Box Office Performance for Original Screenplay Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Up	Adventure	PG	$292,979,556	40,804,952	$292,979,555
2	The Hangover	Comedy	R	$277,069,721	38,589,098	$277,069,724
3	The Proposal	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$163,947,053	22,833,851	$163,947,050
4	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Comedy	PG	$146,336,178	20,381,083	$146,336,176
5	Taken	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$145,000,989	20,195,124	$145,000,990
6	Gran Torino	Drama	R	$138,274,748	19,258,321	$138,274,745
7	Inglourious Basterds	Action	R	$120,135,237	16,731,927	$120,135,236
8	G-Force	Adventure	PG	$119,114,038	16,589,699	$119,114,039
9	District 9	Thriller/Suspense	R	$115,646,235	16,106,718	$115,646,235
10	Slumdog Millionaire	Drama	R	$112,643,330	15,688,486	$112,643,329
11	Paranormal Activity	Thriller/Suspense	R	$103,690,184	14,441,530	$103,690,185
12	Couples Retreat	Comedy	PG-13	$102,045,330	14,212,442	$102,045,334
13	The Ugly Truth	Romantic Comedy	R	$88,915,214	12,383,735	$88,915,217
14	Zombieland	Comedy	R	$74,542,128	10,381,912	$74,542,128
15	I Love You, Man	Comedy	R	$71,440,011	9,949,862	$71,440,009
16	Obsessed	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$68,261,644	9,507,193	$68,261,646
17	Law Abiding Citizen	Thriller/Suspense	R	$67,190,452	9,358,002	$67,190,454
18	2012	Action	PG-13	$65,237,614	9,086,019	$65,237,616
19	17 Again	Comedy	PG-13	$64,167,069	8,936,918	$64,167,071
20	Bride Wars	Comedy	PG	$58,715,510	8,177,648	$58,715,513
21	Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$55,250,026	7,694,990	$55,250,028
22	Funny People	Comedy	R	$51,855,045	7,222,151	$51,855,044
23	Year One	Comedy	R	$43,337,279	6,035,833	$43,337,281
24	The Unborn	Horror	PG-13	$42,670,410	5,942,954	$42,670,410
25	Drag Me To Hell	Horror	PG-13	$42,100,625	5,863,597	$42,100,626
26	Orphan	Drama	R	$41,596,251	5,793,350	$41,596,253
27	Duplicity	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$40,572,825	5,650,811	$40,572,823
28	All About Steve	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$33,736,144	4,698,627	$33,736,142
29	(500) Days of Summer	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$32,374,303	4,508,956	$32,374,304
30	Push	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$31,811,527	4,430,575	$31,811,529
31	9	Adventure	PG-13	$31,625,752	4,404,701	$31,625,753
32	Defiance	Drama	R	$28,444,199	3,961,588	$28,444,202
33	Dance Flick	Comedy	PG-13	$25,662,155	3,574,116	$25,662,153
34	The International	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,450,527	3,544,642	$25,450,530
35	Aliens in the Attic	Adventure	PG	$25,181,910	3,507,230	$25,181,911
36	The Wrestler	Drama	R	$24,912,375	3,469,690	$24,912,374
37	Bedtime Stories	Comedy	PG	$24,562,807	3,421,004	$24,562,809
38	Observe and Report	Comedy	R	$24,007,324	3,343,638	$24,007,321
39	Fighting	Action	PG-13	$23,091,010	3,216,018	$23,091,009
40	Love Happens	Drama		$22,965,110	3,198,483	$22,965,108
41	Shorts	Adventure	PG	$20,724,310	2,886,394	$20,724,309
42	Gamer	Action		$20,488,579	2,853,563	$20,488,582
43	The Fourth Kind	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$20,449,660	2,848,142	$20,449,660
44	The Invention of Lying	Comedy	PG-13	$18,098,091	2,520,625	$18,098,088
45	Ponyo	Adventure	G	$17,646,560	2,457,738	$17,646,559
46	Fired Up	Comedy	PG-13	$17,231,291	2,399,901	$17,231,289
47	New in Town	Romantic Comedy	PG	$16,734,283	2,330,680	$16,734,282
48	Jennifer's Body	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,195,523	2,255,644	$16,195,524
49	Imagine That	Comedy	PG	$16,123,323	2,245,588	$16,123,322
50	A Perfect Getaway	Thriller/Suspense	R	$15,515,460	2,160,928	$15,515,463
51	The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard	Comedy	R	$15,122,676	2,106,222	$15,122,674
52	Last Chance Harvey	Drama	PG-13	$14,538,095	2,024,804	$14,538,093
53	The Hurt Locker	Drama	R	$12,647,089	1,761,433	$12,647,089
54	12 Rounds	Action	PG-13	$12,234,694	1,703,996	$12,234,691
55	Sunshine Cleaning	Comedy	R	$12,062,558	1,680,022	$12,062,558
