2009 Films - Highest-grossing Films

Highest-grossing Films

See also: Lists of highest-grossing films See also: List of 2009 box office number-one films in the United States

These are the top grossing films that were released in 2009. The top ten films of 2009, by worldwide gross in United States dollars, as well as the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia grosses, are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 2009

Rank	Title	Studio	Director(s)	Worldwide	North America	United Kingdom	Australia
1	Avatar	Fox	James Cameron	$2,782,275,172	$760,507,625	$150,025,197	$105,779,507
2	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	David Yates	$934,416,487	$301,959,197	$84,089,250	$34,954,004
3	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Fox/Blue Sky	Carlos Saldanha	$886,686,817	$196,573,705	$56,859,040	$24,725,499
4	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	DreamWorks/Paramount	Michael Bay	$836,303,693	$402,111,870	$44,383,558	$33,554,033
5	2012	Columbia	Roland Emmerich	$769,304,749	$166,112,167	$31,052,159	$18,123,801
6	Up	Disney/Pixar	Pete Docter and Bob Peterson	$731,342,744	$293,004,164	$55,413,275	$25,296,200
7	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Summit Entertainment	Chris Weitz	$709,827,462	$296,623,634	$43,409,449	$35,164,930
8	Sherlock Holmes	Warner Bros.	Guy Ritchie	$524,028,679	$209,028,679	$39,795,286	$22,777,578
9	Angels & Demons	Columbia	Ron Howard	$485,930,816	$133,375,846	$30,726,140	$14,065,391
10	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Todd Phillips	$467,483,912	$277,322,503	$36,033,624	$17,934,378

Avatar has grossed over $2.7 billion, making it the highest-grossing film in history, as well as one of two films in history to gross $2 billion (the second being Titanic, also by James Cameron, during its 3D re-release) in box office receipts and the first film to gross over $700 million in the US and Canada. Four other films (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and 2012) are also among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time.