The Top Movies of Saturday, January 17, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$13,235,767	+35.18%	3,144	$4,210	$23,027,135	2
2	(4)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$10,013,163	+59.37%	2,972	$3,369	$67,293,362	37
3	(3)	My Bloody Valentine	Lionsgate	Horror	$7,655,776	-6.96%	2,534	$3,021	$15,884,634	2
4	(2)	Notorious	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$7,521,680	-9.46%	1,638	$4,592	$15,821,680	2
5	(5)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$7,343,804	+69.18%	3,271	$2,245	$11,684,588	2
6	(6)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$4,699,553	+25.23%	3,228	$1,456	$34,279,502	9
7	(8)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$3,825,197	+41.23%	1,789	$2,138	$6,874,308	18
8	(7)	The Unborn	Universal	Horror	$3,727,220	+11.26%	2,359	$1,580	$30,316,500	9
9	(9)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$2,731,691	+63.30%	2,952	$925	$131,144,691	24
10	(11)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,535,897	+62.50%	582	$4,357	$40,766,897	67
11	(10)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$2,462,964	+56.98%	2,223	$1,108	$101,056,637	24
12	(13)	Bedtime Stories	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$2,152,937	+77.04%	2,619	$822	$102,274,283	24
13	(12)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$1,904,377	+51.55%	1,054	$1,807	$3,751,901	24
14	(14)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$1,677,176	+45.98%	2,838	$591	$76,546,210	24
15	(15)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,080,269	+30.85%	1,704	$634	$92,860,739	30
16	(18)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$758,889	+63.19%	144	$5,270	$4,535,877	32
-	(17)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$748,258	+54.42%	171	$4,376	$5,182,981	23
-	(16)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$712,420	+44.03%	904	$788	$183,672,668	58
-	(19)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$355,190	+81.22%	223	$1,593	$20,152,409	53
-	(22)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$326,265	+114.12%	870	$375	$48,637,145	30
-	(21)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$309,075	+85.31%	153	$2,020	$8,435,021	44
-	(20)	Chandni Chowk to China	Warner Bros.	Musical	$251,711	+33.70%	130	$1,936	$439,977	2
-	(24)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$244,218	+104.74%	334	$731	$177,930,583	72
-	(23)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$205,932	+70.87%	311	$662	$78,158,817	37
-	(25)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$133,144	+56.18%	287	$464	$48,256,325	53
-	(26)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$114,602	+55.99%	362	$317	$119,513,632	53
-	(27)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$43,945	+42.42%	187	$235	$67,112,990	72
-	(28)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$15,820	+74.81%	58	$273	$37,646,479	93
-	(31)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$6,828	+238.86%	6	$1,138	$531,036,642	184
-	(32)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$6,052	+259.38%	6	$1,009	$37,357,924	1,052
-	(29)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$5,627	+44.21%	49	$115	$20,202,057	121
-	(30)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$3,016	+45.84%	23	$131	$7,492,496	37
-	(33)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$168	+600.00%	1	$168	$89,636	79

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