The Top Movies of Tuesday, October 27, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$1,705,132	-7.99%	1,945	$877	$65,139,011	33
2	(2)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$1,175,564	+10.64%	2,890	$407	$42,246,818	12
3	(3)	Saw VI	Lionsgate	Horror	$886,230	-0.70%	3,036	$292	$15,897,120	5
4	(4)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$845,364	+1.55%	3,735	$226	$55,236,802	12
5	(5)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$799,565	+15.60%	3,074	$260	$79,228,100	19
6	(8)	Amelia	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$427,501	+28.36%	820	$521	$4,664,593	5
7	(6)	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	Universal	Action	$385,560	-0.06%	2,754	$140	$7,064,540	5
8	(7)	Zombieland	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$372,002	+6.27%	2,447	$152	$67,935,456	26
9	(9)	The Stepfather	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$352,454	+9.01%	2,734	$129	$20,758,420	12
10	(10)	Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$298,044	-3.19%	3,014	$99	$7,308,826	5
11	(11)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$237,776	-9.61%	2,741	$87	$115,355,699	40
12	(13)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$104,787	+23.00%	176	$595	$3,386,475	26
-	(14)	Capitalism: A Love Story	Overture Films	Documentary	$88,897	+16.33%	636	$140	$13,125,673	35
-	(16)	The Invention of Lying	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$73,967	+16.16%	802	$92	$17,094,021	26
-	(15)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$61,799	-11.85%	466	$133	$2,935,969	19
-	(17)	Whip It	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$37,305	+3.52%	435	$86	$12,367,233	26
-	(18)	The Informant	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$34,374	+18.00%	411	$84	$32,497,633	40
-	(19)	The Time Traveler's Wife	Warner Bros.	Drama	$25,356	+23.00%	284	$89	$62,892,701	75
-	(21)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$18,896	+14.03%	291	$65	$276,618,687	145
-	(20)	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Paramount Pictures	Action	$17,087	+2.53%	407	$42	$150,043,961	82
-	(22)	Love Happens	Universal	Drama	$16,365	+11.21%	327	$50	$22,815,040	40
-	(23)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$14,001	+8.05%	285	$49	$301,447,061	105
-	(24)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$13,529	+29.84%	59	$229	$3,510,973	61
-	(26)	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$8,759	-0.93%	142	$62	$196,286,316	119
-	(25)	All About Steve	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$7,854	-11.19%	215	$37	$33,380,872	54
-	(27)	Pandorum	Overture Films	Horror	$7,318	+9.65%	112	$65	$10,195,911	33
-	(30)	Motherhood	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$6,456	+59.21%	48	$135	$60,592	5
-	(31)	(500) Days of Summer	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$4,799	+21.71%	39	$123	$32,261,629	103
-	(28)	9	Focus Features	Adventure	$4,125	-7.14%	134	$31	$31,348,504	49
-	(29)	Sorority Row	Summit Entertainment	Horror	$4,070	-5.87%	90	$45	$11,924,250	47
-	(32)	Jennifer's Body	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$2,441	-3.06%	87	$28	$16,103,405	40
-	(33)	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$2,351	+8.64%	36	$65	$1,406,233	33
-	(34)	The Final Destination	Warner Bros.	Horror	$2,136	+2.99%	73	$29	$66,148,389	61
-	(35)	Aliens in the Attic	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,795	-1.75%	82	$22	$25,110,854	89
-	(38)	Adam	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,782	+32.69%	9	$198	$2,263,209	91
-	(37)	My One and Only	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$1,518	-1.94%	19	$80	$2,419,122	68
-	(39)	Paper Heart	Overture Films	Comedy	$1,271	+22.92%	46	$28	$1,271,666	82
-	(41)	Whiteout	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$801	+8.24%	17	$47	$10,185,021	47
-	(40)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$670	-22.36%	21	$32	$540,140	19
-	(36)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$611	-65.50%	7	$87	$848,045	89
-	(42)	Shorts	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$478	+56.21%	21	$23	$20,454,561	68
-	(43)	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$421	+87.11%	4	$105	$646,910	124
-	(44)	Big Gay Musical	Self Distributed	Musical	$322	+102.20%	1	$322	$20,733	47

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