The results are in! Transformers: The Revenge of the Fallen is the #1 Box Office Hit of 2009. Even though Avatar just opened on 12/18, it made it all the way up to #7 for the year. This weekend’s Top 5 were: #1 Avatar with $75,000,000, #2 Sherlock Holmes with $65,380,000, #3 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel with $50,200,000, #4 It’s Complicated with $22,114,000, and #5 Up in the Air with $11,755,000. View Avatar photos
Top Ten Box Office Hits of 2009
| Rank | Movie Title | Studio | Total Gross / Theaters | Opening / Theaters | Open | Close | ||
| 1 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | P/DW | $402,111,870 | 4,293 | $108,966,307 | 4,234 | 6/24 | 10/15 |
| 2 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | WB | $301,959,197 | 4,455 | $77,835,727 | 4,325 | 7/15 | 12/17 |
| 3 | Up | BV | $293,004,164 | 3,886 | $68,108,790 | 3,766 | 5/29 | 11/5 |
| 4 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Sum. | $280,924,000 | 4,124 | $142,839,137 | 4,024 | 11/20 | - |
| 5 | The Hangover | WB | $277,322,503 | 3,545 | $44,979,319 | 3,269 | 6/5 | 12/17 |
| 6 | Star Trek | Par. | $257,730,019 | 4,053 | $75,204,289 | 3,849 | 5/8 | 10/1 |
| 7 | Avatar | Fox | $212,268,000 | 3,456 | $77,025,481 | 3,452 | 12/18 | - |
| 8 | Monsters Vs. Aliens | P/DW | $198,351,526 | 4,136 | $59,321,095 | 4,104 | 3/27 | 8/27 |
| 9 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Fox | $196,573,705 | 4,102 | $41,690,382 | 4,099 | 7/1 | 11/22 |
| 10 | The Blind Side | WB | $184,387,000 | 3,407 | $34,119,372 | 3,110 | 11/20 | - |
