Box Office Performance for Live Action Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Genre	MPAA Rating	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold
1	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	11/15/2012	Drama	PG-13	$287,954,655	38,393,954
2	The Hangover	6/5/2009	Comedy	R	$277,322,503	36,976,334
3	Star Trek	8/5/2009	Adventure	PG-13	$257,730,019	34,364,003
4	The Blind Side	11/20/2009	Drama	PG-13	$208,476,067	27,796,809
5	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	5/1/2009	Action	PG-13	$179,883,157	23,984,421
6	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	5/22/2009	Comedy	PG	$177,243,721	23,632,496
7	The Proposal	6/19/2009	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$163,958,031	21,861,071
8	2012	11/13/2009	Action	PG-13	$163,442,129	21,792,284
9	Fast & Furious	4/3/2009	Action	PG-13	$155,064,265	20,675,235
10	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	1/16/2009	Comedy	PG	$146,336,178	19,511,490
11	Taken	1/30/2009	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$145,000,989	19,333,465
12	Sherlock Holmes	12/25/2009	Adventure	PG-13	$138,715,437	18,495,392
13	Gran Torino	1/9/2009	Drama	R	$138,274,748	18,436,633
14	Angels & Demons	5/15/2009	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$133,375,846	17,783,446
15	Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins	5/21/2009	Action	PG-13	$125,322,469	16,709,663
16	Inglourious Basterds	8/20/2009	Action	R	$120,774,594	16,103,279
17	Slumdog Millionaire	11/12/2008	Drama	R	$112,654,105	15,020,547
18	Couples Retreat	10/9/2009	Comedy	PG-13	$108,511,760	14,468,235
19	Paranormal Activity	9/25/2009	Horror	R	$107,854,596	14,380,613
20	Watchmen	3/6/2009	Action	R	$107,509,799	14,334,640
21	Public Enemies	7/1/2009	Drama	R	$97,104,620	12,947,283
22	Julie & Julia	8/7/2009	Comedy	PG-13	$94,125,426	12,550,057
23	He's Just Not That Into You	2/6/2009	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$93,953,653	12,527,154
24	Madea Goes To Jail	2/20/2009	Comedy	PG-13	$90,508,336	12,067,778
25	The Ugly Truth	7/24/2009	Romantic Comedy	R	$88,915,214	11,855,362
26	Knowing	3/20/2009	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$79,957,634	10,661,018
27	Hannah Montana the Movie	4/10/2009	Drama	G	$79,576,189	10,610,159
28	Where the Wild Things Are	10/16/2009	Adventure	PG	$76,566,491	10,208,865
29	Zombieland	10/2/2009	Comedy	R	$75,590,286	10,078,705
30	Hotel for Dogs	1/16/2009	Comedy	PG	$73,178,547	9,757,140
31	Law Abiding Citizen	10/16/2009	Thriller/Suspense	R	$72,928,813	9,723,842
32	Michael Jackson's This Is It	10/28/2009	Documentary	PG	$72,091,016	9,612,135
33	I Love You, Man	3/20/2009	Comedy	R	$72,013,010	9,601,735
34	Obsessed	4/24/2009	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$68,261,644	9,101,553
35	Race to Witch Mountain	3/13/2009	Adventure	PG	$67,172,594	8,956,346
36	The Final Destination	8/28/2009	Horror	R	$66,477,700	8,863,693
37	The Taking of Pelham 123	6/12/2009	Action	R	$65,452,312	8,726,975
38	Friday the 13th	2/13/2009	Horror	R	$65,002,019	8,666,936
39	17 Again	4/17/2009	Comedy	PG-13	$64,167,069	8,555,609
40	The Time Traveler's Wife	8/14/2009	Drama	PG-13	$63,414,846	8,455,313
41	Br�no	7/10/2009	Comedy	R	$60,054,530	8,007,271
42	It's Complicated	12/25/2009	Romantic Comedy	R	$59,178,840	7,890,512
43	Bride Wars	1/9/2009	Comedy	PG	$58,715,510	7,828,735
44	The Haunting in Connecticut	3/27/2009	Horror	PG-13	$55,389,516	7,385,269
45	Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	5/1/2009	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$55,250,026	7,366,670
