The Top Movies of Wednesday, March 4, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$827,626	-15.90%	2,943	$281	$117,718,802	113
2	(2)	Madea Goes To Jail	Lionsgate	Comedy	$700,774	-14.51%	2,052	$342	$67,018,416	13
3	(3)	Taken	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$666,657	-10.31%	3,091	$216	$109,932,854	34
4	(4)	He's Just Not That Into You	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$488,277	-5.62%	2,858	$171	$80,131,219	27
5	(5)	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Walt Disney Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$338,842	-15.24%	2,534	$134	$34,890,966	20
6	(6)	Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience	Walt Disney Pictures	Concert/Performance	$335,041	-8.05%	1,271	$264	$13,674,012	6
7	(7)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$308,851	-12.10%	2,698	$114	$129,133,167	48
8	(8)	Coraline	Focus Features	Adventure	$287,222	-10.98%	2,092	$137	$62,099,292	27
9	(9)	Friday the 13th	Warner Bros.	Horror	$268,462	-13.19%	2,760	$97	$61,589,789	20
10	(10)	The International	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$258,325	-13.55%	2,031	$127	$22,169,280	20
11	(12)	The Reader	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$248,271	-9.34%	1,203	$206	$27,700,966	85
12	(13)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$239,379	+0.48%	1,750	$137	$139,338,839	83
13	(11)	Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li	20th Century Fox	Action	$230,329	-19.89%	1,136	$203	$5,569,521	6
14	(14)	Fired Up	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$157,552	-19.45%	1,811	$87	$10,597,357	13
15	(16)	Push	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$156,923	-6.46%	1,565	$100	$28,359,021	27
16	(15)	The Pink Panther 2	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$154,493	-16.92%	1,879	$82	$33,152,121	27
17	(17)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$127,951	-13.00%	829	$154	$30,408,387	99
18	(18)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$115,531	-13.76%	1,381	$84	$68,023,794	48
19	(19)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$112,779	-7.92%	776	$145	$23,865,317	78
20	(20)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$67,243	-8.18%	558	$121	$125,596,100	70
21	(21)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$57,573	-6.96%	448	$129	$190,279,572	104
22	(22)	Doubt	Miramax	Drama	$55,730	-4.09%	400	$139	$32,050,377	83
23	(23)	The Uninvited	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$45,703	-9.94%	735	$62	$27,167,475	34
-	(25)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$41,297	+6.06%	51	$810	$2,512,090	20
-	(24)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$39,712	-2.59%	304	$131	$22,063,763	69
-	(26)	New in Town	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$31,781	-11.29%	432	$74	$15,968,600	34
-	(27)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$31,485	-9.13%	330	$95	$17,988,901	90
-	(28)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$29,533	-7.10%	317	$93	$27,780,902	64
-	(30)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$25,916	-9.08%	314	$83	$142,060,346	70
-	(29)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$25,383	-13.08%	289	$88	$82,711,544	70
-	(32)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$19,572	+8.14%	181	$108	$13,991,092	70
-	(31)	Inkheart	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$16,015	-15.00%	197	$81	$16,307,282	41
-	(34)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$14,845	-0.40%	248	$60	$50,860,945	76
-	(33)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$14,512	-17.03%	224	$65	$57,762,512	55
-	(35)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$13,195	-0.85%	170	$78	$97,264,563	76
-	(36)	The Unborn	Universal	Horror	$7,495	-9.75%	150	$50	$42,662,215	55
-	(38)	Crossing Over	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$6,867	+15.78%	9	$763	$98,425	6
-	(37)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$6,510	-10.99%	54	$121	$533,337,152	230
-	(39)	My Bloody Valentine	Lionsgate	Horror	$5,411	-5.12%	92	$59	$51,489,460	48
-	(40)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$5,352	-2.64%	58	$92	$79,302,954	83
-	(41)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$3,857	-6.95%	64	$60	$49,497,555	99
-	(42)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$2,968	-18.46%	4	$742	$37,506,216	1,098
-	(43)	Notorious	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,323	-11.00%	41	$57	$36,802,331	48
-	(44)	Live Fast, Die Young	Riverrain	Drama	$256	-50.00%	1	$256	$16,630	132

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