International Box Office For May 2009
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Up | $442,094,918 | 29 | $4,221,469 | 1% | 2 | May 28 | - | - |
| 2 | Angels & Demons | $352,554,970 | 73 | $90,640,130 | 25.7% | 67 | May 13 | - | - |
| 3 | Terminator Salvation | $246,030,532 | 66 | $8,305,116 | 3.4% | 3 | May 20 | - | - |
| 4 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $235,862,449 | 100 | $49,036,322 | 20.8% | 93 | May 20 | - | - |
| 5 | Star Trek | $127,950,427 | 56 | $35,752,122 | 27.9% | 54 | May 6 | - | - |
| 6 | Rookies the Movie: Graduation | $88,055,243 | 1 | $12,703,775 | 14.4% | 1 | May 30 | - | - |
| 7 | Drag Me to Hell | $48,742,021 | 21 | $4,892,761 | 10% | 2 | May 27 | - | - |
| 8 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | $46,973,243 | 22 | $1,457,119 | 3.1% | 1 | May 1 | - | - |
| 9 | Hachi: A Dog's Tale | $46,671,235 | 6 | - | - | - | May 7 | - | - |
| 10 | April Bride | $32,112,343 | 2 | $4,281,815 | 13.3% | 1 | May 9 | - | - |
| 11 | The Road | $19,518,305 | 7 | - | - | - | May 1 | - | - |
| 12 | Mother | $16,561,204 | 2 | $5,334,959 | 32.2% | 1 | May 28 | - | - |
| 13 | Goemon | $14,456,963 | 1 | $2,002,241 | 13.8% | 1 | May 1 | - | - |
| 14 | My Life in Ruins | $11,790,070 | 10 | $696,499 | 5.9% | 1 | May 27 | - | - |
| 15 | Looking for Eric | $11,499,521 | 4 | $1,466,766 | 12.8% | 1 | May 27 | - | - |
| 16 | City of Life and Death | $10,564,758 | 2 | $159,133 | 1.5% | 1 | May 7 | - | - |
| 17 | Dear My Love | $7,816,156 | 1 | $1,033,460 | 13.2% | 1 | May 16 | - | - |
| 18 | Super Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade Neo Generations: The Onigashima Battleship | $7,510,661 | 1 | $1,728,031 | 23% | 1 | May 1 | - | - |
| 19 | Je l'aimais | $6,612,201 | 2 | $2,146,479 | 32.5% | 2 | May 6 | - | - |
| 20 | Antichrist | $6,579,098 | 6 | $171,970 | 2.6% | 1 | May 20 | - | - |
| 21 | Blood: The Last Vampire | $5,617,118 | 8 | $347,960 | 6.2% | 1 | May 29 | - | - |
| 22 | Vincere | $5,078,839 | 4 | $600,043 | 11.8% | 1 | May 20 | - | - |
| 23 | Battle for Terra | $4,482,446 | 4 | $342,498 | 7.6% | 2 | May 14 | - | - |
| 24 | Blame It on Mum | $3,804,935 | 1 | $1,472,935 | 38.7% | 1 | May 27 | - | - |
| 25 | Castaway on the Moon | $3,725,352 | 1 | $1,455,395 | 39.1% | 1 | May 14 | - | - |
| 26 | Baby, Baby, Baby! | $2,892,641 | 1 | $715,880 | 24.7% | 1 | May 23 | - | - |
| 27 | Sin Nombre | $2,565,091 | 2 | $179,197 | 7% | 1 | May 15 | - | - |
| 28 | Samson & Delilah | $2,528,457 | 1 | $152,987 | 6.1% | 1 | May 7 | - | - |
| 29 | Snow White and Russian Red | $2,258,304 | 1 | $493,739 | 21.9% | 1 | May 22 | - | - |
| 30 | BFF: Best Friends Forever | $2,255,048 | 1 | $911,819 | 40.4% | 1 | May 13 | - | - |
