The Top Movies of Friday, March 20, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Knowing	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$8,969,774		3,332	$2,692	$8,969,774	1
2	(new)	I Love You, Man	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$6,298,041		2,711	$2,323	$6,298,041	1
3	(new)	Duplicity	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$4,684,680		2,574	$1,820	$4,684,680	1
4	(1)	Race to Witch Mountain	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$3,764,238	+107.80%	3,187	$1,181	$35,474,790	8
5	(2)	Watchmen	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,998,899	+47.96%	3,510	$569	$93,338,671	15
6	(3)	The Last House on the Left	Universal	Horror	$1,970,775	+105.25%	2,402	$820	$20,097,035	8
7	(4)	Taken	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$1,347,555	+118.28%	2,858	$472	$130,386,263	50
8	(8)	Madea Goes To Jail	Lionsgate	Comedy	$814,049	+114.75%	1,835	$444	$85,507,412	29
9	(5)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$792,418	+63.39%	2,578	$307	$135,294,226	129
10	(7)	Coraline	Focus Features	Adventure	$619,517	+59.60%	1,431	$433	$71,329,944	43
11	(6)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$595,113	+50.93%	1,762	$338	$139,804,343	64
12	(9)	He's Just Not That Into You	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$439,196	+28.27%	1,302	$337	$90,733,578	43
13	(12)	Fired Up	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$289,250	+75.96%	1,209	$239	$16,342,728	29
14	(11)	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Walt Disney Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$265,714	+11.15%	917	$290	$42,452,072	36
15	(10)	Miss March	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$237,857	-6.87%	1,742	$137	$3,694,801	8
16	(13)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$210,515	+48.99%	825	$255	$144,565,708	99
17	(32)	Sunshine Cleaning	Overture Films	Comedy	$182,738	+840.69%	64	$2,855	$471,161	8
18	(15)	The Reader	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$149,411	+20.18%	704	$212	$32,513,985	101
19	(14)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$140,390	+4.06%	522	$269	$70,643,434	64
20	(17)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$115,512	+31.50%	54	$2,139	$3,631,766	36
-	(20)	Push	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$63,127	+1.99%	290	$218	$30,857,790	43
-	(18)	The Pink Panther 2	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$62,460	-24.43%	261	$239	$35,792,585	43
-	(26)	The Uninvited	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$58,832	+72.95%	282	$209	$28,316,425	50
-	(19)	The International	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$56,898	-25.07%	281	$202	$25,319,534	36
-	(24)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$55,343	+39.00%	247	$224	$191,290,813	120
-	(21)	Friday the 13th	Warner Bros.	Horror	$49,963	-4.17%	305	$164	$64,605,663	36
-	(22)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$45,337	+6.93%	456	$99	$25,671,139	94
-	(23)	Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li	20th Century Fox	Action	$43,169	+7.62%	453	$95	$8,364,045	22
-	(29)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$41,959	+83.43%	222	$189	$142,732,261	86
-	(34)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$41,471	+137.57%	186	$223	$58,242,090	71
-	(27)	Inkheart	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$40,389	+41.53%	194	$208	$16,979,522	57
-	(25)	Doubt	Miramax	Drama	$39,738	+12.53%	218	$182	$33,063,096	99
-	(28)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$35,632	+30.14%	206	$173	$126,672,222	86
-	(35)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$33,402	+92.24%	244	$137	$14,511,653	86
-	(33)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$32,182	+68.10%	202	$159	$22,675,297	85
-	(31)	New in Town	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$26,393	+30.48%	158	$167	$16,654,872	50
-	(new)	Sin Nombre	Focus Features	Thriller/Suspense	$22,700		6	$3,783	$22,700	1
-	(30)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$22,679	+5.12%	111	$204	$31,660,008	115
-	(37)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$17,777	+3.75%	118	$151	$28,341,393	80
-	(36)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$16,375	-4.82%	131	$125	$18,547,306	106
-	(40)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$14,326	+48.61%	53	$270	$97,602,714	92
-	(41)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$8,392	+10.81%	57	$147	$83,025,640	86
-	(new)	Super Capers	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$7,222		80	$90	$7,222	1

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