The Top Movies of Wednesday, January 21, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(2)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,654,057	+4.71%	2,972	$557	$79,837,569	41
2	(1)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,195,583	-24.89%	3,144	$380	$42,021,504	6
3	(3)	My Bloody Valentine	Lionsgate	Horror	$1,098,959	-17.00%	2,534	$434	$26,526,952	6
4	(4)	Notorious	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$842,857	-21.32%	1,638	$515	$25,307,599	6
5	(6)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$676,037	-2.04%	1,789	$378	$12,216,833	22
6	(7)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$607,679	-11.65%	3,228	$188	$41,001,337	13
7	(5)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$504,184	-28.10%	3,271	$154	$24,070,953	6
8	(10)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$472,732	+24.36%	582	$812	$44,711,799	71
9	(11)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$409,272	+10.75%	2,223	$184	$104,388,850	28
10	(13)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$384,088	+29.58%	1,054	$364	$6,283,014	28
11	(9)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$367,198	-5.17%	2,952	$124	$134,678,330	28
12	(8)	The Unborn	Universal	Horror	$342,055	-12.30%	2,359	$145	$34,516,310	13
13	(16)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$169,591	+26.85%	171	$992	$6,412,447	27
14	(14)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$168,425	-7.27%	1,704	$99	$94,393,315	34
-	(17)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$150,107	+13.18%	144	$1,042	$5,638,945	36
-	(15)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$143,436	+0.79%	904	$159	$184,871,145	62
-	(19)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$67,320	+54.39%	153	$440	$8,888,701	48
-	(18)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$64,392	+35.78%	223	$289	$20,655,400	57
-	(20)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$43,225	+10.41%	870	$50	$49,267,675	34
-	(21)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Action	$34,007	-1.88%	311	$109	$78,438,966	41
-	(24)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$31,087	+19.08%	287	$108	$48,440,630	57
-	(22)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$27,244	-16.04%	334	$82	$178,314,231	76
-	(25)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$21,186	-13.00%	362	$59	$119,697,398	57
-	(23)	Chandni Chowk to China	Warner Bros.	Musical	$15,666	-45.12%	130	$121	$730,009	6
-	(26)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$9,350	-8.56%	187	$50	$67,180,260	76
-	(27)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$7,109	+19.84%	58	$123	$37,678,053	97
-	(29)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$1,338	+45.75%	6	$223	$37,365,365	1,056
-	(28)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$1,300	-4.20%	49	$27	$20,209,660	125
-	(30)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$728	-18.48%	23	$32	$7,498,117	41
-	(31)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$345	-26.44%	6	$58	$531,038,469	188