,696,033
53	Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans	Action	R	$45,802,315	6,106,975	$48,184,033
54	Up in the Air	Drama	R	$44,375,265	5,916,702	$46,682,779
55	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Romantic Comedy	PG	$44,277,350	5,903,647	$46,579,775
56	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Drama	R	$43,760,123	5,834,683	$46,035,649
57	Year One	Comedy	PG-13	$43,337,279	5,778,304	$45,590,819
58	The Unborn	Horror	PG-13	$42,670,410	5,689,388	$44,889,271
59	Drag Me To Hell	Horror	PG-13	$42,100,625	5,613,417	$44,289,860
60	Orphan	Drama	R	$41,596,251	5,546,167	$43,759,258
61	Duplicity	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$40,572,825	5,409,710	$42,682,612
62	Surrogates	Action	PG-13	$38,577,772	5,143,703	$40,583,817
63	Ninja Assassin	Action	R	$37,492,774	4,999,037	$39,442,402
64	State of Play	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$37,017,955	4,935,727	$38,942,886
65	Notorious	Drama	R	$36,843,682	4,912,491	$38,759,554
66	Marley & Me	Comedy	PG	$36,489,705	4,865,294	$38,387,170
67	The Pink Panther 2	Comedy	PG	$35,922,978	4,789,730	$37,790,970
68	All About Steve	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$33,862,903	4,515,054	$35,623,776
69	Halloween 2	Horror	R	$33,392,973	4,452,396	$35,129,404
70	The Informant	Thriller/Suspense	R	$33,316,821	4,442,243	$35,049,297
71	The Last House on the Left	Horror	R	$32,752,215	4,366,962	$34,455,330
72	(500) Days of Summer	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$32,425,665	4,323,422	$34,111,800
73	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Black Comedy	R	$32,018,431	4,269,124	$33,683,388
74	earth	Documentary	G	$32,011,576	4,268,210	$33,676,177
75	The Soloist	Drama	PG-13	$31,853,584	4,247,145	$33,509,974
76	Push	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$31,811,527	4,241,537	$33,465,727
77	The Reader	Drama	R	$30,640,829	4,085,444	$32,234,153
78	Invictus	Drama	PG-13	$30,586,445	4,078,193	$32,176,943
79	The Stepfather	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$29,062,561	3,875,008	$30,573,813
80	The Uninvited	Horror	PG-13	$28,596,818	3,812,909	$30,083,852
81	Defiance	Drama	R	$28,444,199	3,792,560	$29,923,298
82	Saw VI	Horror	R	$27,693,292	3,692,439	$29,133,344
83	Brothers	Drama	R	$27,414,913	3,655,322	$28,840,491
84	Dance Flick	Comedy	PG-13	$25,794,018	3,439,202	$27,135,304
85	The Fourth Kind	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$25,464,480	3,395,264	$26,788,633
86	The International	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,450,527	3,393,404	$26,773,958
87	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$25,312,384	3,374,985	$26,628,632
88	Aliens in the Attic	Adventure	PG	$25,200,412	3,360,055	$26,510,834
89	The Wrestler	Drama	R	$24,914,015	3,321,869	$26,209,546
90	Bedtime Stories	Comedy	PG	$24,562,807	3,275,041	$25,840,073
91	Observe and Report	Comedy	R	$24,007,324	3,200,977	$25,255,709
92	Fighting	Action	PG-13	$23,091,010	3,078,801	$24,291,740
93	Love Happens	Drama	PG-13	$22,965,110	3,062,015	$24,159,298
94	Revolutionary Road	Drama	R	$22,951,340	3,060,179	$24,144,812
95	Fame	Musical	PG	$22,455,510	2,994,068	$23,623,197
96	Valkyrie	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$22,373,908	2,983,188	$23,537,353
97	Shorts	Adventure	PG	$20,919,166	2,789,222	$22,006,962
98	Gamer	Action	R	$20,534,907	2,737,988	$21,602,725
99	Under the Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$19,416,024	2,588,803	$20,425,656
