The Top Movies of Friday, January 16, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$9,791,368		3,144	$3,114	$9,791,368	1
2	(new)	Notorious	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$8,308,024		1,638	$5,072	$8,308,204	1
3	(new)	My Bloody Valentine	Lionsgate	Horror	$8,228,858		2,534	$3,247	$8,228,858	1
4	(1)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$6,282,788	+154.76%	2,972	$2,114	$57,280,199	36
5	(new)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$4,340,784		3,271	$1,327	$4,340,784	1
6	(2)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$3,752,824	+194.22%	3,228	$1,163	$29,579,949	8
7	(3)	The Unborn	Universal	Horror	$3,350,125	+300.57%	2,359	$1,420	$26,589,280	8
8	(25)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$2,708,483	+41,282.48%	1,789	$1,514	$3,049,111	17
9	(5)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,672,853	+142.67%	2,952	$567	$128,082,136	23
10	(4)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,568,936	+118.16%	2,223	$706	$98,593,673	23
11	(6)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,560,544	+136.68%	582	$2,681	$38,397,749	66
12	(23)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$1,256,607	+7,747.42%	1,054	$1,192	$1,847,524	23
13	(8)	Bedtime Stories	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$1,216,055	+174.91%	2,619	$464	$100,121,346	23
14	(7)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$1,148,928	+104.55%	2,838	$405	$74,869,034	23
15	(9)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$825,576	+91.36%	1,704	$484	$91,780,470	29
16	(11)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$494,637	+68.89%	904	$547	$182,960,248	57
17	(13)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$484,545	+150.43%	171	$2,834	$4,434,723	22
18	(16)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$465,020	+291.43%	144	$3,229	$3,776,988	31
-	(17)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$195,995	+84.60%	223	$879	$19,797,219	52
-	(new)	Chandni Chowk to China	Warner Bros.	Musical	$188,266		130	$1,448	$188,266	1
-	(18)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$166,785	+114.28%	153	$1,090	$8,125,946	43
-	(14)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$152,375	-11.38%	870	$175	$48,310,880	29
-	(15)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$120,519	-3.30%	311	$388	$77,952,885	36
-	(21)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$119,280	+548.75%	334	$357	$177,686,365	71
-	(19)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$85,253	+16.70%	287	$297	$48,123,181	52
-	(20)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$73,469	+167.52%	362	$203	$119,399,030	52
-	(22)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$30,855	+89.00%	187	$165	$67,069,045	71
-	(26)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$9,050	+87.02%	58	$156	$37,630,659	92
-	(24)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$3,902	-53.75%	49	$80	$20,196,430	120
-	(29)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$2,068	-20.95%	23	$90	$7,489,480	36
-	(31)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$2,015	+1,064.74%	6	$336	$531,029,814	183
-	(30)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$1,684	+272.57%	8	$211	$37,351,872	1,051
-	(re-entry)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$24		1	$24	$89,468	78

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