The Top Movies of Friday, August 21, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(28)	Inglourious Basterds	Weinstein Co.	Action	$14,383,261	+91,158.56%	3,165	$4,544	$14,399,022	1
2	(1)	District 9	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$5,535,836	+53.61%	3,050	$1,815	$60,126,607	8
3	(2)	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Paramount Pictures	Action	$3,690,583	+78.44%	3,953	$934	$111,721,530	15
4	(3)	The Time Traveler's Wife	Warner Bros.	Drama	$3,386,011	+75.66%	2,988	$1,133	$30,809,260	8
5	(4)	Julie & Julia	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,617,627	+55.50%	2,463	$1,063	$52,905,918	15
6	(new)	Shorts	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$2,152,810		3,105	$693	$2,152,810	1
7	(5)	G-Force	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,221,097	+26.38%	2,561	$477	$104,331,052	29
8	(new)	Post Grad	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,025,777		1,959	$524	$1,025,777	1
9	(6)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$971,679	+41.17%	1,936	$502	$287,732,054	38
10	(7)	The Ugly Truth	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$917,401	+52.62%	1,971	$465	$80,954,851	29
11	(8)	The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard	Paramount Vantage	Comedy	$831,973	+42.40%	1,849	$450	$9,369,404	8
12	(10)	(500) Days of Summer	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$735,871	+74.42%	988	$745	$20,532,261	36
13	(9)	Ponyo	Buena Vista	Adventure	$706,651	+47.92%	927	$762	$6,417,522	8
-	(14)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$455,355	+82.52%	848	$537	$267,258,675	78
-	(12)	A Perfect Getaway	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$356,940	+0.20%	1,322	$270	$13,471,335	15
-	(18)	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Paramount Pictures	Action	$300,082	+75.84%	740	$406	$397,770,940	59
-	(11)	Funny People	Universal	Comedy	$293,580	-21.65%	932	$315	$49,922,465	22
-	(13)	Bandslam	Summit Entertainment	Comedy	$283,257	-5.54%	2,121	$134	$3,859,966	8
-	(new)	X Games 3D: The Movie	Buena Vista	Documentary	$280,857		1,399	$201	$280,857	1
-	(17)	Orphan	Warner Bros.	Drama	$250,291	+46.40%	655	$382	$39,382,031	29
-	(15)	Aliens in the Attic	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$225,717	+2.08%	830	$272	$21,720,324	22
-	(16)	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$219,020	+14.64%	559	$392	$191,865,541	52
-	(19)	The Hurt Locker	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$103,069	+13.74%	399	$258	$10,844,274	57
-	(21)	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$94,550	+51.17%	266	$355	$175,880,919	92
-	(20)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$85,815	+9.76%	108	$795	$15,992,110	190
-	(22)	Star Trek	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$76,234	+52.22%	271	$281	$256,210,077	106
-	(23)	Public Enemies	Universal	Drama	$71,530	+76.86%	311	$230	$96,590,480	52
-	(24)	Adam	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$65,967	+112.34%	95	$694	$710,650	24
-	(26)	Paper Heart	Overture Films	Comedy	$41,147	+67.24%	78	$528	$668,208	15
-	(27)	My Sister's Keeper	Warner Bros.	Drama	$37,070	+52.63%	175	$212	$47,991,832	57
-	(25)	The Collector	Freestyle Releasing	Horror	$22,566	-15.40%	89	$254	$7,423,418	22
-	(29)	Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins	Warner Bros.	Action	$19,094	+22.80%	136	$140	$125,173,935	93
-	(30)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$17,241	+14.44%	32	$539	$501,381	22
-	(32)	I Love You, Beth Cooper	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$16,385	+64.08%	111	$148	$14,617,065	43
-	(new)	My One and Only	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$14,988		4	$3,747	$14,988	1
-	(33)	Monsters vs. Aliens	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$11,008	+14.18%	95	$116	$198,302,871	148
-	(34)	Thirst	Focus Features	Horror	$9,680	+9.53%	17	$569	$272,455	22
-	(37)	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	20th Century Fox	Action	$7,180	+90.25%	46	$156	$179,823,901	113
-	(39)	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$1,111	+80.36%	9	$123	$613,671	57
-	(new)	The Marc Pease Experience	Paramount Vantage	Comedy	$953		10	$95	$953	1
-	(38)	Shrink	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$292	-67.45%	4	$73	$169,014	29
-	(40)	Goodbye Solo	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$158	-70.24%	4	$40	$866,151	148

Chart certified: 8/29/2009