Box Office Performance for R Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Hangover	Comedy	R	$277,156,483	38,601,181	$277,156,480
2	Gran Torino	Drama	R	$138,274,748	19,258,321	$138,274,745
3	Inglourious Basterds	Action	R	$120,278,316	16,751,855	$120,278,319
4	District 9	Thriller/Suspense	R	$115,646,235	16,106,718	$115,646,235
5	Slumdog Millionaire	Drama	R	$112,643,330	15,688,486	$112,643,329
6	Watchmen	Action	R	$107,509,799	14,973,510	$107,509,802
7	Watchmen	Action	R	$107,509,799	14,973,510	$107,509,802
8	Watchmen	Action	R	$107,509,799	14,973,510	$107,509,802
9	Paranormal Activity	Horror	R	$106,082,922	14,774,780	$106,082,920
10	Public Enemies	Drama	R	$97,104,620	13,524,320	$97,104,618
11	The Ugly Truth	Romantic Comedy	R	$88,915,214	12,383,735	$88,915,217
12	Zombieland	Comedy	R	$74,803,711	10,418,344	$74,803,710
13	I Love You, Man	Comedy	R	$71,440,011	9,949,862	$71,440,009
14	Law Abiding Citizen	Thriller/Suspense	R	$70,018,193	9,751,837	$70,018,190
15	The Taking of Pelham 123	Action	R	$65,452,312	9,115,921	$65,452,313
16	Friday the 13th	Horror	R	$65,002,019	9,053,206	$65,002,019
17	Friday the 13th	Horror	R	$65,002,019	9,053,206	$65,002,019
18	Br�no	Comedy	R	$60,054,530	8,364,141	$60,054,532
19	Funny People	Comedy	R	$51,855,045	7,222,151	$51,855,044
20	My Bloody Valentine	Horror	R	$51,545,952	7,179,102	$51,545,952
21	Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans	Action	R	$45,802,315	6,379,153	$45,802,319
22	Year One	Comedy	R	$43,337,279	6,035,833	$43,337,281
23	Orphan	Drama	R	$41,596,251	5,793,350	$41,596,253
24	Notorious	Drama	R	$36,842,118	5,131,214	$36,842,117
25	Halloween 2	Horror	R	$33,386,128	4,649,879	$33,386,131
26	The Informant	Thriller/Suspense	R	$33,213,811	4,625,879	$33,213,811
27	The Reader	Drama	R	$30,639,074	4,267,281	$30,639,078
28	Defiance	Drama	R	$28,444,199	3,961,588	$28,444,202
29	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Black Comedy	R	$27,680,089	3,855,166	$27,680,092
30	Saw VI	Horror	R	$27,669,413	3,853,679	$27,669,415
31	The International	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,450,527	3,544,642	$25,450,530
32	The Wrestler	Drama	R	$24,912,375	3,469,690	$24,912,374
33	Observe and Report	Comedy	R	$24,007,324	3,343,638	$24,007,321
34	Revolutionary Road	Drama	R	$21,535,731	2,999,405	$21,535,728
35	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Drama	R	$21,277,521	2,963,443	$21,277,521
36	Jennifer's Body	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,204,793	2,256,935	$16,204,793
37	Adventureland	Black Comedy	R	$16,044,025	2,234,544	$16,044,026
38	A Perfect Getaway	Thriller/Suspense	R	$15,515,460	2,160,928	$15,515,463
39	The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard	Comedy	R	$15,122,676	2,106,222	$15,122,674
40	Milk	Drama	R	$14,683,305	2,045,029	$14,683,308
41	Capitalism: A Love Story	Documentary	R	$14,266,331	1,986,954	$14,266,330
42	Crank 2: High Voltage	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,630,226	1,898,360	$13,630,225
43	The Hurt Locker	Drama	R	$12,671,105	1,764,778	$12,671,106
44	Frost/Nixon	Drama	R	$12,330,855	1,717,389	$12,330,853
45	Sunshine Cleaning	Comedy	R	$12,062,558	1,680,022	$12,062,558
46	Sorority Row	Horror	R	$11,965,282	1,666,474	$11,965,283
