The Top Movies, Weekend of January 16, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$31,832,636		3,144	$10,125	$31,832,636	3
2	(1)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$21,979,069	-25.46%	2,972	$7,395	$72,976,480	38
3	(new)	My Bloody Valentine	Lionsgate	Horror	$21,241,456		2,534	$8,383	$21,241,456	3
4	(new)	Notorious	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$20,497,596		1,638	$12,514	$20,497,596	3
5	(new)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$17,012,212		3,271	$5,201	$17,012,212	3
6	(2)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$11,651,553	-44.67%	3,228	$3,610	$37,478,678	10
7	(3)	The Unborn	Universal	Horror	$9,341,985	-52.84%	2,359	$3,960	$32,581,140	10
8	(36)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$8,911,827	+12,970.45%	1,789	$4,981	$9,252,455	19
9	(4)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$6,138,859	-46.11%	2,952	$2,080	$132,548,142	25
10	(11)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$5,849,157	+54.64%	582	$10,050	$42,686,362	68
11	(5)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$5,576,862	-39.46%	2,223	$2,509	$102,601,599	25
12	(6)	Bedtime Stories	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$4,726,059	-46.31%	2,619	$1,805	$103,631,350	25
13	(30)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$4,299,805	+2,935.06%	1,054	$4,080	$4,299,805	25
14	(7)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$3,802,679	-42.53%	2,007	$1,895	$77,522,785	25
15	(8)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,597,519	-56.94%	1,704	$1,524	$93,552,413	31
16	(9)	Not Easily Broken	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,945,080	-63.40%	725	$2,683	$8,089,061	10
17	(16)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$1,783,093	+25.10%	171	$10,427	$5,733,271	24
18	(12)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$1,742,920	-38.67%	904	$1,928	$184,208,531	59
19	(21)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,702,695	+100.69%	144	$11,824	$5,014,663	33
20	(18)	The Reader	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$1,285,036	-4.58%	417	$3,082	$7,575,034	40
21	(14)	Doubt	Miramax	Drama	$1,231,332	-51.16%	725	$1,698	$25,263,319	38
22	(10)	Seven Pounds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,215,254	-68.17%	1,121	$1,084	$69,172,351	31
23	(19)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$778,950	-39.90%	223	$3,493	$20,380,174	54
24	(13)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$713,595	-73.90%	870	$820	$48,872,100	31
25	(20)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$669,425	-24.92%	153	$4,375	$8,628,586	45
26	(new)	Chandni Chowk to China	Warner Bros.	Musical	$629,921		130	$4,846	$629,921	3
27	(26)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$528,787	+65.61%	334	$1,583	$178,095,872	73
28	(15)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$458,634	-70.42%	311	$1,475	$78,291,000	38
29	(17)	Bolt	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$348,226	-74.59%	339	$1,027	$112,440,210	59
30	(24)	Quantum of Solace	Sony Pictures	Action	$334,824	-11.90%	329	$1,018	$167,993,814	66
31	(22)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$295,572	-52.12%	287	$1,030	$48,333,500	54
32	(25)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$263,862	-29.34%	362	$729	$119,589,423	54
33	(re-entry)	Che, Part 1: The Argentine	IFC Films	Drama	$233,653		25	$9,346	$458,372	10
34	(27)	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$131,779	-38.81%	193	$683	$94,244,239	108
35	(29)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$104,720	-37.73%	187	$560	$67,142,910	73
36	(28)	Rachel Getting Married	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$102,683	-42.89%	62	$1,656	$10,734,305	108
37	(48)	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	MGM	Comedy	$84,745	+119.39%	88	$963	$22,998,560	157
38	(35)	Waltz with Bashir	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$78,607	+11.13%	9	$8,734	$532,125	25
39	(45)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$77,161	+69.72%	21	$3,674	$20,643,556	472
40	(23)	The Spirit	Lionsgate	Action	$74,798	-86.61%	168	$445	$19,765,327	25
41	(47)	Happy-Go-Lucky	Miramax	Comedy	$60,032	+51.37%	51	$1,177	$3,494,485	101
42	(38)	Let the Right One In	Magnolia Pictures	Horror	$58,611	-5.64%	39	$1,503	$1,677,792	87
43	(31)	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	Walt Disney Pictures	Musical	$52,197	-57.68%	155	$337	$90,481,281	87
44	(39)	Fireproof	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$44,662	-24.10%	71	$629	$33,396,637	115
