The Top Movies of Thursday, October 8, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Zombieland	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,920,625	+3.06%	3,036	$633	$32,801,081	7
2	(2)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$725,677	+12.52%	2,977	$244	$84,250,956	21
3	(3)	Toy Story 3D Double Feature	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$616,700	+5.78%	1,745	$353	$15,002,348	7
4	(4)	Surrogates	Walt Disney Pictures	Action	$538,549	+3.49%	2,951	$182	$28,457,467	14
5	(5)	The Invention of Lying	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$455,281	-4.00%	1,707	$267	$8,956,605	7
6	(6)	Capitalism: A Love Story	Overture Films	Documentary	$363,601	-5.20%	962	$378	$6,395,191	16
7	(7)	Whip It	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$320,170	+1.47%	1,721	$186	$5,966,058	7
8	(8)	The Informant	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$289,153	-3.12%	2,425	$119	$27,643,148	21
9	(10)	Fame	MGM	Musical	$244,669	+9.32%	3,133	$78	$17,485,762	14
10	(9)	Love Happens	Universal	Drama	$230,605	+0.08%	1,922	$120	$19,785,415	21
11	(11)	Pandorum	Overture Films	Horror	$202,643	+0.65%	2,506	$81	$8,695,386	14
12	(14)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$179,613	+78.63%	33	$5,443	$1,213,241	14
13	(13)	I Can Do Bad All By Myself	Lionsgate	Comedy	$141,736	+2.43%	1,569	$90	$48,871,657	28
-	(15)	9	Focus Features	Adventure	$96,918	+1.52%	1,598	$61	$29,829,972	30
-	(16)	Jennifer's Body	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$93,148	+1.01%	1,642	$57	$15,153,650	21
-	(17)	All About Steve	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$86,924	+6.60%	1,427	$61	$32,082,565	35
-	(18)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$59,924	+3.00%	517	$116	$275,386,118	126
-	(19)	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$37,445	-1.26%	210	$178	$997,870	14
-	(20)	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Paramount Pictures	Action	$37,093	+5.62%	588	$63	$148,281,637	63
-	(21)	The Final Destination	Warner Bros.	Horror	$35,152	+4.00%	535	$66	$65,605,204	42
-	(22)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$27,614	-2.54%	104	$266	$3,012,013	42
-	(23)	Sorority Row	Summit Entertainment	Horror	$25,857	+2.88%	576	$45	$11,502,606	28
-	(24)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$24,742	+1.35%	6	$4,124	$351,986	7
-	(25)	The Time Traveler's Wife	Warner Bros.	Drama	$21,570	+2.00%	440	$49	$62,310,302	56
-	(re-entry)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$18,372		39	$471	$17,857,543	238
-	(27)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$15,961	+18.00%	190	$84	$300,290,780	86
-	(29)	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$15,077	+26.17%	263	$57	$195,757,564	100
-	(26)	(500) Days of Summer	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$14,267	-14.93%	218	$65	$32,029,537	84
-	(28)	My One and Only	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$12,661	-4.98%	188	$67	$2,244,084	49
-	(30)	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Paramount Pictures	Action	$11,193	+6.18%	224	$50	$401,997,617	107
-	(31)	Aliens in the Attic	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$8,326	+9.62%	219	$38	$24,865,989	70
-	(32)	Whiteout	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$6,882	+17.98%	201	$34	$10,099,213	28
-	(33)	Orphan	Warner Bros.	Drama	$6,256	+17.88%	111	$56	$41,596,251	77
-	(35)	My Sister's Keeper	Warner Bros.	Drama	$3,644	-1.01%	54	$67	$49,200,230	105
-	(34)	The Hurt Locker	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$3,520	-21.16%	49	$72	$12,550,844	105
-	(37)	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$2,726	+40.95%	70	$39	$177,180,513	140
-	(38)	Shorts	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$2,709	+45.02%	150	$18	$20,356,116	49
-	(36)	Adam	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,214	-17.26%	30	$74	$2,223,586	72
-	(39)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$1,436	+9.37%	18	$80	$822,425	70
-	(40)	Paper Heart	Overture Films	Comedy	$994	+1.43%	33	$30	$1,255,021	63
-	(41)	Chelsea on the Rocks	Aliquot Films	Documentary	$512	-17.95%	1	$512	$6,688	7
-	(43)	Shrink	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$113	+16.49%	2	$57	$189,621	77
-	(42)	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$75	-43.61%	3	$25	$633,167	105

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