The Top Movies, Weekend of May 1, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	20th Century Fox	Action	$85,058,003		4,099	$20,751	$85,058,003	3
2	(new)	Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$15,411,434		3,175	$4,854	$15,411,434	3
3	(1)	Obsessed	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$12,052,451	-57.88%	2,514	$4,794	$46,854,785	10
4	(2)	17 Again	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$6,361,358	-44.77%	3,255	$1,954	$48,503,817	17
5	(6)	Monsters vs. Aliens	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$5,803,429	-31.89%	2,626	$2,210	$182,407,971	38
6	(4)	The Soloist	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$5,654,558	-41.80%	2,033	$2,781	$18,162,696	10
7	(5)	earth	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$4,340,235	-50.82%	1,804	$2,406	$22,004,284	12
8	(8)	Hannah Montana the Movie	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$4,164,185	-35.31%	2,819	$1,477	$70,946,323	24
9	(3)	Fighting	Universal	Action	$4,011,465	-63.61%	2,312	$1,735	$17,344,805	10
10	(7)	State of Play	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$3,715,980	-45.74%	2,445	$1,520	$30,944,180	17
11	(9)	Fast & Furious	Universal	Action	$2,763,875	-55.46%	2,547	$1,085	$149,806,190	31
12	(new)	Battle for Terra	Roadside Attractions	Adventure	$1,082,064		1,161	$932	$1,082,064	3
13	(20)	Taken	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$896,888	+152.54%	494	$1,816	$143,623,907	94
14	(11)	I Love You, Man	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$738,275	-62.20%	685	$1,078	$69,308,548	45
15	(12)	Knowing	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$568,096	-70.76%	822	$691	$77,932,861	45
16	(10)	Crank 2: High Voltage	Lionsgate	Thriller/Suspense	$488,781	-81.33%	724	$675	$13,293,986	17
17	(15)	Sunshine Cleaning	Overture Films	Comedy	$424,191	-27.76%	471	$901	$10,436,574	52
18	(14)	The Haunting in Connecticut	Lionsgate	Horror	$415,749	-72.23%	603	$689	$55,030,421	38
19	(13)	Observe and Report	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$302,146	-82.70%	501	$603	$23,177,042	24
20	(32)	12 Rounds	20th Century Fox	Action	$297,333	+195.90%	159	$1,870	$11,812,067	38
21	(30)	Is Anybody There?	Stony Island Entertainment	Drama	$291,608	+150.35%	122	$2,390	$521,478	17
22	(19)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$273,508	-23.58%	297	$921	$145,501,364	108
23	(24)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$248,178	+3.99%	45	$5,515	$6,786,571	80
24	(16)	Adventureland	Miramax	Black Comedy	$201,613	-62.12%	202	$998	$15,562,122	31
25	(23)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$187,829	-30.54%	275	$683	$147,396,044	143
26	(25)	Sin Nombre	Focus Features	Thriller/Suspense	$186,602	-9.83%	87	$2,145	$1,767,683	45
27	(22)	Dragonball Evolution	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$171,434	-40.54%	153	$1,120	$8,982,053	26
28	(17)	Duplicity	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$170,190	-61.52%	279	$610	$40,190,185	45
29	(18)	Race to Witch Mountain	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$149,859	-63.06%	250	$599	$64,632,525	52
30	(26)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$122,012	-35.94%	200	$610	$72,759,080	108
31	(27)	The Last House on the Left	Universal	Horror	$99,430	-36.15%	163	$610	$32,613,050	52
32	(33)	Sugar	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$83,623	-8.85%	45	$1,858	$573,079	31
33	(36)	Valentino: The Last Emperor	Truly Indie	Documentary	$76,570	+5.26%	27	$2,836	$695,825	47
