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Top Grossing Action Movies in 2009

Rank Title Language Domestic Worldwide
1 Avatar
English

UK

$785,221,649 $2,923,706,026
2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
English

UK

$302,334,374 $941,055,851
3 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
English

UK

$196,573,705 $886,686,817
4 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
English

UK

$402,111,870 $836,303,693
5 2012
English

UK

$166,112,167 $791,217,826
6 Sherlock Holmes
English

UK

$209,028,679 $524,028,679
7 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
English

UK

$177,243,721 $413,106,170
8 Star Trek
English

UK

$257,730,019 $385,681,768
9 Monsters vs Aliens
English

UK

$198,351,526 $381,509,870
10 X-Men Origins: Wolverine
English

UK

$179,883,157 $373,062,864
11 Terminator Salvation
English

UK

$125,322,469 $371,353,001
12 Fast & Furious
English

UK

$155,064,265 $360,405,638
13 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
English

UK

$150,201,498 $302,469,017
14 G-Force
English

UK

$119,436,770 $292,817,898
15 Taken
English

UK

$145,000,989 $226,837,760
16 District 9
English

UK

$115,646,235 $210,888,950
17 Watchmen
English

UK

$107,509,799 $185,382,813
18 Knowing
English

UK

$79,957,634 $183,658,498
19 Paul Blart: Mall Cop
English

UK

$146,336,178 $183,348,429
20 The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
English

UK

$65,452,312 $150,166,126
21 Red Cliff
Chinese

CN

$627,047 $129,710,514
22 Surrogates
English

UK

$38,577,772 $122,444,772
23 Zombieland
English

UK

$75,590,286 $102,392,080
24 Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
English

UK

$45,802,315 $92,158,961
25 Ninja Assassin
English

UK

$38,122,883 $61,601,280
26 The International
English

UK

$25,450,527 $60,253,843
27 Dragonball: Evolution
English

UK

$9,362,785 $55,720,772
28 The Hurt Locker
English

UK

$17,017,811 $49,259,766
29 Push
English

UK

$31,811,527 $48,858,618
30 Gamer
Malayalam

ML

$20,534,907 $40,828,540
31 Astro Boy
English

UK

$19,551,067 $39,886,986
32 Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
English

UK

$13,869,515 $39,291,383
33 Crank: High Voltage
English

UK

$13,684,249 $34,572,541
34 Fighting
Chinese

CN

$23,091,010 $32,482,728
35 Dance Flick
English

UK

$25,662,155 $31,439,140
36 The Baader Meinhof Complex
English

UK

$476,270 $26,937,355
37 Armored
English

UK

$15,988,876 $22,942,221
38 Pandorum
English

UK

$10,330,853 $20,648,328
39 Whiteout
English

UK

$10,275,638 $17,976,667
40 12 Rounds
Spanish

ES

$12,234,694 $17,280,326
41 Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
English

UK

$8,742,261 $12,764,201
42 The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
English

UK

$10,273,188 $10,629,321
43 Next Day Air
English

UK

$10,027,047 $10,172,519
44 Ong Bak 2
Thai

TH

$102,458 $8,936,663
45 Outlander
English

UK

$166,003 $7,034,698
46 Blood: The Last Vampire
English

UK

$257,412 $5,874,530
47 The Red Canvas
English

UK

$37,189 $2,783,332
48 Bronson
English

UK

$104,979 $2,260,712
49 Echelon Conspiracy
English

UK

$666,009 $2,186,782
50 Mutant Chronicles
English

UK

$6,820 $2,131,057

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