100	Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience	Concert/Performance	G	$19,162,740	2,555,032	$20,159,202
101	The Invention of Lying	Comedy	PG-13	$18,451,251	2,460,167	$19,410,718
102	Yes Man	Comedy	PG-13	$18,183,588	2,424,478	$19,129,131
103	Inkheart	Adventure	PG	$17,303,424	2,307,123	$18,203,200
104	Fired Up	Comedy	PG-13	$17,231,291	2,297,505	$18,127,314
105	New in Town	Romantic Comedy	PG	$16,734,283	2,231,238	$17,604,468
106	Imagine That	Comedy	PG	$16,222,392	2,162,986	$17,065,960
107	Jennifer's Body	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,204,793	2,160,639	$17,047,442
108	Adventureland	Black Comedy	R	$16,044,025	2,139,203	$16,878,312
109	Twilight	Drama	PG-13	$15,847,004	2,112,934	$16,671,049
110	Armored	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$15,815,302	2,108,707	$16,637,698
111	A Perfect Getaway	Thriller/Suspense	R	$15,515,460	2,068,728	$16,322,264
112	The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard	Comedy	R	$15,122,676	2,016,357	$15,909,057
113	The Box	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$15,045,676	2,006,090	$15,828,050
114	I Love You, Beth Cooper	Comedy	PG-13	$14,800,725	1,973,430	$15,570,363
115	Doubt	Drama	PG-13	$14,740,989	1,965,465	$15,507,519
116	Milk	Drama	R	$14,683,305	1,957,774	$15,446,837
117	Last Chance Harvey	Drama	PG-13	$14,538,095	1,938,413	$15,294,079
118	Capitalism: A Love Story	Documentary	R	$14,363,397	1,915,120	$15,110,297
119	Amelia	Drama	PG	$14,224,141	1,896,552	$14,963,795
120	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	Action	PG-13	$14,046,595	1,872,879	$14,777,015
121	Nine	Musical	PG-13	$13,745,976	1,832,797	$14,460,768
122	Crank 2: High Voltage	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,684,249	1,824,567	$14,395,834
123	Whip It	Comedy	PG-13	$13,077,184	1,743,625	$13,757,201
124	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,024,828	1,736,644	$13,702,121
125	The Hurt Locker	Drama	R	$12,671,105	1,689,481	$13,330,005
126	Frost/Nixon	Drama	R	$12,330,855	1,644,114	$12,972,059
127	12 Rounds	Action	PG-13	$12,234,694	1,631,293	$12,870,902
128	Sunshine Cleaning	Comedy	R	$12,062,558	1,608,341	$12,689,810
129	Sorority Row	Horror	R	$11,965,282	1,595,371	$12,587,477
130	Extract	Comedy	R	$10,823,158	1,443,088	$11,385,964
131	De p�re en flic	Comedy	Not Rated	$10,644,453	1,419,260	$11,197,961
132	Not Easily Broken	Drama	PG-13	$10,572,742	1,409,699	$11,122,525
133	Pandorum	Horror	R	$10,330,853	1,377,447	$10,868,057
134	Whiteout	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,275,638	1,370,085	$10,809,971
135	Next Day Air	Comedy	R	$10,027,047	1,336,940	$10,548,457
136	The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day	Action	R	$9,957,954	1,327,727	$10,475,766
137	Seven Pounds	Drama	PG-13	$9,804,526	1,307,270	$10,314,360
138	Away We Go	Comedy	R	$9,451,946	1,260,259	$9,943,444
139	Dragonball Evolution	Adventure	PG	$9,362,785	1,248,371	$9,849,647
140	Everybody's Fine	Comedy	PG-13	$9,208,876	1,227,850	$9,687,737
141	A Serious Man	Comedy	R	$9,190,525	1,225,403	$9,668,430
142	Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li	Action	PG-13	$9,135,036	1,218,005	$9,610,059
143	My Life in Ruins	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$8,677,425	1,156,990	$9,128,651
144	The Boat That Rocked	Comedy	R	$7,994,115	1,065,882	$8,409,809
145	An Education	Drama	PG-13	$7,883,524	1,051,137	$8,293,471
