The Top Movies of Saturday, October 24, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$8,638,987	+14.08%	1,945	$4,442	$56,687,962	30
2	(3)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$6,130,231	+41.12%	3,735	$1,641	$50,013,816	9
3	(4)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$5,273,162	+27.87%	2,890	$1,825	$37,001,971	9
4	(5)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$4,826,180	+32.49%	3,074	$1,570	$75,585,070	16
5	(2)	Saw VI	Lionsgate	Horror	$4,707,495	-32.34%	3,036	$1,551	$11,664,758	2
6	(8)	Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$3,014,337	+65.33%	3,014	$1,000	$4,837,530	2
7	(7)	The Stepfather	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$2,823,563	+27.79%	2,734	$1,033	$18,884,787	9
8	(9)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,548,693	+81.35%	2,741	$930	$113,558,395	37
9	(6)	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	Universal	Action	$2,547,665	+14.21%	2,754	$925	$4,778,410	2
10	(10)	Zombieland	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,824,693	+33.37%	2,447	$746	$66,200,362	23
11	(11)	Amelia	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,645,392	+24.55%	820	$2,007	$2,966,457	2
12	(13)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$534,534	+77.92%	176	$3,037	$2,938,253	23
-	(12)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$412,246	+33.90%	466	$885	$2,577,874	16
-	(14)	The Invention of Lying	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$380,933	+35.30%	802	$475	$16,779,636	23
-	(15)	Capitalism: A Love Story	Overture Films	Documentary	$309,974	+44.99%	636	$487	$12,757,672	32
-	(16)	Whip It	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$202,779	+34.22%	435	$466	$12,181,734	23
-	(17)	The Informant	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$165,884	+51.45%	411	$404	$32,361,378	37
-	(18)	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Paramount Pictures	Action	$107,100	+56.52%	407	$263	$149,950,352	79
-	(19)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$90,687	+33.62%	291	$312	$276,540,432	142
-	(20)	The Time Traveler's Wife	Warner Bros.	Drama	$86,177	+27.61%	284	$303	$62,796,451	72
-	(22)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$79,083	+49.54%	285	$277	$301,370,267	102
-	(21)	Love Happens	Universal	Drama	$78,480	+23.08%	327	$240	$22,746,355	37
-	(24)	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$54,511	+79.40%	181	$301	$196,234,804	116
-	(23)	All About Steve	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$45,253	+25.51%	215	$210	$33,338,294	51
-	(25)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$37,773	+56.64%	59	$640	$3,458,372	58
-	(27)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$30,559	+35.53%	30	$1,019	$18,230,782	254
-	(26)	Sorority Row	Summit Entertainment	Horror	$27,711	+21.14%	90	$308	$11,904,859	44
-	(28)	Pandorum	Overture Films	Horror	$26,785	+29.28%	112	$239	$10,169,174	30
-	(30)	9	Focus Features	Adventure	$22,953	+66.27%	134	$171	$31,325,367	46
-	(29)	Motherhood	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$21,744	+31.98%	48	$453	$38,219	2
-	(33)	Aliens in the Attic	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$17,430	+96.44%	82	$213	$25,095,472	86
-	(31)	The Final Destination	Warner Bros.	Horror	$13,957	+52.45%	73	$191	$66,136,905	58
-	(34)	Jennifer's Body	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$13,828	+77.35%	87	$159	$16,091,530	37
-	(32)	(500) Days of Summer	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$10,211	+14.47%	39	$262	$32,246,395	100
-	(35)	My One and Only	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$6,652	+48.91%	19	$350	$2,413,111	65
-	(36)	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$5,522	+23.95%	36	$153	$1,397,265	30
-	(38)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$4,463	+48.67%	21	$213	$535,110	16
-	(37)	Shorts	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$4,094	+24.97%	21	$195	$20,452,197	65
-	(39)	Paper Heart	Overture Films	Comedy	$3,412	+23.44%	46	$74	$1,267,241	79
-	(40)	Whiteout	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$2,413	+21.07%	17	$142	$10,182,110	44
-	(41)	Adam	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,317	+42.32%	9	$257	$2,258,260	88
-	(45)	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$1,346	+191.34%	4	$337	$644,733	121
-	(42)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$1,130	+15.31%	7	$161	$844,762	86
-	(44)	Big Gay Musical	Self Distributed	Musical	$871	+48.89%	1	$871	$19,551	44

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