The Top Movies, Weekend of October 30, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Michael Jackson's This Is It	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$23,234,394		3,481	$6,675	$23,234,394	5
2	(1)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$16,387,327	-22.35%	2,404	$6,817	$84,627,372	38
3	(4)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$7,403,630	-40.31%	2,764	$2,679	$51,485,280	17
4	(5)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$6,460,525	-39.17%	3,026	$2,135	$87,026,280	24
5	(3)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$5,931,417	-57.69%	3,645	$1,627	$62,650,379	17
6	(2)	Saw VI	Lionsgate	Horror	$5,270,794	-62.67%	3,036	$1,736	$22,534,749	10
7	(6)	Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$3,460,651	-48.37%	3,020	$1,146	$11,316,418	10
8	(8)	The Stepfather	Sony/Screen Gems	Thriller/Suspense	$3,207,792	-48.52%	2,346	$1,367	$24,555,801	17
9	(7)	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	Universal	Action	$3,098,185	-50.77%	2,754	$1,125	$10,809,975	10
10	(11)	Amelia	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$3,034,667	-22.27%	1,070	$2,836	$8,340,499	10
11	(9)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,747,476	-47.67%	2,322	$1,183	$118,604,078	45
12	(10)	Zombieland	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,620,655	-37.69%	2,056	$1,275	$71,181,556	31
13	(12)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$1,036,396	-5.20%	238	$4,355	$4,595,629	31
14	(new)	The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day	Apparition		$546,687		68	$8,040	$546,687	3
15	(19)	An Education	Sony Pictures Classics		$467,376	+27.22%	48	$9,737	$1,537,993	24
16	(58)	Halloween 2	Weinstein/Dimension	Horror	$445,344	+1,378.12%	1,083	$411	$33,096,757	66
17	(14)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$422,472	-55.34%	418	$1,011	$3,453,044	24
18	(15)	The Invention of Lying	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$393,270	-53.14%	452	$870	$17,589,249	31
19	(16)	Capitalism: A Love Story	Overture Films	Documentary	$373,992	-48.52%	492	$760	$13,664,911	40
20	(13)	Toy Story 3D Double Feature	Buena Vista	Adventure	$262,347	-74.02%	343	$765	$30,593,152	31
21	(17)	Surrogates	Buena Vista	Action	$251,979	-57.32%	357	$706	$38,008,686	38
22	(21)	Coco Before Chanel	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$250,420	-8.00%	77	$3,252	$2,110,779	38
23	(new)	London Dreams	Studio 18	Drama	$207,964		82	$2,536	$207,964	3
24	(18)	Whip It	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$196,089	-57.92%	260	$754	$12,610,792	31
25	(20)	The Informant	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$192,122	-44.82%	220	$873	$32,737,219	45
26	(23)	New York, I Love You	Vivendi Entertainment	Drama	$177,335	-22.94%	86	$2,062	$1,010,614	17
27	(35)	Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D	Buena Vista	Musical	$140,037	-2.27%	103	$1,360	$356,022	1,109
28	(25)	Bright Star	Apparition		$132,684	-37.45%	142	$934	$4,121,818	45
29	(28)	G-Force	Buena Vista	Adventure	$120,467	-37.72%	238	$506	$118,718,595	101
30	(27)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$117,334	-41.72%	215	$546	$276,771,408	150
31	(32)	Inglourious Basterds	Weinstein Co.	Action	$114,162	-35.34%	148	$771	$119,596,251	73
32	(26)	The Time Traveler's Wife	Warner Bros.	Drama	$109,390	-46.37%	219	$499	$63,044,090	80
33	(34)	Julie & Julia	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$106,529	-26.29%	139	$766	$93,486,212	87
34	(29)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$102,465	-43.64%	201	$510	$301,577,469	110
35	(57)	The Final Destination	Warner Bros.	Horror	$102,089	+235.97%	234	$436	$66,254,282	66
36	(22)	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Paramount Pictures	Action	$91,344	-61.19%	205	$446	$150,167,630	87
37	(30)	Love Happens	Universal	Drama	$87,885	-51.13%	189	$465	$22,927,390	45
38	(33)	District 9	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$82,319	-44.40%	176	$468	$115,646,235	80
