Box Office Performance for Drama Movies in 2009
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date | Theatrical
Distributor | MPAA
Rating | 2009 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|
| 1 |
The Twilight Saga: New Moon |
11/15/2012 |
Summit Entertainment |
PG-13 |
$287,954,655 |
38,393,954 |
| 2 |
The Blind Side |
11/20/2009 |
Warner Bros. |
PG-13 |
$208,476,067 |
27,796,809 |
| 3 |
Gran Torino |
1/9/2009 |
Warner Bros. |
R |
$138,274,748 |
18,436,633 |
| 4 |
Disney's A Christmas Carol |
11/30/2009 |
Walt Disney |
PG |
$137,443,917 |
18,325,856 |
| 5 |
Slumdog Millionaire |
11/12/2008 |
Fox Searchlight |
R |
$112,654,105 |
15,020,547 |
| 6 |
Public Enemies |
7/1/2009 |
Universal |
R |
$97,104,620 |
12,947,283 |
| 7 |
Hannah Montana the Movie |
4/10/2009 |
Walt Disney |
G |
$79,576,189 |
10,610,159 |
| 8 |
The Time Traveler's Wife |
8/14/2009 |
Warner Bros. |
PG-13 |
$63,414,846 |
8,455,313 |
| 9 |
My Sister's Keeper |
6/26/2009 |
Warner Bros. |
PG-13 |
$49,200,230 |
6,560,031 |
| 10 |
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
12/25/2008 |
Paramount Pictures |
PG-13 |
$48,212,240 |
6,428,299 |
| 11 |
Up in the Air |
12/4/2009 |
Paramount Pictures |
R |
$44,375,265 |
5,916,702 |
| 12 |
Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire) |
11/6/2009 |
Lionsgate |
R |
$43,760,123 |
5,834,683 |
| 13 |
Orphan |
7/24/2009 |
Warner Bros. |
R |
$41,596,251 |
5,546,167 |
| 14 |
Notorious |
1/16/2009 |
Fox Searchlight |
R |
$36,843,682 |
4,912,491 |
| 15 |
The Soloist |
4/24/2009 |
Paramount Pictures |
PG-13 |
$31,853,584 |
4,247,145 |
| 16 |
The Reader |
12/10/2008 |
Weinstein Co. |
R |
$30,640,829 |
4,085,444 |
| 17 |
Invictus |
12/11/2009 |
Warner Bros. |
PG-13 |
$30,586,445 |
4,078,193 |
| 18 |
Defiance |
1/16/2009 |
Paramount Vantage |
R |
$28,444,199 |
3,792,560 |
| 19 |
Brothers |
12/4/2009 |
Lionsgate |
R |
$27,414,913 |
3,655,322 |
| 20 |
The Wrestler |
12/17/2008 |
Fox Searchlight |
R |
$24,914,015 |
3,321,869 |
| 21 |
Love Happens |
9/18/2009 |
Universal |
PG-13 |
$22,965,110 |
3,062,015 |
| 22 |
Revolutionary Road |
12/26/2008 |
Paramount Vantage |
R |
$22,951,340 |
3,060,179 |
| 23 |
Twilight |
11/15/2012 |
Summit Entertainment |
PG-13 |
$15,847,004 |
2,112,934 |
| 24 |
Doubt |
12/12/2008 |
Miramax |
PG-13 |
$14,740,989 |
1,965,465 |
| 25 |
Milk |
11/26/2008 |
Focus Features |
R |
$14,683,305 |
1,957,774 |
| 26 |
Last Chance Harvey |
12/25/2008 |
Overture Films |
PG-13 |
$14,538,095 |
1,938,413 |
| 27 |
Amelia |
10/23/2009 |
Fox Searchlight |
PG |
$14,224,141 |
1,896,552 |
| 28 |
The Hurt Locker |
6/26/2009 |
Summit Entertainment |
R |
$12,671,105 |
1,689,481 |
| 29 |
Frost/Nixon |
12/5/2008 |
Universal |
R |
$12,330,855 |
1,644,114 |
| 30 |
Not Easily Broken |
1/9/2009 |
Sony Pictures |
PG-13 |
$10,572,742 |
1,409,699 |
| 31 |
Seven Pounds |
12/19/2008 |
Sony Pictures |
PG-13 |
$9,804,526 |
1,307,270 |
| 32 |
Everybody's Fine |
12/4/2009 |
Miramax |
PG-13 |
$9,208,876 |
1,227,850 |
| 33 |
An Education |
10/9/2009 |
Sony Pictures Classics |
PG-13 |
