The Top Movies, Weekend of March 20, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Knowing	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$24,604,751		3,332	$7,384	$24,604,751	3
2	(new)	I Love You, Man	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$17,810,270		2,711	$6,570	$17,810,270	3
3	(new)	Duplicity	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$13,965,110		2,574	$5,425	$13,965,110	3
4	(1)	Race to Witch Mountain	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$12,786,041	-47.60%	3,187	$4,012	$44,496,593	10
5	(2)	Watchmen	Warner Bros.	Action	$6,801,114	-61.83%	3,510	$1,938	$98,140,886	17
6	(3)	The Last House on the Left	Universal	Horror	$5,776,160	-59.09%	2,402	$2,405	$23,902,420	10
7	(4)	Taken	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$4,057,695	-38.23%	2,858	$1,420	$133,096,403	52
8	(6)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,676,369	-46.50%	2,578	$1,038	$137,178,177	131
9	(5)	Madea Goes To Jail	Lionsgate	Comedy	$2,566,535	-49.76%	1,835	$1,399	$87,264,219	31
10	(9)	Coraline	Focus Features	Adventure	$2,130,746	-21.61%	1,431	$1,489	$72,841,173	45
11	(7)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,842,984	-40.91%	1,762	$1,046	$141,052,214	66
12	(8)	He's Just Not That Into You	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$1,250,201	-57.47%	1,302	$960	$91,544,583	45
13	(11)	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Walt Disney Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$741,893	-61.79%	917	$809	$42,928,251	38
14	(13)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$740,137	-50.83%	825	$897	$145,095,330	101
15	(12)	Fired Up	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$701,639	-57.36%	1,209	$580	$16,755,117	31
16	(31)	Sunshine Cleaning	Overture Films	Comedy	$671,618	+206.41%	64	$10,494	$960,041	10
17	(10)	Miss March	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$664,351	-72.42%	1,742	$381	$4,121,295	10
18	(14)	The Reader	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$535,983	-59.07%	704	$761	$32,900,557	103
19	(18)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$403,092	-30.25%	522	$772	$70,906,136	66
20	(15)	Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience	Walt Disney Pictures	Concert/Performance	$362,694	-61.43%	468	$775	$19,024,826	24
21	(26)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$353,634	+14.99%	54	$6,549	$3,869,888	38
22	(25)	The Class	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$206,232	-38.13%	126	$1,637	$2,792,008	52
23	(23)	Two Lovers	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$206,127	-48.87%	148	$1,393	$1,971,628	38
24	(19)	Push	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$196,398	-63.59%	290	$677	$30,991,061	45
25	(20)	The Pink Panther 2	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$192,853	-64.06%	261	$739	$35,922,978	45
26	(16)	The International	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$187,891	-73.78%	281	$669	$25,450,527	38
27	(24)	The Uninvited	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$178,418	-49.33%	282	$633	$28,436,011	52
28	(21)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$166,972	-62.82%	456	$366	$25,792,774	96
29	(27)	Doubt	Miramax	Drama	$149,360	-48.39%	218	$685	$33,172,718	101
30	(17)	Friday the 13th	Warner Bros.	Horror	$145,786	-75.50%	305	$478	$64,701,486	38
31	(32)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$139,211	-27.58%	222	$627	$142,829,513	88
32	(22)	Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li	20th Century Fox	Action	$138,425	-67.83%	186	$744	$8,459,301	24
