The Top Movies of Thursday, November 5, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Michael Jackson's This Is It	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$2,169,261	+2.60%	3,481	$623	$43,855,342	9
2	(2)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$982,296	+8.74%	2,404	$409	$88,829,870	42
3	(3)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$804,307	+9.68%	2,764	$291	$54,700,598	21
4	(4)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$665,720	+13.10%	3,026	$220	$89,551,510	28
5	(5)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$593,059	+16.68%	3,645	$163	$65,043,335	21
6	(6)	Saw VI	Lionsgate	Horror	$388,065	+4.20%	3,036	$128	$24,220,442	14
7	(7)	Amelia	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$309,237	+5.83%	1,070	$289	$9,539,710	14
8	(11)	Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$274,024	+26.15%	3,020	$91	$12,484,701	14
9	(12)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$268,221	+42.68%	2,322	$116	$119,710,831	49
10	(8)	Zombieland	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$263,376	+11.21%	2,056	$128	$72,210,422	35
11	(9)	The Stepfather	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$259,285	+15.32%	2,346	$111	$25,615,070	21
12	(10)	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	Universal	Action	$234,090	+5.68%	2,754	$85	$11,844,175	14
-	(13)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$94,883	+12.34%	238	$399	$4,969,319	35
-	(14)	Capitalism: A Love Story	Overture Films	Documentary	$54,452	+16.99%	492	$111	$13,862,120	44
-	(15)	The Invention of Lying	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$46,479	+8.00%	452	$103	$17,764,471	35
-	(16)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$44,082	+13.29%	416	$106	$3,622,699	28
-	(17)	Whip It	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$25,016	+16.68%	260	$96	$12,704,201	35
-	(18)	The Informant	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$22,076	+14.00%	220	$100	$32,818,796	49
-	(19)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$17,495	+14.59%	215	$81	$276,833,111	154
-	(20)	The Time Traveler's Wife	Warner Bros.	Drama	$16,244	+9.31%	219	$74	$63,103,552	84
-	(re-entry)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$15,760		29	$543	$18,410,320	266
-	(22)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$12,597	+21.15%	201	$63	$301,622,718	114
-	(21)	The Final Destination	Warner Bros.	Horror	$11,510	+1.99%	234	$49	$66,302,055	70
-	(24)	Love Happens	Universal	Drama	$10,315	+9.15%	189	$55	$22,965,110	49
-	(26)	All About Steve	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$9,666	+24.43%	154	$63	$33,503,114	63
-	(23)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$9,455	-7.69%	46	$206	$3,627,676	70
-	(25)	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Paramount Pictures	Action	$8,463	+7.40%	205	$41	$150,201,498	91
-	(27)	Pandorum	Overture Films	Horror	$7,784	+9.45%	147	$53	$10,290,982	42
-	(29)	(500) Days of Summer	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$5,757	+19.99%	43	$134	$32,317,312	112
-	(28)	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$5,677	+11.40%	108	$53	$196,386,285	128
-	(31)	Jennifer's Body	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$4,683	+18.89%	106	$44	$16,158,566	49
-	(30)	9	Focus Features	Adventure	$4,229	-1.15%	91	$46	$31,406,809	58
-	(34)	Sorority Row	Summit Entertainment	Horror	$2,604	+53.27%	51	$51	$11,965,282	56
-	(32)	My One and Only	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$2,002	+5.09%	16	$125	$2,446,558	77
-	(35)	Gentlemen Broncos	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$1,944	+47.72%	2	$972	$17,718	7
-	(36)	Aliens in the Attic	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,399	+20.29%	61	$23	$25,143,578	98
-	(37)	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$1,046	+30.75%	19	$55	$1,422,132	42
-	(33)	Adam	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$980	-44.51%	6	$163	$2,272,688	100
-	(38)	Motherhood	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$576	-24.41%	10	$58	$77,391	14
-	(39)	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$464	-0.22%	3	$155	$651,417	133
-	(41)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$355	+28.62%	7	$51	$852,095	98
-	(42)	Whiteout	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$273	+32.52%	8	$34	$10,189,766	56
-	(43)	Big Gay Musical	Self Distributed	Musical	$261	+29.21%	1	$261	$23,281	56
-	(40)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$215	-33.23%	9	$24	$546,531	28
-	(44)	Shorts	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$201	+3.61%	17	$12	$20,459,204	77

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