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Box Office Performance for Based on Comic/Graphic Novel Movies in 2009
| ← 2008 | Summary for all Years | 2010 → |
| Rank | Movie | Release Date |
Genre | MPAA Rating | 2009 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monsters vs. Aliens | Mar 27, 2009 | Adventure | PG | $198,351,526 | 26,446,870 |
| 2 | Watchmen | Mar 6, 2009 | Action | R | $107,509,799 | 14,334,640 |
| 3 | Surrogates | Sep 25, 2009 | Action | PG-13 | $38,577,772 | 5,143,703 |
| 4 | Astro Boy | Oct 23, 2009 | Adventure | PG | $19,452,359 | 2,593,647 |
| 5 | Whiteout | Sep 11, 2009 | Thriller/Suspense | R | $10,275,638 | 1,370,085 |
| 6 | The Dark Knight | Jul 18, 2008 | Action | PG-13 | $2,343,780 | 312,504 |
| 7 | The Spirit | Dec 25, 2008 | Action | PG-13 | $2,062,450 | 274,993 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $378,573,324 | |||||
| Total Tickets Sold | 50,476,442 | |||||
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.
Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.
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