The Top Movies of Saturday, January 24, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(2)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$10,066,149	+79.36%	3,144	$3,202	$58,978,523	9
2	(1)	Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans	Sony Pictures	Action	$7,834,114	-2.42%	2,942	$2,663	$15,862,408	2
3	(3)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$7,464,756	+74.15%	3,045	$2,451	$93,326,771	44
4	(6)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$6,168,580	+142.41%	3,271	$1,886	$33,308,067	9
5	(5)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$4,792,950	+73.72%	1,415	$3,387	$52,917,543	74
6	(4)	My Bloody Valentine	Lionsgate	Horror	$4,323,664	+38.49%	2,534	$1,706	$35,120,375	9
7	(8)	Inkheart	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$3,401,516	+61.71%	2,655	$1,281	$5,504,983	2
8	(7)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$3,119,199	+45.63%	2,621	$1,190	$46,963,315	16
9	(10)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$2,716,623	+63.21%	2,263	$1,200	$109,424,729	31
10	(12)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$2,526,850	+66.44%	1,793	$1,409	$16,942,819	25
11	(9)	Notorious	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,485,463	+40.15%	1,641	$1,515	$30,353,719	9
12	(11)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$2,249,443	+47.43%	1,058	$2,126	$10,374,081	30
13	(13)	The Unborn	Universal	Horror	$2,026,560	+37.14%	2,111	$960	$38,374,420	16
14	(14)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,646,459	+65.01%	571	$2,883	$8,456,229	39
15	(17)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,395,813	+83.88%	2,036	$686	$137,215,089	31
16	(16)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$1,357,265	+66.89%	1,099	$1,235	$11,154,086	51
17	(15)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$1,288,674	+57.94%	1,108	$1,163	$8,769,295	31
-	(18)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$428,706	+56.40%	552	$777	$185,751,861	65
-	(20)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$399,546	+84.47%	250	$1,598	$21,368,772	60
-	(19)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$364,846	+48.70%	704	$518	$95,190,665	37
-	(21)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$297,384	+53.02%	350	$850	$531,531,139	191
-	(22)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$263,329	+153.55%	303	$869	$178,711,436	79
-	(25)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$130,990	+129.99%	380	$345	$49,503,470	37
-	(24)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$94,203	+49.34%	241	$391	$48,633,730	60
-	(23)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$89,335	+38.18%	310	$288	$119,869,606	60
-	(26)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$63,092	+71.54%	185	$341	$78,570,732	44
-	(27)	Chandni Chowk to China	Warner Bros.	Musical	$59,696	+87.40%	130	$459	$835,770	9
-	(28)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$33,075	+45.16%	147	$225	$67,246,455	79
-	(32)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$4,000	+338.12%	6	$667	$37,371,314	1,059
-	(30)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$1,616	+44.54%	2	$808	$92,627	86
-	(31)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$1,389	+28.02%	16	$87	$7,501,432	44
-	(33)	Made in Jamaica	ArtMattan Productions	Documentary	$82	+82.22%	1	$82	$127	2

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