The Top Movies, Weekend of April 3, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Fast & Furious	Universal	Action	$70,950,500		3,461	$20,500	$70,950,500	3
2	(1)	Monsters vs. Aliens	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$32,609,165	-45.03%	4,109	$7,936	$104,799,387	10
3	(2)	The Haunting in Connecticut	Lionsgate	Horror	$9,481,647	-58.78%	2,732	$3,471	$37,171,280	10
4	(3)	Knowing	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$8,146,156	-44.59%	3,323	$2,451	$58,219,770	17
5	(4)	I Love You, Man	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$7,722,469	-39.06%	2,829	$2,730	$49,159,559	17
6	(new)	Adventureland	Miramax	Black Comedy	$5,722,039		1,862	$3,073	$5,722,039	3
7	(5)	Duplicity	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$4,174,240	-45.59%	2,522	$1,655	$32,250,215	17
8	(6)	Race to Witch Mountain	Buena Vista	Adventure	$3,212,602	-44.63%	2,825	$1,137	$58,249,111	24
9	(7)	12 Rounds	20th Century Fox	Action	$2,260,906	-57.58%	2,331	$970	$8,982,767	10
10	(11)	Sunshine Cleaning	Overture Films	Comedy	$1,807,164	+41.85%	479	$3,773	$4,702,721	24
11	(9)	Taken	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$1,544,471	-42.70%	1,961	$788	$139,416,323	66
12	(10)	The Last House on the Left	Universal	Horror	$1,259,325	-52.38%	1,305	$965	$30,674,195	24
13	(8)	Watchmen	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,074,320	-60.68%	1,103	$974	$105,346,566	31
14	(12)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$499,257	-57.14%	840	$594	$140,244,722	145
15	(13)	Madea Goes To Jail	Lionsgate	Comedy	$479,975	-57.64%	619	$775	$89,869,224	45
16	(14)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$373,718	-55.54%	545	$686	$143,162,362	80
17	(16)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$268,026	-38.87%	363	$738	$146,236,899	115
18	(23)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$244,572	+21.72%	43	$5,688	$4,720,450	52
19	(15)	He's Just Not That Into You	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$207,532	-56.15%	261	$795	$92,901,114	59
20	(17)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$194,542	-38.23%	240	$811	$71,651,821	80
21	(19)	The Reader	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$192,085	-37.73%	232	$828	$33,807,465	117
22	(36)	Sin Nombre	Focus Features	Thriller/Suspense	$184,380	+162.77%	24	$7,683	$398,982	17
23	(20)	Coraline	Focus Features	Adventure	$178,148	-41.61%	211	$844	$74,255,387	59
24	(24)	Two Lovers	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$171,555	-6.48%	121	$1,418	$2,479,261	52
25	(31)	Push	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$142,179	+54.03%	214	$664	$31,331,232	59
26	(22)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$131,342	-36.90%	213	$617	$127,247,417	102
27	(25)	The Class	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$129,928	-28.49%	114	$1,140	$3,269,585	66
28	(21)	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$103,044	-59.49%	164	$628	$43,662,614	52
29	(18)	The Cross: The Arthur Blessitt Story	Gener8xion Entertainment	Documentary	$93,980	-69.63%	127	$740	$496,009	10
30	(30)	The Great Buck Howard	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$91,988	-1.77%	64	$1,437	$390,092	17
31	(46)	Friday the 13th	Warner Bros.	Horror	$81,465	+103.69%	202	$403	$64,877,692	52
32	(27)	Gomorrah	IFC Films	Drama	$79,577	-19.43%	46	$1,730	$1,210,002	108
33	(40)	Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li	20th Century Fox	Action	$70,350	+35.79%	69	$1,020	$8,646,753	38
