The Top Movies of Friday, October 30, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Michael Jackson's This Is It	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$7,831,726	+108.13%	3,481	$2,250	$19,040,258	3
2	(2)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$6,003,786	+267.24%	2,404	$2,497	$74,243,831	36
3	(3)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$2,412,239	+160.53%	2,764	$873	$46,493,889	15
4	(5)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$2,390,540	+245.63%	3,026	$790	$82,956,295	22
5	(4)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,948,875	+154.04%	3,645	$535	$58,667,837	15
6	(6)	Saw VI	Lionsgate	Horror	$1,905,263	+175.76%	3,036	$628	$19,169,218	8
7	(9)	The Stepfather	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,199,218	+278.63%	2,346	$511	$22,547,227	15
8	(8)	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	Universal	Action	$990,995	+200.10%	2,754	$360	$8,702,785	8
9	(11)	Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$975,405	+238.41%	3,020	$323	$8,831,172	8
10	(10)	Amelia	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$968,601	+219.14%	1,070	$905	$6,274,433	8
11	(7)	Zombieland	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$879,796	+166.31%	2,056	$428	$69,440,697	29
12	(12)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$852,099	+198.27%	2,322	$367	$116,708,701	43
13	(13)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$305,177	+266.45%	238	$1,282	$3,864,410	29
-	(15)	The Invention of Lying	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$135,314	+148.68%	452	$299	$17,331,293	29
-	(16)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$132,653	+172.98%	416	$319	$3,163,225	22
-	(14)	Capitalism: A Love Story	Overture Films	Documentary	$104,293	+26.63%	492	$212	$13,395,212	38
-	(17)	Whip It	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$64,801	+170.22%	260	$249	$12,479,504	29
-	(18)	The Informant	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$61,417	+158.11%	220	$279	$32,606,514	43
-	(20)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$42,708	+142.33%	215	$199	$276,696,782	148
-	(19)	The Time Traveler's Wife	Warner Bros.	Drama	$38,103	+79.67%	219	$174	$62,972,803	78
-	(23)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$31,471	+110.06%	201	$157	$301,506,475	108
-	(24)	Love Happens	Universal	Drama	$31,185	+167.68%	189	$165	$22,870,690	43
-	(36)	The Final Destination	Warner Bros.	Horror	$30,265	+1,728.70%	234	$129	$66,182,458	64
-	(21)	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Paramount Pictures	Action	$28,422	+67.97%	205	$139	$150,104,708	85
-	(28)	All About Steve	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$26,119	+313.67%	154	$170	$33,419,386	57
-	(27)	Pandorum	Overture Films	Horror	$17,073	+157.24%	147	$116	$10,224,752	36
-	(25)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$16,779	+47.30%	46	$365	$3,550,676	64
-	(22)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$15,996	+4.31%	29	$552	$18,322,527	260
-	(26)	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$15,935	+74.86%	108	$148	$196,319,592	122
-	(37)	Jennifer's Body	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$10,792	+573.24%	106	$102	$16,117,358	43
-	(30)	(500) Days of Summer	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$10,207	+134.75%	43	$237	$32,280,546	106
-	(32)	Sorority Row	Summit Entertainment	Horror	$9,753	+154.91%	51	$191	$11,941,155	50
-	(29)	9	Focus Features	Adventure	$9,563	+112.18%	91	$105	$31,365,929	52
-	(34)	Aliens in the Attic	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$5,712	+187.47%	61	$94	$25,120,117	92
-	(33)	My One and Only	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$5,485	+133.90%	16	$343	$2,429,029	71
-	(new)	Gentlemen Broncos	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$4,244		2	$2,122	$4,244	1
-	(35)	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$2,790	+50.49%	19	$147	$1,412,275	36
-	(31)	Motherhood	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$1,506	-62.08%	10	$151	$70,770	8
-	(43)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$1,039	+136.67%	9	$115	$541,965	22
-	(41)	Whiteout	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$842	+4.34%	8	$105	$10,187,321	50
-	(42)	Shorts	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$819	+79.21%	17	$48	$20,456,186	71
-	(38)	Adam	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$737	-45.33%	6	$123	$2,266,263	94
-	(40)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$661	-22.96%	7	$94	$849,921	92
-	(44)	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$661	+112.54%	4	$165	$648,226	127
-	(45)	Big Gay Musical	Self Distributed	Musical	$457	+98.91%	1	$457	$21,572	50

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