Box Office Performance for Live Action Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Hangover	Comedy	R	$277,156,483	38,601,181	$277,156,480
2	Star Trek	Adventure	PG-13	$257,730,019	35,895,546	$257,730,020
3	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Action	PG-13	$179,883,016	25,053,345	$179,883,017
4	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Comedy	PG	$177,243,721	24,685,755	$177,243,721
5	The Proposal	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$163,947,053	22,833,851	$163,947,050
6	Fast & Furious	Action		$155,064,265	21,596,694	$155,064,263
7	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Comedy	PG	$146,336,178	20,381,083	$146,336,176
8	Taken	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$145,000,989	20,195,124	$145,000,990
9	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Drama	PG-13	$142,839,137	19,894,030	$142,839,135
10	Gran Torino	Drama	R	$138,274,748	19,258,321	$138,274,745
11	Angels & Demons	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$133,375,846	18,576,023	$133,375,845
12	Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins	Action	PG-13	$125,322,469	17,454,383	$125,322,470
13	Inglourious Basterds	Action	R	$120,278,316	16,751,855	$120,278,319
14	Slumdog Millionaire	Drama	R	$112,643,330	15,688,486	$112,643,329
15	2012	Action	PG-13	$108,131,263	15,060,064	$108,131,260
16	Watchmen	Action	R	$107,509,799	14,973,510	$107,509,802
17	Couples Retreat	Comedy	PG-13	$107,213,895	14,932,297	$107,213,892
18	Paranormal Activity	Horror	R	$106,082,922	14,774,780	$106,082,920
19	Public Enemies	Drama	R	$97,104,620	13,524,320	$97,104,618
20	He's Just Not That Into You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$93,953,653	13,085,467	$93,953,653
21	Julie & Julia	Comedy	PG-13	$93,900,336	13,078,041	$93,900,334
22	Madea Goes To Jail	Comedy	PG-13	$90,485,233	12,602,400	$90,485,232
23	The Ugly Truth	Romantic Comedy	R	$88,915,214	12,383,735	$88,915,217
24	Knowing	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$79,957,634	11,136,161	$79,957,636
25	Hannah Montana the Movie	Drama	G	$79,559,647	11,080,731	$79,559,649
26	Zombieland	Comedy	R	$74,803,711	10,418,344	$74,803,710
27	Where the Wild Things Are	Adventure		$74,665,359	10,399,075	$74,665,359
28	Hotel for Dogs	Comedy	PG	$73,034,460	10,171,930	$73,034,457
29	I Love You, Man	Comedy	R	$71,440,011	9,949,862	$71,440,009
30	Michael Jackson's This Is It	Documentary	PG	$70,258,545	9,785,313	$70,258,547
31	Law Abiding Citizen	Thriller/Suspense	R	$70,018,193	9,751,837	$70,018,190
32	Obsessed	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$68,261,644	9,507,193	$68,261,646
33	Race to Witch Mountain	Adventure	PG	$67,172,594	9,355,514	$67,172,591
34	The Final Destination	Horror		$66,466,372	9,257,155	$66,466,373
35	The Taking of Pelham 123	Action	R	$65,452,312	9,115,921	$65,452,313
36	Friday the 13th	Horror	R	$65,002,019	9,053,206	$65,002,019
37	17 Again	Comedy	PG-13	$64,167,069	8,936,918	$64,167,071
38	The Time Traveler's Wife	Drama	PG-13	$63,387,284	8,828,313	$63,387,287
39	Br�no	Comedy	R	$60,054,530	8,364,141	$60,054,532
40	Bride Wars	Comedy	PG	$58,715,510	8,177,648	$58,715,513
41	The Haunting in Connecticut	Horror	PG-13	$55,325,526	7,705,505	$55,325,526
42	Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$55,250,026	7,694,990	$55,250,028