146	The Collector	Horror	R	$7,712,114	1,028,282	$8,113,145
147	Taking Woodstock	Drama	R	$7,460,204	994,694	$7,848,136
148	The Road	Drama	R	$6,858,313	914,442	$7,214,947
149	Post Grad	Comedy	PG-13	$6,382,178	850,957	$6,714,051
150	Coco avant Chanel	Drama	PG-13	$5,997,682	799,691	$6,309,562
151	Whatever Works	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$5,306,706	707,561	$5,582,656
152	Deep Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$5,275,270	703,369	$5,549,581
153	Bandslam	Comedy	PG	$5,210,988	694,798	$5,481,956
154	Moon	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,010,163	668,022	$5,270,694
155	The Day the Earth Stood Still	Adventure	PG-13	$4,942,722	659,030	$5,199,747
156	3 Idiots	Comedy	PG-13	$4,757,078	634,277	$5,004,446
157	Miss March	Comedy	R	$4,543,320	605,776	$4,779,573
158	Bright Star	Drama	PG	$4,444,637	592,618	$4,675,756
159	Food, Inc.	Documentary	PG	$4,417,674	589,023	$4,647,391
160	Good Hair	Documentary	PG-13	$4,146,170	552,823	$4,361,773
161	The September Issue	Documentary	PG-13	$3,817,183	508,958	$4,015,679
162	Entre les murs	Drama	Not Rated	$3,766,810	502,241	$3,962,681
163	The Brothers Bloom	Black Comedy	PG-13	$3,531,756	470,901	$3,715,409
164	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,314,255	441,901	$3,486,599
165	Two Lovers	Drama	R	$3,149,034	419,871	$3,312,782
166	Blade Runner	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,016,759	402,235	$3,173,634
167	Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day	Comedy	R	$3,012,677	401,690	$3,169,334
168	Australia	Drama	PG-13	$2,867,289	382,305	$3,016,386
169	Cheri	Drama	R	$2,715,657	362,088	$2,856,874
170	Easy Virtue	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$2,656,784	354,238	$2,794,938
171	My One and Only	Comedy	PG-13	$2,556,558	340,874	$2,689,496
172	Quantum of Solace	Action	PG-13	$2,548,014	339,735	$2,680,509
173	Sin Nombre	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,536,665	338,222	$2,668,572
174	Rachel Getting Married	Drama	R	$2,489,437	331,925	$2,618,888
175	The Young Victoria	Drama	PG	$2,456,337	327,512	$2,584,070
176	Love Aaj Kal	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$2,430,083	324,011	$2,556,447
177	In the Loop	Black Comedy	Not Rated	$2,388,804	318,507	$2,513,020
178	The Dark Knight	Action	PG-13	$2,343,780	312,504	$2,465,657
179	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,299,538	306,605	$2,419,113
180	Adam	Drama	PG-13	$2,283,291	304,439	$2,402,024
181	M�n som hatar kvinnor	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,186,693	291,559	$2,300,401
182	The Spirit	Action	PG-13	$2,062,450	274,993	$2,169,695
183	Is Anybody There?	Drama	PG-13	$2,026,756	270,234	$2,132,146
184	Los abrazos rotos	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,022,655	269,687	$2,127,830
185	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,013,083	268,411	$2,117,763
186	Four Christmases	Comedy	PG-13	$1,956,206	260,827	$2,057,925
187	Rudo y Cursi	Comedy	R	$1,827,660	243,688	$1,922,698
188	Valentino: The Last Emperor	Documentary	PG-13	$1,755,134	234,018	$1,846,402
189	Che, Part 1: The Argentine	Drama	Not Rated	$1,733,532	231,138	$1,823,679
190	A Single Man	Drama	R	$1,731,649	230,887	$1,821,698
191	Every Little Step	Documentary	PG-13	$1,725,141	230,019	$1,814,850
192	Les doigts croches	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,662,485	221,665	$1,748,937
