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	56,004,439	$402,111,872
2	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Action	PG-13	$402,111,870	56,004,439	$402,111,872
3	Star Trek	Adventure	PG-13	$257,730,019	35,895,546	$257,730,020
4	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Action	PG-13	$179,883,016	25,053,345	$179,883,017
5	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Action	PG-13	$179,883,016	25,053,345	$179,883,017
6	The Proposal	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$163,947,053	22,833,851	$163,947,050
7	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Action	PG-13	$150,201,498	20,919,429	$150,201,500
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	Angels & Demons	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$133,375,846	18,576,023	$133,375,845
11	Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins	Action	PG-13	$125,322,469	17,454,383	$125,322,470
12	2012	Action	PG-13	$108,131,263	15,060,064	$108,131,260
13	Couples Retreat	Comedy	PG-13	$107,213,895	14,932,297	$107,213,892
14	He's Just Not That Into You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$93,953,653	13,085,467	$93,953,653
15	Julie & Julia	Comedy	PG-13	$93,900,336	13,078,041	$93,900,334
16	Madea Goes To Jail	Comedy	PG-13	$90,485,233	12,602,400	$90,485,232
17	Knowing	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$79,957,634	11,136,161	$79,957,636
18	Obsessed	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$68,261,644	9,507,193	$68,261,646
19	17 Again	Comedy	PG-13	$64,167,069	8,936,918	$64,167,071
20	The Time Traveler's Wife	Drama	PG-13	$63,387,284	8,828,313	$63,387,287
21	The Haunting in Connecticut	Horror	PG-13	$55,325,526	7,705,505	$55,325,526
22	Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$55,250,026	7,694,990	$55,250,028
23	I Can Do Bad All By Myself	Comedy	PG-13	$51,697,449	7,200,202	$51,697,450
24	Land of the Lost	Comedy	PG-13	$49,438,370	6,885,567	$49,438,371
25	My Sister's Keeper	Drama	PG-13	$49,200,230	6,852,400	$49,200,232
26	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Drama	PG-13	$48,212,240	6,714,797	$48,212,242
27	Year One	Comedy	R	$43,337,279	6,035,833	$43,337,281
28	Year One	Comedy	R	$43,337,279	6,035,833	$43,337,281
29	The Unborn	Horror	PG-13	$42,670,410	5,942,954	$42,670,410
30	Drag Me To Hell	Horror	PG-13	$42,100,625	5,863,597	$42,100,626
31	Drag Me To Hell	Horror	PG-13	$42,100,625	5,863,597	$42,100,626
32	Duplicity	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$40,572,825	5,650,811	$40,572,823
33	Surrogates	Action	PG-13	$38,408,343	5,349,351	$38,408,340
34	State of Play	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$37,017,955	5,155,704	$37,017,955
35	The Blind Side	Drama	PG-13	$34,119,372	4,752,002	$34,119,374
36	All About Steve	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$33,806,061	4,708,365	$33,806,061
37	(500) Days of Summer	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$32,391,374	4,511,333	$32,391,371
38	Push	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$31,811,527	4,430,575	$31,811,529
39	The Soloist	Drama	PG-13	$31,720,158	4,417,849	$31,720,156
40	9	Adventure	PG-13	$31,691,649	4,413,879	$31,691,651
41	The Uninvited	Horror	PG-13	$28,596,818	3,982,844	$28,596,820
42	The Fourth Kind	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$26,218,170	3,651,556	$26,218,172
43	Dance Flick	Comedy	PG-13	$25,662,155	3,574,116	$25,662,153
44	Fighting	Action	PG-13	$23,091,010	3,216,018	$23,091,009
45	Valkyrie	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$22,385,491	3,117,756	$22,385,488
46	The Invention of Lying	Comedy	PG-13	$18,219,219	2,537,496	$18,219,221
47	Yes Man	Comedy	PG-13	$18,183,588	2,532,533	$18,183,587
48	Fired Up	Comedy	PG-13	$17,231,291	2,399,901	$17,231,289
49	Twilight	Drama	PG-13	$15,847,004	2,207,104	$15,847,007
50	I Love You, Beth Cooper	Comedy	PG-13	$14,793,904	2,060,432	$14,793,902
51	I Love You, Beth Cooper	Comedy	PG-13	$14,793,904	2,060,432	$14,793,902
52	Doubt	Drama	PG-13	$14,717,075	2,049,732	$14,717,076
53	Last Chance Harvey	Drama	PG-13	$14,538,095	2,024,804	$14,538,093
54	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	Action	PG-13	$14,046,595	1,956,350	$14,046,593
55	Whip It	Comedy	PG-13	$12,994,912	1,809,876	$12,994,910
56	12 Rounds	Action	PG-13	$12,234,694	1,703,996	$12,234,691
57	Not Easily Broken	Drama	PG-13	$10,572,742	1,472,527	$10,572,744
58	Seven Pounds	Drama	PG-13	$9,804,526	1,365,533	$9,804,527
59	Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li	Action	PG-13	$9,135,036	1,272,289	$9,135,035
60	Post Grad	Comedy	PG-13	$6,379,040	888,446	$6,379,042
