The Top Movies of Wednesday, November 4, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Michael Jackson's This Is It	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$2,114,248	-20.93%	3,481	$607	$41,686,081	8
2	(2)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$903,305	-20.09%	2,404	$376	$87,847,574	41
3	(3)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$733,295	-18.75%	2,764	$265	$53,896,291	20
4	(5)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$588,590	-13.55%	3,026	$195	$88,885,790	27
5	(4)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$508,292	-28.73%	3,645	$139	$64,450,276	20
6	(6)	Saw VI	Lionsgate	Horror	$372,430	-22.71%	3,036	$123	$23,832,377	13
7	(9)	Amelia	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$292,205	-14.69%	1,070	$273	$9,230,473	13
8	(12)	Zombieland	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$236,822	-13.23%	2,056	$115	$71,947,764	34
9	(11)	The Stepfather	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$224,830	-24.98%	2,346	$96	$25,355,785	20
10	(10)	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	Universal	Action	$221,505	-26.88%	2,754	$80	$11,610,085	13
11	(7)	Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$217,215	-46.52%	3,020	$72	$12,210,677	13
12	(8)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$187,987	-52.67%	2,322	$81	$119,442,610	48
-	(13)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$84,458	-22.56%	238	$355	$4,874,436	34
-	(14)	Capitalism: A Love Story	Overture Films	Documentary	$46,546	-12.46%	492	$95	$13,807,668	43
-	(16)	The Invention of Lying	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$43,037	-3.29%	452	$95	$17,717,992	34
-	(15)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$38,912	-13.34%	416	$94	$3,578,617	27
-	(17)	Whip It	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$21,440	-17.02%	260	$82	$12,679,185	34
-	(18)	The Informant	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$19,365	-16.70%	220	$88	$32,796,720	48
-	(20)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$15,268	-4.00%	215	$71	$276,815,616	153
-	(19)	The Time Traveler's Wife	Warner Bros.	Drama	$14,861	-8.77%	219	$68	$63,087,308	83
-	(21)	The Final Destination	Warner Bros.	Horror	$11,285	-12.98%	234	$48	$66,290,545	69
-	(22)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$10,398	-10.01%	201	$52	$301,610,121	113
-	(25)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$10,243	+4.99%	46	$223	$3,618,221	69
-	(23)	Love Happens	Universal	Drama	$9,450	-9.09%	189	$50	$22,954,795	48
-	(26)	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Paramount Pictures	Action	$7,880	-14.41%	205	$38	$150,193,035	90
-	(24)	All About Steve	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$7,768	-21.59%	154	$50	$33,493,448	62
-	(27)	Pandorum	Overture Films	Horror	$7,112	-11.76%	147	$48	$10,283,198	41
-	(28)	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$5,096	-25.69%	108	$47	$196,380,608	127
-	(29)	(500) Days of Summer	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$4,798	-4.00%	43	$112	$32,311,555	111
-	(31)	9	Focus Features	Adventure	$4,278	-1.43%	91	$47	$31,402,580	57
-	(30)	Jennifer's Body	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$3,939	-19.65%	106	$37	$16,153,883	48
-	(32)	My One and Only	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$1,905	-32.33%	16	$119	$2,444,556	76
-	(38)	Adam	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,766	+258.94%	6	$294	$2,271,708	99
-	(33)	Sorority Row	Summit Entertainment	Horror	$1,699	-36.75%	51	$33	$11,962,678	55
-	(35)	Gentlemen Broncos	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$1,316	-21.01%	2	$658	$15,774	6
-	(34)	Aliens in the Attic	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,163	-50.87%	61	$19	$25,142,179	97
-	(36)	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$800	-37.79%	19	$42	$1,421,086	41
-	(37)	Motherhood	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$762	-27.08%	10	$76	$76,815	13
-	(39)	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$465	+14.81%	4	$116	$650,953	132
-	(41)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$322	+13.78%	9	$36	$546,316	27
-	(40)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$276	-22.47%	7	$39	$851,740	97
-	(44)	Whiteout	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$206	-11.97%	8	$26	$10,189,493	55
-	(42)	Big Gay Musical	Self Distributed	Musical	$202	-24.20%	1	$202	$23,020	55
-	(43)	Shorts	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$194	-18.49%	17	$11	$20,459,003	76

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