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Box Office Performance for Self Distributed Movies in 2009

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RankMovieRelease
Date
GenreMPAA
Rating
2009 GrossTickets Sold
1 The Big Gay Musical Sep 11, 2009 Musical Not Rated $223,455 29,794
2 Dalai Lama Renaissance May 21, 2008 Documentary Not Rated $49,675 6,623
3 Weather Girl Jul 10, 2009 R $20,915 2,788
4 Sita Sings the Blues Dec 25, 2009 Musical Not Rated $18,626 2,483
5 Cowboy and Lucky Oct 22, 2009 Not Rated $7,160 954
6 Sandstorm Sep 4, 2009 Drama Not Rated $3,444 459
7 Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-… Aug 14, 2009 Adventure Not Rated $2,310 308
Total Gross of All Movies$325,585
Total Tickets Sold43,409

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2009. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2009. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.

Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).

The yearly amounts on our Theatrical Market pages are based on box office years. Each box office year starts on the first Monday of the year, so the previous year ends on the Sunday before the first Monday. For example, the "2017 box office year" started on January 2, 2017 so the "2016 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 1, 2017.