Box Office Performance for Original Screenplay Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Avatar	Action	PG-13	$352,114,898	46,948,653	$370,424,872
2	Up	Adventure	PG	$293,004,164	39,067,222	$308,240,382
3	The Hangover	Comedy	R	$277,322,503	36,976,334	$291,743,275
4	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Adventure	PG	$196,573,705	26,209,827	$206,795,535
5	The Proposal	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$163,958,031	21,861,071	$172,483,850
6	2012	Action	PG-13	$163,442,129	21,792,284	$171,941,121
7	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Comedy	PG	$146,336,178	19,511,490	$153,945,656
8	Taken	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$145,000,989	19,333,465	$152,541,039
9	Gran Torino	Drama	R	$138,274,748	18,436,633	$145,465,034
10	Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins	Action	PG-13	$125,322,469	16,709,663	$131,839,241
11	Inglourious Basterds	Action	R	$120,774,594	16,103,279	$127,054,871
12	G-Force	Adventure	PG	$119,436,770	15,924,903	$125,647,485
13	District 9	Thriller/Suspense	R	$115,646,235	15,419,498	$121,659,839
14	Slumdog Millionaire	Drama	R	$112,654,105	15,020,547	$118,512,116
15	Couples Retreat	Comedy	PG-13	$108,511,760	14,468,235	$114,154,374
16	Paranormal Activity	Horror	R	$107,854,596	14,380,613	$113,463,037
17	The Ugly Truth	Romantic Comedy	R	$88,915,214	11,855,362	$93,538,806
18	Zombieland	Comedy	R	$75,590,286	10,078,705	$79,520,982
19	Law Abiding Citizen	Thriller/Suspense	R	$72,928,813	9,723,842	$76,721,113
20	I Love You, Man	Comedy	R	$72,013,010	9,601,735	$75,757,689
21	Obsessed	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$68,261,644	9,101,553	$71,811,253
22	The Final Destination	Horror	R	$66,477,700	8,863,693	$69,934,538
23	17 Again	Comedy	PG-13	$64,167,069	8,555,609	$67,503,755
24	It's Complicated	Romantic Comedy	R	$59,178,840	7,890,512	$62,256,140
25	Bride Wars	Comedy	PG	$58,715,510	7,828,735	$61,768,719
26	Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$55,250,026	7,366,670	$58,123,026
27	Funny People	Comedy	R	$51,855,045	6,914,006	$54,551,507
28	Old Dogs	Comedy	PG	$47,239,575	6,298,610	$49,696,033
29	Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans	Action	R	$45,802,315	6,106,975	$48,184,033
30	Year One	Comedy	PG-13	$43,337,279	5,778,304	$45,590,819
31	The Unborn	Horror	PG-13	$42,670,410	5,689,388	$44,889,271
32	Drag Me To Hell	Horror	PG-13	$42,100,625	5,613,417	$44,289,860
33	Orphan	Drama	R	$41,596,251	5,546,167	$43,759,258
34	Duplicity	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$40,572,825	5,409,710	$42,682,612
35	Planet 51	Adventure	PG	$39,570,569	5,276,076	$41,628,240
36	Ninja Assassin	Action	R	$37,492,774	4,999,037	$39,442,402
37	All About Steve	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$33,862,903	4,515,054	$35,623,776
38	Halloween 2	Horror	R	$33,392,973	4,452,396	$35,129,404
39	(500) Days of Summer	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$32,425,665	4,323,422	$34,111,800
40	Push	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$31,811,527	4,241,537	$33,465,727
41	9	Adventure	PG-13	$31,749,894	4,233,319	$33,400,887
42	Toy Story 3D Double Feature	Adventure	G	$30,702,446	4,093,659	$32,298,970
