The Top Movies, Weekend of January 2, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$24,263,763	-33.26%	3,505	$6,923	$106,664,046	11
2	(2)	Bedtime Stories	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$20,501,339	-25.31%	3,684	$5,565	$85,539,168	11
3	(3)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$18,691,248	-30.40%	2,988	$6,255	$79,297,086	11
4	(4)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$14,094,617	-32.97%	2,778	$5,074	$60,743,921	11
5	(5)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$13,910,477	-16.49%	3,434	$4,051	$79,507,388	17
6	(6)	Seven Pounds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$10,068,518	-23.74%	2,758	$3,651	$60,147,298	17
7	(7)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$6,939,295	-22.32%	3,091	$2,245	$43,661,775	17
8	(8)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$5,049,698	-34.40%	2,337	$2,161	$74,424,256	24
9	(10)	Doubt	Miramax	Drama	$5,000,893	-6.35%	1,287	$3,886	$18,705,481	24
10	(13)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$4,690,769	+9.04%	612	$7,665	$28,676,598	54
11	(12)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$4,648,642	-1.98%	1,888	$2,462	$176,922,850	45
12	(14)	Bolt	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$3,291,944	-2.54%	1,729	$1,904	$109,917,145	45
13	(9)	The Spirit	Lionsgate	Action	$3,259,898	-49.56%	2,509	$1,299	$17,743,738	11
14	(15)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,936,423	+26.42%	84	$34,957	$9,820,554	24
15	(11)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,811,390	-41.92%	2,307	$1,219	$118,189,834	40
16	(16)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$1,888,510	+7.14%	309	$6,112	$17,157,994	40
17	(22)	The Reader	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$1,598,472	+140.73%	398	$4,016	$3,553,578	26
18	(18)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$1,400,484	+3.34%	205	$6,832	$6,291,176	31
19	(19)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$1,163,169	+7.78%	768	$1,515	$46,686,713	40
20	(17)	Quantum of Solace	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,130,055	-19.31%	891	$1,268	$166,820,413	52
21	(29)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$985,961	+419.17%	38	$25,946	$1,375,749	10
22	(20)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$958,397	+3.83%	707	$1,356	$177,016,810	59
23	(23)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$437,815	+12.98%	18	$24,323	$1,762,043	19
24	(25)	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$320,336	+2.46%	263	$1,218	$93,778,953	94
25	(21)	Ghajini	AdLab Films	Thriller/Suspense	$288,075	-62.43%	83	$3,471	$2,192,682	10
26	(28)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$247,050	+20.68%	270	$915	$66,703,740	59
27	(27)	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	Walt Disney Pictures	Musical	$243,418	+12.66%	295	$825	$90,224,290	73
28	(26)	Cadillac Records	Sony Pictures	Drama	$205,855	-23.86%	180	$1,144	$8,134,217	31
29	(33)	Rachel Getting Married	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$166,733	+26.85%	67	$2,489	$10,307,424	94
30	(24)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$155,967	-50.33%	308	$506	$7,405,784	24
31	(30)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$146,604	-7.56%	195	$752	$101,401,695	101
32	(new)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$123,513		2	$61,757	$200,614	5
33	(35)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$102,206	+5.09%	6	$17,034	$350,947	11
34	(37)	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Miramax	Drama	$95,845	+9.04%	93	$1,031	$8,854,137	59
35	(42)	Let the Right One In	Magnolia Pictures	Horror	$92,012	+78.74%	37	$2,487	$1,483,912	73
36	(38)	I've Loved You So Long	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$89,378	+3.54%	42	$2,128	$2,355,979	73
37	(36)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$81,623	-9.94%	182	$448	$39,315,385	87
38	(39)	Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$80,040	+10.58%	125	$640	$35,707,327	73
39	(32)	Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi	Yash Raj Films	Drama	$72,537	-53.76%	45	$1,612	$2,040,699	24
40	(49)	Happy-Go-Lucky	Miramax	Comedy	$70,229	+67.73%	59	$1,190	$3,310,429	87
41	(53)	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Weinstein Co.	Comedy	$67,517	+197.43%	102	$662	$31,300,810	66
42	(48)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$66,662	+59.20%	21	$3,174	$20,402,536	458
