The 30 top-grossing films of 2009

A total of 30 films released in 2009 grossed $100 million or more, helping Hollywood set a new record for box-office receipts.

While "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" will go down as the top-grossing film of the year, that's only because "Avatar" wasn't released until Dec. 18.

The James Cameron sci-fi epic has earned more than $309 million in a little over two weeks of release, catapulting all the way to second place for the year.

Here are the 30 top-grossing films of 2009, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com:

1 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - $402,111,870
2 Avatar - $309,011,000
3 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - $301,959,197
4 Up - $293,004,164
5 The Twilight Saga: New Moon - $285,858,000
6 The Hangover - $277,322,503
7 Star Trek - $257,730,019
8 The Blind Side - $200,938,000
9 Monsters Vs. Aliens - $198,351,526
10 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - $196,573,705
11 X-Men Origins: Wolverine - $179,883,157
12 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian - $177,243,721
13 The Proposal - $163,958,031
14 2012 - $161,490,680
15 Fast and Furious - $155,064,265
16 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - $150,201,498
17 Paul Blart: Mall Cop - $146,336,178
18 Taken - $145,000,989
19 A Christmas Carol (2009) - $136,686,871
20 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel - $133,395,000
21 Angels & Demons - $133,375,846
22 Terminator Salvation - $125,322,469
23 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - $122,650,135
24 Inglourious Basterds - $120,540,719
25 G-Force - $119,436,770
26 Sherlock Holmes - $117,205,000
27 District 9 - $115,646,235
28 Couples Retreat - $108,261,815
29 Paranormal Activity - $107,783,000
30 Watchmen - $107,509,799