Box Office Performance for Romantic Comedy Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Proposal	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$163,947,053	22,833,851	$163,947,050
2	He's Just Not That Into You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$93,953,653	13,085,467	$93,953,653
3	The Ugly Truth	Romantic Comedy	R	$88,915,214	12,383,735	$88,915,217
4	Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$55,250,026	7,694,990	$55,250,028
5	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Romantic Comedy	PG	$44,277,350	6,166,762	$44,277,351
6	All About Steve	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$33,468,836	4,661,398	$33,468,838
7	(500) Days of Summer	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$32,297,623	4,498,276	$32,297,622
8	New in Town	Romantic Comedy	PG	$16,734,283	2,330,680	$16,734,282
9	My Life in Ruins	Romantic Comedy		$8,662,318	1,206,451	$8,662,318
10	Whatever Works	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$5,306,447	739,059	$5,306,444
11	Easy Virtue	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$2,656,324	369,962	$2,656,327
12	Management	Romantic Comedy		$934,658	130,175	$934,657
13	Shall We Kiss?	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$533,236	74,267	$533,237
14	White On Rice	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$51,228	7,135	$51,229
15	The Answer Man	Romantic Comedy	R	$26,676	3,715	$26,674
16	I Hate Valentine's Day	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$11,004	1,533	$11,007
17	The Bride & The Grooms	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$5,483	764	$5,486
18	Antarctica	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,133	715	$5,134
19	I Can't Think Straight	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$784	109	$783
20	Tru Loved	Romantic Comedy	R	$758	106	$761
Total Gross of All Movies				$547,038,087
Total Tickets Sold					76,189,150
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$547,038,097

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.