| 31 | 99 | $2,017,979 | - | - | - | - | May 15 | - | - |
| 32 | The Limits of Control | $1,539,883 | 3 | $202,955 | 13.2% | 2 | May 28 | - | - |
| 33 | Management | $1,467,085 | 4 | - | - | - | May 29 | - | - |
| 34 | Vengeance | $1,346,952 | 2 | $539,809 | 40.1% | 1 | May 20 | - | - |
| 35 | Is Anybody There? | $1,341,544 | 2 | $183,947 | 13.7% | 1 | May 1 | - | - |
| 36 | Tormented | $1,254,980 | 1 | $453,478 | 36.1% | 1 | May 22 | - | - |
| 37 | The Echo | $1,146,973 | 3 | $127,750 | 11.1% | 1 | May 28 | - | - |
| 38 | Adventureland | $1,120,352 | 4 | $1,972 | 0.2% | 1 | May 8 | - | - |
| 39 | The Other Man | $994,328 | 3 | $138,684 | 13.9% | 1 | May 27 | - | - |
| 40 | My Year Without Sex | $802,164 | 1 | $32,412 | 4% | 1 | May 21 | - | - |
| 41 | The Way | $773,713 | 1 | $387,263 | 50.1% | 1 | May 21 | - | - |
| 42 | Newsmakers | $690,700 | 3 | $344,842 | 49.9% | 2 | May 7 | - | - |
| 43 | Syurga Cinta | $640,003 | 1 | - | - | - | May 21 | - | - |
| 44 | Book of Blood | $567,722 | 2 | $25,994 | 4.6% | 1 | May 8 | - | - |
| 45 | Adab-i Muaseret | $518,764 | 1 | $75,423 | 14.5% | 1 | May 15 | - | - |
| 46 | White Mane 2009 Re-release | $513,661 | - | - | - | - | May 31 | - | - |
| 47 | Giant | $507,919 | 2 | $8,670 | 1.7% | 1 | May 22 | - | - |
| 48 | Usta | $403,642 | 1 | $83,334 | 20.6% | 1 | May 8 | - | - |
| 49 | Budapest | $401,242 | 1 | $120,938 | 30.1% | 1 | May 22 | - | - |
| 50 | Commis d'office | $386,893 | 1 | $223,235 | 57.7% | 1 | May 6 | - | - |
| 51 | The Last Days of Emma Blank | $355,354 | 1 | $60,316 | 17% | 1 | May 7 | - | - |
| 52 | Feisbum | $335,452 | 1 | $153,256 | 45.7% | 1 | May 8 | - | - |
| 53 | Simonal: Ninguém Sabe o Duro que Dei | $332,619 | 1 | $50,050 | 15% | 1 | May 15 | - | - |
| 54 | Trail of the Panda 2009 Re-release | $321,892 | - | - | - | - | May 8 | - | - |
| 55 | Munde U.K. De | $309,548 | 1 | $50,660 | 16.4% | 1 | May 8 | - | - |
| 56 | Little Ashes | $285,981 | 2 | $35,122 | 12.3% | 2 | May 8 | - | - |
| 57 | Jménem krále | $243,405 | 1 | $72,745 | 29.9% | 1 | May 28 | - | - |
| 58 | Call of the Wild | $241,528 | 1 | $7,856 | 3.3% | 1 | May 8 | - | - |
| 59 | Carmo, Hit the Road | $226,713 | 1 | $39,583 | 17.5% | 1 | May 15 | - | - |
| 60 | Children of Winter | $220,214 | 1 | $79,346 | 36% | 1 | May 21 | - | - |
| 61 | Like You Know It All | $210,951 | 1 | $423 | 0.2% | 1 | May 1 | - | - |
| 62 | Kill Switch | $200,948 | 1 | - | - | - | May 28 | - | - |
| 63 | Terra madre | $192,935 | 1 | - | - | - | May 8 | - | - |
| 64 | Everybody Wants to Be Italian | $181,310 | 2 | $8,280 | 4.6% | 1 | May 1 | - | - |
| 65 | Night and Fog | $155,937 | 1 | $79,294 | 50.9% | 1 | May 14 | - | - |
| 66 | Kelebek | $144,902 | 1 | $43,787 | 30.2% | 1 | May 1 | - | - |
