The Top Movies, Weekend of November 13, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	2012	Sony Pictures	Action	$65,237,614		3,404	$19,165	$65,237,614	3
2	(1)	Disney's A Christmas Carol	Buena Vista	Drama	$22,308,913	-25.76%	3,683	$6,057	$63,272,757	10
3	(12)	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Lionsgate	Drama	$5,874,628	+213.74%	174	$33,762	$8,699,180	10
4	(3)	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Overture Films	Black Comedy	$5,861,753	-53.87%	2,453	$2,390	$23,038,050	10
5	(2)	Michael Jackson's This Is It	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$5,078,920	-61.40%	3,037	$1,672	$67,190,296	19
6	(4)	The Fourth Kind	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$4,605,365	-62.35%	2,530	$1,820	$20,449,660	10
7	(7)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$4,164,940	-32.05%	2,509	$1,660	$102,045,330	38
8	(5)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$4,043,417	-51.16%	2,712	$1,491	$103,690,184	52
9	(8)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$3,796,327	-36.77%	2,071	$1,833	$67,190,452	31
10	(6)	The Box	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$3,158,368	-58.29%	2,635	$1,199	$13,179,622	10
11	(new)	Pirate Radio	Focus Features	Comedy	$2,904,380		882	$3,293	$2,904,380	3
12	(9)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$2,418,140	-42.11%	2,090	$1,157	$73,440,413	31
13	(10)	Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$1,702,946	-35.15%	1,354	$1,258	$17,965,336	24
14	(22)	The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day	Apparition		$1,033,639	+141.55%	251	$4,118	$2,495,119	17
15	(13)	Amelia	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$923,785	-48.87%	830	$1,113	$13,143,512	24
16	(14)	The Stepfather	Sony/Screen Gems	Thriller/Suspense	$836,327	-53.54%	858	$975	$28,802,131	31
17	(19)	An Education	Sony Pictures Classics		$661,901	+11.73%	120	$5,516	$3,218,225	38
18	(18)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$657,125	-23.92%	240	$2,738	$6,834,722	45
19	(16)	Zombieland	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$475,124	-63.33%	511	$930	$74,542,128	45
20	(11)	Saw VI	Lionsgate	Horror	$449,512	-77.88%	777	$579	$27,445,118	24
21	(20)	Coco Before Chanel	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$424,011	-22.22%	256	$1,656	$4,847,752	52
22	(15)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$361,185	-72.57%	348	$1,038	$122,090,972	59
23	(17)	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	Universal	Action	$283,385	-75.23%	520	$545	$13,698,390	24
24	(new)	The Fantastic Mr. Fox	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$265,900		4	$66,475	$265,900	3
25	(27)	G-Force	Buena Vista	Adventure	$141,312	-2.78%	182	$776	$119,114,038	115
26	(23)	Inglourious Basterds	Weinstein Co.	Action	$133,105	-35.55%	233	$571	$120,135,237	87
27	(33)	The Informant	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$128,465	+23.46%	247	$520	$33,094,276	59
28	(24)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$93,191	-54.35%	89	$1,047	$3,999,948	38
29	(30)	Shorts	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$90,368	-28.57%	172	$525	$20,724,310	87
30	(28)	New York, I Love You	Vivendi Entertainment	Drama	$86,929	-34.11%	47	$1,850	$1,386,792	31
31	(36)	All About Steve	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$85,432	-12.76%	142	$602	$33,736,144	73
32	(32)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$80,269	-26.65%	130	$617	$277,069,721	164
33	(39)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$79,351	-1.55%	30	$2,645	$18,640,842	276
34	(26)	Capitalism: A Love Story	Overture Films	Documentary	$79,205	-51.25%	129	$614	$14,194,694	54
35	(25)	The Invention of Lying	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$76,892	-57.67%	119	$646	$18,098,091	45
