International Box Office For May 2009
| Rank | Release | Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | $170,288,081 | 102 | $193,179,707 | Apr 29 | - |
| 2 | Angels & Demons | $147,756,287 | 73 | $352,554,970 | May 13 | - |
| 3 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $106,758,011 | 100 | $235,862,449 | May 20 | - |
| 4 | Star Trek | $101,680,326 | 56 | $127,950,427 | May 6 | - |
| 5 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | $32,551,004 | 32 | $75,969,090 | Apr 8 | - |
| 6 | 17 Again | $25,790,819 | 32 | $72,100,407 | Apr 9 | - |
| 7 | Terminator Salvation | $25,456,671 | 66 | $246,030,532 | May 20 | - |
| 8 | April Bride | $22,501,030 | 2 | $32,112,343 | May 9 | - |
| 9 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $19,992,218 | 54 | $183,158,344 | Mar 19 | - |
| 10 | Slumdog Millionaire | $19,616,157 | 53 | $236,590,616 | Dec 5 | - |
| 11 | Red Cliff II | $19,524,515 | 7 | $120,432,178 | Jan 7 | - |
| 12 | Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser | $18,283,009 | 2 | $39,664,359 | Apr 18 | - |
| 13 | Fast & Furious | $17,555,275 | 58 | $205,300,000 | Apr 2 | - |
| 14 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | $16,985,348 | 22 | $46,973,243 | May 1 | - |
| 15 | Coraline | $15,266,366 | 30 | $49,310,169 | Feb 5 | - |
| 16 | State of Play | $14,905,940 | 43 | $50,794,416 | Apr 17 | - |
| 17 | My Girlfriend Is an Agent | $14,374,372 | 2 | $603,969 | Apr 22 | - |
| 18 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $13,480,931 | 10 | $94,300,000 | Feb 27 | - |
| 19 | Goemon | $12,840,864 | 1 | $14,456,963 | May 1 | - |
| 20 | My Bloody Valentine | $12,768,573 | 15 | $49,188,766 | Jan 16 | - |
| 21 | Rookies the Movie: Graduation | $12,703,775 | 1 | $88,055,243 | May 30 | - |
| 22 | Gran Torino | $12,100,000 | 49 | $121,862,926 | Jan 22 | - |
| 23 | Marley & Me | $11,974,467 | 49 | $112,589,342 | Dec 24 | - |
| 24 | Knowing | $11,455,986 | 37 | $103,635,952 | May 16 | - |
| 25 | Thirst | $10,695,434 | 4 | $12,690,363 | Apr 30 | - |
| 26 | City of Life and Death | $10,541,802 | 2 | $10,564,758 | May 7 | - |
| 27 | Incognito | $10,359,667 | 2 | $10,501,085 | Apr 29 | - |
| 28 | Race to Witch Mountain | $9,145,603 | 33 | $39,214,547 | Mar 11 | - |
| 29 | Crows Zero II | $8,835,671 | 2 | $29,893,636 | Apr 11 | - |
| 30 | The Boat That Rocked | $8,359,530 | 17 | $28,330,867 | Apr 1 | - |
| 31 | OSS 117: Lost in Rio | $7,510,044 | 3 | $21,834,870 | Apr 15 | - |
| 32 | Super Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade Neo Generations: The Onigashima Battleship | $7,062,015 | 1 | $7,510,661 | May 1 | - |
| 33 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $6,806,553 | 30 | $36,956,953 | Jan 21 | - |
| 34 | Duplicity | $6,720,202 | 29 | $37,573,827 | Mar 19 | - |
| 35 | Mother | $6,510,425 | 2 | $16,561,204 | May 28 | - |
| 36 | He's Just Not That Into You | $6,427,651 | 39 | $84,893,246 | Feb 5 | - |
