The Top Movies of Thursday, October 15, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$2,235,400	-2.02%	3,000	$745	$45,390,345	7
2	(2)	Zombieland	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,135,863	+1.99%	3,038	$374	$53,023,378	14
3	(3)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$1,061,146	+7.10%	160	$6,632	$13,554,093	21
4	(4)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$711,034	+33.76%	2,992	$238	$100,183,774	28
5	(5)	Toy Story 3D Double Feature	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$537,542	+16.79%	1,752	$307	$25,538,098	14
6	(6)	Surrogates	Walt Disney Pictures	Action	$354,294	+2.93%	2,992	$118	$34,410,335	21
7	(7)	The Invention of Lying	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$274,426	+0.46%	1,743	$157	$13,589,766	14
8	(8)	Capitalism: A Love Story	Overture Films	Documentary	$232,765	-4.88%	995	$234	$10,166,923	23
9	(9)	Whip It	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$216,825	-1.24%	1,721	$126	$9,853,417	14
10	(10)	The Informant	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$206,278	-4.67%	2,202	$94	$30,811,440	28
11	(11)	Fame	MGM	Musical	$167,246	+11.30%	3,110	$54	$20,891,959	21
12	(12)	Love Happens	Universal	Drama	$151,520	+13.92%	1,894	$80	$21,868,495	28
-	(13)	Pandorum	Overture Films	Horror	$85,046	+0.88%	1,479	$58	$9,905,571	21
-	(14)	9	Focus Features	Adventure	$71,306	+25.52%	1,216	$59	$30,987,821	37
-	(15)	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Paramount Pictures	Action	$63,912	+15.61%	609	$105	$149,238,384	70
-	(16)	All About Steve	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$56,345	+16.19%	1,427	$39	$32,966,270	42
-	(18)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$47,222	+0.30%	471	$100	$276,009,202	133
-	(17)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$43,085	-11.13%	186	$232	$1,328,994	7
-	(20)	Jennifer's Body	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$41,954	+2.60%	1,005	$42	$15,914,597	28
-	(21)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$40,835	+5.29%	505	$81	$300,880,041	93
-	(19)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$36,255	-12.43%	21	$1,726	$1,000,796	14
-	(22)	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$26,623	-7.15%	266	$100	$1,301,109	21
-	(24)	The Final Destination	Warner Bros.	Horror	$21,161	-6.00%	365	$58	$65,984,716	49
-	(23)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$20,228	-12.84%	104	$195	$3,262,112	49
-	(re-entry)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$18,854		35	$539	$18,038,513	245
-	(25)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$17,422	-7.74%	279	$62	$420,280	7
-	(28)	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$13,704	+24.32%	263	$52	$195,982,114	107
-	(26)	The Time Traveler's Wife	Warner Bros.	Drama	$12,836	+14.00%	263	$49	$62,549,907	63
-	(27)	Sorority Row	Summit Entertainment	Horror	$11,223	+0.48%	347	$32	$11,732,946	35
-	(29)	My One and Only	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$10,798	+2.82%	149	$72	$2,355,598	56
-	(30)	(500) Days of Summer	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$9,952	+2.62%	218	$46	$32,160,701	91
-	(31)	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Paramount Pictures	Action	$8,230	+5.42%	151	$55	$402,111,870	114
-	(32)	Aliens in the Attic	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$6,209	+29.38%	219	$28	$25,000,021	77
-	(33)	Whiteout	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$3,683	-7.72%	150	$25	$10,159,013	35
-	(34)	The Hurt Locker	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$2,048	-35.90%	45	$46	$12,582,593	112
-	(38)	Shorts	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,017	+0.79%	104	$10	$20,394,161	56
-	(36)	Adam	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$858	-28.14%	30	$29	$2,244,615	79
-	(35)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$741	-48.93%	18	$41	$833,179	77
-	(41)	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$546	+857.89%	3	$182	$634,160	112
-	(39)	Chelsea on the Rocks	Aliquot Films	Documentary	$483	-16.87%	3	$161	$11,494	14
-	(40)	Paper Heart	Overture Films	Comedy	$196	+43.07%	18	$11	$1,257,964	70

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