The Top Movies of Thursday, May 7, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	20th Century Fox	Action	$3,471,337	-13.46%	4,099	$847	$102,624,147	7
2	(2)	Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$1,054,703	-5.70%	3,175	$332	$19,796,245	7
3	(3)	Obsessed	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$629,592	-4.01%	2,514	$250	$49,647,310	14
4	(5)	earth	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$435,058	+8.30%	1,804	$241	$23,598,023	16
5	(4)	The Soloist	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$406,233	-8.16%	2,033	$200	$19,895,747	14
6	(6)	17 Again	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$295,432	-5.40%	3,255	$91	$49,762,093	21
7	(7)	State of Play	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$256,725	-12.38%	2,445	$105	$32,068,465	21
8	(9)	Fighting	Universal	Action	$242,760	-12.50%	2,312	$105	$18,443,020	14
9	(8)	Monsters vs. Aliens	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$223,126	-23.12%	2,626	$85	$183,513,652	42
10	(10)	Fast & Furious	Universal	Action	$165,880	-13.00%	2,547	$65	$150,544,745	35
11	(11)	Hannah Montana the Movie	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$165,788	-7.34%	2,819	$59	$71,668,752	28
12	(14)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$69,934	+14.93%	45	$1,554	$7,024,261	84
13	(12)	I Love You, Man	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$55,886	-28.38%	685	$82	$69,588,004	49
14	(13)	Battle for Terra	Roadside Attractions	Adventure	$51,503	-25.12%	1,159	$44	$1,343,997	7
-	(15)	Sunshine Cleaning	Overture Films	Comedy	$43,914	-6.23%	471	$93	$10,607,620	56
-	(16)	Knowing	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$34,965	-21.87%	822	$43	$78,098,334	49
-	(18)	Taken	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$30,205	-0.66%	450	$67	$143,748,638	98
-	(17)	Observe and Report	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$27,193	-23.00%	501	$54	$23,310,965	28
-	(19)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$19,519	-13.00%	275	$71	$147,473,760	147
-	(20)	Sin Nombre	Focus Features	Thriller/Suspense	$17,344	-12.03%	87	$199	$1,839,643	49
-	(21)	Duplicity	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$15,345	-8.09%	279	$55	$40,254,260	49
-	(25)	12 Rounds	20th Century Fox	Action	$10,719	+28.76%	223	$48	$11,852,052	42
-	(22)	The Last House on the Left	Universal	Horror	$8,985	+0.22%	163	$55	$32,647,315	56
-	(24)	Watchmen	Warner Bros.	Action	$7,190	-16.99%	90	$80	$107,209,686	63
-	(27)	Dragonball Evolution	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$6,541	-3.40%	500	$13	$9,011,420	30
-	(26)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$5,776	-17.86%	200	$29	$72,784,457	112
-	(28)	The Limits of Control	Focus Features	Thriller/Suspense	$5,173	-16.74%	3	$1,724	$79,776	7
-	(30)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$4,943	+4.53%	131	$38	$141,262,417	177
-	(29)	Coraline	Focus Features	Adventure	$4,710	-9.86%	111	$42	$75,028,061	91
-	(31)	Push	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$3,026	-11.03%	73	$41	$31,792,909	91
-	(32)	Goodbye Solo	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$2,332	+1.17%	13	$179	$318,362	42
-	(33)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,135	-2.74%	33	$34	$26,232,937	142
-	(34)	The Golden Boys	Roadside Attractions		$193	-16.45%	4	$48	$179,631	21
-	(35)	Alien Trespass	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$18	-74.65%	2	$9	$80,833	35

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