$7,883,524 |
1,051,137 |
| 34 |
Taking Woodstock |
8/28/2009 |
Focus Features |
R |
$7,460,204 |
994,694 |
| 35 |
The Road |
11/25/2009 |
Weinstein Co. |
R |
$6,858,313 |
914,442 |
| 36 |
Coco avant Chanel |
9/25/2009 |
Sony Pictures Classics |
PG-13 |
$5,997,682 |
799,691 |
| 37 |
Bright Star |
9/17/2009 |
Apparition |
PG |
$4,444,637 |
592,618 |
| 38 |
Entre les murs |
1/30/2009 |
Sony Pictures Classics |
Not Rated |
$3,766,810 |
502,241 |
| 39 |
Two Lovers |
2/13/2009 |
Magnolia Pictures |
R |
$3,149,034 |
419,871 |
| 40 |
Australia |
11/26/2008 |
20th Century Fox |
PG-13 |
$2,867,289 |
382,305 |
| 41 |
Cheri |
6/26/2009 |
Miramax |
R |
$2,715,657 |
362,088 |
| 42 |
Rachel Getting Married |
10/3/2008 |
Sony Pictures Classics |
R |
$2,489,437 |
331,925 |
| 43 |
The Young Victoria |
12/18/2009 |
Apparition |
PG |
$2,456,337 |
327,512 |
| 44 |
Adam |
7/29/2009 |
Fox Searchlight |
PG-13 |
$2,283,291 |
304,439 |
| 45 |
Is Anybody There? |
4/17/2009 |
Stony Island Entertainment |
PG-13 |
$2,026,756 |
270,234 |
| 46 |
Che, Part 1: The Argentine |
1/9/2009 |
IFC Films |
Not Rated |
$1,733,532 |
231,138 |
| 47 |
A Single Man |
12/11/2009 |
Weinstein Co. |
R |
$1,731,649 |
230,887 |
| 48 |
L'heure d'été |
5/15/2009 |
IFC Films |
Not Rated |
$1,647,001 |
219,600 |
| 49 |
New York, I Love You |
10/16/2009 |
Vivendi Entertainment |
R |
$1,588,087 |
211,745 |
| 50 |
Gomorra |
2/13/2009 |
IFC Films |
Not Rated |
$1,573,614 |
209,815 |
| 51 |
Babine |
11/28/2008 |
|
Not Rated |
$1,570,226 |
209,363 |
| 52 |
Okuribito |
5/29/2009 |
Regent Releasing |
PG-13 |
$1,537,546 |
205,006 |
| 53 |
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans |
11/20/2009 |
First Look |
R |
$1,433,091 |
191,079 |
| 54 |
Polytechnique |
2/6/2009 |
|
Not Rated |
$1,418,304 |
189,107 |
| 55 |
The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry |
9/18/2009 |
Five & Two Pictures |
PG |
$1,167,623 |
155,683 |
| 56 |
Sugar |
4/3/2009 |
Sony Pictures Classics |
R |
$1,081,922 |
144,256 |
| 57 |
Me and Orson Welles |
11/25/2009 |
Freestyle Releasing |
PG-13 |
$942,276 |
125,637 |
| 58 |
Cold Souls |
8/7/2009 |
Samuel Goldwyn Films |
PG-13 |
$905,209 |
120,695 |
| 59 |
Goodbye Solo |
3/27/2009 |
Roadside Attractions |
R |
$871,445 |
116,193 |
| 60 |
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime |
10/24/2008 |
Sony Pictures Classics |
Not Rated |
$813,326 |
108,443 |
| 61 |
The Boys are Back |
9/25/2009 |
Miramax |
PG-13 |
$809,752 |
107,967 |
| 62 |
Wendy and Lucy |
12/10/2008 |
Oscilloscope Pictures |
R |
$754,366 |
100,582 |
| 63 |
The Great Buck Howard |
3/20/2009 |
Magnolia Pictures |
PG |
$750,587 |
100,078 |
| 64 |
Crazy Heart |
12/16/2009 |
Fox Searchlight |
R |
$702,188 |
93,625 |
| 65 |
The Messenger |
11/13/2009 |
Oscilloscope Pictures |
R |
$654,374 |
87,250 |
| 66 |
From Mexico with Love |
10/9/2009 |
Roadside Attractions |
PG-13 |
$548,775 |
73,170 |
| 67 |
Tetro |
6/11/2009 |
American Zoetrope |
R |
$518,522 |
69,136 |
| 68 |
Crossing Over |
2/27/2009 |
Weinstein Co. |
R |
$455,654 |
60,754 |
| 69 |
