The Top Movies of Wednesday, January 7, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(2)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,383,926	-7.37%	2,988	$463	$83,616,280	14
2	(1)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,382,909	-8.26%	3,505	$395	$111,125,955	14
3	(3)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$1,024,501	-8.92%	2,778	$369	$63,981,044	14
4	(4)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$908,367	-7.64%	3,434	$265	$82,465,406	20
5	(5)	Seven Pounds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$678,701	-10.87%	2,758	$246	$62,312,766	20
6	(6)	Bedtime Stories	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$677,623	-9.44%	3,684	$184	$88,004,786	14
7	(8)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$447,390	+2.59%	612	$731	$29,942,148	57
8	(7)	Doubt	Miramax	Drama	$442,280	-5.00%	1,287	$344	$20,025,089	27
9	(9)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$400,205	-2.79%	1,888	$212	$178,167,045	48
10	(10)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$327,759	-6.96%	2,337	$140	$75,476,544	27
11	(12)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$327,325	+8.17%	84	$3,897	$10,765,264	27
12	(11)	The Spirit	Lionsgate	Action	$272,349	-12.17%	2,509	$109	$18,638,958	14
13	(13)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$261,995	-0.28%	3,091	$85	$44,572,880	20
14	(14)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$184,067	+0.64%	309	$596	$17,687,582	43
15	(15)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$163,918	-2.00%	2,307	$71	$118,683,504	43
-	(16)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$122,111	+1.39%	768	$159	$47,028,329	43
-	(17)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$119,255	+4.95%	205	$582	$6,631,684	34
-	(18)	Bolt	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$108,702	-1.02%	1,729	$63	$110,334,740	48
-	(19)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$92,235	+0.28%	38	$2,427	$1,642,190	13
-	(20)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$54,482	-2.68%	18	$3,027	$1,922,720	22
-	(21)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$31,160	-8.08%	707	$44	$177,146,445	62
-	(22)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$24,225	-10.23%	270	$90	$66,780,600	62
-	(23)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$12,536	-7.88%	308	$41	$7,443,871	27
-	(26)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$10,059	+2.76%	6	$1,677	$379,049	14
-	(25)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$9,804	-4.29%	2	$4,902	$230,663	8
-	(24)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$9,346	-12.74%	195	$48	$101,432,258	104
-	(27)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$8,863	-1.29%	182	$49	$39,341,353	90
-	(28)	Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$8,725	-0.29%	125	$70	$35,732,297	76
-	(29)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$6,549	-1.10%	84	$78	$37,545,136	83
-	(32)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$4,312	+35.34%	8	$539	$37,325,012	1,042
-	(31)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$4,257	+1.00%	85	$50	$41,814,366	104
-	(30)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$3,905	-9.00%	75	$52	$531,014,280	174
-	(33)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$1,422	+3.95%	15	$95	$20,084,317	111
-	(34)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$351	-49.71%	18	$20	$180,804,751	1,520
-	(35)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$249	+937.50%	2	$125	$89,133	69

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