46	Funny People	7/31/2009	Comedy	R	$51,855,045	6,914,006
47	I Can Do Bad All By Myself	9/11/2009	Comedy	PG-13	$51,733,921	6,897,856
48	My Bloody Valentine	1/16/2009	Horror	R	$51,545,952	6,872,794
49	Land of the Lost	6/5/2009	Comedy	PG-13	$49,438,370	6,591,783
50	My Sister's Keeper	6/26/2009	Drama	PG-13	$49,200,230	6,560,031
51	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	12/25/2008	Drama	PG-13	$48,212,240	6,428,299
52	Old Dogs	11/25/2009	Comedy	PG	$47,239,575	6,298,610
53	Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans	1/23/2009	Action	R	$45,802,315	6,106,975
54	Up in the Air	12/4/2009	Drama	R	$44,375,265	5,916,702
55	Confessions of a Shopaholic	2/13/2009	Romantic Comedy	PG	$44,277,350	5,903,647
56	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	11/6/2009	Drama	R	$43,760,123	5,834,683
57	Year One	6/19/2009	Comedy	PG-13	$43,337,279	5,778,304
58	The Unborn	1/9/2009	Horror	PG-13	$42,670,410	5,689,388
59	Drag Me To Hell	5/29/2009	Horror	PG-13	$42,100,625	5,613,417
60	Orphan	7/24/2009	Drama	R	$41,596,251	5,546,167
61	Duplicity	3/20/2009	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$40,572,825	5,409,710
62	Surrogates	9/25/2009	Action	PG-13	$38,577,772	5,143,703
63	Ninja Assassin	11/25/2009	Action	R	$37,492,774	4,999,037
64	State of Play	4/17/2009	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$37,017,955	4,935,727
65	Notorious	1/16/2009	Drama	R	$36,843,682	4,912,491
66	Marley & Me	12/25/2008	Comedy	PG	$36,489,705	4,865,294
67	The Pink Panther 2	2/6/2009	Comedy	PG	$35,922,978	4,789,730
68	All About Steve	9/4/2009	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$33,862,903	4,515,054
69	Halloween 2	8/28/2009	Horror	R	$33,392,973	4,452,396
70	The Informant	9/18/2009	Thriller/Suspense	R	$33,316,821	4,442,243
71	The Last House on the Left	3/13/2009	Horror	R	$32,752,215	4,366,962
72	(500) Days of Summer	8/7/2009	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$32,425,665	4,323,422
73	The Men Who Stare at Goats	11/6/2009	Black Comedy	R	$32,018,431	4,269,124
74	earth	4/22/2009	Documentary	G	$32,011,576	4,268,210
75	The Soloist	4/24/2009	Drama	PG-13	$31,853,584	4,247,145
76	Push	2/6/2009	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$31,811,527	4,241,537
77	The Reader	12/10/2008	Drama	R	$30,640,829	4,085,444
78	Invictus	12/11/2009	Drama	PG-13	$30,586,445	4,078,193
79	The Stepfather	10/16/2009	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$29,062,561	3,875,008
80	The Uninvited	1/30/2009	Horror	PG-13	$28,596,818	3,812,909
81	Defiance	1/16/2009	Drama	R	$28,444,199	3,792,560
82	Saw VI	10/23/2009	Horror	R	$27,693,292	3,692,439
83	Brothers	12/4/2009	Drama	R	$27,414,913	3,655,322
84	Dance Flick	5/22/2009	Comedy	PG-13	$25,794,018	3,439,202
85	The Fourth Kind	11/6/2009	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$25,464,480	3,395,264
86	The International	2/13/2009	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,450,527	3,393,404
87	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	12/18/2009	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$25,312,384	3,374,985
88	Aliens in the Attic	7/31/2009	Adventure	PG	$25,200,412	3,360,055
89	The Wrestler	12/17/2008	Drama	R	$24,914,015	3,321,869
90	Bedtime Stories	12/25/2008	Comedy	PG	$24,562,807	3,275,041
91	Observe and Report	4/10/2009	Comedy	R	$24,007,324	3,200,977
92	Fighting	4/24/2009	Action	PG-13	$23,091,010	3,078,801
93	Love Happens	9/18/2009	Drama	PG-13	$22,965,110	3,062,015
