Box Office
Worldwide box office · 2009
The top-grossing releases of the year. Switch between worldwide, domestic, and international — every figure shown both as reported and adjusted for inflation, so films from any era are directly comparable.
| # | Title | Worldwide | Adjusted for inflation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avatar | $2.74B | $4.22B |
| 2 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $934.0M | $1.44B |
| 3 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $886.7M | $1.36B |
| 4 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | $836.3M | $1.29B |
| 5 | 2012 | $769.7M | $1.18B |
| 6 | Up | $735.1M | $1.13B |
| 7 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $709.8M | $1.09B |
| 8 | Sherlock Holmes | $524.0M | $806.1M |
| 9 | Angels & Demons | $485.9M | $747.5M |
| 10 | The Hangover | $468.8M | $721.1M |
| 11 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $443.1M | $681.6M |
| 12 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $413.1M | $635.4M |
| 13 | Star Trek | $385.7M | $593.3M |
| 14 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $381.5M | $586.8M |
| 15 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | $373.1M | $573.8M |
| 16 | Terminator Salvation | $371.4M | $571.2M |
| 17 | Fast & Furious | $360.4M | $554.3M |
| 18 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | $336.4M | $517.4M |
| 19 | A Christmas Carol | $325.3M | $500.4M |
| 20 | Inglourious Basterds | $321.5M | $494.5M |
| 21 | The Proposal | $317.4M | $488.2M |
| 22 | The Blind Side | $309.2M | $475.6M |
| 23 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | $302.5M | $465.3M |
| 24 | G-Force | $292.8M | $450.4M |
| 25 | This Is It | $268.0M | $412.2M |
| 26 | The Princess and the Frog | $267.0M | $410.8M |
| 27 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $243.0M | $373.8M |
| 28 | It's Complicated | $219.1M | $337.0M |
| 29 | Public Enemies | $214.1M | $329.3M |
| 30 | District 9 | $210.9M | $324.4M |
| 31 | The Ugly Truth | $205.3M | $315.8M |
| 32 | Paranormal Activity | $193.4M | $297.4M |
| 33 | The Final Destination | $186.2M | $286.4M |
| 34 | Watchmen | $185.4M | $285.2M |
| 35 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $183.3M | $282.0M |
| 36 | He's Just Not That Into You | $178.9M | $275.1M |
| 37 | Couples Retreat | $171.8M | $264.3M |
| 38 | Up in the Air | $166.8M | $256.6M |
| 39 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | $155.5M | $239.3M |
| 40 | The Taking of Pelham 123 | $150.2M | $231.0M |
| 41 | Brüno | $138.8M | $213.5M |
| 42 | 17 Again | $136.3M | $209.7M |
| 43 | Julie & Julia | $129.5M | $199.3M |
| 44 | The Fighter | $129.2M | $198.7M |
| 45 | Law Abiding Citizen | $127.9M | $196.8M |
| 46 | Coraline | $125.5M | $193.0M |
| 47 | Surrogates | $122.4M | $188.3M |
| 48 | Invictus | $122.2M | $188.0M |
| 49 | Red Cliff II | $120.4M | $185.2M |
| 50 | Hotel for Dogs | $117.3M | $180.4M |
| 51 | Bride Wars | $115.4M | $177.5M |
| 52 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | $108.4M | $166.7M |
| 53 | Race to Witch Mountain | $106.4M | $163.6M |
| 54 | Planet 51 | $105.6M | $162.5M |
| 55 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $104.4M | $160.6M |
| 56 | Zombieland | $102.4M | $157.5M |
| 57 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | $102.4M | $157.5M |
| 58 | The Time Traveler's Wife | $101.3M | $155.9M |
| 59 | My Bloody Valentine | $100.7M | $154.9M |
| 60 | Where the Wild Things Are | $100.1M | $154.0M |
| 61 | Old Dogs | $96.8M | $148.8M |
| 62 | My Sister's Keeper | $95.7M | $147.2M |
| 63 | Green Zone | $94.9M | $145.9M |
| 64 | The Lovely Bones | $93.6M | $144.0M |
| 65 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | $92.2M | $141.8M |
| 66 | I Love You, Man | $92.0M | $141.5M |
| 67 | Friday the 13th | $91.5M | $140.8M |
| 68 | Drag Me to Hell | $90.8M | $139.7M |
| 69 | Madea Goes to Jail | $90.5M | $139.2M |
| 70 | Rookies the Movie: Graduation | $88.1M | $135.4M |
| 71 | State of Play | $87.8M | $135.1M |
| 72 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $85.3M | $131.2M |
| 73 | Duplicity | $78.2M | $120.3M |
| 74 | Orphan | $77.9M | $119.8M |
| 75 | The Haunting in Connecticut | $77.5M | $119.3M |
| 76 | Fame | $77.2M | $118.8M |
| 77 | The Unborn | $76.5M | $117.7M |
| 78 | The Pink Panther 2 | $76.0M | $116.9M |
| 79 | Obsessed | $73.8M | $113.6M |
| 80 | Funny People | $71.6M | $110.1M |
| 81 | Tidal Wave | $71.3M | $109.6M |
| 82 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $69.1M | $106.3M |
| 83 | Land of the Lost | $68.8M | $105.8M |
| 84 | Saw VI | $68.2M | $105.0M |
| 85 | The Girl Who Played with Fire | $67.2M | $103.3M |
| 86 | Precious | $63.6M | $97.9M |
| 87 | Little Nicholas | $62.8M | $96.6M |
| 88 | Year One | $62.4M | $95.9M |
| 89 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | $61.8M | $95.1M |
| 90 | Ninja Assassin | $61.6M | $94.8M |
| 91 | 500 Days of Summer | $60.7M | $93.4M |
| 92 | 3 Idiots | $60.3M | $92.7M |
| 93 | The International | $60.3M | $92.7M |
| 94 | Aliens in the Attic | $57.9M | $89.0M |
| 95 | Vicky the Viking | $56.4M | $86.7M |
| 96 | Under the Sea 3D | $55.9M | $86.0M |
| 97 | Dragonball Evolution | $55.7M | $85.7M |
| 98 | Nine | $54.0M | $83.1M |
| 99 | Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard | $52.4M | $80.6M |
| 100 | Take Off | $52.1M | $80.2M |
“Adjusted for inflation” restates each gross in today’s dollars using US CPI-U annual averages. Domestic and international views are re-ranked from the year’s top releases; some early years report domestic-only figures.