The Top Movies of Friday, May 8, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Star Trek	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$30,893,975		3,849	$8,026	$30,893,975	1
2	(1)	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	20th Century Fox	Action	$8,317,835	+139.61%	4,102	$2,028	$110,941,982	8
3	(2)	Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$3,171,452	+200.70%	3,175	$999	$22,967,697	8
4	(3)	Obsessed	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$2,077,633	+230.00%	2,602	$798	$51,724,943	15
5	(new)	Next Day Air	Summit Entertainment	Comedy	$1,411,107		1,138	$1,240	$1,411,107	1
6	(6)	17 Again	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,276,195	+331.98%	2,903	$440	$51,038,288	22
7	(5)	The Soloist	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$998,485	+145.79%	2,090	$478	$20,894,232	15
8	(8)	Fighting	Universal	Action	$695,880	+186.65%	1,933	$360	$19,138,900	15
9	(9)	Monsters vs. Aliens	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$676,562	+203.22%	2,185	$310	$184,190,214	43
10	(4)	earth	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$676,457	+55.49%	1,794	$377	$24,274,480	17
11	(11)	Hannah Montana the Movie	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$598,403	+260.94%	2,301	$260	$72,267,155	29
12	(7)	State of Play	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$515,985	+100.99%	1,541	$335	$32,584,450	22
13	(10)	Fast & Furious	Universal	Action	$401,565	+142.08%	1,409	$285	$150,946,310	36
-	(13)	I Love You, Man	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$172,781	+209.17%	407	$425	$69,760,785	50
-	(17)	Taken	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$154,230	+410.61%	385	$401	$143,902,868	99
-	(16)	Knowing	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$86,998	+148.81%	373	$233	$78,185,332	50
-	(12)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$80,145	+14.60%	40	$2,004	$7,104,406	85
-	(15)	Sunshine Cleaning	Overture Films	Comedy	$72,684	+65.51%	328	$222	$10,680,304	57
-	(22)	12 Rounds	20th Century Fox	Action	$54,502	+408.46%	121	$450	$11,906,554	43
-	(14)	Battle for Terra	Roadside Attractions	Adventure	$39,199	-23.89%	413	$95	$1,383,196	8
-	(19)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$36,256	+85.75%	228	$159	$147,510,016	148
-	(24)	Watchmen	Warner Bros.	Action	$31,354	+336.08%	263	$119	$107,241,040	64
-	(21)	Duplicity	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$30,255	+97.17%	202	$150	$40,284,515	50
-	(25)	Dragonball Evolution	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$28,706	+338.86%	106	$271	$9,040,126	31
-	(23)	The Last House on the Left	Universal	Horror	$21,600	+140.40%	139	$155	$32,668,915	57
-	(26)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$21,353	+269.68%	174	$123	$72,805,810	113
-	(18)	Observe and Report	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$19,176	-29.48%	132	$145	$23,330,141	29
-	(31)	Goodbye Solo	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$11,084	+375.30%	17	$652	$329,446	43
-	(28)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$7,142	+44.49%	41	$174	$141,269,559	178
-	(re-entry)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$464		1	$464	$124,694	190
-	(33)	The Golden Boys	Roadside Attractions		$183	-5.18%	3	$61	$179,814	22
-	(34)	Alien Trespass	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$127	+605.56%	1	$127	$80,960	36

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