94	Revolutionary Road	12/26/2008	Drama	R	$22,951,340	3,060,179
95	Fame	9/25/2009	Musical	PG	$22,455,510	2,994,068
96	Valkyrie	12/25/2008	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$22,373,908	2,983,188
97	Shorts	8/21/2009	Adventure	PG	$20,919,166	2,789,222
98	Gamer	9/4/2009	Action	R	$20,534,907	2,737,988
99	Under the Sea 3D	2/13/2009	Documentary	G	$19,416,024	2,588,803
100	Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience	2/27/2009	Concert/Performance	G	$19,162,740	2,555,032
101	The Invention of Lying	10/2/2009	Comedy	PG-13	$18,451,251	2,460,167
102	Yes Man	12/19/2008	Comedy	PG-13	$18,183,588	2,424,478
103	Inkheart	1/23/2009	Adventure	PG	$17,303,424	2,307,123
104	Fired Up	2/20/2009	Comedy	PG-13	$17,231,291	2,297,505
105	New in Town	1/30/2009	Romantic Comedy	PG	$16,734,283	2,231,238
106	Imagine That	6/12/2009	Comedy	PG	$16,222,392	2,162,986
107	Jennifer's Body	9/18/2009	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,204,793	2,160,639
108	Adventureland	4/3/2009	Black Comedy	R	$16,044,025	2,139,203
109	Twilight	11/15/2012	Drama	PG-13	$15,847,004	2,112,934
110	Armored	12/4/2009	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$15,815,302	2,108,707
111	A Perfect Getaway	8/7/2009	Thriller/Suspense	R	$15,515,460	2,068,728
112	The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard	8/14/2009	Comedy	R	$15,122,676	2,016,357
113	The Box	11/6/2009	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$15,045,676	2,006,090
114	I Love You, Beth Cooper	7/10/2009	Comedy	PG-13	$14,800,725	1,973,430
115	Doubt	12/12/2008	Drama	PG-13	$14,740,989	1,965,465
116	Milk	11/26/2008	Drama	R	$14,683,305	1,957,774
117	Last Chance Harvey	12/25/2008	Drama	PG-13	$14,538,095	1,938,413
118	Capitalism: A Love Story	9/23/2009	Documentary	R	$14,363,397	1,915,120
119	Amelia	10/23/2009	Drama	PG	$14,224,141	1,896,552
120	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	10/23/2009	Action	PG-13	$14,046,595	1,872,879
121	Nine	12/18/2009	Musical	PG-13	$13,745,976	1,832,797
122	Crank 2: High Voltage	4/17/2009	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,684,249	1,824,567
123	Whip It	10/2/2009	Comedy	PG-13	$13,077,184	1,743,625
124	Magnificent Desolation	9/23/2005	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,024,828	1,736,644
125	The Hurt Locker	6/26/2009	Drama	R	$12,671,105	1,689,481
126	Frost/Nixon	12/5/2008	Drama	R	$12,330,855	1,644,114
127	12 Rounds	3/27/2009	Action	PG-13	$12,234,694	1,631,293
128	Sunshine Cleaning	3/13/2009	Comedy	R	$12,062,558	1,608,341
129	Sorority Row	9/11/2009	Horror	R	$11,965,282	1,595,371
130	Extract	9/4/2009	Comedy	R	$10,823,158	1,443,088
131	De p�re en flic	7/8/2009	Comedy	Not Rated	$10,644,453	1,419,260
132	Not Easily Broken	1/9/2009	Drama	PG-13	$10,572,742	1,409,699
133	Pandorum	9/25/2009	Horror	R	$10,330,853	1,377,447
134	Whiteout	9/11/2009	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,275,638	1,370,085
135	Next Day Air	5/8/2009	Comedy	R	$10,027,047	1,336,940
136	The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day	10/30/2009	Action	R	$9,957,954	1,327,727
137	Seven Pounds	12/19/2008	Drama	PG-13	$9,804,526	1,307,270
138	Away We Go	6/5/2009	Comedy	R	$9,451,946	1,260,259
139	Dragonball Evolution	4/8/2009	Adventure	PG	$9,362,785	1,248,371
140	Everybody's Fine	12/4/2009	Drama	PG-13	$9,208,876	1,227,850
141	A Serious Man	10/2/2009	Comedy	R	$9,190,525	1,225,403
142	Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li	2/27/2009	Action	PG-13	$9,135,036	1,218,005
