The Top Movies of Friday, October 16, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$12,077,282		3,735	$3,234	$12,007,282	1
2	(new)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$7,727,872		2,890	$2,674	$7,727,872	1
3	(3)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$6,768,833	+537.88%	763	$8,871	$20,322,926	22
4	(1)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$5,792,505	+159.13%	3,009	$1,925	$51,182,850	8
5	(new)	The Stepfather	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$4,368,209		2,734	$1,598	$4,368,209	1
6	(2)	Zombieland	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,401,499	+111.43%	3,171	$757	$55,424,877	15
7	(4)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,092,235	+194.25%	3,037	$689	$102,276,009	29
8	(5)	Toy Story 3D Double Feature	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$839,665	+56.20%	1,489	$564	$26,377,763	15
9	(7)	The Invention of Lying	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$613,094	+123.41%	1,624	$378	$14,202,860	15
10	(6)	Surrogates	Walt Disney Pictures	Action	$587,211	+65.74%	2,326	$252	$34,997,546	22
11	(9)	Whip It	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$478,497	+120.68%	1,482	$323	$10,331,914	15
12	(8)	Capitalism: A Love Story	Overture Films	Documentary	$404,876	+73.94%	993	$408	$10,571,799	24
13	(10)	The Informant	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$283,564	+37.47%	1,228	$231	$31,095,004	29
14	(11)	Fame	MGM	Musical	$275,562	+64.76%	1,555	$177	$21,167,521	22
15	(21)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$218,530	+502.76%	82	$2,665	$1,219,326	15
-	(12)	Love Happens	Universal	Drama	$187,655	+23.85%	1,043	$180	$22,056,150	29
-	(18)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$119,425	+177.18%	178	$671	$1,448,419	8
-	(15)	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Paramount Pictures	Action	$116,170	+81.77%	514	$226	$149,354,554	71
-	(17)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$85,753	+81.60%	359	$239	$276,094,955	134
-	(20)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$79,275	+94.13%	356	$223	$300,959,316	94
-	(16)	All About Steve	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$76,237	+35.30%	507	$150	$33,042,507	43
-	(14)	9	Focus Features	Adventure	$61,038	-14.40%	488	$125	$31,048,859	38
-	(13)	Pandorum	Overture Films	Horror	$45,383	-46.64%	427	$106	$9,950,954	22
-	(19)	Jennifer's Body	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$38,841	-7.42%	313	$124	$15,953,438	29
-	(27)	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$33,532	+144.69%	181	$185	$196,015,646	108
-	(23)	The Final Destination	Warner Bros.	Horror	$28,465	+34.52%	174	$164	$66,013,181	50
-	(29)	Sorority Row	Summit Entertainment	Horror	$25,573	+127.86%	244	$105	$11,758,519	36
-	(25)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$24,659	+30.79%	32	$771	$18,063,172	246
-	(24)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$23,957	+18.43%	77	$311	$3,286,069	50
-	(26)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$21,624	+24.12%	139	$156	$441,904	8
-	(28)	The Time Traveler's Wife	Warner Bros.	Drama	$21,409	+66.79%	101	$212	$62,571,316	64
-	(22)	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$19,407	-27.10%	132	$147	$1,320,516	22
-	(36)	Shorts	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$16,876	+1,559.39%	54	$313	$20,411,037	57
-	(33)	Aliens in the Attic	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$14,604	+135.21%	108	$135	$25,014,625	78
-	(31)	(500) Days of Summer	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$12,767	+28.29%	71	$180	$32,173,468	92
-	(30)	My One and Only	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$9,416	-12.80%	58	$162	$2,365,014	57
-	(34)	Whiteout	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$4,692	+27.40%	41	$114	$10,163,705	36
-	(37)	Adam	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,935	+125.52%	17	$114	$2,246,550	80
-	(39)	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$1,664	+204.76%	4	$416	$635,824	113
-	(38)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$1,013	+36.71%	19	$53	$834,192	78
-	(41)	Paper Heart	Overture Films	Comedy	$516	+163.27%	9	$57	$1,258,480	71
-	(40)	Chelsea on the Rocks	Aliquot Films	Documentary	$50	-89.65%	3	$17	$11,544	15

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