The Top Movies of Sunday, January 4, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$5,448,910	-40.63%	3,505	$1,555	$106,664,046	11
2	(2)	Bedtime Stories	Buena Vista	Comedy	$4,394,089	-42.47%	3,684	$1,193	$85,539,168	11
3	(3)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$4,367,852	-39.82%	2,988	$1,462	$79,297,086	11
4	(4)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$3,112,000	-43.00%	2,778	$1,120	$60,691,979	11
5	(5)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$3,084,274	-42.15%	3,434	$898	$79,507,388	17
6	(6)	Seven Pounds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,134,375	-46.53%	2,758	$774	$60,147,298	17
7	(7)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$1,638,230	-34.57%	3,091	$530	$43,661,775	17
8	(9)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,180,218	-36.17%	612	$1,928	$28,676,598	54
9	(8)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Action	$1,128,047	-43.32%	2,337	$483	$74,424,256	24
10	(10)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$1,095,305	-38.73%	1,888	$580	$176,922,850	45
-	(12)	Bolt	Buena Vista	Comedy	$816,671	-31.23%	1,729	$472	$109,917,145	45
-	(14)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$808,848	-26.76%	84	$9,629	$9,820,554	24
-	(11)	The Spirit	Lionsgate	Action	$745,909	-38.84%	2,509	$297	$17,743,738	11
-	(13)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$547,194	-51.24%	2,307	$237	$118,189,834	40
-	(15)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$492,405	-33.88%	309	$1,594	$17,157,994	40
-	(16)	The Reader	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$414,362	-36.56%	398	$1,041	$3,553,578	26
-	(17)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$340,874	-38.43%	205	$1,663	$6,291,176	31
-	(18)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$274,702	-40.57%	768	$358	$46,686,713	40
-	(19)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$254,783	-33.18%	38	$6,705	$1,375,749	10
-	(20)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$232,233	-33.38%	707	$328	$177,016,810	59
-	(21)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$121,932	-23.69%	18	$6,774	$1,762,043	19
-	(22)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$58,075	-37.64%	270	$215	$66,703,740	59
-	(23)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$35,028	-43.68%	308	$114	$7,405,784	24
-	(25)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$34,516	-30.40%	2	$17,258	$200,614	5
-	(24)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$31,730	-46.94%	195	$163	$101,401,695	101
-	(26)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$27,214	-31.35%	6	$4,536	$350,947	11
-	(27)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$19,964	-39.32%	182	$110	$39,315,385	87
-	(28)	The Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$18,755	-41.18%	125	$150	$35,707,327	73
-	(30)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$15,020	-42.32%	75	$200	$531,001,578	171
-	(29)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$13,899	-47.12%	84	$165	$37,525,311	80
-	(31)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$12,447	-50.63%	18	$692	$180,802,939	1,517
-	(32)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$10,805	-45.06%	8	$1,351	$37,313,859	1,039
-	(33)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$10,037	-40.85%	85	$118	$41,802,381	101
-	(34)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$1,411	-24.67%	15	$94	$20,080,574	108