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	$941,055,851
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	$836,303,693
5	2012	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$166,112,167	$791,217,826
6	Up	Adventure Drama Comedy	$293,004,164	$735,102,136
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	A Christmas Carol	Drama Fantasy Animation	$137,855,863	$325,286,646
19	Inglourious Basterds	Drama Thriller War	$120,540,719	$321,460,744
20	The Proposal	Drama Comedy Romance	$163,958,031	$317,375,937
21	The Blind Side	Biography Drama Sport	$255,982,860	$309,231,694
22	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$150,201,498	$302,469,017
23	G-Force	Action Adventure Fantasy	$119,436,770	$292,817,898
24	The Princess and the Frog	Fantasy Romance Animation	$104,400,899	$267,056,816
25	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Comedy Animation Family	$124,870,275	$243,006,136
26	Taken	Action Drama Thriller	$145,000,989	$226,837,760
27	It's Complicated	Comedy Romance	$112,735,375	$219,103,655
28	Public Enemies	Biography Drama History	$97,104,620	$214,104,620
29	District 9	Action Sci-Fi Thriller	$115,646,235	$210,888,950
30	The Final Destination	Thriller Horror	$66,477,700	$186,167,139
31	Coraline	Adventure Fantasy Animation	$116,896,576	$185,860,104
32	Watchmen	Action Sci-Fi Drama	$107,509,799	$185,382,813
33	Knowing	Action Sci-Fi Drama	$79,957,634	$183,658,498
34	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Action Comedy Crime	$146,336,178	$183,348,429
35	He's Just Not That Into You	Drama Comedy Romance	$93,953,653	$178,866,158
36	Paranormal Activity	Thriller Horror	$84,752,907	$177,512,032
37	Couples Retreat	Comedy	$109,204,945	$171,844,840
38	Up in the Air	Drama Romance	$83,823,381	$166,842,739
39	Hannah Montana: The Movie	Drama Comedy Romance	$79,576,189	$155,545,279
40	The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3	Action Thriller Crime	$65,452,312	$150,166,126
41	Bruno	Comedy	$60,054,530	$138,805,831
42	17 Again	Drama Comedy Romance	$64,167,069	$136,316,880
43	Julie & Julia	Biography Drama Comedy	$94,125,426	$129,540,522
44	Law Abiding Citizen	Drama Thriller Crime	$73,357,727	$127,944,208
45	Surrogates	Action Sci-Fi Thriller	$38,577,772	$122,444,772
46	Invictus	Biography Drama History	$37,491,364	$122,426,792
47	Hotel for Dogs	Comedy Family	$73,034,460	$117,252,578
48	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Comedy Romance	$44,277,350	$108,394,089
49	Race to Witch Mountain	Adventure Sci-Fi Thriller	$67,172,594	$106,387,141
50	Planet 51	Adventure Sci-Fi Fantasy	$42,194,060	$105,647,102