International Box Office For December 2009
| Rank | Release | Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avatar | $476,192,825 | 112 | $1,993,811,448 | Dec 16 | - |
| 2 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $144,109,342 | 53 | $413,203,828 | Nov 18 | - |
| 3 | 2012 | $140,535,138 | 75 | $603,567,306 | Nov 11 | - |
| 4 | A Christmas Carol | $75,625,353 | 55 | $187,430,783 | Sep 9 | - |
| 5 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $56,393,804 | 46 | $223,525,393 | Dec 21 | - |
| 6 | Sherlock Holmes | $51,665,117 | 43 | $315,000,000 | Jan 1 | - |
| 7 | Up | $43,280,974 | 29 | $442,094,918 | May 28 | - |
| 8 | Paranormal Activity | $42,602,397 | 22 | $85,436,990 | Nov 4 | - |
| 9 | Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard | $36,948,701 | 17 | $51,394,557 | Nov 26 | - |
| 10 | One Piece: Strong World | $36,552,102 | 1 | $49,199,136 | Dec 12 | - |
| 11 | Rabbit Without Ears 2 | $35,541,900 | 2 | $46,439,905 | Dec 3 | - |
| 12 | Planet 51 | $33,528,313 | 26 | $63,453,042 | Nov 19 | - |
| 13 | The Princess and the Frog | $31,521,124 | 39 | $162,644,866 | Dec 3 | - |
| 14 | Natale a Beverly Hills | $23,449,750 | 1 | $29,976,481 | Dec 18 | - |
| 15 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $18,903,148 | 34 | $118,135,851 | Sep 16 | - |
| 16 | Old Dogs | $17,943,458 | 25 | $47,261,636 | Jun 4 | - |
| 17 | Jeon Woochi | $15,373,573 | 1 | $38,681,926 | Dec 23 | - |
| 18 | This Is It | $14,552,706 | 60 | $195,892,572 | Oct 28 | - |
| 19 | Cado dalle nubi | $14,359,948 | 1 | $20,123,466 | Nov 27 | - |
| 20 | Ninja Assassin | $14,091,166 | 17 | $23,478,397 | Oct 27 | - |
| 21 | Couples Retreat | $13,548,274 | 27 | $62,639,895 | Oct 8 | - |
| 22 | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest | $13,377,947 | 4 | $38,307,912 | Nov 27 | - |
| 23 | Where the Wild Things Are | $13,354,581 | 9 | $22,853,326 | Oct 30 | - |
| 24 | Me and Marilyn | $12,690,277 | 1 | $18,842,502 | Dec 18 | - |
| 25 | Kamen Rider Movie War 2010: Kamen Rider vs. Kamen Rider W & Decade | $12,365,785 | 1 | $16,035,761 | Dec 12 | - |
| 26 | Spanish Movie | $10,279,201 | 1 | $10,875,184 | Dec 4 | - |
| 27 | Zombieland | $9,529,747 | 27 | $26,801,794 | Oct 1 | - |
| 28 | G-Force | $9,396,275 | 39 | $173,381,071 | Jul 23 | - |
| 29 | It's Complicated | $8,921,329 | 30 | $106,368,280 | Dec 23 | - |
| 30 | Sorority Row | $8,049,358 | 9 | $15,240,838 | Sep 10 | - |
| 31 | Love Life | $7,921,849 | 2 | $12,886,904 | Nov 26 | - |
| 32 | RTT | $6,915,131 | 2 | $9,227,108 | Dec 9 | - |
| 33 | Secret | $6,839,116 | 1 | $6,883,251 | Dec 3 | - |
| 34 | Wolf | $6,718,116 | 2 | $10,312,345 | Dec 9 | - |
| 35 | Saw VI | $6,536,654 | 24 | $40,540,337 | Oct 22 | - |
| 36 | Dorian Gray | $6,404,015 | 5 | $22,410,097 | Sep 11 | - |
| 37 | Fame | $5,603,465 | 26 | $54,756,326 | Sep 24 | - |
| 38 | Cell 211 | $5,508,237 | 4 | $19,300,483 | Nov 6 | - |
