Box Office Performance for Science Fiction Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Action	PG-13	$402,111,870	53,614,916	$423,021,687
2	Avatar	Action	PG-13	$352,114,898	46,948,653	$370,424,872
3	Star Trek	Adventure	PG-13	$257,730,019	34,364,003	$271,131,984
4	2012	Action	PG-13	$163,442,129	21,792,284	$171,941,121
5	Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins	Action	PG-13	$125,322,469	16,709,663	$131,839,241
6	District 9	Thriller/Suspense	R	$115,646,235	15,419,498	$121,659,839
7	Race to Witch Mountain	Adventure	PG	$67,172,594	8,956,346	$70,665,570
8	The Time Traveler's Wife	Drama	PG-13	$63,414,846	8,455,313	$66,712,420
9	Planet 51	Adventure	PG	$39,570,569	5,276,076	$41,628,240
10	Surrogates	Action	PG-13	$38,577,772	5,143,703	$40,583,817
11	Push	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$31,811,527	4,241,537	$33,465,727
12	Aliens in the Attic	Adventure	PG	$25,200,412	3,360,055	$26,510,834
13	Gamer	Action	R	$20,534,907	2,737,988	$21,602,725
14	Pandorum	Horror	R	$10,330,853	1,377,447	$10,868,057
15	The Road	Drama	R	$6,858,313	914,442	$7,214,947
16	Moon	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,010,163	668,022	$5,270,694
17	The Day the Earth Stood Still	Adventure	PG-13	$4,942,722	659,030	$5,199,747
18	Blade Runner	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,016,759	402,235	$3,173,634
19	Battle for Terra	Adventure	PG	$1,647,083	219,611	$1,732,731
20	Jumper	Adventure	PG-13	$996,137	132,818	$1,047,934
21	Outlander	Adventure	R	$166,003	22,134	$174,637
22	Carriers	Thriller/Suspense		$120,866	16,115	$127,147
23	Alien Trespass	Comedy	PG	$104,526	13,937	$109,963
24	Sleep Dealer	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$80,136	10,685	$84,305
25	After Dark's Horrorfest III	Horror	Not Rated	$66,456	8,861	$69,913
26	Los Cronocr�menes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,633	2,218	$17,500
27	The Mutant Chronicles	Action	R	$6,820	909	$7,172
28	WALL-E	Adventure	G	$1,275	170	$1,341
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,736,014,992
Total Tickets Sold					231,468,669
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,826,287,798

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.