Movies making money. This article was written by Jefferey for limelife.com. He said that these movies help the movie industries in 2009.
2009 was a good time for Hollywood. Led by astonishing performances from films like Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Avatar and the latest Harry Potter film, ticket sales hit their highest ever in the decade's final year, soaring over 8% to $10.61 billion.
It seems a flopping economy and rising ticket prices weren't enough to keep folks away from the cineplex this year, as the movie industry scored its biggest yearly total ever.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was the top draw with $402.1 million, and Warner Bros.' Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince added $302 million. Despite opening at the end of the year, James Cameron's epic Avatar pulled in $352.1 million. Disney/Pixar's Up made $293 million.
2009 was the year of the sequel. Transformers, Harry Potter, Terminator: Salvation and Twilight: New Moon ($282 million) did their franchises proud, and their success will ensure that the coming years will be filled with even more sequels.
As for the studios themselves, Warner Bros. finished with a whopping 20% of the market share, bringing in $2.13 billion in 2009. Paramount was second with $1.46 billion, then Fox in a close third with $1.45 billion.
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