| 37 | Brain Drain | $5,931,806 | 1 | $9,868,246 | Apr 24 | - |
| 38 | Je l'aimais | $5,837,982 | 2 | $6,612,201 | May 6 | - |
| 39 | Coco Before Chanel | $5,618,919 | 16 | $44,699,100 | Apr 22 | - |
| 40 | Insadong Scandal | $5,597,062 | 1 | $6,177,474 | Apr 29 | - |
| 41 | Eiga Kureyon Shinchan: Otakebe! Kasukabe yasei-oukoku | $5,410,745 | 1 | $10,101,886 | May 16 | - |
| 42 | The Reader | $4,917,273 | 27 | $74,707,560 | Jan 2 | - |
| 43 | Drag Me to Hell | $4,892,761 | 21 | $48,742,021 | May 27 | - |
| 44 | Broken Embraces | $4,813,232 | 9 | $25,977,355 | Mar 18 | - |
| 45 | Dear My Love | $4,765,714 | 1 | $7,816,156 | May 16 | - |
| 46 | Líbás jako buh | $4,463,114 | 2 | $9,617,412 | Feb 12 | - |
| 47 | I Love You, Man | $4,427,843 | 25 | $20,196,975 | Apr 9 | - |
| 48 | Fighting | $4,228,495 | 17 | $9,387,617 | Apr 22 | - |
| 49 | Up | $4,221,469 | 29 | $442,094,918 | May 28 | - |
| 50 | Diva | $4,213,971 | 1 | $8,554,631 | Jun 28 | - |
| 51 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | $4,142,607 | 43 | $64,055,872 | Feb 12 | - |
| 52 | Crank: High Voltage | $4,081,908 | 14 | $20,877,543 | Apr 16 | - |
| 53 | Defiance | $3,978,783 | 10 | $22,510,406 | Jan 8 | - |
| 54 | The Uninvited | $3,779,936 | 303 | $13,027,228 | Mar 26 | - |
| 55 | Castaway on the Moon | $3,474,184 | 1 | $3,725,352 | May 14 | - |
| 56 | Burn After Reading | $3,172,517 | 28 | $103,364,722 | Sep 19 | - |
| 57 | Last Chance Harvey | $3,068,637 | 10 | $17,672,279 | Feb 5 | - |
| 58 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $2,837,805 | 16 | $54,767,204 | Sep 30 | - |
| 59 | In the Electric Mist | $2,802,296 | 2 | $7,873,634 | Apr 15 | - |
| 60 | Easy Virtue | $2,788,498 | 6 | $15,807,009 | Nov 7 | - |
| 61 | Sunshine Barry and the Disco Worms | $2,673,187 | 3 | $370,642 | Oct 10 | - |
| 62 | The Haunting in Connecticut | $2,560,647 | 10 | $22,138,216 | Mar 27 | - |
| 63 | The Young Victoria | $2,413,570 | 4 | $16,408,617 | Mar 6 | - |
| 64 | Earth | $2,398,091 | 13 | $76,963,584 | Oct 10 | - |
| 65 | Dark Planet: Rebellion | $2,345,252 | 4 | $6,738,672 | Apr 23 | - |
| 66 | The International | $2,333,092 | 39 | $34,710,864 | Feb 12 | - |
| 67 | The Last House on the Left | $2,265,724 | 17 | $12,534,013 | Apr 16 | - |
| 68 | La première étoile | $2,252,068 | 2 | $14,138,745 | Mar 25 | - |
| 69 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $2,226,681 | 20 | $27,904,432 | Jan 30 | - |
| 70 | Oppai Volleyball | $2,199,722 | 2 | $5,231,894 | Apr 18 | - |
| 71 | Observe and Report | $2,103,230 | 8 | $2,966,230 | Apr 24 | - |
| 72 | BFF: Best Friends Forever | $2,063,255 | 1 | $2,255,048 | May 13 | - |
| 73 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $2,029,325 | 12 | $31,370,407 | Sep 12 | - |
| 74 | The Unborn | $2,019,630 | 37 | $33,843,640 | Jan 9 | - |
| 75 | Inkheart | $1,897,865 | 20 | $45,146,937 | Dec 11 | - |