34	(re-entry)	Fired Up	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$69,064		151	$457	$17,231,291	45
35	(26)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$60,339	-40.89%	143	$422	$58,570,609	87
36	(new)	Sugar	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$60,140		11	$5,467	$60,140	3
37	(28)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$57,249	-41.66%	129	$444	$143,084,510	102
38	(29)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$57,143	-39.15%	143	$400	$26,063,654	110
39	(56)	Valentino: The Last Emperor	Truly Indie	Documentary	$56,783	+82.55%	4	$14,196	$177,180	19
40	(32)	Grande ourse - La cle des possibles	Alliance Atlantis		$55,194	-36.52%	43	$1,284	$142,135	10
41	(65)	Play the Game	Slowhand Cinema	Comedy	$52,542	+254.30%	55	$955	$277,786	38
42	(44)	Everlasting Moments	IFC Films		$47,703	+13.05%	25	$1,908	$295,104	31
43	(34)	Doubt	Miramax	Drama	$45,577	-44.65%	77	$592	$33,422,556	115
44	(60)	Shall We Kiss?	Music Box Films	Romantic Comedy	$44,786	+56.16%	19	$2,357	$83,715	10
45	(new)	Paris 36	Sony Pictures Classics		$44,690		7	$6,384	$294,395	3
46	(new)	Alien Trespass	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$43,437		40	$1,086	$43,437	3
47	(45)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$43,057	+5.36%	4	$10,764	$40,703,731	1,130
48	(33)	Inkheart	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$42,287	-48.89%	101	$419	$17,281,832	73
49	(37)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$38,473	-40.27%	73	$527	$14,785,709	102
50	(54)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$38,111	+17.07%	7	$5,444	$28,066,172	1,291
51	(42)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$37,506	-14.17%	7	$5,358	$5,842,602	416
52	(59)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$37,343	+23.41%	7	$5,335	$78,301,156	2,544
53	(new)	Bart Got a Room	Anchor Bay Entertainment	Comedy	$32,764		11	$2,979	$32,764	3
54	(48)	Goodbye Solo	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$30,395	-20.10%	5	$6,079	$80,868	10
55	(51)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic	Documentary	$29,279	-17.38%	15	$1,952	$21,233,671	549
56	(57)	Wendy and Lucy	Oscilloscope Pictures	Drama	$26,212	-13.57%	32	$819	$783,789	117
57	(41)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$23,635	-51.75%	52	$455	$28,514,684	96
58	(62)	Tokyo!		Drama	$20,652	+12.18%	12	$1,721	$172,789	31
59	(50)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$20,272	-43.74%	8	$2,534	$13,408,004	234
60	(47)	Tokyo Sonata	Regent Releasing	Drama	$19,202	-50.43%	9	$2,134	$138,805	24
61	(53)	Che, Part 1: The Argentine	IFC Films	Drama	$17,173	-48.01%	25	$687	$1,641,140	87
62	(68)	Fanboys	Weinstein Co.	Comedy	$16,695	+63.79%	22	$759	$646,022	59
63	(63)	Hunger	IFC Films	Drama	$16,213	-2.04%	7	$2,316	$67,035	122
64	(re-entry)	Enlighten Up!	Balcony Releasing	Documentary	$16,161		1	$16,161	$55,727	206
65	(55)	Brothers at War			$14,110	-55.61%	18	$784	$108,130	24
66	(52)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$12,981	-63.32%	29	$448	$31,817,897	131
67	(49)	Crossing Over	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$12,038	-66.65%	18	$669	$431,036	38
68	(39)	Miss March	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$11,388	-81.28%	169	$67	$4,522,603	24
69	(new)	Gigantic	First Independent Pictures	Comedy	$10,294		1	$10,294	$10,294	3
70	(98)	Harvard Beats Yale	Kino/Emerging	Documentary	$9,827	+763.53%	6	$1,638	$175,630	138
