The Top Movies, Weekend of March 27, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Monsters vs. Aliens	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$59,321,095		4,104	$14,454	$59,321,095	3
2	(new)	The Haunting in Connecticut	Lionsgate	Horror	$23,004,765		2,732	$8,420	$23,004,765	3
3	(1)	Knowing	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$14,702,187	-40.25%	3,337	$4,406	$46,217,199	10
4	(2)	I Love You, Man	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$12,671,533	-28.85%	2,717	$4,664	$37,078,306	10
5	(3)	Duplicity	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$7,672,485	-45.06%	2,579	$2,975	$25,754,865	10
6	(4)	Race to Witch Mountain	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$5,801,775	-54.62%	3,268	$1,775	$53,459,752	17
7	(new)	12 Rounds	20th Century Fox	Action	$5,329,240		2,331	$2,286	$5,329,240	3
8	(5)	Watchmen	Warner Bros.	Action	$2,732,439	-59.82%	2,010	$1,359	$103,273,462	24
9	(7)	Taken	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$2,695,342	-33.57%	2,858	$943	$137,068,886	59
10	(6)	The Last House on the Left	Universal	Horror	$2,644,295	-54.22%	2,251	$1,175	$28,492,330	17
11	(16)	Sunshine Cleaning	Overture Films	Comedy	$1,274,007	+89.69%	167	$7,629	$2,477,704	17
12	(8)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,164,903	-56.47%	2,578	$452	$139,341,484	138
13	(9)	Madea Goes To Jail	Lionsgate	Comedy	$1,133,085	-55.85%	1,128	$1,005	$89,067,436	38
14	(11)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$840,596	-54.39%	1,082	$777	$142,503,850	73
15	(12)	He's Just Not That Into You	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$473,269	-62.14%	506	$935	$92,510,829	52
16	(14)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$438,481	-40.76%	478	$917	$145,815,056	108
17	(19)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$314,942	-21.87%	381	$827	$71,353,470	73
18	(new)	The Cross: The Arthur Blessitt Story	Gener8xion Entertainment	Documentary	$309,455		221	$1,400	$309,455	3
19	(18)	The Reader	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$308,495	-42.44%	324	$952	$33,484,347	110
20	(10)	Coraline	Focus Features	Adventure	$305,114	-85.68%	360	$848	$73,929,936	52
21	(13)	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Walt Disney Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$254,390	-65.71%	358	$711	$43,461,723	45
22	(35)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$208,157	+69.17%	246	$846	$127,023,019	95
23	(21)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$200,922	-43.18%	37	$5,430	$4,298,988	45
24	(23)	Two Lovers	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$183,444	-11.00%	137	$1,339	$2,236,389	45
25	(22)	The Class	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$181,697	-11.90%	123	$1,477	$2,973,705	59
26	(36)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$102,085	-15.61%	186	$549	$58,470,843	80
27	(40)	Gomorrah	IFC Films	Drama	$98,764	-4.01%	49	$2,016	$1,085,987	101
28	(31)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$98,123	-29.51%	222	$442	$142,992,475	95
29	(28)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$93,910	-43.76%	456	$206	$25,964,913	103
30	(37)	The Great Buck Howard	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$93,645	-18.57%	56	$1,672	$256,021	10
31	(24)	Push	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$92,307	-53.00%	123	$750	$31,156,387	52
32	(new)	Grande ourse - La cle des possibles	Alliance		$86,941		44	$1,976	$86,941	3
33	(34)	Inkheart	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$82,732	-35.14%	152	$544	$17,203,561	66
34	(29)	Doubt	Miramax	Drama	$82,339	-44.87%	115	$716	$33,337,239	108
