The Top Movies of Wednesday, January 14, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,384,202	-15.40%	2,808	$849	$48,531,276	34
2	(2)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,103,795	-11.80%	3,226	$342	$24,551,624	6
3	(3)	The Unborn	Universal	Horror	$741,990	-11.32%	2,357	$315	$22,402,820	6
4	(4)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$700,287	-10.28%	2,947	$238	$96,305,569	21
5	(5)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$661,493	-9.06%	601	$1,101	$36,177,854	64
6	(6)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$616,113	-12.76%	3,478	$177	$125,719,941	21
7	(7)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$533,245	-11.75%	2,838	$188	$73,158,433	21
8	(8)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$392,053	-9.06%	2,955	$133	$90,523,460	27
9	(9)	Bedtime Stories	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$335,777	-6.38%	3,511	$96	$98,462,946	21
10	(10)	Seven Pounds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$290,836	-9.97%	2,456	$118	$67,651,776	27
11	(11)	Doubt	Miramax	Drama	$275,629	-5.50%	1,287	$214	$23,767,051	34
12	(12)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$251,648	+4.29%	1,466	$172	$182,172,744	55
13	(14)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$204,174	-0.35%	135	$1,512	$3,754,896	20
14	(13)	Not Easily Broken	Sony Pictures	Drama	$167,258	-24.46%	724	$231	$5,972,246	6
-	(15)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$137,955	+0.10%	2,297	$60	$47,986,560	27
-	(16)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$120,290	-5.14%	1,512	$80	$77,707,736	34
-	(17)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$116,214	-7.86%	60	$1,937	$3,193,169	29
-	(18)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$108,894	-5.15%	295	$369	$19,495,054	50
-	(19)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$85,125	+0.06%	205	$415	$7,881,326	41
-	(20)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$66,996	-5.32%	543	$123	$47,964,876	50
-	(21)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$27,390	-14.48%	777	$35	$119,298,098	50
-	(23)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$16,295	-7.12%	251	$65	$67,021,865	69
-	(24)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$16,011	+8.28%	16	$1,001	$574,904	21
-	(22)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$15,790	-11.82%	375	$42	$177,548,699	69
-	(26)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$8,912	+5.16%	2	$4,456	$334,083	15
-	(25)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$8,224	-15.40%	178	$46	$20,184,091	118
-	(27)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$4,468	-29.56%	76	$59	$37,616,770	90
-	(28)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$3,493	-7.00%	85	$41	$39,390,929	97
-	(29)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,349	-16.41%	53	$44	$41,848,005	111
-	(30)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$2,188	-8.91%	62	$35	$7,484,796	34
-	(31)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$811	+46.13%	8	$101	$37,349,736	1,049
-	(32)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$269	-17.74%	7	$38	$531,027,626	181

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