The Top Movies of Tuesday, October 20, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(3)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$1,801,997	+5.72%	2,890	$624	$24,546,067	5
2	(2)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$1,785,846	-9.25%	763	$2,341	$36,925,510	26
3	(1)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,757,127	-11.00%	3,735	$470	$36,426,813	5
4	(4)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$1,203,335	+11.04%	3,009	$400	$64,904,775	12
5	(5)	Zombieland	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$617,696	+4.17%	3,171	$195	$61,850,958	19
6	(6)	The Stepfather	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$614,528	+7.33%	2,734	$225	$12,768,691	5
7	(7)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$329,741	-7.75%	3,037	$109	$108,888,815	33
8	(10)	Capitalism: A Love Story	Overture Films	Documentary	$163,621	+16.86%	993	$165	$11,926,074	28
9	(11)	The Invention of Lying	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$163,306	+19.06%	1,624	$101	$15,797,631	19
10	(9)	Surrogates	Walt Disney Pictures	Action	$162,696	+8.06%	2,326	$70	$36,640,906	26
11	(8)	Toy Story 3D Double Feature	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$138,569	-8.61%	1,489	$93	$28,844,877	19
12	(12)	Whip It	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$123,122	+11.52%	1,482	$83	$11,594,319	19
-	(13)	The Informant	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$84,461	+21.78%	1,228	$69	$31,920,712	33
-	(14)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$67,610	+14.78%	82	$825	$1,969,819	19
-	(15)	Love Happens	Universal	Drama	$47,295	+14.50%	1,043	$45	$22,504,860	33
-	(17)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$38,816	+27.77%	178	$218	$1,796,807	12
-	(16)	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Paramount Pictures	Action	$33,009	+6.81%	514	$64	$149,709,835	75
-	(18)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$26,824	+21.10%	359	$75	$276,325,760	138
-	(19)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$21,588	+1.12%	356	$61	$301,196,318	98
-	(22)	Pandorum	Overture Films	Horror	$18,429	+11.29%	427	$43	$10,086,545	26
-	(20)	9	Focus Features	Adventure	$16,899	-6.46%	488	$35	$31,254,911	42
-	(21)	All About Steve	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$15,917	-4.41%	507	$31	$33,224,264	47
-	(24)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$10,800	+14.30%	77	$140	$3,374,104	54
-	(25)	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$9,496	+9.57%	181	$52	$196,130,685	112
-	(26)	Sorority Row	Summit Entertainment	Horror	$9,178	+6.49%	244	$38	$11,838,410	40
-	(23)	Jennifer's Body	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$9,119	-27.52%	313	$29	$16,053,283	33
-	(28)	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$8,516	+16.42%	132	$65	$1,373,416	26
-	(27)	The Final Destination	Warner Bros.	Horror	$8,010	+7.00%	174	$46	$66,098,742	54
-	(30)	The Time Traveler's Wife	Warner Bros.	Drama	$6,091	+19.57%	101	$60	$62,631,295	68
-	(31)	(500) Days of Summer	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$6,044	+22.30%	71	$85	$32,214,926	96
-	(29)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$5,469	-9.84%	139	$39	$517,141	12
-	(33)	Aliens in the Attic	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$3,694	+29.52%	108	$34	$25,062,179	82
-	(32)	My One and Only	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$3,047	-3.02%	58	$53	$2,394,369	61
-	(34)	Shorts	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,986	+10.83%	54	$37	$20,441,519	61
-	(36)	Whiteout	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$1,369	+32.91%	41	$33	$10,175,434	40
-	(38)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$788	+14.70%	19	$41	$839,517	82
-	(37)	Adam	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$649	-27.57%	17	$38	$2,252,511	84
-	(35)	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$378	-69.17%	4	$95	$641,724	117
-	(39)	Paper Heart	Overture Films	Comedy	$312	-19.79%	9	$35	$1,260,555	75

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