2009 is the Highest Grossing Summer Ever (sort-of)
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Biggest Summer Box Office Hits |
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Rank |
Movie |
Domestic Box Office |
Worldwide Box Office |
Distributor |
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1. |
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen |
$399,468,859 |
$828,076,188 |
Paramount (Dreamworks) |
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2. |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |
$294,486,205 |
$896,186,205 |
Warner Bros. |
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3. |
Pixar's UP |
$289,639,811 |
$413,859,292 |
Buena Vista |
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4. |
The Hangover |
$270,349,000 |
$419,549,000 |
Warner Bros |
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5. |
Star Trek |
$256,694,793 |
$383,080,175 |
Paramount |
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6. |
Ice Age 3 |
$193,296,935 |
$807,087,464 |
Fox |
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7. |
X-Men Origins: Wolverine |
$179,864,899 |
$363,378,111 |
Fox |
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8. |
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
$176,482,152 |
$404,100,738 |
Fox |
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9. |
The Proposal |
$160,154,402 |
$269,964,557 |
Buena Vista |
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10. |
Angels & Demons |
$133,375,846 |
$484,378,460 |
Sony/Columbia |
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However, it should be noted that this Summer’s box office will fall short of the adjusted Summer record that is held by both Summer 2002 and Summer 1999. Adjusting for inflation, Summer 2002 earned $4.55 billion, while Summer 1999 earned $4.54 billion.
Source: Boxoffice.com
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