143	My Life in Ruins	6/5/2009	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$8,677,425	1,156,990
144	The Boat That Rocked	11/13/2009	Comedy	R	$7,994,115	1,065,882
145	An Education	10/9/2009	Drama	PG-13	$7,883,524	1,051,137
146	The Collector	7/31/2009	Horror	R	$7,712,114	1,028,282
147	Taking Woodstock	8/28/2009	Drama	R	$7,460,204	994,694
148	The Road	11/25/2009	Drama	R	$6,858,313	914,442
149	Post Grad	8/21/2009	Comedy	PG-13	$6,382,178	850,957
150	Coco avant Chanel	9/25/2009	Drama	PG-13	$5,997,682	799,691
151	Whatever Works	6/19/2009	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$5,306,706	707,561
152	Deep Sea 3-D	3/3/2006	Documentary	G	$5,275,270	703,369
153	Bandslam	8/14/2009	Comedy	PG	$5,210,988	694,798
154	Moon	6/12/2009	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,010,163	668,022
155	The Day the Earth Stood Still	12/12/2008	Adventure	PG-13	$4,942,722	659,030
156	3 Idiots	12/23/2009	Comedy	PG-13	$4,757,078	634,277
157	Miss March	3/13/2009	Comedy	R	$4,543,320	605,776
158	Bright Star	9/17/2009	Drama	PG	$4,444,637	592,618
159	Food, Inc.	6/12/2009	Documentary	PG	$4,417,674	589,023
160	Good Hair	10/9/2009	Documentary	PG-13	$4,146,170	552,823
161	The September Issue	8/28/2009	Documentary	PG-13	$3,817,183	508,958
162	Entre les murs	1/30/2009	Drama	Not Rated	$3,766,810	502,241
163	The Brothers Bloom	5/15/2009	Black Comedy	PG-13	$3,531,756	470,901
164	Space Station	4/19/2002	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,314,255	441,901
165	Two Lovers	2/13/2009	Drama	R	$3,149,034	419,871
166	Blade Runner	6/25/1982	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,016,759	402,235
167	Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day	9/25/2009	Comedy	R	$3,012,677	401,690
168	Australia	11/26/2008	Drama	PG-13	$2,867,289	382,305
169	Cheri	6/26/2009	Drama	R	$2,715,657	362,088
170	Easy Virtue	5/22/2009	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$2,656,784	354,238
171	My One and Only	8/21/2009	Comedy	PG-13	$2,556,558	340,874
172	Quantum of Solace	11/14/2008	Action	PG-13	$2,548,014	339,735
173	Sin Nombre	3/20/2009	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,536,665	338,222
174	Rachel Getting Married	10/3/2008	Drama	R	$2,489,437	331,925
175	The Young Victoria	12/18/2009	Drama	PG	$2,456,337	327,512
176	Love Aaj Kal	7/31/2009	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$2,430,083	324,011
177	In the Loop	7/24/2009	Black Comedy	Not Rated	$2,388,804	318,507
178	The Dark Knight	7/18/2008	Action	PG-13	$2,343,780	312,504
179	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	10/5/2007	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,299,538	306,605
180	Adam	7/29/2009	Drama	PG-13	$2,283,291	304,439
181	M�n som hatar kvinnor	5/29/2009	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,186,693	291,559
182	The Spirit	12/25/2008	Action	PG-13	$2,062,450	274,993
183	Is Anybody There?	4/17/2009	Drama	PG-13	$2,026,756	270,234
184	Los abrazos rotos	11/20/2009	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,022,655	269,687
185	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	2/15/2008	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,013,083	268,411
186	Four Christmases	11/26/2008	Comedy	PG-13	$1,956,206	260,827
187	Rudo y Cursi	5/8/2009	Comedy	R	$1,827,660	243,688
188	Valentino: The Last Emperor	3/18/2009	Documentary	PG-13	$1,755,134	234,018
189	Che, Part 1: The Argentine	1/9/2009	Drama	Not Rated	$1,733,532	231,138
190	A Single Man	12/11/2009	Drama	R	$1,731,649	230,887
