Box Office Performance for PG-13 Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Action	PG-13	$402,111,870	53,614,916	$423,021,687
2	Avatar	Action	PG-13	$352,114,898	46,948,653	$370,424,872
3	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Drama	PG-13	$287,954,655	38,393,954	$302,928,297
4	Star Trek	Adventure	PG-13	$257,730,019	34,364,003	$271,131,984
5	The Blind Side	Drama	PG-13	$208,476,067	27,796,809	$219,316,823
6	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Action	PG-13	$179,883,157	23,984,421	$189,237,082
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	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Action	PG-13	$150,201,498	20,026,866	$158,011,973
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	Angels & Demons	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$133,375,846	17,783,446	$140,311,389
14	Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins	Action	PG-13	$125,322,469	16,709,663	$131,839,241
15	Couples Retreat	Comedy	PG-13	$108,511,760	14,468,235	$114,154,374
16	Julie & Julia	Comedy	PG-13	$94,125,426	12,550,057	$99,019,950
17	He's Just Not That Into You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$93,953,653	12,527,154	$98,839,245
18	Madea Goes To Jail	Comedy	PG-13	$90,508,336	12,067,778	$95,214,768
19	Knowing	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$79,957,634	10,661,018	$84,115,432
20	Obsessed	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$68,261,644	9,101,553	$71,811,253
21	17 Again	Comedy	PG-13	$64,167,069	8,555,609	$67,503,755
22	The Time Traveler's Wife	Drama	PG-13	$63,414,846	8,455,313	$66,712,420
23	The Haunting in Connecticut	Horror	PG-13	$55,389,516	7,385,269	$58,269,772
24	Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$55,250,026	7,366,670	$58,123,026
25	I Can Do Bad All By Myself	Comedy	PG-13	$51,733,921	6,897,856	$54,424,084
26	Land of the Lost	Comedy	PG-13	$49,438,370	6,591,783	$52,009,168
27	My Sister's Keeper	Drama	PG-13	$49,200,230	6,560,031	$51,758,645
28	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Drama	PG-13	$48,212,240	6,428,299	$50,719,279
29	Year One	Comedy	PG-13	$43,337,279	5,778,304	$45,590,819
30	The Unborn	Horror	PG-13	$42,670,410	5,689,388	$44,889,271
31	Drag Me To Hell	Horror	PG-13	$42,100,625	5,613,417	$44,289,860
32	Duplicity	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$40,572,825	5,409,710	$42,682,612
33	Surrogates	Action	PG-13	$38,577,772	5,143,703	$40,583,817
34	State of Play	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$37,017,955	4,935,727	$38,942,886
35	All About Steve	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$33,862,903	4,515,054	$35,623,776
36	(500) Days of Summer	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$32,425,665	4,323,422	$34,111,800
37	The Soloist	Drama	PG-13	$31,853,584	4,247,145	$33,509,974
38	Push	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$31,811,527	4,241,537	$33,465,727
39	9	Adventure	PG-13	$31,749,894	4,233,319	$33,400,887
40	Invictus	Drama	PG-13	$30,586,445	4,078,193	$32,176,943
41	The Stepfather	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$29,062,561	3,875,008	$30,573,813
42	The Uninvited	Horror	PG-13	$28,596,818	3,812,909	$30,083,852
43	Dance Flick	Comedy	PG-13	$25,794,018	3,439,202	$27,135,304
44	The Fourth Kind	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$25,464,480	3,395,264	$26,788,633
