Blockbuster movies 2009

09/04

For Hollywood 2009 was a good year as it produced some very hit films and broke all time records. Avatar became the highest grossing Hollywood film of all the time. Here in this page you will find top grossing blockbuster movies list released in 2009. The ranking is based on box office results from US domestic and Worldwide but it does not include revenue coming from Rentals and TV rights. After reading this post you will be able to know about all blockbuster movies released in 2009 and also their rankings in year end charts.

(1) AVATAR

avatar poster

Avatar was released in December 2009 in US, UK and many other locations and film proved to be a big world wide hit. After just a month and few days the film was able to break record of Titanic as the highest grossing Holly wood film of all the time. James Cameron was the director and writer of the movie and once again proved his abilities as the best director in holly wood breaking his own film’s record.

The story of avatar is about a paraplegic marine who is sent to the moon pandora for a unique mission using his avatar. But on reaching to his supposed enemies he decides to switch sides and found enemy land as his own home. Animation used in the movie is excellent. The film overall was nominated for nine categories in the oscar nominations and won three of the them including the categories of Best art direction, best cinematography and for visual effects.

Gross revenue generated by Avatar is around 2.7 billion dollars, while the budget of the film was just 237 million dollars hence it is all time blockbuster. In US alone it did business of 742 million dollars breaking the record of Titanic of 600 million dollars.

(2) Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Sony Pictures production stands at second place with revenue of 142.8 million dollars (US alone). The film got good response from the critics as well as from the audience and that was the reason it was able to take place at the second position. Story of the film is extremely good.