The Top Movies of Sunday, October 18, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$8,282,574	-32.86%	3,735	$2,218	$32,625,407	3
2	(3)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$5,103,854	-34.10%	763	$6,689	$33,171,743	24
3	(2)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$5,062,262	-38.63%	2,890	$1,752	$21,039,502	3
4	(4)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$3,791,880	-50.39%	3,009	$1,260	$62,617,735	10
5	(6)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,240,404	-39.21%	3,037	$738	$108,201,645	31
6	(5)	The Stepfather	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$2,223,627	-55.44%	2,734	$813	$11,581,586	3
7	(7)	Zombieland	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,884,134	-43.44%	3,171	$594	$60,640,317	17
8	(8)	Toy Story 3D Double Feature	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$861,532	-34.50%	1,489	$579	$28,554,678	17
9	(10)	Surrogates	Walt Disney Pictures	Action	$464,272	-46.38%	2,326	$200	$36,327,650	24
10	(9)	The Invention of Lying	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$427,268	-50.72%	1,624	$263	$15,497,164	17
11	(12)	Capitalism: A Love Story	Overture Films	Documentary	$404,802	-37.32%	993	$408	$11,622,433	26
12	(11)	Whip It	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$361,536	-45.82%	1,721	$210	$11,360,796	17
13	(15)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$218,741	-46.02%	82	$2,668	$1,843,307	17
14	(14)	Fame	MGM	Musical	$216,610	-47.39%	1,555	$139	$21,795,849	24
15	(13)	The Informant	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$204,165	-56.35%	1,228	$166	$31,766,896	31
-	(16)	Love Happens	Universal	Drama	$115,005	-53.08%	1,043	$110	$22,416,260	31
-	(17)	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Paramount Pictures	Action	$109,306	-39.96%	514	$213	$149,645,921	73
-	(18)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$98,526	-45.47%	178	$554	$1,727,611	10
-	(20)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$71,160	-42.10%	356	$200	$301,153,382	96
-	(22)	9	Focus Features	Adventure	$69,378	-31.79%	488	$142	$31,219,946	40
-	(19)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$58,081	-53.07%	359	$162	$276,276,785	136
-	(21)	All About Steve	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$46,306	-54.99%	1,427	$32	$33,191,696	45
-	(24)	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$37,375	-37.19%	263	$142	$196,112,522	110
-	(23)	Pandorum	Overture Films	Horror	$36,750	-42.45%	427	$86	$10,051,556	24
-	(29)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$31,340	-3.16%	139	$225	$505,606	10
-	(28)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$28,729	-26.44%	77	$373	$3,353,855	52
-	(25)	Jennifer's Body	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$26,133	-49.76%	313	$83	$16,031,583	31
-	(26)	The Final Destination	Warner Bros.	Horror	$25,119	-44.11%	174	$144	$66,083,246	52
-	(27)	Sorority Row	Summit Entertainment	Horror	$22,980	-41.25%	244	$94	$11,820,613	38
-	(31)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$21,993	-28.04%	32	$687	$18,115,728	248
-	(30)	The Time Traveler's Wife	Warner Bros.	Drama	$17,977	-41.67%	101	$178	$62,620,110	66
-	(32)	Aliens in the Attic	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$16,657	-31.60%	219	$76	$25,055,633	80
-	(34)	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$16,526	-19.55%	132	$125	$1,357,585	24
-	(35)	(500) Days of Summer	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$10,914	-44.20%	218	$50	$32,203,940	94
-	(36)	My One and Only	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$8,790	-38.86%	58	$152	$2,388,180	59
-	(33)	Shorts	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$5,651	-73.16%	54	$105	$20,437,741	59
-	(37)	Whiteout	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$3,074	-50.86%	41	$75	$10,173,035	38
-	(40)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$2,134	+24.36%	19	$112	$838,042	80
-	(39)	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$2,114	-3.12%	4	$529	$640,120	115
-	(38)	Adam	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,709	-36.87%	30	$57	$2,250,966	82
-	(41)	Paper Heart	Overture Films	Comedy	$564	-30.37%	9	$63	$1,259,854	73
-	(42)	Chelsea on the Rocks	Aliquot Films	Documentary	$196	+232.20%	3	$65	$11,799	17

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