The Top Movies, Weekend of March 6, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Watchmen	Warner Bros.	Action	$55,214,334		3,611	$15,291	$55,214,334	3
2	(1)	Madea Goes To Jail	Lionsgate	Comedy	$8,532,412	-47.25%	2,151	$3,967	$76,237,739	17
3	(4)	Taken	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$7,334,814	-25.64%	3,016	$2,432	$117,933,922	38
4	(3)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$6,808,383	-43.39%	2,890	$2,356	$125,324,813	117
5	(6)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$4,146,316	-25.99%	2,558	$1,621	$133,588,995	52
6	(5)	He's Just Not That Into You	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$4,017,326	-33.17%	2,445	$1,643	$84,644,583	31
7	(7)	Coraline	Focus Features	Adventure	$3,255,852	-38.11%	1,959	$1,662	$65,627,777	31
8	(9)	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Walt Disney Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$3,100,298	-33.10%	2,290	$1,354	$38,335,114	24
9	(2)	Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience	Walt Disney Pictures	Concert/Performance	$2,832,454	-77.36%	1,276	$2,220	$16,838,775	10
10	(10)	Fired Up	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,478,381	-33.04%	1,798	$1,378	$13,238,432	17
11	(12)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,036,359	-32.62%	1,520	$1,340	$141,612,344	87
12	(13)	The Reader	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$1,925,918	-32.67%	1,175	$1,639	$29,860,949	89
13	(8)	Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li	20th Century Fox	Action	$1,485,028	-68.54%	1,164	$1,276	$7,252,297	10
14	(11)	Friday the 13th	Warner Bros.	Horror	$1,444,126	-60.85%	1,705	$847	$63,285,318	24
15	(14)	The International	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,330,046	-53.41%	1,184	$1,123	$23,740,662	24
16	(15)	The Pink Panther 2	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,291,517	-47.13%	1,219	$1,059	$34,590,360	31
17	(16)	Push	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$1,139,887	-48.97%	1,142	$998	$29,649,680	31
18	(17)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,076,641	-35.93%	1,120	$961	$69,216,612	52
19	(19)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$744,172	-46.37%	677	$1,099	$24,711,985	82
20	(18)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$582,593	-60.73%	447	$1,303	$31,111,155	103
21	(21)	The Uninvited	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$450,235	-38.35%	458	$983	$27,667,395	38
22	(20)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$440,082	-44.10%	401	$1,097	$126,101,980	74
23	(29)	Two Lovers	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$383,444	+2.86%	93	$4,123	$1,089,091	24
24	(43)	Bedtime Stories	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$368,545	+180.45%	283	$1,302	$109,993,847	74
25	(25)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$349,985	-26.44%	398	$879	$190,691,803	108
26	(23)	Doubt	Miramax	Drama	$340,182	-33.88%	312	$1,090	$32,440,264	87
27	(33)	The Class	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$293,001	+3.61%	88	$3,330	$2,016,717	38
28	(27)	New in Town	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$272,534	-32.00%	330	$826	$16,274,421	38
29	(31)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$257,510	-25.38%	297	$867	$142,342,915	74
30	(36)	Inkheart	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$250,260	+41.88%	310	$807	$16,573,717	45
31	(22)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$242,987	-53.36%	46	$5,282	$2,801,936	24
32	(30)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$224,875	-38.33%	266	$845	$18,243,471	94