45	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$25,312,384	3,374,985	$26,628,632
46	Fighting	Action	PG-13	$23,091,010	3,078,801	$24,291,740
47	Love Happens	Drama	PG-13	$22,965,110	3,062,015	$24,159,298
48	Valkyrie	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$22,373,908	2,983,188	$23,537,353
49	The Invention of Lying	Comedy	PG-13	$18,451,251	2,460,167	$19,410,718
50	Yes Man	Comedy	PG-13	$18,183,588	2,424,478	$19,129,131
51	Fired Up	Comedy	PG-13	$17,231,291	2,297,505	$18,127,314
52	Twilight	Drama	PG-13	$15,847,004	2,112,934	$16,671,049
53	Armored	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$15,815,302	2,108,707	$16,637,698
54	The Box	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$15,045,676	2,006,090	$15,828,050
55	I Love You, Beth Cooper	Comedy	PG-13	$14,800,725	1,973,430	$15,570,363
56	Doubt	Drama	PG-13	$14,740,989	1,965,465	$15,507,519
57	Last Chance Harvey	Drama	PG-13	$14,538,095	1,938,413	$15,294,079
58	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	Action	PG-13	$14,046,595	1,872,879	$14,777,015
59	Nine	Musical	PG-13	$13,745,976	1,832,797	$14,460,768
60	Whip It	Comedy	PG-13	$13,077,184	1,743,625	$13,757,201
61	12 Rounds	Action	PG-13	$12,234,694	1,631,293	$12,870,902
62	Not Easily Broken	Drama	PG-13	$10,572,742	1,409,699	$11,122,525
63	Seven Pounds	Drama	PG-13	$9,804,526	1,307,270	$10,314,360
64	Everybody's Fine	Comedy	PG-13	$9,208,876	1,227,850	$9,687,737
65	Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li	Action	PG-13	$9,135,036	1,218,005	$9,610,059
66	My Life in Ruins	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$8,677,425	1,156,990	$9,128,651
67	An Education	Drama	PG-13	$7,883,524	1,051,137	$8,293,471
68	Post Grad	Comedy	PG-13	$6,382,178	850,957	$6,714,051
69	Coco avant Chanel	Drama	PG-13	$5,997,682	799,691	$6,309,562
70	Whatever Works	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$5,306,706	707,561	$5,582,656
71	The Day the Earth Stood Still	Adventure	PG-13	$4,942,722	659,030	$5,199,747
72	3 Idiots	Comedy	PG-13	$4,757,078	634,277	$5,004,446
73	Good Hair	Documentary	PG-13	$4,146,170	552,823	$4,361,773
74	The September Issue	Documentary	PG-13	$3,817,183	508,958	$4,015,679
75	The Brothers Bloom	Black Comedy	PG-13	$3,531,756	470,901	$3,715,409
76	Australia	Drama	PG-13	$2,867,289	382,305	$3,016,386
77	Easy Virtue	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$2,656,784	354,238	$2,794,938
78	My One and Only	Comedy	PG-13	$2,556,558	340,874	$2,689,496
79	Quantum of Solace	Action	PG-13	$2,548,014	339,735	$2,680,509
80	The Dark Knight	Action	PG-13	$2,343,780	312,504	$2,465,657
81	Adam	Drama	PG-13	$2,283,291	304,439	$2,402,024
82	The Spirit	Action	PG-13	$2,062,450	274,993	$2,169,695
83	Is Anybody There?	Drama	PG-13	$2,026,756	270,234	$2,132,146
84	Four Christmases	Comedy	PG-13	$1,956,206	260,827	$2,057,925
85	Valentino: The Last Emperor	Documentary	PG-13	$1,755,134	234,018	$1,846,402
86	Every Little Step	Documentary	PG-13	$1,725,141	230,019	$1,814,850
87	Okuribito	Drama	PG-13	$1,537,546	205,006	$1,617,497
88	Paper Heart	Comedy	PG-13	$1,274,062	169,875	$1,340,314
89	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	Adventure	PG-13	$1,029,821	137,309	$1,083,368
90	Jumper	Adventure	PG-13	$996,137	132,818	$1,047,934
91	Me and Orson Welles	Drama	PG-13	$942,276	125,637	$991,276
