The Top Movies of Wednesday, November 18, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	2012	Sony Pictures	Action	$3,642,676	-19.96%	3,404	$1,070	$78,546,556	6
2	(2)	Disney's A Christmas Carol	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,056,868	-7.51%	3,683	$287	$66,523,401	13
3	(3)	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Overture Films	Black Comedy	$448,150	-13.82%	2,453	$183	$24,437,531	13
4	(4)	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Lionsgate	Drama	$398,182	-14.43%	174	$2,288	$10,041,684	13
5	(5)	Michael Jackson's This Is It	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$357,761	-9.20%	3,037	$118	$68,298,002	22
6	(6)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$308,261	-9.15%	2,071	$149	$68,142,247	34
7	(7)	The Fourth Kind	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$278,225	-12.02%	2,530	$110	$21,360,120	13
8	(8)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$263,505	-4.52%	2,509	$105	$102,835,690	41
9	(9)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$239,348	-11.96%	2,712	$88	$104,459,873	55
10	(10)	The Box	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$211,070	-10.72%	2,635	$80	$13,826,576	13
11	(11)	Pirate Radio	Focus Features	Comedy	$205,365	-11.95%	882	$233	$3,542,968	6
12	(12)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$133,489	+0.36%	2,090	$64	$73,850,081	34
-	(13)	Amelia	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$97,293	-4.99%	830	$117	$13,424,462	27
-	(14)	Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$64,733	+8.27%	1,354	$48	$18,156,456	27
-	(15)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$48,829	-11.84%	240	$203	$6,982,968	48
-	(16)	The Fantastic Mr. Fox	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$24,665	+9.39%	4	$6,166	$337,174	6
-	(18)	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	Universal	Action	$15,665	+1.10%	520	$30	$13,747,785	27
-	(17)	The Informant	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$13,634	-18.78%	247	$55	$33,137,408	62
-	(19)	Capitalism: A Love Story	Overture Films	Documentary	$9,624	+3.65%	129	$75	$14,221,842	57
-	(21)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$7,476	+1.73%	130	$58	$277,091,761	167
-	(20)	Whip It	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$7,224	-17.96%	116	$62	$12,946,774	48
-	(27)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$6,669	+32.72%	95	$70	$301,826,185	127
-	(24)	The Hurt Locker	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$6,591	+2.58%	138	$48	$12,665,296	146
-	(23)	The Invention of Lying	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$6,254	-9.44%	119	$53	$18,116,636	48
-	(22)	All About Steve	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$6,163	-12.18%	142	$43	$33,755,326	76
-	(25)	The Time Traveler's Wife	Warner Bros.	Drama	$6,003	-4.43%	171	$35	$63,350,292	97
-	(26)	9	Focus Features	Adventure	$5,374	-4.28%	111	$48	$31,642,815	71
-	(28)	Shorts	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$4,873	+10.57%	172	$28	$20,738,328	90
-	(30)	The Final Destination	Warner Bros.	Horror	$3,090	+8.99%	82	$38	$66,445,469	83
-	(29)	Gentlemen Broncos	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$2,771	-19.96%	18	$154	$96,307	20
-	(31)	Pandorum	Overture Films	Horror	$1,016	-28.65%	44	$23	$10,329,749	55
-	(32)	My One and Only	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$735	+3.09%	10	$74	$2,478,313	90
-	(33)	That Evening Sun	Freestyle Releasing		$298	-27.14%	1	$298	$14,648	13
-	(34)	Motherhood	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$116	-16.55%	8	$15	$93,279	27