43	Defiance	Drama	R	$28,444,199	3,792,560	$29,923,298
44	Saw VI	Horror	R	$27,693,292	3,692,439	$29,133,344
45	Dance Flick	Comedy	PG-13	$25,794,018	3,439,202	$27,135,304
46	The Fourth Kind	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$25,464,480	3,395,264	$26,788,633
47	The International	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,450,527	3,393,404	$26,773,958
48	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$25,312,384	3,374,985	$26,628,632
49	Aliens in the Attic	Adventure	PG	$25,200,412	3,360,055	$26,510,834
50	The Wrestler	Drama	R	$24,914,015	3,321,869	$26,209,546
51	Bedtime Stories	Comedy	PG	$24,562,807	3,275,041	$25,840,073
52	Observe and Report	Comedy	R	$24,007,324	3,200,977	$25,255,709
53	Fighting	Action	PG-13	$23,091,010	3,078,801	$24,291,740
54	Love Happens	Drama	PG-13	$22,965,110	3,062,015	$24,159,298
55	Shorts	Adventure	PG	$20,919,166	2,789,222	$22,006,962
56	Gamer	Action	R	$20,534,907	2,737,988	$21,602,725
57	The Invention of Lying	Comedy	PG-13	$18,451,251	2,460,167	$19,410,718
58	Fired Up	Comedy	PG-13	$17,231,291	2,297,505	$18,127,314
59	New in Town	Romantic Comedy	PG	$16,734,283	2,231,238	$17,604,468
60	Imagine That	Comedy	PG	$16,222,392	2,162,986	$17,065,960
61	Jennifer's Body	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,204,793	2,160,639	$17,047,442
62	Adventureland	Black Comedy	R	$16,044,025	2,139,203	$16,878,312
63	Armored	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$15,815,302	2,108,707	$16,637,698
64	A Perfect Getaway	Thriller/Suspense	R	$15,515,460	2,068,728	$16,322,264
65	The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard	Comedy	R	$15,122,676	2,016,357	$15,909,057
66	Gake no ue no Ponyo	Adventure	G	$15,090,399	2,012,053	$15,875,098
67	Last Chance Harvey	Drama	PG-13	$14,538,095	1,938,413	$15,294,079
68	Crank 2: High Voltage	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,684,249	1,824,567	$14,395,834
69	The Hurt Locker	Drama	R	$12,671,105	1,689,481	$13,330,005
70	12 Rounds	Action	PG-13	$12,234,694	1,631,293	$12,870,902
71	Sunshine Cleaning	Comedy	R	$12,062,558	1,608,341	$12,689,810
72	Extract	Comedy	R	$10,823,158	1,443,088	$11,385,964
73	De p�re en flic	Comedy	Not Rated	$10,644,453	1,419,260	$11,197,961
74	Pandorum	Horror	R	$10,330,853	1,377,447	$10,868,057
75	Next Day Air	Comedy	R	$10,027,047	1,336,940	$10,548,457
76	The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day	Action	R	$9,957,954	1,327,727	$10,475,766
77	Seven Pounds	Drama	PG-13	$9,804,526	1,307,270	$10,314,360
78	Away We Go	Comedy	R	$9,451,946	1,260,259	$9,943,444
79	A Serious Man	Comedy	R	$9,190,525	1,225,403	$9,668,430
80	My Life in Ruins	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$8,677,425	1,156,990	$9,128,651
81	The Boat That Rocked	Comedy	R	$7,994,115	1,065,882	$8,409,809
82	The Collector	Horror	R	$7,712,114	1,028,282	$8,113,145
83	Post Grad	Comedy	PG-13	$6,382,178	850,957	$6,714,051
84	Whatever Works	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$5,306,706	707,561	$5,582,656
85	Bandslam	Comedy	PG	$5,210,988	694,798	$5,481,956
86	Moon	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,010,163	668,022	$5,270,694
87	Miss March	Comedy	R	$4,543,320	605,776	$4,779,573