92	Chandni Chowk to China	Musical	PG-13	$921,738	122,898	$969,665
93	Cold Souls	Drama	PG-13	$905,209	120,695	$952,284
94	The Cove	Documentary	PG-13	$861,796	114,906	$906,608
95	The Boys are Back	Drama	PG-13	$809,752	107,967	$851,860
96	Echelon Conspiracy		PG-13	$796,716	106,229	$838,147
97	Superhero Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$764,486	101,931	$804,236
98	Fanboys	Comedy	PG-13	$687,609	91,681	$723,363
99	Play the Game	Comedy	PG-13	$653,120	87,083	$687,085
100	Amreeka		PG-13	$620,618	82,749	$652,890
101	American Violet		PG-13	$554,434	73,925	$583,268
102	From Mexico with Love	Drama	PG-13	$548,775	73,170	$577,311
103	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	Comedy	PG-13	$386,017	51,469	$406,090
104	The Lovely Bones	Drama	PG-13	$383,101	51,080	$403,021
105	Tokyo Sonata	Drama	PG-13	$278,356	37,114	$292,829
106	The Secret Life of Bees	Drama	PG-13	$255,175	34,023	$268,441
107	Soul Power	Documentary	PG-13	$207,121	27,616	$217,890
108	Skin		PG-13	$203,305	27,107	$213,874
109	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Drama	PG-13	$192,019	25,603	$202,008
110	Passport to Love		PG-13	$173,828	23,177	$182,867
111	Free Style		PG-13	$141,108	18,814	$148,442
112	12	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$125,120	16,683	$131,629
113	War Eagle, Arkansas	Drama	PG-13	$123,670	16,489	$130,098
114	Gentlemen Broncos	Comedy	PG-13	$115,155	15,354	$121,143
115	Irene in Time	Drama	PG-13	$110,175	14,690	$115,904
116	Nothing Like the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$97,952	13,060	$103,043
117	Motherhood	Comedy	PG-13	$93,388	12,452	$98,246
118	Sleep Dealer	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$80,136	10,685	$84,305
119	Phoebe in Wonderland	Drama	PG-13	$73,361	9,781	$77,172
120	White On Rice	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$67,186	8,958	$70,679
121	Lord, Save Us From Your Followers	Documentary	PG-13	$61,941	8,259	$65,164
122	Bart Got a Room	Comedy	PG-13	$53,760	7,168	$56,556
123	Opa!		PG-13	$52,453	6,994	$55,183
124	Nights in Rodanthe	Drama	PG-13	$48,278	6,437	$50,788
125	That Evening Sun		PG-13	$48,110	6,415	$50,614
126	Casi Divas		PG-13	$46,612	6,215	$49,036
127	Eagle Eye	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$39,048	5,206	$41,075
128	Beyond a Reasonable Doubt	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$32,917	4,389	$34,629
129	The Open Road	Drama	PG-13	$19,716	2,629	$20,743
130	Man on Wire	Documentary	PG-13	$19,252	2,567	$20,254
131	Adventures of Power	Comedy	PG-13	$17,738	2,365	$18,660
132	St. Trinian's	Comedy	PG-13	$15,000	2,000	$15,780
133	Max Payne	Action	PG-13	$12,164	1,622	$12,798
134	I Hate Valentine's Day	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$11,004	1,467	$11,575
135	Home		PG-13	$10,405	1,387	$10,943
136	Endgame	Drama	PG-13	$8,238	1,098	$8,663
137	Call+Response	Documentary	PG-13	$5,364	715	$5,641
138	Familiar Strangers	Comedy	PG-13	$3,516	469	$3,700
139	Humble Pie		PG-13	$3,359	448	$3,535
140	Breakfast with Scot	Drama	PG-13	$2,200	293	$2,312
141	Sixty Six	Comedy	PG-13	$1,088	145	$1,144
142	I Can't Think Straight	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$987	132	$1,041
Total Gross of All Movies				$4,808,929,969
Total Tickets Sold					641,190,666
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$5,058,994,355

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.