The Top Movies, Weekend of May 15, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Angels & Demons	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$46,204,168		3,527	$13,100	$46,204,168	3
2	(1)	Star Trek	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$43,034,547	-45.67%	3,860	$11,149	$147,645,384	10
3	(2)	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	20th Century Fox	Action	$14,702,425	-44.33%	3,892	$3,778	$150,993,169	17
4	(3)	Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$6,653,384	-35.14%	3,150	$2,112	$39,855,222	17
5	(4)	Obsessed	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$4,588,973	-30.05%	2,634	$1,742	$62,610,148	24
6	(5)	17 Again	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$3,368,189	-20.42%	2,450	$1,375	$58,363,111	31
7	(8)	Monsters vs. Aliens	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$3,182,085	-2.40%	1,951	$1,631	$190,733,766	52
8	(7)	The Soloist	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$2,402,801	-39.16%	2,022	$1,188	$27,505,154	24
9	(6)	Next Day Air	Summit Entertainment	Comedy	$2,244,878	-45.39%	1,139	$1,971	$7,613,221	10
10	(9)	earth	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$1,697,956	-36.32%	1,584	$1,072	$29,088,771	26
11	(10)	Hannah Montana the Movie	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$1,613,180	-26.44%	1,625	$993	$75,985,104	38
12	(11)	Fighting	Universal	Action	$1,113,525	-44.60%	1,166	$955	$22,203,795	24
13	(12)	State of Play	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$958,400	-50.04%	988	$970	$35,568,970	31
14	(13)	Fast & Furious	Universal	Action	$793,805	-36.70%	882	$900	$152,952,195	45
15	(21)	Rudo y Cursi	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$444,131	+110.03%	219	$2,028	$738,706	10
16	(14)	I Love You, Man	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$401,520	-20.91%	340	$1,181	$70,686,399	59
17	(new)	Management	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Romantic Comedy	$375,916		212	$1,773	$375,916	3
18	(16)	Knowing	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$337,008	+11.11%	421	$800	$78,836,466	59
19	(20)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$264,263	+21.15%	40	$6,607	$7,752,030	94
20	(15)	Taken	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$239,966	-46.48%	250	$960	$144,540,399	108
21	(19)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$236,184	+4.10%	240	$984	$146,081,053	122
22	(18)	Is Anybody There?	Stony Island Entertainment	Drama	$222,540	-21.62%	165	$1,349	$1,232,211	31
23	(17)	Sunshine Cleaning	Overture Films	Comedy	$196,569	-32.24%	259	$759	$11,215,844	66
24	(27)	Race to Witch Mountain	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$149,586	+18.12%	197	$759	$64,977,532	66
25	(26)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$115,094	-9.93%	218	$528	$147,769,920	157
26	(35)	Every Little Step	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$105,933	+30.17%	49	$2,162	$477,837	31
27	(32)	Tyson	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$100,259	+8.03%	56	$1,790	$489,049	24
28	(28)	Sin Nombre	Focus Features	Thriller/Suspense	$99,339	-21.49%	79	$1,257	$2,125,271	59
29	(new)	The Brothers Bloom	Summit Entertainment	Black Comedy	$90,400		4	$22,600	$90,400	3
30	(25)	Adventureland	Miramax	Black Comedy	$83,581	-36.21%	144	$580	$15,927,094	45
31	(31)	Duplicity	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$75,185	-29.07%	155	$485	$40,474,810	59
32	(51)	Anvil! The Story of Anvil	Abramorama Films	Documentary	$68,777	+107.12%	27	$2,547	$366,560	38
