The Top Movies of Sunday, November 8, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Disney's A Christmas Carol	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$8,035,224	-38.81%	3,683	$2,182	$30,051,075	3
2	(2)	Michael Jackson's This Is It	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$3,452,453	-39.18%	3,481	$992	$57,013,286	12
3	(3)	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Overture Films	Black Comedy	$2,773,941	-47.57%	2,443	$1,135	$12,706,654	3
4	(4)	The Fourth Kind	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$2,463,825	-48.41%	2,527	$975	$12,231,160	3
5	(5)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$1,730,757	-53.02%	2,558	$677	$97,108,475	45
6	(6)	The Box	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$1,540,726	-51.60%	2,635	$585	$7,571,417	3
7	(8)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$1,420,524	-47.35%	2,474	$574	$60,704,335	24
8	(7)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$1,215,005	-57.89%	2,857	$425	$95,680,555	31
9	(9)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,122,398	-39.88%	2,756	$407	$69,220,584	24
10	(10)	Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$845,445	-31.50%	1,918	$441	$15,110,804	17
11	(13)	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Lionsgate	Drama	$584,985	-16.38%	18	$32,499	$1,872,458	3
12	(12)	Amelia	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$440,348	-44.08%	1,030	$428	$11,346,336	17
13	(11)	Saw VI	Lionsgate	Horror	$436,855	-50.62%	2,091	$209	$26,252,386	17
-	(14)	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	Universal	Action	$298,410	-43.24%	1,421	$210	$12,988,080	17
-	(15)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$200,552	-53.61%	262	$765	$5,833,069	38
-	(16)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$48,791	-47.23%	137	$356	$3,828,300	31
-	(18)	Capitalism: A Love Story	Overture Films	Documentary	$44,476	-41.05%	217	$205	$14,024,598	47
-	(17)	The Invention of Lying	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$37,960	-54.71%	235	$162	$17,946,114	38
-	(19)	Shorts	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$35,039	-40.82%	222	$158	$20,585,712	80
-	(25)	9	Focus Features	Adventure	$30,361	-29.40%	126	$241	$31,506,416	61
-	(22)	The Time Traveler's Wife	Warner Bros.	Drama	$25,541	-47.89%	171	$149	$63,214,465	87
-	(23)	Whip It	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$24,601	-47.29%	138	$178	$12,805,883	38
-	(21)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$23,037	-54.36%	152	$152	$276,942,541	157
-	(26)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$22,819	-39.84%	135	$169	$301,707,444	117
-	(24)	All About Steve	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$22,370	-48.31%	142	$158	$33,601,038	66
-	(20)	The Informant	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$21,680	-57.17%	138	$157	$32,922,849	52
-	(28)	The Final Destination	Warner Bros.	Horror	$21,036	-32.70%	132	$159	$66,372,622	73
-	(27)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$18,477	-46.70%	29	$637	$18,490,918	269
-	(29)	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$15,873	-41.69%	80	$198	$196,442,957	131
-	(30)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$11,803	-37.47%	30	$393	$3,670,280	73
-	(31)	Gentlemen Broncos	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$6,611	-47.42%	12	$551	$48,271	10
-	(32)	Aliens in the Attic	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$5,934	-34.90%	44	$135	$25,162,799	101
-	(33)	Jennifer's Body	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$5,542	-35.99%	44	$126	$16,177,989	52
-	(34)	Pandorum	Overture Films	Horror	$4,225	-36.82%	68	$62	$10,306,092	45
-	(35)	My One and Only	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$2,986	-42.02%	24	$124	$2,458,636	80
-	(36)	Motherhood	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$2,854	-28.83%	19	$150	$87,646	17
-	(37)	That Evening Sun	Freestyle Releasing		$1,418	-53.72%	1	$1,418	$7,330	3
-	(38)	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$1,383	-21.64%	8	$173	$1,425,993	45
-	(39)	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$993	+29.63%	5	$199	$653,945	136
-	(42)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$685	+30.48%	4	$171	$547,997	31
-	(40)	Big Gay Musical	Self Distributed	Musical	$331	-40.66%	1	$331	$24,140	59
-	(41)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$308	-43.80%	6	$51	$853,278	101
-	(re-entry)	Goodbye Solo	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$153		1	$153	$871,275	227

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