The Top Movies of Tuesday, January 27, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,229,263	-11.06%	2,942	$418	$23,439,880	5
2	(3)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,085,723	+7.35%	3,045	$357	$99,917,122	47
3	(2)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,081,117	-5.17%	3,144	$344	$67,144,612	12
4	(4)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$945,157	+10.08%	1,415	$668	$57,869,045	77
5	(5)	My Bloody Valentine	Lionsgate	Horror	$682,711	-5.94%	2,534	$269	$39,095,956	12
6	(7)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$490,301	+9.07%	2,263	$217	$112,069,307	34
7	(9)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$465,142	+13.06%	1,793	$259	$19,441,106	28
8	(10)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$455,278	+11.79%	2,621	$174	$49,433,464	19
9	(6)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$447,883	-22.70%	3,271	$137	$38,483,063	12
10	(12)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$434,639	+14.05%	1,058	$411	$12,599,785	33
11	(11)	Inkheart	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$379,093	-6.00%	2,655	$143	$8,383,762	5
12	(8)	Notorious	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$374,937	-12.26%	1,641	$228	$32,676,796	12
13	(13)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$318,195	+5.65%	571	$557	$10,176,974	42
14	(16)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$256,671	+23.28%	1,108	$232	$9,994,854	34
15	(14)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$241,780	+7.32%	1,099	$220	$12,472,886	54
16	(15)	The Unborn	Universal	Horror	$211,335	-4.66%	2,111	$100	$39,663,015	19
17	(17)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$181,116	-2.58%	2,036	$89	$138,459,194	34
-	(18)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$92,312	+12.56%	250	$369	$21,811,673	63
-	(19)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$85,326	+8.71%	552	$155	$186,191,477	68
-	(20)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$65,028	+6.00%	704	$92	$95,509,861	40
-	(21)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$56,039	+10.00%	350	$160	$531,813,793	194
-	(23)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$24,464	+20.69%	241	$102	$48,732,334	63
-	(22)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$22,626	-13.44%	303	$75	$178,902,459	82
-	(25)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$16,619	-2.00%	310	$54	$119,957,884	63
-	(24)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$15,315	-10.44%	380	$40	$49,636,480	40
-	(26)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$11,096	+2.68%	185	$60	$78,630,985	47
-	(28)	Chandni Chowk To China	Warner Bros.	Musical	$9,896	+67.13%	130	$76	$885,428	12
-	(27)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$6,655	+0.60%	147	$45	$67,279,570	82
-	(30)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,058	+3.16%	39	$53	$37,708,652	103
-	(29)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$1,718	-55.90%	6	$286	$37,378,914	1,062
-	(31)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$386	+7.52%	2	$193	$94,991	89
-	(32)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$354	+35.11%	16	$22	$7,503,045	47

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