The Top Movies of Wednesday, October 21, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(2)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$1,639,240	-8.21%	763	$2,148	$38,564,750	27
2	(3)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,566,443	-10.85%	3,735	$419	$37,993,256	6
3	(1)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$1,531,865	-14.99%	2,890	$530	$26,077,932	6
4	(4)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$1,097,900	-8.76%	3,009	$365	$66,002,675	13
5	(5)	Zombieland	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$567,926	-8.06%	3,171	$179	$62,418,884	20
6	(6)	The Stepfather	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$514,227	-16.32%	2,734	$188	$13,282,918	6
7	(7)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$310,012	-5.98%	3,037	$102	$109,198,827	34
8	(10)	Surrogates	Walt Disney Pictures	Action	$160,807	-1.16%	2,326	$69	$36,801,713	27
9	(8)	Capitalism: A Love Story	Overture Films	Documentary	$155,971	-4.68%	993	$157	$12,082,045	29
10	(9)	The Invention of Lying	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$153,415	-6.06%	1,624	$94	$15,951,046	20
11	(11)	Toy Story 3D Double Feature	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$130,198	-6.04%	1,489	$87	$28,975,075	20
12	(12)	Whip It	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$115,604	-6.11%	1,482	$78	$11,709,923	20
-	(13)	The Informant	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$82,218	-2.66%	1,228	$67	$32,002,930	34
-	(14)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$68,569	+1.42%	82	$836	$2,038,388	20
-	(15)	Love Happens	Universal	Drama	$47,100	-0.41%	1,043	$45	$22,551,960	34
-	(17)	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Paramount Pictures	Action	$30,538	-7.49%	514	$59	$149,740,373	76
-	(16)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$30,280	-21.99%	178	$170	$1,827,087	13
-	(18)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$27,192	+1.37%	359	$76	$276,352,952	139
-	(19)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$19,897	-7.83%	356	$56	$301,216,215	99
-	(20)	Pandorum	Overture Films	Horror	$17,983	-2.42%	427	$42	$10,104,528	27
-	(21)	9	Focus Features	Adventure	$15,899	-5.92%	488	$33	$31,270,810	43
-	(22)	All About Steve	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$15,731	-1.17%	507	$31	$33,239,995	48
-	(23)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$11,477	+6.27%	77	$149	$3,385,581	55
-	(24)	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$9,030	-4.91%	181	$50	$196,139,715	113
-	(26)	Jennifer's Body	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$8,819	-3.29%	313	$28	$16,062,102	34
-	(25)	Sorority Row	Summit Entertainment	Horror	$7,985	-13.00%	244	$33	$11,846,395	41
-	(28)	The Final Destination	Warner Bros.	Horror	$7,550	-5.74%	174	$43	$66,106,292	55
-	(27)	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$6,812	-20.01%	132	$52	$1,380,228	27
-	(30)	(500) Days of Summer	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$6,375	+5.48%	71	$90	$32,221,301	97
-	(29)	The Time Traveler's Wife	Warner Bros.	Drama	$5,899	-3.15%	101	$58	$62,637,194	69
-	(31)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$5,511	+0.77%	139	$40	$522,652	13
-	(33)	My One and Only	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$4,059	+33.21%	58	$70	$2,398,428	62
-	(32)	Aliens in the Attic	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$3,343	-9.50%	108	$31	$25,065,522	83
-	(34)	Shorts	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,154	-41.89%	54	$21	$20,442,673	62
-	(35)	Whiteout	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$1,061	-22.50%	41	$26	$10,176,495	41
-	(37)	Adam	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,054	+62.40%	17	$62	$2,253,565	85
-	(36)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$856	+8.63%	19	$45	$840,373	83
-	(38)	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$566	+49.74%	4	$142	$642,290	118
-	(39)	Paper Heart	Overture Films	Comedy	$207	-33.65%	9	$23	$1,260,762	76

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