The Top Movies of Sunday, January 17, 2010

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Avatar	20th Century Fox	Action	$15,137,240	-12.27%	3,285	$4,608	$493,252,617	31
2	(2)	The Book of Eli	Warner Bros.	Action	$9,336,245	-20.75%	3,111	$3,001	$32,789,494	3
3	(3)	The Lovely Bones	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$4,931,605	-22.38%	2,563	$1,924	$17,471,796	38
4	(4)	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$3,932,475	-25.35%	3,296	$1,193	$192,711,792	26
5	(6)	The Spy Next Door	Lionsgate	Comedy	$3,262,245	-19.51%	2,924	$1,116	$9,726,056	3
6	(5)	Sherlock Holmes	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$2,940,410	-28.60%	3,173	$927	$180,082,554	24
7	(7)	It's Complicated	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$2,365,605	-30.86%	2,673	$885	$88,664,380	24
8	(8)	Leap Year	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$1,695,795	-29.31%	2,512	$675	$17,629,680	10
9	(9)	The Blind Side	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,625,516	-30.96%	2,408	$675	$226,766,539	59
10	(11)	Daybreakers	Lionsgate	Thriller/Suspense	$1,619,682	-19.16%	2,523	$642	$24,373,955	10
11	(10)	Up in the Air	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,586,713	-32.20%	2,107	$753	$62,818,397	45
12	(12)	The Princess and the Frog	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,038,884	-16.52%	1,777	$585	$96,307,038	54
13	(13)	Youth in Revolt	Weinstein/Dimension	Comedy	$945,671	-13.83%	1,873	$505	$12,143,155	10
-	(14)	The Young Victoria	Apparition	Drama	$297,871	-25.43%	418	$713	$6,105,172	31
-	(15)	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$294,417	-23.49%	724	$407	$292,229,350	59
-	(16)	A Single Man	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$262,358	-27.02%	219	$1,198	$3,290,100	38
-	(17)	Invictus	Warner Bros.	Drama	$244,578	-27.45%	602	$406	$34,970,393	38
-	(18)	Crazy Heart	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$198,899	-30.01%	47	$4,232	$2,075,069	33
-	(19)	Nine	Weinstein Co.	Musical	$179,416	-26.32%	422	$425	$18,148,487	31
-	(20)	2012	Sony Pictures	Action	$149,887	-18.94%	373	$402	$164,670,700	66
-	(21)	Planet 51	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$135,426	-19.00%	371	$365	$40,088,029	59
-	(23)	3 Idiots	Big Pictures	Comedy	$121,468	-11.82%	120	$1,012	$6,053,769	26
-	(22)	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$108,709	-33.84%	521	$209	$29,284,626	31
-	(24)	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Lionsgate	Drama	$80,638	-18.77%	228	$354	$44,758,541	73
-	(25)	The Fantastic Mr. Fox	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$78,656	-6.62%	196	$401	$19,930,825	66
-	(29)	Ninja Assassin	Warner Bros.	Action	$43,617	-9.30%	206	$212	$37,783,036	54
-	(30)	The Road	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$41,528	-12.90%	145	$286	$7,617,312	54
-	(28)	Brothers	Lionsgate	Drama	$40,836	-18.31%	174	$235	$28,476,783	45
-	(26)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$40,649	-30.35%	192	$212	$124,711,410	122
-	(31)	Chance Pe Dance	UTV Communications		$38,577	-13.11%	68	$567	$117,917	3
-	(27)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$36,335	-31.75%	169	$215	$108,911,575	101
-	(33)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$35,721	-16.29%	185	$193	$76,979,401	94
-	(32)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$35,406	-17.60%	28	$1,265	$19,644,696	339
-	(34)	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Overture Films	Black Comedy	$21,602	-21.21%	142	$152	$32,290,433	73
-	(35)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$18,422	-24.37%	125	$147	$73,217,867	94
-	(36)	The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day	Apparition	Action	$10,067	-0.47%	50	$201	$10,143,744	80
-	(37)	Me and Orson Welles	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$8,936	-3.96%	20	$447	$1,063,909	54
-	(38)	Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$4,749	-26.74%	54	$88	$19,541,847	87
-	(39)	The Maid	Elephant Eye Films	Drama	$3,502	-25.73%	11	$318	$519,437	94
-	(40)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$1,469	-36.84%	52	$28	$107,916,659	115
-	(41)	44 Inch Chest	Image Entertainment		$1,083	-9.45%	1	$1,083	$4,185	3
-	(re-entry)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$958		2	$479	$4,150,406	101
-	(42)	Mystery Team	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$558	-17.33%	1	$558	$55,371	143
-	(43)	That Evening Sun	Freestyle Releasing		$150	+20.00%	1	$150	$48,463	73
-	(44)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$57	-52.50%	2	$29	$3,818,493	143