33	(29)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$132,914	-48.84%	18	$7,384	$191,368,384	122
34	(33)	Inkheart	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$127,553	-32.10%	194	$657	$17,066,686	59
35	(28)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$123,045	-54.57%	206	$597	$126,759,635	88
36	(38)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$120,962	-19.24%	186	$650	$58,321,581	73
37	(new)	The Great Buck Howard	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$115,004		55	$2,091	$115,004	3
38	(36)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$111,913	-28.91%	244	$459	$14,590,164	88
39	(35)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$111,319	-29.44%	202	$551	$22,754,434	87
40	(40)	Gomorrah	IFC Films	Drama	$102,895	-27.22%	47	$2,189	$934,896	94
41	(new)	Sin Nombre	Focus Features	Thriller/Suspense	$81,446		6	$13,574	$81,446	3
42	(30)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$79,518	-65.88%	111	$716	$31,716,847	117
43	(34)	New in Town	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$71,205	-61.99%	158	$451	$16,699,684	52
44	(37)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$67,367	-56.78%	118	$571	$28,390,983	82
45	(39)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$62,225	-58.03%	131	$475	$18,593,156	108
46	(48)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$46,964	-9.80%	32	$1,468	$13,303,373	220
47	(42)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$44,025	-46.40%	53	$831	$97,632,413	94
48	(45)	Che, Part 1: The Argentine	IFC Films	Drama	$42,657	-34.56%	39	$1,094	$1,543,029	73
49	(44)	Wendy and Lucy	Oscilloscope Pictures	Drama	$38,425	-41.45%	40	$961	$700,720	103
50	(60)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$37,389	+88.43%	5	$7,478	$78,120,981	2,530
51	(46)	Everlasting Moments	IFC Films		$35,865	-37.02%	18	$1,993	$171,339	17
52	(58)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$35,518	+68.98%	5	$7,104	$27,891,163	1,277
53	(55)	Tokyo!		Drama	$35,053	+36.39%	10	$3,505	$105,694	17
54	(41)	Crossing Over	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$34,864	-65.93%	39	$894	$347,004	24
55	(51)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$32,533	-1.04%	7	$4,648	$5,721,223	402
56	(52)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$30,520	+0.43%	15	$2,035	$21,055,453	535
57	(43)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$25,875	-65.44%	57	$454	$83,043,123	88
58	(47)	Waltz with Bashir	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$24,435	-53.29%	62	$394	$2,180,986	88
59	(65)	U2 3D	National Geographic Entertainment	Concert/Performance	$22,301	+49.52%	8	$2,788	$9,772,237	425
60	(new)	Valentino: The Last Emperor	Truly Indie	Documentary	$21,762		1	$21,762	$33,170	5
61	(new)	Super Capers	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$21,463		80	$268	$21,463	3
62	(70)	Roving Mars	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$16,752	+48.35%	5	$3,350	$10,177,793	1,151
63	(54)	Tokyo Sonata	Regent Releasing	Drama	$14,763	-47.92%	2	$7,382	$56,103	10
64	(53)	Play the Game	Slowhand Cinema	Comedy	$14,469	-51.85%	12	$1,206	$194,007	24
65	(re-entry)	Hunger	IFC Films	Drama	$13,838		1	$13,838	$17,399	108
66	(49)	Rachel Getting Married	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$13,154	-63.79%	24	$548	$12,779,409	171
67	(59)	Harvard Beats Yale	Kino/Emerging	Documentary	$12,153	-39.91%	12	$1,013	$157,385	124
68	(50)	Brothers at War			$10,419	-68.56%	7	$1,488	$49,315	10
69	(57)	Fanboys	Weinstein Co.	Comedy	$10,387	-56.22%	26	$400	$605,840	45
70	(new)	Skills Like This	Shadow	Comedy	$9,413		1	$9,413	$9,413	3
