The Top Movies of Saturday, November 7, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Disney's A Christmas Carol	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$13,132,589	+47.84%	3,683	$3,566	$22,015,851	2
2	(4)	Michael Jackson's This Is It	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$5,676,871	+40.91%	3,481	$1,631	$53,560,833	11
3	(3)	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Overture Films	Black Comedy	$5,290,882	+13.98%	2,443	$2,166	$9,932,713	2
4	(2)	The Fourth Kind	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$4,776,030	-4.31%	2,527	$1,890	$9,767,335	2
5	(5)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$3,684,031	+28.64%	2,558	$1,440	$95,377,718	44
6	(6)	The Box	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$3,183,359	+11.80%	2,635	$1,208	$6,030,691	2
7	(7)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$2,885,570	+42.25%	2,857	$1,010	$94,465,550	30
8	(8)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$2,697,862	+43.10%	2,474	$1,090	$59,283,811	23
9	(9)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,867,001	+57.17%	2,756	$677	$68,098,186	23
10	(13)	Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$1,234,172	+125.84%	1,918	$643	$14,265,359	16
11	(10)	Saw VI	Lionsgate	Horror	$884,730	+24.55%	2,091	$423	$25,815,531	16
12	(12)	Amelia	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$787,435	+36.04%	1,030	$765	$10,905,988	16
13	(11)	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Lionsgate	Drama	$699,614	+19.01%	18	$38,867	$1,287,473	2
-	(14)	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	Universal	Action	$525,770	+64.44%	1,421	$370	$12,689,670	16
-	(15)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$432,306	+87.23%	262	$1,650	$5,632,517	37
-	(16)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$92,456	+43.67%	137	$675	$3,779,509	30
-	(17)	The Invention of Lying	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$83,812	+39.99%	235	$357	$17,908,154	37
-	(18)	Capitalism: A Love Story	Overture Films	Documentary	$75,450	+77.31%	217	$348	$13,980,122	46
-	(22)	Shorts	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$59,212	+83.56%	222	$267	$20,550,673	79
-	(23)	The Informant	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$50,619	+59.41%	138	$367	$32,901,169	51
-	(20)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$50,478	+40.55%	152	$332	$276,919,504	156
-	(19)	The Time Traveler's Wife	Warner Bros.	Drama	$49,018	+34.84%	171	$287	$63,188,924	86
-	(24)	Whip It	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$46,672	+53.48%	138	$338	$12,781,282	37
-	(21)	All About Steve	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$43,276	+34.07%	142	$305	$33,578,668	65
-	(26)	9	Focus Features	Adventure	$43,004	+63.87%	126	$341	$31,476,055	60
-	(27)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$37,933	+58.23%	135	$281	$301,684,625	116
-	(25)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$34,665	+26.26%	29	$1,195	$18,472,441	268
-	(28)	The Final Destination	Warner Bros.	Horror	$31,258	+71.06%	132	$237	$66,351,586	72
-	(29)	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$27,224	+100.55%	80	$340	$196,427,084	130
-	(30)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$18,877	+58.31%	30	$629	$3,658,477	72
-	(31)	Gentlemen Broncos	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$12,574	+10.61%	12	$1,048	$41,660	9
-	(34)	Aliens in the Attic	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$9,115	+118.48%	44	$207	$25,156,865	100
-	(32)	Jennifer's Body	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$8,658	+65.77%	44	$197	$16,172,447	51
-	(33)	Pandorum	Overture Films	Horror	$6,687	+59.29%	68	$98	$10,301,867	44
-	(35)	My One and Only	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$5,150	+30.64%	24	$215	$2,455,650	79
-	(36)	Motherhood	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$4,010	+18.25%	19	$211	$84,792	16
-	(37)	That Evening Sun	Freestyle Releasing		$3,064	+7.58%	1	$3,064	$5,912	2
-	(39)	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$1,765	+147.55%	8	$221	$1,424,610	44
-	(38)	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$766	-0.39%	5	$153	$652,952	135
-	(42)	Big Gay Musical	Self Distributed	Musical	$557	+264.05%	1	$557	$23,991	58
-	(40)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$548	+67.58%	6	$91	$852,970	100
-	(41)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$525	+105.08%	4	$131	$547,312	30

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