45	(41)	I've Loved You So Long	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$42,490	-18.82%	23	$1,847	$2,535,311	87
46	(43)	Synecdoche, New York	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$39,737	-17.83%	33	$1,204	$2,853,303	87
47	(46)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$39,404	-9.61%	13	$3,031	$12,680,670	157
48	(40)	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Miramax	Drama	$35,357	-39.25%	58	$610	$9,023,439	73
49	(42)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$35,294	-27.30%	58	$609	$37,656,903	94
50	(32)	Ghajini	AdLab Films	Thriller/Suspense	$29,709	-73.22%	22	$1,350	$2,411,071	24
51	(53)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$28,501	+33.95%	6	$4,750	$27,235,339	1,214
52	(54)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$26,680	+26.66%	7	$3,811	$77,375,207	2,467
53	(86)	Soul Men	MGM	Comedy	$25,764	+2,034.55%	90	$286	$12,052,391	73
54	(56)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$20,954	+10.91%	9	$2,328	$5,311,068	339
55	(63)	Roving Mars	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$19,545	+90.20%	7	$2,792	$9,903,834	1,088
56	(44)	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Weinstein Co.	Comedy	$19,366	-59.55%	50	$387	$31,430,482	80
57	(62)	Made in U.S.A.	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$15,601	+40.23%	2	$7,801	$35,019	10
58	(34)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$12,292	-82.97%	49	$251	$20,204,820	122
59	(61)	Silent Light	Pallisades Tartan	Drama	$11,617	-2.92%	1	$11,617	$33,239	10
60	(60)	Wendy and Lucy	Oscilloscope Pictures	Drama	$11,466	-31.84%	4	$2,867	$158,653	40
61	(59)	A Christmas Tale	IFC Films	Drama	$10,923	-35.77%	20	$546	$1,042,873	66
62	(58)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$10,722	-38.10%	6	$1,787	$37,360,910	1,053
63	(64)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$9,611	+19.96%	6	$1,602	$531,037,410	185
64	(new)	Owl and the Sparrow	Wave Releasing	Drama	$9,474		3	$3,158	$9,474	3
65	(85)	Lola Montes	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$8,069	+542.44%	3	$2,690	$100,633	101
66	(re-entry)	Timecrimes	Magnolia Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$7,916		2	$3,958	$31,640	38
67	(51)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$7,686	-65.42%	23	$334	$7,496,496	38
68	(re-entry)	JCVD	Peace Arch Releasing	Action	$6,944		9	$772	$470,691	73
69	(re-entry)	Pray the Devil Back to Hell	Balcony Releasing	Documentary	$6,522		5	$1,304	$62,811	73
70	(new)	Cherry Blossoms	Strand	Drama	$3,322		1	$3,322	$3,322	3
71	(74)	Just Another Love Story	Koch Lorber Films	Drama	$3,263	-5.97%	1	$3,263	$9,705	10
72	(73)	U2 3D	National Geographic Entertainment	Concert/Performance	$3,034	-22.36%	1	$3,034	$9,684,476	362
73	(67)	The Secret of the Grain	IFC Films	Drama	$2,832	-54.98%	1	$2,832	$54,153	171
74	(new)	Ballerina	First Run Features	Documentary	$2,656		1	$2,656	$2,656	3
75	(re-entry)	The Beautiful Truth	Cinema Libre	Documentary	$2,395		1	$2,395	$13,594	66
76	(57)	Igor	MGM	Comedy	$2,076	-88.82%	8	$260	$19,527,497	122
77	(88)	The Betrayal	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$1,915	+184.97%	1	$1,915	$14,292	59
78	(83)	The Secrets	Monterey Media	Drama	$1,622	-1.70%	3	$541	$62,019	54
79	(75)	Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$1,600	-52.77%	3	$533	$70,821	89
80	(78)	A Secret	Strand	Drama	$1,410	-48.29%	4	$353	$584,561	136
81	(76)	Ciao	Regent Releasing		$1,321	-58.52%	2	$661	$29,817	45
82	(69)	How About You	Strand	Drama	$1,260	-78.97%	1	$1,260	$54,225	66
83	(re-entry)	Otto; Or, Up with Dead People	Strand	Drama	$1,231		2	$616	$9,386	73
84	(80)	Passchendaele	Alliance	Drama	$975	-58.55%	4	$244	$4,452,423	87
85	(re-entry)	The Singing Revolution	Abramorama Films	Documentary	$798		3	$266	$399,628	409
86	(81)	Yonkers Joe	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$742	-64.21%	2	$371	$3,946	10
87	(79)	Harvard Beats Yale	Kino/Emerging	Documentary	$506	-79.17%	1	$506	$68,248	61
88	(77)	Trouble the Water	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$457	-84.78%	1	$457	$491,340	150
89	(71)	The Wild Child	The Film Desk	Drama	$375	-91.74%	1	$375	$32,901	14,207
90	(re-entry)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$344		1	$344	$89,788	80
91	(re-entry)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$324		1	$324	$814,108	150
92	(new)	The Village Barbershop	Monterey Media	Drama	$89		1	$89	$89	3

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Chart certified: 1/23/2009