71	(64)	I've Loved You So Long	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$9,028	-43.61%	17	$531	$3,141,831	150
72	(79)	Cherry Blossoms	Strand	Drama	$8,811	+27.79%	7	$1,259	$62,072	66
73	(82)	Explicit Ills	Peace Arch Releasing		$8,282	+32.38%	2	$4,141	$28,564	17
74	(73)	Z	Rialto Pictures		$7,802	-23.09%	1	$7,802	$23,685	14,350
75	(63)	The Secrets	Monterey Media	Drama	$7,746	-51.69%	9	$861	$105,228	117
76	(new)	Mancora	Maya Releasing	Drama	$7,675		2	$3,838	$7,675	3
77	(74)	Fados	Zeitgeist	Drama	$7,430	-24.09%	2	$3,715	$38,268	17
78	(71)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$7,173	-35.81%	16	$448	$79,351,236	101
79	(66)	Let the Right One In	Magnolia Pictures	Horror	$6,969	-44.30%	11	$634	$2,102,943	150
80	(new)	The New Twenty	Wolfe Twenty		$6,272		1	$6,272	$6,272	3
81	(81)	Yaavarum Nalam	Reliance Big Pictures		$6,127	-2.28%	4	$1,532	$31,831	17
82	(69)	Medicine for Melancholy	IFC Films	Drama	$5,973	-47.29%	4	$1,493	$92,904	52
83	(re-entry)	Crips and Bloods: Made in America	Argot Pictures		$5,603		3	$1,868	$68,039	59
84	(76)	Katyn	Lorber Films	Drama	$5,426	-31.29%	1	$5,426	$70,479	549
85	(91)	The Edge of Love	Image Entertainment	Drama	$5,139	+30.30%	3	$1,713	$10,405	82
86	(67)	12	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$5,089	-55.49%	3	$1,696	$40,531	19
87	(86)	Notorious	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$3,971	-25.09%	13	$305	$36,835,328	66
88	(77)	Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America	Magnolia Pictures	Adventure	$3,705	-51.80%	1	$3,705	$15,423	10
89	(75)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$3,588	-58.64%	11	$326	$49,551,662	117
90	(72)	One Day You'll Understand	Kino International	Drama	$3,577	-65.70%	4	$894	$108,203	143
91	(new)	Perestroika	Strand		$3,532		1	$3,532	$3,532	3
92	(83)	Carmen and Geoffrey	First Run Features		$3,180	-43.78%	1	$3,180	$11,777	10
93	(61)	Phoebe in Wonderland	ThinkFilm	Drama	$3,096	-83.30%	4	$774	$70,215	17
94	(84)	Ballerina	First Run Features	Documentary	$2,879	-46.23%	1	$2,879	$43,692	66
95	(92)	Synecdoche, New York	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,048	-35.64%	4	$512	$3,081,925	150
96	(re-entry)	How About You	Strand	Drama	$1,812		1	$1,812	$73,471	129
97	(99)	Ciao	Regent Releasing		$1,525	-12.05%	1	$1,525	$46,952	108
98	(100)	Serbis	Regent Releasing	Drama	$1,440	-10.89%	1	$1,440	$61,098	52
99	(re-entry)	The Singing Revolution	Abramorama Films	Documentary	$1,190		2	$595	$411,987	472
100	(105)	Just Another Love Story	Koch Lorber Films	Drama	$1,076	+40.47%	1	$1,076	$36,575	73
101	(108)	Trouble the Water	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$978	+115.42%	2	$489	$518,004	213
102	(88)	Throw Down Your Heart	Argot Pictures	Documentary	$883	-81.71%	1	$883	$9,333	10
103	(101)	An American Affair	Screen Media Films	Drama	$876	-39.00%	1	$876	$27,276	24
104	(102)	The Betrayal	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$777	-38.87%	1	$777	$33,943	122
105	(re-entry)	A Secret	Strand	Drama	$765		1	$765	$613,436	199
106	(107)	Our City Dreams	First Run Features	Documentary	$631	+27.99%	2	$316	$31,223	47
107	(94)	13B	Reliance Big Pictures		$531	-78.41%	5	$106	$12,235	17
108	(re-entry)	The Wild Child	The Film Desk	Drama	$490		2	$245	$49,815	14,270
109	(103)	Absurdistan	First Run Features	Comedy	$374	-70.29%	1	$374	$13,043	45
110	(re-entry)	Of Time and the City	Strand	Documentary	$287		1	$287	$29,053	59
111	(re-entry)	The Village Barbershop	Monterey Media	Drama	$75		1	$75	$1,945	66

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Chart certified: 3/30/2009