34	(new)	Merry Gentleman, The			$74,981		24	$3,124	$74,981	3
35	(34)	Tyson	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$74,835	-12.01%	13	$5,757	$205,370	10
36	(28)	He's Just Not That Into You	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$73,823	-44.64%	152	$486	$93,752,117	87
37	(31)	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Walt Disney Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$72,749	-28.15%	154	$472	$44,108,868	80
38	(40)	Paris 36	Sony Pictures Classics		$65,691	+11.84%	52	$1,263	$620,150	31
39	(38)	American Violet	Samuel Goldwyn Films		$64,604	-2.87%	45	$1,436	$465,786	17
40	(29)	Watchmen	Warner Bros.	Action	$62,176	-50.34%	90	$691	$107,179,392	59
41	(new)	The Limits of Control	Focus Features	Thriller/Suspense	$55,820		3	$18,607	$55,820	3
42	(41)	Every Little Step	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$55,583	+17.25%	12	$4,632	$231,165	17
43	(44)	Lymelife	Screen Media Films	Drama	$54,938	+32.36%	35	$1,570	$211,880	24
44	(42)	Anvil! The Story of Anvil	Abramorama Films	Documentary	$53,120	+14.32%	16	$3,320	$220,817	24
45	(35)	Coraline	Focus Features	Adventure	$52,485	-35.06%	111	$473	$75,008,798	87
46	(66)	Lemon Tree	IFC Films		$38,956	+272.18%	11	$3,541	$77,251	17
47	(43)	Two Lovers	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$37,503	-16.41%	31	$1,210	$2,997,417	80
48	(47)	Shall We Kiss?	Music Box Films	Romantic Comedy	$37,246	+2.01%	33	$1,129	$373,940	38
49	(37)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$37,194	-47.91%	72	$517	$141,243,551	173
50	(54)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$36,604	+63.45%	8	$4,576	$5,995,729	444
51	(39)	Push	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$33,719	-46.79%	73	$462	$31,780,509	87
52	(48)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$29,469	-18.17%	7	$4,210	$28,545,210	1,319
53	(49)	The Class	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$29,091	-13.55%	52	$559	$3,689,643	94
54	(55)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$28,886	+32.31%	6	$4,814	$78,586,531	2,572
55	(60)	Il Divo	Music Box Films	Drama	$28,284	+103.97%	5	$5,657	$50,460	341
56	(52)	Gomorrah	IFC Films	Drama	$27,637	+2.51%	37	$747	$1,498,101	136
57	(51)	Goodbye Solo	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$27,500	+0.71%	13	$2,115	$308,658	38
58	(57)	Everlasting Moments	IFC Films		$21,971	+9.33%	26	$845	$484,509	59
59	(46)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$21,866	-41.02%	8	$2,733	$13,649,261	262
60	(76)	Monster Beach Party	Indican Pictures	Comedy	$19,907	+230.63%	8	$2,488	$40,304	24
61	(58)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$18,011	-5.09%	11	$1,637	$21,390,449	577
62	(new)	Revanche	Janus Films	Drama	$16,330		3	$5,443	$16,330	3
63	(53)	The Great Buck Howard	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$15,660	-33.83%	33	$475	$672,280	45
64	(97)	Enlighten Up!	Balcony Releasing	Documentary	$14,421	+629.81%	3	$4,807	$109,023	234
65	(56)	The Reader	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$13,546	-34.94%	35	$387	$34,180,954	145
66	(59)	Tokyo!		Drama	$11,844	-15.10%	10	$1,184	$312,904	59
67	(80)	U2 3D	National Geographic Entertainment	Concert/Performance	$11,285	+108.36%	6	$1,881	$9,830,109	467
68	(73)	Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li	20th Century Fox	Action	$10,803	+68.30%	13	$831	$8,737,280	66
69	(64)	Roving Mars	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$9,774	-19.12%	5	$1,955	$10,318,606	1,193