43	Funny People	Comedy	R	$51,855,045	7,222,151	$51,855,044
44	I Can Do Bad All By Myself	Comedy	PG-13	$51,697,449	7,200,202	$51,697,450
45	My Bloody Valentine	Horror	R	$51,545,952	7,179,102	$51,545,952
46	Land of the Lost	Comedy	PG-13	$49,438,370	6,885,567	$49,438,371
47	My Sister's Keeper	Drama	PG-13	$49,200,230	6,852,400	$49,200,232
48	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Drama	PG-13	$48,212,240	6,714,797	$48,212,242
49	Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans	Action	R	$45,802,315	6,379,153	$45,802,319
50	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Romantic Comedy	PG	$44,277,350	6,166,762	$44,277,351
51	Year One	Comedy	R	$43,337,279	6,035,833	$43,337,281
52	The Unborn	Horror	PG-13	$42,670,410	5,942,954	$42,670,410
53	Drag Me To Hell	Horror	PG-13	$42,100,625	5,863,597	$42,100,626
54	Orphan	Drama	R	$41,596,251	5,793,350	$41,596,253
55	Duplicity	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$40,572,825	5,650,811	$40,572,823
56	Surrogates	Action	PG-13	$38,408,343	5,349,351	$38,408,340
57	State of Play	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$37,017,955	5,155,704	$37,017,955
58	Notorious	Drama	R	$36,842,118	5,131,214	$36,842,117
59	Marley & Me	Comedy	PG	$36,487,427	5,081,814	$36,487,425
60	The Pink Panther 2	Comedy	PG	$35,922,978	5,003,200	$35,922,976
61	The Blind Side	Drama	PG-13	$34,119,372	4,752,002	$34,119,374
62	All About Steve	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$33,806,061	4,708,365	$33,806,061
63	Halloween 2	Horror	R	$33,386,128	4,649,879	$33,386,131
64	The Informant	Thriller/Suspense	R	$33,213,811	4,625,879	$33,213,811
65	The Last House on the Left	Horror		$32,752,215	4,561,590	$32,752,216
66	(500) Days of Summer	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$32,391,374	4,511,333	$32,391,371
67	earth	Documentary	G	$32,011,576	4,458,437	$32,011,578
68	Push	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$31,811,527	4,430,575	$31,811,529
69	The Soloist	Drama	PG-13	$31,720,158	4,417,849	$31,720,156
70	The Reader	Drama	R	$30,639,074	4,267,281	$30,639,078
71	The Stepfather	Thriller/Suspense		$29,062,561	4,047,710	$29,062,558
72	The Uninvited	Horror	PG-13	$28,596,818	3,982,844	$28,596,820
73	Defiance	Drama	R	$28,444,199	3,961,588	$28,444,202
74	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Black Comedy	R	$27,680,089	3,855,166	$27,680,092
75	Saw VI	Horror	R	$27,669,413	3,853,679	$27,669,415
76	The Fourth Kind	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$26,218,170	3,651,556	$26,218,172
77	Dance Flick	Comedy	PG-13	$25,662,155	3,574,116	$25,662,153
78	The International	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,450,527	3,544,642	$25,450,530
79	Aliens in the Attic	Adventure	PG	$25,200,412	3,509,807	$25,200,414
80	The Wrestler	Drama	R	$24,912,375	3,469,690	$24,912,374
81	Bedtime Stories	Comedy	PG	$24,562,807	3,421,004	$24,562,809
82	Observe and Report	Comedy	R	$24,007,324	3,343,638	$24,007,321
83	Fighting	Action	PG-13	$23,091,010	3,216,018	$23,091,009
84	Love Happens	Drama		$22,965,110	3,198,483	$22,965,108
85	Valkyrie	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$22,385,491	3,117,756	$22,385,488
86	Fame	Musical		$22,371,648	3,115,828	$22,371,645
87	Revolutionary Road	Drama	R	$21,535,731	2,999,405	$21,535,728
88	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Drama	R	$21,277,521	2,963,443	$21,277,521