| 76 | Baby, Baby, Baby! | $1,861,153 | 1 | $2,892,641 | May 23 | - |
| 77 | Safari | $1,839,585 | 3 | $16,577,201 | Apr 1 | - |
| 78 | A Pierrot | $1,778,010 | 1 | $3,548,304 | Apr 25 | - |
| 79 | Le missionnaire | $1,735,278 | 2 | $2,808,769 | Apr 29 | - |
| 80 | Drop | $1,714,173 | 1 | $19,611,028 | Mar 20 | - |
| 81 | Sister Smile | $1,590,910 | 2 | $11,323 | Apr 29 | - |
| 82 | Romaine 30° Below | $1,574,160 | 2 | $1,574,160 | Apr 29 | - |
| 83 | Vincere | $1,562,119 | 4 | $5,078,839 | May 20 | - |
| 84 | Blame It on Mum | $1,472,935 | 1 | $3,804,935 | May 27 | - |
| 85 | Looking for Eric | $1,466,766 | 4 | $11,499,521 | May 27 | - |
| 86 | In the Loop | $1,415,352 | 3 | $5,398,683 | Apr 17 | - |
| 87 | Bolt | $1,412,345 | 54 | $195,926,415 | Nov 26 | - |
| 88 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $1,374,262 | 55 | $423,889,404 | Oct 30 | - |
| 89 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $1,323,167 | 25 | $73,192,591 | Sep 19 | - |
| 90 | 12 Rounds | $1,307,876 | 21 | $5,045,632 | Mar 19 | - |
| 91 | Hotel for Dogs | $1,299,842 | 43 | $43,965,738 | Jan 15 | - |
| 92 | Questione di cuore | $1,264,364 | 1 | $3,919,677 | Apr 17 | - |
| 93 | If I Were You 2 | $1,233,480 | 1 | $24,415,116 | Jan 2 | - |
| 94 | Snow White and Russian Red | $1,204,522 | 1 | $2,258,304 | May 22 | - |
| 95 | New in Town | $1,177,444 | 9 | $12,276,534 | Jan 30 | - |
| 96 | The Accidental Husband | $1,148,952 | 7 | $22,707,064 | Feb 29 | - |
| 97 | Mid-August Lunch | $1,094,719 | 8 | $8,708,045 | Sep 3 | - |
| 98 | Dragonball Evolution | $1,068,054 | 40 | $46,357,987 | Mar 12 | - |
| 99 | Tormented | $1,033,909 | 1 | $1,254,980 | May 22 | - |
| 100 | Welcome | $1,018,442 | 3 | $13,578,009 | Mar 11 | - |
| 101 | Yakuza: Like a Dragon 2009 Re-release | $997,915 | 1 | $4,928,814 | Mar 7 | - |
| 102 | The Crocodiles | $982,737 | 2 | $4,628,777 | Mar 26 | - |
| 103 | Samson & Delilah | $981,175 | 1 | $2,528,457 | May 7 | - |
| 104 | Princess Lillifee | $957,681 | 3 | $7,836,005 | Mar 26 | - |
| 105 | Friday the 13th | $941,706 | 32 | $26,377,032 | Feb 11 | - |
| 106 | Push | $938,524 | 11 | $17,047,091 | Feb 4 | - |
| 107 | Let the Right One In | $913,843 | 7 | $9,105,271 | Oct 24 | - |
| 108 | Battle League Horumo | $911,432 | 1 | $2,730,680 | Apr 18 | - |
| 109 | Che: Part Two | $906,567 | 5 | $7,720,750 | Jan 28 | - |
| 110 | Twilight | $884,684 | 48 | $199,846,771 | Nov 20 | - |
| 111 | Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience | $853,003 | 11 | $4,024,220 | Mar 4 | - |
| 112 | I Corrupt All Cops | $849,781 | 2 | $897,511 | Apr 30 | - |
| 113 | Watchmen | $846,013 | 57 | $77,700,000 | Mar 4 | - |
| 114 | Igor | $845,030 | 7 | $11,218,902 | Oct 3 | - |
| 115 | Welcome to the Sticks | $835,939 | 9 | $245,144,417 | Feb 27 | - |
| 116 | Battle for Terra | $815,473 | 4 | $4,482,446 | May 14 | - |
| 117 | Taras Bulba | $804,399 | 2 | $18,874,808 | Apr 2 | - |
