Box Office Performance for Adventure Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Theatrical Distributor	MPAA Rating	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold
1	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	7/15/2009	Warner Bros.	PG	$301,959,197	40,261,226
2	Up	5/29/2009	Walt Disney	PG	$293,004,164	39,067,222
3	Star Trek	8/5/2009	Paramount Pictures	PG-13	$257,730,019	34,364,003
4	Monsters vs. Aliens	3/27/2009	Paramount Pictures	PG	$198,351,526	26,446,870
5	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	7/1/2009	20th Century Fox	PG	$196,573,705	26,209,827
6	Sherlock Holmes	12/25/2009	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$138,715,437	18,495,392
7	G-Force	7/24/2009	Walt Disney	PG	$119,436,770	15,924,903
8	The Princess and the Frog	12/11/2009	Walt Disney	G	$85,859,339	11,447,912
9	Where the Wild Things Are	10/16/2009	Warner Bros.	PG	$76,566,491	10,208,865
10	Coraline	2/6/2009	Focus Features	PG	$75,286,229	10,038,164
11	Race to Witch Mountain	3/13/2009	Walt Disney	PG	$67,172,594	8,956,346
12	Planet 51	11/20/2009	Sony Pictures	PG	$39,570,569	5,276,076
13	9	9/9/2009	Focus Features	PG-13	$31,749,894	4,233,319
14	Toy Story 3D Double Feature	10/2/2009	Walt Disney	G	$30,702,446	4,093,659
15	Aliens in the Attic	7/31/2009	20th Century Fox	PG	$25,200,412	3,360,055
16	Shorts	8/21/2009	Warner Bros.	PG	$20,919,166	2,789,222
17	Astro Boy	10/23/2009	Summit Entertainment	PG	$19,432,359	2,590,981
18	The Fantastic Mr. Fox	11/13/2009	20th Century Fox	PG	$19,123,189	2,549,759
19	Inkheart	1/23/2009	Warner Bros.	PG	$17,303,424	2,307,123
20	Gake no ue no Ponyo	8/14/2009	Walt Disney	G	$15,090,399	2,012,053
21	Dragonball Evolution	4/8/2009	20th Century Fox	PG	$9,362,785	1,248,371
22	The Tale of Despereaux	12/19/2008	Universal	G	$7,215,370	962,049
23	The Day the Earth Stood Still	12/12/2008	20th Century Fox	PG-13	$4,942,722	659,030
24	Fly Me To the Moon	8/15/2008	Summit Entertainment	G	$1,979,528	263,937
25	Battle for Terra	5/1/2009	Roadside Attractions	PG	$1,647,083	219,611
26	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	12/25/2009	Sony Pictures Classics	PG-13	$1,029,821	137,309
27	Jumper	2/14/2008	20th Century Fox	PG-13	$996,137	132,818
28	The Polar Express	11/24/2011	Warner Bros.	G	$517,658	69,021
29	Outlander	1/23/2009	Third Rail	R	$166,003	22,134
30	Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America	3/13/2009	Magnolia Pictures	Not Rated	$18,728	2,497
31	Santa vs. The Snowman	11/6/2002	IMAX Films	Not Rated	$10,708	1,428
32	City of Ember	10/10/2008	20th Century Fox	PG	$10,695	1,426
33	The Fall	5/9/2008	Roadside Attractions	R	$6,597	880
34	WALL-E	6/27/2008	Walt Disney	G	$1,275	170
Total Gross of All Movies					$2,057,652,439
Total Tickets Sold						274,353,658

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 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011. 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.