191	Every Little Step	4/17/2009	Documentary	PG-13	$1,725,141	230,019
192	Les doigts croches	7/31/2009	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,662,485	221,665
193	L'heure d'�t�	5/15/2009	Drama	Not Rated	$1,647,001	219,600
194	It Might Get Loud	8/14/2009	Documentary	PG	$1,610,163	214,688
195	New York, I Love You	10/16/2009	Drama	R	$1,588,087	211,745
196	Gomorra	2/13/2009	Drama	Not Rated	$1,573,614	209,815
197	Babine	11/28/2008	Drama	Not Rated	$1,570,226	209,363
198	Okuribito	5/29/2009	Drama	PG-13	$1,537,546	205,006
199	Kambakkht Ishq	7/3/2009	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$1,445,739	192,765
200	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	11/20/2009	Drama	R	$1,433,091	191,079
201	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	10/16/2009	Comedy	R	$1,429,299	190,573
202	Polytechnique	2/6/2009	Drama	Not Rated	$1,418,304	189,107
203	X Games 3D: The Movie	8/21/2009	Documentary	PG	$1,391,434	185,525
204	Kaminey	8/14/2009	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$1,286,143	171,486
205	Paper Heart	8/7/2009	Comedy	PG-13	$1,274,062	169,875
206	Paper Man	4/23/2010	Comedy	R	$1,261,065	168,142
207	The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry	9/18/2009	Drama	PG	$1,167,623	155,683
208	Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg	7/10/2009	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,133,662	151,155
209	Sugar	4/3/2009	Drama	R	$1,081,922	144,256
210	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	12/25/2009	Adventure	PG-13	$1,029,821	137,309
211	Jumper	2/14/2008	Adventure	PG-13	$996,137	132,818
212	Paris	9/18/2009	Comedy	R	$960,240	128,032
213	More Than a Game	10/2/2009	Documentary	PG	$950,675	126,757
214	Me and Orson Welles	11/25/2009	Drama	PG-13	$942,276	125,637
215	Chandni Chowk to China	1/16/2009	Musical	PG-13	$921,738	122,898
216	Cold Souls	8/7/2009	Drama	PG-13	$905,209	120,695
217	Tyson	4/24/2009	Documentary	R	$887,918	118,389
218	The Cove	7/31/2009	Documentary	PG-13	$861,796	114,906
219	Il y a longtemps que je t'aime	10/24/2008	Drama	Not Rated	$813,326	108,443
220	The Boys are Back	9/25/2009	Drama	PG-13	$809,752	107,967
221	Superhero Movie	3/28/2008	Comedy	PG-13	$764,486	101,931
222	Wendy and Lucy	12/10/2008	Drama	R	$754,366	100,582
223	The Great Buck Howard	3/20/2009	Drama	PG	$750,587	100,078
224	The Cross: The Arthur Blessitt Story	3/27/2009	Documentary	PG	$741,557	98,874
225	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	10/3/2008	Comedy	PG	$735,449	98,060
226	Crazy Heart	12/16/2009	Drama	R	$702,188	93,625
227	Fanboys	2/6/2009	Comedy	PG-13	$687,609	91,681
228	Anvil! The Story of Anvil	4/10/2009	Documentary	Not Rated	$667,911	89,055
229	The Messenger	11/13/2009	Drama	R	$654,374	87,250
230	Play the Game	2/27/2009	Comedy	PG-13	$653,120	87,083
231	Låt den r�tte komma in	10/24/2008	Horror	R	$638,173	85,090
232	Role Models	11/7/2008	Comedy	R	$590,530	78,737
233	Lemon Tree	4/17/2009		Not Rated	$569,672	75,956
234	Roving Mars	1/27/2006	Documentary	G	$545,961	72,795
235	U2 3D	1/23/2008	Concert/Performance	G	$544,857	72,648
236	Red Cliff	11/20/2009	Action	R	$526,841	70,245
237	Tetro	6/11/2009	Drama	R	$518,522	69,136
238	Der Baader Meinhof Komplex	8/21/2009	Action	R	$476,270	63,503
239	Crossing Over	2/27/2009	Drama	R	$455,654	60,754
240	The Damned United	10/9/2009	Drama	R	$438,836	58,511
241	The Limits of Control	5/1/2009	Thriller/Suspense	R	$426,688	56,892
242	Lymelife	4/10/2009	Drama	R	$421,307	56,174
243	Humpday	7/10/2009	Comedy	R	$407,377	54,317
