The Top Movies of Thursday, January 1, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
-	(1)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$9,956,212	+44.63%	3,480	$2,861	$82,400,283	8
-	(2)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$7,939,690	+85.37%	2,988	$2,657	$60,605,838	8
-	(3)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$5,567,221	+102.29%	3,434	$1,621	$65,596,911	14
-	(4)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$2,703,090	+42.62%	3,107	$870	$36,722,480	14
-	(5)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$2,087,713	+87.67%	2,402	$869	$69,374,558	21
-	(6)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,758,467	+93.52%	614	$2,864	$23,985,829	51
-	(8)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$1,601,232	+114.12%	1,849	$866	$172,274,208	42
-	(7)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,242,142	+43.22%	2,510	$495	$115,378,444	37
-	(9)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,003,038	+70.69%	84	$11,941	$6,884,131	21
-	(12)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$675,159	+119.30%	311	$2,171	$15,269,484	37
-	(11)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$521,472	+66.14%	205	$2,544	$4,890,692	28
-	(10)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$387,936	+10.18%	711	$546	$45,523,544	37
-	(13)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$370,479	+45.50%	808	$459	$176,058,413	56
-	(14)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$154,849	+135.97%	18	$8,603	$1,324,228	16
-	(19)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$88,875	+216.00%	225	$395	$66,456,690	56
-	(15)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$86,538	+132.95%	439	$197	$7,249,817	21
-	(17)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$76,319	+116.28%	3	$25,440	$389,788	7
-	(21)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$56,105	+145.30%	205	$274	$101,255,091	98
-	(20)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$51,864	+105.51%	2	$25,932	$77,101	2
-	(16)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$40,734	+13.07%	6	$6,789	$248,741	8
-	(23)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$30,179	+120.77%	182	$166	$39,233,762	84
-	(18)	Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$29,070	+2.00%	114	$255	$35,627,287	70
-	(22)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$22,569	+9.79%	26	$868	$180,726,357	1,514
-	(25)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$19,416	+103.67%	141	$138	$37,463,267	77
-	(24)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$17,144	+36.40%	8	$2,143	$37,263,463	1,036
-	(26)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$14,339	+58.30%	115	$125	$41,760,210	98
-	(27)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$11,512	+61.87%	74	$156	$530,936,438	168
-	(28)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$2,743	+71.33%	18	$152	$20,075,296	105
-	(re-entry)	Roving Mars	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$2,073		6	$346	$9,851,046	1,071
-	(29)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$490	+157.89%	1	$490	$87,156	63

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