The Top Movies of Saturday, January 2, 2010

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Avatar	20th Century Fox	Action	$25,835,551	+2.22%	3,461	$7,465	$334,733,769	16
2	(2)	Sherlock Holmes	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$14,373,564	-3.47%	3,626	$3,964	$131,366,402	9
3	(3)	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$14,373,273	+10.58%	3,747	$3,836	$148,098,819	11
4	(4)	It's Complicated	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$7,691,535	+7.91%	2,897	$2,655	$55,194,835	9
5	(5)	The Blind Side	Warner Bros.	Drama	$4,997,659	+9.72%	2,926	$1,708	$206,115,756	44
6	(6)	Up in the Air	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$4,457,565	+8.40%	1,895	$2,352	$42,225,041	30
7	(7)	The Princess and the Frog	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$3,928,064	+8.17%	3,328	$1,180	$83,594,612	39
8	(8)	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$2,017,120	+4.33%	2,718	$742	$24,330,512	16
9	(9)	Invictus	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,631,588	+9.81%	2,170	$752	$29,794,547	23
10	(10)	Nine	Weinstein Co.	Musical	$1,558,613	+6.81%	1,412	$1,104	$12,862,581	16
11	(11)	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$1,378,404	+6.87%	1,627	$847	$287,180,562	44
12	(12)	3 Idiots	Reliance Big Pictures	Comedy	$553,624	-12.15%	132	$4,194	$4,446,338	11
13	(13)	Brothers	Lionsgate	Drama	$481,228	+3.39%	858	$561	$27,169,469	30
14	(14)	2012	Sony Pictures	Action	$446,695	+4.51%	800	$558	$163,223,107	51
15	(15)	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Lionsgate	Drama	$378,248	+11.47%	629	$601	$43,285,551	58
16	(16)	The Young Victoria	Apparition	Drama	$357,579	+14.20%	165	$2,167	$2,235,654	16
-	(17)	Old Dogs	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$287,666	+4.32%	620	$464	$47,091,984	39
-	(18)	Disney's A Christmas Carol	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$210,319	-5.64%	981	$214	$137,322,249	58
-	(19)	The Road	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$206,887	-1.94%	306	$676	$6,733,542	39
-	(21)	A Single Man	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$190,444	+7.57%	46	$4,140	$1,612,173	23
-	(20)	The Fantastic Mr. Fox	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$181,831	-0.37%	274	$664	$19,008,900	51
-	(22)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$146,282	+10.83%	256	$571	$124,188,964	107
-	(23)	Armored	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$130,003	+0.76%	244	$533	$15,757,263	30
-	(24)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$105,233	+8.47%	267	$394	$76,504,225	79
-	(26)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$91,020	+12.24%	222	$410	$108,469,580	86
-	(25)	Crazy Heart	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$88,261	+5.96%	12	$7,355	$652,755	18
-	(27)	Ninja Assassin	Warner Bros.	Action	$71,743	-10.37%	166	$432	$37,455,254	39
-	(28)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$66,054	+3.00%	205	$322	$72,894,408	79
-	(29)	Planet 51	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$65,129	+14.91%	209	$312	$39,532,365	44
-	(30)	The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day	Apparition	Action	$43,705	-3.96%	102	$428	$9,928,996	65
-	(32)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$38,658	+22.83%	49	$789	$9,168,588	93
-	(31)	Me and Orson Welles	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$36,901	+13.84%	80	$461	$919,519	39
-	(33)	Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$30,148	+5.88%	152	$198	$19,416,493	72
-	(38)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$29,544	+69.69%	26	$1,136	$19,399,525	324
-	(34)	The Fourth Kind	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$26,565	+1.47%	77	$345	$25,449,465	58
-	(36)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$24,773	+1.73%	145	$171	$107,841,969	100
-	(35)	The Lovely Bones	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$23,707	-4.98%	3	$7,902	$367,079	23
-	(39)	Pirate Radio	Focus Features	Comedy	$18,394	+12.22%	113	$163	$7,984,341	51
-	(40)	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Overture Films	Black Comedy	$16,725	+6.90%	74	$226	$32,009,307	58
-	(41)	The Box	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$8,224	-1.01%	50	$164	$15,041,811	58
-	(42)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$7,786	+63.54%	20	$389	$181,316,422	1,880
-	(43)	Amelia	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$7,351	+63.57%	28	$263	$14,219,823	72
-	(44)	The Maid	Elephant Eye Films	Drama	$2,408	+5.66%	5	$482	$490,930	79
-	(45)	The Fall	Roadside Attractions	Adventure	$1,430	+108.45%	1	$1,430	$2,280,348	604
-	(46)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$867	+95.27%	2	$434	$3,816,683	128
-	(47)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$21	+16.67%	1	$21	$548,769	86