| 67 | Sarvam | $134,756 | 2 | $61,129 | 45.4% | 2 | May 14 | - | - |
| 68 | Dumbeast | $132,357 | 1 | $132,357 | 100% | 1 | May 16 | - | - |
| 69 | Awaydays | $131,265 | 1 | $62,180 | 47.4% | 1 | May 22 | - | - |
| 70 | Grandpa Is Dead | $129,584 | 1 | $53,585 | 41.4% | 1 | May 6 | - | - |
| 71 | Sleep Furiously | $121,187 | 1 | $18,906 | 15.6% | 1 | May 29 | - | - |
| 72 | Deathwave | $120,283 | 1 | $68,373 | 56.8% | 1 | May 28 | - | - |
| 73 | French Film | $112,307 | 1 | $3,161 | 2.8% | 1 | May 15 | - | - |
| 74 | Just Friends 2009 Re-release | $111,809 | - | - | - | - | May 8 | - | - |
| 75 | Thoranai | $104,774 | 1 | - | - | - | May 28 | - | - |
| 76 | Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous | $103,971 | 1 | $16,922 | 16.3% | 1 | May 6 | - | - |
| 77 | The Plane 2009 Re-release | $96,558 | - | - | - | - | May 1 | - | - |
| 78 | Hadigari Cumhur | $91,498 | 1 | $23,196 | 25.4% | 1 | May 22 | - | - |
| 79 | Casanegra | $89,932 | 1 | $20,108 | 22.4% | 1 | May 21 | - | - |
| 80 | Chocolate Underground | $85,691 | 1 | $12,913 | 15.1% | 1 | May 1 | - | - |
| 81 | Saddam'in Askerleri | $83,754 | 1 | $18,959 | 22.6% | 1 | May 1 | - | - |
| 82 | Mutants | $74,420 | 1 | $74,420 | 100% | 1 | May 6 | - | - |
| 83 | Blood of the Losers | $73,204 | 1 | $37,670 | 51.5% | 1 | May 8 | - | - |
| 84 | Dot | $72,919 | 1 | $13,226 | 18.1% | 1 | May 8 | - | - |
| 85 | Boat | $69,314 | 1 | $31,298 | 45.2% | 1 | May 28 | - | - |
| 86 | Venus 2009 Re-release | $59,819 | - | - | - | - | May 22 | - | - |
| 87 | Turistas 2009 Re-release | $58,771 | - | - | - | - | May 1 | - | - |
| 88 | The Artist | $53,503 | 1 | $13,233 | 24.7% | 1 | May 28 | - | - |
| 89 | Chaos Theory 2009 Re-release | $48,982 | - | - | - | - | May 21 | - | - |
| 90 | L'auberge rouge 2009 Re-release | $48,549 | - | - | - | - | May 15 | - | - |
| 91 | Fermat's Room 2009 Re-release | $48,369 | - | - | - | - | May 29 | - | - |
| 92 | Miss March | $48,309 | 2 | $4,594 | 9.5% | 1 | May 29 | - | - |
| 93 | Blue Eyelids 2009 Re-release | $48,093 | - | - | - | - | May 8 | - | - |
| 94 | Pierrot le Fou 2009 Re-release | $47,138 | 1 | $9,859 | 20.9% | 1 | May 22 | - | - |
| 95 | Hilm el-Umr | $46,961 | 1 | - | - | - | May 28 | - | - |
| 96 | DOA: Dead or Alive 2009 Re-release | $46,640 | - | - | - | - | May 15 | - | - |
| 97 | La casa sulle nuvole | $44,743 | 1 | $18,236 | 40.8% | 1 | May 8 | - | - |
| 98 | Krasue fad pob | $44,540 | 1 | $28,336 | 63.6% | 1 | May 21 | - | - |
| 99 | Benim ve Roz'un Sonbahari | $42,922 | 1 | $10,890 | 25.4% | 1 | May 1 | - | - |
| 100 | La différence, c'est que c'est pas pareil | $41,203 | 1 | - | - | - | May 13 | - | - |
| 101 | Wild Exploration Alive | $39,765 | 1 | $916 | 2.3% | 1 | May 14 | - | - |
