The Top Movies of Friday, February 20, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Madea Goes To Jail	Lionsgate	Comedy	$14,748,012		2,032	$7,258	$14,748,012	1
2	(2)	Taken	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$3,456,405	+224.65%	3,102	$1,114	$87,209,304	22
3	(1)	He's Just Not That Into You	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$2,932,849	+134.40%	3,050	$962	$64,475,525	15
4	(3)	Friday the 13th	Warner Bros.	Horror	$2,802,977	+163.61%	3,105	$903	$49,980,168	8
5	(4)	Coraline	Focus Features	Adventure	$2,689,387	+157.51%	2,155	$1,248	$45,024,106	15
6	(5)	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Walt Disney Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$2,326,573	+155.89%	2,507	$928	$22,961,844	8
7	(new)	Fired Up	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,275,543		1,810	$1,257	$2,275,543	1
8	(7)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,090,988	+220.30%	2,244	$932	$92,060,703	101
9	(6)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,857,521	+182.06%	2,835	$655	$116,237,074	36
10	(8)	The International	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,343,946	+138.58%	2,364	$569	$13,911,230	8
11	(9)	The Pink Panther 2	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,025,520	+106.04%	2,658	$386	$26,699,126	15
12	(11)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,002,767	+146.97%	2,030	$494	$131,799,212	71
13	(10)	Push	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$936,045	+122.96%	1,882	$497	$22,568,861	15
14	(13)	The Reader	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$780,413	+197.46%	962	$811	$21,149,239	73
15	(12)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$510,932	+43.24%	1,716	$298	$63,721,023	36
16	(14)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$489,997	+137.16%	620	$790	$20,217,050	66
17	(15)	The Uninvited	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$441,758	+156.57%	1,257	$351	$25,139,686	22
18	(17)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$307,845	+119.47%	754	$408	$123,286,934	58
19	(18)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$254,589	+137.78%	411	$619	$27,308,080	87
20	(16)	Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans	Sony Pictures	Action	$220,051	+40.62%	676	$326	$44,505,379	29
21	(21)	Doubt	Miramax	Drama	$194,320	+132.62%	402	$483	$30,609,787	71
-	(19)	New in Town	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$163,349	+54.57%	505	$323	$14,959,981	22
-	(20)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$156,034	+49.37%	350	$446	$20,986,846	57
-	(23)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$143,813	+99.81%	406	$354	$189,097,776	92
-	(25)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$142,875	+129.96%	381	$375	$16,875,881	78
-	(26)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$127,991	+112.34%	567	$226	$26,820,579	52
-	(24)	My Bloody Valentine	Lionsgate	Horror	$121,375	+71.99%	355	$342	$51,025,986	36
-	(22)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$120,266	+60.70%	50	$2,405	$1,271,231	8
-	(29)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$90,778	+225.80%	304	$299	$141,315,652	58
-	(28)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$61,573	+85.77%	240	$257	$57,350,351	43
-	(30)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$52,209	+109.23%	222	$235	$96,897,901	64
-	(27)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$47,086	+31.07%	161	$292	$13,584,865	58
-	(31)	Inkheart	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$39,568	+70.49%	211	$188	$15,899,207	29
-	(39)	The Unborn	Universal	Horror	$37,410	+369.68%	174	$215	$42,410,920	43
-	(32)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$29,835	+80.00%	221	$135	$50,553,315	64
-	(35)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$25,249	+110.57%	55	$459	$533,115,511	218
-	(36)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$22,973	+107.26%	151	$152	$179,908,124	106
-	(34)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$20,534	+37.83%	115	$179	$82,324,781	58
-	(37)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$18,515	+73.41%	93	$199	$49,382,514	87
-	(33)	Notorious	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$16,537	+10.79%	67	$247	$36,713,954	36
-	(38)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$14,019	+64.04%	72	$195	$79,174,894	71
-	(40)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$2,874	+12.84%	4	$719	$37,446,759	1,086
-	(42)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$215	+207.14%	1	$215	$819,487	183
-	(41)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$146	-79.66%	2	$73	$117,744	113

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