# List of 2009 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 2009.

## Number-one films

| † | This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. |
| # | Weekend end date | Film | Box office | Notes |
| 1 | January 4, 2009 | Marley & Me | $24,263,763 | |
| 2 | January 11, 2009 | Gran Torino | $29,484,388 | Gran Torino reached #1 after four weekends of limited release. |
| 3 | January 18, 2009 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $31,832,636 | |
| 4 | January 25, 2009 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $21,623,182 | |
| 5 | February 1, 2009 | Taken | $24,717,037 | |
| 6 | February 8, 2009 | He's Just Not That Into You | $27,785,487 | |
| 7 | February 15, 2009 | Friday the 13th | $40,570,365 | Friday the 13th broke Freddy vs. Jason's record ($36.4 million) for the highest debut for a slasher film. |
| 8 | February 22, 2009 | Madea Goes to Jail | $41,030,947 | |
| 9 | March 1, 2009 | Madea Goes to Jail | $16,175,926 | |
| 10 | March 8, 2009 | Watchmen | $55,214,334 | |
| 11 | March 15, 2009 | Race to Witch Mountain | $24,402,214 | |
| 12 | March 22, 2009 | Knowing | $24,604,751 | |
| 13 | March 29, 2009 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $59,321,095 | Monsters vs. Aliens broke Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over's record ($33.4 million) for the highest weekend debut for a 3-D film. |
| 14 | April 5, 2009 | Fast & Furious | $70,950,500 | Fast & Furious broke Anger Management's record ($42.2 million) for the highest weekend debut in April and 300's record ($70.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a spring release. |
| 15 | April 12, 2009 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | $32,324,487 | |
| 16 | April 19, 2009 | 17 Again | $23,722,310 | |
| 17 | April 26, 2009 | Obsessed | $28,612,730 | |
| 18 | May 3, 2009 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | $85,058,003 | |
| 19 | May 10, 2009 | Star Trek | $75,204,289 | Star Trek broke The Simpsons Movie's record ($74 million) for the highest weekend debut for a film based on a television show. |
| 20 | May 17, 2009 | Angels & Demons | $46,204,168 | |
| 21 | May 24, 2009 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $54,173,286 | |
| 22 | May 31, 2009 | Up | $68,108,790 | Up broke Monsters vs. Aliens' record ($59.3 million) for the highest weekend debut for a 3-D film (which was set just two months earlier). |
| 23 | June 7, 2009 | The Hangover | $44,979,319 | The Hangover broke Scary Movie's record ($42.3 million) for the highest weekend debut for an original R-rated comedy. Initial estimates had Up ahead of The Hangover. |
| 24 | June 14, 2009 | The Hangover | $32,794,387 | |
| 25 | June 21, 2009 | The Proposal | $33,627,598 | |
| 26 | June 28, 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen † | $108,966,307 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen's $959,000 midnight gross in IMAX broke The Dark Knight's record ($640,000) for the highest midnight gross in IMAX. Its $62 million opening day gross broke Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix's record ($44.2 million) for the highest Wednesday gross of all-time. It also broke Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban's record ($93.7 million) for the highest weekend debut in June. |
| 27 | July 5, 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen † | $42,320,877 | Initial estimates had Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen tied with Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. In second place, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs' $41.6 million broke The Devil Wears Prada's record ($27.5 million) for the highest non #1 Independence Day opening weekend. |
| 28 | July 12, 2009 | Brüno | $30,619,130 | Brüno broke Borat's record ($26 million) for the highest weekend debut for a mockumentary. |
| 29 | July 19, 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $77,835,727 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince's $22.2 million gross from midnight showings broke The Dark Knight's record ($18.5 million) for the highest midnight opening ever. |
| 30 | July 26, 2009 | G-Force | $31,706,934 | |
| 31 | August 2, 2009 | Funny People | $22,657,780 | |
| 32 | August 9, 2009 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | $54,713,046 | |
| 33 | August 16, 2009 | District 9 | $37,354,308 | |
| 34 | August 23, 2009 | Inglourious Basterds | $38,054,676 | |
| 35 | August 30, 2009 | The Final Destination | $27,408,309 | |
| 36 | September 6, 2009 | The Final Destination | $12,368,882 | |
| 37 | September 13, 2009 | I Can Do Bad All by Myself | $23,446,785 | |
| 38 | September 20, 2009 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $30,304,648 | |
| 39 | September 27, 2009 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $25,038,803 | |
| 40 | October 4, 2009 | Zombieland | $24,733,155 | |
| 41 | October 11, 2009 | Couples Retreat | $34,286,740 | |
| 42 | October 18, 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are | $32,695,407 | |
| 43 | October 25, 2009 | Paranormal Activity | $21,104,070 | Paranormal Activity reached #1 after four weekends of limited release. |
| 44 | November 1, 2009 | Michael Jackson's This Is It | $23,234,394 | |
| 45 | November 8, 2009 | A Christmas Carol | $30,051,075 | |
| 46 | November 15, 2009 | 2012 | $65,237,614 | |
| 47 | November 22, 2009 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $142,839,137 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon's $26.3 million gross from midnight showings broke Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince's record ($22.2 million) for the highest midnight opening ever. Its opening day gross of $72.7 million broke The Dark Knight's record ($67.2 million) for the highest single-day tally of all time. It also broke Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire's records ($102.7 million) for the highest weekend debut in November and for the holiday season as well as Twilight's records ($69.6 million) for the highest weekend debut for a vampire film and for a film featuring a female protagonist. It had the highest weekend debut of 2009. |
| 48 | November 29, 2009 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $42,870,031 | |
| 49 | December 6, 2009 | The Blind Side | $20,043,181 | The Blind Side reached #1 in its third weekend of release. |
| 50 | December 13, 2009 | The Princess and the Frog | $24,208,916 | The Princess and the Frog reached #1 after two weekends of limited release. |
| 51 | December 20, 2009 | Avatar | $77,025,481 | Avatar broke The Day After Tomorrow's record ($68.7 million) for the highest opening weekend for an environmentalist film. It also broke Up's record ($68.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a 3-D film and The Incredibles' record ($70.5 million) for the highest weekend debut for an original film. |
| 52 | December 27, 2009 | Avatar | $75,617,183 | Avatar broke The Dark Knight's record ($75.2 million) for the highest second weekend gross of all time. In second place, Sherlock Holmes's opening day gross of $24.6 million broke Marley & Me's record ($14.3 million) for the highest Christmas Day opening of all time as well as Meet the Fockers' record ($19.5 million) for the highest Christmas Day gross of all time. |

