The Top Movies of Friday, January 8, 2010

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Avatar	20th Century Fox	Action	$13,280,653	+117.91%	3,422	$3,881	$393,820,950	22
2	(new)	Daybreakers	Lionsgate	Thriller/Suspense	$5,895,356		2,523	$2,337	$5,895,356	1
3	(2)	Sherlock Holmes	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$5,073,809	+164.38%	3,626	$1,399	$153,641,575	15
4	(4)	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$3,468,656	+240.31%	3,641	$953	$165,353,332	17
5	(new)	Leap Year	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$3,301,965		2,511	$1,315	$3,301,965	1
6	(3)	It's Complicated	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$3,236,225	+132.82%	2,955	$1,095	$68,598,890	15
7	(new)	Youth in Revolt	Weinstein/Dimension	Comedy	$2,715,542		1,873	$1,450	$2,715,542	1
8	(6)	The Blind Side	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,219,253	+247.73%	2,926	$758	$213,666,162	50
9	(5)	Up in the Air	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$2,083,038	+195.42%	2,218	$939	$49,724,779	36
10	(7)	The Princess and the Frog	Buena Vista	Adventure	$947,168	+145.44%	2,620	$362	$88,842,739	45
-	(10)	Invictus	Warner Bros.	Drama	$499,698	+88.96%	1,340	$373	$32,284,341	29
-	(9)	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$487,802	+48.52%	1,820	$268	$27,288,053	22
-	(11)	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$481,226	+99.74%	1,167	$412	$289,520,696	50
-	(8)	Nine	Weinstein Co.	Musical	$471,577	+43.52%	1,060	$445	$15,693,704	22
-	(14)	The Young Victoria	Apparition	Drama	$301,544	+267.71%	476	$633	$3,709,566	22
-	(re-entry)	3 Idiots	Big Pictures	Comedy	$134,538		156	$862	$5,143,134	17
-	(12)	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Lionsgate	Drama	$123,519	+38.96%	409	$302	$43,970,260	64
-	(21)	Crazy Heart	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$121,015	+520.78%	33	$3,667	$905,636	24
-	(13)	Brothers	Lionsgate	Drama	$113,803	+32.82%	428	$266	$27,947,963	36
-	(15)	2012	Sony Pictures	Action	$96,393	+48.80%	351	$275	$163,834,178	57
-	(17)	A Single Man	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$89,130	+83.51%	48	$1,857	$2,015,649	29
-	(16)	The Road	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$71,918	+33.64%	207	$347	$7,180,350	45
-	(19)	The Fantastic Mr. Fox	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$70,357	+128.28%	263	$268	$19,344,241	57
-	(23)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$45,310	+191.57%	197	$230	$108,629,220	92
-	(re-entry)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$44,453		222	$200	$124,391,293	113
-	(22)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$41,223	+117.28%	243	$170	$76,696,141	85
-	(33)	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Overture Films	Black Comedy	$36,227	+733.19%	198	$183	$32,073,777	64
-	(24)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$33,643	+142.79%	194	$173	$73,029,897	85
-	(re-entry)	Armored	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$28,541		118	$242	$15,918,335	36
-	(25)	Ninja Assassin	Warner Bros.	Action	$21,981	+64.53%	101	$218	$37,578,420	45
-	(26)	The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day	Apparition	Action	$20,858	+65.96%	75	$278	$10,042,534	71
-	(new)	Crazy on the Outside	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$20,776		74	$281	$20,776	1
-	(re-entry)	Planet 51	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$16,557		132	$125	$39,622,662	50
-	(29)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$10,537	+20.73%	28	$376	$19,461,135	330
-	(30)	The Lovely Bones	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$9,566	+44.55%	3	$3,189	$419,074	29
-	(27)	Me and Orson Welles	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$9,430	-18.83%	35	$269	$994,945	45
-	(35)	Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$8,634	+132.10%	106	$81	$19,479,975	78
-	(34)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$7,568	+79.59%	103	$73	$107,882,281	106
-	(new)	Bitch Slap	Freestyle Releasing	Action	$4,207		3	$1,402	$4,207	1
-	(re-entry)	The Maid	Elephant Eye Films	Drama	$3,151		11	$286	$498,154	85
-	(new)	In Search of Memory	Icarus Films		$3,115		1	$3,115	$3,115	1
-	(36)	Amelia	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,861	+39.90%	22	$130	$14,233,735	78
-	(re-entry)	The Little Traitor	Westchester Films	Drama	$549		1	$549	$93,575	85
-	(39)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$529	+2,104.17%	3	$176	$4,147,017	92
-	(re-entry)	The Slammin' Salmon	Anchor Bay Entertainment	Comedy	$218		1	$218	$39,139	29