36	(35)	9	Focus Features	Adventure	$70,399	-29.32%	111	$634	$31,625,752	68
37	(34)	Whip It	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$68,646	-32.49%	116	$592	$12,924,766	45
38	(31)	The Time Traveler's Wife	Warner Bros.	Drama	$67,081	-39.52%	121	$554	$63,332,639	94
39	(38)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$61,910	-26.93%	95	$652	$301,809,058	124
40	(60)	Halloween 2	Weinstein/Dimension	Horror	$61,362	+270.99%	130	$472	$33,335,670	80
41	(29)	Surrogates	Buena Vista	Action	$55,642	-56.05%	101	$551	$38,368,790	52
42	(37)	Julie & Julia	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$55,274	-35.98%	72	$768	$93,723,567	101
43	(41)	Bright Star	Apparition		$50,265	-28.48%	72	$698	$4,341,275	59
44	(47)	The Maid			$48,674	+32.14%	16	$3,042	$265,835	31
45	(43)	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$47,285	-16.56%	73	$648	$196,519,585	138
46	(new)	The Messenger	Oscilloscope Pictures	Drama	$44,523		4	$11,131	$44,523	3
47	(re-entry)	The Hurt Locker	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$39,610		138	$287	$12,647,089	143
48	(40)	The Final Destination	Warner Bros.	Horror	$34,851	-50.61%	82	$425	$66,436,248	80
49	(42)	(Untitled)			$33,795	-43.18%	21	$1,609	$168,259	24
50	(45)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$32,272	-23.81%	23	$1,403	$3,730,158	80
51	(49)	Paris	IFC Films	Comedy	$29,694	-17.00%	27	$1,100	$859,694	59
52	(48)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$29,067	-20.13%	7	$4,152	$80,164,958	2,768
53	(62)	La Danse	Zipporah		$28,104	+100.74%	1	$28,104	$66,102	12
54	(52)	Gentlemen Broncos	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$27,555	-9.81%	18	$1,531	$87,509	17
55	(46)	Antichrist	IFC Films	Drama	$25,778	-32.20%	16	$1,611	$282,404	24
56	(54)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$22,893	+0.84%	5	$4,579	$30,309,955	1,515
57	(51)	More Than a Game	Lionsgate	Documentary	$21,396	-32.09%	56	$382	$922,906	45
58	(58)	Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg	International Film Circuit		$17,647	-6.48%	17	$1,038	$1,096,395	129
59	(53)	(500) Days of Summer	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$16,540	-36.46%	28	$591	$32,374,303	122
60	(67)	It Might Get Loud	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$15,810	+47.29%	17	$930	$1,569,659	94
61	(78)	Play the Game	Slowhand Cinema	Comedy	$14,923	+124.27%	34	$439	$653,120	262
62	(65)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$13,226	+12.52%	8	$1,653	$22,501,064	773
63	(57)	Aliens in the Attic	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$13,206	-31.29%	28	$472	$25,181,910	108
64	(new)	Dare			$13,200		2	$6,600	$13,200	3
65	(new)	Uncertainty	IFC Films	Drama	$13,075		1	$13,075	$13,075	3
66	(59)	Fame	MGM	Musical	$12,717	-29.95%	39	$326	$22,365,483	52
67	(new)	The End of Poverty?	Cinema Libre	Documentary	$12,593		1	$12,593	$12,593	3
68	(re-entry)	The Yes Men Fix the World	Shadow	Documentary	$11,955		13	$920	$112,032	40
69	(new)	Four Seasons Lodge			$11,667		1	$11,667	$16,921	5
70	(68)	House of the Devil, The	Magnolia Pictures	Horror	$11,084	+3.82%	6	$1,847	$63,137	17
71	(61)	Pandorum	Overture Films	Horror	$10,868	-28.07%	44	$247	$10,326,062	52
72	(new)	William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe	Arthouse Films	Documentary	$10,322		2	$5,161	$10,322	3
73	(64)	My One and Only	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$9,296	-23.03%	10	$930	$2,475,970	87
74	(55)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$8,837	-55.16%	4	$2,209	$7,182,889	640
75	(75)	Crude	First Run Features	Documentary	$8,654	+13.12%	7	$1,236	$147,392	66
76	(74)	Collapse	Vitagraph Films	Documentary	$8,596	+10.21%	3	$2,865	$20,574	10
