2009 Top-Grossing Movies Worldwide
This chart ranks movies by their total cumulative worldwide box office earnings for movies released in 2009. Each movie is ranked by its total gross across all years it played, not just earnings during 2009.
| Rank | Movie | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Domestic Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avatar | $2,923,706,026 | $785,221,649 | $2,138,484,377 | 26.9% |
| 2 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blo… | $926,055,796 | $302,854,063 | $623,201,733 | 32.7% |
| 3 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $886,686,817 | $196,573,705 | $690,113,112 | 22.2% |
| 4 | Transformers: Revenge of the … | $836,519,699 | $402,111,870 | $434,407,829 | 48.1% |
| 5 | 2012 | $757,677,748 | $166,112,167 | $591,565,581 | 21.9% |
| 6 | Up | $731,463,377 | $293,004,164 | $438,459,213 | 40.1% |
| 7 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $688,147,362 | $297,214,449 | $390,932,913 | 43.2% |
| 8 | Sherlock Holmes | $498,438,212 | $209,028,679 | $289,409,533 | 41.9% |
| 9 | Angels & Demons | $490,875,846 | $133,375,846 | $357,500,000 | 27.2% |
| 10 | The Hangover | $465,487,583 | $277,322,503 | $188,165,080 | 59.6% |
| 11 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The … | $443,483,213 | $219,614,612 | $223,868,601 | 49.5% |
| 12 | Night at the Museum: Battle o… | $402,231,063 | $177,243,721 | $224,987,342 | 44.1% |
| 13 | Star Trek | $386,839,614 | $257,730,019 | $129,109,595 | 66.6% |
| 14 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $381,687,380 | $198,351,526 | $183,335,854 | 52.0% |
| 15 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | $374,825,760 | $179,883,157 | $194,942,603 | 48.0% |
| 16 | Terminator Salvation | $365,491,792 | $125,322,469 | $240,169,323 | 34.3% |
| 17 | Fast & Furious | $359,347,833 | $155,064,265 | $204,283,568 | 43.2% |
| 18 | Inglourious Basterds | $316,802,281 | $120,774,594 | $196,027,687 | 38.1% |
| 19 | Disney’s A Christmas Carol | $315,709,697 | $137,855,863 | $177,853,834 | 43.7% |
| 20 | The Proposal | $314,709,717 | $163,958,031 | $150,751,686 | 52.1% |
| 21 | The Blind Side | $305,705,794 | $255,959,475 | $49,746,319 | 83.7% |
| 22 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | $302,469,017 | $150,201,498 | $152,267,519 | 49.7% |
| 23 | G-Force | $292,817,841 | $119,436,770 | $173,381,071 | 40.8% |
| 24 | The Princess and the Frog | $270,997,378 | $104,400,899 | $166,596,479 | 38.5% |
| 25 | Michael Jackson’s This Is It | $261,183,588 | $72,091,016 | $189,092,572 | 27.6% |
| 26 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatb… | $236,827,677 | $124,870,275 | $111,957,402 | 52.7% |
| 27 | It’s Complicated | $224,614,744 | $112,735,375 | $111,879,369 | 50.2% |
| 28 | District 9 | $212,453,431 | $115,646,235 | $96,807,196 | 54.4% |
| 29 | Public Enemies | $212,282,709 | $97,104,620 | $115,178,089 | 45.7% |
| 30 | The Ugly Truth | $205,298,907 | $88,915,214 | $116,383,693 | 43.3% |
| 31 | Paranormal Activity | $194,183,034 | $107,918,810 | $86,264,224 | 55.6% |
| 32 | The Final Destination | $187,384,627 | $66,477,700 | $120,906,927 | 35.5% |
| 33 | Watchmen | $186,976,250 | $107,509,799 | $79,466,451 | 57.5% |
| 34 | Knowing | $186,450,317 | $79,957,634 | $106,492,683 | 42.9% |
| 35 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $185,904,750 | $146,336,178 | $39,568,572 | 78.7% |
| 36 | He’s Just Not That Into You | $181,053,657 | $93,953,653 | $87,100,004 | 51.9% |
| 37 | Couples Retreat | $172,450,423 | $109,205,660 | $63,244,763 | 63.3% |
| 38 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | $169,173,206 | $79,576,189 | $89,597,017 | 47.0% |
| 39 | Coraline | $167,222,848 | $116,472,020 | $50,750,828 | 69.7% |
| 40 | Up in the Air | $166,842,739 | $83,823,381 | $83,019,358 | 50.2% |
| 41 | The Taking of Pelham 123 | $152,364,370 | $65,452,312 | $86,912,058 | 43.0% |
| 42 | 17 Again | $139,474,906 | $64,167,069 | $75,307,837 | 46.0% |
| 43 | Brüno | $138,708,527 | $60,054,530 | $78,653,997 | 43.3% |
| 44 | Julie & Julia | $131,516,178 | $94,125,426 | $37,390,752 | 71.6% |
| 45 | Law Abiding Citizen | $131,159,781 | $73,357,727 | $57,802,054 | 55.9% |
| 46 | Invictus | $124,514,011 | $37,491,364 | $87,022,647 | 30.1% |