193	L'heure d'�t�	Drama	Not Rated	$1,647,001	219,600	$1,732,644
194	It Might Get Loud	Documentary	PG	$1,610,163	214,688	$1,693,888
195	New York, I Love You	Drama	R	$1,588,087	211,745	$1,670,668
196	Gomorra	Drama	Not Rated	$1,573,614	209,815	$1,655,440
197	Babine	Drama	Not Rated	$1,570,226	209,363	$1,651,874
198	D�d�, � travers les brumes	Drama	Not Rated	$1,548,858	206,514	$1,629,395
199	Okuribito	Drama	PG-13	$1,537,546	205,006	$1,617,497
200	Kambakkht Ishq	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$1,445,739	192,765	$1,520,916
201	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	Drama	R	$1,433,091	191,079	$1,507,613
202	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Comedy	R	$1,429,299	190,573	$1,503,621
203	Polytechnique	Drama	Not Rated	$1,418,304	189,107	$1,492,054
204	X Games 3D: The Movie	Documentary	PG	$1,391,434	185,525	$1,463,792
205	Kaminey	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$1,286,143	171,486	$1,353,025
206	Paper Heart	Comedy	PG-13	$1,274,062	169,875	$1,340,314
207	The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry	Drama	PG	$1,167,623	155,683	$1,228,339
208	Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,133,662	151,155	$1,192,613
209	Sugar	Drama	R	$1,081,922	144,256	$1,138,180
210	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	Adventure	PG-13	$1,029,821	137,309	$1,083,368
211	Jumper	Adventure	PG-13	$996,137	132,818	$1,047,934
212	Paris	Comedy	R	$960,240	128,032	$1,010,172
213	More Than a Game	Documentary	PG	$950,675	126,757	$1,000,113
214	Me and Orson Welles	Drama	PG-13	$942,276	125,637	$991,276
215	Management	Romantic Comedy		$934,658	124,621	$983,260
216	Chandni Chowk to China	Musical	PG-13	$921,738	122,898	$969,665
217	Cold Souls	Drama	PG-13	$905,209	120,695	$952,284
218	Tyson	Documentary	R	$887,918	118,389	$934,089
219	The Cove	Documentary	PG-13	$861,796	114,906	$906,608
220	Il y a longtemps que je t'aime	Drama	Not Rated	$813,326	108,443	$855,615
221	The Boys are Back	Drama	PG-13	$809,752	107,967	$851,860
222	Superhero Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$764,486	101,931	$804,236
223	Wendy and Lucy	Drama	R	$754,366	100,582	$793,592
224	The Great Buck Howard	Drama	PG	$750,587	100,078	$789,615
225	The Cross: The Arthur Blessitt Story	Documentary	PG	$741,557	98,874	$780,116
226	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Comedy	PG	$735,449	98,060	$773,693
227	Crazy Heart	Drama	R	$702,188	93,625	$738,701
228	Fanboys	Comedy	PG-13	$687,609	91,681	$723,363
229	Anvil! The Story of Anvil	Documentary	Not Rated	$667,911	89,055	$702,644
230	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Drama		$655,871	87,449	$689,973
231	The Messenger	Drama	R	$654,374	87,250	$688,403
232	Play the Game	Comedy	PG-13	$653,120	87,083	$687,085
233	Låt den r�tte komma in	Horror	R	$638,173	85,090	$671,360
234	La fille de Monaco	Comedy		$602,992	80,399	$634,348
235	Role Models	Comedy	R	$590,530	78,737	$621,235
236	Lemon Tree		Not Rated	$569,672	75,956	$599,293
237	Roving Mars	Documentary	G	$545,961	72,795	$574,353
238	U2 3D	Concert/Performance	G	$544,857	72,648	$573,193
239	Red Cliff	Action	R	$526,841	70,245	$554,233
240	Tetro	Drama	R	$518,522	69,136	$545,483
241	Little Ashes	Drama		$481,586	64,211	$506,625
242	Der Baader Meinhof Komplex	Action	R	$476,270	63,503	$501,039
243	Crossing Over	Drama	R	$455,654	60,754	$479,349
244	The Damned United	Drama	R	$438,836	58,511	$461,652
