Redbox: 'Paul Blart' the most rented movie in 2009

Oakbrook Terrace-based Redbox announced that it rented more than 350 million movies in 2009.

The fully-automated DVD rental provider located at grocery, drug and convenience stores, released the top rentals of the year. "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" topped the list of the most-rented movies logging more than 4.5 million Redbox rentals. "The Proposal," "Taken," "Gran Torino" and "Knowing" followed as the top rentals.

The company says each automated Redbox kiosk holds 630 DVDs, representing up to 200 of the newest releases. Consumers simply use a touch screen to select their favorite movies, swipe a credit or debit card, pay $1 and go. Customers can keep the DVD for as long as they'd like for one low nightly rate, and return it to any one of Redbox's more than 19,000 locations nationwide.

Here are other movies that ranked on top in various categories including Chick Flick, Romance, Tearjerker, Adrenaline Rush and Family Fun films:

Top Romances

1. I Love You, Man

2. Year One

3. My Best Friend's Girl

4. Pineapple Express

5. Role Models

Top Adrenaline Rush

1. Taken

2. Knowing

3. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

4. Obsessed

5. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Top Chick Flicks

1. The Proposal

2. Bride Wars

3. He's Just Not That Into You

4. 17 Again

5. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

Top Tearjerkers

1. Gran Torino

2. Marley & Me

3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

4. Seven Pounds

5. The Soloist

Top Family Fun

1. Bedtime Stories

2. Bolt

3. Beverly Hills Chihuahua

4. Up

5. Hotel for Dogs