89	Shorts	Adventure	PG	$20,797,067	2,896,527	$20,797,064
90	Gamer	Action		$20,488,579	2,853,563	$20,488,582
91	Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience	Concert/Performance	G	$19,161,363	2,668,714	$19,161,367
92	The Invention of Lying	Comedy	PG-13	$18,219,219	2,537,496	$18,219,221
93	Yes Man	Comedy	PG-13	$18,183,588	2,532,533	$18,183,587
94	Inkheart	Adventure	PG	$17,303,424	2,409,948	$17,303,427
95	Fired Up	Comedy	PG-13	$17,231,291	2,399,901	$17,231,289
96	New in Town	Romantic Comedy	PG	$16,734,283	2,330,680	$16,734,282
97	Jennifer's Body	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,204,793	2,256,935	$16,204,793
98	Imagine That	Comedy	PG	$16,123,323	2,245,588	$16,123,322
99	Twilight	Drama	PG-13	$15,847,004	2,207,104	$15,847,007
100	A Perfect Getaway	Thriller/Suspense	R	$15,515,460	2,160,928	$15,515,463
101	The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard	Comedy	R	$15,122,676	2,106,222	$15,122,674
102	I Love You, Beth Cooper	Comedy	PG-13	$14,793,904	2,060,432	$14,793,902
103	Doubt	Drama	PG-13	$14,717,075	2,049,732	$14,717,076
104	Milk	Drama	R	$14,683,305	2,045,029	$14,683,308
105	Last Chance Harvey	Drama	PG-13	$14,538,095	2,024,804	$14,538,093
106	The Box	Thriller/Suspense		$14,503,106	2,019,931	$14,503,105
107	Capitalism: A Love Story	Documentary	R	$14,266,331	1,986,954	$14,266,330
108	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	Action	PG-13	$14,046,595	1,956,350	$14,046,593
109	Amelia	Drama	PG	$13,766,323	1,917,315	$13,766,322
110	Crank 2: High Voltage	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,630,226	1,898,360	$13,630,225
111	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,024,828	1,814,043	$13,024,829
112	Whip It	Comedy	PG-13	$12,994,912	1,809,876	$12,994,910
113	The Hurt Locker	Drama	R	$12,671,105	1,764,778	$12,671,106
114	Frost/Nixon	Drama	R	$12,330,855	1,717,389	$12,330,853
115	12 Rounds	Action	PG-13	$12,234,694	1,703,996	$12,234,691
116	Sunshine Cleaning	Comedy	R	$12,062,558	1,680,022	$12,062,558
117	Sorority Row	Horror	R	$11,965,282	1,666,474	$11,965,283
118	Extract	Comedy	R	$10,814,185	1,506,154	$10,814,186
119	Not Easily Broken	Drama	PG-13	$10,572,742	1,472,527	$10,572,744
120	Pandorum	Horror	R	$10,330,853	1,438,837	$10,330,850
121	Whiteout	Thriller/Suspense		$10,191,433	1,419,420	$10,191,436
122	Next Day Air	Comedy		$10,027,047	1,396,525	$10,027,050
123	Seven Pounds	Drama	PG-13	$9,804,526	1,365,533	$9,804,527
124	Away We Go	Comedy	R	$9,451,946	1,316,427	$9,451,946
125	Dragonball Evolution	Adventure	PG	$9,362,785	1,304,009	$9,362,785
126	Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li	Action	PG-13	$9,135,036	1,272,289	$9,135,035
127	My Life in Ruins	Romantic Comedy		$8,662,318	1,206,451	$8,662,318
128	De p�re en flic	Comedy		$8,322,714	1,159,152	$8,322,711
129	The Collector	Horror	R	$7,712,114	1,074,111	$7,712,117
130	A Serious Man	Comedy	R	$7,476,004	1,041,226	$7,476,003
131	Taking Woodstock	Drama	R	$7,460,204	1,039,026	$7,460,207
132	Post Grad	Comedy	PG-13	$6,379,040	888,446	$6,379,042
133	Deep Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$5,368,041	747,638	$5,368,041
134	Whatever Works	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$5,306,447	739,059	$5,306,444
135	Coco Before Chanel	Drama	PG-13	$5,288,153	736,512	$5,288,156