71	(66)	Roving Mars	Buena Vista	Documentary	$9,644	-25.14%	5	$1,929	$10,217,220	1,165
72	(73)	12	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$9,515	+22.89%	8	$1,189	$64,165	33
73	(61)	Waltz with Bashir	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$9,019	-51.04%	41	$220	$2,243,487	102
74	(new)	Tulpan	Zeitgeist	Comedy	$8,620		1	$8,620	$10,357	5
75	(83)	The Edge of Love		Drama	$8,147	+65.45%	5	$1,629	$28,635	96
76	(new)	The Song of Sparrows	Regent Releasing	Drama	$7,863		1	$7,863	$7,863	3
77	(69)	American Swing	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$7,262	-28.62%	2	$3,631	$22,109	10
78	(re-entry)	Skills Like These	Shadow	Comedy	$7,036		4	$1,759	$23,703	17
79	(64)	Ballerina	First Run Features	Documentary	$6,915	-55.26%	4	$1,729	$75,057	80
80	(new)	Lifelines	Kanbar Entertainment		$6,793		1	$6,793	$6,793	3
81	(78)	Cherry Blossoms	Strand	Drama	$6,260	-8.88%	5	$1,252	$82,995	80
82	(80)	Katyn		Drama	$6,250	-0.19%	2	$3,125	$85,518	563
83	(70)	U2 3D	National Geographic	Concert/Performance	$5,869	-31.57%	5	$1,174	$9,792,417	439
84	(103)	Made in U.S.A.	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$5,348	+677.33%	1	$5,348	$76,445	87
85	(74)	Guest of Cindy Sherman	Trela	Documentary	$4,691	-38.96%	1	$4,691	$15,999	10
86	(re-entry)	Owl and the Sparrow	Wave Releasing	Drama	$4,439		3	$1,480	$47,071	80
87	(85)	Z	Rialto Pictures		$4,113	-10.70%	1	$4,113	$41,139	14,364
88	(67)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$3,541	-70.19%	14	$253	$83,075,363	102
89	(72)	The Country Teacher	Film Movement	Drama	$3,169	-61.32%	1	$3,169	$16,253	10
90	(84)	Absurdistan	First Run Features	Comedy	$3,167	-32.07%	2	$1,584	$22,468	59
91	(87)	Medicine for Melancholy	IFC Films	Drama	$3,163	-27.09%	7	$452	$104,251	66
92	(71)	The Education of Charlie Banks	Anchor Bay Entertainment	Drama	$3,086	-63.85%	1	$3,086	$14,547	10
93	(new)	The Escapist	ThinkFilm	Thriller/Suspense	$3,075		1	$3,075	$3,075	3
94	(re-entry)	A Secret	Strand	Drama	$3,056		1	$3,056	$616,607	213
95	(86)	Mancora	Maya Releasing	Drama	$2,571	-43.83%	2	$1,286	$19,169	17
96	(re-entry)	Examined Life	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$2,501		1	$2,501	$60,943	40
97	(re-entry)	Between Love & Goodbye	Embrem Entertainment	Drama	$2,262		1	$2,262	$13,876	66
98	(77)	I've Loved You So Long	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,163	-69.72%	6	$361	$3,161,781	164
99	(91)	Rachel Getting Married	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,155	-18.65%	4	$539	$12,792,587	185
100	(88)	Let the Right One In	Magnolia Pictures	Horror	$2,096	-48.88%	3	$699	$2,113,384	164
101	(re-entry)	The Secrets	Monterey Media	Drama	$1,927		1	$1,927	$117,466	131
102	(re-entry)	One Day You'll Understand	City Lights Pictures	Drama	$1,195		3	$398	$115,925	136
103	(97)	Just Another Love Story	Koch Lorber Films	Thriller/Suspense	$955	-24.51%	1	$955	$39,351	87
104	(102)	The Betrayal	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$692	-1.56%	2	$346	$36,489	136
105	(105)	Trouble the Water	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$231	-65.83%	1	$231	$519,981	227
106	(79)	Fados	Zeitgeist	Drama	$133	-97.88%	1	$133	$51,694	31
107	(94)	America Betrayed	First Run Features	Documentary	$121	-95.06%	1	$121	$366	10
108	(109)	The Village Barbershop	Monterey Media	Drama	$46	+31.43%	1	$46	$2,256	80
109	(107)	Super Capers	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$8	-98.54%	1	$8	$30,881	17