39	(37)	All About Steve	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$75,569	-29.50%	154	$491	$33,468,836	59
40	(44)	The Damned United	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$62,572	-4.18%	45	$1,390	$254,648	24
41	(36)	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$59,748	-49.71%	108	$553	$196,363,405	124
42	(24)	Fame	MGM	Musical	$56,295	-73.49%	172	$327	$22,303,092	38
43	(39)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$56,190	-37.30%	46	$1,222	$3,590,087	66
44	(38)	More Than a Game	Lionsgate	Documentary	$55,679	-43.98%	111	$502	$829,412	31
45	(40)	The Boys are Back	Miramax	Drama	$55,258	-29.74%	86	$643	$783,013	38
46	(re-entry)	The Maid			$54,274		13	$4,175	$139,657	17
47	(47)	Pandorum	Overture Films	Horror	$53,406	-11.36%	147	$363	$10,261,085	38
48	(41)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$53,020	-30.01%	29	$1,828	$18,359,551	262
49	(48)	Paris	Equinox	Comedy	$50,410	-8.57%	33	$1,528	$758,146	45
50	(43)	Antichrist	IFC Films	Drama	$49,292	-30.96%	14	$3,521	$156,318	10
51	(42)	Up	Buena Vista	Adventure	$46,268	-37.58%	100	$463	$292,979,556	157
52	(52)	Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg	International Film Circuit		$34,040	-18.76%	24	$1,418	$1,029,982	115
53	(59)	Jennifer's Body	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$33,989	+19.09%	106	$321	$16,140,555	45
54	(49)	9	Focus Features	Adventure	$32,953	-35.80%	91	$362	$31,389,319	54
55	(61)	(500) Days of Summer	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$27,284	+6.48%	43	$635	$32,297,623	108
56	(46)	The Proposal	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$26,918	-55.62%	58	$464	$163,947,053	136
57	(new)	House of the Devil, The	Magnolia Pictures	Horror	$25,195		3	$8,398	$25,195	3
58	(45)	Sorority Row	Summit Entertainment	Horror	$24,805	-59.72%	51	$486	$11,956,207	52
59	(new)	Skin	Elysian Films		$24,000		4	$6,000	$24,000	3
60	(54)	Aliens in the Attic	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$22,655	-40.48%	61	$371	$25,137,060	94
61	(63)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$22,379	+14.71%	8	$2,797	$80,016,039	2,754
62	(56)	It Might Get Loud	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$20,903	-40.06%	25	$836	$1,523,776	80
63	(97)	Play the Game	Slowhand Cinema	Comedy	$19,993	+584.69%	33	$606	$621,040	248
64	(51)	Ponyo	Buena Vista	Adventure	$19,418	-55.82%	65	$299	$15,081,783	80
65	(62)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$18,349	-15.18%	5	$3,670	$30,202,373	1,501
66	(66)	Passport to Love	Variance Films/Everest Films		$18,054	+3.75%	9	$2,006	$145,001	24
67	(76)	Moon	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$17,381	+71.97%	27	$644	$4,984,569	143
68	(re-entry)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$16,455		5	$3,291	$7,143,497	626
69	(60)	Ong-Bak 2	Magnolia Pictures	Action	$16,089	-39.43%	12	$1,341	$54,119	10
70	(87)	Amreeka	National Geographic Entertainment		$15,169	+182.63%	11	$1,379	$568,961	59
71	(68)	My One and Only	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$14,802	+5.25%	16	$925	$2,438,346	73
72	(71)	The Yes Men Fix the World	Shadow	Documentary	$14,516	+31.00%	8	$1,815	$80,970	26
73	(65)	(Untitled)			$13,901	-22.78%	4	$3,475	$39,292	10
74	(72)	Bronson	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$12,289	+11.46%	8	$1,536	$66,255	24
75	(69)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$12,235	-12.51%	8	$1,529	$22,462,665	759
76	(new)	Gentlemen Broncos	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$11,502		2	$5,751	$11,502	3
77	(67)	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$8,211	-43.10%	19	$432	$1,417,669	38
78	(78)	Departures	Regent Releasing	Drama	$7,959	-8.24%	8	$995	$1,465,987	157
79	(102)	The Beaches of Agnes	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$7,667	+308.04%	6	$1,278	$197,888	124
80	(101)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$7,532	+288.05%	4	$1,883	$42,624,911	1,340
