The Top Movies of Friday, March 6, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Watchmen	Warner Bros.	Action	$24,515,772		3,611	$6,789	$24,515,772	1
2	(2)	Madea Goes To Jail	Lionsgate	Comedy	$2,439,280	+255.11%	2,151	$1,134	$70,144,607	15
3	(3)	Taken	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$2,306,170	+246.14%	3,016	$765	$112,905,278	36
4	(1)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,957,060	+145.36%	2,890	$677	$120,473,490	115
5	(4)	He's Just Not That Into You	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$1,326,104	+167.34%	2,445	$542	$81,953,361	29
6	(7)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,119,940	+261.84%	2,558	$438	$130,562,619	50
7	(5)	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Walt Disney Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,005,731	+192.49%	2,290	$439	$36,240,547	22
8	(14)	Fired Up	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$935,090	+474.75%	1,798	$520	$11,695,141	15
9	(6)	Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience	Walt Disney Pictures	Concert/Performance	$842,162	+153.43%	1,276	$660	$14,848,483	8
10	(8)	Coraline	Focus Features	Adventure	$783,615	+187.42%	1,959	$400	$63,155,540	29
11	(11)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$547,099	+130.70%	1,520	$360	$140,123,084	85
12	(12)	The Reader	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$529,725	+126.32%	1,175	$451	$28,464,756	87
13	(9)	Friday the 13th	Warner Bros.	Horror	$470,198	+87.03%	1,705	$276	$62,311,390	22
14	(13)	Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li	20th Century Fox	Action	$429,600	+117.25%	1,164	$369	$6,196,869	8
15	(10)	The International	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$389,548	+61.41%	1,183	$329	$22,800,164	22
16	(15)	Push	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$341,190	+126.30%	1,142	$299	$28,850,983	29
17	(16)	The Pink Panther 2	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$335,254	+128.50%	1,219	$275	$33,634,097	29
18	(18)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$226,789	+95.21%	1,120	$202	$68,366,760	50
19	(19)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$200,777	+95.89%	677	$297	$24,168,590	80
20	(17)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$154,401	+28.48%	447	$345	$30,682,963	101
-	(23)	The Uninvited	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$153,144	+208.23%	458	$334	$27,370,304	36
-	(20)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$126,833	+92.76%	401	$316	$125,788,731	72
-	(21)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$108,365	+74.09%	398	$272	$190,450,183	106
-	(22)	Doubt	Miramax	Drama	$94,114	+89.35%	312	$302	$32,194,196	85
-	(26)	New in Town	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$84,020	+152.41%	330	$255	$16,085,907	36
-	(30)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$73,953	+195.12%	297	$249	$142,159,358	72
-	(33)	Inkheart	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$67,197	+315.44%	310	$217	$16,390,654	43
-	(25)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$58,977	+51.39%	235	$251	$22,161,698	71
-	(28)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$58,625	+97.42%	266	$220	$18,077,221	92
-	(27)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$53,808	+73.88%	249	$216	$27,865,656	66
-	(31)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$49,828	+176.78%	218	$229	$14,058,923	72
-	(34)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$49,643	+214.91%	204	$243	$57,827,919	57
-	(24)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$49,321	+1.10%	46	$1,072	$2,608,270	22
-	(35)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$48,396	+264.04%	139	$348	$97,326,253	78
-	(29)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$36,940	+45.98%	238	$155	$82,773,789	72
-	(40)	Crossing Over	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$14,346	+151.42%	12	$1,196	$118,477	8
-	(38)	My Bloody Valentine	Lionsgate	Horror	$10,352	+69.76%	78	$133	$51,505,910	50
-	(41)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$7,384	+88.56%	34	$217	$49,508,855	101
-	(43)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$5,866	+195.07%	4	$1,467	$37,514,070	1,100
-	(42)	Notorious	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$3,544	+22.93%	23	$154	$36,808,758	50
-	(re-entry)	Between Love & Goodbye	Embrem Entertainment	Drama	$1,007		1	$1,007	$10,018	36
-	(44)	Live Fast, Die Young	Riverrain	Drama	$661	+450.83%	1	$661	$17,411	134
-	(re-entry)	Teeth	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$403		1	$403	$347,095	414
-	(re-entry)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$22		1	$22	$119,585	127

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