The Top Movies of Saturday, May 2, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	20th Century Fox	Action	$29,323,711	-14.84%	4,099	$7,154	$63,757,542	2
2	(2)	Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$6,102,927	+5.09%	3,175	$1,922	$11,909,999	2
3	(3)	Obsessed	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$5,158,693	+26.54%	2,514	$2,052	$44,037,888	9
4	(4)	17 Again	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,787,009	+39.76%	3,255	$856	$46,923,620	16
5	(7)	Monsters vs. Aliens	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$2,628,114	+101.60%	2,626	$1,001	$180,536,287	37
6	(5)	The Soloist	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$2,423,821	+44.81%	2,033	$1,192	$16,605,784	9
7	(9)	Hannah Montana the Movie	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$1,852,023	+70.86%	2,819	$657	$69,718,124	23
8	(8)	earth	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$1,699,841	+34.06%	1,804	$942	$20,631,883	11
9	(10)	State of Play	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$1,662,595	+54.56%	2,445	$680	$29,966,475	16
10	(6)	Fighting	Universal	Action	$1,583,765	+11.39%	2,312	$685	$16,338,985	9
11	(11)	Fast & Furious	Universal	Action	$1,210,005	+43.88%	2,547	$475	$149,093,305	30
12	(12)	Taken	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$458,867	+57.10%	450	$1,020	$143,477,964	93
13	(13)	Battle for Terra	Roadside Attractions	Adventure	$457,285	+81.05%	1,161	$394	$709,864	2
14	(14)	I Love You, Man	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$302,529	+35.16%	685	$442	$69,096,640	44
15	(15)	Knowing	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$255,606	+52.56%	822	$311	$77,787,921	44
-	(16)	Crank 2: High Voltage	Lionsgate	Thriller/Suspense	$189,581	+32.03%	724	$262	$13,138,373	16
-	(17)	Sunshine Cleaning	Overture Films	Comedy	$188,406	+63.23%	471	$400	$10,316,211	51
-	(18)	12 Rounds	20th Century Fox	Action	$145,000	+40.80%	223	$650	$11,762,720	37
-	(19)	Observe and Report	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$116,314	+22.41%	501	$232	$23,086,229	23
-	(20)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$96,710	+16.91%	45	$2,149	$6,717,828	79
-	(22)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$83,492	+44.46%	275	$304	$147,349,504	142
-	(23)	Duplicity	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$78,120	+51.35%	279	$280	$40,149,730	44
-	(21)	Dragonball Evolution	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$73,874	+10.19%	500	$148	$8,951,537	25
-	(24)	Sin Nombre	Focus Features	Thriller/Suspense	$73,562	+48.23%	87	$846	$1,704,271	44
-	(25)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$57,933	+90.50%	200	$290	$72,725,412	107
-	(26)	The Last House on the Left	Universal	Horror	$45,640	+55.56%	163	$280	$32,588,600	51
-	(27)	He's Just Not That Into You	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$33,254	+38.45%	152	$219	$93,735,566	86
-	(29)	Watchmen	Warner Bros.	Action	$26,018	+56.84%	90	$289	$107,159,823	58
-	(30)	Coraline	Focus Features	Adventure	$23,728	+109.35%	111	$214	$74,991,375	86
-	(28)	The Limits of Control	Focus Features	Thriller/Suspense	$20,197	+17.26%	3	$6,732	$37,421	2
-	(31)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$17,242	+58.08%	131	$132	$141,234,506	172
-	(32)	Push	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$15,513	+67.98%	73	$213	$31,771,538	86
-	(33)	Goodbye Solo	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$12,606	+73.25%	13	$970	$301,040	37
34	(34)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$3,000	+23.86%	33	$91	$26,226,638	137
-	(35)	The Golden Boys	Roadside Attractions		$368	+45.45%	4	$92	$178,625	16
-	(36)	Alien Trespass	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$179	+14.74%	2	$90	$80,496	30

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