70	(61)	Rolling	Indican Pictures	Drama	$8,906	-32.98%	3	$2,969	$55,503	31
71	(re-entry)	Three Monkeys	Zeitgeist		$8,818		1	$8,818	$14,428	38
72	(67)	Tokyo Sonata	Regent Releasing	Drama	$7,950	-13.41%	5	$1,590	$219,506	52
73	(62)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$7,171	-41.25%	21	$341	$26,228,387	138
74	(72)	Hunger	IFC Films	Drama	$6,894	-4.46%	5	$1,379	$135,453	150
75	(75)	12	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$6,709	+10.76%	10	$671	$106,941	61
76	(88)	The Garden	Oscilloscope Pictures	Documentary	$6,597	+60.35%	4	$1,649	$12,459	10
77	(74)	Harvard Beats Yale	Kino/Emerging	Documentary	$6,581	+7.39%	6	$1,097	$240,101	166
78	(83)	Treeless Mountain	Oscilloscope Pictures		$5,959	+18.85%	2	$2,980	$16,345	12
79	(68)	Gigantic	First Independent Pictures	Comedy	$5,333	-39.65%	10	$533	$62,695	31
80	(78)	In a Dream	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$5,206	-5.31%	4	$1,302	$43,438	24
81	(90)	The Legend of God's Gun	Indican Pictures	Western	$5,108	+30.24%	2	$2,554	$217,933	290
82	(71)	Examined Life	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$4,932	-32.60%	5	$986	$97,102	68
83	(63)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$4,632	-61.78%	15	$309	$58,711,802	115
84	(86)	Fados	Zeitgeist	Drama	$3,770	-21.00%	6	$628	$77,698	59
85	(new)	Eldorado	Film Movement		$3,372		1	$3,372	$3,372	3
86	(101)	Skills Like This	Shadow	Comedy	$3,195	+98.08%	5	$639	$48,033	45
87	(89)	Katyn	Lorber Films	Drama	$3,110	-23.68%	2	$1,555	$108,638	591
88	(93)	Ballerina	First Run Features	Documentary	$3,038	+10.43%	2	$1,519	$102,935	108
89	(65)	Nursery University	Variance Films		$3,008	-73.40%	2	$1,504	$18,625	10
90	(91)	Che, Part 1: The Argentine	IFC Films	Drama	$2,849	-9.15%	9	$317	$1,713,936	115
91	(re-entry)	Throw Down Your Heart	Argot Pictures	Documentary	$2,716		1	$2,716	$36,966	52
92	(new)	A Wink and a Smile	First Run Features	Documentary	$2,346		1	$2,346	$2,346	3
93	(re-entry)	The Wild Child	The Film Desk	Drama	$1,669		2	$835	$53,582	14,312
94	(112)	Home	Monterey Media		$1,587	+602.21%	3	$529	$1,833	11
95	(new)	The Skeptic	IFC Films	Thriller/Suspense	$1,553		1	$1,553	$1,553	3
96	(96)	Z	Rialto Pictures		$1,472	-26.14%	1	$1,472	$47,078	14,392
97	(98)	Tulpan	Zeitgeist	Comedy	$1,404	-27.29%	1	$1,404	$41,006	33
98	(84)	The Song of Sparrows	Regent Releasing	Drama	$1,283	-74.15%	1	$1,283	$54,667	31
99	(new)	Break	Cinema Epoch	Action	$1,191		1	$1,191	$1,191	3
100	(104)	Cherry Blossoms	Strand	Drama	$1,162	+22.57%	1	$1,162	$93,755	108
101	(re-entry)	Of Time and the City	Strand	Documentary	$1,072		2	$536	$31,860	101
102	(77)	The Golden Boys	Roadside Attractions		$964	-83.09%	4	$241	$178,968	17
103	(103)	The Singing Revolution	Abramorama Films	Documentary	$924	-33.43%	2	$462	$424,342	514
104	(85)	The Mysteries of Pittsburgh	Peace Arch Releasing	Drama	$736	-84.96%	1	$736	$79,702	24
105	(94)	Waltz with Bashir	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$675	-72.11%	4	$169	$2,276,873	130
106	(105)	Alien Trespass	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$439	-44.85%	2	$220	$80,600	31
107	(re-entry)	The Country Teacher	Film Movement	Drama	$379		1	$379	$22,346	38
108	(110)	Absurdistan	First Run Features	Comedy	$363	+28.72%	1	$363	$35,737	87
109	(re-entry)	Gooby	Monterey Media	Drama	$305		14	$22	$2,541	17
110	(106)	A Secret	Strand	Drama	$266	-59.26%	1	$266	$623,415	241

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Chart certified: 6/1/2011