The Top Movies, Weekend of February 20, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Madea Goes To Jail	Lionsgate	Comedy	$41,030,947		2,032	$20,192	$41,030,947	3
2	(5)	Coraline	Focus Features	Adventure	$11,432,124	-22.67%	2,155	$5,305	$53,766,843	17
3	(3)	Taken	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$11,281,262	-40.58%	3,102	$3,637	$95,034,161	24
4	(2)	He's Just Not That Into You	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$8,558,225	-56.15%	3,050	$2,806	$70,100,901	17
5	(9)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$8,384,680	+15.10%	2,244	$3,736	$98,354,395	103
6	(1)	Friday the 13th	Warner Bros.	Horror	$7,942,472	-80.42%	3,105	$2,558	$55,119,663	10
7	(6)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$6,821,377	-37.89%	2,835	$2,406	$121,200,930	38
8	(4)	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Walt Disney Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$6,742,778	-55.25%	2,507	$2,690	$27,378,049	10
9	(new)	Fired Up	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$5,483,778		1,810	$3,030	$5,483,778	3
10	(7)	The International	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$4,463,916	-52.16%	2,364	$1,888	$17,031,200	10
11	(8)	The Pink Panther 2	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$3,802,292	-55.34%	2,658	$1,431	$29,475,898	17
12	(11)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$3,676,310	-43.34%	2,030	$1,811	$134,472,755	73
13	(10)	Push	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$3,119,656	-54.54%	1,882	$1,658	$24,752,472	17
14	(15)	The Reader	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$2,642,770	+19.63%	962	$2,747	$23,011,596	75
15	(12)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$2,325,378	-46.56%	1,716	$1,355	$65,535,469	38
16	(16)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,851,324	+0.15%	620	$2,986	$21,578,377	68
17	(13)	The Uninvited	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$1,292,129	-70.28%	1,257	$1,028	$25,990,057	24
18	(17)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,232,517	-23.51%	754	$1,635	$124,211,606	60
19	(21)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$1,066,727	+21.49%	411	$2,595	$28,120,218	89
20	(14)	Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans	Sony Pictures	Action	$778,822	-67.32%	676	$1,152	$45,064,150	31
21	(25)	Doubt	Miramax	Drama	$711,360	+13.89%	402	$1,770	$31,126,827	73
22	(26)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$653,580	+26.72%	381	$1,715	$17,386,586	80
23	(re-entry)	Delhi 6	UTV Communications		$602,850		90	$6,698	$602,850	10
24	(24)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$549,720	-16.86%	50	$10,994	$1,700,685	10
25	(20)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$546,034	-44.69%	350	$1,560	$21,376,846	59
26	(19)	New in Town	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$503,174	-65.88%	505	$996	$15,299,806	24
27	(23)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$489,682	-29.38%	406	$1,206	$189,443,645	94
28	(22)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$484,134	-32.23%	567	$854	$27,176,722	54
29	(18)	My Bloody Valentine	Lionsgate	Horror	$386,032	-75.15%	355	$1,087	$51,290,643	38
30	(30)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$320,987	-18.15%	304	$1,056	$141,545,861	60
31	(31)	Bolt	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$316,792	-17.41%	280	$1,131	$114,053,579	94
32	(36)	The Class	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$273,252	+24.23%	62	$4,407	$1,248,101	24
33	(43)	Rachel Getting Married	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$204,246	+64.06%	264	$774	$12,354,351	143
34	(28)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$197,216	-60.00%	240	$822	$57,485,994	45
35	(33)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$175,677	-38.56%	222	$791	$97,021,369	66
36	(29)	Inkheart	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$174,415	-61.67%	211	$827	$16,034,054	31
37	(32)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$157,078	-54.63%	161	$976	$13,694,857	60
38	(37)	Bedtime Stories	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$143,925	-27.62%	145	$993	$109,424,707	60
39	(38)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$130,395	-27.98%	221	$590	$50,653,875	66
40	(34)	The Unborn	Universal	Horror	$123,540	-48.11%	174	$710	$42,497,050	45
41	(44)	Waltz with Bashir	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$115,901	+1.99%	55	$2,107	$1,599,005	60
42	(39)	2009 Oscar Shorts	Shorts International	Multiple Genres	$105,665	-32.26%	60	$1,761	$522,624	17
43	(40)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$97,817	-37.15%	151	$648	$179,982,968	108
