The Top Movies of Friday, January 30, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Taken	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$9,417,370		3,183	$2,959	$9,417,370	1
2	(new)	The Uninvited	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$4,350,350		2,344	$1,856	$4,350,350	1
3	(2)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$4,085,226	+281.20%	3,206	$1,274	$73,460,130	15
4	(3)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,607,774	+149.28%	3,015	$865	$104,554,486	50
5	(1)	Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans	Sony Pictures	Action	$2,515,226	+129.29%	2,942	$855	$28,099,700	8
6	(new)	New in Town	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$2,436,915		1,941	$1,255	$2,436,915	1
7	(4)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,319,496	+163.76%	1,635	$1,419	$61,883,952	80
8	(7)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,937,509	+308.97%	3,160	$613	$41,460,830	15
9	(5)	My Bloody Valentine	Lionsgate	Horror	$1,523,837	+136.78%	1,406	$1,084	$41,871,408	15
10	(6)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,178,605	+140.87%	1,985	$594	$51,545,192	22
11	(8)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,115,291	+150.34%	2,126	$525	$114,044,306	37
12	(11)	Inkheart	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,009,470	+197.42%	2,655	$380	$10,101,001	8
13	(10)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$840,254	+105.16%	1,077	$780	$14,219,958	36
14	(9)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$767,533	+73.06%	1,662	$462	$21,064,614	31
15	(13)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$721,050	+148.12%	721	$1,000	$11,459,768	45
-	(12)	Notorious	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$584,694	+84.05%	1,080	$541	$33,895,542	15
-	(16)	The Unborn	Universal	Horror	$438,180	+97.89%	1,308	$335	$40,533,565	22
-	(15)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$420,050	+82.09%	1,105	$380	$13,332,746	57
-	(19)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$418,689	+351.10%	882	$475	$22,402,231	66
-	(14)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$370,767	+46.81%	893	$415	$10,838,057	37
-	(17)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$271,060	+44.71%	1,022	$265	$139,103,873	37
-	(18)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$194,122	+77.03%	413	$470	$186,581,156	71
-	(21)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$122,807	+132.27%	211	$582	$532,042,710	197
-	(22)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$85,367	+207.04%	275	$310	$179,041,010	85
-	(20)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$72,031	+5.78%	277	$260	$95,712,169	43
-	(24)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$59,150	+243.40%	312	$190	$49,729,930	43
-	(23)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$56,360	+105.72%	297	$190	$48,839,109	66
-	(26)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$38,836	+247.43%	201	$193	$78,691,531	50
-	(25)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$27,419	+92.93%	183	$150	$120,016,632	66
-	(28)	Chandni Chowk to China	Warner Bros.	Musical	$4,337	-13.00%	25	$173	$899,513	15
-	(29)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$3,978	+57.98%	6	$663	$37,387,188	1,065
-	(new)	Between Love & Goodbye	Embrem Entertainment	Drama	$3,814		1	$3,814	$3,814	1
-	(30)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$3,015	+23.01%	18	$168	$37,715,941	106
-	(31)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$2,478	+326.51%	2	$1,239	$98,400	92

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