Box Office Performance for Truly Indie Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Valentino: The Last Emperor	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,755,134	244,448	$1,755,137
2	Jazz in the Diamond District		R	$5,107	711	$5,105
3	Shuttle	Horror	R	$1,925	268	$1,924
4	The Canyon	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,785	249	$1,788
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,763,951
Total Tickets Sold					245,676
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,763,954

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.