| 39 | The Storm Warriors | $5,413,033 | 5 | $5,668,356 | Dec 10 | - |
| 40 | Jolly Life | $5,262,409 | 3 | $7,314,040 | Nov 27 | - |
| 41 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $5,018,388 | 61 | $632,000,000 | Jul 15 | - |
| 42 | The Ugly Truth | $5,006,619 | 54 | $116,383,693 | Feb 26 | - |
| 43 | The Flight Before Christmas | $4,973,846 | 12 | $21,822,495 | Oct 10 | - |
| 44 | Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends - The Movie | $4,926,149 | 1 | $6,161,665 | Dec 12 | - |
| 45 | Nativity! | $4,554,251 | 1 | $8,315,283 | Nov 27 | - |
| 46 | Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II | $4,548,686 | 3 | $44,879,450 | Dec 19 | - |
| 47 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | $4,434,683 | 17 | $54,119,168 | Sep 18 | - |
| 48 | Bodyguards and Assassins | $4,087,597 | 6 | $6,585,737 | Dec 17 | - |
| 49 | No More Cry | $4,052,001 | 1 | $14,084,985 | Nov 14 | - |
| 50 | The Fourth Kind | $3,963,163 | 7 | $22,223,153 | Nov 5 | - |
| 51 | Case 39 | $3,962,060 | 7 | $14,928,128 | Aug 13 | - |
| 52 | The Concert | $3,834,461 | 6 | $40,488,365 | Nov 4 | - |
| 53 | The Villain 2009 Re-release | $3,795,066 | 2 | $6,604,053 | Nov 25 | - |
| 54 | Inglourious Basterds | $3,722,950 | 42 | $200,914,970 | Aug 19 | - |
| 55 | The Unbroken | $3,642,390 | 1 | $29,000,322 | Oct 24 | - |
| 56 | The Road | $3,621,402 | 7 | $19,518,305 | May 1 | - |
| 57 | Soul Kitchen | $3,536,047 | 6 | $17,595,895 | Dec 17 | - |
| 58 | The Box | $3,254,305 | 12 | $18,281,554 | Oct 29 | - |
| 59 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $3,249,857 | 17 | $36,540,493 | Nov 6 | - |
| 60 | Actresses | $3,238,852 | 1 | $3,400,282 | Dec 10 | - |
| 61 | Anubis en de wraak van Arghus | $3,076,058 | 2 | $4,832,607 | Dec 16 | - |
| 62 | Whatever Works | $3,046,463 | 8 | $29,791,109 | Jul 1 | - |
| 63 | Pope Joan | $3,038,682 | 3 | $28,715,335 | Oct 22 | - |
| 64 | The Heiress | $3,007,661 | 1 | $3,349,478 | Dec 10 | - |
| 65 | Zero Focus | $2,945,334 | 1 | $10,707,826 | Nov 14 | - |
| 66 | Public Enemies | $2,936,834 | 47 | $117,000,000 | Jun 24 | - |
| 67 | Hachi: A Dog's Tale | $2,830,059 | 6 | $46,671,235 | May 7 | - |
| 68 | Brothers | $2,826,665 | 8 | $14,774,192 | Dec 10 | - |
| 69 | District 9 | $2,625,183 | 34 | $95,173,376 | Aug 13 | - |
| 70 | St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold | $2,564,784 | 1 | $11,198,830 | Dec 18 | - |
| 71 | Nine | $2,469,100 | 26 | $34,321,841 | Jan 28 | - |
| 72 | [Rec]² | $2,469,085 | 6 | $18,469,680 | Oct 2 | - |
| 73 | Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection | $2,462,111 | 1 | $4,319,940 | Dec 12 | - |
| 74 | The Invention of Lying | $2,405,224 | 3 | $13,955,256 | Oct 2 | - |
| 75 | Astro Boy | $2,400,779 | 11 | $20,335,919 | Oct 10 | - |
| 76 | Hello Yasothorn 2 | $2,353,624 | 1 | $2,354,962 | Dec 3 | - |
| 77 | Macross Frontier: The False Songstress | $2,310,661 | 1 | $4,839,216 | Nov 21 | - |
