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
|
$301,809,058 |
42,034,688 |
$301,809,060 |
| 2 |
Up
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$292,979,556 |
40,804,952 |
$292,979,555 |
| 3 |
Up
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$292,979,556 |
40,804,952 |
$292,979,555 |
| 4 |
Monsters vs. Aliens
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$198,351,526 |
27,625,561 |
$198,351,528 |
| 5 |
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$196,519,585 |
27,370,416 |
$196,519,587 |
| 6 |
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$177,243,721 |
24,685,755 |
$177,243,721 |
| 7 |
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$146,336,178 |
20,381,083 |
$146,336,176 |
| 8 |
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$122,090,972 |
17,004,314 |
$122,090,975 |
| 9 |
G-Force
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$119,114,038 |
16,589,699 |
$119,114,039 |
| 10 |
Coraline
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$75,286,229 |
10,485,547 |
$75,286,227 |
| 11 |
Hotel for Dogs
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$73,034,460 |
10,171,930 |
$73,034,457 |
| 12 |
Michael Jackson's This Is It
|
Documentary
|
PG
|
$67,190,296 |
9,357,980 |
$67,190,296 |
| 13 |
Race to Witch Mountain
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$67,172,594 |
9,355,514 |
$67,172,591 |
| 14 |
Bride Wars
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$58,715,510 |
8,177,648 |
$58,715,513 |
| 15 |
Confessions of a Shopaholic
|
Romantic Comedy
|
PG
|
$44,277,350 |
6,166,762 |
$44,277,351 |
| 16 |
Marley & Me
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$36,487,427 |
5,081,814 |
$36,487,425 |
| 17 |
The Pink Panther 2
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$35,922,978 |
5,003,200 |
$35,922,976 |
| 18 |
Aliens in the Attic
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$25,181,910 |
3,507,230 |
$25,181,911 |
| 19 |
Bedtime Stories
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$24,562,807 |
3,421,004 |
$24,562,809 |
| 20 |
Shorts
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$20,724,310 |
2,886,394 |
$20,724,309 |
| 21 |
Astro Boy
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$17,965,336 |
2,502,136 |
$17,965,336 |
| 22 |
Inkheart
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$17,303,424 |
2,409,948 |
$17,303,427 |
| 23 |
New in Town
|
Romantic Comedy
|
PG
|
$16,734,283 |
2,330,680 |
$16,734,282 |
| 24 |
Imagine That
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$16,123,323 |
2,245,588 |
$16,123,322 |
| 25 |
Amelia
|
Drama
|
PG
|
$13,143,512 |
1,830,573 |
$13,143,514 |
| 26 |
Dragonball Evolution
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$9,362,785 |
1,304,009 |
$9,362,785 |
| 27 |
Bandslam
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$5,210,988 |
725,764 |
$5,210,986 |
| 28 |
Food, Inc.
|
Documentary
|
PG
|
$4,414,034 |
614,768 |
$4,414,034 |
| 29 |
Bright Star
|
|
PG
|
$4,341,275 |
604,634 |
$4,341,272 |
| 30 |
Bolt
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$4,136,434 |
576,105 |
$4,136,434 |
| 31 |
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$2,994,140 |
417,011 |
$2,994,139 |
| 32 |
Battle for Terra
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$1,647,083 |
229,399 |
$1,647,085 |
| 33 |
It Might Get Loud
|
Documentary
|
PG
|
$1,569,659 |
218,615 |
$1,569,656 |
| 34 |
X Games 3D: The Movie
|
Documentary
|
PG
|
$1,388,840 |
193,432 |
$1,388,842 |
| 35 |
More Than a Game
|
Documentary
|
PG
|
$922,906 |
128,538 |
$922,903 |
| 36 |
More Than a Game
|
Documentary
|
PG
|
$922,906 |
128,538 |
$922,903 |
| 37 |
The Great Buck Howard
|
Drama
|
PG
|
$750,587 |
104,539 |
$750,590 |
| 38 |
The Cross: The Arthur Blessitt Story
|
Documentary
|
PG
|
$741,557 |
103,281 |
$741,558 |
| 39 |
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$718,318 |
100,044 |
$718,316 |
| 40 |
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$265,900 |
37,033 |
$265,897 |
| 41 |
Stone of Destiny
|
|
PG
|
$233,570 |
32,531 |
$233,573 |
| 42 |
Fireproof
|
Drama
|
PG
|
$194,935 |
27,150 |
$194,937 |
| 43 |
The Golden Boys
|
|
PG
|
$184,169 |
25,650 |
$184,167 |
| 44 |
The Golden Boys
|
|
PG
|
$184,169 |
25,650 |
$184,167 |
| 45 |
The Song of Sparrows
|
Drama
|
PG
|
$115,927 |
16,146 |
$115,928 |
| 46 |
Alien Trespass
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$104,526 |
14,558 |
$104,526 |
| 47 |
The Providence Effect
|
|
PG
|
$62,500 |
8,705 |
$62,502 |
| 48 |
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
|
|
PG
|
$54,852 |
7,640 |
$54,855 |
| 49 |
Broken Hill
|
Drama
|
PG
|
$50,076 |
6,974 |
$50,073 |
| 50 |
Love N' Dancing
|
Musical
|
PG
|
$47,812 |
6,659 |
$47,812 |
| 51 |
Owl and the Sparrow
|
Drama
|
PG
|
$47,071 |
6,556 |
$47,072 |
| 52 |
Igor
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$41,444 |
5,772 |
$41,443 |
| 53 |
Super Capers
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$30,955 |
4,311 |
$30,953 |
| 54 |
Walt and El Grupo
|
Documentary
|
PG
|
$19,900 |
2,772 |
$19,903 |
| 55 |
I.O.U.S.A.
|
Documentary
|
PG
|
$10,850 |
1,511 |
$10,849 |
| 56 |
City of Ember
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$9,381 |
1,307 |
$9,384 |
| 57 |
Gooby
|
Drama
|
PG
|
$3,564 |
496 |
$3,561 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $2,498,033,052 |
| Total Tickets Sold | 347,915,466 |
| Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices | $2,498,033,046 |
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.
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