| 47 | Hotel for Dogs | $122,357,172 | $73,178,547 | $49,178,625 | 59.8% |
| 48 | Surrogates | $119,668,350 | $38,577,772 | $81,090,578 | 32.2% |
| 49 | Red Cliff | $119,627,047 | $627,047 | $119,000,000 | 0.5% |
| 50 | Earth | $116,773,317 | $32,011,576 | $84,761,741 | 27.4% |
| 51 | Bride Wars | $115,150,424 | $58,715,510 | $56,434,914 | 51.0% |
| 52 | Män som hatar kvinnor | $109,421,911 | $12,749,992 | $96,671,919 | 11.7% |
| 53 | Planet 51 | $108,996,113 | $42,194,060 | $66,802,053 | 38.7% |
| 54 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | $108,027,701 | $44,277,350 | $63,750,351 | 41.0% |
| 55 | Race to Witch Mountain | $105,103,784 | $67,172,595 | $37,931,189 | 63.9% |
| 56 | My Bloody Valentine | $102,836,002 | $51,545,952 | $51,290,050 | 50.1% |
| 57 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | $102,512,802 | $55,250,026 | $47,262,776 | 53.9% |
| 58 | The Time Traveler’s Wife | $102,332,135 | $63,414,846 | $38,917,289 | 62.0% |
| 59 | Zombieland | $102,236,596 | $75,590,286 | $26,646,310 | 73.9% |
| 60 | Where the Wild Things Are | $99,123,656 | $77,233,467 | $21,890,189 | 77.9% |
| 61 | My Sister’s Keeper | $96,673,002 | $49,200,230 | $47,472,772 | 50.9% |
| 62 | Old Dogs | $95,104,304 | $49,492,060 | $45,612,244 | 52.0% |
| 63 | The Lovely Bones | $94,894,448 | $44,114,232 | $50,780,216 | 46.5% |
| 64 | Friday the 13th | $92,670,237 | $65,002,019 | $27,668,218 | 70.1% |
| 65 | I Love You, Man | $92,302,502 | $72,013,010 | $20,289,492 | 78.0% |
| 66 | Underworld 3: Rise of the Lyc… | $92,141,886 | $45,802,315 | $46,339,571 | 49.7% |
| 67 | Drag Me To Hell | $91,388,487 | $42,100,625 | $49,287,862 | 46.1% |
| 68 | Madea Goes To Jail | $90,508,336 | $90,508,336 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 69 | State of Play | $88,832,210 | $37,017,955 | $51,814,255 | 41.7% |
| 70 | Duplicity | $81,079,566 | $40,572,825 | $40,506,741 | 50.0% |
| 71 | Did You Hear About the Morgan… | $80,480,566 | $29,580,087 | $50,900,479 | 36.8% |
| 72 | Fame | $80,227,619 | $22,455,510 | $57,772,109 | 28.0% |
| 73 | Orphan | $78,769,428 | $41,596,251 | $37,173,177 | 52.8% |
| 74 | The Haunting in Connecticut | $78,758,522 | $55,389,516 | $23,369,006 | 70.3% |
| 75 | The Unborn | $78,208,812 | $42,670,410 | $35,538,402 | 54.6% |
| 76 | Obsessed | $73,964,713 | $68,261,644 | $5,703,069 | 92.3% |
| 77 | Funny People | $71,880,305 | $51,855,045 | $20,025,260 | 72.1% |
| 78 | Flickan som lekte med elden | $70,697,112 | $9,081,782 | $61,615,330 | 12.8% |
| 79 | The Pink Panther 2 | $70,022,978 | $35,922,978 | $34,100,000 | 51.3% |
| 80 | Saw VI | $69,752,402 | $27,693,292 | $42,059,110 | 39.7% |
| 81 | Land of the Lost | $69,548,641 | $49,438,370 | $20,110,271 | 71.1% |
| 82 | 3 Idiots | $69,533,849 | $6,533,849 | $63,000,000 | 9.4% |
| 83 | Precious (Based on the Novel … | $68,722,848 | $47,566,524 | $21,156,324 | 69.2% |
| 84 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $67,348,218 | $32,428,195 | $34,920,023 | 48.2% |
| 85 | Inkheart | $66,655,938 | $17,303,424 | $49,352,514 | 26.0% |
| 86 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Par… | $64,352,607 | $7,689,607 | $56,663,000 | 11.9% |
| 87 | Jiàn gúo dà yè | $62,995,096 | $0 | $62,995,096 | 0.0% |
| 88 | Ninja Assassin | $62,209,892 | $38,122,883 | $24,087,009 | 61.3% |
| 89 | The International | $61,605,912 | $25,450,527 | $36,155,385 | 41.3% |
| 90 | Aliens in the Attic | $59,551,283 | $25,200,412 | $34,350,871 | 42.3% |
| 91 | Year One | $57,604,723 | $43,337,279 | $14,267,444 | 75.2% |
| 92 | Nine | $56,984,219 | $19,676,965 | $37,307,254 | 34.5% |
| 93 | Dragonball Evolution | $56,511,457 | $9,362,785 | $47,148,672 | 16.6% |
| 94 | Wickie und die starken Männer | $53,049,987 | $0 | $53,049,987 | 0.0% |
| 95 | Defiance | $52,987,754 | $28,644,813 | $24,342,941 | 54.1% |
| 96 | I Can Do Bad All By Myself | $51,733,921 | $51,733,921 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 97 | Coco avant Chanel | $50,813,834 | $6,113,834 | $44,700,000 | 12.0% |
| 98 | The Hurt Locker | $49,876,984 | $17,017,811 | $32,859,173 | 34.1% |
| 99 | Push | $49,678,401 | $31,811,527 | $17,866,874 | 64.0% |
| 100 | The Fourth Kind | $49,486,874 | $26,218,170 | $23,268,704 | 53.0% |