77	(56)	Jennifer's Body	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$8,576	-55.85%	19	$451	$16,195,523	59
78	(87)	The Little Traitor	Westchester Films	Drama	$8,518	+163.96%	3	$2,839	$33,588	31
79	(new)	Oh My God	Mitropoulos Films	Documentary	$8,263		3	$2,754	$8,263	3
80	(re-entry)	Art & Copy	7th Art Releasing	Documentary	$6,949		2	$3,475	$127,780	87
81	(63)	Horse Boy, The	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$6,115	-54.43%	3	$2,038	$111,620	66
82	(84)	Departures	Regent Releasing	Drama	$5,324	+42.93%	5	$1,065	$1,482,650	171
83	(73)	Amreeka	National Geographic Entertainment		$4,926	-40.69%	6	$821	$592,266	73
84	(72)	Passport to Love	Variance Films/Everest Films		$4,855	-42.60%	5	$971	$168,945	38
85	(91)	Seraphine	Music Box Films		$4,771	+147.46%	7	$682	$844,581	164
86	(80)	Ong-Bak 2	Magnolia Pictures	Action	$4,444	-17.52%	8	$556	$76,169	24
87	(re-entry)	Rashomon	Janus Films	Drama	$4,292		1	$4,292	$48,937	21,633
88	(76)	That Evening Sun	Freestyle Releasing		$3,730	-49.11%	1	$3,730	$13,627	10
89	(re-entry)	Mystery Team	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$3,672		1	$3,672	$25,069	80
90	(86)	Bronson	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$3,605	+6.22%	4	$901	$84,532	38
91	(66)	Visual Acoustics	Arthouse Films		$3,482	-68.62%	2	$1,741	$52,467	38
92	(79)	A Woman in Berlin	Strand	Drama	$3,304	-45.87%	2	$1,652	$287,526	122
93	(re-entry)	Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love	Shadow	Documentary	$3,303		3	$1,101	$160,814	157
94	(69)	Splinterheads	Paladin	Comedy	$2,786	-73.50%	3	$929	$16,392	10
95	(81)	White On Rice	Variance Films	Romantic Comedy	$2,491	-38.62%	2	$1,246	$61,470	66
96	(re-entry)	We Live in Public	Abramorama Films	Documentary	$2,366		1	$2,366	$39,112	80
97	(82)	Killing Kasztner	GR Films		$2,296	-42.06%	3	$765	$24,778	24
98	(94)	Endgame	Monterey Media	Drama	$1,964	+22.14%	3	$655	$4,469	10
99	(98)	Adam	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,695	+27.73%	3	$565	$2,277,396	110
100	(88)	Act of God	Zeitgeist		$1,681	-35.50%	1	$1,681	$9,907	108
101	(95)	Adventures of Power	Variance Films	Comedy	$1,496	-0.86%	2	$748	$16,147	38
102	(92)	World's Greatest Dad	Magnolia Pictures	Black Comedy	$1,491	-21.19%	3	$497	$219,719	87
103	(109)	Lorna's Silence	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$1,366	+188.19%	6	$228	$335,155	108
104	(103)	The Way We Get By	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$1,151	+23.50%	3	$384	$89,501	122
105	(110)	Food, Inc.	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$1,122	+148.78%	3	$374	$4,414,034	157
106	(70)	Motherhood	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$994	-90.31%	8	$124	$92,900	24
107	(97)	Big Fan	First Independent Pictures	Comedy	$980	-29.09%	3	$327	$223,198	80
108	(107)	Cloud Nine			$910	+17.57%	3	$303	$83,826	94
109	(100)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$811	-31.45%	6	$135	$855,562	108
110	(101)	Humble Pie	Monterey Media		$758	-30.01%	1	$758	$2,281	10
111	(71)	Moon	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$752	-91.35%	2	$376	$5,009,677	157
112	(85)	The Burning Plain	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$707	-80.70%	3	$236	$198,300	59
113	(77)	The Baader Meinhof Complex	Vitagraph Films		$577	-92.00%	1	$577	$464,125	87
114	(re-entry)	The Legend of God's Gun	Indican Pictures	Western	$487		1	$487	$243,566	486
115	(108)	Trucker	Monterey Media	Drama	$435	-27.86%	3	$145	$45,140	38
116	(111)	Soul Power	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$406	+11.23%	2	$203	$206,813	129
117	(106)	Fallen Idol: The Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$202	-74.97%	1	$202	$10,047	45
118	(re-entry)	Under Our Skin	Shadow		$200		1	$200	$91,209	152
119	(96)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$63	-95.70%	1	$63	$548,365	38