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2009 is the Highest Grossing Summer Ever (sort-of)

Biggest Summer Box Office Hits
Rank	Movie	Domestic Box Office	Worldwide Box Office	Distributor
1.	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	$399,468,859	$828,076,188	Paramount (Dreamworks)
2.	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	$294,486,205	$896,186,205	Warner Bros.
3.	Pixar's UP	$289,639,811	$413,859,292	Buena Vista
4.	The Hangover	$270,349,000	$419,549,000	Warner Bros
5.	Star Trek	$256,694,793	$383,080,175	Paramount
6.	Ice Age 3	$193,296,935	$807,087,464	Fox
7.	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	$179,864,899	$363,378,111	Fox
8.	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	$176,482,152	$404,100,738	Fox
9.	The Proposal	$160,154,402	$269,964,557	Buena Vista
10.	Angels & Demons	$133,375,846	$484,378,460	Sony/Columbia

Labor Day, still a week away, brings an end to a record-breaking Summer movie season. 2009 Summer box office receipts from May 1st through the end of August total a massive $4.18B, breaking the previous 2007 Summer record of $4.16B.

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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