The Damned United |
10/9/2009 |
Sony Pictures Classics |
R |
$438,836 |
58,511 |
| 70 |
Lymelife |
4/10/2009 |
Screen Media Films |
R |
$421,307 |
56,174 |
| 71 |
The Lovely Bones |
1/15/2010 |
Paramount Pictures |
PG-13 |
$383,101 |
51,080 |
| 72 |
Synecdoche, New York |
10/24/2008 |
Sony Pictures Classics |
R |
$377,689 |
50,359 |
| 73 |
Tokyo! |
3/6/2009 |
|
Not Rated |
$351,059 |
46,808 |
| 74 |
Tokyo Sonata |
3/13/2009 |
Regent Releasing |
PG-13 |
$278,356 |
37,114 |
| 75 |
Tera Mera Ki Rishta |
4/10/2009 |
Eros Entertainment |
Not Rated |
$271,942 |
36,259 |
| 76 |
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee |
11/27/2009 |
Screen Media Films |
R |
$261,198 |
34,826 |
| 77 |
The Secret Life of Bees |
10/17/2008 |
Fox Searchlight |
PG-13 |
$255,175 |
34,023 |
| 78 |
Frozen River |
8/1/2008 |
Sony Pictures Classics |
R |
$202,328 |
26,977 |
| 79 |
Fireproof |
9/26/2008 |
Samuel Goldwyn Films |
PG |
$199,773 |
26,636 |
| 80 |
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas |
11/7/2008 |
Miramax |
PG-13 |
$192,019 |
25,603 |
| 81 |
Shrink |
7/24/2009 |
Roadside Attractions |
R |
$189,621 |
25,283 |
| 82 |
Hunger |
12/5/2008 |
IFC Films |
Not Rated |
$152,104 |
20,281 |
| 83 |
The Other Man |
9/11/2009 |
Image Entertainment |
R |
$149,530 |
19,937 |
| 84 |
Fados |
3/6/2009 |
Zeitgeist |
Not Rated |
$129,150 |
17,220 |
| 85 |
War Eagle, Arkansas |
6/12/2009 |
Empire Pictures |
PG-13 |
$123,670 |
16,489 |
| 86 |
The Song of Sparrows |
4/3/2009 |
Regent Releasing |
PG |
$116,372 |
15,516 |
| 87 |
Rolling |
4/3/2009 |
Indican Pictures |
Not Rated |
$113,132 |
15,084 |
| 88 |
Medicine for Melancholy |
1/30/2009 |
IFC Films |
Not Rated |
$111,551 |
14,873 |
| 89 |
Irene in Time |
6/19/2009 |
Rainbow Releasing |
PG-13 |
$110,175 |
14,690 |
| 90 |
Bronson |
10/9/2009 |
Magnolia Pictures |
R |
$104,979 |
13,997 |
| 91 |
Hanami |
1/16/2009 |
Strand |
Not Rated |
$104,433 |
13,924 |
| 92 |
Made in U.S.A. |
1/9/2009 |
Rialto Pictures |
Not Rated |
$95,209 |
12,695 |
| 93 |
Das Weisse Band: Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte |
12/30/2009 |
Sony Pictures Classics |
R |
$85,690 |
11,425 |
| 94 |
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh |
4/10/2009 |
Peace Arch Releasing |
R |
$80,283 |
10,704 |
| 95 |
Phoebe in Wonderland |
3/6/2009 |
ThinkFilm |
PG-13 |
$73,361 |
9,781 |
| 96 |
Disgrace |
9/18/2009 |
Paladin |
R |
$69,705 |
9,294 |
| 97 |
Un conte de Noël |
11/14/2008 |
IFC Films |
Not Rated |
$68,870 |
9,183 |
| 98 |
Sodot Ha |
11/26/2008 |
Monterey Media |
R |
$64,585 |
8,611 |
| 99 |
Serbis |
1/30/2009 |
Regent Releasing |
R |
$64,407 |
8,588 |
| 100 |
Plus tard |
10/31/2008 |
Kino International |
Not Rated |
$60,855 |
8,114 |
| 101 |
Stellet licht |
1/9/2009 |
Pallisades Tartan |
Not Rated |
$60,200 |
8,027 |
| 102 |
Trucker |
10/9/2009 |
Monterey Media |
R |
$51,192 |
6,826 |
| 103 |
Broken Hill |
9/11/2009 |
Audience Alliance |
PG |
$50,076 |
6,677 |
| 104 |
Venkovsky ucitel |
3/27/2009 |
Film Movement |
Not Rated |
$50,072 |
6,676 |
| 105 |
