The Top Movies of Friday, January 9, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(12)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$9,631,856	+3,404.20%	2,808	$3,430	$20,671,986	29
2	(new)	The Unborn	Universal	Horror	$8,273,070		2,357	$3,510	$8,273,070	1
3	(new)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$8,090,757		3,226	$2,508	$8,090,757	1
4	(2)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$3,206,263	+159.78%	3,478	$922	$115,566,434	16
5	(1)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$2,891,816	+128.86%	2,947	$981	$87,771,696	16
6	(5)	Bedtime Stories	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$2,248,968	+259.73%	3,511	$641	$90,878,941	16
7	(3)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$2,137,646	+146.74%	2,838	$753	$66,985,029	16
8	(4)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,041,176	+158.28%	2,955	$691	$85,296,863	22
9	(new)	Not Easily Broken	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,933,066		724	$2,670	$1,933,066	1
10	(6)	Seven Pounds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,280,958	+107.38%	2,456	$522	$64,211,414	22
11	(9)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,073,819	+166.65%	601	$1,787	$31,418,674	59
12	(7)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$899,148	+104.47%	1,466	$613	$179,505,938	50
13	(8)	Doubt	Miramax	Drama	$807,769	+95.48%	1,287	$628	$21,246,073	29
14	(11)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$620,345	+123.16%	2,297	$270	$45,471,210	22
15	(10)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$480,479	+58.54%	1,512	$318	$76,260,088	29
-	(18)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$418,055	+374.42%	135	$3,097	$2,148,365	15
-	(13)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$369,067	+104.62%	295	$1,251	$18,237,012	45
-	(16)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$261,237	+142.18%	205	$1,274	$7,000,791	36
-	(19)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$254,575	+396.24%	60	$4,243	$2,228,596	24
-	(15)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$185,026	+56.06%	543	$341	$47,331,918	45
-	(14)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$125,354	-17.77%	777	$161	$118,961,301	45
-	(21)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$52,710	+129.82%	251	$210	$66,856,245	64
-	(20)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$51,373	+72.71%	375	$137	$177,227,564	64
-	(23)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$41,514	+273.83%	16	$2,595	$431,668	16
-	(33)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$21,789	+1,660.02%	178	$122	$20,107,344	113
-	(24)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$17,431	+71.38%	2	$8,716	$258,265	10
-	(28)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$13,110	+91.22%	76	$173	$37,565,102	85
-	(26)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$9,725	+29.08%	85	$114	$39,358,612	92
-	(22)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$7,851	-36.10%	62	$127	$7,464,008	29
-	(30)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$7,217	+54.14%	53	$136	$41,826,265	106
-	(29)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$3,020	-45.41%	8	$378	$37,333,564	1,044
-	(31)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$2,687	-38.00%	7	$384	$531,021,301	176

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