The Top Movies of Tuesday, March 3, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(2)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$984,056	+11.44%	2,943	$334	$116,891,176	112
2	(1)	Madea Goes To Jail	Lionsgate	Comedy	$819,705	-15.70%	2,052	$399	$66,317,642	12
3	(3)	Taken	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$743,282	+2.29%	3,091	$240	$109,266,197	33
4	(4)	He's Just Not That Into You	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$517,351	+11.43%	2,858	$181	$79,642,942	26
5	(8)	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Walt Disney Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$399,789	+15.45%	2,534	$158	$34,552,124	19
6	(5)	Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience	Walt Disney Pictures	Concert/Performance	$364,389	-21.50%	1,271	$287	$13,338,971	5
7	(7)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$351,356	-3.75%	2,698	$130	$128,824,316	47
8	(6)	Coraline	Focus Features	Adventure	$322,648	-14.34%	2,092	$154	$61,812,070	26
9	(10)	Friday the 13th	Warner Bros.	Horror	$309,256	-0.66%	2,760	$112	$61,321,327	19
10	(11)	The International	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$298,811	+16.25%	2,031	$147	$21,910,955	19
11	(9)	Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li	20th Century Fox	Action	$287,511	-13.03%	1,136	$253	$5,339,192	5
12	(13)	The Reader	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$273,841	+19.64%	1,203	$228	$27,452,695	84
13	(12)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$238,237	+4.00%	1,750	$136	$139,099,460	82
14	(14)	Fired Up	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$195,584	-4.80%	1,811	$108	$10,439,805	12
15	(15)	The Pink Panther 2	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$185,947	-8.65%	1,879	$99	$32,997,628	26
16	(16)	Push	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$167,762	-2.53%	1,565	$107	$28,202,098	26
17	(18)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$147,076	+14.32%	829	$177	$30,280,436	98
18	(17)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$133,963	-3.03%	1,381	$97	$67,908,263	47
19	(19)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$122,477	+3.83%	776	$158	$23,752,538	77
20	(20)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$73,236	+8.85%	558	$131	$125,528,857	69
21	(21)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$61,883	+21.81%	448	$138	$190,221,999	103
22	(22)	Doubt	Miramax	Drama	$58,104	+16.11%	400	$145	$31,994,647	82
23	(23)	The Uninvited	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$50,750	+5.77%	735	$69	$27,121,772	33
-	(25)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$40,768	+9.17%	304	$134	$22,024,051	68
-	(24)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$38,937	+1.95%	51	$763	$2,470,793	19
-	(27)	New in Town	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$35,824	+21.07%	432	$83	$15,936,819	33
-	(26)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$34,650	+10.53%	330	$105	$17,957,416	89
-	(28)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$31,789	+13.76%	317	$100	$27,751,369	63
-	(29)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$29,202	+14.32%	289	$101	$82,686,161	69
-	(30)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$28,505	+16.17%	314	$91	$142,034,430	69
-	(33)	Inkheart	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$18,841	+36.71%	197	$96	$16,291,267	40
-	(31)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$18,099	+5.81%	181	$100	$13,971,520	69
-	(34)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$17,491	+26.95%	224	$78	$57,748,000	54
-	(35)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$14,905	+19.77%	248	$60	$50,846,100	75
-	(32)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$13,308	-5.00%	170	$78	$97,251,368	75
-	(37)	The Unborn	Universal	Horror	$8,305	+0.67%	150	$55	$42,654,720	54
-	(38)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$7,314	+0.65%	54	$135	$533,330,642	229
-	(36)	Crossing Over	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$5,931	-28.17%	9	$659	$91,558	5
-	(39)	My Bloody Valentine	Lionsgate	Horror	$5,703	-19.05%	92	$62	$51,484,049	47
-	(40)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$5,497	+6.99%	58	$95	$79,297,602	82
-	(41)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$4,145	+45.18%	64	$65	$49,493,698	98
-	(43)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$3,640	+39.84%	4	$910	$37,503,248	1,097
-	(42)	Notorious	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,610	-0.91%	41	$64	$36,800,008	47
-	(44)	Live Fast, Die Young	Riverrain	Drama	$512	+113.33%	1	$512	$16,374	131

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