The Top Movies, Weekend of April 17, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	17 Again	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$23,722,310		3,255	$7,288	$23,722,310	3
2	(new)	State of Play	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$14,071,280		2,803	$5,020	$14,071,280	3
3	(1)	Hannah Montana the Movie	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$13,406,217	-58.53%	3,118	$4,300	$56,874,039	10
4	(3)	Monsters vs. Aliens	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$13,240,233	-39.30%	3,662	$3,616	$163,063,465	24
5	(2)	Fast & Furious	Universal	Action	$11,774,715	-56.77%	3,674	$3,205	$136,205,795	17
6	(new)	Crank 2: High Voltage	Lionsgate	Thriller/Suspense	$6,963,565		2,223	$3,133	$6,963,565	3
7	(4)	Observe and Report	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$4,174,939	-62.11%	2,727	$1,531	$18,812,239	10
8	(5)	Knowing	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$3,574,727	-44.44%	2,405	$1,486	$73,795,283	31
9	(6)	I Love You, Man	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$3,327,668	-47.02%	2,202	$1,511	$64,614,979	31
10	(7)	The Haunting in Connecticut	Lionsgate	Horror	$3,114,892	-47.22%	2,255	$1,381	$51,883,389	24
11	(8)	Dragonball Evolution	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,684,942	-64.58%	2,181	$773	$7,934,562	12
12	(9)	Adventureland	Miramax	Black Comedy	$1,331,696	-60.29%	1,412	$943	$14,064,483	17
13	(10)	Duplicity	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$1,113,795	-62.82%	1,252	$890	$39,052,330	31
14	(12)	Sunshine Cleaning	Overture Films	Comedy	$980,560	-43.43%	642	$1,527	$8,795,970	38
15	(11)	Race to Witch Mountain	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$744,406	-61.00%	1,116	$667	$63,749,283	38
16	(13)	Taken	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$584,153	-46.06%	609	$959	$142,088,804	80
17	(15)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$473,756	-20.51%	403	$1,176	$144,689,133	94
18	(16)	The Last House on the Left	Universal	Horror	$288,965	-51.18%	338	$855	$32,236,155	38
19	(14)	12 Rounds	20th Century Fox	Action	$263,198	-66.96%	409	$644	$11,329,749	24
20	(18)	Sin Nombre	Focus Features	Thriller/Suspense	$258,484	-22.42%	80	$3,231	$1,185,240	31
21	(21)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$251,186	+7.20%	335	$750	$72,354,570	94
22	(new)	American Violet	Samuel Goldwyn Films		$243,162		61	$3,986	$243,162	3
23	(19)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$241,999	-19.08%	43	$5,628	$5,879,829	66
24	(26)	He's Just Not That Into You	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$207,567	+46.85%	308	$674	$93,409,454	73
25	(17)	Watchmen	Warner Bros.	Action	$199,114	-64.09%	236	$844	$106,848,750	45
26	(24)	Coraline	Focus Features	Adventure	$157,066	-11.20%	197	$797	$74,800,029	73
27	(20)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$142,771	-49.44%	212	$673	$141,017,353	159
28	(22)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$123,957	-42.90%	185	$670	$146,775,920	129
29	(32)	Sugar	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$102,925	+3.43%	48	$2,144	$320,690	17
30	(23)	Madea Goes To Jail	Lionsgate	Comedy	$97,550	-52.13%	169	$577	$90,485,233	59
31	(30)	Push	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$87,985	-13.59%	141	$624	$31,640,193	73
32	(33)	Valentino: The Last Emperor	Truly Indie	Documentary	$83,058	-9.12%	21	$3,955	$444,986	33
33	(25)	Two Lovers	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$78,433	-48.85%	82	$957	$2,857,577	66
34	(new)	Every Little Step	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$68,504		8	$8,563	$68,504	3
35	(28)	The Class	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$66,265	-42.00%	100	$663	$3,574,412	80
36	(36)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$58,881	-29.38%	111	$530	$127,490,802	116