136	Bandslam	Comedy	PG	$5,210,988	725,764	$5,210,986
137	Pirate Radio	Comedy	R	$5,184,068	722,015	$5,184,068
138	Moon	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,009,677	697,727	$5,009,680
139	The Day the Earth Stood Still	Adventure	PG-13	$4,939,529	687,957	$4,939,531
140	Miss March	Comedy	R	$4,542,775	632,698	$4,542,772
141	Food, Inc.	Documentary	PG	$4,417,124	615,198	$4,417,122
142	Good Hair	Documentary	PG-13	$4,061,847	565,717	$4,061,848
143	The Class	Drama	Not Rated	$3,766,810	524,625	$3,766,808
144	The September Issue	Documentary	PG-13	$3,765,677	524,468	$3,765,680
145	The Brothers Bloom	Black Comedy	PG-13	$3,531,756	491,888	$3,531,756
146	Two Lovers	Drama	R	$3,149,034	438,584	$3,149,033
147	Blade Runner	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,016,759	420,161	$3,016,756
148	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,974,028	414,210	$2,974,028
149	Australia	Drama	PG-13	$2,864,949	399,018	$2,864,949
150	Cheri	Drama	R	$2,708,188	377,185	$2,708,188
151	Easy Virtue	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$2,656,324	369,962	$2,656,327
152	My One and Only	Comedy	PG-13	$2,556,558	356,067	$2,556,561
153	Quantum of Solace	Action	PG-13	$2,548,014	354,877	$2,548,017
154	Rachel Getting Married	Drama	R	$2,488,853	346,637	$2,488,854
155	The Dark Knight	Action	PG-13	$2,343,780	326,432	$2,343,782
156	Adam	Drama	PG-13	$2,277,396	317,186	$2,277,395
157	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,128,059	296,387	$2,128,059
158	The Spirit	Action	PG-13	$2,038,141	283,864	$2,038,144
159	Four Christmases	Comedy	PG-13	$1,956,206	272,452	$1,956,205
160	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,948,103	271,324	$1,948,106
161	Valentino: The Last Emperor	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,755,134	244,448	$1,755,137
162	Che, Part 1: The Argentine	Drama	Not Rated	$1,731,665	241,179	$1,731,665
163	Every Little Step	Documentary	PG-13	$1,724,351	240,160	$1,724,349
164	It Might Get Loud	Documentary	PG	$1,585,591	220,834	$1,585,588
165	Gomorrah	Drama	Not Rated	$1,573,614	219,166	$1,573,612
166	Babine	Drama	Not Rated	$1,570,226	218,694	$1,570,223
167	Departures	Drama	PG-13	$1,487,899	207,228	$1,487,897
168	X Games 3D: The Movie	Documentary	PG	$1,388,840	193,432	$1,388,842
169	Paper Heart	Comedy		$1,274,062	177,446	$1,274,062
170	Paper Man	Comedy	R	$1,261,065	175,636	$1,261,066
171	More Than a Game	Documentary	PG	$944,527	131,550	$944,529
172	Management	Romantic Comedy		$934,658	130,175	$934,657
173	Chandni Chowk to China	Musical	PG-13	$921,738	128,376	$921,740
174	Cold Souls	Drama	PG-13	$903,148	125,787	$903,151
175	Tyson	Documentary	R	$887,918	123,665	$887,915
176	The Cove	Documentary	PG-13	$857,306	119,402	$857,306
177	Paris	Comedy	R	$842,950	117,403	$842,954
178	I've Loved You So Long	Drama	Not Rated	$811,897	113,078	$811,900
179	The Boys are Back	Drama	PG-13	$783,013	109,055	$783,015
180	The Great Buck Howard	Drama	PG	$750,587	104,539	$750,590
181	Wendy and Lucy	Drama	R	$745,613	103,846	$745,614
182	The Cross: The Arthur Blessitt Story	Documentary	PG	$741,557	103,281	$741,558
183	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Comedy	PG	$718,318	100,044	$718,316
184	Fanboys	Comedy	PG-13	$685,484	95,471	$685,482
185	Anvil! The Story of Anvil	Documentary	Not Rated	$667,911	93,024	$667,912
