The Top Movies of Thursday, October 22, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$1,911,768	+16.63%	763	$2,506	$40,476,518	28
2	(2)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,546,319	-1.28%	3,735	$414	$39,539,575	7
3	(3)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$1,526,883	-0.33%	2,890	$528	$27,604,815	7
4	(4)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$1,113,525	+1.42%	3,009	$370	$67,116,200	14
5	(5)	Zombieland	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$588,688	+3.66%	3,171	$186	$63,007,572	21
6	(6)	The Stepfather	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$568,765	+10.61%	2,734	$208	$13,851,683	7
7	(7)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$405,509	+30.80%	3,037	$134	$109,604,336	35
8	(8)	Surrogates	Walt Disney Pictures	Action	$181,241	+12.71%	2,326	$78	$36,982,954	28
9	(10)	The Invention of Lying	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$166,120	+8.28%	1,624	$102	$16,117,166	21
10	(11)	Toy Story 3D Double Feature	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$159,928	+22.83%	1,489	$107	$29,135,003	21
11	(9)	Capitalism: A Love Story	Overture Films	Documentary	$151,857	-2.64%	993	$153	$12,233,902	30
12	(12)	Whip It	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$117,956	+2.03%	1,482	$80	$11,827,879	21
-	(13)	The Informant	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$83,037	+1.00%	1,228	$68	$32,085,967	35
-	(14)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$64,891	-5.36%	82	$791	$2,103,279	21
-	(15)	Love Happens	Universal	Drama	$52,150	+10.72%	1,043	$50	$22,604,110	35
-	(16)	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Paramount Pictures	Action	$34,455	+12.83%	514	$67	$149,774,828	77
-	(17)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$30,664	+1.27%	178	$172	$1,857,751	14
-	(18)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$28,923	+6.37%	359	$81	$276,381,875	140
-	(19)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$22,085	+11.00%	356	$62	$301,238,300	100
-	(21)	9	Focus Features	Adventure	$17,799	+11.95%	488	$36	$31,288,609	44
-	(20)	Pandorum	Overture Films	Horror	$17,143	-4.67%	427	$40	$10,121,671	28
-	(22)	All About Steve	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$16,990	+8.00%	507	$34	$33,256,985	49
-	(re-entry)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$13,306		32	$416	$18,177,676	252
-	(23)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$10,904	-4.99%	77	$142	$3,396,485	56
-	(24)	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$10,192	+12.87%	181	$56	$196,149,907	114
-	(26)	Sorority Row	Summit Entertainment	Horror	$7,878	-1.34%	244	$32	$11,854,273	42
-	(25)	Jennifer's Body	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$7,803	-11.52%	313	$25	$16,069,905	35
-	(27)	The Final Destination	Warner Bros.	Horror	$7,501	-0.65%	174	$43	$66,113,793	56
-	(28)	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$7,060	+3.64%	132	$53	$1,387,288	28
-	(new)	Cowboy and Lucky	Self Distributed		$6,260		1	$6,260	$6,260	1
-	(29)	(500) Days of Summer	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$5,963	-6.46%	71	$84	$32,227,264	98
-	(30)	The Time Traveler's Wife	Warner Bros.	Drama	$5,546	-5.98%	101	$55	$62,642,740	70
-	(31)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$4,993	-9.40%	139	$36	$527,645	14
-	(33)	Aliens in the Attic	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$3,647	+9.09%	108	$34	$25,069,169	84
-	(32)	My One and Only	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$3,564	-12.20%	58	$61	$2,401,992	63
-	(37)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$2,279	+166.24%	19	$120	$842,652	84
-	(34)	Shorts	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$2,154	+86.66%	54	$40	$20,444,827	63
-	(35)	Whiteout	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$1,209	+13.95%	41	$29	$10,177,704	42
-	(new)	Cowboy and Lucky	Self Distributed		$900		1	$900	$900	1
-	(36)	Adam	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$750	-28.84%	17	$44	$2,254,315	86
-	(38)	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$635	+12.19%	4	$159	$642,925	119
-	(39)	Paper Heart	Overture Films	Comedy	$303	+46.38%	9	$34	$1,261,065	77

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