The Top Movies of Thursday, March 5, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$797,628	-3.62%	2,943	$271	$118,516,430	114
2	(2)	Madea Goes To Jail	Lionsgate	Comedy	$686,911	-1.98%	2,052	$335	$67,705,327	14
3	(3)	Taken	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$666,254	-0.06%	3,091	$216	$110,599,108	35
4	(4)	He's Just Not That Into You	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$496,038	+1.59%	2,858	$174	$80,627,257	28
5	(5)	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Walt Disney Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$343,850	+1.48%	2,534	$136	$35,234,816	21
6	(6)	Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience	Walt Disney Pictures	Concert/Performance	$332,309	-0.82%	1,271	$261	$14,006,321	7
7	(7)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$309,512	+0.21%	2,698	$115	$129,442,679	49
8	(8)	Coraline	Focus Features	Adventure	$272,633	-5.08%	2,092	$130	$62,371,925	28
9	(9)	Friday the 13th	Warner Bros.	Horror	$251,403	-6.35%	2,760	$91	$61,841,192	21
10	(10)	The International	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$241,336	-6.58%	2,031	$119	$22,410,616	21
11	(12)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$237,146	-0.93%	1,750	$136	$139,575,985	84
12	(11)	The Reader	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$234,065	-5.72%	1,203	$195	$27,935,031	86
13	(13)	Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li	20th Century Fox	Action	$197,748	-14.15%	1,136	$174	$5,767,269	7
14	(14)	Fired Up	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$162,694	+3.26%	1,811	$90	$10,760,051	14
15	(15)	Push	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$150,772	-3.92%	1,565	$96	$28,509,793	28
16	(16)	The Pink Panther 2	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$146,722	-5.03%	1,879	$78	$33,298,843	28
17	(17)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$120,175	-6.08%	829	$145	$30,528,562	100
18	(18)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$116,177	+0.56%	1,381	$84	$68,139,971	49
19	(19)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$102,496	-9.12%	776	$132	$23,967,813	79
20	(20)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$65,798	-2.15%	558	$118	$125,661,898	71
21	(21)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$62,246	+8.12%	448	$139	$190,341,818	105
-	(22)	Doubt	Miramax	Drama	$49,705	-10.81%	400	$124	$32,100,082	84
-	(23)	The Uninvited	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$49,685	+8.71%	735	$68	$27,217,160	35
-	(24)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$48,785	+18.13%	51	$957	$2,560,875	21
-	(25)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$38,958	-1.90%	304	$128	$22,102,721	70
-	(26)	New in Town	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$33,287	+4.74%	432	$77	$16,001,887	35
-	(28)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$30,946	+4.78%	317	$98	$27,811,848	65
-	(27)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$29,695	-5.69%	330	$90	$18,018,596	91
-	(30)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$25,305	-0.31%	289	$88	$82,736,849	71
-	(29)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$25,059	-3.31%	314	$80	$142,085,405	71
-	(31)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$18,003	-8.02%	181	$99	$14,009,095	71
-	(33)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$16,200	+9.13%	248	$65	$50,877,145	77
-	(32)	Inkheart	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$16,175	+1.00%	197	$82	$16,323,457	42
-	(34)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$15,764	+8.63%	224	$70	$57,778,276	56
-	(35)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$13,294	+0.75%	170	$78	$97,277,857	77
-	(38)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$8,206	+26.05%	54	$152	$533,345,358	231
-	(36)	The Unborn	Universal	Horror	$8,195	+9.34%	150	$55	$42,670,410	56
-	(39)	My Bloody Valentine	Lionsgate	Horror	$6,098	+12.70%	92	$66	$51,495,558	49
-	(40)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$5,840	+9.12%	58	$101	$79,308,794	84
-	(37)	Crossing Over	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$5,706	-16.91%	9	$634	$104,131	7
-	(41)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$3,916	+1.53%	64	$61	$49,501,471	100
-	(43)	Notorious	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,883	+24.11%	41	$70	$36,805,214	49
-	(42)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$1,988	-33.02%	4	$497	$37,508,204	1,099
-	(44)	Live Fast, Die Young	Riverrain	Drama	$120	-53.13%	1	$120	$16,750	133

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