The Top Movies of Thursday, January 22, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,737,944	+5.07%	2,972	$585	$81,575,513	42
2	(2)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,278,694	+6.95%	3,144	$407	$43,300,198	7
3	(3)	My Bloody Valentine	Lionsgate	Horror	$1,147,784	+4.44%	2,534	$453	$27,674,736	7
4	(4)	Notorious	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$787,247	-6.60%	1,638	$481	$26,094,846	7
5	(6)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$700,927	+15.34%	3,228	$217	$41,702,264	14
6	(5)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$680,926	+0.72%	1,789	$381	$12,897,759	23
7	(9)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$654,713	+59.97%	2,223	$295	$105,043,563	29
8	(8)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$653,817	+38.31%	582	$1,123	$45,365,616	72
9	(7)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$523,862	+3.90%	3,271	$160	$24,594,815	7
10	(11)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$381,866	+3.99%	2,952	$129	$135,060,196	29
11	(10)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$381,664	-0.63%	1,054	$362	$6,664,678	29
12	(12)	The Unborn	Universal	Horror	$353,850	+3.45%	2,359	$150	$34,870,160	14
13	(14)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$187,152	+11.12%	1,704	$110	$94,580,467	35
14	(13)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$186,456	+9.94%	171	$1,090	$6,598,903	28
-	(16)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$177,897	+24.03%	904	$197	$185,049,042	63
-	(15)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$173,022	+15.27%	144	$1,202	$5,811,967	37
-	(18)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$97,234	+51.00%	223	$436	$20,752,634	58
-	(17)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$94,860	+40.91%	153	$620	$8,983,561	49
-	(19)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$47,850	+10.70%	870	$55	$49,315,525	35
-	(21)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$35,816	+15.21%	287	$125	$48,476,446	58
-	(20)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Action	$31,895	-6.21%	311	$103	$78,470,861	42
-	(22)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$30,020	+10.19%	334	$90	$178,344,251	77
-	(23)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$18,220	-14.00%	362	$50	$119,715,618	58
-	(24)	Chandni Chowk to China	Warner Bros.	Musical	$14,210	-9.29%	130	$109	$744,219	7
-	(25)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$10,335	+10.53%	187	$55	$67,190,595	77
-	(26)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$7,264	+2.18%	58	$125	$37,685,317	98
-	(28)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$1,734	+33.38%	49	$35	$20,211,394	126
-	(27)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$1,036	-22.57%	6	$173	$37,366,401	1,057
-	(30)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$943	+173.33%	6	$157	$531,039,412	189
-	(29)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$841	+15.52%	23	$37	$7,498,958	42