Box Office

Top Grossing English Movies in 2009

Rank	Title	Genre(s)	Domestic	Worldwide
1	Avatar	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$785,221,649	$2,923,710,708
2	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Action Adventure Mystery	$302,334,374	$941,056,063
3	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Action Adventure Comedy	$196,573,705	$886,686,817
4	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$402,111,870	$836,304,167
5	2012	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$166,112,167	$791,217,826
6	Up	Adventure Drama Comedy	$293,004,164	$735,103,954
7	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Drama Fantasy Romance	$297,816,253	$711,048,123
8	Sherlock Holmes	Action Adventure Mystery	$209,028,679	$524,028,679
9	Angels & Demons	Mystery Thriller	$133,375,846	$485,930,816
10	The Hangover	Comedy Crime	$277,339,746	$469,328,922
11	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	Fantasy Comedy Romance	$219,614,612	$443,140,005
12	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Action Adventure Fantasy	$177,243,721	$413,106,170
13	Star Trek	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$257,730,019	$385,681,768
14	Monsters vs Aliens	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$198,351,526	$381,509,870
15	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Action Sci-Fi Thriller	$179,883,157	$373,062,864
16	Terminator Salvation	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$125,322,469	$371,353,001
17	Fast & Furious	Action Drama Thriller	$155,064,265	$360,405,638
18	The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button	Documentary	$127,509,326	$335,802,786
19	A Christmas Carol	Drama Fantasy Animation	$137,855,863	$325,286,646
20	Inglourious Basterds	Drama Thriller War	$120,540,719	$321,460,744
21	The Proposal	Drama Comedy Romance	$163,958,031	$317,375,937
22	The Blind Side	Biography Drama Sport	$255,982,860	$309,231,694
23	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$150,201,498	$302,469,017
24	G-Force	Action Adventure Fantasy	$119,436,770	$292,817,898
25	The Princess and the Frog	Fantasy Romance Animation	$104,400,899	$267,056,816
26	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Comedy Animation Family	$124,870,275	$243,006,136
27	Taken	Action Drama Thriller	$145,000,989	$226,837,760
28	It's Complicated	Comedy Romance	$112,735,375	$219,103,655
29	Public Enemies	Biography Drama History	$97,104,620	$214,104,620
30	District 9	Action Sci-Fi Thriller	$115,646,235	$210,888,950
31	The Final Destination	Thriller Horror	$66,477,700	$186,167,139
32	Coraline	Adventure Fantasy Animation	$116,896,576	$185,860,104
33	Watchmen	Action Sci-Fi Drama	$107,509,799	$185,382,813
34	Knowing	Action Sci-Fi Drama	$79,957,634	$183,658,498
35	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Action Comedy Crime	$146,336,178	$183,348,429
36	He's Just Not That Into You	Drama Comedy Romance	$93,953,653	$178,866,158
37	Paranormal Activity	Thriller Horror	$84,752,907	$177,512,032
38	Couples Retreat	Comedy	$109,204,945	$171,844,840
39	Up in the Air	Drama Romance	$83,823,381	$166,842,739
40	Hannah Montana: The Movie	Drama Comedy Romance	$79,576,189	$155,545,279
41	The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3	Action Thriller Crime	$65,452,312	$150,166,126
42	Bruno	Comedy	$60,054,530	$138,805,831
43	17 Again	Drama Comedy Romance	$64,167,069	$136,316,880
44	Julie & Julia	Biography Drama Comedy	$94,125,426	$129,540,522
45	Law Abiding Citizen	Drama Thriller Crime	$73,357,727	$127,944,208
46	Surrogates	Action Sci-Fi Thriller	$38,577,772	$122,444,772
47	Invictus	Biography Drama History	$37,491,364	$122,426,792
48	Hotel for Dogs	Comedy Family	$73,034,460	$117,252,578
49	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Comedy Romance	$44,277,350	$108,394,089
50	Race to Witch Mountain	Adventure Sci-Fi Thriller	$67,172,594	$106,387,141