| 78 | I Give My First Love to You | $2,290,357 | 1 | $24,051,386 | Oct 24 | - |
| 79 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $2,283,298 | 36 | $55,700,163 | Dec 24 | - |
| 80 | The Last Flight | $2,279,454 | 2 | $2,823,206 | Dec 16 | - |
| 81 | Antikiller D.K. | $2,222,198 | 5 | $2,506,211 | Dec 3 | - |
| 82 | Dossier K. | $2,144,936 | 1 | $3,802,038 | Dec 9 | - |
| 83 | Pikap: Sem bez pravil | $2,122,875 | 1 | $2,241,507 | Dec 3 | - |
| 84 | The Cézanne Affair/The Man Who Will Come | $2,045,921 | 1 | $2,294,382 | Dec 4 | - |
| 85 | The Righteous Thief | $1,990,777 | 1 | $3,642,532 | Nov 26 | - |
| 86 | The White Ribbon | $1,975,668 | 8 | $17,096,582 | Sep 24 | - |
| 87 | Eleanor's Secret | $1,928,533 | 2 | $2,009,497 | Dec 16 | - |
| 88 | Looking for Eric | $1,878,715 | 4 | $11,499,521 | May 27 | - |
| 89 | 3 Idiots | $1,871,926 | 4 | $4,208,189 | Dec 24 | - |
| 90 | Hooked | $1,852,438 | 2 | $3,684,120 | Nov 26 | - |
| 91 | Wings of the Night | $1,760,351 | 3 | $1,988,431 | Nov 12 | - |
| 92 | Magic Silver | $1,745,819 | 1 | $4,565,690 | Nov 13 | - |
| 93 | Agora | $1,704,647 | 8 | $38,422,082 | Oct 9 | - |
| 94 | Land of the Lost | $1,656,987 | 9 | $19,339,184 | Jun 4 | - |
| 95 | Solomon Kane | $1,643,132 | 5 | $19,636,124 | Dec 23 | - |
| 96 | Göta kanal 3 - Kanalkungens hemlighet | $1,635,092 | 1 | $3,224,464 | Dec 25 | - |
| 97 | The Dancer and the Thief | $1,601,700 | 1 | $2,434,422 | Nov 27 | - |
| 98 | Plop en de kabouterbaby | $1,593,304 | 2 | $2,545,752 | Dec 9 | - |
| 99 | Amelia | $1,569,832 | 5 | $5,396,598 | Nov 12 | - |
| 100 | The Informant! | $1,509,627 | 13 | $8,454,347 | Sep 18 | - |
| 101 | White Night | $1,498,033 | 1 | $6,171,057 | Nov 19 | - |
| 102 | The Girl Who Played with Fire | $1,471,441 | 7 | $59,488,554 | Sep 18 | - |
| 103 | The Hell of '63 | $1,425,974 | 1 | $2,689,252 | Dec 17 | - |
| 104 | Julie & Julia | $1,395,914 | 33 | $35,415,073 | Aug 6 | - |
| 105 | Oscar and the Lady in Pink | $1,393,108 | 2 | $1,654,072 | Dec 9 | - |
| 106 | Broken Embraces | $1,335,557 | 9 | $25,977,355 | Mar 18 | - |
| 107 | Under the North Star | $1,321,835 | 1 | $1,942,703 | Dec 4 | - |
| 108 | 500 Days of Summer | $1,318,022 | 17 | $28,331,360 | Sep 4 | - |
| 109 | The Lovely Bones | $1,312,207 | 32 | $49,507,108 | Sep 17 | - |
| 110 | Funny People | $1,310,059 | 13 | $19,730,190 | Jul 30 | - |
| 111 | What Just Happened | $1,266,405 | 5 | $5,619,941 | Nov 20 | - |
| 112 | The Soloist | $1,226,932 | 5 | $6,612,836 | Aug 20 | - |
| 113 | Valley of the Wolves: Gladio | $1,224,018 | 2 | $4,710,381 | Nov 19 | - |
| 114 | Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure | $1,200,249 | 11 | $5,816,532 | Aug 28 | - |
| 115 | The Final Destination | $1,192,638 | 38 | $119,689,439 | Aug 26 | - |
| 116 | The Hedgehog | $1,170,089 | 5 | $12,013,672 | Jul 1 | - |
| 117 | The Rebound | $1,156,968 | 7 | $21,791,288 | Sep 16 | - |