| 102 | Sounds Like Teen Spirit | $35,768 | 1 | $12,155 | 34% | 1 | May 8 | - | - |
| 103 | Helen | $34,820 | 1 | $8,551 | 24.6% | 1 | May 1 | - | - |
| 104 | Sukalde kontuak | $34,004 | 1 | $15,958 | 46.9% | 1 | May 22 | - | - |
| 105 | How I Celebrated the End of the World 2009 Re-release | $26,423 | - | - | - | - | May 22 | - | - |
| 106 | Two-Legged Horse | $26,201 | 1 | $7,291 | 27.8% | 1 | May 6 | - | - |
| 107 | Ala Ganb Ya Usta | $23,167 | 1 | $17,706 | 76.4% | 1 | May 7 | - | - |
| 108 | The Tribute to Pavarotti | $23,044 | 1 | $3,936 | 17.1% | 1 | May 26 | - | - |
| 109 | Momma's Man | $22,950 | 1 | $3,141 | 13.7% | 1 | May 8 | - | - |
| 110 | The Merchants of Bollywood | $20,691 | 1 | $20,691 | 100% | 1 | May 28 | - | - |
| 111 | Another Man | $18,099 | 1 | $13,484 | 74.5% | 1 | May 6 | - | - |
| 112 | Days of May | $17,291 | 1 | $7,025 | 40.6% | 1 | May 21 | - | - |
| 113 | Luisa | $14,253 | 1 | $5,674 | 39.8% | 1 | May 7 | - | - |
| 114 | Sword of the Stranger 2009 Re-release | $13,270 | - | - | - | - | May 27 | - | - |
| 115 | One Step More to the Sea | $12,704 | 1 | $3,290 | 25.9% | 1 | May 21 | - | - |
| 116 | Una cierta verdad | $11,660 | 1 | $3,427 | 29.4% | 1 | May 8 | - | - |
| 117 | Últimos testigos | $11,612 | 1 | $7,307 | 62.9% | 1 | May 8 | - | - |
| 118 | Dawn of the World | $11,269 | 1 | $11,269 | 100% | 1 | May 27 | - | - |
| 119 | Changes in the Village | $10,716 | 1 | $10,716 | 100% | 1 | May 6 | - | - |
| 120 | The First 7th Night | $9,052 | 1 | $5,768 | 63.7% | 1 | May 21 | - | - |
| 121 | The Voyage That Shook the World | $8,708 | 1 | $8,708 | 100% | 1 | May 21 | - | - |
| 122 | Rajathi Raja | $7,629 | 1 | - | - | - | May 14 | - | - |
| 123 | Objectified | $7,185 | 1 | $7,185 | 100% | 1 | May 22 | - | - |
| 124 | Ali'nin Sekiz Günü 2009 Re-release | $7,171 | 1 | $2,093 | 29.2% | 1 | May 8 | - | - |
| 125 | Hand of the Headless Man | $6,795 | 1 | $6,795 | 100% | 1 | May 20 | - | - |
| 126 | United Red Army | $6,659 | 1 | $6,659 | 100% | 1 | May 6 | - | - |
| 127 | Haroldo Conti, homo viator | $5,899 | 1 | - | - | - | May 28 | - | - |
| 128 | La mala | $5,780 | 1 | $2,236 | 38.7% | 1 | May 29 | - | - |
| 129 | Spartacus 2009 Re-release | $5,701 | 1 | - | - | - | May 13 | - | - |
| 130 | Hong Sang Soo Film Festival: A Tale of the Cinema Film Festival | $5,695 | 1 | $1,812 | 31.8% | 1 | May 14 | - | - |
| 131 | Modern French Comedies | $5,567 | 1 | $2,030 | 36.5% | 1 | May 19 | - | - |
| 132 | Obrechyonnye na voynu | $5,018 | 1 | $2,190 | 43.6% | 1 | May 7 | - | - |
| 133 | Basket Case | $4,957 | 1 | $4,957 | 100% | 1 | May 1 | - | - |
| 134 | Nouvelle lune | $4,797 | 1 | $4,797 | 100% | 1 | May 6 | - | - |
| 135 | Colorado Territory | $4,755 | 1 | $4,755 | 100% | 1 | May 20 | - | - |
