The Top Movies of Saturday, January 3, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$9,177,480	-4.77%	3,505	$2,618	$101,215,136	10
2	(2)	Bedtime Stories	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$7,637,546	-9.83%	3,684	$2,073	$81,145,079	10
3	(3)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$7,257,498	+2.71%	2,988	$2,429	$74,929,234	10
4	(5)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$5,460,000	-0.18%	2,778	$1,965	$57,580,000	10
5	(4)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$5,331,180	-2.98%	3,434	$1,552	$76,423,114	16
6	(6)	Seven Pounds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$3,991,680	+1.25%	2,758	$1,447	$58,012,923	16
7	(7)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$2,503,710	-10.50%	3,091	$810	$42,023,545	16
8	(8)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,990,176	+3.04%	2,337	$852	$73,296,209	23
9	(10)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,849,019	+11.28%	612	$3,021	$27,496,380	53
10	(9)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$1,787,778	+1.26%	1,888	$947	$175,827,545	44
-	(11)	The Spirit	Lionsgate	Action	$1,219,547	-5.79%	2,509	$486	$16,997,829	10
-	(12)	Bolt	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$1,187,624	-7.77%	1,729	$687	$109,100,474	44
-	(13)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,122,221	-1.73%	2,307	$486	$117,642,640	39
-	(14)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,104,422	+7.94%	84	$13,148	$9,011,706	23
-	(15)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$744,699	+14.32%	309	$2,410	$16,665,589	39
-	(16)	The Reader	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$653,152	+23.01%	398	$1,641	$3,139,216	25
-	(17)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$553,611	+9.41%	205	$2,701	$5,950,302	30
-	(18)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$462,224	+8.44%	768	$602	$46,412,011	39
-	(20)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$381,283	+8.97%	38	$10,034	$1,120,966	9
-	(19)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$348,587	-7.68%	707	$493	$176,784,577	58
-	(21)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$159,795	+2.37%	18	$8,878	$1,640,111	18
-	(22)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$93,125	-2.84%	270	$345	$66,645,665	58
-	(23)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$62,195	+5.87%	308	$202	$7,370,756	23
-	(24)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$59,801	+8.58%	195	$307	$101,369,965	100
-	(25)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$49,591	+25.85%	2	$24,796	$166,098	4
-	(26)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$39,639	+12.12%	6	$6,607	$323,733	10
-	(28)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$32,898	+14.38%	182	$181	$39,295,421	86
-	(27)	Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$31,885	+8.45%	125	$255	$35,688,572	72
-	(31)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$26,283	+20.22%	84	$313	$37,511,412	79
-	(29)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$26,042	+8.16%	75	$347	$530,986,558	170
-	(30)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$25,212	+4.92%	18	$1,401	$180,775,598	1,516
-	(32)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$19,666	-1.30%	8	$2,458	$37,303,054	1,038
-	(33)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$16,970	+11.91%	85	$200	$41,792,344	100
-	(34)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$1,873	-6.07%	15	$125	$20,079,163	107
-	(35)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$557	+12.75%	3	$186	$88,207	65

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