244	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	8/15/2008	Comedy	PG-13	$386,017	51,469
245	The Lovely Bones	1/15/2010	Drama	PG-13	$383,101	51,080
246	Synecdoche, New York	10/24/2008	Drama	R	$377,689	50,359
247	Luck by Chance	1/30/2009	Comedy	Not Rated	$356,019	47,469
248	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	10/24/2008	Musical	G	$335,126	44,683
249	Thirst	7/31/2009	Horror	R	$318,574	42,477
250	The Informers	4/24/2009	Thriller/Suspense	R	$315,000	42,000
251	Tokyo Sonata	3/13/2009	Drama	PG-13	$278,356	37,114
252	The Private Lives of Pippa Lee	11/27/2009	Drama	R	$261,198	34,826
253	Blood: The Last Vampire	7/10/2009	Action	R	$256,682	34,224
254	The Secret Life of Bees	10/17/2008	Drama	PG-13	$255,175	34,023
255	Spread	8/14/2009	Comedy	R	$250,617	33,416
256	Ghajini	12/25/2008	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$237,949	31,727
257	Big Fan	8/28/2009	Comedy	R	$230,874	30,783
258	World's Greatest Dad	8/21/2009	Black Comedy	R	$221,805	29,574
259	Enlighten Up!	9/12/2008	Documentary	Not Rated	$213,423	28,456
260	Soul Power	7/10/2009	Documentary	PG-13	$207,121	27,616
261	Harvard Beats Yale	11/19/2008	Documentary	Not Rated	$204,458	27,261
262	Frozen River	8/1/2008	Drama	R	$202,328	26,977
263	Happy-Go-Lucky	10/10/2008	Comedy	R	$201,587	26,878
264	Fireproof	9/26/2008	Drama	PG	$199,773	26,636
265	The Boy in the Striped Pajamas	11/7/2008	Drama	PG-13	$192,019	25,603
266	Shrink	7/24/2009	Drama	R	$189,621	25,283
267	Fuel	11/14/2008	Documentary	Not Rated	$169,340	22,579
268	Outlander	1/23/2009	Adventure	R	$166,003	22,134
269	Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love	6/12/2009	Documentary	Not Rated	$164,234	21,898
270	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	10/31/2008	Comedy	R	$157,136	20,951
271	Hunger	12/5/2008	Drama	Not Rated	$152,104	20,281
272	The Other Man	9/11/2009	Drama	R	$149,530	19,937
273	Appaloosa	9/19/2008	Western	R	$130,820	17,443
274	12	3/4/2009	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$125,120	16,683
275	War Eagle, Arkansas	6/12/2009	Drama	PG-13	$123,670	16,489
276	Examined Life	2/25/2009	Documentary	Not Rated	$120,712	16,095
277	The Song of Sparrows	4/3/2009	Drama	PG	$116,372	15,516
278	Throw Down Your Heart	3/13/2009	Documentary	Not Rated	$115,778	15,437
279	Gentlemen Broncos	10/30/2009	Comedy	PG-13	$115,155	15,354
280	Ballerina	1/16/2009	Documentary	Not Rated	$114,507	15,268
281	Medicine for Melancholy	1/30/2009	Drama	Not Rated	$111,551	14,873
282	Irene in Time	6/19/2009	Drama	PG-13	$110,175	14,690
283	Bronson	10/9/2009	Drama	R	$104,979	13,997
284	Alien Trespass	4/3/2009	Comedy	PG	$104,526	13,937
285	Hanami	1/16/2009	Drama	Not Rated	$104,433	13,924
286	Ong-Bak 2	10/23/2009	Action	R	$102,458	13,661
287	House of the Devil, The	10/30/2009	Horror	R	$101,215	13,495
288	Nothing Like the Holidays	12/12/2008	Comedy	PG-13	$97,952	13,060
289	Made in U.S.A.	1/9/2009	Drama	Not Rated	$95,209	12,695
290	Motherhood	10/23/2009	Comedy	PG-13	$93,388	12,452
291	Das Weisse Band: Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte	12/30/2009	Drama	R	$85,690	11,425
292	The Mysteries of Pittsburgh	4/10/2009	Drama	R	$80,283	10,704
293	Sleep Dealer	4/17/2009	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$80,136	10,685
294	Body of Lies	10/10/2008	Thriller/Suspense	R	$79,281	10,571
295	Phoebe in Wonderland	3/6/2009	Drama	PG-13	$73,361	9,781
296	Disgrace	9/18/2009	Drama	R	$69,705	9,294
297	Un conte de Noël	11/14/2008	Drama	Not Rated	$68,870	9,183