186	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Drama		$655,647	91,316	$655,649
187	Let the Right One In	Horror	R	$637,789	88,829	$637,792
188	The Girl from Monaco	Comedy		$602,992	83,982	$602,991
189	Role Models	Comedy	R	$597,215	83,178	$597,218
190	Lemon Tree		Not Rated	$569,672	79,342	$569,676
191	Roving Mars	Documentary	G	$545,961	76,039	$545,960
192	U2 3D	Concert/Performance	G	$544,857	75,885	$544,854
193	Tetro	Drama	R	$515,722	71,828	$515,725
194	Little Ashes	Drama		$480,339	66,900	$480,342
195	Crossing Over	Drama	R	$454,149	63,252	$454,149
196	The Limits of Control	Thriller/Suspense	R	$426,688	59,427	$426,686
197	Lymelife	Drama	R	$421,307	58,678	$421,308
198	Humpday	Comedy	R	$407,377	56,738	$407,379
199	The Damned United	Drama	R	$385,049	53,628	$385,049
200	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	Comedy	PG-13	$382,885	53,327	$382,888
201	Synecdoche, New York	Drama	R	$376,076	52,378	$376,074
202	Luck by Chance	Comedy	Not Rated	$355,492	49,511	$355,489
203	Lorna's Silence	Drama		$337,082	46,947	$337,079
204	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	Musical	G	$332,111	46,255	$332,111
205	Antichrist	Drama		$326,651	45,495	$326,654
206	Thirst	Horror	R	$318,574	44,370	$318,577
207	The Informers	Thriller/Suspense	R	$315,000	43,872	$315,001
208	O'Horten	Comedy		$301,902	42,048	$301,905
209	A Woman in Berlin	Drama		$291,812	40,642	$291,810
210	Tokyo Sonata	Drama	PG-13	$277,315	38,623	$277,313
211	Blood: The Last Vampire	Action	R	$256,682	35,750	$256,685
212	Spread	Comedy	R	$249,590	34,762	$249,591
213	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	Drama		$245,398	34,178	$245,398
214	The Secret Life of Bees	Drama	PG-13	$241,039	33,571	$241,040
215	Big Fan	Comedy	R	$225,071	31,347	$225,071
216	World's Greatest Dad	Black Comedy	R	$221,210	30,809	$221,209
217	Ghajini	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$218,389	30,416	$218,387
218	Enlighten Up!	Documentary	Not Rated	$213,423	29,725	$213,426
219	Soul Power	Documentary	PG-13	$206,813	28,804	$206,813
220	Harvard Beats Yale	Documentary	Not Rated	$204,458	28,476	$204,458
221	Harvard Beats Yale	Documentary	Not Rated	$204,458	28,476	$204,458
222	The Burning Plain	Drama		$200,399	27,911	$200,401
223	The Beaches of Agnes	Documentary		$197,888	27,561	$197,888
224	Fireproof	Drama	PG	$194,935	27,150	$194,937
225	Frozen River	Drama	R	$194,754	27,125	$194,758
226	Herb & Dorothy	Documentary		$194,721	27,120	$194,722
227	Shrink	Drama	R	$189,621	26,410	$189,624
228	Happy-Go-Lucky	Comedy	R	$184,056	25,635	$184,059
229	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Drama	PG-13	$176,444	24,574	$176,441
230	Fuel	Documentary	Not Rated	$167,743	23,363	$167,746
231	The Messenger	Drama	R	$167,346	23,307	$167,344
232	Outlander	Adventure	R	$166,003	23,120	$166,002
233	Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love	Documentary	Not Rated	$163,523	22,775	$163,525
234	Crude	Documentary		$152,578	21,250	$152,575
235	Hunger	Drama	Not Rated	$152,104	21,184	$152,101
236	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Comedy	R	$151,955	21,164	$151,958
237	Flammen og Citronen	Thriller/Suspense		$145,109	20,210	$145,108
238	The Yes Men Fix the World	Documentary		$131,029	18,249	$131,028
239	Appaloosa	Western	R	$130,820	18,220	$130,820
240	12	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$125,120	17,426	$125,119
