Box Office Performance for Thriller/Suspense Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Theatrical Distributor	MPAA Rating	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold
1	Taken	1/30/2009	20th Century Fox	PG-13	$145,000,989	19,333,465
2	Angels & Demons	5/15/2009	Sony Pictures	PG-13	$133,375,846	17,783,446
3	District 9	8/14/2009	Sony Pictures	R	$115,646,235	15,419,498
4	Knowing	3/20/2009	Summit Entertainment	PG-13	$79,957,634	10,661,018
5	Law Abiding Citizen	10/16/2009	Overture Films	R	$72,928,813	9,723,842
6	Obsessed	4/24/2009	Sony Pictures	PG-13	$68,261,644	9,101,553
7	Duplicity	3/20/2009	Universal	PG-13	$40,572,825	5,409,710
8	State of Play	4/17/2009	Universal	PG-13	$37,017,955	4,935,727
9	The Informant	9/18/2009	Warner Bros.	R	$33,316,821	4,442,243
10	Push	2/6/2009	Summit Entertainment	PG-13	$31,811,527	4,241,537
11	The Stepfather	10/16/2009	Sony Pictures	PG-13	$29,062,561	3,875,008
12	The Fourth Kind	11/6/2009	Universal	PG-13	$25,464,480	3,395,264
13	The International	2/13/2009	Sony Pictures	R	$25,450,527	3,393,404
14	Valkyrie	12/25/2008	United Artists	PG-13	$22,373,908	2,983,188
15	Jennifer's Body	9/18/2009	20th Century Fox	R	$16,204,793	2,160,639
16	Armored	12/4/2009	Sony Pictures	PG-13	$15,815,302	2,108,707
17	A Perfect Getaway	8/7/2009	Universal	R	$15,515,460	2,068,728
18	The Box	11/6/2009	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$15,045,676	2,006,090
19	Crank 2: High Voltage	4/17/2009	Lionsgate	R	$13,684,249	1,824,567
20	Whiteout	9/11/2009	Warner Bros.	R	$10,275,638	1,370,085
21	Moon	6/12/2009	Sony Pictures Classics	R	$5,010,163	668,022
22	Blade Runner	6/25/1982	Warner Bros.	R	$3,016,759	402,235
23	Sin Nombre	3/20/2009	Focus Features	R	$2,536,665	338,222
24	M�n som hatar kvinnor	5/29/2009	Alliance Films	R	$2,186,693	291,559
25	Los abrazos rotos	11/20/2009	Sony Pictures Classics	R	$2,022,655	269,687
26	Kaminey	8/14/2009	UTV Communications	Not Rated	$1,286,143	171,486
27	Flickan som lekte med elden	12/25/2009		R	$598,477	79,797
28	The Limits of Control	5/1/2009	Focus Features	R	$426,688	56,892
29	The Informers	4/24/2009	Senator Entertainment	R	$315,000	42,000
30	Ghajini	12/25/2008	AdLab Films	Not Rated	$237,949	31,727
31	12	3/4/2009	Sony Pictures Classics	PG-13	$125,120	16,683
32	Sleep Dealer	4/17/2009	Maya Releasing	PG-13	$80,136	10,685
33	Body of Lies	10/10/2008	Warner Bros.	R	$79,281	10,571
34	Ne le dis � personne	7/4/2008	Music Box Films	Not Rated	$60,915	8,122
35	Eagle Eye	9/26/2008	Paramount Pictures	PG-13	$39,048	5,206
36	Beyond a Reasonable Doubt	9/11/2009	Anchor Bay Entertainment	PG-13	$32,917	4,389
37	Changeling	10/24/2008	Universal	R	$32,475	4,330
38	Surveillance	6/26/2009	Magnolia Pictures	R	$27,349	3,647
39	Donkey Punch	1/23/2009	Magnolia Pictures	R	$19,367	2,582
40	Killshot	1/23/2009	Weinstein Co.	R	$18,643	2,486
41	Los Cronocr�menes	12/12/2008	Magnolia Pictures	R	$16,633	2,218
42	The Escapist	4/3/2009	ThinkFilm	Not Rated	$13,439	1,792
43	The Perfect Sleep	3/13/2009	Cinema Epoch	R	$6,224	830
44	The Canyon	10/23/2009	Truly Indie	R	$1,785	238
Total Gross of All Movies					$964,973,407
Total Tickets Sold						128,663,125

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.