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	$163,958,031	21,861,071	$172,483,850
2	He's Just Not That Into You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$93,953,653	12,527,154	$98,839,245
3	The Ugly Truth	Romantic Comedy	R	$88,915,214	11,855,362	$93,538,806
4	It's Complicated	Romantic Comedy	R	$59,178,840	7,890,512	$62,256,140
5	Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$55,250,026	7,366,670	$58,123,026
6	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Romantic Comedy	PG	$44,277,350	5,903,647	$46,579,775
7	All About Steve	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$33,862,903	4,515,054	$35,623,776
8	(500) Days of Summer	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$32,425,665	4,323,422	$34,111,800
9	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$25,312,384	3,374,985	$26,628,632
10	New in Town	Romantic Comedy	PG	$16,734,283	2,231,238	$17,604,468
11	My Life in Ruins	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$8,677,425	1,156,990	$9,128,651
12	Whatever Works	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$5,306,706	707,561	$5,582,656
13	Easy Virtue	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$2,656,784	354,238	$2,794,938
14	Love Aaj Kal	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$2,430,083	324,011	$2,556,447
15	Kambakkht Ishq	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$1,445,739	192,765	$1,520,916
16	Management	Romantic Comedy		$934,658	124,621	$983,260
17	Shall We Kiss?	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$534,685	71,291	$562,486
18	White On Rice	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$67,186	8,958	$70,679
19	The Answer Man	Romantic Comedy	R	$26,676	3,557	$28,065
20	I Hate Valentine's Day	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$11,004	1,467	$11,575
21	The Bride & The Grooms	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$5,995	799	$6,304
22	Waiting for Dublin	Romantic Comedy		$5,925	790	$6,233
23	Antarctica	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,133	684	$5,397
24	Tru Loved	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,149	153	$1,207
25	I Can't Think Straight	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$987	132	$1,041
Total Gross of All Movies				$635,978,484
Total Tickets Sold					84,797,132
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$669,049,371

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.