The Top Movies of Friday, January 23, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans	Sony Pictures	Action	$8,028,294		2,942	$2,729	$8,028,294	1
2	(2)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$5,612,176	+338.90%	3,144	$1,785	$48,912,374	8
3	(1)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$4,286,502	+146.64%	3,045	$1,408	$85,862,015	43
4	(3)	My Bloody Valentine	Lionsgate	Horror	$3,121,975	+172.00%	2,534	$1,232	$30,796,711	8
5	(8)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,758,977	+321.98%	1,415	$1,950	$48,124,593	73
6	(9)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$2,544,672	+385.75%	3,271	$778	$27,139,487	8
7	(5)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$2,141,852	+205.57%	2,621	$817	$43,844,116	15
8	(new)	Inkheart	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$2,103,467		2,655	$792	$2,103,467	1
9	(4)	Notorious	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,773,410	+125.27%	1,641	$1,081	$27,868,256	8
10	(7)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,664,543	+154.24%	2,263	$736	$106,708,106	30
11	(14)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$1,525,735	+718.28%	1,058	$1,442	$8,124,638	29
12	(6)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$1,518,210	+122.96%	1,793	$847	$14,415,969	24
13	(12)	The Unborn	Universal	Horror	$1,477,700	+317.61%	2,111	$700	$36,347,860	15
-	(16)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$997,803	+476.69%	571	$1,747	$6,809,770	38
-	(11)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$815,943	+113.79%	1,108	$736	$7,480,621	30
-	(18)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$813,260	+757.33%	1,099	$740	$9,796,821	50
-	(10)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$759,080	+98.78%	2,036	$373	$135,819,276	30
-	(15)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$274,113	+54.09%	552	$497	$185,323,155	64
-	(13)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$245,352	+31.10%	704	$349	$94,825,819	36
-	(17)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$216,592	+122.75%	250	$866	$20,969,226	59
-	(29)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$194,343	+20,509.01%	350	$555	$531,233,755	190
-	(22)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$103,856	+245.96%	303	$343	$178,448,107	78
-	(23)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$64,653	+254.85%	310	$209	$119,780,271	59
-	(20)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$63,081	+76.13%	241	$262	$48,539,527	59
-	(19)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$56,955	+19.03%	380	$150	$49,372,480	36
-	(21)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$36,779	+15.31%	185	$199	$78,507,640	43
-	(24)	Chandni Chowk to China	Warner Bros.	Musical	$31,855	+124.17%	130	$245	$776,074	8
-	(25)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$22,785	+120.46%	147	$155	$67,213,380	78
-	(26)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$5,506	-24.20%	39	$141	$37,690,823	99
-	(31)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$1,118	+2,136.00%	2	$559	$91,011	85
-	(30)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$1,085	+29.01%	16	$68	$7,500,043	43
-	(28)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$913	-11.87%	6	$152	$37,367,314	1,058
-	(new)	Made in Jamaica	ArtMattan Productions	Documentary	$45		1	$45	$45	1

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