81	(75)	Trucker	Monterey Media	Drama	$6,776	-33.16%	8	$847	$41,548	24
82	(115)	A Woman in Berlin	Strand	Drama	$5,860	+588.60%	3	$1,953	$273,100	108
83	(80)	Horse Boy, The	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$5,505	-12.83%	2	$2,753	$81,837	52
84	(74)	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$5,353	-50.38%	10	$535	$177,243,721	164
85	(re-entry)	White On Rice	Variance Films	Romantic Comedy	$5,293		1	$5,293	$51,228	52
86	(50)	Motherhood	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$4,986	-90.04%	10	$499	$74,250	10
87	(88)	Seraphine	Music Box Films		$4,963	-4.04%	8	$620	$833,006	150
88	(85)	Killing Kasztner	GR Films		$4,458	-19.14%	1	$4,458	$12,826	10
89	(73)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$4,389	-59.96%	9	$488	$545,315	24
90	(94)	The Way We Get By	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$3,864	+10.43%	5	$773	$83,490	108
91	(70)	Crude	First Run Features	Documentary	$3,816	-67.75%	2	$1,908	$125,105	52
92	(86)	Big Fan	First Independent Pictures	Comedy	$3,677	-32.25%	9	$409	$217,707	66
93	(64)	Wake Up Sid	UTV Communications		$3,638	-80.83%	5	$728	$717,977	31
94	(83)	Adam	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$3,627	-37.13%	6	$605	$2,269,153	96
95	(55)	Main Aurr Mrs. Khanna			$3,426	-90.63%	9	$381	$196,203	17
96	(89)	The Baader Meinhof Complex	Vitagraph Films		$3,376	-31.21%	5	$675	$452,149	73
97	(81)	Cold Souls	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$3,106	-49.81%	4	$777	$899,653	87
98	(77)	Shorts	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$2,937	-67.18%	17	$173	$20,458,304	73
99	(100)	No Impact Man	Oscilloscope Pictures	Documentary	$2,841	+27.28%	4	$710	$91,169	52
100	(99)	Lorna's Silence	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,722	-2.02%	10	$272	$330,087	94
101	(90)	The Wedding Song	Strand		$2,654	-41.41%	1	$2,654	$10,913	24
102	(95)	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$2,243	-32.82%	5	$449	$649,808	129
103	(82)	Whiteout	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$2,229	-61.41%	8	$279	$10,188,708	52
104	(98)	Visual Acoustics	Arthouse Films		$2,148	-23.88%	3	$716	$29,437	24
105	(96)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$1,626	-46.00%	7	$232	$850,886	94
106	(108)	The Girl from Monaco	Magnolia Pictures	Comedy	$1,617	+41.35%	2	$809	$601,923	122
107	(122)	Beeswax	Cinema Guild	Comedy	$1,537	+952.74%	3	$512	$36,821	87
108	(103)	Walt and El Grupo	Buena Vista	Documentary	$1,329	-25.84%	2	$665	$19,900	52
109	(re-entry)	Cloud Nine			$1,157		1	$1,157	$81,247	80
110	(re-entry)	Big Gay Musical	Self Distributed	Musical	$1,049		1	$1,049	$22,346	52
111	(92)	The Burning Plain	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$1,001	-76.50%	4	$250	$190,721	45
112	(112)	World's Greatest Dad	Magnolia Pictures	Black Comedy	$849	-15.94%	3	$283	$214,918	73
113	(re-entry)	Tony Manero	Lorber Films	Drama	$786		2	$393	$33,239	122
114	(116)	Earth Days	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$662	-22.03%	3	$221	$22,362	80
115	(113)	Whatever Works	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$626	-37.65%	3	$209	$5,306,447	136
116	(111)	Soul Power	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$476	-56.09%	2	$238	$205,556	115
117	(84)	Food, Inc.	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$444	-92.08%	2	$222	$4,410,116	143
118	(re-entry)	24 City	Cinema Guild		$442		1	$442	$30,799	150
119	(105)	Adventures of Power	Variance Films	Comedy	$438	-73.49%	1	$438	$11,774	24
120	(110)	Il Divo	Music Box Films	Drama	$329	-69.68%	1	$329	$237,577	523
121	(re-entry)	The Song of Sparrows	Regent Releasing	Drama	$322		1	$322	$115,927	213
122	(re-entry)	Taxidermia	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$304		1	$304	$9,961	80
123	(re-entry)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$215		1	$215	$17,654,018	3,657
124	(re-entry)	Shall We Kiss?	Music Box Films	Romantic Comedy	$172		1	$172	$533,236	220
125	(117)	Under Our Skin	Shadow		$80	-88.57%	1	$80	$87,657	138