298	White On Rice	9/11/2009	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$67,186	8,958
299	After Dark's Horrorfest III	1/9/2009	Horror	Not Rated	$66,456	8,861
300	Sodot Ha	11/26/2008	Drama	R	$64,585	8,611
301	Serbis	1/30/2009	Drama	R	$64,407	8,588
302	Lord, Save Us From Your Followers	6/13/2008	Documentary	PG-13	$61,941	8,259
303	Ne le dis � personne	7/4/2008	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$60,915	8,122
304	Plus tard	10/31/2008	Drama	Not Rated	$60,855	8,114
305	Soul Men	11/7/2008	Comedy	R	$60,453	8,060
306	Stellet licht	1/9/2009	Drama	Not Rated	$60,200	8,027
307	The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story	5/22/2009	Documentary	PG	$55,513	7,402
308	In a Dream	4/10/2009	Documentary	Not Rated	$55,270	7,369
309	Trucker	10/9/2009	Drama	R	$51,192	6,826
310	Broken Hill	9/11/2009	Drama	PG	$50,076	6,677
311	Dalai Lama Renaissance	5/21/2008	Documentary	Not Rated	$49,675	6,623
312	Nights in Rodanthe	9/26/2008	Drama	PG-13	$48,278	6,437
313	Love N' Dancing	5/8/2009	Musical	PG	$47,812	6,375
314	Owl and the Sparrow	1/16/2009	Drama	PG	$47,071	6,276
315	Kaerlighed Pa Film	1/9/2009	Drama	Not Rated	$45,835	6,111
316	Un secret	9/10/2008	Drama	Not Rated	$45,507	6,068
317	The Legend of God's Gun	7/18/2008	Western	Not Rated	$39,086	5,211
318	Eagle Eye	9/26/2008	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$39,048	5,206
319	The Slammin' Salmon	12/11/2009	Comedy	R	$38,920	5,189
320	One Day You'll Understand	11/21/2008	Drama	Not Rated	$38,557	5,141
321	How About You	11/14/2008	Drama	Not Rated	$38,471	5,129
322	Oh My God	11/13/2009	Documentary	Not Rated	$38,245	5,099
323	Pray the Devil Back to Hell	11/7/2008	Documentary	Not Rated	$38,180	5,091
324	Were the World Mine	10/31/2008	Musical	Not Rated	$36,592	4,879
325	Our City Dreams	2/4/2009	Documentary	Not Rated	$34,972	4,663
326	Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi	12/12/2008	Drama	Not Rated	$33,647	4,486
327	Trouble the Water	8/22/2008	Documentary	Not Rated	$33,569	4,476
328	Beyond a Reasonable Doubt	9/11/2009	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$32,917	4,389
329	Of Time and the City	1/23/2009	Documentary	Not Rated	$32,677	4,357
330	Changeling	10/24/2008	Thriller/Suspense	R	$32,475	4,330
331	Super Capers	3/20/2009	Comedy	PG	$30,955	4,127
332	The Betrayal	11/21/2008	Documentary	Not Rated	$30,623	4,083
333	American Swing	3/27/2009	Documentary	Not Rated	$30,156	4,021
334	Lola Montes	10/10/2008	Drama	Not Rated	$29,532	3,938
335	An American Affair	2/27/2009	Drama	Not Rated	$28,044	3,739
336	The Singing Revolution	12/7/2007	Documentary	Not Rated	$28,025	3,737
337	Surveillance	6/26/2009	Thriller/Suspense	R	$27,349	3,647
338	Guest of Cindy Sherman	3/27/2009	Documentary	Not Rated	$27,052	3,607
339	The Garden	4/24/2009	Documentary	Not Rated	$26,931	3,591
340	The Answer Man	7/24/2009	Romantic Comedy	R	$26,676	3,557
341	Ciao	12/5/2008		R	$26,550	3,540
342	Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains	10/22/2008	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,473	3,396
343	JCVD	11/7/2008	Comedy	R	$21,700	2,893
344	Not Quite Hollywood	7/31/2009	Documentary	R	$21,152	2,820
345	Walt and El Grupo	9/10/2009	Documentary	PG	$20,521	2,736
346	The Open Road	8/28/2009	Drama	PG-13	$19,716	2,629
347	Donkey Punch	1/23/2009	Thriller/Suspense	R	$19,367	2,582
348	Man on Wire	7/25/2008	Documentary	PG-13	$19,252	2,567
349	Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America	3/13/2009	Adventure	Not Rated	$18,728	2,497
350	Blessed is the Match: The Life and Death and Hannah Senesh	1/28/2009	Documentary	Not Rated	$18,654	2,487