245	The Limits of Control	Thriller/Suspense	R	$426,688	56,892	$448,878
246	Lymelife	Drama	R	$421,307	56,174	$443,213
247	Humpday	Comedy	R	$407,377	54,317	$428,561
248	Antichrist	Drama		$404,122	53,883	$425,137
249	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	Comedy	PG-13	$386,017	51,469	$406,090
250	The Lovely Bones	Drama	PG-13	$383,101	51,080	$403,021
251	Synecdoche, New York	Drama	R	$377,689	50,359	$397,333
252	Luck by Chance	Comedy	Not Rated	$356,019	47,469	$374,530
253	Le silence de Lorna	Drama		$338,795	45,173	$356,415
254	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	Musical	G	$335,126	44,683	$352,549
255	Thirst	Horror	R	$318,574	42,477	$335,144
256	The Informers	Thriller/Suspense	R	$315,000	42,000	$331,380
257	O'Horten	Comedy		$302,232	40,298	$317,951
258	Adoration	Drama		$294,244	39,233	$309,548
259	Anonyma - Eine Frau in Berlin	Drama		$294,014	39,202	$309,304
260	Tokyo Sonata	Drama	PG-13	$278,356	37,114	$292,829
261	The Private Lives of Pippa Lee	Drama	R	$261,198	34,826	$274,777
262	Blood: The Last Vampire	Action	R	$256,682	34,224	$270,027
263	The Secret Life of Bees	Drama	PG-13	$255,175	34,023	$268,441
264	Spread	Comedy	R	$250,617	33,416	$263,652
265	Ghajini	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$237,949	31,727	$250,326
266	Big Fan	Comedy	R	$230,874	30,783	$242,878
267	The Beaches of Agnes	Documentary		$225,188	30,025	$236,897
268	World's Greatest Dad	Black Comedy	R	$221,805	29,574	$233,339
269	Enlighten Up!	Documentary	Not Rated	$213,423	28,456	$224,518
270	Soul Power	Documentary	PG-13	$207,121	27,616	$217,890
271	Harvard Beats Yale	Documentary	Not Rated	$204,458	27,261	$215,089
272	Frozen River	Drama	R	$202,328	26,977	$212,849
273	Happy-Go-Lucky	Comedy	R	$201,587	26,878	$212,067
274	The Burning Plain	Drama		$200,730	26,764	$211,168
275	Fireproof	Drama	PG	$199,773	26,636	$210,158
276	Herb & Dorothy	Documentary		$194,721	25,963	$204,848
277	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Drama	PG-13	$192,019	25,603	$202,008
278	Shrink	Drama	R	$189,621	25,283	$199,483
279	Fuel	Documentary	Not Rated	$169,340	22,579	$178,148
280	Outlander	Adventure	R	$166,003	22,134	$174,637
281	Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love	Documentary	Not Rated	$164,234	21,898	$172,775
282	Crude	Documentary		$163,417	21,789	$171,915
283	The Yes Men Fix the World	Documentary		$160,901	21,453	$169,264
284	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Comedy	R	$157,136	20,951	$165,303
285	Hunger	Drama	Not Rated	$152,104	20,281	$160,017
286	The Other Man	Drama	R	$149,530	19,937	$157,303
287	Flammen og Citronen	Thriller/Suspense		$148,089	19,745	$155,788
288	The Horse Boy	Documentary		$137,495	18,333	$144,647
289	Appaloosa	Western	R	$130,820	17,443	$137,625
290	12	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$125,120	16,683	$131,629
291	War Eagle, Arkansas	Drama	PG-13	$123,670	16,489	$130,098
292	Carriers	Thriller/Suspense		$120,866	16,115	$127,147
293	Examined Life	Documentary	Not Rated	$120,712	16,095	$126,990
294	The Song of Sparrows	Drama	PG	$116,372	15,516	$122,421
295	Throw Down Your Heart	Documentary	Not Rated	$115,778	15,437	$121,798
296	Gentlemen Broncos	Comedy	PG-13	$115,155	15,354	$121,143
297	Ballerina	Documentary	Not Rated	$114,507	15,268	$120,465
298	Medicine for Melancholy	Drama	Not Rated	$111,551	14,873	$117,348
299	Irene in Time	Drama	PG-13	$110,175	14,690	$115,904
300	The Way We Get By	Documentary		$106,542	14,206	$112,085