| 118 | Milk | $796,387 | 30 | $22,745,285 | Jan 8 | - |
| 119 | Ramadan Mabrouk Abu Elalamain Hamouda | $770,472 | 2 | $1,012,809 | Apr 9 | - |
| 120 | Synecdoche, New York | $759,107 | 5 | $1,310,143 | Feb 6 | - |
| 121 | The Wrestler | $758,207 | 27 | $18,465,752 | Jan 9 | - |
| 122 | Vengeance | $756,320 | 2 | $1,346,952 | May 20 | - |
| 123 | Private Eye | $739,986 | 1 | $10,096,836 | Apr 2 | - |
| 124 | Old Partner | $730,666 | 1 | $15,287,483 | Jan 15 | - |
| 125 | Good | $728,212 | 2 | $1,521,975 | Dec 11 | - |
| 126 | Generazione mille euro | $722,132 | 1 | $1,712,362 | Apr 24 | - |
| 127 | Make It Happen | $698,687 | 4 | $9,812,310 | Aug 8 | - |
| 128 | My Life in Ruins | $696,499 | 10 | $11,790,070 | May 27 | - |
| 129 | Chéri | $695,737 | 3 | $6,650,570 | Apr 8 | - |
| 130 | Phantom Pain | $693,304 | 1 | $778,819 | Apr 30 | - |
| 131 | Death Defying Acts | $690,468 | 5 | $8,388,974 | Mar 13 | - |
| 132 | The Way | $681,053 | 1 | $773,713 | May 21 | - |
| 133 | The First Day of the Rest of Your Life | $680,098 | 4 | $13,247,396 | Jul 23 | - |
| 134 | Is Anybody There? | $667,732 | 2 | $1,341,544 | May 1 | - |
| 135 | The Secret of Moonacre | $661,498 | 4 | $7,070,330 | Feb 6 | - |
| 136 | Recep Ivedik 2 | $655,080 | 5 | $27,699,692 | Feb 12 | - |
| 137 | I Saw the Sun | $647,687 | 3 | $14,579,558 | Mar 9 | - |
| 138 | Newsmakers | $638,761 | 3 | $690,700 | May 7 | - |
| 139 | Still Walking | $634,085 | 4 | $3,091,257 | Jun 28 | - |
| 140 | Garfield's Fun Fest | $629,883 | 2 | $2,638,469 | Aug 29 | - |
| 141 | Männersache | $628,359 | 2 | $17,251,261 | Mar 19 | - |
| 142 | $9.99 | $615,762 | 2 | $655,970 | Apr 29 | - |
| 143 | Amar a morir | $611,840 | 1 | $2,874,821 | Apr 9 | - |
| 144 | Antichrist | $609,064 | 6 | $6,579,098 | May 20 | - |
| 145 | Villa Amalia 2009 Re-release | $595,267 | 2 | $3,008,993 | Apr 8 | - |
| 146 | The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls | $594,048 | 1 | $1,791,149 | Apr 9 | - |
| 147 | The Handsome Suit | $592,281 | 2 | $9,717,912 | Nov 1 | - |
| 148 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | $578,240 | 43 | $45,551,186 | Jan 21 | - |
| 149 | Sunshine Cleaning | $570,742 | 8 | $4,517,692 | Apr 8 | - |
| 150 | Mèche Blanche, les aventures du petit castor | $564,272 | 1 | $1,230,634 | Apr 30 | - |
| 151 | Primary Love | $561,983 | 1 | $561,983 | Apr 30 | - |
| 152 | Rain Fall | $545,371 | 1 | $1,348,221 | Apr 25 | - |
| 153 | The Three Investigators and the Secret of Terror Castle | $531,525 | 2 | $4,451,541 | Mar 19 | - |
| 154 | Elegy | $523,188 | 9 | $11,312,705 | Apr 18 | - |
| 155 | White Wedding | $512,677 | 1 | $617,455 | Apr 29 | - |
| 156 | Obsessed | $506,794 | 9 | $5,568,696 | Apr 23 | - |
| 157 | Road to Santiago | $491,905 | 1 | $4,260,793 | Apr 8 | - |
| 158 | Che: Part One | $490,254 | 11 | $33,222,381 | Sep 5 | - |
| 159 | Blood: The Last Vampire | $473,992 | 8 | $5,617,118 | May 29 | - |