35	(27)	The Uninvited	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$74,688	-58.14%	170	$439	$28,573,173	59
36	(41)	Sin Nombre	Focus Features	Thriller/Suspense	$70,167	-13.85%	6	$11,695	$185,874	10
37	(38)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$64,408	-42.45%	135	$477	$14,716,436	95
38	(39)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$63,113	-43.30%	142	$444	$22,877,808	94
39	(17)	Miss March	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$60,837	-90.84%	1,742	$35	$4,485,877	17
40	(32)	Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li	20th Century Fox	Action	$51,808	-62.57%	81	$640	$8,556,885	31
41	(44)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$48,982	-27.29%	80	$612	$28,471,672	89
42	(55)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$43,699	+34.32%	6	$7,283	$5,781,986	409
43	(33)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$42,434	-68.07%	150	$283	$191,449,475	129
44	(51)	Everlasting Moments	IFC Films		$42,197	+17.66%	23	$1,835	$228,766	24
45	(re-entry)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$40,865		6	$6,811	$40,631,766	1,123
46	(30)	Friday the 13th	Warner Bros.	Horror	$39,994	-72.57%	94	$425	$64,782,751	45
47	(63)	Tokyo Sonata	Regent Releasing	Drama	$38,735	+162.38%	10	$3,874	$103,045	17
48	(new)	Goodbye Solo	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$38,042		3	$12,681	$38,042	3
49	(54)	Crossing Over	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$36,095	+3.53%	42	$859	$402,469	31
50	(46)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$36,034	-23.27%	9	$4,004	$13,365,080	227
51	(56)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$35,439	+16.12%	15	$2,363	$21,154,606	542
52	(42)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$35,394	-55.49%	54	$655	$31,789,774	124
53	(48)	Che, Part 1: The Argentine	IFC Films	Drama	$33,032	-22.56%	33	$1,001	$1,606,163	80
54	(52)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$32,554	-8.35%	4	$8,139	$27,974,542	1,284
55	(68)	Brothers at War			$31,784	+205.06%	15	$2,119	$84,814	17
56	(60)	Valentino: The Last Emperor	Truly Indie	Documentary	$31,106	+42.94%	2	$15,553	$89,527	12
57	(49)	Wendy and Lucy	Oscilloscope Pictures	Drama	$30,328	-21.07%	32	$948	$745,566	110
58	(47)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$30,265	-31.25%	59	$513	$97,680,195	101
59	(50)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$30,260	-19.07%	8	$3,783	$78,213,144	2,537
60	(new)	Shall We Kiss?	Music Box Films	Romantic Comedy	$28,680		4	$7,170	$28,680	3
61	(58)	Waltz with Bashir	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$18,420	-24.62%	46	$400	$2,220,157	95
62	(53)	Tokyo!		Drama	$18,409	-47.48%	9	$2,045	$142,743	24
63	(65)	Hunger	IFC Films	Drama	$16,550	+19.60%	5	$3,310	$40,897	115
64	(94)	Ballerina	First Run Features	Documentary	$15,456	+436.85%	5	$3,091	$60,118	73
65	(64)	Play the Game	Slowhand Cinema	Comedy	$14,830	+2.49%	13	$1,141	$218,302	31
66	(62)	Roving Mars	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$12,882	-23.10%	5	$2,576	$10,201,026	1,158
67	(57)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$11,877	-54.10%	32	$371	$83,066,918	95
68	(69)	Fanboys	Weinstein Co.	Comedy	$10,193	-1.87%	28	$364	$622,879	52
69	(new)	American Swing	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$10,174		1	$10,174	$10,174	3
70	(59)	U2 3D	National Geographic Entertainment	Concert/Performance	$8,577	-61.54%	7	$1,225	$9,784,258	432
71	(new)	The Education of Charlie Banks	Anchor Bay Entertainment	Drama	$8,537		3	$2,846	$8,537	3
72	(new)	The Country Teacher	Film Movement	Drama	$8,192		2	$4,096	$8,192	3