44	(42)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$93,957	-26.39%	55	$1,708	$533,184,219	220
45	(27)	Billo Barber			$73,977	-85.55%	70	$1,057	$715,508	10
46	(50)	I've Loved You So Long	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$69,649	+22.03%	69	$1,009	$2,901,744	122
47	(41)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$66,385	-48.70%	115	$577	$82,370,632	60
48	(49)	Fanboys	Weinstein Co.	Comedy	$65,590	-12.08%	34	$1,929	$398,301	17
49	(48)	Gomorrah	IFC Films	Drama	$60,520	-22.11%	6	$10,087	$204,810	66
50	(46)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$56,850	-36.31%	93	$611	$49,420,849	89
51	(45)	Two Lovers	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$55,379	-41.70%	7	$7,911	$195,926	10
52	(47)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$54,662	-36.28%	72	$759	$79,215,537	73
53	(35)	Notorious	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$50,759	-77.70%	67	$758	$36,748,176	38
54	(56)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$47,280	+28.89%	10	$4,728	$12,960,281	192
55	(55)	Wendy and Lucy	Oscilloscope Pictures	Drama	$42,359	+8.57%	19	$2,229	$433,881	75
56	(51)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$37,817	-32.28%	6	$6,303	$27,602,871	1,249
57	(53)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$34,873	-22.31%	7	$4,982	$5,527,559	374
58	(57)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$34,635	-1.73%	7	$4,948	$77,741,909	2,502
59	(52)	Che, Part 1: The Argentine	IFC Films	Drama	$24,953	-52.71%	14	$1,782	$1,282,341	45
60	(60)	Roving Mars	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$24,373	+7.48%	6	$4,062	$10,070,884	1,123
61	(54)	Let the Right One In	Magnolia Pictures	Horror	$24,333	-40.82%	26	$936	$1,978,364	122
62	(59)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$22,623	-8.38%	15	$1,508	$20,850,999	507
63	(58)	Frozen River	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$21,009	-20.77%	24	$875	$2,459,187	206
64	(63)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$12,548	-6.78%	4	$3,137	$37,456,433	1,088
65	(84)	Harvard Beats Yale	Kino/Emerging	Documentary	$10,094	+403.94%	4	$2,524	$94,684	96
66	(67)	Medicine for Melancholy	IFC Films	Drama	$8,697	+5.10%	4	$2,174	$46,377	24
67	(68)	Synecdoche, New York	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$8,178	+0.32%	17	$481	$3,047,390	122
68	(96)	The Secret of the Grain	IFC Films	Drama	$7,660	+6,619.30%	3	$2,553	$80,465	206
69	(62)	Outlander	Third Rail	Adventure	$7,404	-63.09%	19	$390	$139,884	31
70	(74)	Serbis	Regent Releasing	Drama	$6,209	+41.56%	2	$3,105	$44,147	24
71	(re-entry)	Just Another Love Story	Koch Lorber Films	Drama	$5,855		3	$1,952	$23,703	45
72	(72)	Made in U.S.A.	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$4,708	-2.36%	2	$2,354	$64,821	45
73	(new)	Eleven Minutes	Regent Releasing	Documentary	$3,670		4	$918	$3,670	3
74	(81)	Cherry Blossoms	Strand	Drama	$3,524	+33.23%	1	$3,524	$13,069	38
75	(re-entry)	Dalai Lama Renaissance	Self Distributed	Documentary	$3,256		1	$3,256	$117,243	278
76	(66)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,919	-72.28%	6	$487	$37,766,350	129
77	(79)	U2 3D	National Geographic Entertainment	Concert/Performance	$2,636	-13.91%	2	$1,318	$9,704,263	397
78	(93)	Absurdistan	First Run Features	Comedy	$2,290	+303.17%	2	$1,145	$5,553	17
79	(87)	The Wild Child	The Film Desk	Drama	$1,796	+47.70%	1	$1,796	$42,423	14,242
80	(73)	How About You	Strand	Drama	$1,733	-61.14%	1	$1,733	$67,698	101
81	(71)	Owl and the Sparrow	Wave Releasing	Drama	$1,685	-67.58%	2	$843	$41,851	38
82	(86)	Trouble the Water	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$1,660	+16.90%	3	$553	$509,838	185
83	(82)	The Secrets	Monterey Media	Drama	$1,384	-40.96%	1	$1,384	$72,499	89
84	(91)	A Secret	Strand	Drama	$1,188	+87.38%	2	$594	$605,830	171
85	(90)	Lola Montes	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$1,182	+74.85%	1	$1,182	$107,264	136
86	(re-entry)	Louise Bourgeois	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$1,075		1	$1,075	$94,553	243
87	(re-entry)	Dev D	UTV Communications		$967		4	$242	$11,917	17
88	(78)	Ballerina	First Run Features	Documentary	$910	-74.36%	1	$910	$13,673	38
89	(re-entry)	The Village Barbershop	Monterey Media	Drama	$810		2	$405	$1,668	38
90	(69)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$709	-88.74%	2	$355	$118,307	115
91	(64)	Luck by Chance	AdLab Films	Comedy	$637	-95.23%	7	$91	$355,492	24
92	(83)	The Singing Revolution	Abramorama Films	Documentary	$463	-78.64%	1	$463	$407,827	444

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Chart certified: 3/2/2009