The Top Movies of Tuesday, January 6, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,507,382	-4.09%	3,505	$430	$109,743,046	13
2	(2)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,494,030	+3.66%	2,988	$500	$82,232,354	13
3	(3)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$1,124,884	+3.41%	2,778	$405	$62,956,543	13
4	(4)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$983,454	-7.76%	3,434	$286	$81,557,039	19
5	(6)	Seven Pounds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$761,507	+5.00%	2,758	$276	$61,634,065	19
6	(5)	Bedtime Stories	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$748,226	-28.04%	3,684	$203	$87,327,163	13
7	(8)	Doubt	Miramax	Drama	$465,579	+13.07%	1,287	$362	$19,577,000	26
8	(10)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$436,096	+14.14%	612	$713	$29,494,758	56
9	(7)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$411,695	-4.77%	1,888	$218	$177,766,840	47
10	(11)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$352,281	-5.36%	2,337	$151	$75,148,785	26
11	(13)	The Spirit	Lionsgate	Action	$310,096	-0.86%	2,509	$124	$18,366,609	13
12	(12)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$302,616	-3.86%	84	$3,603	$10,437,939	26
13	(9)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$262,735	-32.00%	3,091	$85	$44,310,885	19
14	(15)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$182,892	+12.46%	309	$592	$17,503,515	42
15	(16)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$167,263	+2.94%	2,307	$73	$118,519,586	42
-	(18)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$120,436	+21.57%	768	$157	$46,906,218	42
-	(17)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$113,628	+5.58%	205	$554	$6,512,429	33
-	(14)	Bolt	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$109,818	-44.84%	1,729	$64	$110,226,038	47
-	(19)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$91,981	+11.87%	38	$2,421	$1,549,955	12
-	(21)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$55,980	+11.48%	18	$3,110	$1,868,238	21
-	(20)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$33,900	-47.50%	707	$48	$177,115,285	61
-	(22)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$26,985	+5.20%	270	$100	$66,756,375	61
-	(23)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$13,608	+13.94%	308	$44	$7,431,335	26
-	(24)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$10,711	+1.95%	195	$55	$101,422,912	103
-	(25)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$10,243	+2.41%	2	$5,122	$220,859	7
-	(26)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$9,789	+18.60%	6	$1,632	$368,990	13
-	(27)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$8,979	+10.50%	182	$49	$39,332,490	89
-	(28)	Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$8,750	+16.74%	125	$70	$35,723,572	75
-	(29)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$6,622	-0.48%	84	$79	$37,538,587	82
-	(30)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$4,291	-4.77%	75	$57	$531,010,375	173
-	(32)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$4,215	+19.98%	85	$50	$41,810,109	103
-	(31)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$3,186	-12.83%	8	$398	$37,320,700	1,041
-	(33)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$1,368	+43.55%	15	$91	$20,082,895	110
-	(34)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$698	-8.52%	18	$39	$180,804,400	1,519
-	(35)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$24	-66.67%	1	$24	$88,884	68

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