The Top Movies of Thursday, January 29, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(2)	Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,096,977	+4.71%	2,942	$373	$25,584,474	7
2	(1)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,071,682	-7.50%	3,144	$341	$69,374,904	14
3	(3)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,046,139	+6.37%	3,045	$344	$101,946,712	49
4	(4)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$879,408	+7.77%	1,415	$621	$59,564,456	79
5	(5)	My Bloody Valentine	Lionsgate	Horror	$643,554	+5.84%	2,534	$254	$40,347,571	14
6	(7)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$489,309	+10.25%	2,621	$187	$50,366,587	21
7	(6)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$473,758	-16.37%	3,271	$145	$39,523,321	14
8	(8)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$445,517	+7.56%	2,263	$197	$112,929,015	36
9	(9)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$443,511	+7.53%	1,793	$247	$20,297,081	30
10	(10)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$409,565	+10.59%	1,058	$387	$13,379,704	35
11	(11)	Inkheart	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$339,414	-7.86%	2,655	$128	$9,091,531	7
12	(12)	Notorious	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$317,689	+0.42%	1,641	$194	$33,310,848	14
13	(13)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$290,605	+7.18%	571	$509	$10,738,718	44
14	(14)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$252,543	+14.85%	1,108	$228	$10,467,290	36
15	(16)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$230,685	+10.31%	1,099	$210	$12,912,696	56
16	(15)	The Unborn	Universal	Horror	$221,425	+4.97%	2,111	$105	$40,095,385	21
17	(17)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$187,308	+0.54%	2,036	$92	$138,832,813	36
-	(18)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$109,656	+27.65%	552	$199	$186,387,034	70
-	(19)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$92,815	+17.41%	250	$371	$21,983,542	65
-	(20)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$68,094	+9.51%	704	$97	$95,640,138	42
-	(21)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$52,872	-0.69%	350	$151	$531,919,903	196
-	(22)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$27,803	+9.54%	303	$92	$178,955,643	84
-	(23)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$27,396	+19.01%	241	$114	$48,782,749	65
-	(25)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$17,225	+0.88%	380	$45	$49,670,780	42
-	(24)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$14,212	-16.97%	310	$46	$119,989,213	65
-	(26)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$11,178	+6.13%	185	$60	$78,652,695	49
-	(27)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$7,325	-0.68%	147	$50	$67,294,270	84
-	(28)	Chandni Chowk To China	Warner Bros.	Musical	$4,985	+4.66%	130	$38	$895,176	14
-	(30)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$2,518	+41.62%	6	$420	$37,383,210	1,064
-	(29)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,451	+34.45%	39	$63	$37,712,926	105
-	(32)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$581	+66.00%	2	$291	$95,922	91
-	(31)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$267	-37.03%	16	$17	$7,503,736	49

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