The Top Movies of Thursday, January 15, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,466,135	+3.44%	2,808	$878	$50,997,411	35
2	(2)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,275,501	+15.56%	3,226	$395	$25,827,125	7
3	(3)	The Unborn	Universal	Horror	$836,335	+12.72%	2,357	$355	$23,239,155	7
4	(4)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$719,168	+2.70%	2,947	$244	$97,024,737	22
5	(6)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$689,342	+11.89%	3,478	$198	$126,409,283	22
6	(5)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$659,351	-0.32%	601	$1,097	$36,837,205	65
7	(7)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$561,673	+5.33%	2,838	$198	$73,720,106	22
8	(9)	Bedtime Stories	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$442,345	+31.74%	3,511	$126	$98,905,291	22
9	(8)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$431,434	+10.04%	2,955	$146	$90,954,894	28
10	(10)	Seven Pounds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$305,321	+4.98%	2,456	$124	$67,957,097	28
11	(12)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$292,867	+16.38%	1,466	$200	$182,465,611	56
12	(11)	Doubt	Miramax	Drama	$264,936	-3.88%	1,287	$206	$24,031,987	35
13	(13)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$193,489	-5.23%	135	$1,433	$3,950,178	21
-	(15)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$171,945	+24.64%	2,297	$75	$48,158,505	28
-	(16)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$124,630	+3.61%	1,512	$82	$77,832,366	35
-	(17)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$118,799	+2.22%	60	$1,980	$3,311,968	30
-	(18)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$106,170	-2.50%	295	$360	$19,601,224	51
-	(19)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$77,835	-8.56%	205	$380	$7,959,161	42
-	(20)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$73,052	+9.04%	543	$135	$48,037,928	51
-	(21)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$27,463	+0.27%	777	$35	$119,325,561	51
-	(24)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$18,386	+16.44%	375	$49	$177,567,085	70
-	(22)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$16,325	+0.18%	251	$65	$67,038,190	70
-	(23)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$16,013	+0.01%	16	$1,001	$590,917	22
-	(26)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$8,437	+2.59%	178	$47	$20,192,528	119
-	(25)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$6,545	-26.56%	2	$3,273	$340,628	16
-	(27)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$4,839	+8.30%	76	$64	$37,621,609	91
-	(28)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$3,737	+6.99%	85	$44	$39,394,666	98
-	(29)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,654	+12.98%	53	$50	$41,850,659	112
-	(30)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$2,616	+19.56%	62	$42	$7,487,412	35
-	(31)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$452	-44.27%	8	$57	$37,350,188	1,050
-	(32)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$173	-35.69%	7	$25	$531,027,799	182

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