33	(28)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$219,592	-41.47%	235	$934	$22,322,313	73
34	(32)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$209,810	-34.36%	249	$843	$28,021,658	68
35	(38)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$169,248	+2.63%	218	$776	$14,178,343	74
36	(37)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$152,818	-10.83%	204	$749	$57,931,094	59
37	(41)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$143,603	-0.75%	139	$1,033	$97,421,460	80
38	(39)	Gomorrah	IFC Films	Drama	$133,879	-12.72%	28	$4,781	$582,801	80
39	(34)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$122,126	-46.02%	238	$513	$82,858,975	74
40	(35)	Waltz with Bashir	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$87,535	-57.32%	129	$679	$2,032,913	74
41	(re-entry)	Polytechnique	Vivafilm	Drama	$81,974		40	$2,049	$1,418,304	31
42	(24)	Echelon Conspiracy	After Dark		$80,530	-83.90%	215	$375	$751,500	10
43	(re-entry)	La Bonheur de Pierre	Vivafilm		$73,751		44	$1,676	$267,856	10
44	(44)	Rachel Getting Married	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$64,263	-42.57%	76	$846	$12,685,530	157
45	(55)	Wendy and Lucy	Oscilloscope Pictures	Drama	$54,996	+42.01%	33	$1,667	$558,993	89
46	(59)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$53,320	+67.60%	9	$5,924	$13,139,843	206
47	(47)	Crossing Over	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$47,687	-38.36%	12	$3,974	$151,818	10
48	(new)	Everlasting Moments	IFC Films		$40,443		5	$8,089	$40,443	3
49	(50)	Play the Game	Slowhand Cinema	Comedy	$40,146	-21.59%	20	$2,007	$116,734	10
50	(58)	Che, Part 1: The Argentine	IFC Films	Drama	$40,013	+22.84%	27	$1,482	$1,387,750	59
51	(re-entry)	Stone of Destiny	Alliance		$33,865		17	$1,992	$233,570	16
52	(48)	Fanboys	Weinstein Co.	Comedy	$33,401	-50.82%	45	$742	$544,428	31
53	(40)	Delhi 6	UTV Communications		$32,502	-78.45%	40	$813	$862,128	24
54	(49)	My Bloody Valentine	Lionsgate	Horror	$32,229	-42.51%	78	$413	$51,527,787	52
55	(new)	Phoebe in Wonderland	ThinkFilm	Drama	$29,766		11	$2,706	$29,766	3
56	(53)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$28,291	-34.50%	7	$4,042	$5,622,464	388
57	(63)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$27,686	+5.99%	15	$1,846	$20,951,515	521
58	(60)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$27,100	-12.78%	5	$5,420	$77,879,758	2,516
59	(61)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$26,274	-14.39%	5	$5,255	$27,751,980	1,263
60	(62)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$24,812	-16.45%	4	$6,203	$37,533,016	1,102
61	(51)	I've Loved You So Long	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$24,064	-52.51%	32	$752	$3,089,042	136
62	(56)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$23,600	-37.38%	34	$694	$49,525,071	103
63	(new)	Tokyo!		Drama	$23,460		1	$23,460	$23,460	3
64	(57)	Let the Right One In	Magnolia Pictures	Horror	$22,305	-32.65%	28	$797	$2,062,139	136
65	(73)	Frozen River	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$15,391	+61.21%	12	$1,283	$2,495,848	220
66	(90)	Medicine for Melancholy	IFC Films	Drama	$14,905	+700.05%	2	$7,453	$66,565	38
67	(64)	Roving Mars	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$13,554	-47.38%	6	$2,259	$10,124,933	1,137
68	(80)	U2 3D	National Geographic Entertainment	Concert/Performance	$13,432	+214.49%	8	$1,679	$9,728,897	411
69	(88)	Harvard Beats Yale	Kino/Emerging	Documentary	$12,719	+352.63%	2	$6,360	$113,864	110
70	(52)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$12,679	-73.29%	25	$507	$79,321,473	87