301	Bronson	Drama	R	$104,979	13,997	$110,436
302	Alien Trespass	Comedy	PG	$104,526	13,937	$109,963
303	Hanami	Drama	Not Rated	$104,433	13,924	$109,860
304	Ong-Bak 2	Action	R	$102,458	13,661	$107,785
305	Afghan Star	Documentary		$102,115	13,615	$107,422
306	House of the Devil, The	Horror	R	$101,215	13,495	$106,476
307	No Impact Man	Documentary		$100,028	13,337	$105,229
308	Nothing Like the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$97,952	13,060	$103,043
309	La mujer sin cabeza	Drama		$95,675	12,757	$100,653
310	Made in U.S.A.	Drama	Not Rated	$95,209	12,695	$100,164
311	Motherhood	Comedy	PG-13	$93,388	12,452	$98,246
312	The Little Traitor	Drama		$88,453	11,794	$93,055
313	Weisse Band: Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte, Das	Drama	R	$85,690	11,425	$90,143
314	The Mysteries of Pittsburgh	Drama	R	$80,283	10,704	$84,455
315	Sleep Dealer	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$80,136	10,685	$84,305
316	Body of Lies	Thriller/Suspense	R	$79,281	10,571	$83,405
317	Phoebe in Wonderland	Drama	PG-13	$73,361	9,781	$77,172
318	Disgrace	Drama	R	$69,705	9,294	$73,330
319	Un conte de Noël	Drama	Not Rated	$68,870	9,183	$72,454
320	White On Rice	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$67,186	8,958	$70,679
321	After Dark's Horrorfest III	Horror	Not Rated	$66,456	8,861	$69,913
322	Sodot Ha	Drama	R	$64,585	8,611	$67,941
323	Serbis	Drama	R	$64,407	8,588	$67,759
324	Lord, Save Us From Your Followers	Documentary	PG-13	$61,941	8,259	$65,164
325	Ne Le Dis � Personne	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$60,915	8,122	$64,083
326	Plus tard	Drama	Not Rated	$60,855	8,114	$64,019
327	Soul Men	Comedy	R	$60,453	8,060	$63,593
328	Stellet licht	Drama	Not Rated	$60,200	8,027	$63,333
329	William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe	Documentary		$57,769	7,703	$60,777
330	In a Dream	Documentary	Not Rated	$55,270	7,369	$58,141
331	Not Forgotten	Thriller/Suspense		$53,723	7,163	$56,516
332	Trucker	Drama	R	$51,192	6,826	$53,857
333	Broken Hill	Drama	PG	$50,076	6,677	$52,682
334	Dalai Lama Renaissance	Documentary	Not Rated	$49,675	6,623	$52,255
335	Nights in Rodanthe	Drama	PG-13	$48,278	6,437	$50,788
336	Love N' Dancing	Musical	PG	$47,812	6,375	$50,299
337	Owl and the Sparrow	Drama	PG	$47,071	6,276	$49,518
338	Le code a chang�	Comedy		$46,714	6,229	$49,147
339	American Casino	Documentary		$46,710	6,228	$49,139
340	Kaerlighed Pa Film	Drama	Not Rated	$45,835	6,111	$48,216
341	Un secret	Drama	Not Rated	$45,507	6,068	$47,877
342	We Live in Public	Documentary		$44,344	5,913	$46,654
343	The End of Poverty?	Documentary		$41,880	5,584	$44,058
344	The Legend of God's Gun	Western	Not Rated	$39,086	5,211	$41,115
345	Eagle Eye	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$39,048	5,206	$41,075
346	The Slammin' Salmon	Comedy	R	$38,920	5,189	$40,941
347	How About You	Drama	Not Rated	$38,471	5,129	$40,468
348	Oh My God	Documentary		$38,245	5,099	$40,231
349	Pray the Devil Back to Hell	Documentary	Not Rated	$38,180	5,091	$40,168
350	Mutluluk	Drama		$37,493	4,999	$39,442
351	The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers	Documentary		$36,875	4,917	$38,795
352	Uncertainty	Drama		$36,689	4,892	$38,598
353	Were the World Mine	Musical	Not Rated	$36,592	4,879	$38,495
354	Our City Dreams	Documentary	Not Rated	$34,972	4,663	$36,791
355	Le combat dans l'�le	Thriller/Suspense		$33,830	4,511	$35,592