| 118 | The Time Traveler's Wife | $1,142,334 | 18 | $37,929,566 | Aug 14 | - |
| 119 | Santau | $1,128,270 | 1 | $1,372,293 | Dec 10 | - |
| 120 | Bright Star | $1,077,533 | 7 | $9,906,308 | Oct 15 | - |
| 121 | Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva | $1,074,959 | 1 | $6,140,049 | Dec 19 | - |
| 122 | Nowhere Boy | $1,071,522 | 8 | $5,120,531 | Dec 24 | - |
| 123 | The Turks Must Be Crazy | $1,071,419 | 1 | $1,784,156 | Nov 27 | - |
| 124 | Adini Sen Koy | $1,060,936 | 1 | $1,122,054 | Dec 4 | - |
| 125 | Bury Me Behind the Baseboard | $1,057,248 | 1 | $1,136,883 | Dec 3 | - |
| 126 | Nikté | $1,030,367 | 1 | $1,329,775 | Dec 17 | - |
| 127 | Xuxa and the Mystery of the Little Ugly Princess | $1,015,928 | 1 | $4,718,615 | Dec 25 | - |
| 128 | The Secret in Their Eyes | $1,012,054 | 8 | $27,573,843 | Aug 13 | - |
| 129 | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | $1,010,259 | 9 | $25,362,598 | Sep 25 | - |
| 130 | Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life | $971,718 | 1 | $50,673,078 | Jul 18 | - |
| 131 | Armored | $970,954 | 11 | $6,953,345 | Oct 2 | - |
| 132 | Invictus | $950,140 | 32 | $84,742,607 | Dec 11 | - |
| 133 | Tetro | $931,070 | 4 | $2,334,393 | Jun 26 | - |
| 134 | The Dark House | $929,113 | 1 | $1,222,530 | Nov 27 | - |
| 135 | Dinosaurier | $911,479 | 1 | $2,288,787 | Dec 24 | - |
| 136 | Coco Before Chanel | $908,685 | 16 | $44,699,100 | Apr 22 | - |
| 137 | Bitter Victory | $861,246 | 1 | $861,246 | Dec 2 | - |
| 138 | The Descent: Part 2 | $854,897 | 4 | $6,722,076 | Oct 14 | - |
| 139 | Harry Brown | $839,301 | 2 | $8,511,066 | Dec 13 | - |
| 140 | Snow Prince | $837,724 | 1 | $845,375 | Dec 12 | - |
| 141 | A Serious Man | $834,778 | 10 | $22,201,566 | Oct 9 | - |
| 142 | Persécution | $825,218 | 1 | $825,672 | Dec 9 | - |
| 143 | The Reverse | $793,283 | 1 | $2,285,368 | Nov 13 | - |
| 144 | Lila, Lila | $743,707 | 1 | $1,053,818 | Dec 17 | - |
| 145 | Fresh Precure! | $738,891 | 1 | $8,341,362 | Oct 31 | - |
| 146 | The Dark House | $735,804 | 1 | $3,928,464 | Oct 29 | - |
| 147 | The Stepfather | $729,190 | 8 | $2,135,970 | Nov 19 | - |
| 148 | The Treasure Hunter | $708,881 | 4 | $1,704,776 | Dec 24 | - |
| 149 | Everybody's Fine | $706,577 | 11 | $7,234,733 | Dec 18 | - |
| 150 | The Broken | $698,356 | 3 | $289,717 | Nov 26 | - |
| 151 | Albert Schweitzer | $682,393 | 2 | $1,827,749 | Dec 24 | - |
| 152 | A Tale of Ululu's Wonderful Forest | $672,161 | 1 | $5,511,253 | Dec 19 | - |
| 153 | Abimm | $669,452 | 1 | $710,219 | Dec 4 | - |
| 154 | Girlfriends | $652,613 | 1 | $659,597 | Dec 17 | - |
| 155 | Whiteout | $641,488 | 17 | $7,565,229 | Sep 11 | - |
| 156 | Carriers | $638,454 | 6 | $5,698,070 | Sep 16 | - |
| 157 | Rapt | $627,096 | 1 | $2,884,581 | Nov 18 | - |
| 158 | All About Steve | $623,409 | 5 | $6,242,639 | Apr 24 | - |
| 159 | Fortune Salon | $608,284 | 1 | $8,362,014 | Nov 11 | - |
