The Top Movies of Monday, January 5, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,571,618	-71.16%	3,505	$448	$108,235,664	12
2	(3)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,441,238	-67.00%	2,988	$482	$80,738,324	12
3	(4)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$1,087,738	-65.05%	2,778	$392	$61,831,659	12
4	(5)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,066,197	-65.43%	3,434	$310	$80,573,585	18
5	(2)	Bedtime Stories	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$1,039,769	-76.34%	3,684	$282	$86,578,937	12
6	(6)	Seven Pounds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$725,260	-66.02%	2,758	$263	$60,872,558	18
7	(10)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$432,295	-60.53%	1,888	$229	$177,355,145	46
8	(re-entry)	Doubt	Miramax	Drama	$411,749		1,287	$320	$19,115,000	25
9	(7)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$386,375	-76.42%	3,091	$125	$44,048,150	18
10	(8)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$382,064	-67.63%	612	$624	$29,058,662	55
11	(9)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$372,248	-67.00%	2,337	$159	$74,796,504	25
12	(12)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$314,769	-61.08%	84	$3,747	$10,135,323	25
13	(13)	The Spirit	Lionsgate	Action	$312,775	-58.07%	2,509	$125	$18,056,513	12
14	(11)	Bolt	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$199,075	-75.62%	1,729	$115	$110,116,220	46
15	(15)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$162,629	-66.97%	309	$526	$17,320,623	41
16	(14)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$162,489	-70.31%	2,307	$70	$118,352,323	41
-	(17)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$107,625	-68.43%	205	$525	$6,398,801	32
-	(18)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$99,069	-63.94%	768	$129	$46,785,782	41
-	(19)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$82,225	-67.73%	38	$2,164	$1,457,974	11
-	(20)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$64,575	-72.19%	707	$91	$177,081,385	60
-	(21)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$50,215	-58.82%	18	$2,790	$1,812,258	20
-	(22)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$25,650	-55.83%	270	$95	$66,729,390	60
-	(23)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$11,943	-65.90%	308	$39	$7,417,727	25
-	(25)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$10,506	-66.89%	195	$54	$101,412,201	102
-	(24)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$10,002	-71.02%	2	$5,001	$210,616	6
-	(26)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$8,254	-69.67%	6	$1,376	$359,201	12
-	(27)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$8,126	-59.30%	182	$45	$39,323,511	88
-	(28)	Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$7,495	-60.04%	125	$60	$35,714,822	74
-	(30)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$6,654	-52.13%	84	$79	$37,531,965	81
-	(29)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$4,506	-70.00%	75	$60	$531,006,084	172
-	(32)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$3,655	-66.17%	8	$457	$37,317,514	1,040
-	(33)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$3,513	-65.00%	85	$41	$41,805,894	102
-	(34)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$953	-32.46%	15	$64	$20,081,527	109
-	(31)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$763	-93.87%	18	$42	$180,803,702	1,518
-	(35)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$72	-87.61%	1	$72	$88,860	67

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