37	(27)	Tera Mera Ki Rishta	Eros Entertainment	Drama	$58,146	-55.38%	17	$3,420	$208,214	10
38	(29)	The Reader	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$55,229	-47.45%	105	$526	$34,111,418	131
39	(41)	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Walt Disney Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$50,476	-21.24%	73	$691	$43,879,066	66
40	(34)	Shall We Kiss?	Music Box Films	Romantic Comedy	$49,664	-43.24%	32	$1,552	$266,522	24
41	(new)	Is Anybody There?	Stony Island Entertainment	Drama	$46,209		6	$7,702	$46,209	3
42	(40)	Paris 36	Sony Pictures Classics		$45,815	-31.04%	36	$1,273	$448,192	17
43	(39)	Goodbye Solo	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$42,947	-35.48%	13	$3,304	$225,399	24
44	(31)	The Great Buck Howard	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$42,114	-58.34%	62	$679	$606,264	31
45	(57)	Lymelife	Screen Media Films	Drama	$42,014	+51.36%	13	$3,232	$83,906	10
46	(47)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$40,444	+9.69%	8	$5,056	$78,463,667	2,558
47	(35)	Gomorrah	IFC Films	Drama	$39,669	-53.24%	45	$882	$1,402,872	122
48	(42)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$39,053	-38.38%	4	$9,763	$28,394,872	1,305
49	(new)	Sleep Dealer	Maya Releasing	Thriller/Suspense	$35,050		18	$1,947	$35,050	3
50	(51)	Anvil! The Story of Anvil	Abramorama Films	Documentary	$32,564	-6.02%	6	$5,427	$83,557	10
51	(44)	Everlasting Moments	IFC Films		$30,740	-41.89%	29	$1,060	$419,390	45
52	(45)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$27,681	-37.70%	56	$494	$26,187,724	124
53	(54)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$26,305	-13.81%	11	$2,391	$21,325,565	563
54	(49)	Tokyo!		Drama	$26,071	-28.27%	18	$1,448	$265,502	45
55	(58)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$24,079	-7.64%	9	$2,675	$13,517,980	248
56	(48)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$23,681	-35.10%	42	$564	$58,682,237	101
57	(43)	The Cross: The Arthur Blessitt Story	Gener8xion Entertainment	Documentary	$23,618	-55.39%	49	$482	$648,422	24
58	(60)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$20,785	-18.66%	8	$2,598	$5,907,860	430
59	(50)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$20,131	-42.05%	31	$649	$14,879,423	116
60	(63)	Wendy and Lucy	Oscilloscope Pictures	Drama	$18,525	-9.55%	25	$741	$841,171	131
61	(new)	The Golden Boys	Roadside Attractions		$18,366		20	$918	$158,934	3
62	(46)	Friday the 13th	Warner Bros.	Horror	$17,863	-59.12%	52	$344	$64,997,188	66
63	(new)	Lemon Tree	IFC Films		$14,602		2	$7,301	$14,602	3
64	(66)	Roving Mars	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$13,945	-10.45%	5	$2,789	$10,273,351	1,179
65	(62)	Tokyo Sonata	Regent Releasing	Drama	$13,028	-38.09%	7	$1,861	$191,148	38
66	(65)	Che, Part 1: The Argentine	IFC Films	Drama	$12,106	-25.02%	23	$526	$1,695,868	101
67	(67)	Hunger	IFC Films	Drama	$12,077	-18.55%	10	$1,208	$110,729	136
68	(52)	The Mysteries of Pittsburgh	Peace Arch Releasing	Drama	$11,642	-64.49%	11	$1,058	$65,980	10
69	(72)	In a Dream	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$11,465	-1.21%	1	$11,465	$26,080	10
70	(56)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$10,819	-62.38%	30	$361	$28,575,525	110
71	(77)	Enlighten Up!	Balcony Releasing	Documentary	$10,660	+13.25%	4	$2,665	$87,344	220
72	(81)	Rolling	Indican Pictures	Drama	$9,826	+82.30%	3	$3,275	$29,141	17
73	(re-entry)	Léon Morin, Priest			$9,515		1	$9,515	$9,515	17,377
74	(53)	Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li	20th Century Fox	Action	$9,184	-70.17%	19	$483	$8,711,666	52
75	(69)	The Song of Sparrows	Regent Releasing	Drama	$9,047	-37.44%	3	$3,016	$41,672	17
76	(73)	U2 3D	National Geographic Entertainment	Concert/Performance	$8,959	-18.08%	6	$1,493	$9,812,199	453
77	(70)	Gigantic	First Independent Pictures	Comedy	$8,591	-33.03%	2	$4,296	$42,495	17
78	(61)	Harvard Beats Yale	Kino/Emerging	Documentary	$8,316	-61.78%	11	$756	$218,050	152
