The Top Movies of Thursday, February 5, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Taken	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$2,015,744	+2.53%	3,183	$633	$33,063,598	7
2	(3)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$754,116	+7.53%	3,015	$250	$113,039,858	56
3	(2)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$745,734	+3.39%	1,633	$457	$70,025,785	86
4	(4)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$697,206	+4.83%	3,206	$217	$86,001,862	21
5	(5)	Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans	Sony Pictures	Action	$600,549	+0.60%	2,942	$204	$35,758,539	14
6	(6)	New in Town	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$478,373	+1.31%	1,941	$246	$8,628,291	7
7	(7)	The Uninvited	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$410,831	+10.57%	2,344	$175	$11,979,490	7
8	(8)	My Bloody Valentine	Lionsgate	Horror	$363,385	+4.44%	1,406	$258	$46,325,554	21
9	(9)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$314,601	-5.22%	3,160	$100	$49,413,833	21
10	(10)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$309,390	+6.22%	2,126	$146	$117,648,097	43
11	(11)	The Reader	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$296,184	+3.10%	1,002	$296	$13,757,581	58
12	(12)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$263,634	+0.53%	1,077	$245	$17,068,049	42
13	(13)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$263,073	+7.96%	1,662	$158	$23,803,645	37
14	(14)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$234,864	+4.38%	722	$325	$13,963,233	51
15	(15)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$226,440	+3.32%	1,985	$114	$54,744,320	28
16	(16)	Inkheart	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$218,483	+7.55%	2,655	$82	$13,654,077	14
17	(17)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$178,928	+7.17%	882	$203	$24,132,610	72
18	(18)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$154,775	+7.93%	1,105	$140	$14,879,126	63
19	(19)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$142,158	+3.28%	893	$159	$12,219,832	43
-	(20)	Notorious	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$128,433	-3.82%	1,080	$119	$35,586,038	21
-	(21)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$80,559	+5.48%	1,021	$79	$140,093,642	43
-	(23)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$73,862	+18.23%	413	$179	$187,268,032	77
-	(22)	The Unborn	Universal	Horror	$71,895	-0.14%	1,308	$55	$41,612,060	28
-	(24)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$29,158	-2.40%	211	$138	$532,478,141	203
-	(25)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$27,391	+8.50%	297	$92	$49,054,498	72
-	(26)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$23,279	+10.73%	277	$84	$95,934,464	49
-	(27)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$19,930	+5.33%	275	$72	$179,359,302	91
-	(28)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$14,005	+10.93%	312	$45	$49,952,970	49
-	(29)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$12,732	+1.82%	201	$63	$78,832,913	56
-	(30)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$7,496	+2.00%	183	$41	$120,102,891	72
-	(31)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,243	+0.40%	18	$69	$37,728,121	112
-	(32)	Chandni Chowk To China	Warner Bros.	Musical	$1,199	+0.84%	25	$48	$917,413	21
-	(33)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$1,075	-9.13%	2	$538	$106,710	98
-	(34)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$986	+15.46%	6	$164	$37,406,882	1,071
-	(35)	Between Love & Goodbye	Embrem Entertainment	Drama	$545	+18.74%	1	$545	$9,011	7

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