43	(43)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$65,140	+28.52%	75	$869	$531,001,578	171
44	(45)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$62,044	+24.43%	84	$739	$37,525,311	80
45	(31)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$61,688	-60.98%	18	$3,427	$180,802,939	1,517
46	(46)	Fireproof	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$56,806	+18.22%	87	$653	$33,256,544	101
47	(44)	Waltz with Bashir	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$53,564	+7.08%	5	$10,713	$220,441	11
48	(41)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$50,396	-13.84%	8	$6,300	$37,313,859	1,039
49	(re-entry)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$48,722		2	$24,361	$27,119,705	1,200
50	(50)	Synecdoche, New York	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$44,825	+21.82%	39	$1,149	$2,705,849	73
51	(re-entry)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$43,840		3	$14,613	$77,271,651	2,453
52	(47)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$42,171	-10.34%	85	$496	$41,802,381	101
53	(40)	A Christmas Tale	IFC Films	Drama	$40,756	-35.91%	34	$1,199	$992,052	52
54	(51)	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	MGM	Comedy	$40,424	+14.99%	25	$1,617	$22,830,692	143
55	(57)	Igor	MGM	Comedy	$39,523	+260.48%	34	$1,162	$19,486,744	108
56	(52)	Che, El Ar the Argentine	IFC Films		$35,484	+2.84%	2	$17,742	$218,470	122
57	(re-entry)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$33,162		12	$2,764	$12,564,415	143
58	(55)	Wendy and Lucy	Oscilloscope Pictures	Drama	$24,938	+107.75%	4	$6,235	$111,329	26
59	(54)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$24,373	+20.93%	10	$2,437	$5,243,604	325
60	(56)	Max Payne	20th Century Fox	Action	$11,458	+0.39%	27	$424	$40,677,229	80
61	(59)	Roving Mars	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$10,971	+8.23%	6	$1,829	$9,862,017	1,074
62	(66)	Man on Wire	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$10,919	+118.73%	5	$2,184	$2,942,990	164
63	(re-entry)	Santa vs. The Snowman	IMAX Films	Adventure	$10,914		12	$910	$10,232,980	2,252
64	(60)	U2 3D	National Geographic Entertainment	Concert/Performance	$10,826	+18.94%	4	$2,707	$9,674,438	348
65	(58)	City of Ember	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$10,122	-3.79%	23	$440	$7,862,312	87
66	(73)	The Secret of the Grain	IFC Films	Drama	$9,864	+901.42%	1	$9,864	$35,097	157
67	(new)	Good	ThinkFilm	Drama	$9,508		2	$4,754	$13,651	5
68	(63)	JCVD	Peace Arch Releasing	Action	$8,786	+32.60%	8	$1,098	$448,991	59
69	(62)	WALL-E	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$7,148	+5.09%	23	$311	$223,806,889	192
70	(re-entry)	Antarctica	Regent Releasing	Romantic Comedy	$6,033		1	$6,033	$16,312	129
71	(61)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$5,278	-31.36%	15	$352	$20,080,574	108
72	(64)	A Secret	Strand	Drama	$4,263	-32.94%	3	$1,421	$578,051	122
73	(re-entry)	Passchendaele	Alliance	Drama	$3,530		6	$588	$4,435,251	73
74	(re-entry)	Ciao	Regent Releasing		$3,138		3	$1,046	$22,944	31
75	(71)	How About You	Strand	Drama	$2,985	+89.76%	4	$746	$39,763	52
76	(67)	Soul Men	MGM	Comedy	$2,660	-30.07%	9	$296	$12,024,598	59
77	(re-entry)	Sixty Six	First Independent Pictures	Comedy	$2,461		1	$2,461	$223,526	157
78	(new)	Angry Monk: Reflections on Tibet, The	First Run/Icarus	Documentary	$2,125		1	$2,125	$2,125	3
79	(re-entry)	Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$1,887		3	$629	$64,000	75
80	(76)	Timecrimes	Magnolia Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,785	+105.88%	3	$595	$22,494	24
81	(69)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$1,632	+0.87%	3	$544	$88,788	66
82	(69)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$1,632	+0.87%	3	$544	$88,788	66
83	(72)	Harvard Beats Yale	Kino/Emerging	Documentary	$1,302	-0.53%	4	$326	$63,973	47
84	(re-entry)	Yiddish Theater: A Love Story	New Love Films	Documentary	$838		1	$838	$38,449	411
85	(70)	Lola Montes	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$788	-50.32%	1	$788	$90,774	87
86	(re-entry)	August Evening	Maya Releasing	Drama	$734		1	$734	$74,494	122
87	(74)	The Secrets	Monterey Media	Drama	$644	-34.02%	2	$322	$57,509	40
88	(79)	Ashes of Time Redux	Sony Pictures Classics	Action	$270	-46.32%	2	$135	$173,526	87

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Chart certified: 1/13/2009