88	Bolt	Comedy	PG	$4,136,434	551,525	$4,351,532
89	The Brothers Bloom	Black Comedy	PG-13	$3,531,756	470,901	$3,715,409
90	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Comedy	PG	$3,158,070	421,076	$3,322,290
91	Two Lovers	Drama	R	$3,149,034	419,871	$3,312,782
92	Australia	Drama	PG-13	$2,867,289	382,305	$3,016,386
93	My One and Only	Comedy	PG-13	$2,556,558	340,874	$2,689,496
94	Sin Nombre	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,536,665	338,222	$2,668,572
95	Rachel Getting Married	Drama	R	$2,489,437	331,925	$2,618,888
96	Love Aaj Kal	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$2,430,083	324,011	$2,556,447
97	Adam	Drama	PG-13	$2,283,291	304,439	$2,402,024
98	Is Anybody There?	Drama	PG-13	$2,026,756	270,234	$2,132,146
99	Los abrazos rotos	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,022,655	269,687	$2,127,830
100	Fly Me To the Moon	Adventure	G	$1,979,528	263,937	$2,082,463
101	Four Christmases	Comedy	PG-13	$1,956,206	260,827	$2,057,925
102	Rudo y Cursi	Comedy	R	$1,827,660	243,688	$1,922,698
103	Les doigts croches	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,662,485	221,665	$1,748,937
104	L'heure d'�t�	Drama	Not Rated	$1,647,001	219,600	$1,732,644
105	New York, I Love You	Drama	R	$1,588,087	211,745	$1,670,668
106	New York, I Love You	Drama	R	$1,588,087	211,745	$1,670,668
107	Babine	Drama	Not Rated	$1,570,226	209,363	$1,651,874
108	D�d�, � travers les brumes	Drama	Not Rated	$1,548,858	206,514	$1,629,395
109	Okuribito	Drama	PG-13	$1,537,546	205,006	$1,617,497
110	Kaminey	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$1,286,143	171,486	$1,353,025
111	Paper Heart	Comedy	PG-13	$1,274,062	169,875	$1,340,314
112	The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry	Drama	PG	$1,167,623	155,683	$1,228,339
113	Sugar	Drama	R	$1,081,922	144,256	$1,138,180
114	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	Adventure	PG-13	$1,029,821	137,309	$1,083,368
115	Paris	Comedy	R	$960,240	128,032	$1,010,172
116	Management	Romantic Comedy		$934,658	124,621	$983,260
117	Chandni Chowk to China	Musical	PG-13	$921,738	122,898	$969,665
118	Cold Souls	Drama	PG-13	$905,209	120,695	$952,284
119	Il y a longtemps que je t'aime	Drama	Not Rated	$813,326	108,443	$855,615
120	Superhero Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$764,486	101,931	$804,236
121	Wendy and Lucy	Drama	R	$754,366	100,582	$793,592
122	The Great Buck Howard	Drama	PG	$750,587	100,078	$789,615
123	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Comedy	PG	$735,449	98,060	$773,693
124	Crazy Heart	Drama	R	$702,188	93,625	$738,701
125	Fanboys	Comedy	PG-13	$687,609	91,681	$723,363
126	The Messenger	Drama	R	$654,374	87,250	$688,403
127	Play the Game	Comedy	PG-13	$653,120	87,083	$687,085
128	Låt den r�tte komma in	Horror	R	$638,173	85,090	$671,360
129	La fille de Monaco	Comedy		$602,992	80,399	$634,348
130	Role Models	Comedy	R	$590,530	78,737	$621,235
131	Tetro	Drama	R	$518,522	69,136	$545,483
132	Crossing Over	Drama	R	$455,654	60,754	$479,349
133	The Limits of Control	Thriller/Suspense	R	$426,688	56,892	$448,878
134	Lymelife	Drama	R	$421,307	56,174	$443,213
135	Humpday	Comedy	R	$407,377	54,317	$428,561
