The Top Movies, Weekend of January 23, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$21,623,182	-32.07%	3,144	$6,878	$64,923,380	10
2	(new)	Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans	Sony Pictures	Action	$20,828,511		2,942	$7,080	$20,828,511	3
3	(2)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$16,244,462	-26.09%	3,045	$5,335	$97,819,975	45
4	(5)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$12,860,944	-24.40%	3,271	$3,932	$37,455,759	10
5	(10)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$10,699,629	+82.93%	1,415	$7,562	$56,065,245	75
6	(3)	My Bloody Valentine	Lionsgate	Horror	$10,012,658	-52.86%	2,534	$3,951	$37,687,394	10
7	(new)	Inkheart	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$7,601,379		2,655	$2,863	$7,601,379	3
8	(6)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$6,868,664	-41.05%	2,621	$2,621	$48,570,928	17
9	(11)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$6,085,919	+9.13%	2,263	$2,689	$111,129,482	32
10	(4)	Notorious	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$5,779,692	-71.80%	1,641	$3,522	$31,874,538	10
11	(8)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$5,666,785	-36.41%	1,793	$3,161	$18,564,544	26
12	(17)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$5,185,146	+190.80%	1,058	$4,901	$11,784,049	31
13	(7)	The Unborn	Universal	Horror	$4,359,865	-53.33%	2,111	$2,065	$39,230,025	17
14	(19)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$3,745,643	+119.98%	571	$6,560	$9,557,610	40
15	(9)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$3,031,969	-50.61%	2,036	$1,489	$138,092,165	32
16	(25)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$3,022,250	+351.47%	1,099	$2,750	$12,005,811	52
17	(13)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$2,865,298	-33.36%	1,108	$2,586	$9,529,976	32
18	(12)	Bedtime Stories	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,955,408	-58.62%	1,660	$1,178	$107,600,474	32
19	(14)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$1,509,786	-60.30%	1,110	$1,360	$80,740,385	32
20	(20)	The Reader	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$1,403,410	+9.21%	367	$3,824	$9,661,121	47
21	(18)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$978,618	-43.85%	552	$1,773	$186,027,660	66
22	(16)	Not Easily Broken	Sony Pictures	Drama	$960,618	-50.61%	483	$1,989	$9,750,971	17
23	(23)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$884,715	+13.58%	250	$3,539	$21,637,349	61
24	(21)	Doubt	Miramax	Drama	$847,855	-31.14%	404	$2,099	$26,753,136	45
25	(15)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$803,019	-69.09%	704	$1,141	$95,383,486	38
26	(63)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$667,397	+6,844.10%	350	$1,907	$531,706,809	192
27	(27)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$509,443	-3.66%	303	$1,681	$178,853,694	80
28	(36)	Rachel Getting Married	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$459,641	+347.63%	370	$1,242	$11,252,249	115
29	(22)	Seven Pounds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$298,514	-75.44%	319	$936	$69,951,824	38
30	(24)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$288,540	-59.57%	380	$759	$49,604,065	38
31	(30)	Quantum of Solace	Sony Pictures	Action	$225,161	-32.75%	272	$828	$169,368,427	73
32	(31)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$211,154	-28.56%	241	$876	$48,687,600	61
33	(32)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$208,689	-20.91%	310	$673	$119,924,307	61
34	(29)	Bolt	Buena Vista	Comedy	$182,603	-47.56%	181	$1,009	$112,818,114	66
35	(33)	Che, Part 1: The Argentine		Drama	$164,142	-29.75%	35	$4,690	$852,607	17
36	(38)	Waltz with Bashir	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$150,458	+91.41%	25	$6,018	$754,796	32
37	(28)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Action	$138,222	-69.86%	185	$747	$78,609,083	45
38	(26)	Chandni Chowk to China	Warner Bros.	Musical	$125,392	-80.09%	130	$965	$869,611	10
39	(34)	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Buena Vista	Comedy	$100,858	-23.46%	158	$638	$94,408,857	115
40	(37)	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	MGM	Comedy	$77,453	-8.60%	53	$1,461	$23,118,152	164
