The Top Movies of Sunday, January 18, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$8,805,501	-33.47%	3,144	$2,801	$31,832,636	3
2	(2)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$5,683,118	-43.24%	2,972	$1,912	$72,976,480	38
3	(3)	My Bloody Valentine	Lionsgate	Horror	$5,356,822	-30.03%	2,534	$2,114	$21,241,456	3
4	(5)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$5,327,624	-27.45%	3,271	$1,629	$17,012,212	3
5	(4)	Notorious	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$4,667,892	-37.94%	1,638	$2,850	$20,489,572	3
6	(6)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$3,199,176	-31.93%	3,228	$991	$37,478,678	10
7	(7)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$2,378,147	-37.83%	1,789	$1,329	$9,252,455	19
8	(8)	The Unborn	Universal	Horror	$2,264,640	-39.24%	2,359	$960	$32,581,140	10
9	(10)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,752,716	-30.88%	582	$3,012	$42,519,613	68
10	(9)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,734,315	-36.51%	2,952	$588	$132,879,006	25
11	(11)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,544,962	-37.27%	2,223	$695	$102,601,599	25
12	(12)	Bedtime Stories	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$1,357,067	-36.97%	2,619	$518	$103,631,350	25
13	(13)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$1,138,821	-40.20%	1,054	$1,080	$4,890,722	25
14	(14)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$976,575	-41.77%	2,838	$344	$77,522,785	25
15	(15)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$691,674	-35.97%	1,704	$406	$93,552,413	31
16	(17)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$550,290	-26.46%	171	$3,218	$5,733,271	24
17	(18)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$535,863	-24.78%	904	$593	$184,208,531	59
18	(16)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$478,786	-36.91%	144	$3,325	$5,014,663	33
-	(20)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$234,955	-27.99%	870	$270	$48,872,100	31
-	(19)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$227,765	-35.88%	223	$1,021	$20,380,174	54
-	(21)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$193,565	-37.37%	153	$1,265	$8,628,586	45
-	(22)	Chandni Chowk to China	Warner Bros.	Musical	$189,944	-24.54%	130	$1,461	$629,921	3
-	(23)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$165,289	-32.32%	334	$495	$178,095,872	73
-	(24)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$132,183	-35.81%	311	$425	$78,291,000	38
-	(25)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$77,175	-42.04%	287	$269	$48,333,500	54
-	(26)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$75,791	-33.87%	362	$209	$119,589,423	54
-	(27)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$29,920	-31.91%	187	$160	$67,142,910	73
-	(28)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$10,424	-34.11%	76	$137	$37,656,903	94
-	(30)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$2,986	-50.66%	6	$498	$37,360,910	1,053
-	(31)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$2,763	-50.90%	49	$56	$20,204,820	122
-	(32)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$2,602	-13.73%	23	$113	$7,495,098	38
-	(29)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$768	-88.75%	6	$128	$531,037,410	185
-	(33)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$152	-9.52%	1	$152	$89,788	80

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