The Top Movies of Friday, January 2, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$9,637,373	-3.20%	3,505	$2,750	$92,037,656	9
2	(new)	Bedtime Stories	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$8,469,704		3,684	$2,299	$73,507,533	9
3	(2)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$7,065,898	-11.01%	2,988	$2,365	$67,671,736	9
4	(3)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$5,495,023	-1.30%	3,434	$1,600	$71,091,934	15
5	(new)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$5,470,000		2,778	$1,969	$52,120,000	9
6	(re-entry)	Seven Pounds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$3,942,463		2,758	$1,429	$54,021,243	15
7	(4)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$2,797,355	+3.49%	3,091	$905	$39,519,835	15
8	(5)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,931,475	-7.48%	2,337	$826	$71,306,033	22
-	(7)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$1,765,559	+10.26%	1,888	$935	$174,039,767	43
-	(6)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,661,532	-5.51%	612	$2,715	$25,647,361	52
-	(new)	The Spirit	Lionsgate	Action	$1,294,442		2,509	$516	$15,778,282	9
-	(re-entry)	Bolt	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$1,287,649		1,729	$745	$107,912,850	43
-	(8)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,141,975	-8.06%	2,307	$495	$116,520,419	38
-	(9)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,023,153	+2.01%	84	$12,180	$7,907,284	22
-	(10)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$651,406	-3.52%	309	$2,108	$15,920,890	38
-	(re-entry)	The Reader	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$530,958		398	$1,334	$2,486,064	24
-	(11)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$505,999	-2.97%	205	$2,468	$5,396,691	29
-	(12)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$426,243	+9.87%	768	$555	$45,949,787	38
-	(13)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$377,577	+1.92%	707	$534	$176,435,990	57
-	(17)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$349,895	+358.46%	38	$9,208	$739,683	8
-	(14)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$156,088	+0.80%	18	$8,672	$1,480,316	17
-	(15)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$95,850	+7.85%	270	$355	$66,552,540	57
-	(16)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$58,744	-32.12%	308	$191	$7,308,561	22
-	(18)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$55,073	-1.84%	195	$282	$101,310,164	99
-	(19)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$39,406	-24.02%	2	$19,703	$116,507	3
-	(20)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$35,353	-13.21%	6	$5,892	$284,094	9
-	(22)	Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$29,400	+1.14%	125	$235	$35,656,687	71
-	(21)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$28,761	-4.70%	182	$158	$39,262,523	85
-	(27)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$24,078	+109.16%	75	$321	$530,960,516	169
-	(23)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$24,029	+6.47%	18	$1,335	$180,750,386	1,515
-	(24)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$21,862	+12.60%	84	$260	$37,485,129	78
-	(25)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$19,925	+16.22%	8	$2,491	$37,283,388	1,037
-	(26)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$15,164	+5.75%	85	$178	$41,775,374	99
-	(28)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$1,994	-27.31%	15	$133	$20,077,290	106
-	(30)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$494	+0.82%	3	$165	$87,650	64

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