Box Office Performance for Horror Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Theatrical Distributor	MPAA Rating	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold
1	Paranormal Activity	9/25/2009	Paramount Pictures	R	$107,854,596	14,380,613
2	The Final Destination	8/28/2009	Warner Bros.	R	$66,477,700	8,863,693
3	Friday the 13th	2/13/2009	Warner Bros.	R	$65,002,019	8,666,936
4	The Haunting in Connecticut	3/27/2009	Lionsgate	PG-13	$55,389,516	7,385,269
5	My Bloody Valentine	1/16/2009	Lionsgate	R	$51,545,952	6,872,794
6	The Unborn	1/9/2009	Universal	PG-13	$42,670,410	5,689,388
7	Drag Me To Hell	5/29/2009	Universal	PG-13	$42,100,625	5,613,417
8	Halloween 2	8/28/2009	Weinstein/Dimension	R	$33,392,973	4,452,396
9	The Last House on the Left	3/13/2009	Universal	R	$32,752,215	4,366,962
10	The Uninvited	1/30/2009	Paramount Pictures	PG-13	$28,596,818	3,812,909
11	Saw VI	10/23/2009	Lionsgate	R	$27,693,292	3,692,439
12	Sorority Row	9/11/2009	Summit Entertainment	R	$11,965,282	1,595,371
13	Pandorum	9/25/2009	Overture Films	R	$10,330,853	1,377,447
14	The Collector	7/31/2009	Freestyle Releasing	R	$7,712,114	1,028,282
15	Låt den r�tte komma in	10/24/2008	Magnolia Pictures	R	$638,173	85,090
16	Thirst	7/31/2009	Focus Features	R	$318,574	42,477
17	House of the Devil, The	10/30/2009	Magnolia Pictures	R	$101,215	13,495
18	After Dark's Horrorfest III	1/9/2009	After Dark	Not Rated	$66,456	8,861
19	I Sell the Dead	8/7/2009	IFC Films	Not Rated	$7,066	942
20	Shuttle	3/6/2009	Truly Indie	R	$1,925	257
21	The Objective	2/4/2009	IFC Films	Not Rated	$95	13
Total Gross of All Movies					$584,617,869
Total Tickets Sold						77,949,051

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.