56	Extract	Comedy	R	$10,814,185	1,506,154	$10,814,186
57	Next Day Air	Comedy		$10,027,047	1,396,525	$10,027,050
58	Seven Pounds	Drama	PG-13	$9,804,526	1,365,533	$9,804,527
59	Away We Go	Comedy	R	$9,451,946	1,316,427	$9,451,946
60	My Life in Ruins	Romantic Comedy		$8,662,318	1,206,451	$8,662,318
61	De p�re en flic	Comedy		$8,322,714	1,159,152	$8,322,711
62	The Collector	Horror	R	$7,712,114	1,074,111	$7,712,117
63	A Serious Man	Comedy	R	$6,834,722	951,911	$6,834,721
64	Whatever Works	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$5,306,447	739,059	$5,306,444
65	Bandslam	Comedy	PG	$5,210,988	725,764	$5,210,986
66	Moon	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,009,677	697,727	$5,009,680
67	Miss March	Comedy	R	$4,542,775	632,698	$4,542,772
68	Bolt	Comedy	PG	$4,136,434	576,105	$4,136,434
69	The Brothers Bloom	Black Comedy	PG-13	$3,531,756	491,888	$3,531,756
70	Two Lovers	Drama	R	$3,149,034	438,584	$3,149,033
71	Pirate Radio	Comedy	R	$2,904,380	404,510	$2,904,382
72	Australia	Drama	PG-13	$2,864,949	399,018	$2,864,949
73	My One and Only	Comedy	PG-13	$2,556,558	356,067	$2,556,561
74	Rachel Getting Married	Drama	R	$2,488,853	346,637	$2,488,854
75	Adam	Drama	PG-13	$2,277,396	317,186	$2,277,395
76	Fly Me To the Moon	Adventure	G	$1,968,531	274,169	$1,968,533
77	Four Christmases	Comedy	PG-13	$1,956,206	272,452	$1,956,205
78	Babine	Drama	Not Rated	$1,570,226	218,694	$1,570,223
79	Departures	Drama	PG-13	$1,482,650	206,497	$1,482,648
80	New York, I Love You	Drama	R	$1,386,792	193,147	$1,386,795
81	Paper Heart	Comedy		$1,274,062	177,446	$1,274,062
82	Paper Man	Comedy	R	$1,261,065	175,636	$1,261,066
83	Management	Romantic Comedy		$934,658	130,175	$934,657
84	Chandni Chowk to China	Musical	PG-13	$921,738	128,376	$921,740
85	Cold Souls	Drama	PG-13	$903,148	125,787	$903,151
86	I've Loved You So Long	Drama	Not Rated	$811,897	113,078	$811,900
87	Paris	Comedy	R	$809,740	112,777	$809,739
88	The Great Buck Howard	Drama	PG	$750,587	104,539	$750,590
89	Wendy and Lucy	Drama	R	$745,613	103,846	$745,614
90	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Comedy	PG	$718,318	100,044	$718,316
91	Fanboys	Comedy	PG-13	$685,484	95,471	$685,482
92	Let the Right One In	Horror	R	$637,789	88,829	$637,792
93	The Girl from Monaco	Comedy		$602,992	83,982	$602,991
94	Role Models	Comedy	R	$597,215	83,178	$597,218
95	Tetro	Drama	R	$515,722	71,828	$515,725
96	Crossing Over	Drama	R	$454,149	63,252	$454,149
97	The Limits of Control	Thriller/Suspense	R	$426,688	59,427	$426,686
98	Lymelife	Drama	R	$421,307	58,678	$421,308
99	Humpday	Comedy	R	$407,377	56,738	$407,379
100	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	Comedy	PG-13	$382,885	53,327	$382,888
101	Synecdoche, New York	Drama	R	$376,076	52,378	$376,074
102	Luck by Chance	Comedy	Not Rated	$355,492	49,511	$355,489
103	Lorna's Silence	Drama		$335,155	46,679	$335,155
104	Thirst	Horror	R	$318,574	44,370	$318,577
105	O'Horten	Comedy		$301,902	42,048	$301,905
106	Tokyo Sonata	Drama	PG-13	$277,315	38,623	$277,313
107	Spread	Comedy	R	$249,590	34,762	$249,591
108	Big Fan	Comedy	R	$223,198	31,086	$223,197
109	World's Greatest Dad	Black Comedy	R	$219,719	30,602	$219,722
110	The Burning Plain	Drama		$198,300	27,618	$198,297
111	Fireproof	Drama	PG	$194,935	27,150	$194,937
112	Frozen River	Drama	R	$194,754	27,125	$194,758
113	Shrink	Drama	R	$189,621	26,410	$189,624
114	Happy-Go-Lucky	Comedy	R	$184,056	25,635	$184,059
115	Outlander	Adventure	R	$166,003	23,120	$166,002
116	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Comedy	R	$151,955	21,164	$151,958
117	War Eagle, Arkansas	Drama	PG-13	$123,670	17,224	$123,668
118	The Song of Sparrows	Drama	PG	$115,927	16,146	$115,928
119	Medicine for Melancholy	Drama	Not Rated	$110,869	15,441	$110,866
120	Irene in Time	Drama	PG-13	$110,175	15,345	$110,177
121	Alien Trespass	Comedy	PG	$104,526	14,558	$104,526
122	Cherry Blossoms	Drama	Not Rated	$104,433	14,545	$104,433
123	Carriers	Thriller/Suspense		$104,352	14,534	$104,354
124	Nothing Like the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$97,952	13,642	$97,950
