The Top Movies of Sunday, January 3, 2010

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Avatar	20th Century Fox	Action	$17,381,129	-32.72%	3,461	$5,022	$352,114,898	17
2	(3)	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$7,818,116	-45.61%	3,747	$2,087	$155,916,935	12
3	(2)	Sherlock Holmes	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$7,349,035	-48.87%	3,626	$2,027	$138,715,437	10
4	(4)	It's Complicated	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$3,984,005	-48.20%	2,897	$1,375	$59,178,840	10
5	(5)	The Blind Side	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,360,311	-52.77%	2,926	$807	$208,476,067	45
6	(7)	The Princess and the Frog	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,264,727	-42.34%	3,328	$681	$85,859,339	40
7	(6)	Up in the Air	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$2,150,224	-51.76%	1,895	$1,135	$44,375,265	31
8	(8)	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$981,872	-51.32%	2,718	$361	$25,312,384	17
9	(10)	Nine	Weinstein Co.	Musical	$883,395	-43.32%	1,412	$626	$13,745,976	17
10	(9)	Invictus	Warner Bros.	Drama	$791,898	-51.46%	2,170	$365	$30,586,445	24
11	(11)	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$774,093	-43.84%	1,627	$476	$287,954,655	45
12	(12)	3 Idiots	Big Pictures	Comedy	$310,740	-43.87%	132	$2,354	$4,757,078	12
13	(13)	Brothers	Lionsgate	Drama	$245,444	-49.00%	858	$286	$27,414,913	31
14	(16)	The Young Victoria	Apparition	Drama	$220,683	-38.28%	165	$1,337	$2,456,337	17
15	(14)	2012	Sony Pictures	Action	$219,021	-50.97%	800	$274	$163,442,128	52
16	(15)	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Lionsgate	Drama	$206,641	-45.37%	629	$329	$43,492,192	59
-	(17)	Old Dogs	Buena Vista	Comedy	$147,591	-48.69%	620	$238	$47,239,575	40
-	(19)	The Road	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$124,771	-39.69%	306	$408	$6,858,313	40
-	(18)	Disney's A Christmas Carol	Buena Vista	Drama	$121,668	-42.15%	981	$124	$137,443,917	59
-	(20)	A Single Man	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$119,476	-37.26%	46	$2,597	$1,731,649	24
-	(21)	The Fantastic Mr. Fox	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$114,289	-37.15%	274	$417	$19,123,189	52
-	(22)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$75,943	-48.08%	256	$297	$124,264,907	108
-	(24)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$62,266	-40.83%	267	$233	$76,566,491	80
-	(23)	Armored	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$58,039	-55.36%	244	$238	$15,815,302	31
-	(26)	Crazy Heart	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$49,433	-43.99%	12	$4,119	$702,188	19
-	(25)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$42,180	-53.66%	222	$190	$108,511,760	87
-	(29)	Planet 51	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$38,204	-41.34%	209	$183	$39,570,569	45
-	(27)	Ninja Assassin	Warner Bros.	Action	$37,520	-47.70%	166	$226	$37,492,774	40
-	(28)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$34,405	-47.91%	205	$168	$72,928,813	80
-	(30)	The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day	Apparition	Action	$28,958	-33.74%	102	$284	$9,957,954	66
-	(32)	Me and Orson Welles	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$22,757	-38.33%	80	$284	$942,276	40
-	(31)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$21,937	-43.25%	49	$448	$9,190,525	94
-	(34)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$16,499	-44.15%	26	$635	$19,416,024	325
-	(37)	The Lovely Bones	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$16,022	-32.42%	3	$5,341	$383,101	24
-	(33)	Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$15,866	-47.37%	152	$104	$19,432,359	73
-	(35)	The Fourth Kind	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$15,015	-43.48%	77	$195	$25,464,480	59
-	(36)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$12,627	-49.03%	145	$87	$107,854,596	101
-	(38)	Pirate Radio	Focus Features	Comedy	$9,774	-46.86%	113	$86	$7,994,115	52
-	(39)	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Overture Films	Black Comedy	$9,124	-45.45%	74	$123	$32,018,431	59
-	(42)	Amelia	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$4,318	-41.26%	28	$154	$14,224,141	73
-	(41)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$4,175	-46.38%	20	$209	$181,320,597	1,881
-	(40)	The Box	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$3,865	-53.00%	50	$77	$15,045,676	59
-	(43)	The Maid	Elephant Eye Films	Drama	$1,846	-23.34%	5	$369	$492,776	80
-	(45)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$500	-42.33%	2	$250	$3,817,183	129
-	(46)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$6	-71.43%	1	$6	$548,775	87