41	(35)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$75,705	-27.71%	147	$515	$67,266,300	80
42	(new)	Outlander	Third Rail	Adventure	$59,581		81	$736	$59,581	3
43	(42)	Let the Right One In	Magnolia Pictures	Horror	$52,304	-10.76%	40	$1,308	$1,763,900	94
44	(39)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic	Documentary	$50,350	-34.75%	16	$3,147	$20,691,842	479
45	(46)	Synecdoche, New York	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$47,581	+19.74%	28	$1,699	$2,921,090	94
46	(45)	I've Loved You So Long	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$39,719	-6.52%	28	$1,419	$2,599,472	94
47	(44)	Fireproof	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$36,350	-18.61%	62	$586	$33,451,479	122
48	(47)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$35,577	-9.71%	13	$2,737	$12,734,551	164
49	(60)	Wendy and Lucy	Oscilloscope Pictures	Drama	$32,672	+184.95%	8	$4,084	$193,690	47
50	(43)	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	Buena Vista	Musical	$25,629	-50.90%	83	$309	$90,535,406	94
51	(51)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$24,228	-14.99%	6	$4,038	$27,299,331	1,221
52	(52)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$20,740	-22.26%	7	$2,963	$77,431,654	2,474
53	(55)	Roving Mars	Buena Vista	Documentary	$19,291	-1.30%	7	$2,756	$9,932,920	1,095
54	(49)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$19,282	-45.37%	39	$494	$37,704,599	101
55	(54)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$16,226	-22.56%	8	$2,028	$5,331,485	346
56	(new)	Killshot	Weinstein Co.	Action	$10,741		5	$2,148	$10,741	3
57	(56)	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Weinstein Co.	Comedy	$10,462	-45.98%	27	$387	$31,452,765	87
58	(53)	Soul Men	MGM	Comedy	$9,329	-63.79%	38	$246	$12,075,660	80
59	(64)	Owl and the Sparrow	Wave Releasing	Drama	$8,941	-5.63%	4	$2,235	$21,889	10
60	(62)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$6,899	-35.66%	6	$1,150	$37,373,300	1,060
61	(61)	A Christmas Tale	IFC Films	Drama	$5,790	-46.99%	10	$579	$1,056,726	73
62	(new)	Of Time and the City	Strand	Documentary	$5,595		1	$5,595	$7,101	3
63	(59)	Silent Light	Pallisades Tartan	Drama	$5,236	-54.93%	1	$5,236	$38,475	17
64	(66)	Timecrimes	Magnolia Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$4,988	-36.99%	2	$2,494	$38,108	45
65	(new)	Donkey Punch	Magnolia Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$4,744		2	$2,372	$4,744	3
66	(re-entry)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$3,783		1	$3,783	$94,131	87
67	(79)	Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$3,712	+132.00%	4	$928	$74,807	96
68	(67)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$3,471	-54.84%	16	$217	$7,502,429	45
69	(re-entry)	Tell No One	Music Box Films	Thriller/Suspense	$2,962		3	$987	$6,170,517	208
70	(80)	A Secret	Strand	Drama	$2,821	+100.07%	3	$940	$588,559	143
71	(82)	How About You	Strand	Drama	$2,595	+105.95%	4	$649	$57,458	73
72	(72)	U2 3D	National Geographic	Concert/Performance	$2,589	-14.67%	1	$2,589	$9,687,735	369
73	(73)	The Secret of the Grain	IFC Films	Drama	$2,470	-12.78%	1	$2,470	$58,736	178
74	(74)	Ballerina	First Run Features	Documentary	$1,596	-39.91%	1	$1,596	$6,263	10
75	(71)	Just Another Love Story	Koch Lorber Films	Drama	$1,055	-67.67%	1	$1,055	$10,760	17
76	(69)	Pray the Devil Back to Hell	Balcony Releasing	Documentary	$977	-85.02%	2	$489	$63,788	80
77	(88)	The Wild Child	The Film Desk	Drama	$775	+106.67%	2	$388	$33,676	14,214
78	(re-entry)	Louise Bourgeois	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$766		1	$766	$90,938	215
79	(81)	Ciao	Regent Releasing		$706	-46.56%	1	$706	$31,251	52
80	(85)	Yonkers Joe	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$702	-5.39%	2	$351	$4,983	17
81	(77)	The Betrayal	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$622	-67.52%	1	$622	$15,716	66
82	(87)	Trouble the Water	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$551	+20.57%	1	$551	$493,597	157
83	(78)	The Secrets	Monterey Media	Drama	$185	-88.59%	1	$185	$63,390	61
84	(new)	Made in Jamaica	ArtMattan Productions	Documentary	$181		1	$181	$181	3
85	(90)	The Village Barbershop	Monterey Media	Drama	$135	+51.69%	1	$135	$135	10
86	(new)	Dog Eat Dog			$80		1	$80	$80	3