Top grossing films of 2009

In 2009 Avatar became the highest grossing film of all time at the UK box office. It had earned £91.4m by 4 April 2010 Photograph: 20th Century Fox

Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore deep in conversation with Daniel Radcliffe's Harry Potter in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Grossed £51m Photograph: Warner Bros. Pictures

Scrat the sabre-toothed squirrel finds himself in harm's way in a scene from Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Grossed £35m Photograph: Blue Sky Studios/20th Century Fox

Dug, Russell and Carl in the warmly received Pixar-Disney animation Up. Grossed £34m Photograph: c.W.Disney/Everett/Rex Features

Former Skins actor Dev Patel as Jamal Malik in Slumdog Millionaire. Grossed £31m Photograph: c.FoxSearch/Everett/Rex Features

Kristen Stewart as Bella in The Twilight Saga: New Moon, the second instalment of the all-conquering teen vampire franchise. Grossed £27m
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Optimus Prime and The Sphinx in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Michael Bay's second stab at the franchise. Grossed £27m Photograph: Paramount/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar

Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law look suitably sleuth-like as Holmes and Watson in Guy Ritchie's reimagining of Sherlock Holmes. Grossed £25m Photograph: Alex Bailey/Warner Bros. Pictures

Theodore, Alvin and Simon in the relentlessly high-pitched Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel. Grossed £23m Photograph: c.20thC.Fox/Everett/Rex Features

Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms in Todd Phillips's fratboy comedy The Hangover. Grossed £22m Photograph: c.Warner Bros/Everett/Rex Features

Tense times onboard the Enterprise in Star Trek. Grossed £21m Photograph: Industrial Light & Magic

A typical scene of carnage from the DreamWorks 3-D animation Monsters Vs Aliens. Grossed £21m Photograph: c.Paramount/Everett/Rex Features

Scrooge, voiced by Jim Carrey, bears the cold in Robert Zemeckis's motion-capture animation version of A Christmas Carol. Grossed £20m Photograph: ImageMovers Digital LLC

Ben Stiller stays alert in the Smithsonian in Night at the Museum 2. Grossed £20m Photograph: Doane Gregory/PR

John Cusack in Roland Emmerich's apocalyptic blockbuster 2012. Grossed £19m Photograph: c.Sony Pics/Everett/Rex Features

Tom Hanks and Ayelet Zurer brace themselves in Angels & Demons. Grossed £18m Photograph: c.Sony Pics/Everett/Rex Features

Fearless canine Bolt, voiced by John Travolta, in the animation of the same name. Grossed £17m Photograph: Disney Enterprises

Hugh Jackman flexes menacingly in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Grossed £15m Photograph: 20th Century Fox

Sacha Baron Cohen, bravely going where no other fashion journalist has gone before, in Brüno. Grossed £15m Photograph: Mark Schwartzbard/Universal Studios

Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston take a stroll in Marley & Me, the film version of a bestselling memoir by American journalist John Grogan. Grossed £15m Photograph: c.20th Century Fox/Everett/Rex Features