The Top Movies of Saturday, February 21, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Madea Goes To Jail	Lionsgate	Comedy	$16,618,089	+12.68%	2,032	$8,178	$31,366,101	2
2	(2)	Taken	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$5,178,265	+49.82%	3,102	$1,669	$92,387,569	23
3	(5)	Coraline	Focus Features	Adventure	$4,958,754	+84.38%	2,155	$2,301	$49,982,860	16
4	(8)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$3,957,479	+89.26%	2,244	$1,764	$96,018,182	102
5	(3)	He's Just Not That Into You	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$3,747,785	+27.79%	3,050	$1,229	$68,223,310	16
6	(4)	Friday the 13th	Warner Bros.	Horror	$3,335,650	+19.00%	3,105	$1,074	$53,315,818	9
7	(9)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$3,132,266	+68.63%	2,835	$1,105	$119,369,340	37
8	(6)	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Walt Disney Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$2,914,016	+25.25%	2,507	$1,162	$25,875,860	9
9	(7)	Fired Up	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,245,298	-1.33%	1,810	$1,240	$4,520,841	2
10	(10)	The International	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$2,005,101	+49.20%	2,364	$848	$15,916,331	9
11	(12)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,751,401	+74.66%	2,030	$863	$133,550,613	72
12	(11)	The Pink Panther 2	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,696,842	+65.46%	2,658	$638	$28,395,968	16
13	(13)	Push	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$1,356,833	+44.95%	1,882	$721	$23,925,694	16
14	(14)	The Reader	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$1,314,318	+68.41%	962	$1,366	$22,463,557	74
15	(15)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,042,470	+104.03%	1,716	$608	$64,763,493	37
16	(16)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$880,672	+79.73%	620	$1,420	$21,097,722	67
17	(18)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$639,937	+107.88%	754	$849	$123,926,871	59
18	(17)	The Uninvited	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$585,061	+32.44%	1,257	$465	$25,724,747	23
19	(19)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$583,528	+129.20%	411	$1,420	$27,891,608	88
20	(25)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$388,785	+172.12%	381	$1,020	$17,264,666	79
21	(21)	Doubt	Miramax	Drama	$342,531	+76.27%	402	$852	$30,952,318	72
22	(20)	Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans	Sony Pictures	Action	$334,800	+52.15%	676	$495	$44,840,179	30
-	(23)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$269,921	+72.99%	350	$771	$21,256,767	58
-	(28)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$233,943	+94.52%	50	$4,679	$1,505,174	9
-	(26)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$231,116	+80.57%	567	$408	$27,051,695	53
-	(22)	New in Town	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$223,399	+36.76%	505	$442	$15,183,380	23
-	(24)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$211,543	+47.10%	406	$521	$189,309,319	93
-	(27)	My Bloody Valentine	Lionsgate	Horror	$170,011	+40.07%	355	$479	$51,195,997	37
-	(29)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$145,290	+60.05%	304	$478	$141,460,942	59
-	(30)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$85,944	+39.58%	240	$358	$57,436,295	44
-	(33)	Inkheart	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$79,342	+100.52%	211	$376	$15,978,549	30
-	(31)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$77,176	+47.82%	222	$348	$96,975,077	65
-	(32)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$75,146	+59.59%	161	$467	$13,660,011	59
-	(35)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$58,565	+96.30%	221	$265	$50,611,880	65
-	(34)	The Unborn	Universal	Horror	$53,940	+44.19%	174	$310	$42,464,860	44
-	(36)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$49,041	+94.23%	55	$892	$533,164,552	219
-	(37)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$44,981	+95.80%	151	$298	$179,953,105	107
-	(38)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$29,433	+43.34%	115	$256	$82,354,214	59
-	(39)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$25,760	+39.13%	93	$277	$49,408,274	88
-	(41)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$24,272	+73.14%	72	$337	$79,199,166	72
-	(40)	Notorious	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$21,620	+30.74%	67	$323	$36,735,574	37
-	(42)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$5,193	+80.69%	4	$1,298	$37,451,952	1,087
-	(44)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$445	+205.50%	2	$222	$118,188	114
-	(43)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$194	-9.77%	1	$194	$819,681	184

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