241	War Eagle, Arkansas	Drama	PG-13	$123,670	17,224	$123,668
242	Examined Life	Documentary	Not Rated	$120,712	16,812	$120,710
243	Horse Boy, The	Documentary		$119,474	16,640	$119,475
244	The Song of Sparrows	Drama	PG	$115,927	16,146	$115,928
245	Throw Down Your Heart	Documentary	Not Rated	$115,437	16,078	$115,440
246	Ballerina	Documentary	Not Rated	$114,507	15,948	$114,507
247	Medicine for Melancholy	Drama	Not Rated	$110,869	15,441	$110,866
248	Irene in Time	Drama	PG-13	$110,175	15,345	$110,177
249	Broken Embraces	Thriller/Suspense	R	$107,111	14,918	$107,111
250	Gentlemen Broncos	Comedy	PG-13	$105,431	14,684	$105,431
251	Alien Trespass	Comedy	PG	$104,526	14,558	$104,526
252	Cherry Blossoms	Drama	Not Rated	$104,433	14,545	$104,433
253	Carriers	Thriller/Suspense		$104,352	14,534	$104,354
254	Afghan Star	Documentary		$102,115	14,222	$102,114
255	No Impact Man	Documentary		$100,028	13,931	$100,025
256	The Way We Get By	Documentary		$99,141	13,808	$99,141
257	Nothing Like the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$97,952	13,642	$97,950
258	Made in U.S.A.	Drama	Not Rated	$95,209	13,260	$95,207
259	Motherhood	Comedy	PG-13	$93,388	13,007	$93,390
260	Bronson	Drama	R	$90,857	12,654	$90,856
261	The Other Man	Drama	R	$89,482	12,463	$89,484
262	The Headless Woman	Drama		$87,828	12,232	$87,826
263	Ong-Bak 2	Action	R	$82,131	11,439	$82,132
264	The Mysteries of Pittsburgh	Drama	R	$80,283	11,181	$80,280
265	Sleep Dealer	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$80,136	11,161	$80,136
266	Body of Lies	Thriller/Suspense	R	$79,281	11,042	$79,282
267	Phoebe in Wonderland	Drama	PG-13	$72,979	10,164	$72,978
268	House of the Devil, The	Horror	R	$72,238	10,061	$72,238
269	Disgrace	Drama		$69,705	9,708	$69,703
270	A Christmas Tale	Drama	Not Rated	$68,550	9,547	$68,547
271	After Dark's Horrorfest III	Horror	Not Rated	$66,456	9,256	$66,458
272	The Secrets	Drama	R	$64,585	8,995	$64,584
273	Serbis	Drama	R	$64,407	8,970	$64,405
274	White On Rice	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$63,280	8,813	$63,277
275	One Day You'll Understand	Drama	Not Rated	$60,706	8,455	$60,707
276	Soul Men	Comedy	R	$56,849	7,918	$56,851
277	In a Dream	Documentary	Not Rated	$55,270	7,698	$55,272
278	Silent Light	Drama	Not Rated	$52,293	7,283	$52,292
279	Broken Hill	Drama	PG	$50,076	6,974	$50,073
280	Nights in Rodanthe	Drama	PG-13	$48,278	6,724	$48,278
281	Love N' Dancing	Musical	PG	$47,812	6,659	$47,812
282	Owl and the Sparrow	Drama	PG	$47,071	6,556	$47,072
283	Trucker	Drama	R	$46,687	6,502	$46,684
284	A Secret	Drama	Not Rated	$45,364	6,318	$45,363
285	The Little Traitor	Drama		$44,994	6,267	$44,997
286	Just Another Love Story	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$42,686	5,945	$42,685
287	We Live in Public	Documentary		$39,709	5,531	$39,713
288	Tell No One	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$39,224	5,463	$39,224
289	Eagle Eye	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$39,048	5,438	$39,045
290	The Legend of God's Gun	Western	Not Rated	$38,884	5,416	$38,887
291	One Day You'll Understand	Drama	Not Rated	$38,557	5,370	$38,557
292	Dalai Lama Renaissance	Documentary	Not Rated	$38,504	5,363	$38,506
293	How About You	Drama	Not Rated	$37,825	5,268	$37,824
294	Bliss	Drama		$37,148	5,174	$37,149
295	Were the World Mine	Musical	Not Rated	$36,592	5,096	$36,589
