Box Office Performance for Super Hero Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Action	PG-13	$179,883,157	23,984,421	$189,237,082
2	Watchmen	Action	R	$107,509,799	14,334,640	$113,100,310
3	Astro Boy	Adventure	PG	$19,432,359	2,590,981	$20,442,840
4	The Dark Knight	Action	PG-13	$2,343,780	312,504	$2,465,657
5	The Spirit	Action	PG-13	$2,062,450	274,993	$2,169,695
6	Superhero Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$764,486	101,931	$804,236
Total Gross of All Movies				$311,996,031
Total Tickets Sold					41,599,470
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$328,219,818

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.