The Top Movies of Wednesday, January 28, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(3)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,158,610	+7.17%	3,144	$369	$68,303,222	13
2	(1)	Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,047,617	-14.78%	2,942	$356	$24,487,497	6
3	(2)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$983,451	-9.42%	3,045	$323	$100,900,573	48
4	(4)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$816,003	-13.66%	1,415	$577	$58,685,048	78
5	(5)	My Bloody Valentine	Lionsgate	Horror	$608,061	-10.93%	2,534	$240	$39,704,017	13
6	(9)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$566,500	+26.48%	3,271	$173	$39,049,563	13
7	(8)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$443,814	-2.52%	2,621	$169	$49,877,278	20
8	(6)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$414,191	-15.52%	2,263	$183	$112,483,498	35
9	(7)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$412,464	-11.33%	1,793	$230	$19,853,570	29
10	(10)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$370,354	-14.79%	1,058	$350	$12,970,139	34
11	(11)	Inkheart	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$368,355	-2.83%	2,655	$139	$8,752,117	6
12	(12)	Notorious	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$316,363	-15.62%	1,641	$193	$32,993,159	13
13	(13)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$271,139	-14.79%	571	$475	$10,448,113	43
14	(14)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$219,893	-14.33%	1,108	$198	$10,214,747	35
15	(16)	The Unborn	Universal	Horror	$210,945	-0.18%	2,111	$100	$39,873,960	20
16	(15)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$209,125	-13.51%	1,099	$190	$12,682,011	55
17	(17)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$186,311	+2.87%	2,036	$92	$138,645,505	35
-	(19)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$85,901	+0.67%	552	$156	$186,277,378	69
-	(18)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$79,054	-14.36%	250	$316	$21,890,727	64
-	(20)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$62,183	-4.38%	704	$88	$95,572,044	41
-	(21)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$53,238	-5.00%	350	$152	$531,867,031	195
-	(23)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$25,381	+12.18%	303	$84	$178,927,840	83
-	(22)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$23,019	-5.91%	241	$96	$48,755,353	64
-	(24)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$17,117	+3.00%	310	$55	$119,975,001	64
-	(25)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$17,075	+11.49%	380	$45	$49,653,555	41
-	(26)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$10,532	-5.08%	185	$57	$78,641,517	48
-	(28)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$7,375	+10.82%	147	$50	$67,286,945	83
-	(27)	Chandni Chowk To China	Warner Bros.	Musical	$4,763	-51.87%	130	$37	$890,191	13
-	(29)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,823	-11.42%	39	$47	$37,710,475	104
-	(30)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$1,778	+3.49%	6	$296	$37,380,692	1,063
-	(32)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$424	+19.77%	16	$27	$7,503,469	48
-	(31)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$350	-9.33%	2	$175	$95,341	90

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