Avatar (2009) is the highest-grossing action movie released in 2009, with $2.9B worldwide, ahead of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) at $941.1M and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) at $886.7M. 157 action films released in 2009 report a worldwide gross, $12.5B in all, 37% of it from the US & Canada. 1 film crossed $1 billion and 23 crossed $100 million. That is up 28% on 2008, whose releases took $9.7B. By language, English leads with $11.8B across 71 action releases.

2009 releases with a gross

157

combined worldwide

$12.5B

films crossed $100M

23

vs 2008

+28%

#1 of 157

#1 action movie of 2009

Avatar (2009)

2009 · Action, Adventure

$2.9B worldwide · 23% of the chart's total

$785.2M US & Canada · 27% $2.1B elsewhere · 73%