356	Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi	Drama	Not Rated	$33,647	4,486	$35,395
357	Trouble the Water	Documentary	Not Rated	$33,569	4,476	$35,316
358	Beyond a Reasonable Doubt	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$32,917	4,389	$34,629
359	Of Time and the City	Documentary	Not Rated	$32,677	4,357	$34,377
360	Changeling	Thriller/Suspense	R	$32,475	4,330	$34,164
361	Super Capers	Comedy	PG	$30,955	4,127	$32,562
362	The Betrayal	Documentary	Not Rated	$30,623	4,083	$32,215
363	American Swing	Documentary	Not Rated	$30,156	4,021	$31,726
364	The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond	Drama		$29,750	3,967	$31,300
365	Lola Montes	Drama	Not Rated	$29,532	3,938	$31,071
366	Lola Montes	Drama	Not Rated	$29,532	3,938	$31,071
367	Call of the Wild 3D	Drama		$28,682	3,824	$30,171
368	An American Affair	Drama	Not Rated	$28,044	3,739	$29,501
369	The Singing Revolution	Documentary	Not Rated	$28,025	3,737	$29,485
370	Surveillance	Thriller/Suspense	R	$27,349	3,647	$28,775
371	Guest of Cindy Sherman	Documentary	Not Rated	$27,052	3,607	$28,459
372	The Garden	Documentary	Not Rated	$26,931	3,591	$28,333
373	Earth Days	Documentary		$26,748	3,566	$28,136
374	The Answer Man	Romantic Comedy	R	$26,676	3,557	$28,065
375	Ciao		R	$26,550	3,540	$27,931
376	Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,473	3,396	$26,794
377	JCVD	Action	R	$21,700	2,893	$22,826
378	Not Quite Hollywood	Documentary	R	$21,152	2,820	$22,250
379	Walt and El Grupo	Documentary	PG	$20,521	2,736	$21,587
380	A Wink and a Smile	Documentary		$20,169	2,689	$21,216
381	The Open Road	Drama	PG-13	$19,716	2,629	$20,743
382	Donkey Punch	Thriller/Suspense	R	$19,367	2,582	$20,372
383	Man on Wire	Documentary	PG-13	$19,252	2,567	$20,254
384	Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America	Adventure	Not Rated	$18,728	2,497	$19,701
385	Blessed is the Match: The Life and Death and Hannah Senesh	Documentary	Not Rated	$18,654	2,487	$19,622
386	Killshot	Thriller/Suspense	R	$18,643	2,486	$19,615
387	Hope and Redemption: The Lena Baker Story	Drama		$18,215	2,429	$19,165
388	Good	Drama	R	$17,980	2,397	$18,912
389	Passchendaele	Drama	Not Rated	$17,172	2,290	$18,068
390	Local Color	Drama	R	$17,151	2,287	$18,044
391	Los Cronocr�menes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,633	2,218	$17,500
392	Splinterheads	Comedy	R	$16,392	2,186	$17,248
393	Tennessee	Drama		$16,100	2,147	$16,940
394	Storm	Drama		$16,013	2,135	$16,845
395	The Education of Charlie Banks	Drama	R	$15,078	2,010	$15,859
396	St. Trinian's	Comedy	PG-13	$15,000	2,000	$15,780
397	Chocolate	Action	R	$14,845	1,979	$15,614
398	Laila's Birthday	Black Comedy		$13,689	1,825	$14,399
399	The Escapist	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$13,439	1,792	$14,139
400	The Beautiful Truth	Documentary	Not Rated	$12,361	1,648	$13,003
401	Fallen Idol: The Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy	Documentary		$12,345	1,646	$12,987
402	Max Payne	Action	PG-13	$12,164	1,622	$12,798
403	Sex Positive	Documentary		$12,069	1,609	$12,695
404	Chelsea on the Rocks	Documentary	R	$11,799	1,573	$12,411
405	One Peace at a Time	Documentary		$11,698	1,560	$12,308
406	Mine	Documentary		$11,283	1,504	$11,867
407	I Hate Valentine's Day	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$11,004	1,467	$11,575
408	I.O.U.S.A.	Documentary	PG	$10,850	1,447	$11,417
409	Santa vs. The Snowman	Adventure	Not Rated	$10,708	1,428	$11,267
