The Top Movies of Tuesday, February 24, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Madea Goes To Jail	Lionsgate	Comedy	$1,975,834	-19.78%	2,032	$972	$45,469,804	5
2	(2)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,281,205	+6.49%	2,244	$571	$100,838,744	105
3	(3)	Taken	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$767,559	+4.58%	3,102	$247	$96,535,658	26
4	(4)	He's Just Not That Into You	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$674,115	+13.64%	3,050	$221	$71,368,217	19
5	(5)	Coraline	Focus Features	Adventure	$524,689	-7.12%	2,155	$243	$54,856,430	19
6	(6)	Friday the 13th	Warner Bros.	Horror	$501,466	-5.79%	3,105	$162	$56,153,390	12
7	(7)	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Walt Disney Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$501,298	+23.08%	2,507	$200	$28,286,642	12
8	(8)	The International	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$407,234	+15.63%	2,364	$172	$17,790,616	12
9	(9)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$343,201	+3.64%	2,835	$121	$121,875,275	40
10	(11)	The Reader	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$301,486	+9.51%	962	$313	$23,660,377	77
11	(10)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$286,108	+3.28%	2,030	$141	$135,035,879	75
12	(13)	Fired Up	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$228,043	+2.35%	1,810	$126	$5,934,630	5
13	(12)	Push	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$223,045	-2.74%	1,882	$119	$25,204,841	19
14	(14)	The Pink Panther 2	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$187,742	+9.55%	2,658	$71	$29,835,009	19
15	(15)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$145,481	+0.42%	620	$235	$21,868,726	70
16	(17)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$103,515	-3.30%	411	$252	$28,330,784	91
17	(16)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$102,781	-4.84%	1,716	$60	$65,746,261	40
18	(18)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$101,065	-1.14%	754	$134	$124,414,903	62
19	(19)	The Uninvited	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$74,747	-2.38%	1,257	$59	$26,141,377	26
20	(20)	Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans	Sony Pictures	Action	$70,401	-3.13%	676	$104	$45,207,226	33
21	(21)	Doubt	Miramax	Drama	$69,103	+12.84%	402	$172	$31,257,172	75
22	(23)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$53,214	+21.29%	350	$152	$21,473,932	61
-	(22)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$52,907	+12.64%	567	$93	$27,276,598	56
-	(25)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$46,314	+7.59%	406	$114	$189,533,006	96
-	(26)	New in Town	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$44,900	+19.84%	505	$89	$15,382,172	26
-	(24)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$42,415	-1.60%	50	$848	$1,786,205	12
-	(27)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$36,480	+0.79%	381	$96	$17,459,261	82
-	(28)	My Bloody Valentine	Lionsgate	Horror	$30,182	-8.12%	355	$85	$51,353,674	40
-	(29)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$24,343	+8.56%	304	$80	$141,592,627	62
-	(30)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$19,695	+15.98%	161	$122	$13,731,534	62
-	(31)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$15,475	+10.17%	240	$64	$57,515,516	47
-	(32)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$14,230	+6.00%	222	$64	$97,049,024	68
-	(33)	Inkheart	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$13,283	+15.65%	211	$63	$16,058,823	33
-	(36)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$9,477	+22.85%	115	$82	$82,387,823	62
-	(39)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$8,149	+33.04%	93	$88	$49,435,123	91
-	(34)	The Unborn	Universal	Horror	$7,910	-9.86%	174	$45	$42,513,735	47
-	(37)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$7,665	+15.61%	221	$35	$50,668,170	68
-	(40)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$6,935	+15.37%	151	$46	$179,995,914	110
-	(41)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$5,946	+15.50%	72	$83	$79,226,631	75
-	(38)	Notorious	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$5,833	-7.04%	67	$87	$36,760,284	40
-	(35)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$5,684	-27.75%	55	$103	$533,197,770	222
-	(42)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$2,382	-6.18%	4	$596	$37,461,354	1,090
-	(43)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$196	+42.03%	1	$196	$820,359	187
-	(44)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$150	+157.51%	2	$75	$118,515	117

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