The Top Movies of Tuesday, January 20, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,591,683	-78.50%	3,144	$506	$40,825,921	5
2	(3)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,579,702	-56.45%	2,972	$532	$78,183,512	40
3	(5)	My Bloody Valentine	Lionsgate	Horror	$1,324,031	-53.75%	2,534	$523	$25,427,993	5
4	(4)	Notorious	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,071,270	-63.01%	1,638	$654	$24,464,742	5
5	(2)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$701,257	-88.02%	3,271	$214	$23,566,769	5
6	(7)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$690,086	-56.82%	1,789	$386	$11,540,796	21
7	(6)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$687,806	-69.12%	3,228	$213	$40,393,658	12
8	(10)	The Unborn	Universal	Horror	$390,025	-67.58%	2,359	$165	$34,174,255	12
9	(9)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$387,197	-71.86%	2,952	$131	$134,311,132	27
10	(11)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$380,135	-67.58%	582	$653	$44,239,067	70
11	(12)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$369,545	-63.35%	2,223	$166	$103,979,578	27
12	(13)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$303,090	-59.79%	2,007	$151	$78,579,575	27
13	(14)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$296,413	-58.36%	1,054	$281	$5,898,926	27
14	(15)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$181,636	-62.99%	1,704	$107	$94,224,890	33
-	(17)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$142,316	-62.24%	904	$157	$184,727,709	61
-	(18)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$133,699	-64.43%	171	$782	$6,242,856	26
-	(19)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$132,624	-61.17%	144	$921	$5,488,838	35
-	(24)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$47,425	-70.98%	223	$213	$20,591,008	56
-	(27)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$43,605	-70.77%	153	$285	$8,821,381	47
-	(20)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$39,150	-87.50%	870	$45	$49,224,450	33
-	(29)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$34,659	-56.29%	311	$111	$78,404,959	40
-	(26)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$32,450	-79.55%	334	$97	$178,286,987	75
-	(32)	Chandni Chowk to China	Warner Bros.	Musical	$28,545	-48.91%	130	$220	$714,343	5
-	(33)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$26,106	-47.72%	287	$91	$48,409,543	56
-	(30)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$24,351	-61.00%	362	$67	$119,676,212	56
-	(38)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$10,225	-42.48%	187	$55	$67,170,910	75
-	(45)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$5,932	-26.85%	58	$102	$37,670,944	96
-	(57)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$1,357	-37.84%	49	$28	$20,208,360	124
-	(56)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$918	-58.25%	6	$153	$37,364,027	1,055
-	(58)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$893	-36.12%	23	$39	$7,497,389	40
-	(66)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$469	+91.43%	6	$78	$531,038,124	187

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