296	American Casino	Documentary		$35,155	4,896	$35,153
297	Our City Dreams	Documentary	Not Rated	$34,972	4,871	$34,974
298	Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi	Drama	Not Rated	$33,647	4,686	$33,645
299	Trouble the Water	Documentary	Not Rated	$33,569	4,675	$33,567
300	Of Time and the City	Documentary	Not Rated	$32,551	4,534	$32,554
301	Changeling	Thriller/Suspense	R	$32,475	4,523	$32,475
302	Beyond a Reasonable Doubt	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$32,409	4,514	$32,411
303	William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe	Documentary		$31,412	4,375	$31,413
304	Super Capers	Comedy	PG	$30,955	4,311	$30,953
305	American Swing	Documentary	Not Rated	$30,156	4,200	$30,156
306	Le combat dans l'�le	Thriller/Suspense		$29,577	4,119	$29,574
307	Lola Montes	Drama	Not Rated	$29,532	4,113	$29,531
308	Lola Montes	Drama	Not Rated	$29,532	4,113	$29,531
309	The Betrayal	Documentary	Not Rated	$29,522	4,112	$29,524
310	The Betrayal	Documentary	Not Rated	$29,522	4,112	$29,524
311	Call of the Wild 3D	Drama		$28,682	3,995	$28,684
312	Surveillance	Thriller/Suspense	R	$27,349	3,809	$27,349
313	An American Affair	Drama	Not Rated	$27,276	3,799	$27,277
314	Pray the Devil Back to Hell	Documentary	Not Rated	$27,100	3,774	$27,097
315	Guest of Cindy Sherman	Documentary	Not Rated	$27,052	3,768	$27,054
316	The Garden	Documentary	Not Rated	$26,931	3,751	$26,932
317	The Answer Man	Romantic Comedy	R	$26,676	3,715	$26,674
318	Ciao		R	$26,550	3,698	$26,552
319	Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,473	3,548	$25,475
320	Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,473	3,548	$25,475
321	Earth Days	Documentary		$23,466	3,268	$23,464
322	JCVD	Comedy	R	$21,700	3,022	$21,698
323	Uncertainty	Drama		$21,560	3,003	$21,562
324	Not Quite Hollywood	Documentary	R	$21,152	2,946	$21,152
325	A Wink and a Smile	Documentary		$20,169	2,809	$20,169
326	Walt and El Grupo	Documentary	PG	$19,900	2,772	$19,903
327	Donkey Punch	Thriller/Suspense	R	$19,367	2,697	$19,364
328	The Open Road	Drama	PG-13	$19,348	2,695	$19,350
329	Man on Wire	Documentary	PG-13	$19,252	2,681	$19,250
330	Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America	Adventure	Not Rated	$18,728	2,608	$18,725
331	Blessed is the Match: The Life and Death and Hannah Senesh	Documentary	Not Rated	$17,655	2,459	$17,656
332	Passchendaele	Drama	Not Rated	$17,172	2,392	$17,175
333	Local Color	Drama	R	$17,151	2,389	$17,153
334	Killshot	Thriller/Suspense	R	$17,007	2,369	$17,009
335	Timecrimes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,633	2,317	$16,636
336	Splinterheads	Comedy		$16,392	2,283	$16,392
337	Tennessee	Drama		$16,100	2,242	$16,098
338	St. Trinian's	Comedy	PG-13	$15,000	2,089	$14,999
339	Red Cliff	Action	R	$14,873	2,071	$14,870
340	Chocolate	Action	R	$14,845	2,068	$14,848
341	The Education of Charlie Banks	Drama	R	$14,547	2,026	$14,547
342	Good	Drama	Not Rated	$13,625	1,898	$13,628
343	The Escapist	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$13,023	1,814	$13,025
344	The End of Poverty?	Documentary		$12,593	1,754	$12,594
345	Oh My God	Documentary		$12,117	1,688	$12,120
346	Sex Positive	Documentary		$11,669	1,625	$11,668
347	I Hate Valentine's Day	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$11,004	1,533	$11,007
348	I.O.U.S.A.	Documentary	PG	$10,850	1,511	$10,849