71	(new)	12	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$12,042		5	$2,408	$13,200	5
72	(66)	Notorious	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$11,377	-48.38%	23	$495	$36,816,591	52
73	(new)	Yaavarum Nalam	Reliance Big Pictures		$11,056		6	$1,843	$11,056	3
74	(new)	Fados	Zeitgeist	Drama	$10,823		1	$10,823	$10,823	3
75	(54)	2009 Oscar Shorts	Shorts International	Multiple Genres	$10,558	-72.90%	12	$880	$630,055	31
76	(71)	Cherry Blossoms	Strand	Drama	$10,316	+1.85%	8	$1,290	$38,837	52
77	(76)	Outlander	Third Rail	Adventure	$9,744	+74.31%	46	$212	$160,641	45
78	(87)	Ballerina	First Run Features	Documentary	$9,188	+221.15%	3	$3,063	$27,508	52
79	(68)	Examined Life	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$9,170	-24.12%	3	$3,057	$39,725	12
80	(new)	Explicit Ills	Peace Arch Releasing		$9,125		1	$9,125	$9,125	3
81	(67)	Katyn	Lorber Films	Drama	$7,964	-43.94%	1	$7,964	$49,764	535
82	(69)	An American Affair	Screen Media Films	Drama	$7,764	-33.64%	2	$3,882	$22,526	10
83	(65)	Billo Barber			$7,538	-70.08%	70	$108	$753,515	24
84	(new)	13B	Reliance Big Pictures		$6,752		10	$675	$6,752	3
85	(new)	Reunion	The Talking Pictures Company		$6,542		2	$3,271	$6,542	3
86	(72)	Synecdoche, New York	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$5,170	-48.01%	9	$574	$3,072,434	136
87	(new)	Dhoondte Reh Jaoge	UTV Communications		$5,127		10	$513	$5,127	3
88	(97)	The Wild Child	The Film Desk	Drama	$3,794	+766.21%	2	$1,897	$47,977	14,256
89	(re-entry)	Our City Dreams	First Run Features	Documentary	$3,416		1	$3,416	$29,475	33
90	(re-entry)	Ciao	Regent Releasing		$3,316		1	$3,316	$41,122	94
91	(new)	Sherman's Way			$2,789		1	$2,789	$2,789	3
92	(re-entry)	Absurdistan	First Run Features	Comedy	$2,523		2	$1,262	$9,523	31
93	(78)	The Betrayal	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$2,234	-51.34%	2	$1,117	$29,502	108
94	(77)	Serbis	Regent Releasing	Drama	$2,227	-54.78%	4	$557	$56,680	38
95	(re-entry)	Between Love & Goodbye	Embrem Entertainment	Drama	$1,991		1	$1,991	$11,002	38
96	(re-entry)	Familiar Strangers	Cavalier Films	Comedy	$1,956		1	$1,956	$33,015	115
97	(new)	Shuttle	Truly Indie	Horror	$1,925		1	$1,925	$1,925	3
98	(95)	Trouble the Water	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$1,691	+120.18%	3	$564	$513,690	199
99	(86)	Just Another Love Story	Koch Lorber Films	Drama	$1,650	-42.61%	1	$1,650	$33,408	59
100	(75)	Live Fast, Die Young	Riverrain	Drama	$1,585	-72.58%	1	$1,585	$18,335	136
101	(re-entry)	Crips and Bloods: Made in America	Argot Pictures		$1,417		1	$1,417	$53,191	45
102	(92)	How About You	Strand	Drama	$1,392	+6.58%	2	$696	$71,219	115
103	(93)	The Secrets	Monterey Media	Drama	$1,200	-0.58%	1	$1,200	$76,390	103
104	(98)	Eleven Minutes	Regent Releasing	Documentary	$1,152	+317.39%	1	$1,152	$7,265	17
105	(94)	The Singing Revolution	Abramorama Films	Documentary	$1,019	+30.31%	3	$340	$410,088	458
106	(re-entry)	Teeth	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$886		1	$886	$347,578	416
107	(84)	A Secret	Strand	Drama	$727	-80.53%	1	$727	$611,422	185
108	(91)	One Day You'll Understand	Kino International	Drama	$424	-71.71%	1	$424	$88,717	129
109	(re-entry)	I don't hear the guitar anymore	The Film Desk	Drama	$260		1	$260	$12,876	6,399
110	(89)	Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$260	-89.63%	1	$260	$89,473	138
111	(re-entry)	Sixty Six	First Independent Pictures	Comedy	$200		1	$200	$224,513	220
112	(96)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$109	-80.51%	2	$54	$119,672	129

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Chart certified: 3/16/2009