79	(90)	Ballerina	First Run Features	Documentary	$7,733	+124.67%	4	$1,933	$92,165	94
80	(59)	Play the Game	Slowhand Cinema	Comedy	$7,336	-71.64%	13	$564	$358,958	52
81	(87)	Skills Like This	Shadow	Comedy	$6,998	+77.03%	7	$1,000	$39,574	31
82	(64)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$6,679	-66.99%	21	$318	$143,143,620	116
83	(88)	Monster Beach Party	Indican Pictures	Comedy	$5,826	+56.19%	2	$2,913	$10,570	10
84	(86)	Examined Life	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$5,559	+27.24%	6	$927	$76,562	54
85	(68)	Fanboys	Weinstein Co.	Comedy	$5,546	-62.46%	13	$427	$685,484	73
86	(71)	12	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$5,283	-57.42%	7	$755	$91,060	47
87	(78)	Tulpan	Zeitgeist	Comedy	$5,117	-43.55%	3	$1,706	$33,983	19
88	(re-entry)	Perestroika	Strand		$5,088		1	$5,088	$12,013	31
89	(new)	Oblivion	Icarus Films	Documentary	$5,081		1	$5,081	$7,272	5
90	(83)	Fados	Zeitgeist	Drama	$4,126	-18.05%	3	$1,375	$64,020	45
91	(76)	Crossing Over	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$4,031	-58.10%	13	$310	$454,149	52
92	(re-entry)	Stone of Destiny	Alliance		$3,698		10	$370	$389,584	58
93	(91)	Katyn	Lorber Films	Drama	$3,550	+11.81%	2	$1,775	$98,418	577
94	(84)	Absurdistan	First Run Features	Comedy	$3,423	-28.21%	3	$1,141	$34,125	73
95	(80)	Waltz with Bashir	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$3,344	-46.59%	22	$152	$2,270,025	116
96	(85)	Miss March	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$2,997	-34.18%	12	$250	$4,539,905	38
97	(re-entry)	The Legend of God's Gun	Indican Pictures	Western	$2,814		1	$2,814	$207,496	276
98	(98)	Medicine for Melancholy	IFC Films	Drama	$1,678	-22.21%	2	$839	$110,869	80
99	(74)	Alien Trespass	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$1,673	-82.93%	5	$335	$77,994	17
100	(re-entry)	How About You	Strand	Drama	$1,646		1	$1,646	$77,000	157
101	(re-entry)	Winter of Frozen Dreams	Monterey Media	Drama	$1,584		1	$1,584	$7,334	10
102	(89)	Guest of Cindy Sherman	Trela	Documentary	$1,570	-55.18%	1	$1,570	$27,052	24
103	(new)	Gooby	Monterey Media	Drama	$1,552		10	$155	$1,552	3
104	(97)	Let the Right One In	Magnolia Pictures	Horror	$1,452	-35.78%	2	$726	$2,119,092	178
105	(93)	A Secret	Strand	Drama	$1,396	-49.33%	1	$1,396	$621,887	227
106	(110)	Just Another Love Story	Koch Lorber Films	Drama	$1,250	+90.84%	1	$1,250	$42,686	101
107	(95)	I've Loved You So Long	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$1,080	-53.87%	7	$154	$3,167,876	178
108	(104)	Rachel Getting Married	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$999	-14.54%	2	$500	$12,796,277	199
109	(re-entry)	Pray the Devil Back to Hell	Balcony Releasing	Documentary	$949		2	$475	$90,066	164
110	(100)	Between Love & Goodbye	Embrem Entertainment	Drama	$852	-52.51%	1	$852	$18,223	80
111	(re-entry)	The Singing Revolution	Abramorama Films	Documentary	$779		2	$390	$420,964	500
112	(101)	Cherry Blossoms	Strand	Drama	$733	-55.58%	2	$367	$90,406	94
113	(82)	The Escapist	ThinkFilm	Thriller/Suspense	$632	-87.80%	1	$632	$13,023	17
114	(79)	Bart Got a Room	Anchor Bay Entertainment	Comedy	$625	-91.75%	1	$625	$53,760	17
115	(103)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$562	-55.21%	1	$562	$123,789	171
116	(106)	One Day You'll Understand	Kino International	Drama	$558	-28.92%	1	$558	$117,939	171
117	(99)	The Secrets	Monterey Media	Drama	$546	-72.00%	2	$273	$122,094	145
118	(re-entry)	Monsieur Verdoux	The Film Desk	Black Comedy	$269		1	$269	$48,147	22,655
119	(112)	The Betrayal	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$249	-43.15%	1	$249	$40,170	150
120	(102)	Mancora	Maya Releasing	Drama	$217	-86.67%	1	$217	$23,290	31
121	(re-entry)	Super Capers	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$66		1	$66	$30,955	31

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Chart certified: 6/2/2011