410	City of Ember	Adventure	PG	$10,695	1,426	$11,251
411	Ischeznuvshaya Imperiya	Drama		$10,289	1,372	$10,825
412	Live Fast, Die Young	Drama	Not Rated	$10,019	1,336	$10,541
413	Oblivion	Documentary		$9,939	1,325	$10,454
414	Mammoth	Drama		$9,580	1,277	$10,076
415	Janky Promoters	Comedy	R	$9,069	1,209	$9,539
416	American Journey, An	Documentary		$8,868	1,182	$9,326
417	Objectified	Documentary		$8,668	1,156	$9,121
418	Winter of Frozen Dreams	Drama	R	$8,321	1,109	$8,750
419	Yonkers Joe	Drama	R	$8,286	1,105	$8,718
420	Endgame	Drama	PG-13	$8,238	1,098	$8,663
421	Eleven Minutes	Documentary	R	$7,986	1,065	$8,403
422	Louise Bourgeois	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,868	1,049	$8,277
423	Looking for Palladin	Comedy	R	$7,246	966	$7,622
424	Cowboy and Lucky			$7,160	955	$7,535
425	I Sell the Dead	Horror	Not Rated	$7,066	942	$7,432
426	Scott Walker: 30 Century Man	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,840	912	$7,196
427	The Mutant Chronicles	Action	R	$6,820	909	$7,172
428	The Skeptic	Thriller/Suspense		$6,671	889	$7,014
429	The Fall	Adventure	R	$6,597	880	$6,943
430	The Perfect Sleep	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,224	830	$6,549
431	The Good Soldier	Documentary		$6,000	800	$6,312
432	The Bride & The Grooms	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$5,995	799	$6,304
433	Waiting for Dublin	Romantic Comedy		$5,925	790	$6,233
434	Momma's Man	Comedy	Not Rated	$5,627	750	$5,918
435	Call+Response	Documentary	PG-13	$5,364	715	$5,641
436	Antarctica	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,133	684	$5,397
437	Alexandra	Drama	Not Rated	$4,137	552	$4,355
438	The Marc Pease Experience	Comedy		$4,033	538	$4,245
439	Eden	Drama	Not Rated	$3,914	522	$4,119
440	Afterschool	Drama		$3,911	521	$4,111
441	Pontypool	Thriller/Suspense		$3,865	515	$4,063
442	Otto; Or, Up with Dead People	Drama	Not Rated	$3,562	475	$3,748
443	Familiar Strangers	Comedy	PG-13	$3,516	469	$3,700
444	Made in Jamaica	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,149	420	$3,314
445	Donne-moi la main	Drama		$2,434	325	$2,564
446	The Village Barbershop	Drama	R	$2,359	315	$2,485
447	The Village Barbershop	Drama	R	$2,359	315	$2,485
448	Breakfast with Scot	Drama	PG-13	$2,200	293	$2,312
449	The Canyon	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,785	238	$1,878
450	Love Comes Lately	Drama	Not Rated	$1,207	161	$1,270
451	Break	Action		$1,191	159	$1,255
452	Tru Loved	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,149	153	$1,207
453	Shanghai Red	Thriller/Suspense		$1,146	153	$1,207
454	Das Haus der schlafenden Sch�nen	Drama	Not Rated	$1,122	150	$1,184
455	Sixty Six	Comedy	PG-13	$1,088	145	$1,144
456	Save Me	Drama	Not Rated	$1,028	137	$1,081
457	I Can't Think Straight	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$987	132	$1,041
458	Teeth	Comedy	R	$886	118	$931
459	Kings of the Evening	Drama	PG	$802	107	$844
460	Yiddish Theater: A Love Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$632	84	$663
461	Patrik, Age 1.5	Comedy	Not Rated	$408	54	$426
462	El Tinte de la Fama	Drama		$341	45	$355
463	The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela	Drama	R	$213	28	$221
464	The Objective	Horror	Not Rated	$95	13	$103
Total Gross of All Movies				$7,732,324,562
Total Tickets Sold					1,030,976,615
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$8,134,405,492

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.