125	Made in U.S.A.	Drama	Not Rated	$95,209	13,260	$95,207
126	Motherhood	Comedy	PG-13	$92,900	12,939	$92,902
127	The Other Man	Drama	R	$89,482	12,463	$89,484
128	Gentlemen Broncos	Comedy	PG-13	$87,509	12,188	$87,510
129	Sleep Dealer	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$80,136	11,161	$80,136
130	Phoebe in Wonderland	Drama	PG-13	$72,979	10,164	$72,978
131	A Christmas Tale	Drama	Not Rated	$68,550	9,547	$68,547
132	The Secrets	Drama	R	$64,585	8,995	$64,584
133	Serbis	Drama	R	$64,407	8,970	$64,405
134	White On Rice	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$61,470	8,561	$61,468
135	Soul Men	Comedy	R	$56,849	7,918	$56,851
136	Silent Light	Drama	Not Rated	$52,293	7,283	$52,292
137	Broken Hill	Drama	PG	$50,076	6,974	$50,073
138	Love N' Dancing	Musical	PG	$47,812	6,659	$47,812
139	Owl and the Sparrow	Drama	PG	$47,071	6,556	$47,072
140	Trucker	Drama	R	$45,140	6,287	$45,141
141	The Messenger	Drama	R	$44,523	6,201	$44,523
142	Just Another Love Story	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$42,686	5,945	$42,685
143	Igor	Comedy	PG	$41,444	5,772	$41,443
144	Eagle Eye	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$39,048	5,438	$39,045
145	The Legend of God's Gun	Western	Not Rated	$38,884	5,416	$38,887
146	Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi	Drama	Not Rated	$33,647	4,686	$33,645
147	Changeling	Thriller/Suspense	R	$32,475	4,523	$32,475
148	Super Capers	Comedy	PG	$30,955	4,311	$30,953
149	Le combat dans l'�le	Thriller/Suspense		$29,577	4,119	$29,574
150	Call of the Wild 3D	Drama		$28,682	3,995	$28,684
151	Surveillance	Thriller/Suspense	R	$27,349	3,809	$27,349
152	An American Affair	Drama	Not Rated	$27,276	3,799	$27,277
153	The Answer Man	Romantic Comedy	R	$26,676	3,715	$26,674
154	Ciao		R	$26,550	3,698	$26,552
155	JCVD	Action	R	$21,700	3,022	$21,698
156	JCVD	Action	R	$21,700	3,022	$21,698
157	Donkey Punch	Thriller/Suspense	R	$19,367	2,697	$19,364
158	The Open Road	Drama	PG-13	$19,348	2,695	$19,350
159	Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America	Adventure	Not Rated	$18,728	2,608	$18,725
160	Passchendaele	Drama	Not Rated	$17,172	2,392	$17,175
161	Timecrimes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,633	2,317	$16,636
162	Adventures of Power	Comedy	PG-13	$16,147	2,249	$16,148
163	Tennessee	Drama		$16,100	2,242	$16,098
164	Chocolate	Action	R	$14,845	2,068	$14,848
165	The Education of Charlie Banks	Drama	R	$14,547	2,026	$14,547
166	The Escapist	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$13,023	1,814	$13,025
167	I Hate Valentine's Day	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$11,004	1,533	$11,007
168	The Vanished Empire	Drama		$9,288	1,294	$9,291
169	Laila's Birthday	Black Comedy		$9,065	1,263	$9,068
170	Live Fast, Die Young	Drama	Not Rated	$8,494	1,183	$8,494
171	Yonkers Joe	Drama	R	$8,286	1,154	$8,286
172	I Sell the Dead	Horror	Not Rated	$7,066	984	$7,065
173	Janky Promoters	Comedy	R	$6,200	864	$6,204
174	Antarctica	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,133	715	$5,134
175	The Marc Pease Experience	Comedy		$4,033	562	$4,035
176	Familiar Strangers	Comedy	PG-13	$3,516	490	$3,518
177	Otto; Or, Up with Dead People	Drama	Not Rated	$3,209	447	$3,209
178	Afterschool	Drama		$2,606	363	$2,606
179	Give Me Your Hand	Drama		$2,434	339	$2,434
180	The Village Barbershop	Drama	R	$2,359	329	$2,362
181	The Canyon	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,785	249	$1,788
182	Sixty Six	Comedy	PG-13	$1,088	152	$1,091
183	Save Me	Drama	Not Rated	$1,028	143	$1,027
184	Teeth	Comedy	R	$886	123	$883
185	Tru Loved	Romantic Comedy	R	$758	106	$761
186	El Tinte de la Fama	Drama		$341	47	$337
187	The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela	Drama	R	$213	30	$215
188	The Objective	Horror	Not Rated	$95	13	$93
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,457,260,681
Total Tickets Sold					481,512,637
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$3,457,260,734

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.