Box Office Performance for Sony Pictures Classics Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Whatever Works	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$5,306,447	739,059	$5,306,444
2	Moon	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,009,677	697,727	$5,009,680
3	Coco Before Chanel	Drama	PG-13	$4,847,752	675,174	$4,847,749
4	The Class	Drama	Not Rated	$3,766,810	524,625	$3,766,808
5	An Education		PG-13	$3,218,225	448,221	$3,218,227
6	Easy Virtue	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$2,656,324	369,962	$2,656,327
7	Rachel Getting Married	Drama	R	$2,488,853	346,637	$2,488,854
8	Waltz with Bashir	Documentary	R	$2,062,835	287,303	$2,062,836
9	Rudo y Cursi		R	$1,826,674	254,411	$1,826,671
10	Every Little Step	Documentary	PG-13	$1,724,351	240,160	$1,724,349
11	It Might Get Loud	Documentary	PG	$1,569,659	218,615	$1,569,656
12	Sugar	Drama	R	$1,081,922	150,686	$1,081,925
13	Tyson	Documentary	R	$887,918	123,665	$887,915
14	Paris 36		Not Rated	$850,575	118,464	$850,572
15	I've Loved You So Long	Drama	Not Rated	$811,897	113,078	$811,900
16	Synecdoche, New York	Drama	R	$376,076	52,378	$376,074
17	Lorna's Silence	Drama		$335,155	46,679	$335,155
18	The Damned United	Drama	R	$315,306	43,914	$315,303
19	O'Horten	Comedy		$301,902	42,048	$301,905
20	Adoration			$293,614	40,893	$293,612
21	Soul Power	Documentary	PG-13	$206,813	28,804	$206,813
22	Frozen River	Drama	R	$194,754	27,125	$194,758
23	12	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$125,120	17,426	$125,119
Total Gross of All Movies				$40,258,659
Total Tickets Sold					5,607,054
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$40,258,648

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.