61	Whatever Works	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$5,306,447	739,059	$5,306,444
62	Coco Before Chanel	Drama	PG-13	$5,288,153	736,512	$5,288,156
63	The Day the Earth Stood Still	Adventure	PG-13	$4,939,529	687,957	$4,939,531
64	An Education	Drama	PG-13	$4,268,905	594,555	$4,268,905
65	Good Hair	Documentary	PG-13	$4,061,847	565,717	$4,061,848
66	The September Issue	Documentary	PG-13	$3,765,677	524,468	$3,765,680
67	The September Issue	Documentary	PG-13	$3,765,677	524,468	$3,765,680
68	The Brothers Bloom	Black Comedy	PG-13	$3,531,756	491,888	$3,531,756
69	Australia	Drama	PG-13	$2,864,949	399,018	$2,864,949
70	Easy Virtue	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$2,656,324	369,962	$2,656,327
71	My One and Only	Comedy	PG-13	$2,556,558	356,067	$2,556,561
72	Quantum of Solace	Action	PG-13	$2,548,014	354,877	$2,548,017
73	The Dark Knight	Action	PG-13	$2,343,780	326,432	$2,343,782
74	Adam	Drama	PG-13	$2,277,396	317,186	$2,277,395
75	Adam	Drama	PG-13	$2,277,396	317,186	$2,277,395
76	The Spirit	Action	PG-13	$2,038,141	283,864	$2,038,144
77	Is Anybody There?		PG-13	$2,026,756	282,278	$2,026,756
78	Four Christmases	Comedy	PG-13	$1,956,206	272,452	$1,956,205
79	Valentino: The Last Emperor	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,755,134	244,448	$1,755,137
80	Every Little Step	Documentary	PG-13	$1,724,351	240,160	$1,724,349
81	Departures	Drama	PG-13	$1,487,899	207,228	$1,487,897
82	Sugar	Drama	R	$1,081,922	150,686	$1,081,925
83	Chandni Chowk to China	Musical	PG-13	$921,738	128,376	$921,740
84	Cold Souls	Drama	PG-13	$903,148	125,787	$903,151
85	The Cove	Documentary	PG-13	$857,306	119,402	$857,306
86	Echelon Conspiracy		PG-13	$793,756	110,551	$793,756
87	The Boys are Back	Drama	PG-13	$783,013	109,055	$783,015
88	Fanboys	Comedy	PG-13	$685,484	95,471	$685,482
89	Play the Game	Comedy	PG-13	$653,120	90,964	$653,122
90	Amreeka		PG-13	$600,826	83,681	$600,830
91	American Violet		PG-13	$554,434	77,219	$554,432
92	From Mexico with Love	Drama	PG-13	$548,365	76,374	$548,365
93	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	Comedy	PG-13	$382,885	53,327	$382,888
94	Tokyo Sonata	Drama	PG-13	$277,315	38,623	$277,313
95	The Secret Life of Bees	Drama	PG-13	$241,039	33,571	$241,040
96	Soul Power	Documentary	PG-13	$206,813	28,804	$206,813
97	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Drama	PG-13	$176,444	24,574	$176,441
98	Passport to Love		PG-13	$172,453	24,019	$172,456
99	12	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$125,120	17,426	$125,119
100	War Eagle, Arkansas	Drama	PG-13	$123,670	17,224	$123,668
101	War Eagle, Arkansas	Drama	PG-13	$123,670	17,224	$123,668
102	Irene in Time	Drama	PG-13	$110,175	15,345	$110,177
103	Gentlemen Broncos	Comedy	PG-13	$105,431	14,684	$105,431
104	Nothing Like the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$97,952	13,642	$97,950
105	Motherhood	Comedy	PG-13	$93,388	13,007	$93,390
106	Sleep Dealer	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$80,136	11,161	$80,136
107	Skin		PG-13	$79,184	11,028	$79,181
108	Phoebe in Wonderland	Drama	PG-13	$72,979	10,164	$72,978
109	White On Rice	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$63,280	8,813	$63,277
110	Bart Got a Room	Comedy	PG-13	$53,760	7,487	$53,757
111	Opa!		PG-13	$52,453	7,305	$52,450
112	Nights in Rodanthe	Drama	PG-13	$48,278	6,724	$48,278
113	Casi Divas		PG-13	$46,180	6,432	$46,182
114	Eagle Eye	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$39,048	5,438	$39,045
115	Beyond a Reasonable Doubt	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$32,409	4,514	$32,411
116	That Evening Sun		PG-13	$25,288	3,522	$25,288
117	The Open Road	Drama	PG-13	$19,348	2,695	$19,350
118	Man on Wire	Documentary	PG-13	$19,252	2,681	$19,250
119	Adventures of Power	Comedy	PG-13	$16,778	2,337	$16,780
120	St. Trinian's	Comedy	PG-13	$15,000	2,089	$14,999
121	I Hate Valentine's Day	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$11,004	1,533	$11,007
122	Max Payne	Action	PG-13	$10,065	1,402	$10,066
123	Home		PG-13	$9,011	1,255	$9,011
124	Endgame	Drama	PG-13	$5,922	825	$5,924
125	Call+Response	Documentary	PG-13	$5,364	747	$5,363
126	Familiar Strangers	Comedy	PG-13	$3,516	490	$3,518
127	Humble Pie		PG-13	$2,931	408	$2,929
128	Breakfast with Scot	Drama	PG-13	$2,200	306	$2,197
129	Sixty Six	Comedy	PG-13	$1,088	152	$1,091
130	I Can't Think Straight	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$784	109	$783
Total Gross of All Movies				$4,290,295,006
Total Tickets Sold					597,534,128
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,290,295,039

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.