| 160 | Bedtime Stories | $470,825 | 39 | $102,772,889 | Dec 24 | - |
| 161 | Bank Error in Your Favour | $468,008 | 1 | $5,186,282 | Apr 8 | - |
| 162 | De l'autre côté du lit | $436,605 | 3 | $17,141,221 | Jan 7 | - |
| 163 | The Class | $436,463 | 13 | $25,099,786 | Sep 24 | - |
| 164 | Sin Nombre | $432,447 | 2 | $2,565,091 | May 15 | - |
| 165 | Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book | $419,603 | 4 | $16,276,155 | Feb 18 | - |
| 166 | Killshot | $417,561 | 5 | $2,942,350 | Nov 13 | - |
| 167 | El libro de piedra | $411,711 | 1 | $874,746 | Apr 17 | - |
| 168 | Ponyo | $411,286 | 323 | $186,660,538 | Jul 19 | - |
| 169 | Rachel Getting Married | $409,020 | 13 | $3,826,172 | Oct 31 | - |
| 170 | A Summer in Genoa | $408,108 | 3 | $2,132,672 | Sep 26 | - |
| 171 | Fired Up! | $396,650 | 1 | $1,367,811 | Apr 23 | - |
| 172 | Commis d'office | $386,893 | 1 | $386,893 | May 6 | - |
| 173 | The Damned United | $384,255 | 4 | $3,641,513 | Mar 27 | - |
| 174 | John Rabe | $381,751 | 2 | $1,416,558 | Mar 12 | - |
| 175 | Horsemen | $378,831 | 4 | $2,405,815 | Feb 6 | - |
| 176 | The Tale of Despereaux | $376,308 | 34 | $36,070,820 | Dec 18 | - |
| 177 | Saranae Hao Peng | $375,987 | 1 | $2,648,133 | Apr 30 | - |
| 178 | Seraphine | $371,372 | 4 | $8,263,264 | Oct 1 | - |
| 179 | The Strangers | $370,338 | 14 | $29,793,535 | May 29 | - |
| 180 | Pain of Autumn | $364,144 | 4 | $3,388,636 | Jan 23 | - |
| 181 | General Nil | $360,968 | 1 | $999,465 | Apr 17 | - |
| 182 | What Just Happened | $357,437 | 5 | $5,619,941 | Nov 20 | - |
| 183 | Mary and Max | $348,845 | 2 | $1,725,381 | Apr 9 | - |
| 184 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $347,532 | 35 | $140,290,781 | Jul 10 | - |
| 185 | The True Story of Puss'N Boots | $339,355 | 4 | $7,687,222 | Apr 1 | - |
| 186 | Feisbum | $335,452 | 1 | $335,452 | May 8 | - |
| 187 | Normal the Düsseldorf Ripper | $333,559 | 2 | $603,917 | Mar 26 | - |
| 188 | Hilde | $313,522 | 2 | $3,638,950 | Mar 12 | - |
| 189 | Usta | $301,018 | 1 | $403,642 | May 8 | - |
| 190 | Gomorrah | $299,914 | 11 | $33,282,383 | May 16 | - |
| 191 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | $295,392 | 9 | $16,373,045 | Oct 3 | - |
| 192 | Lemo | $295,006 | 2 | $700,422 | Apr 1 | - |
| 193 | I Hate Valentine's Day | $293,382 | 3 | $3,499,639 | Apr 24 | - |
| 194 | Adab-i Muaseret | $293,147 | 1 | $518,764 | May 15 | - |
| 195 | The Friends at the Margherita Cafe | $289,934 | 1 | $4,326,733 | Apr 3 | - |
| 196 | Taken | $287,294 | 21 | $81,829,579 | Feb 27 | - |
| 197 | The Man Who Loves | $283,353 | 1 | $75,987 | Oct 24 | - |
| 198 | Celle que j'aime | $270,762 | 2 | $1,196,933 | Apr 22 | - |
| 199 | 30 Days of Night | $264,508 | 23 | $35,936,977 | Oct 24 | - |
| 200 | A Good Man | $255,750 | 1 | $279,797 | Apr 30 | - |
Figures are accurate only to the stated territory count unless otherwise noted.