33	(29)	Watchmen	Warner Bros.	Action	$64,990	-42.22%	163	$399	$107,453,620	73
34	(34)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$64,656	-23.56%	128	$505	$72,953,974	122
35	(33)	Valentino: The Last Emperor	Truly Indie	Documentary	$64,375	-29.20%	33	$1,951	$949,925	61
36	(24)	12 Rounds	20th Century Fox	Action	$61,920	-59.08%	64	$968	$12,082,746	52
37	(38)	Sugar	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$51,012	-30.59%	40	$1,275	$748,844	45
38	(new)	L'heure d'�t�	IFC Films	Drama	$49,484		2	$24,742	$49,484	3
39	(48)	Goodbye Solo	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$49,439	+21.14%	26	$1,902	$422,863	52
40	(39)	Little Ashes	Regent Releasing	Drama	$46,410	-36.77%	15	$3,094	$151,390	10
41	(45)	The Limits of Control	Focus Features	Thriller/Suspense	$46,046	+0.79%	21	$2,193	$195,920	17
42	(52)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$44,311	+34.26%	6	$7,385	$41,283,925	1,172
43	(36)	Dragonball Evolution	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$37,373	-52.31%	73	$512	$9,142,557	40
44	(23)	Battle for Terra	Roadside Attractions	Adventure	$36,488	-79.03%	65	$561	$1,601,182	17
45	(44)	Lemon Tree	IFC Films		$36,148	-21.51%	18	$2,008	$193,745	31
46	(49)	Adoration	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$35,377	-10.11%	16	$2,211	$93,518	10
47	(42)	He's Just Not That Into You	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$34,633	-33.31%	63	$550	$93,894,308	101
48	(new)	Not Forgotten	Anchor Bay Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$33,576		3	$11,192	$33,576	3
49	(50)	Coraline	Focus Features	Adventure	$33,277	-8.65%	67	$497	$75,113,789	101
50	(43)	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Walt Disney Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$30,472	-39.59%	63	$484	$44,239,688	94
51	(41)	Observe and Report	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$30,450	-50.11%	56	$544	$23,434,987	38
52	(47)	Paris 36	Sony Pictures Classics		$28,618	-36.66%	39	$734	$744,626	45
53	(53)	Outrage	Magnolia Pictures		$26,610	-18.35%	7	$3,801	$75,433	10
54	(60)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$25,669	+5.69%	6	$4,278	$28,688,041	1,333
55	(46)	Lymelife	Screen Media Films	Drama	$23,136	-49.25%	25	$925	$323,321	38
56	(61)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$22,962	+1.16%	7	$3,280	$6,068,723	458
57	(40)	Merry Gentleman, The			$22,208	-66.46%	33	$673	$213,676	17
58	(54)	Two Lovers	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$21,408	-34.13%	23	$931	$3,091,268	94
59	(62)	Il Divo	Music Box Films	Drama	$20,340	-6.32%	6	$3,390	$106,875	355
60	(69)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$20,120	+51.23%	9	$2,236	$21,452,528	591
61	(57)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$19,087	-22.56%	5	$3,817	$78,688,815	2,586
62	(55)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$18,260	-43.38%	6	$3,043	$13,752,637	276
63	(56)	Shall We Kiss?	Music Box Films	Romantic Comedy	$16,600	-33.96%	22	$755	$428,277	52
64	(82)	The Cross: The Arthur Blessitt Story	Gener8xion Entertainment	Documentary	$15,158	+288.07%	13	$1,166	$726,159	52
65	(58)	American Violet	Samuel Goldwyn Films		$13,618	-44.70%	3	$4,539	$538,433	31
66	(68)	Everlasting Moments	IFC Films		$13,445	-11.80%	18	$747	$531,631	73
67	(73)	U2 3D	National Geographic Entertainment	Concert/Performance	$12,143	+19.58%	3	$4,048	$9,861,477	481
68	(59)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$10,537	-56.73%	22	$479	$141,307,689	187
69	(64)	Revanche	Janus Films	Drama	$10,533	-35.04%	4	$2,633	$70,760	17
