The Top Movies of Wednesday, October 28, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Michael Jackson's This Is It	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$7,445,661		3,481	$2,139	$7,445,661	1
2	(1)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$1,466,211	-14.01%	1,945	$754	$66,605,222	34
3	(2)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$908,946	-22.68%	2,890	$315	$43,155,764	13
4	(4)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$715,018	-15.42%	3,683	$194	$55,951,820	13
5	(3)	Saw VI	Lionsgate	Horror	$675,918	-23.73%	3,036	$223	$16,573,038	6
6	(5)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$646,005	-19.21%	3,074	$210	$79,874,105	20
7	(6)	Amelia	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$337,731	-21.00%	820	$412	$5,002,324	6
8	(7)	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	Universal	Action	$317,025	-17.78%	2,754	$115	$7,381,565	6
9	(8)	Zombieland	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$295,074	-20.68%	2,447	$121	$68,230,530	27
10	(9)	The Stepfather	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$272,863	-22.58%	2,734	$100	$21,031,283	13
11	(10)	Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$258,713	-13.20%	3,014	$86	$7,567,539	6
12	(11)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$215,224	-9.48%	2,741	$79	$115,570,923	41
-	(12)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$89,478	-14.61%	176	$508	$3,475,953	27
-	(13)	Capitalism: A Love Story	Overture Films	Documentary	$82,886	-6.76%	636	$130	$13,208,559	36
-	(14)	The Invention of Lying	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$47,545	-35.72%	545	$87	$17,141,566	27
-	(15)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$46,009	-25.55%	466	$99	$2,981,978	20
-	(17)	The Informant	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$23,669	-31.14%	287	$82	$32,521,302	41
-	(16)	Whip It	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$23,489	-37.04%	435	$54	$12,390,722	27
-	(18)	The Time Traveler's Wife	Warner Bros.	Drama	$20,792	-18.00%	242	$86	$62,913,493	76
-	(19)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$17,763	-6.00%	251	$71	$276,636,450	146
-	(20)	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Paramount Pictures	Action	$15,404	-9.85%	407	$38	$150,059,365	83
-	(22)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$12,961	-7.43%	245	$53	$301,460,022	106
-	(21)	Love Happens	Universal	Drama	$12,815	-21.69%	327	$39	$22,827,855	41
-	(23)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$11,533	-14.75%	59	$195	$3,522,506	62
-	(24)	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$8,228	-6.06%	142	$58	$196,294,544	120
-	(25)	All About Steve	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$6,081	-22.57%	215	$28	$33,386,953	55
-	(26)	Pandorum	Overture Films	Horror	$5,131	-29.89%	112	$46	$10,201,042	34
-	(27)	Motherhood	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$4,701	-27.18%	48	$98	$65,293	6
-	(28)	(500) Days of Summer	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$4,362	-9.11%	39	$112	$32,265,991	104
-	(29)	9	Focus Features	Adventure	$3,355	-18.67%	134	$25	$31,351,859	50
-	(30)	Sorority Row	Summit Entertainment	Horror	$3,326	-18.28%	90	$37	$11,927,576	48
-	(33)	The Final Destination	Warner Bros.	Horror	$2,149	+0.61%	45	$48	$66,150,538	62
-	(36)	My One and Only	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$2,077	+36.82%	19	$109	$2,421,199	69
-	(34)	Aliens in the Attic	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,564	-12.87%	82	$19	$25,112,418	90
-	(31)	Jennifer's Body	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$1,558	-36.17%	87	$18	$16,104,963	41
-	(32)	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$1,398	-40.54%	36	$39	$1,407,631	34
-	(37)	Paper Heart	Overture Films	Comedy	$1,190	-6.37%	46	$26	$1,272,856	83
-	(35)	Adam	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$969	-45.62%	9	$108	$2,264,178	92
-	(38)	Whiteout	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$651	-18.73%	15	$43	$10,185,672	48
-	(40)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$357	-41.57%	7	$51	$848,402	90
-	(41)	Shorts	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$349	-26.99%	17	$21	$20,454,910	69
-	(39)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$347	-48.21%	21	$17	$540,487	20
-	(42)	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$344	-18.29%	4	$86	$647,254	125
-	(43)	Big Gay Musical	Self Distributed	Musical	$153	-52.57%	1	$153	$20,886	48

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