351	Killshot	1/23/2009	Thriller/Suspense	R	$18,643	2,486
352	Good	12/31/2008	Drama	R	$17,980	2,397
353	Passchendaele	10/24/2008	Drama	Not Rated	$17,172	2,290
354	Local Color	7/3/2009	Drama	R	$17,151	2,287
355	Los Cronocr�menes	12/12/2008	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,633	2,218
356	Splinterheads	11/6/2009	Comedy	R	$16,392	2,186
357	The Education of Charlie Banks	11/7/2007	Drama	R	$15,078	2,010
358	St. Trinian's	10/9/2009	Comedy	PG-13	$15,000	2,000
359	Chocolate	1/30/2009	Action	R	$14,845	1,979
360	The Escapist	4/3/2009	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$13,439	1,792
361	The Beautiful Truth	11/14/2008	Documentary	Not Rated	$12,361	1,648
362	Max Payne	10/17/2008	Action	PG-13	$12,164	1,622
363	Chelsea on the Rocks	10/2/2009	Documentary	R	$11,799	1,573
364	I Hate Valentine's Day	7/3/2009	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$11,004	1,467
365	I.O.U.S.A.	8/22/2008	Documentary	PG	$10,850	1,447
366	Santa vs. The Snowman	11/6/2002	Adventure	Not Rated	$10,708	1,428
367	City of Ember	10/10/2008	Adventure	PG	$10,695	1,426
368	Live Fast, Die Young	10/24/2008	Drama	Not Rated	$10,019	1,336
369	Janky Promoters	10/16/2009	Comedy	R	$9,069	1,209
370	Winter of Frozen Dreams	4/10/2009	Drama	R	$8,321	1,109
371	Yonkers Joe	1/9/2009	Drama	R	$8,286	1,105
372	Endgame	11/6/2009	Drama	PG-13	$8,238	1,098
373	Eleven Minutes	2/13/2009	Documentary	R	$7,986	1,065
374	Louise Bourgeois	6/25/2008	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,868	1,049
375	Looking for Palladin	1/14/2011	Comedy	R	$7,246	966
376	I Sell the Dead	8/7/2009	Horror	Not Rated	$7,066	942
377	The Mutant Chronicles	4/24/2009	Action	R	$6,820	909
378	The Fall	5/9/2008	Adventure	R	$6,597	880
379	The Perfect Sleep	3/13/2009	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,224	830
380	Momma's Man	8/22/2008	Comedy	Not Rated	$5,627	750
381	Call+Response	10/10/2008	Documentary	PG-13	$5,364	715
382	Antarctica	8/29/2008	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,133	684
383	Alexandra	3/28/2008	Drama	Not Rated	$4,137	552
384	Eden	11/14/2008	Drama	Not Rated	$3,914	522
385	Otto; Or, Up with Dead People	11/7/2008	Drama	Not Rated	$3,562	475
386	Familiar Strangers	11/14/2008	Comedy	PG-13	$3,516	469
387	Made in Jamaica	1/23/2009	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,149	420
388	The Village Barbershop	1/16/2009	Drama	R	$2,359	315
389	Breakfast with Scot	10/10/2008	Drama	PG-13	$2,200	293
390	The Canyon	10/23/2009	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,785	238
391	Love Comes Lately	6/13/2008	Drama	Not Rated	$1,207	161
392	Tru Loved	10/17/2008	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,149	153
393	Das Haus der schlafenden Sch�nen	11/14/2008	Drama	Not Rated	$1,122	150
394	Sixty Six	8/1/2008	Comedy	PG-13	$1,088	145
395	Save Me	9/5/2008	Drama	Not Rated	$1,028	137
396	I Can't Think Straight	11/21/2008	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$987	132
397	Teeth	1/18/2008	Comedy	R	$886	118
398	Kings of the Evening	1/1/2010	Drama	PG	$802	107
399	Yiddish Theater: A Love Story	11/21/2007	Documentary	Not Rated	$632	84
400	Patrik, Age 1.5	8/6/2010	Comedy	Not Rated	$408	54
401	The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela	9/26/2008	Drama	R	$213	28
402	The Objective	2/4/2009	Horror	Not Rated	$95	13
Total Gross of All Movies					$7,725,190,570
Total Tickets Sold						1,030,025,415

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.