Box Office Performance for Sequel 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	56,004,439	$402,111,872
2	Star Trek	Adventure	PG-13	$257,730,019	35,895,546	$257,730,020
3	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Adventure	PG	$196,573,705	27,377,953	$196,573,703
4	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Comedy	PG	$177,243,721	24,685,755	$177,243,721
5	Fast & Furious	Action		$155,064,265	21,596,694	$155,064,263
6	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Drama	PG-13	$142,839,137	19,894,030	$142,839,135
7	Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins	Action	PG-13	$125,322,469	17,454,383	$125,322,470
8	The Final Destination	Horror		$66,466,372	9,257,155	$66,466,373
9	Friday the 13th	Horror	R	$65,002,019	9,053,206	$65,002,019
10	Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans	Action	R	$45,802,315	6,379,153	$45,802,319
11	The Pink Panther 2	Comedy	PG	$35,922,978	5,003,200	$35,922,976
12	Halloween 2	Horror	R	$33,386,128	4,649,879	$33,386,131
13	Saw VI	Horror	R	$27,669,413	3,853,679	$27,669,415
14	Crank 2: High Voltage	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,630,226	1,898,360	$13,630,225
15	The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day	Action		$3,552,730	494,809	$3,552,729
16	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Comedy	PG	$2,994,140	417,011	$2,994,139
17	Quantum of Solace	Action	PG-13	$2,548,014	354,877	$2,548,017
18	The Dark Knight	Action	PG-13	$2,343,780	326,432	$2,343,782
19	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	Musical	G	$332,111	46,255	$332,111
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,756,535,412
Total Tickets Sold					244,642,816
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,756,535,419

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.