The Top Movies of Wednesday, November 11, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Disney's A Christmas Carol	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$5,355,513	+122.02%	3,683	$1,454	$39,430,219	6
2	(2)	Michael Jackson's This Is It	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$1,978,878	+45.77%	3,481	$568	$61,327,075	15
3	(3)	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Overture Films	Black Comedy	$1,516,188	+24.54%	2,443	$621	$16,355,529	6
4	(4)	The Fourth Kind	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$1,200,325	+10.53%	2,527	$475	$15,288,170	6
5	(6)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$955,797	+35.53%	2,474	$386	$62,866,384	27
6	(9)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$918,150	+149.41%	2,756	$333	$70,763,942	27
7	(7)	The Box	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$863,082	+22.88%	2,635	$328	$9,615,100	6
8	(5)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$820,700	+10.05%	2,558	$321	$99,195,147	48
9	(8)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$799,425	+33.14%	2,857	$280	$97,466,125	34
10	(13)	Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$756,485	+380.30%	1,918	$394	$16,148,497	20
11	(re-entry)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$470,409		1,126	$418	$121,658,630	55
12	(11)	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Lionsgate	Drama	$323,600	+42.12%	18	$17,978	$2,656,392	6
13	(10)	Amelia	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$310,545	+35.69%	1,030	$302	$12,038,800	20
14	(12)	Saw VI	Lionsgate	Horror	$225,552	+6.24%	2,091	$108	$26,848,689	20
15	(14)	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	Universal	Action	$191,800	+106.08%	1,421	$135	$13,344,000	20
16	(15)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$122,225	+39.19%	262	$467	$6,106,236	41
-	(16)	Capitalism: A Love Story	Overture Films	Documentary	$30,398	+41.87%	217	$140	$14,093,834	50
-	(18)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$28,395	+55.34%	137	$207	$3,891,438	34
-	(17)	The Invention of Lying	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$27,176	+28.54%	235	$116	$18,007,339	41
-	(25)	Shorts	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$25,660	+174.00%	222	$116	$20,627,896	83
-	(24)	9	Focus Features	Adventure	$20,381	+87.90%	126	$162	$31,546,801	64
-	(21)	Whip It	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$19,848	+52.72%	138	$144	$12,846,861	41
-	(22)	The Time Traveler's Wife	Warner Bros.	Drama	$18,768	+49.00%	171	$110	$63,255,235	90
-	(19)	All About Steve	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$16,483	+12.80%	142	$116	$33,641,128	69
-	(26)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$15,691	+71.26%	135	$116	$301,739,556	120
-	(20)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$14,918	+13.44%	152	$98	$276,979,556	160
-	(23)	The Informant	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$14,893	+22.82%	138	$108	$32,957,173	55
-	(29)	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$14,776	+142.99%	80	$185	$196,467,737	134
-	(27)	The Final Destination	Warner Bros.	Horror	$9,680	+40.72%	132	$73	$66,395,492	76
-	(28)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$8,986	+37.02%	30	$300	$3,691,121	76
-	(30)	Gentlemen Broncos	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$4,092	+47.73%	12	$341	$57,894	13
-	(33)	Jennifer's Body	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$2,911	+29.38%	44	$66	$16,185,196	55
-	(31)	Pandorum	Overture Films	Horror	$2,784	+14.19%	68	$41	$10,313,127	48
-	(34)	Aliens in the Attic	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$2,627	+68.07%	44	$60	$25,167,826	104
-	(32)	My One and Only	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$2,554	+9.01%	24	$106	$2,464,799	83
-	(35)	Motherhood	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$1,447	+34.98%	19	$76	$91,016	20
-	(36)	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$1,233	+67.76%	8	$154	$1,428,778	48
-	(37)	That Evening Sun	Freestyle Releasing		$922	+84.77%	1	$922	$9,273	6
-	(39)	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$726	+191.57%	5	$145	$655,294	139
-	(38)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$606	+55.78%	6	$101	$854,391	104
-	(40)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$39	-61.39%	4	$10	$548,245	34

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