The Top Movies of Friday, January 1, 2010

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Avatar	20th Century Fox	Action	$25,274,008	+71.49%	3,461	$7,303	$308,898,218	15
2	(3)	Sherlock Holmes	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$14,889,882	+71.31%	3,626	$4,106	$116,992,838	8
3	(2)	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$12,998,264	+48.86%	3,747	$3,469	$133,725,546	10
4	(4)	It's Complicated	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$7,127,425	+33.81%	2,897	$2,460	$47,503,300	8
5	(5)	The Blind Side	Warner Bros.	Drama	$4,554,779	+31.44%	2,926	$1,557	$201,118,097	43
6	(6)	Up in the Air	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$4,112,263	+45.38%	1,895	$2,170	$37,767,476	29
7	(7)	The Princess and the Frog	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$3,631,520	+40.17%	3,328	$1,091	$79,666,548	38
8	(8)	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,933,346	+50.31%	2,718	$711	$22,313,392	15
9	(9)	Invictus	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,485,826	+49.66%	2,170	$685	$28,162,959	22
10	(10)	Nine	Weinstein Co.	Musical	$1,459,195	+66.36%	1,412	$1,033	$11,303,968	15
11	(11)	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$1,289,766	+100.83%	1,627	$793	$285,802,158	43
12	(12)	3 Idiots	Reliance Big Pictures	Comedy	$630,178	+157.08%	132	$4,774	$3,892,714	10
13	(16)	Brothers	Lionsgate	Drama	$465,462	+205.27%	858	$542	$26,688,241	29
14	(15)	2012	Sony Pictures	Action	$427,412	+123.61%	800	$534	$162,776,412	50
15	(17)	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Lionsgate	Drama	$339,314	+149.53%	629	$539	$42,907,303	57
16	(re-entry)	The Young Victoria	Apparition	Drama	$313,109		165	$1,898	$1,878,075	15
-	(14)	Old Dogs	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$275,745	+42.12%	620	$445	$46,804,318	38
-	(13)	Disney's A Christmas Carol	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$222,879	+10.24%	981	$227	$137,111,930	57
-	(19)	The Road	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$210,977	+152.32%	306	$689	$6,526,655	38
-	(20)	The Fantastic Mr. Fox	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$182,513	+135.87%	274	$666	$18,827,069	50
-	(21)	A Single Man	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$177,038	+153.56%	46	$3,849	$1,421,729	22
-	(18)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$131,985	+44.77%	256	$516	$124,042,682	106
-	(26)	Armored	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$129,020	+262.88%	244	$529	$15,627,260	29
-	(22)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$97,013	+82.70%	267	$363	$76,398,992	78
-	(23)	Crazy Heart	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$83,294	+87.52%	12	$6,941	$564,494	17
-	(25)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$81,095	+127.48%	222	$365	$108,378,560	85
-	(27)	Ninja Assassin	Warner Bros.	Action	$80,046	+185.51%	166	$482	$37,383,511	38
-	(29)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$64,127	+199.00%	205	$313	$72,828,354	78
-	(24)	Planet 51	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$56,678	+37.84%	209	$271	$39,467,236	43
-	(32)	The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day	Apparition	Action	$45,507	+187.13%	102	$446	$9,885,291	64
-	(28)	Me and Orson Welles	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$32,415	+25.60%	80	$405	$882,618	38
-	(33)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$31,474	+170.79%	49	$642	$9,129,930	92
-	(31)	Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$28,474	+60.05%	152	$187	$19,386,345	71
-	(39)	The Fourth Kind	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$26,180	+381.25%	77	$340	$25,422,900	57
-	(38)	The Lovely Bones	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$24,949	+308.13%	3	$8,316	$343,372	22
-	(34)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$24,351	+185.94%	145	$168	$107,817,196	99
-	(re-entry)	Red Cliff	Magnolia Pictures	Action	$24,111		30	$804	$526,841	43
-	(30)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$17,411	-8.17%	26	$670	$19,369,981	323
-	(35)	Pirate Radio	Focus Features	Comedy	$16,391	+94.97%	113	$145	$7,965,947	50
-	(37)	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Overture Films	Black Comedy	$15,645	+136.58%	74	$211	$31,992,582	57
-	(41)	The Box	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$8,308	+210.00%	50	$166	$15,033,587	57
-	(36)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$4,761	-38.34%	20	$238	$181,308,636	1,879
-	(40)	Amelia	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$4,494	+48.12%	28	$161	$14,212,472	71
-	(42)	The Maid	Elephant Eye Films	Drama	$2,279	+97.15%	5	$456	$488,522	78
-	(re-entry)	The Fall	Roadside Attractions	Adventure	$686		1	$686	$2,278,918	603
-	(43)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$444	+141.30%	2	$222	$3,815,816	127
-	(re-entry)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$18		1	$18	$548,748	85

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Chart certified: 7/29/2010