Box Office Performance for Romantic Comedy Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Theatrical Distributor	MPAA Rating	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold
1	The Proposal	6/19/2009	Walt Disney	PG-13	$163,958,031	21,861,071
2	He's Just Not That Into You	2/6/2009	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$93,953,653	12,527,154
3	The Ugly Truth	7/24/2009	Sony Pictures	R	$88,915,214	11,855,362
4	It's Complicated	12/25/2009	Universal	R	$59,178,840	7,890,512
5	Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	5/1/2009	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$55,250,026	7,366,670
6	Confessions of a Shopaholic	2/13/2009	Walt Disney	PG	$44,277,350	5,903,647
7	All About Steve	9/4/2009	20th Century Fox	PG-13	$33,862,903	4,515,054
8	(500) Days of Summer	8/7/2009	Fox Searchlight	PG-13	$32,425,665	4,323,422
9	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	12/18/2009	Sony Pictures	PG-13	$25,312,384	3,374,985
10	New in Town	1/30/2009	Lionsgate	PG	$16,734,283	2,231,238
11	My Life in Ruins	6/5/2009	Fox Searchlight	PG-13	$8,677,425	1,156,990
12	Whatever Works	6/19/2009	Sony Pictures Classics	PG-13	$5,306,706	707,561
13	Easy Virtue	5/22/2009	Sony Pictures Classics	PG-13	$2,656,784	354,238
14	Love Aaj Kal	7/31/2009	Eros Entertainment	Not Rated	$2,430,083	324,011
15	Kambakkht Ishq	7/3/2009	Eros Entertainment	Not Rated	$1,445,739	192,765
16	Shall We Kiss?	3/27/2009	Music Box Films	Not Rated	$534,685	71,291
17	White On Rice	9/11/2009	Variance Films	PG-13	$67,186	8,958
18	The Answer Man	7/24/2009	Magnolia Pictures	R	$26,676	3,557
19	I Hate Valentine's Day	7/3/2009	IFC Films	PG-13	$11,004	1,467
20	Antarctica	8/29/2008	Regent Releasing	R	$5,133	684
21	Tru Loved	10/17/2008	Regent Releasing	R	$1,149	153
22	I Can't Think Straight	11/21/2008	Regent Releasing	PG-13	$987	132
Total Gross of All Movies					$635,031,906
Total Tickets Sold						84,670,922

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.