10 Highest Earning Movies of Year 2009
Hi Everyone, we are doing it again. Yes, this is the time to make the list of the annual top ten grossing action movies. And 2009 has truly been a surprising year with many animated movies making the top 10 earning hollywood english movies.
10. The tenth biggest grosser of 2009 is the sequel Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. Ben Stiller plays the central role of an adorable but exhausted security guard whose job is to keep order in an extraordinarily exhilarating Museum. This movie made over $115.65 million in 2009.
9. The next is Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, another sequel movie. This one grossed nearly 200 million dollars and is thorough entertainment for any age group.
8. Coming Ninth in our list is “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.” As you already know, this is a sequel to the X-men series. You will love it, especially if you are a fan of comic book films. It grossed almost 180 million dollars.
7. The seventh on our list is “Monsters v. Aliens.” Starring Reese Witherspoon and Seth Rogan this one is a wonderful animation film for children. This film made a thumping $200 million dollars in 2009.
6. At number six we have “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” a top selling vampire sequel. The movie earned approximately 250 million dollars.
5. Star Trek comes next grossing over $250 million, achieving a wonderful revival for the Star Trek Movie Series.
4. On number four is “The Hangover,” which is not a movie sequel like the others on our list. This one grossed $275 million in 2009.
3. At number three on our list of highest grossing 2009 movie is “Up”. This one is the best animation film in this list and has made nearly 300 million dollars. This extremely popular movie is also listed in the 100 top movies ever.
2. Number two is “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.” As you know, this one too is a sequel to the top selling Harry Potter movie series. The movie made over 300 million dollars in 2009. This is another movie that you can enjoy with the whole family.
1. The topper on our list of top 10 earning movies of 2009 is “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.” This movie even surpassed the popularity of its original version. That is why the movie has grossed over 400 million dollars in 2009 alone.
So, that was the list of top 10 earning movies of 2009. It is evident that most of them are sequels. This may be a reason why even top movie makers follow up their hits with sequels.
