The Top Movies, Weekend of January 9, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(14)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$29,484,388	+904.09%	2,808	$10,500	$40,524,518	31
2	(new)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$21,058,173		3,226	$6,528	$21,058,173	3
3	(new)	The Unborn	Universal	Horror	$19,810,585		2,357	$8,405	$19,810,585	3
4	(1)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$11,391,425	-53.05%	3,478	$3,275	$123,751,596	18
5	(3)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$9,212,515	-50.71%	2,947	$3,126	$94,092,395	18
6	(2)	Bedtime Stories	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$8,802,120	-57.07%	3,511	$2,507	$97,432,093	18
7	(4)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$6,617,065	-53.05%	2,838	$2,332	$71,464,448	18
8	(5)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$6,032,337	-56.63%	2,955	$2,041	$89,288,024	24
9	(new)	Not Easily Broken	Sony Pictures	Drama	$5,314,278		724	$7,340	$5,314,278	3
10	(6)	Seven Pounds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$3,818,230	-62.08%	2,456	$1,555	$66,748,686	24
11	(10)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$3,782,340	-19.37%	601	$6,293	$34,127,195	61
12	(11)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$2,841,852	-38.87%	1,466	$1,939	$181,448,642	52
13	(7)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$2,733,585	-60.61%	2,297	$1,190	$47,584,450	24
14	(9)	Doubt	Miramax	Drama	$2,521,118	-49.59%	1,287	$1,959	$22,959,422	31
15	(8)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,550,629	-69.29%	1,512	$1,026	$77,330,238	31
16	(21)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$1,425,346	+44.56%	135	$10,558	$3,155,656	17
17	(12)	Bolt	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$1,370,487	-58.37%	1,161	$1,180	$111,806,897	52
18	(17)	The Reader	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$1,346,742	-15.75%	507	$2,656	$5,510,453	33
19	(16)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$1,296,051	-31.37%	295	$4,393	$19,163,996	47
20	(18)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$891,627	-36.33%	205	$4,349	$7,631,181	38
21	(23)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$848,410	+93.78%	60	$14,140	$2,822,431	26
22	(19)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$617,314	-46.93%	543	$1,137	$47,764,206	47
23	(13)	The Spirit	Lionsgate	Action	$558,480	-82.87%	1,088	$513	$19,446,189	18
24	(20)	Quantum of Solace	Sony Pictures	Action	$380,050	-66.37%	357	$1,065	$167,535,553	59
25	(15)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$373,436	-86.72%	777	$481	$119,209,383	47
26	(22)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$319,301	-66.68%	375	$851	$177,495,492	66
27	(24)	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$215,358	-32.77%	242	$890	$94,066,316	101
28	(29)	Rachel Getting Married	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$179,805	+7.84%	96	$1,873	$10,558,970	101
29	(26)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$168,175	-31.93%	251	$670	$66,971,710	66
30	(33)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$141,671	+38.61%	16	$8,854	$531,825	18
31	(27)	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	Walt Disney Pictures	Musical	$123,348	-49.33%	251	$491	$90,396,719	80
32	(25)	Ghajini	AdLab Films	Thriller/Suspense	$110,955	-61.48%	60	$1,849	$2,355,778	17
33	(re-entry)	Babine	Alliance	Drama	$102,275		50	$2,046	$2,626,308	45
34	(71)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$72,175	+1,267.47%	178	$405	$20,157,730	115
35	(47)	Waltz with Bashir	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$70,737	+32.06%	8	$8,842	$260,967	18
36	(32)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$68,183	-44.80%	2	$34,092	$309,017	12
37	(new)	After Dark's Horrorfest III	After Dark	Horror	$66,456		50	$1,329	$66,456	3
38	(35)	Let the Right One In	Magnolia Pictures	Horror	$62,114	-32.49%	37	$1,679	$1,585,679	80
39	(46)	Fireproof	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$58,842	+3.58%	98	$600	$33,334,235	108
40	(34)	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Miramax	Drama	$58,205	-39.27%	85	$685	$8,957,174	66
41	(36)	I've Loved You So Long	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$52,340	-41.44%	33	$1,586	$2,462,429	80
42	(44)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$48,546	-21.76%	76	$639	$37,600,538	87
43	(50)	Synecdoche, New York	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$48,362	+7.89%	41	$1,180	$2,780,920	80