47	Extract	Comedy	R	$10,814,185	1,506,154	$10,814,186
48	Pandorum	Horror	R	$10,330,853	1,438,837	$10,330,850
49	Away We Go	Comedy	R	$9,451,946	1,316,427	$9,451,946
50	The Collector	Horror	R	$7,712,114	1,074,111	$7,712,117
51	A Serious Man	Comedy	R	$7,476,004	1,041,226	$7,476,003
52	Taking Woodstock	Drama	R	$7,460,204	1,039,026	$7,460,207
53	Taking Woodstock	Drama	R	$7,460,204	1,039,026	$7,460,207
54	Pirate Radio	Comedy	R	$5,184,068	722,015	$5,184,068
55	Pirate Radio	Comedy	R	$5,184,068	722,015	$5,184,068
56	Moon	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,009,677	697,727	$5,009,680
57	Miss March	Comedy	R	$4,542,775	632,698	$4,542,772
58	Two Lovers	Drama	R	$3,149,034	438,584	$3,149,033
59	Blade Runner	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,016,759	420,161	$3,016,756
60	Cheri	Drama	R	$2,708,188	377,185	$2,708,188
61	Sin Nombre	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,536,665	353,296	$2,536,665
62	Rachel Getting Married	Drama	R	$2,488,853	346,637	$2,488,854
63	Waltz with Bashir	Documentary	R	$2,062,835	287,303	$2,062,836
64	Rudo y Cursi		R	$1,826,674	254,411	$1,826,671
65	New York, I Love You	Drama	R	$1,466,467	204,243	$1,466,465
66	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Comedy	R	$1,429,299	199,067	$1,429,301
67	Paper Man	Comedy	R	$1,261,065	175,636	$1,261,066
68	Sugar	Drama	R	$1,081,922	150,686	$1,081,925
69	Tyson	Documentary	R	$887,918	123,665	$887,915
70	Goodbye Solo	Drama	Not Rated	$871,275	121,347	$871,271
71	Paris	Comedy	R	$842,950	117,403	$842,954
72	Wendy and Lucy	Drama	R	$745,613	103,846	$745,614
73	Let the Right One In	Horror	R	$637,789	88,829	$637,792
74	Role Models	Comedy	R	$597,215	83,178	$597,218
75	Tetro	Drama	R	$515,722	71,828	$515,725
76	The Baader Meinhof Complex		R	$468,768	65,288	$468,768
77	Crossing Over	Drama	R	$454,149	63,252	$454,149
78	The Limits of Control	Thriller/Suspense	R	$426,688	59,427	$426,686
79	Lymelife	Drama	R	$421,307	58,678	$421,308
80	Humpday	Comedy	R	$407,377	56,738	$407,379
81	The Damned United	Drama	R	$385,049	53,628	$385,049
82	Synecdoche, New York	Drama	R	$376,076	52,378	$376,074
83	Merry Gentleman, The		R	$347,977	48,465	$347,979
84	Thirst	Horror	R	$318,574	44,370	$318,577
85	The Informers	Thriller/Suspense	R	$315,000	43,872	$315,001
86	Outrage		R	$287,198	40,000	$287,200
87	Blood: The Last Vampire	Action	R	$256,682	35,750	$256,685
88	Spread	Comedy	R	$249,590	34,762	$249,591
89	Spread	Comedy	R	$249,590	34,762	$249,591
90	Black Dynamite		R	$228,477	31,821	$228,475
91	Big Fan	Comedy	R	$225,071	31,347	$225,071
92	World's Greatest Dad	Black Comedy	R	$221,210	30,809	$221,209
93	(Untitled)		R	$201,342	28,042	$201,342
94	Frozen River	Drama	R	$194,754	27,125	$194,758
95	Shrink	Drama	R	$189,621	26,410	$189,624
96	Happy-Go-Lucky	Comedy	R	$184,056	25,635	$184,059
97	The Messenger	Drama	R	$167,346	23,307	$167,344
98	Outlander	Adventure	R	$166,003	23,120	$166,002
99	Brothers at War		R	$153,148	21,330	$153,149
100	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Comedy	R	$151,955	21,164	$151,958
101	Appaloosa	Western	R	$130,820	18,220	$130,820
102	Street Dreams		R	$122,575	17,072	$122,577
103	Broken Embraces	Thriller/Suspense	R	$107,111	14,918	$107,111