70	(65)	The Class	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$8,610	-46.69%	21	$410	$3,746,977	108
71	(75)	Tulpan	Zeitgeist	Comedy	$8,388	+5.40%	4	$2,097	$60,790	47
72	(72)	The Great Buck Howard	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$8,133	-32.81%	24	$339	$709,770	59
73	(new)	Jerichow	Cinema Guild	Drama	$8,042		3	$2,681	$8,042	3
74	(66)	Monster Beach Party	Indican Pictures	Comedy	$7,584	-52.32%	4	$1,896	$73,857	38
75	(re-entry)	Big Man Japan	Magnolia Pictures	Comedy	$7,133		2	$3,567	$7,133	718
76	(63)	Gomorrah	IFC Films	Drama	$6,922	-60.21%	28	$247	$1,551,167	150
77	(re-entry)	Love N' Dancing	Screen Media Films	Musical	$6,121		14	$437	$44,005	10
78	(76)	Rolling	Indican Pictures	Drama	$5,894	-15.85%	2	$2,947	$71,041	45
79	(79)	Tokyo Sonata	Regent Releasing	Drama	$5,530	+17.68%	4	$1,383	$235,443	66
80	(71)	Julia	Magnolia Pictures		$5,352	-57.27%	2	$2,676	$26,489	10
81	(77)	Roving Mars	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$5,280	-21.79%	5	$1,056	$10,350,099	1,207
82	(85)	Gigantic	First Independent Pictures	Comedy	$4,818	+34.58%	5	$964	$74,203	45
83	(87)	Treeless Mountain	Oscilloscope Pictures		$4,734	+52.61%	4	$1,184	$28,564	26
84	(112)	12	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$4,627	+446.93%	20	$231	$116,066	75
85	(78)	Tokyo!		Drama	$4,134	-35.91%	10	$413	$335,237	73
86	(re-entry)	Katyn	Lorber Films	Drama	$4,120		2	$2,060	$114,763	605
87	(81)	A Wink and a Smile	First Run Features	Documentary	$3,846	-2.09%	3	$1,282	$11,286	17
88	(new)	The Death Factory Bloodletting	Nocturnal Features	Horror	$3,822		1	$3,822	$3,822	3
89	(102)	Hunger	IFC Films	Drama	$3,746	+107.30%	10	$375	$143,578	164
90	(re-entry)	The New Twenty	Wolfe Twenty		$3,094		1	$3,094	$16,133	59
91	(91)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$3,030	+2.19%	2	$1,515	$17,497,538	3,489
92	(95)	Che, Part 1: The Argentine	IFC Films	Drama	$3,020	+11.15%	7	$431	$1,731,665	129
93	(94)	Fados	Zeitgeist	Drama	$2,109	-23.03%	1	$2,109	$84,781	73
94	(99)	The Garden	Oscilloscope Pictures	Documentary	$2,070	-4.61%	3	$690	$20,702	24
95	(109)	Home	Monterey Media		$2,058	+125.91%	3	$686	$4,829	25
96	(104)	The Legend of God's Gun	Indican Pictures	Western	$2,002	+28.17%	1	$2,002	$222,795	304
97	(111)	Ballerina	First Run Features	Documentary	$1,995	+135.82%	2	$998	$106,796	122
98	(86)	Skills Like This	Shadow	Comedy	$1,780	-49.35%	6	$297	$54,525	59
99	(98)	Examined Life	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$1,660	-27.22%	2	$830	$106,920	82
100	(88)	Kabei	Strand		$1,645	-46.45%	1	$1,645	$7,144	478
101	(118)	The Song of Sparrows	Regent Releasing	Drama	$1,489	+393.05%	1	$1,489	$59,548	45
102	(105)	Harvard Beats Yale	Kino/Emerging	Documentary	$1,465	+21.27%	2	$733	$247,114	180
103	(re-entry)	Sleep Dealer	Maya Releasing	Thriller/Suspense	$1,399		2	$700	$59,183	31
104	(100)	Three Monkeys	Zeitgeist		$1,370	-31.98%	1	$1,370	$23,345	52
105	(108)	In a Dream	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$1,005	+2.97%	2	$503	$49,814	38
106	(89)	The Skeptic	IFC Films	Thriller/Suspense	$831	-72.31%	2	$416	$6,223	17
107	(re-entry)	The Last Lullaby			$756		1	$756	$21,413	17
108	(116)	Alien Trespass	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$577	+64.39%	1	$577	$81,844	45
109	(92)	Nursery University	Variance Films		$390	-86.40%	1	$390	$24,808	24
110	(114)	Absurdistan	First Run Features	Comedy	$338	-28.99%	1	$338	$36,979	101
111	(115)	The Wild Child	The Film Desk	Drama	$241	-38.36%	1	$241	$55,242	14,326

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Chart certified: 5/31/2011