The Top Movies of Thursday, October 29, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Michael Jackson's This Is It	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$3,762,871	-49.46%	3,481	$1,081	$11,208,532	2
2	(2)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$1,634,823	+11.50%	1,945	$841	$68,240,045	35
3	(3)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$925,886	+1.86%	2,890	$320	$44,081,650	14
4	(4)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$767,142	+7.29%	3,683	$208	$56,718,962	14
5	(6)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$691,650	+7.07%	3,074	$225	$80,565,755	21
6	(5)	Saw VI	Lionsgate	Horror	$690,917	+2.22%	3,036	$228	$17,263,955	7
7	(9)	Zombieland	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$330,371	+11.96%	2,447	$135	$68,560,901	28
8	(8)	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	Universal	Action	$330,225	+4.16%	2,754	$120	$7,711,790	7
9	(10)	The Stepfather	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$316,726	+16.08%	2,734	$116	$21,348,009	14
10	(7)	Amelia	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$303,508	-10.13%	820	$370	$5,305,832	7
11	(11)	Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$288,228	+11.41%	3,014	$96	$7,855,767	7
12	(12)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$285,679	+32.74%	2,741	$104	$115,856,602	42
-	(13)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$83,280	-6.93%	176	$473	$3,559,233	28
-	(14)	Capitalism: A Love Story	Overture Films	Documentary	$82,360	-0.63%	636	$129	$13,290,919	37
-	(15)	The Invention of Lying	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$54,413	+14.45%	545	$100	$17,195,979	28
-	(16)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$48,594	+5.62%	466	$104	$3,030,572	21
-	(18)	Whip It	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$23,981	+2.09%	435	$55	$12,414,703	28
-	(17)	The Informant	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$23,795	+0.53%	287	$83	$32,545,097	42
-	(19)	The Time Traveler's Wife	Warner Bros.	Drama	$21,207	+2.00%	242	$88	$62,934,700	77
-	(20)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$17,624	-0.78%	251	$70	$276,654,074	147
-	(21)	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Paramount Pictures	Action	$16,921	+9.85%	407	$42	$150,076,286	84
-	(re-entry)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$15,335		29	$529	$18,306,531	259
-	(22)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$14,982	+15.59%	245	$61	$301,475,004	107
-	(23)	Love Happens	Universal	Drama	$11,650	-9.09%	327	$36	$22,839,505	42
-	(24)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$11,391	-1.23%	59	$193	$3,533,897	63
-	(25)	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$9,113	+10.76%	142	$64	$196,303,657	121
-	(27)	Pandorum	Overture Films	Horror	$6,637	+29.35%	112	$59	$10,207,679	35
-	(26)	All About Steve	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$6,314	+3.83%	215	$29	$33,393,267	56
-	(30)	9	Focus Features	Adventure	$4,507	+34.34%	134	$34	$31,356,366	51
-	(29)	(500) Days of Summer	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$4,348	-0.32%	39	$111	$32,270,339	105
-	(28)	Motherhood	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$3,971	-15.53%	48	$83	$69,264	7
-	(31)	Sorority Row	Summit Entertainment	Horror	$3,826	+15.03%	90	$43	$11,931,402	49
-	(33)	My One and Only	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$2,345	+12.90%	19	$123	$2,423,544	70
-	(34)	Aliens in the Attic	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,987	+27.05%	82	$24	$25,114,405	91
-	(36)	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$1,854	+32.62%	36	$52	$1,409,485	35
-	(32)	The Final Destination	Warner Bros.	Horror	$1,655	-22.99%	45	$37	$66,152,193	63
-	(35)	Jennifer's Body	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$1,603	+2.89%	87	$18	$16,106,566	42
-	(38)	Adam	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,348	+39.11%	9	$150	$2,265,526	93
-	(37)	Paper Heart	Overture Films	Comedy	$1,206	+1.34%	46	$26	$1,274,062	84
-	(40)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$858	+140.34%	7	$123	$849,260	91
-	(39)	Whiteout	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$807	+23.96%	15	$54	$10,186,479	49
-	(41)	Shorts	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$457	+30.95%	17	$27	$20,455,367	70
-	(42)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$439	+26.51%	21	$21	$540,926	21
-	(43)	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$311	-9.59%	4	$78	$647,565	126
-	(44)	Big Gay Musical	Self Distributed	Musical	$230	+50.49%	1	$230	$21,115	49

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