104	Gigantic	Comedy	R	$102,704	14,304	$102,703
105	Bronson	Drama	R	$90,857	12,654	$90,856
106	Bronson	Drama	R	$90,857	12,654	$90,856
107	The Other Man	Drama	R	$89,482	12,463	$89,484
108	Ong-Bak 2	Action	R	$82,131	11,439	$82,132
109	The Mysteries of Pittsburgh	Drama	R	$80,283	11,181	$80,280
110	Body of Lies	Thriller/Suspense	R	$79,281	11,042	$79,282
111	Che, El Ar the Argentine		R	$75,238	10,479	$75,239
112	House of the Devil, The	Horror	R	$72,238	10,061	$72,238
113	The Secrets	Drama	R	$64,585	8,995	$64,584
114	Serbis	Drama	R	$64,407	8,970	$64,405
115	Soul Men	Comedy	R	$56,849	7,918	$56,851
116	$9.99	Comedy	R	$49,629	6,912	$49,628
117	Into Temptation		R	$47,365	6,597	$47,366
118	Trucker	Drama	R	$46,687	6,502	$46,684
119	Changeling	Thriller/Suspense	R	$32,475	4,523	$32,475
120	Mancora	Drama	R	$29,697	4,136	$29,696
121	Explicit Ills		R	$28,564	3,978	$28,562
122	Mystery Team	Comedy	R	$27,487	3,828	$27,485
123	Surveillance	Thriller/Suspense	R	$27,349	3,809	$27,349
124	The Answer Man	Romantic Comedy	R	$26,676	3,715	$26,674
125	Ciao		R	$26,550	3,698	$26,552
126	Death in Love	Drama	R	$23,412	3,261	$23,414
127	JCVD	Comedy	R	$21,700	3,022	$21,698
128	The Last Lullaby		R	$21,413	2,982	$21,411
129	Not Quite Hollywood	Documentary	R	$21,152	2,946	$21,152
130	Weather Girl		R	$20,915	2,913	$20,915
131	Donkey Punch	Thriller/Suspense	R	$19,367	2,697	$19,364
132	Local Color	Drama	R	$17,151	2,389	$17,153
133	Killshot	Thriller/Suspense	R	$17,007	2,369	$17,009
134	Timecrimes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,633	2,317	$16,636
135	Red Cliff	Action	R	$14,873	2,071	$14,870
136	Chocolate	Action	R	$14,845	2,068	$14,848
137	The Education of Charlie Banks	Drama	R	$14,547	2,026	$14,547
138	Dare		R	$13,200	1,838	$13,197
139	Yonkers Joe	Drama	R	$8,286	1,154	$8,286
140	Eleven Minutes	Documentary	R	$7,986	1,112	$7,984
141	Winter of Frozen Dreams	Drama	R	$7,334	1,021	$7,331
142	Chelsea on the Rocks	Documentary	R	$7,259	1,011	$7,259
143	The Perfect Sleep	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,224	867	$6,225
144	Janky Promoters	Comedy	R	$6,200	864	$6,204
145	Fix		R	$5,951	829	$5,952
146	Spinning into Butter		R	$5,534	771	$5,536
147	What Goes Up		R	$5,290	737	$5,292
148	Antarctica	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,133	715	$5,134
149	Jazz in the Diamond District		R	$5,107	711	$5,105
150	The Mutant Chronicles	Action	R	$4,724	658	$4,724
151	Bob Funk		R	$4,085	569	$4,085
152	The Ministers		R	$2,844	396	$2,843
153	The Village Barbershop	Drama	R	$2,359	329	$2,362
154	Shuttle	Horror	R	$1,925	268	$1,924
155	The Canyon	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,785	249	$1,788
156	Incendiary		Not Rated	$1,260	175	$1,257
157	How to be a Serial Killer		R	$899	125	$898
158	Teeth	Comedy	R	$886	123	$883
159	Tru Loved	Romantic Comedy	R	$758	106	$761
160	Tru Loved	Romantic Comedy	R	$758	106	$761
161	Patrik, Age 1.5		R	$408	57	$409
162	The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela	Drama	R	$213	30	$215
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,691,876,497
Total Tickets Sold					374,913,168
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,691,876,546

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.