## Highest-grossing films
### Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 2009 by Calendar Gross
| Rank | Title | Studio(s) | Actor(s) | Director(s) | Gross |
| 1. | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Paramount Pictures | Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro, Peter Cullen and Hugo Weaving | Michael Bay | $402,111,870 |
| 2. | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Warner Bros. Pictures | Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Jim Broadbent, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall, David Thewlis and Julie Walters | David Yates | $301,959,197 |
| 3. | Up | Walt Disney Pictures | voices of Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai and Bob Peterson | Pete Docter | $287,002,967 |
| 4. | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Summit Entertainment | Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Rachelle Lefevre, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz, Jackson Rathbone, Anna Kendrick, Michael Sheen and Dakota Fanning | Chris Weitz | $284,512,392 |
| 5. | Avatar | 20th Century Fox | Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez and Sigourney Weaver | James Cameron | $283,624,210 |
| 6. | The Hangover | Warner Bros. Pictures | Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, Justin Bartha and Jeffrey Tambor | Todd Phillips | $277,322,503 |
| 7. | Star Trek | Paramount Pictures | John Cho, Ben Cross, Bruce Greenwood, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Winona Ryder, Zoe Saldaña, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin, Eric Bana and Leonard Nimoy | J. J. Abrams | $253,730,019 |
| 8. | Monsters vs. Aliens | Paramount Pictures | voices of Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Kiefer Sutherland, Rainn Wilson, Paul Rudd and Stephen Colbert | Conrad Vernon and Rob Letterman | $198,351,526 |
| 9. | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | 20th Century Fox | voices of voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck and Simon Pegg | Carlos Saldanha | $196,573,705 |
| 10. | The Blind Side | Warner Bros. Pictures | Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron and Kathy Bates | John Lee Hancock | $196,563,318 |

### In-Year Release

Highest-grossing films of 2009 by In-year release :
| Rank | Title | Studio | Domestic Gross |
| 1. | Avatar | Lightstorm Entertainment / 20th Century Fox | $749,766,139 |
| 2. | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | DreamWorks Pictures / Paramount Pictures | $402,111,870 |
| 3. | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Heyday Films / Warner Bros. | $301,959,197 |
| 4. | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Summit Entertainment | $296,623,634 |
| 5. | Up | Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios | $293,004,164 |
| 6. | The Hangover | Warner Bros. | $277,322,503 |
| 7. | Star Trek | Bad Robot / Paramount Pictures | $257,730,019 |
| 8. | The Blind Side | Warner Bros. | $255,959,475 |
| 9. | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | Bagdasarian Productions / 20th Century Fox | $219,614,612 |
| 10. | Sherlock Holmes | Warner Bros. | $209,028,679 |
Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 2009 :
| G | The Princess and the Frog |
| PG | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |
| PG-13 | Avatar |
| R | The Hangover |