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2009 Entertainment Year in Review

by Vicki Karigiannis
published January 04, 2010

rating: (72 Ratings)

2009 was a big year in movies, music and video games: from record-breaking box office smashes and booty-shaking summer anthems, to oodles of hours spent on the Wii, we’ve all invested quite a bit of time (and money) on keeping ourselves entertained. Here are the top films, albums and games of 2009.

Top 5 highest-grossing films of 2009*
*Based on worldwide box-office gross, as of December 8^th

1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Warner Brothers)
$929,348,253
2. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (20^th Century Fox)
$878,802,649
3. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Paramount Pictures)
$833,229,011
4. 2012 (Columbia Pictures)
$600,258,486
5. Up (Disney/Pixar)
$506,962,798

Top 5 highest-selling albums of 2009*
*Based on iTunes digital sales

1. Only by the Night, Kings of Leon
2. Twilight soundtrack, Various Artists
3. The Fame, Lady Gaga
4. Fearless, Taylor Swift
5. Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, Dave Matthews Band

Top 5 singles of 2009*
*Based on iTunes digital sales

1. "Boom Boom Pow" by Black Eyed Peas

2. "Right Round" by Flo Rida (feat. Kesha)

3. "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga

4. "I Gotta Feeling" by Black Eyed Peas

5. "Gives You Hell" by All-American Rejects