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.

#	Date	Film	Gross	Notes
1	02009-01-04 January 4, 2009	Marley & Me	$24,263,763
2	02009-01-11 January 11, 2009	Gran Torino	$29,484,388	Gran Torino reached #1 after four weekends of limited release.
3	02009-01-18 January 18, 2009	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	$31,832,636
4	02009-01-25 January 25, 2009	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	$21,623,182
5	02009-02-01 February 1, 2009	Taken	$24,717,037
6	02009-02-08 February 8, 2009	He's Just Not That into You	$27,785,487
7	02009-02-15 February 15, 2009	Friday the 13th	$40,570,365	Friday the 13th broke The Grudge's record ($39.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a horror film.
8	02009-02-22 February 22, 2009	Madea Goes to Jail	$41,030,947
9	02009-03-01 March 1, 2009	Madea Goes to Jail	$16,175,926
10	02009-03-08 March 8, 2009	Watchmen	$55,214,334
11	02009-03-15 March 15, 2009	Race to Witch Mountain	$24,402,214
12	02009-03-22 March 22, 2009	Knowing	$24,813,404
13	02009-03-29 March 29, 2009	Monsters vs. Aliens	$59,321,095	Monsters Vs Aliens broke My Bloody Valentine 3D's record ($24.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a 3-D film.
14	02009-04-05 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	02009-04-12 April 12, 2009	Hannah Montana: The Movie	$32,324,487
16	02009-04-19 April 19, 2009	17 Again	$23,722,310
17	02009-04-26 April 26, 2009	Obsessed	$28,612,730
18	02009-05-03 May 3, 2009	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	$85,058,003
19	02009-05-10 May 10, 2009	Star Trek	$75,204,289	Star Trek broke The Simpsons Movie's record ($74.0 million) for the highest weekend debut for a film based on a television show.
20	02009-05-17 May 17, 2009	Angels & Demons	$46,204,168
21	02009-05-24 May 24, 2009	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	$54,173,286
22	02009-05-31 May 31, 2009	Up	$68,108,790	Up broke Monsters Vs. Aliens's record ($59.3 million) for the highest weekend debut for a 3-D film.
23	02009-06-07 June 7, 2009	The Hangover	$44,979,319	Initial estimates had Up ahead of The Hangover.
24	02009-06-14 June 14, 2009	The Hangover	$33,412,445
25	02009-06-21 June 21, 2009	The Proposal	$33,627,598
26	02009-06-28 June 28, 2009	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	$108,966,307	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen broke Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban's record ($93.7 million) for the highest weekend debut in June, and its $62.0 million Wednesday gross broke Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix's record ($44.2 million) for the highest-grossing Wednesday of all time.
27	02009-07-05 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.
28	02009-07-12 July 12, 2009	Brüno	$30,619,130	Bruno broke Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan's record ($26 million) for the highest weekend debut for a mockumentary.
29	02009-07-19 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	02009-07-26 July 26, 2009	G-Force	$31,706,934
31	02009-08-02 August 2, 2009	Funny People	$22,657,780
32	02009-08-09 August 9, 2009	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	$54,713,046
33	02009-08-16 August 16, 2009	District 9	$37,354,308
34	02009-08-23 August 23, 2009	Inglourious Basterds	$38,054,676
35	02009-08-30 August 30, 2009	The Final Destination	$27,408,309
36	02009-09-06 September 6, 2009	The Final Destination	$12,368,882
37	02009-09-13 September 13, 2009	I Can Do Bad All By Myself	$23,446,785
38	02009-09-20 September 20, 2009	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	$30,304,648
39	02009-09-27 September 27, 2009	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	$25,038,803
40	02009-10-04 October 4, 2009	Zombieland	$24,733,155
41	02009-10-11 October 11, 2009	Couples Retreat	$34,286,740	Couples Retreat broke Meet The Parents's record ($28.6 million) for the highest Columbus Day opening weekend.
42	02009-10-18 October 18, 2009	Where the Wild Things Are	$32,695,407
43	02009-10-25 October 25, 2009	Paranormal Activity	$21,104,070	Paranormal Activity reached #1 after four weekends of limited release.
44	02009-11-01 November 1, 2009	Michael Jackson's This Is It	$23,234,394
45	02009-11-08 November 8, 2009	A Christmas Carol	$30,051,075
46	02009-11-15 November 15, 2009	2012	$65,237,614
47	02009-11-22 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 record ($102.7 million) for the highest weekend debut in November. It had the highest weekend debut of 2009.
48	02009-11-29 November 29, 2009	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	$42,870,031
49	02009-12-06 December 6, 2009	The Blind Side	$20,043,181	The Blind Side reached #1 in its third weekend of release.
50	02009-12-13 December 13, 2009	The Princess and the Frog	$24,208,916	The Princess and the Frog reached #1 after one weekend of limited release.
51	02009-12-20 December 20, 2009	Avatar	$77,025,481	Avatar broke Up's record ($68.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a 3-D film.
52	02009-12-27 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. Sherlock Holmes broke Marley & Me's record for the biggest Christmas Day opening.

References

• "Weekend Box Office Index, 2009". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/?yr=2009&p=.htm. Retrieved July 13, 2009. 

See also

• List of American films — American films by year