Nights in Rodanthe |
9/26/2008 |
Warner Bros. |
PG-13 |
$48,278 |
6,437 |
| 106 |
Owl and the Sparrow |
1/16/2009 |
Wave Releasing |
PG |
$47,071 |
6,276 |
| 107 |
Kaerlighed Pa Film |
1/9/2009 |
Koch Lorber Films |
Not Rated |
$45,835 |
6,111 |
| 108 |
Un secret |
9/10/2008 |
Strand |
Not Rated |
$45,507 |
6,068 |
| 109 |
One Day You'll Understand |
11/21/2008 |
City Lights Pictures |
Not Rated |
$38,557 |
5,141 |
| 110 |
How About You |
11/14/2008 |
Strand |
Not Rated |
$38,471 |
5,129 |
| 111 |
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi |
12/12/2008 |
Yash Raj Films |
Not Rated |
$33,647 |
4,486 |
| 112 |
Mancora |
3/20/2009 |
Maya Releasing |
R |
$29,697 |
3,960 |
| 113 |
Lola Montes |
10/10/2008 |
Rialto Pictures |
Not Rated |
$29,532 |
3,938 |
| 114 |
An American Affair |
2/27/2009 |
Screen Media Films |
Not Rated |
$28,044 |
3,739 |
| 115 |
Death in Love |
7/17/2009 |
Screen Media Films |
R |
$23,412 |
3,122 |
| 116 |
The Open Road |
8/28/2009 |
Anchor Bay Entertainment |
PG-13 |
$19,716 |
2,629 |
| 117 |
Women in Trouble |
11/13/2009 |
Screen Media Films |
R |
$18,521 |
2,469 |
| 118 |
Between Love & Goodbye |
1/30/2009 |
Embrem Entertainment |
Not Rated |
$18,480 |
2,464 |
| 119 |
Good |
12/31/2008 |
ThinkFilm |
R |
$17,980 |
2,397 |
| 120 |
Passchendaele |
10/24/2008 |
Alliance Films |
Not Rated |
$17,172 |
2,290 |
| 121 |
Local Color |
7/3/2009 |
Monterey Media |
R |
$17,151 |
2,287 |
| 122 |
Five Minutes of Heaven |
8/21/2009 |
IFC Films |
R |
$15,676 |
2,090 |
| 123 |
The Education of Charlie Banks |
11/7/2007 |
Anchor Bay Entertainment |
R |
$15,078 |
2,010 |
| 124 |
Live Fast, Die Young |
10/24/2008 |
Riverrain |
Not Rated |
$10,019 |
1,336 |
| 125 |
Winter of Frozen Dreams |
4/10/2009 |
Monterey Media |
R |
$8,321 |
1,109 |
| 126 |
Yonkers Joe |
1/9/2009 |
Magnolia Pictures |
R |
$8,286 |
1,105 |
| 127 |
Endgame |
11/6/2009 |
Monterey Media |
PG-13 |
$8,238 |
1,098 |
| 128 |
Alexandra |
3/28/2008 |
Cinema Guild |
Not Rated |
$4,137 |
552 |
| 129 |
Eden |
11/14/2008 |
|
Not Rated |
$3,914 |
522 |
| 130 |
Gooby |
4/17/2009 |
Monterey Media |
PG |
$3,564 |
475 |
| 131 |
Otto; Or, Up with Dead People |
11/7/2008 |
Strand |
Not Rated |
$3,562 |
475 |
| 132 |
The Village Barbershop |
1/16/2009 |
Monterey Media |
R |
$2,359 |
315 |
| 133 |
Breakfast with Scot |
10/10/2008 |
Regent Releasing |
PG-13 |
$2,200 |
293 |
| 134 |
Love Comes Lately |
6/13/2008 |
Kino International |
Not Rated |
$1,207 |
161 |
| 135 |
Das Haus der schlafenden Schönen |
11/14/2008 |
First Run Features |
Not Rated |
$1,122 |
150 |
| 136 |
Save Me |
9/5/2008 |
First Run Features |
Not Rated |
$1,028 |
137 |
| 137 |
Kings of the Evening |
1/1/2010 |
Indican Pictures |
PG |
$802 |
107 |
| 138 |
The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela |
9/26/2008 |
Regent Releasing |
R |
$213 |
28 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $1,823,405,853 |
| Total Tickets Sold | 243,120,783 |
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.
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