The Top Movies of Friday, October 23, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$7,572,457	+296.10%	1,945	$3,893	$48,048,975	29
2	(new)	Saw VI	Lionsgate	Horror	$6,957,263		3,036	$2,292	$6,957,263	1
3	(2)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$4,344,010	+180.93%	3,735	$1,163	$43,883,585	8
4	(3)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$4,123,994	+170.09%	2,890	$1,427	$31,728,809	8
5	(4)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$3,642,690	+227.13%	3,074	$1,185	$70,758,890	15
6	(new)	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	Universal	Action	$2,230,745		2,754	$810	$2,230,745	1
7	(6)	The Stepfather	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$2,209,541	+288.48%	2,734	$808	$16,061,224	8
8	(new)	Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$1,823,193		3,014	$605	$1,823,193	1
9	(7)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,405,366	+246.57%	2,741	$513	$111,009,702	36
10	(5)	Zombieland	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,368,097	+132.40%	2,447	$559	$64,375,669	22
11	(new)	Amelia	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,321,065		820	$1,611	$1,321,065	1
12	(17)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$307,877	+904.03%	466	$661	$2,165,628	15
13	(14)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$300,440	+362.99%	176	$1,707	$2,403,719	22
14	(9)	The Invention of Lying	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$281,537	+69.48%	802	$351	$16,398,703	22
-	(11)	Capitalism: A Love Story	Overture Films	Documentary	$213,796	+40.79%	636	$336	$12,447,698	31
-	(12)	Whip It	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$151,076	+28.08%	435	$347	$11,978,955	22
-	(13)	The Informant	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$109,527	+31.90%	411	$266	$32,195,494	36
-	(16)	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Paramount Pictures	Action	$68,424	+98.59%	407	$168	$149,843,252	78
-	(18)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$67,870	+134.66%	291	$233	$276,449,745	141
-	(32)	The Time Traveler's Wife	Warner Bros.	Drama	$67,534	+1,117.71%	284	$238	$62,710,274	71
-	(15)	Love Happens	Universal	Drama	$63,765	+22.27%	327	$195	$22,667,875	36
-	(19)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$52,884	+139.46%	285	$186	$301,291,184	101
-	(22)	All About Steve	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$36,056	+112.22%	215	$168	$33,293,041	50
-	(25)	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$30,386	+198.14%	181	$168	$196,180,293	115
-	(24)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$24,114	+121.15%	59	$409	$3,420,599	57
-	(26)	Sorority Row	Summit Entertainment	Horror	$22,875	+190.37%	90	$254	$11,877,148	43
-	(23)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$22,547	+69.45%	30	$752	$18,200,223	253
-	(21)	Pandorum	Overture Films	Horror	$20,718	+20.85%	112	$185	$10,142,389	29
-	(new)	Motherhood	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$16,475		48	$343	$16,475	1
-	(20)	9	Focus Features	Adventure	$13,805	-22.44%	134	$103	$31,302,414	45
-	(28)	The Final Destination	Warner Bros.	Horror	$9,155	+22.05%	73	$125	$66,122,948	57
-	(31)	(500) Days of Summer	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$8,920	+49.59%	39	$229	$32,236,184	99
-	(34)	Aliens in the Attic	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$8,873	+143.30%	82	$108	$25,078,042	85
-	(27)	Jennifer's Body	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$7,797	-0.08%	87	$90	$16,077,702	36
-	(35)	My One and Only	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$4,467	+25.34%	19	$235	$2,406,459	64
-	(29)	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$4,455	-36.90%	36	$124	$1,391,743	29
-	(37)	Shorts	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$3,276	+52.09%	21	$156	$20,448,103	64
-	(33)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$3,002	-39.88%	21	$143	$530,647	15
-	(42)	Paper Heart	Overture Films	Comedy	$2,764	+812.21%	46	$60	$1,263,829	78
-	(38)	Whiteout	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$1,993	+64.85%	17	$117	$10,179,697	43
-	(40)	Adam	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,628	+117.07%	9	$181	$2,255,943	87
-	(36)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$980	-57.00%	7	$140	$843,632	85
-	(30)	Cowboy and Lucky	Self Distributed		$900	-85.62%	1	$900	$7,160	2
-	(re-entry)	Big Gay Musical	Self Distributed	Musical	$585		1	$585	$18,680	43
-	(41)	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$462	-27.24%	4	$116	$643,387	120

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