The Top Movies of Wednesday, February 4, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Taken	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$1,965,989	-8.22%	3,183	$618	$31,047,854	6
2	(2)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$721,257	-2.26%	1,633	$442	$69,280,051	85
3	(3)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$701,320	-0.81%	3,015	$233	$112,285,742	55
4	(4)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$665,107	-3.13%	3,206	$207	$85,304,656	20
5	(5)	Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans	Sony Pictures	Action	$596,957	-9.86%	2,942	$203	$35,157,990	13
6	(6)	New in Town	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$472,201	-2.96%	1,941	$243	$8,149,918	6
7	(7)	The Uninvited	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$371,550	-10.53%	2,344	$159	$11,568,659	6
8	(8)	My Bloody Valentine	Lionsgate	Horror	$347,920	-7.98%	1,406	$247	$45,962,169	20
9	(9)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$331,921	+10.59%	3,160	$105	$49,099,232	20
10	(10)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$291,279	-2.21%	2,126	$137	$117,338,707	42
11	(11)	The Reader	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$287,287	+3.11%	1,002	$287	$13,461,397	57
12	(13)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$262,255	+2.03%	1,077	$244	$16,804,415	41
13	(12)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$243,676	-5.31%	1,662	$147	$23,540,572	36
14	(14)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$225,006	-2.23%	722	$312	$13,728,369	50
15	(15)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$219,170	+2.04%	1,985	$110	$54,517,880	27
16	(16)	Inkheart	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$203,145	-3.75%	2,655	$77	$13,435,594	13
17	(17)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$166,959	-2.18%	882	$189	$23,953,682	71
18	(19)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$143,405	+4.20%	1,105	$130	$14,724,351	62
19	(20)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$137,644	+7.46%	893	$154	$12,077,674	42
-	(18)	Notorious	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$133,530	-6.98%	1,080	$124	$35,457,605	20
-	(22)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$76,374	+8.43%	1,021	$75	$140,013,083	42
-	(21)	The Unborn	Universal	Horror	$71,995	+0.94%	1,308	$55	$41,540,165	27
-	(23)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$62,474	-3.85%	413	$151	$187,194,170	76
-	(24)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$29,875	-1.03%	211	$142	$532,448,983	202
-	(25)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$25,244	-2.45%	297	$85	$49,027,107	71
-	(26)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$21,024	-10.52%	277	$76	$95,911,185	48
-	(27)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$18,922	+1.43%	275	$69	$179,339,372	90
-	(29)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$12,625	-9.21%	312	$40	$49,938,965	48
-	(28)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$12,504	-13.67%	201	$62	$78,820,181	55
-	(30)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$7,349	-1.00%	183	$40	$120,095,395	71
-	(32)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,238	-12.69%	18	$69	$37,726,878	111
-	(31)	Chandni Chowk To China	Warner Bros.	Musical	$1,189	-16.21%	25	$48	$916,214	20
-	(35)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$1,183	+44.44%	2	$592	$105,635	97
-	(33)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$854	-20.63%	6	$142	$37,405,896	1,070
-	(34)	Between Love & Goodbye	Embrem Entertainment	Drama	$459	-50.43%	1	$459	$8,466	6

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