73	(86)	12	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$7,743	+52.15%	6	$1,291	$51,252	26
74	(new)	Guest of Cindy Sherman	Trela	Documentary	$7,685		1	$7,685	$7,685	3
75	(20)	Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience	Walt Disney Pictures	Concert/Performance	$7,373	-97.97%	15	$492	$19,161,363	31
76	(78)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$7,191	+0.25%	14	$514	$79,363,785	108
77	(71)	I've Loved You So Long	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$7,143	-20.88%	10	$714	$3,156,096	157
78	(72)	Cherry Blossoms	Strand	Drama	$6,870	-22.03%	5	$1,374	$73,827	73
79	(77)	Fados	Zeitgeist	Drama	$6,273	-15.57%	4	$1,568	$48,421	24
80	(84)	Katyn	Lorber Films	Drama	$6,262	+15.41%	2	$3,131	$79,268	556
81	(new)	Spinning into Butter			$5,534		4	$1,384	$5,534	3
82	(87)	Notorious	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$5,514	+38.86%	11	$501	$36,842,118	73
83	(85)	The Edge of Love	Image Entertainment	Drama	$4,924	-4.18%	3	$1,641	$18,089	89
84	(109)	Absurdistan	First Run Features	Comedy	$4,662	+1,146.52%	1	$4,662	$17,776	52
85	(74)	Z	Rialto Pictures		$4,606	-40.96%	1	$4,606	$34,289	14,357
86	(76)	Mancora	Maya Releasing	Drama	$4,577	-40.36%	2	$2,289	$14,767	10
87	(82)	Medicine for Melancholy	IFC Films	Drama	$4,338	-27.37%	3	$1,446	$99,221	59
88	(79)	Let the Right One In	Magnolia Pictures	Horror	$4,100	-41.17%	5	$820	$2,108,377	157
89	(90)	One Day You'll Understand	Kino International	Drama	$3,676	+2.77%	6	$613	$113,272	150
90	(new)	Three Monkeys	Zeitgeist		$3,045		1	$3,045	$3,045	3
91	(70)	Skills Like This	Shadow	Comedy	$2,986	-68.28%	1	$2,986	$16,667	10
92	(66)	Rachel Getting Married	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,649	-79.86%	5	$530	$12,788,219	178
93	(80)	The New Twenty	Wolfe Twenty		$2,623	-58.18%	2	$1,312	$11,845	10
94	(96)	How About You	Strand	Drama	$2,600	+43.49%	1	$2,600	$75,237	136
95	(new)	America Betrayed	First Run Features	Documentary	$2,450		1	$2,450	$2,450	3
96	(re-entry)	Lola Montes	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$2,236		1	$2,236	$120,306	171
97	(99)	The Singing Revolution	Abramorama Films	Documentary	$2,204	+85.21%	2	$1,102	$414,778	479
98	(81)	Yaavarum Nalam	Reliance Big Pictures		$2,076	-66.12%	3	$692	$35,634	24
99	(91)	Perestroika	Strand		$1,780	-49.60%	1	$1,780	$6,300	10
100	(100)	Just Another Love Story	Koch Lorber Films	Drama	$1,265	+17.57%	1	$1,265	$38,396	80
101	(67)	Harvard Beats Yale	Kino/Emerging	Documentary	$1,138	-90.64%	4	$285	$162,805	131
102	(93)	Phoebe in Wonderland	ThinkFilm	Drama	$1,020	-67.05%	2	$510	$72,979	24
103	(97)	Ciao	Regent Releasing		$938	-38.49%	1	$938	$48,498	115
104	(83)	Crips and Bloods: Made in America	Argot Pictures		$911	-83.74%	1	$911	$69,562	66
105	(re-entry)	The Perfect Sleep	Cinema Epoch	Thriller/Suspense	$909		1	$909	$5,589	17
106	(104)	The Betrayal	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$703	-9.52%	1	$703	$35,565	129
107	(re-entry)	Made in U.S.A.	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$688		1	$688	$68,814	80
108	(110)	Of Time and the City	Strand	Documentary	$678	+136.24%	1	$678	$29,931	66
109	(101)	Trouble the Water	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$676	-30.88%	1	$676	$519,377	220
110	(102)	Throw Down Your Heart	Argot Pictures	Documentary	$642	-27.29%	1	$642	$11,346	17
111	(61)	Super Capers	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$547	-97.45%	11	$50	$30,487	10
112	(108)	The Wild Child	The Film Desk	Drama	$266	-45.71%	1	$266	$50,336	14,277
113	(107)	13B	Reliance Big Pictures		$72	-86.44%	2	$36	$12,449	24
114	(111)	The Village Barbershop	Monterey Media	Drama	$35	-53.33%	1	$35	$2,210	73

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