44	(41)	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Weinstein Co.	Comedy	$47,878	-29.09%	103	$465	$31,382,624	73
45	(42)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$45,464	-31.80%	21	$2,165	$20,515,871	465
46	(57)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$43,595	+31.46%	12	$3,633	$12,633,236	150
47	(40)	Happy-Go-Lucky	Miramax	Comedy	$39,659	-43.53%	49	$809	$3,384,240	94
48	(54)	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	MGM	Comedy	$38,628	-4.44%	38	$1,017	$22,886,033	150
49	(56)	Che, El Ar the Argentine	IFC Films		$37,613	+6.00%	5	$7,523	$293,708	129
50	(37)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$31,555	-61.34%	85	$371	$39,380,442	94
51	(30)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$22,227	-85.75%	62	$359	$7,478,384	31
52	(52)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$21,860	-48.16%	53	$412	$41,840,908	108
53	(49)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$21,278	-56.33%	4	$5,320	$27,174,480	1,207
54	(51)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$21,064	-51.95%	5	$4,213	$77,321,775	2,460
55	(39)	Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi	Yash Raj Films	Drama	$20,058	-72.35%	25	$802	$2,074,346	31
56	(59)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$18,892	-22.49%	10	$1,889	$5,278,371	332
57	(55)	Igor	MGM	Comedy	$18,565	-53.03%	18	$1,031	$19,520,836	115
58	(48)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$17,321	-65.63%	8	$2,165	$37,347,865	1,046
59	(53)	A Christmas Tale	IFC Films	Drama	$17,007	-58.27%	23	$739	$1,026,528	59
60	(58)	Wendy and Lucy	Oscilloscope Pictures	Drama	$16,822	-32.54%	5	$3,364	$140,520	33
61	(new)	Silent Light	Pallisades Tartan	Drama	$11,967		1	$11,967	$11,967	3
62	(new)	Made in U.S.A.	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$11,125		1	$11,125	$11,125	3
63	(61)	Roving Mars	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$10,276	-6.33%	6	$1,713	$9,879,688	1,081
64	(43)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$8,012	-87.70%	7	$1,145	$531,026,626	178
65	(65)	City of Ember	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$7,587	-25.04%	19	$399	$7,871,693	94
66	(67)	Good	ThinkFilm	Drama	$6,830	-28.17%	8	$854	$23,091	12
67	(66)	The Secret of the Grain	IFC Films	Drama	$6,290	-36.23%	1	$6,290	$46,655	164
68	(60)	Max Payne	20th Century Fox	Action	$6,228	-45.64%	17	$366	$40,687,294	87
69	(75)	How About You	Strand	Drama	$5,991	+100.70%	5	$1,198	$50,648	59
70	(re-entry)	Tell No One	Music Box Films	Thriller/Suspense	$4,700		7	$671	$6,161,076	194
71	(re-entry)	The Wild Child	The Film Desk	Drama	$4,541		2	$2,271	$29,514	14,200
72	(re-entry)	Call+Response	Fair Trade Pictures	Documentary	$4,183		1	$4,183	$212,989	94
73	(64)	U2 3D	National Geographic Entertainment	Concert/Performance	$3,908	-63.90%	2	$1,954	$9,679,545	355
74	(new)	Just Another Love Story	Koch Lorber Films	Drama	$3,470		1	$3,470	$3,470	3
75	(79)	Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$3,388	+79.54%	3	$1,129	$68,007	82
76	(74)	Ciao	Regent Releasing		$3,185	+1.50%	2	$1,593	$26,948	38
77	(re-entry)	Trouble the Water	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$3,003		2	$1,502	$489,992	143
78	(72)	A Secret	Strand	Drama	$2,727	-36.03%	4	$682	$581,908	129
79	(83)	Harvard Beats Yale	Kino/Emerging	Documentary	$2,429	+86.56%	5	$486	$66,402	54
80	(73)	Passchendaele	Alliance	Drama	$2,352	-33.37%	9	$261	$4,442,615	80
81	(new)	Yonkers Joe	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$2,073		2	$1,037	$2,073	3
82	(63)	Santa vs. The Snowman	IMAX Films	Adventure	$2,000	-81.67%	5	$400	$10,243,688	2,259
83	(87)	The Secrets	Monterey Media	Drama	$1,650	+156.21%	3	$550	$59,350	47
84	(70)	Antarctica	Regent Releasing	Romantic Comedy	$1,484	-75.40%	1	$1,484	$19,930	136
85	(85)	Lola Montes	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$1,256	+59.39%	3	$419	$92,030	94
86	(76)	Soul Men	MGM	Comedy	$1,207	-54.62%	3	$402	$12,026,529	66
87	(re-entry)	House of the Sleeping Beauties	First Run Features	Drama	$691		1	$691	$4,078	59
88	(re-entry)	The Betrayal	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$672		1	$672	$12,136	52
89	(84)	Yiddish Theater: A Love Story	New Love Films	Documentary	$632	-24.58%	1	$632	$39,081	418
90	(77)	Sixty Six	First Independent Pictures	Comedy	$407	-83.46%	1	$407	$224,313	164
91	(re-entry)	Monsieur Verdoux	The Film Desk	Black Comedy	$322		1	$322	$41,331	22,557

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Chart certified: 1/15/2009