The Top Movies of Friday, May 1, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	20th Century Fox	Action	$34,433,831		4,099	$8,401	$34,433,831	1
2	(new)	Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$5,807,072		3,175	$1,829	$5,807,072	1
3	(1)	Obsessed	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$4,076,861	+207.13%	2,541	$1,604	$38,879,195	8
4	(4)	17 Again	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,994,152	+247.04%	3,255	$613	$44,136,611	15
5	(3)	The Soloist	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,673,825	+151.68%	2,033	$823	$14,181,963	8
6	(6)	Fighting	Universal	Action	$1,421,880	+200.47%	2,312	$615	$14,755,220	8
7	(7)	Monsters vs. Aliens	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$1,303,631	+191.84%	2,626	$496	$177,908,173	36
8	(2)	earth	Buena Vista	Documentary	$1,267,993	+62.96%	1,804	$703	$18,932,042	10
9	(9)	Hannah Montana the Movie	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,083,963	+274.90%	2,819	$385	$67,866,101	22
10	(5)	State of Play	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$1,075,680	+113.24%	2,445	$440	$28,303,880	15
11	(8)	Fast & Furious	Universal	Action	$840,985	+114.64%	2,547	$330	$147,883,300	29
12	(18)	Taken	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$292,078	+927.11%	450	$649	$143,019,097	92
13	(new)	Battle for Terra	Roadside Attractions	Adventure	$252,712		1,160	$218	$252,712	1
14	(11)	I Love You, Man	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$223,838	+22.28%	685	$327	$68,794,111	43
15	(13)	Knowing	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$167,550	+18.13%	822	$204	$77,532,315	43
-	(10)	Crank 2: High Voltage	Lionsgate	Thriller/Suspense	$143,587	-39.47%	724	$198	$12,948,792	15
-	(15)	Sunshine Cleaning	Overture Films	Comedy	$115,422	+84.52%	471	$245	$10,127,805	50
-	(28)	12 Rounds	20th Century Fox	Action	$102,986	+1,732.49%	223	$462	$11,617,720	36
-	(12)	Observe and Report	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$95,019	-40.51%	501	$190	$22,969,915	22
-	(14)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$82,725	+21.27%	45	$1,838	$6,621,118	78
-	(20)	Dragonball Evolution	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$67,044	+259.81%	500	$134	$8,877,663	24
-	(17)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$57,797	+101.35%	275	$210	$147,266,012	141
-	(16)	Duplicity	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$51,615	+41.04%	279	$185	$40,071,610	43
-	(19)	Sin Nombre	Focus Features	Thriller/Suspense	$49,628	+133.15%	87	$570	$1,630,709	43
-	(23)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$30,411	+149.15%	200	$152	$72,667,479	106
-	(24)	The Last House on the Left	Universal	Horror	$29,340	+186.94%	163	$180	$32,542,960	50
-	(22)	He's Just Not That Into You	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$24,018	+82.76%	152	$158	$93,702,312	85
-	(new)	The Limits of Control	Focus Features	Thriller/Suspense	$17,224		3	$5,741	$17,224	1
-	(21)	Watchmen	Warner Bros.	Action	$16,589	+18.60%	90	$184	$107,133,805	57
-	(26)	Coraline	Focus Features	Adventure	$11,334	+67.02%	111	$102	$74,967,647	85
-	(25)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$10,907	+22.50%	131	$83	$141,217,264	171
-	(29)	Push	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$9,235	+137.34%	73	$127	$31,756,025	85
-	(re-entry)	Goodbye Solo	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$7,599		13	$585	$288,757	36
-	(30)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,422	+14.95%	33	$73	$26,223,638	136
-	(re-entry)	The Golden Boys	Roadside Attractions		$253		4	$63	$178,257	15
-	(re-entry)	Alien Trespass	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$156		2	$78	$80,317	29