349	Santa vs. The Snowman	Adventure	Not Rated	$10,708	1,491	$10,705
350	Fallen Idol: The Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy	Documentary		$10,583	1,474	$10,583
351	The Beautiful Truth	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,568	1,472	$10,569
352	The Beautiful Truth	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,568	1,472	$10,569
353	Max Payne	Action	PG-13	$10,065	1,402	$10,066
354	City of Ember	Adventure	PG	$9,381	1,307	$9,384
355	The Vanished Empire	Drama		$9,288	1,294	$9,291
356	Laila's Birthday	Black Comedy		$9,065	1,263	$9,068
357	Objectified	Documentary		$8,668	1,207	$8,666
358	Live Fast, Die Young	Drama	Not Rated	$8,494	1,183	$8,494
359	Yonkers Joe	Drama	R	$8,286	1,154	$8,286
360	Eleven Minutes	Documentary	R	$7,986	1,112	$7,984
361	Louise Bourgeois	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,868	1,096	$7,869
362	Winter of Frozen Dreams	Drama	R	$7,334	1,021	$7,331
363	Chelsea on the Rocks	Documentary	R	$7,259	1,011	$7,259
364	Cowboy and Lucky			$7,160	997	$7,158
365	I Sell the Dead	Horror	Not Rated	$7,066	984	$7,065
366	Scott Walker: 30 Century Man	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,840	953	$6,843
367	The Perfect Sleep	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,224	867	$6,225
368	The Skeptic	Thriller/Suspense		$6,223	867	$6,225
369	Janky Promoters	Comedy	R	$6,200	864	$6,204
370	American Journey, An	Documentary		$6,180	861	$6,182
371	Endgame	Drama	PG-13	$5,922	825	$5,924
372	The Bride & The Grooms	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$5,483	764	$5,486
373	Call+Response	Documentary	PG-13	$5,364	747	$5,363
374	Antarctica	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,133	715	$5,134
375	The Mutant Chronicles	Action	R	$4,724	658	$4,724
376	Mammoth	Drama		$4,531	631	$4,531
377	The Marc Pease Experience	Comedy		$4,033	562	$4,035
378	Eden	Drama	Not Rated	$3,914	545	$3,913
379	Pontypool	Thriller/Suspense		$3,865	538	$3,863
380	Familiar Strangers	Comedy	PG-13	$3,516	490	$3,518
381	Otto; Or, Up with Dead People	Drama	Not Rated	$3,209	447	$3,209
382	Afterschool	Drama		$2,606	363	$2,606
383	Give Me Your Hand	Drama		$2,434	339	$2,434
384	The Village Barbershop	Drama	R	$2,359	329	$2,362
385	The Village Barbershop	Drama	R	$2,359	329	$2,362
386	Breakfast with Scot	Drama	PG-13	$2,200	306	$2,197
387	The Canyon	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,785	249	$1,788
388	House of the Sleeping Beauties	Drama	Not Rated	$1,122	156	$1,120
389	Sixty Six	Comedy	PG-13	$1,088	152	$1,091
390	Save Me	Drama	Not Rated	$1,028	143	$1,027
391	Teeth	Comedy	R	$886	123	$883
392	I Can't Think Straight	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$784	109	$783
393	Tru Loved	Romantic Comedy	R	$758	106	$761
394	Yiddish Theater: A Love Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$632	88	$632
395	Love Comes Lately	Drama	Not Rated	$586	82	$589
396	El Tinte de la Fama	Drama		$341	47	$337
397	The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela	Drama	R	$213	30	$215
398	Made in Jamaica	Documentary	Not Rated	$181	25	$180
399	The Objective	Horror	Not Rated	$95	13	$93
Total Gross of All Movies				$6,741,891,523
Total Tickets Sold					938,982,117
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$6,741,891,600

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.