| 160 | Our Masha and the Magic Nut | $608,253 | 2 | $636,573 | Dec 10 | - |
| 161 | Jennifer's Body | $608,044 | 21 | $15,351,268 | Sep 25 | - |
| 162 | New York, I Love You | $607,228 | 8 | $6,507,581 | Sep 17 | - |
| 163 | Mulan: Rise of a Warrior | $605,977 | 3 | $1,799,157 | Nov 26 | - |
| 164 | Vavien | $605,486 | 1 | $879,768 | Dec 18 | - |
| 165 | In the Loop | $591,562 | 3 | $5,398,683 | Apr 17 | - |
| 166 | Precious | $588,639 | 22 | $16,081,309 | Dec 3 | - |
| 167 | Mount St. Elias | $571,717 | 1 | $1,124,591 | Nov 26 | - |
| 168 | Love, Bitter | $568,909 | 1 | $778,966 | Dec 18 | - |
| 169 | Me and Orson Welles | $557,602 | 2 | $1,146,169 | Dec 4 | - |
| 170 | Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance | $554,773 | 3 | $41,028,401 | Jun 27 | - |
| 171 | The Front Line | $553,677 | 1 | $1,562,486 | Nov 20 | - |
| 172 | Dabbe 2 | $548,610 | 1 | $1,329,701 | Dec 25 | - |
| 173 | The Wedding Photographer | $540,232 | 2 | $4,100,251 | Oct 16 | - |
| 174 | The Christmas Party | $539,601 | 1 | $2,587,648 | Nov 6 | - |
| 175 | Trésor | $536,306 | 2 | $6,720,530 | Nov 11 | - |
| 176 | Welcome | $531,612 | 3 | $13,578,009 | Mar 11 | - |
| 177 | State Affairs | $525,786 | 1 | $1,273,589 | Nov 25 | - |
| 178 | Vincere | $508,241 | 4 | $5,078,839 | May 20 | - |
| 179 | 9 | $505,499 | 8 | $16,678,169 | Aug 19 | - |
| 180 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $483,142 | 6 | $25,468,104 | Oct 22 | - |
| 181 | Novye priklyucheniya Alyonushki i Eryomy | $465,895 | 1 | $1,609,703 | Dec 24 | - |
| 182 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | $464,368 | 47 | $152,267,519 | Aug 5 | - |
| 183 | Poligamy | $462,828 | 1 | $591,455 | Dec 10 | - |
| 184 | The Breath | $448,209 | 3 | $15,291,338 | Oct 16 | - |
| 185 | Das Lied der Dinge | $444,942 | 2 | $4,871,318 | Oct 7 | - |
| 186 | Spread | $426,766 | 9 | $11,782,365 | Jul 8 | - |
| 187 | The Barons | $426,394 | 2 | $1,487,167 | Nov 4 | - |
| 188 | Surrogates | $419,464 | 42 | $83,867,000 | Sep 24 | - |
| 189 | Wind | $416,215 | 1 | $572,811 | Nov 26 | - |
| 190 | Love Happens | $408,462 | 11 | $13,122,918 | Sep 17 | - |
| 191 | De Dana Dan | $403,305 | 5 | $1,040,444 | Nov 26 | - |
| 192 | No One Knows About Persian Cats | $393,483 | 2 | $798,169 | Dec 23 | - |
| 193 | Pai in Love | $387,408 | 1 | $387,408 | Dec 10 | - |
| 194 | Jump! | $372,836 | 3 | $510,558 | May 1 | - |
| 195 | Genkai in a Black Company | $372,019 | 1 | $1,172,266 | Nov 21 | - |
| 196 | Go Find a Psychic! | $366,370 | 1 | $1,338,681 | Nov 21 | - |
| 197 | Management | $361,795 | 4 | $1,467,085 | May 29 | - |
| 198 | The Lawyers - A German Story | $354,103 | 2 | $4,794,200 | Oct 21 | - |
| 199 | Love in Another Language | $348,574 | 1 | $775,930 | Dec 18 | - |
| 200 | Meno male che ci sei | $344,367 | 1 | $861,493 | Nov 27 | - |
Figures are accurate only to the stated territory count unless otherwise noted.
