43 Hindi films of 2009 ranked by box office. #1: 3 Idiots (₹400.6 crore).
| # | Film | Lead | Director | Budget | Box office | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 Idiots | Rajkumar Hirani | ₹35 crore | ₹400.6 crore | 11.45x | |
| 2 | Love Aaj Kal | Imtiaz Ali | ₹35 crore | ₹120 crore | 3.43x | |
| 3 | Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani | Rajkumar Santoshi | ₹44 crore | ₹106.7 crore | 2.43x | |
| 4 | De Dana Dan | Priyadarshan | ₹40 crore | ₹81.9 crore | 2.05x | |
| 5 | Kaminey | Vishal Bhardwaj | ₹35 crore | ₹71.6 crore | 2.04x | |
| 6 | Blue | Anthony D'Souza | ₹75 crore | ₹63.9 crore | 0.85x | |
| 7 | All the Best: Fun Begins | Rohit Shetty | ₹41 crore | ₹61 crore | 1.49x | |
| 8 | Chandni Chowk to China | Nikhil Advani | ₹80 crore | ₹53.4 crore | 0.67x | |
| 9 | Delhi-6 | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | ₹48 crore | ₹52.2 crore | 1.09x | |
| 10 | Billu | Priyadarshan | $4.6 million | ₹47.5 crore | ||
| 11 | Wake Up Sid | Ayan Mukerji | ₹18 crore | ₹47.1 crore | 2.62x | |
| 12 | Kurbaan | Rensil D'Silva | ₹50 crore | ₹42.9 crore | 0.86x | |
| 13 | London Dreams | Vipul Amrutlal Shah | ₹45 crore | ₹41.3 crore | 0.92x | |
| 14 | Jai Veeru | Puneet Sira | ₹15 crore | ₹39 crore | 2.60x | |
| 15 | Raaz – The Mystery Continues | Mohit Suri | ₹18 crore | ₹38.1 crore | 2.12x | |
| 16 | Jodi Breakers | Ashwini Chaudhary | ₹21 crore | ₹33.4 crore | 1.59x | |
| 17 | Luck by Chance | Zoya Akhtar | ₹15 crore | ₹29 crore | 1.93x | |
| 18 | Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year | Shimit Amin | ₹16 crore | ₹23.6 crore | 1.48x | |
| 19 | 8 x 10 Tasveer | Nagesh Kukunoor | ₹23.6 crore | |||
| 20 | Dev.D | Anurag Kashyap | ₹11 crore | ₹20.8 crore | 1.89x | |
| 21 | Life Partner | Rumi Jaffery | ₹14 crore | ₹18 crore | 1.29x | |
| 22 | What's Your Raashee? | Ashutosh Gowariker | ₹32 crore | ₹17 crore | 0.53x | |
| 23 | 99 | Krishna D.K. | ₹9 crore | ₹14.8 crore | 1.64x | |
| 24 | Main Aurr Mrs Khanna | Prem Raj | ₹38 crore | ₹14.6 crore | 0.38x | |
| 25 | Tum Mile | Kunal Deshmukh | ₹22 crore | ₹13.4 crore | 0.61x | |
| 26 | Aladin | Sujoy Ghosh | ₹10.9 crore | |||
| 27 | Aa Dekhen Zara | Jehangir Surti | ₹17 crore | ₹10.4 crore | 0.61x | |
| 28 | Jail | Madhur Bhandarkar | ₹10 crore | |||
| 29 | Ek: The Power of One | Sangeeth Sivan | ₹6 crore | |||
| 30 | Kisaan | Puneet Sira | ₹15 crore | ₹5.8 crore | 0.38x | |
| 31 | Acid Factory | Suparn Verma | ₹21 crore | ₹5.2 crore | 0.25x | |
| 32 | Quick Gun Murugun | Shashanka Ghosh | ₹6 crore | ₹2.6 crore | 0.43x | |
| 33 | Victory | Ajit Pal Mangat | ₹19 crore | ₹1.9 crore | 0.10x | |
| 34 | Sikandar | Piyush Jha | ₹5 crore | ₹82.4 lakh | 0.16x | |
| 35 | Barah Aana | Raja Krishna Menon | ₹4.5 crore | ₹82 lakh | 0.18x | |
| 36 | Toss | Madhurima Tuli | ₹19 lakh | |||
| 37 | Fruit and Nut | Kunal Vijaykar | ₹5 crore | ₹15 lakh | 0.03x | |
| Wanted | Prabhu Deva | $5 million | $12 million | 2.40x | ||
| Gulaal | Anurag Kashyap | $490,000 | $2 million | 4.08x | ||
| Aloo Chaat | Robby Grewal | $1.6 million | ||||
| Luck | Soham Shah | $6 million | $400,000 | 0.07x | ||
| Straight | Parvati Balagopalan | $348,289 | ||||
| Siddharth: The Prisoner | Pryas Gupta | $26,959 |
Figures are shown in the currency they were reported in (Wikipedia, Wikidata or TMDB); no conversion.