136	Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D	Musical	PG	$406,085	54,145	$427,204
137	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	Comedy	PG-13	$386,017	51,469	$406,090
138	Synecdoche, New York	Drama	R	$377,689	50,359	$397,333
139	Luck by Chance	Comedy	Not Rated	$356,019	47,469	$374,530
140	Le silence de Lorna	Drama		$338,795	45,173	$356,415
141	Thirst	Horror	R	$318,574	42,477	$335,144
142	O'Horten	Comedy		$302,232	40,298	$317,951
143	Tokyo Sonata	Drama	PG-13	$278,356	37,114	$292,829
144	Spread	Comedy	R	$250,617	33,416	$263,652
145	Big Fan	Comedy	R	$230,874	30,783	$242,878
146	World's Greatest Dad	Black Comedy	R	$221,805	29,574	$233,339
147	Frozen River	Drama	R	$202,328	26,977	$212,849
148	Happy-Go-Lucky	Comedy	R	$201,587	26,878	$212,067
149	The Burning Plain	Drama		$200,730	26,764	$211,168
150	Fireproof	Drama	PG	$199,773	26,636	$210,158
151	Shrink	Drama	R	$189,621	25,283	$199,483
152	Outlander	Adventure	R	$166,003	22,134	$174,637
153	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Comedy	R	$157,136	20,951	$165,303
154	The Other Man	Drama	R	$149,530	19,937	$157,303
155	War Eagle, Arkansas	Drama	PG-13	$123,670	16,489	$130,098
156	Carriers	Thriller/Suspense		$120,866	16,115	$127,147
157	The Song of Sparrows	Drama	PG	$116,372	15,516	$122,421
158	Gentlemen Broncos	Comedy	PG-13	$115,155	15,354	$121,143
159	Medicine for Melancholy	Drama	Not Rated	$111,551	14,873	$117,348
160	Irene in Time	Drama	PG-13	$110,175	14,690	$115,904
161	Alien Trespass	Comedy	PG	$104,526	13,937	$109,963
162	Hanami	Drama	Not Rated	$104,433	13,924	$109,860
163	Ong-Bak 2	Action	R	$102,458	13,661	$107,785
164	Nothing Like the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$97,952	13,060	$103,043
165	Made in U.S.A.	Drama	Not Rated	$95,209	12,695	$100,164
166	Motherhood	Comedy	PG-13	$93,388	12,452	$98,246
167	Weisse Band: Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte, Das	Drama	R	$85,690	11,425	$90,143
168	Igor	Comedy	PG	$81,381	10,851	$85,614
169	Sleep Dealer	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$80,136	10,685	$84,305
170	Phoebe in Wonderland	Drama	PG-13	$73,361	9,781	$77,172
171	Un conte de Noël	Drama	Not Rated	$68,870	9,183	$72,454
172	White On Rice	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$67,186	8,958	$70,679
173	Sodot Ha	Drama	R	$64,585	8,611	$67,941
174	Serbis	Drama	R	$64,407	8,588	$67,759
175	Soul Men	Comedy	R	$60,453	8,060	$63,593
176	Stellet licht	Drama	Not Rated	$60,200	8,027	$63,333
177	Not Forgotten	Thriller/Suspense		$53,723	7,163	$56,516
178	Trucker	Drama	R	$51,192	6,826	$53,857
179	Broken Hill	Drama	PG	$50,076	6,677	$52,682
180	Love N' Dancing	Musical	PG	$47,812	6,375	$50,299
181	Owl and the Sparrow	Drama	PG	$47,071	6,276	$49,518
182	Le code a chang�	Comedy		$46,714	6,229	$49,147
183	Kaerlighed Pa Film	Drama	Not Rated	$45,835	6,111	$48,216
184	The Legend of God's Gun	Western	Not Rated	$39,086	5,211	$41,115
185	Eagle Eye	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$39,048	5,206	$41,075
186	The Slammin' Salmon	Comedy	R	$38,920	5,189	$40,941
187	Le combat dans l'�le	Thriller/Suspense		$33,830	4,511	$35,592
188	Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi	Drama	Not Rated	$33,647	4,486	$35,395
