Box Office Performance for Thriller/Suspense Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Taken	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$145,000,989	20,195,124	$145,000,990
2	Angels & Demons	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$133,375,846	18,576,023	$133,375,845
3	District 9	Thriller/Suspense	R	$115,646,235	16,106,718	$115,646,235
4	Paranormal Activity	Thriller/Suspense	R	$103,690,184	14,441,530	$103,690,185
5	Knowing	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$79,957,634	11,136,161	$79,957,636
6	Obsessed	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$68,261,644	9,507,193	$68,261,646
7	Law Abiding Citizen	Thriller/Suspense	R	$67,190,452	9,358,002	$67,190,454
8	Duplicity	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$40,572,825	5,650,811	$40,572,823
9	State of Play	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$37,017,955	5,155,704	$37,017,955
10	The Informant	Thriller/Suspense	R	$33,094,276	4,609,231	$33,094,279
11	Push	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$31,811,527	4,430,575	$31,811,529
12	The Stepfather	Thriller/Suspense		$28,802,131	4,011,439	$28,802,132
13	The International	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,450,527	3,544,642	$25,450,530
14	Valkyrie	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$22,385,491	3,117,756	$22,385,488
15	The Fourth Kind	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$20,449,660	2,848,142	$20,449,660
16	Jennifer's Body	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,195,523	2,255,644	$16,195,524
17	A Perfect Getaway	Thriller/Suspense	R	$15,515,460	2,160,928	$15,515,463
18	Crank 2: High Voltage	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,630,226	1,898,360	$13,630,225
19	The Box	Thriller/Suspense		$13,179,622	1,835,602	$13,179,622
20	Whiteout	Thriller/Suspense		$10,191,433	1,419,420	$10,191,436
21	Moon	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,009,677	697,727	$5,009,680
22	Blade Runner	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,016,759	420,161	$3,016,756
23	Sin Nombre	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,536,665	353,296	$2,536,665
24	The Limits of Control	Thriller/Suspense	R	$426,688	59,427	$426,686
25	The Informers	Thriller/Suspense	R	$315,000	43,872	$315,001
26	Ghajini	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$218,389	30,416	$218,387
27	Flammen og Citronen	Thriller/Suspense		$145,109	20,210	$145,108
28	12	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$125,120	17,426	$125,119
29	Carriers	Thriller/Suspense		$104,352	14,534	$104,354
30	Sleep Dealer	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$80,136	11,161	$80,136
31	Body of Lies	Thriller/Suspense	R	$79,281	11,042	$79,282
32	Just Another Love Story	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$42,686	5,945	$42,685
33	Tell No One	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$39,224	5,463	$39,224
34	Eagle Eye	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$39,048	5,438	$39,045
35	Changeling	Thriller/Suspense	R	$32,475	4,523	$32,475
36	Beyond a Reasonable Doubt	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$32,409	4,514	$32,411
37	Le combat dans l'�le	Thriller/Suspense		$29,577	4,119	$29,574
38	Surveillance	Thriller/Suspense	R	$27,349	3,809	$27,349
39	Donkey Punch	Thriller/Suspense	R	$19,367	2,697	$19,364
40	Killshot	Thriller/Suspense	R	$17,007	2,369	$17,009
41	Timecrimes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,633	2,317	$16,636
42	The Escapist	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$13,023	1,814	$13,025
43	The Perfect Sleep	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,224	867	$6,225
44	The Skeptic	Thriller/Suspense		$6,223	867	$6,225
45	Pontypool	Thriller/Suspense		$3,865	538	$3,863
46	The Canyon	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,785	249	$1,788
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,033,803,711
Total Tickets Sold					143,983,806
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,033,803,727

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.