| 136 | Where Is the Friend's House? | $4,546 | 1 | $846 | 18.6% | 1 | May 5 | - | - |
| 137 | Citizen Havel Is Rolling the Empty Barrels | $4,487 | 1 | $4,487 | 100% | 1 | May 14 | - | - |
| 138 | That Day | $4,311 | 1 | $4,311 | 100% | 1 | May 20 | - | - |
| 139 | Nothing Sacred | $3,765 | 1 | $3,765 | 100% | 1 | May 6 | - | - |
| 140 | Matador 2009 Re-release | $3,366 | - | - | - | - | May 13 | - | - |
| 141 | Visitor Q 2009 Re-release | $3,281 | - | - | - | - | May 28 | - | - |
| 142 | Indie Forum 2009 | $3,226 | 1 | $1,652 | 51.2% | 1 | May 28 | - | - |
| 143 | The Chifleys of Busby Street | $2,941 | 1 | $2,941 | 100% | 1 | May 21 | - | - |
| 144 | Miguel N. El Hombre Detras del Secuestro de Londsdale | $2,506 | 1 | $2,506 | 100% | 1 | May 14 | - | - |
| 145 | Carol I | $2,493 | 1 | $794 | 31.8% | 1 | May 8 | - | - |
| 146 | Torch Song Trilogy 2009 Re-release | $2,453 | - | - | - | - | May 13 | - | - |
| 147 | Episode 3: 'Enjoy Poverty' | $2,217 | 1 | $1,660 | 74.9% | 1 | May 13 | - | - |
| 148 | Bertrand beulrie Bert | $2,029 | 1 | - | - | - | May 5 | - | - |
| 149 | Moon Glades | $1,879 | 1 | $1,879 | 100% | 1 | May 6 | - | - |
| 150 | A Ilha Da Morte | $1,773 | 1 | $1,743 | 98.3% | 1 | May 8 | - | - |
| 151 | Kes | $1,741 | 1 | $1,741 | 100% | 1 | May 20 | - | - |
| 152 | Traveling with Yoshitomo Nara 2009 Re-release | $1,405 | - | - | - | - | May 4 | - | - |
| 153 | The Bloodettes | $1,341 | 1 | $1,341 | 100% | 1 | May 20 | - | - |
| 154 | Pororo the Little Penguin | $1,204 | 1 | $265 | 22% | 1 | May 1 | - | - |
| 155 | Clerks II 2009 Re-release | $1,199 | - | - | - | - | May 14 | - | - |
| 156 | France Movies Eccentricity | $1,143 | 1 | - | - | - | May 28 | - | - |
| 157 | The Little Penguin Pororo Special Exhibition 2 | $1,139 | 1 | $201 | 17.6% | 1 | May 1 | - | - |
| 158 | Silver Film Exhibition: Her Youth | $951 | 1 | $248 | 26.1% | 1 | May 14 | - | - |
| 159 | The Little Penguin Pororo Special Exhibition 3 | $847 | 1 | $702 | 82.9% | 1 | May 12 | - | - |
| 160 | The 100 Days That Didn't Shake the World | $806 | 1 | - | - | - | May 28 | - | - |
| 161 | Porotos de soja | $748 | 1 | - | - | - | May 21 | - | - |
| 162 | Funuke: Show Some Love, You Losers! | $713 | 1 | $713 | 100% | 1 | May 1 | - | - |
| 163 | La tête de maman 2009 Re-release | $593 | - | - | - | - | May 24 | - | - |
| 164 | Louise Bourgeois | $578 | 1 | $578 | 100% | 1 | May 22 | - | - |
| 165 | Way | $439 | 1 | $414 | 94.3% | 1 | May 14 | - | - |
| 166 | RiP: A Remix Manifesto | $419 | 1 | $419 | 100% | 1 | May 21 | - | - |
| 167 | Rediscovering Film History | $192 | 1 | $192 | 100% | 1 | May 1 | - | - |
Figures are accurate only to the stated territory count unless otherwise noted.