189	Changeling	Thriller/Suspense	R	$32,475	4,330	$34,164
190	Super Capers	Comedy	PG	$30,955	4,127	$32,562
191	The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond	Drama		$29,750	3,967	$31,300
192	Call of the Wild 3D	Drama		$28,682	3,824	$30,171
193	An American Affair	Drama	Not Rated	$28,044	3,739	$29,501
194	Surveillance	Thriller/Suspense	R	$27,349	3,647	$28,775
195	The Answer Man	Romantic Comedy	R	$26,676	3,557	$28,065
196	Ciao		R	$26,550	3,540	$27,931
197	JCVD	Action	R	$21,700	2,893	$22,826
198	JCVD	Action	R	$21,700	2,893	$22,826
199	The Open Road	Drama	PG-13	$19,716	2,629	$20,743
200	Donkey Punch	Thriller/Suspense	R	$19,367	2,582	$20,372
201	Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America	Adventure	Not Rated	$18,728	2,497	$19,701
202	Adventures of Power	Comedy	PG-13	$17,738	2,365	$18,660
203	Passchendaele	Drama	Not Rated	$17,172	2,290	$18,068
204	Los Cronocr�menes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,633	2,218	$17,500
205	Tennessee	Drama		$16,100	2,147	$16,940
206	The Education of Charlie Banks	Drama	R	$15,078	2,010	$15,859
207	Chocolate	Action	R	$14,845	1,979	$15,614
208	Laila's Birthday	Black Comedy		$13,689	1,825	$14,399
209	The Escapist	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$13,439	1,792	$14,139
210	I Hate Valentine's Day	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$11,004	1,467	$11,575
211	Ischeznuvshaya Imperiya	Drama		$10,289	1,372	$10,825
212	Live Fast, Die Young	Drama	Not Rated	$10,019	1,336	$10,541
213	Mammoth	Drama		$9,580	1,277	$10,076
214	Janky Promoters	Comedy	R	$9,069	1,209	$9,539
215	Yonkers Joe	Drama	R	$8,286	1,105	$8,718
216	Looking for Palladin	Comedy	R	$7,246	966	$7,622
217	I Sell the Dead	Horror	Not Rated	$7,066	942	$7,432
218	Waiting for Dublin	Romantic Comedy		$5,925	790	$6,233
219	Momma's Man	Comedy	Not Rated	$5,627	750	$5,918
220	Antarctica	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,133	684	$5,397
221	Alexandra	Drama	Not Rated	$4,137	552	$4,355
222	The Marc Pease Experience	Comedy		$4,033	538	$4,245
223	Afterschool	Drama		$3,911	521	$4,111
224	Otto; Or, Up with Dead People	Drama	Not Rated	$3,562	475	$3,748
225	Familiar Strangers	Comedy	PG-13	$3,516	469	$3,700
226	Donne-moi la main	Drama		$2,434	325	$2,564
227	The Village Barbershop	Drama	R	$2,359	315	$2,485
228	The Canyon	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,785	238	$1,878
229	WALL-E	Adventure	G	$1,275	170	$1,341
230	Break	Action		$1,191	159	$1,255
231	Tru Loved	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,149	153	$1,207
232	Shanghai Red	Thriller/Suspense		$1,146	153	$1,207
233	Sixty Six	Comedy	PG-13	$1,088	145	$1,144
234	Save Me	Drama	Not Rated	$1,028	137	$1,081
235	Teeth	Comedy	R	$886	118	$931
236	Kings of the Evening	Drama	PG	$802	107	$844
237	Patrik, Age 1.5	Comedy	Not Rated	$408	54	$426
238	El Tinte de la Fama	Drama		$341	45	$355
239	The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela	Drama	R	$213	28	$221
240	The Objective	Horror	Not Rated	$95	13	$103
Total Gross of All Movies				$4,775,228,371
Total Tickets Sold					636,697,115
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$5,023,540,237

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.