Box Office Performance for PG Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Adventure	PG	$301,959,197	40,261,226	$317,661,073
2	Up	Adventure	PG	$293,004,164	39,067,222	$308,240,382
3	Monsters vs. Aliens	Adventure	PG	$198,351,526	26,446,870	$208,665,804
4	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Adventure	PG	$196,573,705	26,209,827	$206,795,535
5	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Comedy	PG	$177,243,721	23,632,496	$186,460,393
6	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	Comedy	PG	$155,916,935	20,788,925	$164,024,618
7	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Comedy	PG	$146,336,178	19,511,490	$153,945,656
8	Disney's A Christmas Carol	Drama	PG	$137,443,917	18,325,856	$144,591,004
9	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Comedy	PG	$124,264,907	16,568,654	$130,726,680
10	G-Force	Adventure	PG	$119,436,770	15,924,903	$125,647,485
11	Where the Wild Things Are	Adventure	PG	$76,566,491	10,208,865	$80,547,945
12	Coraline	Adventure	PG	$75,286,229	10,038,164	$79,201,114
13	Hotel for Dogs	Comedy	PG	$73,178,547	9,757,140	$76,983,835
14	Michael Jackson's This Is It	Documentary	PG	$72,091,016	9,612,135	$75,839,745
15	Race to Witch Mountain	Adventure	PG	$67,172,594	8,956,346	$70,665,570
16	Bride Wars	Comedy	PG	$58,715,510	7,828,735	$61,768,719
17	Old Dogs	Comedy	PG	$47,239,575	6,298,610	$49,696,033
18	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Romantic Comedy	PG	$44,277,350	5,903,647	$46,579,775
19	Planet 51	Adventure	PG	$39,570,569	5,276,076	$41,628,240
20	Marley & Me	Comedy	PG	$36,489,705	4,865,294	$38,387,170
21	The Pink Panther 2	Comedy	PG	$35,922,978	4,789,730	$37,790,970
22	Aliens in the Attic	Adventure	PG	$25,200,412	3,360,055	$26,510,834
23	Bedtime Stories	Comedy	PG	$24,562,807	3,275,041	$25,840,073
24	Fame	Musical	PG	$22,455,510	2,994,068	$23,623,197
25	Shorts	Adventure	PG	$20,919,166	2,789,222	$22,006,962
26	Astro Boy	Adventure	PG	$19,432,359	2,590,981	$20,442,840
27	The Fantastic Mr. Fox	Adventure	PG	$19,123,189	2,549,759	$20,117,599
28	Inkheart	Adventure	PG	$17,303,424	2,307,123	$18,203,200
29	New in Town	Romantic Comedy	PG	$16,734,283	2,231,238	$17,604,468
30	Imagine That	Comedy	PG	$16,222,392	2,162,986	$17,065,960
31	Amelia	Drama	PG	$14,224,141	1,896,552	$14,963,795
32	Dragonball Evolution	Adventure	PG	$9,362,785	1,248,371	$9,849,647
33	Bandslam	Comedy	PG	$5,210,988	694,798	$5,481,956
34	Bright Star	Drama	PG	$4,444,637	592,618	$4,675,756
35	Food, Inc.	Documentary	PG	$4,417,674	589,023	$4,647,391
36	Bolt	Comedy	PG	$4,136,434	551,525	$4,351,532
37	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Comedy	PG	$3,158,070	421,076	$3,322,290
38	The Young Victoria	Drama	PG	$2,456,337	327,512	$2,584,070
39	Battle for Terra	Adventure	PG	$1,647,083	219,611	$1,732,731
40	It Might Get Loud	Documentary	PG	$1,610,163	214,688	$1,693,888
41	X Games 3D: The Movie	Documentary	PG	$1,391,434	185,525	$1,463,792
42	The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry	Drama	PG	$1,167,623	155,683	$1,228,339
43	More Than a Game	Documentary	PG	$950,675	126,757	$1,000,113
44	The Great Buck Howard	Drama	PG	$750,587	100,078	$789,615
45	The Cross: The Arthur Blessitt Story	Documentary	PG	$741,557	98,874	$780,116
46	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Comedy	PG	$735,449	98,060	$773,693
47	Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D	Musical	PG	$406,085	54,145	$427,204
48	Stone of Destiny		PG	$389,584	51,945	$409,846
49	Larger than Life 3D: The Dave Matthews Band		PG	$246,042	32,806	$258,839
50	Fireproof	Drama	PG	$199,773	26,636	$210,158
51	The Golden Boys		PG	$184,169	24,556	$193,747
52	The Song of Sparrows	Drama	PG	$116,372	15,516	$122,421
53	Alien Trespass	Comedy	PG	$104,526	13,937	$109,963
54	Igor	Comedy	PG	$81,381	10,851	$85,614
55	The Providence Effect		PG	$62,500	8,333	$65,747
56	The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story		PG	$55,513	7,402	$58,402
57	Broken Hill	Drama	PG	$50,076	6,677	$52,682
58	Love N' Dancing	Musical	PG	$47,812	6,375	$50,299
59	Owl and the Sparrow	Drama	PG	$47,071	6,276	$49,518
60	Super Capers	Comedy	PG	$30,955	4,127	$32,562
61	Walt and El Grupo	Documentary	PG	$20,521	2,736	$21,587
62	I.O.U.S.A.	Documentary	PG	$10,850	1,447	$11,417
63	City of Ember	Adventure	PG	$10,695	1,426	$11,251
64	Gooby	Drama	PG	$3,564	475	$3,748
65	Kings of the Evening	Drama	PG	$802	107	$844
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,717,469,054
Total Tickets Sold					362,329,208
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,858,777,451

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.