The Top Movies, Weekend of July 17, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$77,835,727		4,325	$17,997	$158,022,354	5
2	(2)	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$17,561,406	-36.39%	3,817	$4,601	$151,865,987	19
3	(3)	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Paramount Pictures	Action	$13,691,487	-43.46%	3,857	$3,550	$363,808,123	26
4	(1)	Brüno	Universal	Comedy	$8,318,385	-72.83%	2,759	$3,015	$49,533,475	10
5	(5)	The Proposal	Walt Disney Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$8,289,707	-21.82%	3,043	$2,724	$128,083,273	31
6	(6)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$8,177,272	-17.68%	2,667	$3,066	$235,744,423	45
7	(4)	Public Enemies	Universal	Drama	$7,748,235	-43.83%	3,118	$2,485	$79,639,205	19
8	(8)	Up	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$3,172,014	-32.74%	1,706	$1,859	$279,583,282	52
9	(9)	My Sister's Keeper	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,828,367	-34.14%	1,967	$1,438	$41,507,695	24
10	(7)	I Love You, Beth Cooper	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$2,766,863	-43.76%	1,872	$1,478	$10,363,239	10
11	(10)	The Taking of Pelham 123	Sony Pictures	Action	$889,259	-42.39%	610	$1,458	$62,900,310	38
12	(new)	(500) Days of Summer	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$834,501		27	$30,907	$837,588	3
13	(11)	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$759,571	-47.71%	515	$1,475	$171,820,365	59
14	(17)	The Hurt Locker	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$740,224	+15.45%	94	$7,875	$2,148,619	24
15	(12)	Star Trek	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$690,639	-40.69%	505	$1,368	$253,164,613	73
16	(16)	Moon	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$525,740	-22.10%	251	$2,095	$2,654,338	38
17	(14)	Away We Go	Focus Features	Comedy	$496,917	-31.81%	299	$1,662	$8,283,525	45
18	(15)	Whatever Works	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$471,288	-30.49%	228	$2,067	$3,890,755	31
19	(26)	Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins	Warner Bros.	Action	$420,964	+74.15%	195	$2,159	$123,769,662	60
20	(21)	Angels & Demons	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$413,476	+22.00%	396	$1,044	$132,460,823	66
21	(23)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$306,390	+14.08%	40	$7,660	$12,894,540	157
22	(13)	Year One	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$305,885	-69.43%	344	$889	$41,880,038	31
23	(24)	Food, Inc.	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$297,882	+18.62%	112	$2,660	$2,225,447	38
24	(19)	Cheri	Miramax	Drama	$275,822	-19.83%	191	$1,444	$2,006,919	24
25	(28)	Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$243,290	+27.20%	222	$1,096	$54,782,672	80
26	(18)	Land of the Lost	Universal	Comedy	$240,300	-31.76%	267	$900	$48,608,305	45
27	(34)	17 Again	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$230,351	+207.81%	132	$1,745	$63,919,814	94
28	(22)	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	20th Century Fox	Action	$192,096	-35.07%	226	$850	$179,193,521	80
29	(25)	Monsters vs. Aliens	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$185,191	-26.01%	230	$805	$197,482,447	115
30	(27)	Drag Me To Hell	Universal	Horror	$150,705	-31.66%	192	$785	$41,703,805	52
31	(29)	Imagine That	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$114,198	-33.53%	144	$793	$15,305,582	38
32	(30)	Dance Flick	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$85,271	-39.23%	113	$755	$25,615,792	59
33	(31)	Hannah Montana the Movie	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$82,809	-28.36%	154	$538	$79,344,002	101
34	(41)	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$73,582	+41.06%	34	$2,164	$435,505	24
35	(36)	The Girl from Monaco	Magnolia Pictures	Comedy	$68,581	+7.18%	31	$2,212	$278,230	17
36	(20)	Kambakkht Ishq	Eros Entertainment	Romantic Comedy	$62,420	-81.83%	100	$624	$1,408,522	17
37	(38)	Departures	Regent Releasing	Drama	$53,129	-11.97%	21	$2,530	$915,370	52
38	(50)	Seraphine	Music Box Films		$49,130	+106.45%	18	$2,729	$315,068	45
39	(39)	Easy Virtue	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$47,656	-18.72%	48	$993	$2,473,685	59
40	(40)	My Life in Ruins	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$46,113	-18.70%	61	$756	$8,474,608	45
41	(42)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$45,459	+0.02%	5	$9,092	$6,564,772	521
42	(33)	New York	Yash Raj Films		$41,682	-44.72%	33	$1,263	$981,866	24
43	(32)	Blood: The Last Vampire	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Action	$40,774	-62.94%	19	$2,146	$192,005	10
44	(45)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$40,215	+27.47%	4	$10,054	$41,915,203	1,235
45	(54)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$38,539	+132.11%	5	$7,708	$29,288,071	1,396
46	(37)	earth	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$36,727	-40.60%	83	$442	$31,959,266	89
47	(53)	Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$36,662	+89.94%	4	$9,166	$69,335	10
48	(43)	The Brothers Bloom	Summit Entertainment	Black Comedy	$34,250	-24.34%	68	$504	$3,426,422	66
49	(44)	L'heure d'été	IFC Films	Drama	$32,314	-3.66%	27	$1,197	$1,429,532	66
50	(35)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$30,429	-57.11%	4	$7,607	$79,235,687	2,649
51	(47)	Every Little Step	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$29,194	+8.23%	35	$834	$1,569,549	94
52	(52)	Tetro	American Zoetrope	Drama	$28,201	+29.61%	16	$1,763	$312,827	39
53	(46)	Humpday	Magnolia Pictures	Comedy	$27,251	-5.17%	5	$5,450	$71,426	10
54	(51)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$21,840	-2.29%	8	$2,730	$21,764,353	654
55	(49)	Valentino: The Last Emperor	Truly Indie	Documentary	$21,784	-8.77%	13	$1,676	$1,612,045	124
56	(48)	Soul Power	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$19,927	-16.60%	9	$2,214	$55,944	10
57	(new)	The Wonder of it All	Indican Pictures		$18,988		3	$6,329	$18,988	3
58	(re-entry)	Battle for Terra	Roadside Attractions	Adventure	$18,739		2	$9,370	$1,642,791	80
59	(57)	Unmistaken Child	Oscilloscope Pictures		$14,626	+15.77%	6	$2,438	$131,138	47
60	(re-entry)	Alien Trespass	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$14,405		1	$14,405	$102,384	108
61	(new)	Death in Love	Screen Media Films	Drama	$14,296		4	$3,574	$14,296	3
62	(87)	Merry Gentleman, The			$14,005	+512.37%	7	$2,001	$337,188	80
63	(107)	War Eagle, Arkansas	Empire Pictures	Drama	$13,812	+3,525.20%	2	$6,906	$60,260	38
64	(58)	U2 3D	National Geographic Entertainment	Concert/Performance	$12,532	+4.76%	3	$4,177	$10,022,918	544
65	(new)	A Woman in Berlin	Strand	Drama	$12,439		1	$12,439	$12,439	3
66	(66)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$7,931	+62.29%	1	$7,931	$17,561,158	3,552
67	(59)	Irene in Time	Rainbow Releasing	Drama	$7,882	-33.80%	2	$3,941	$54,017	31
68	(new)	Somers Town	Film Movement	Comedy	$7,452		1	$7,452	$7,452	3
69	(97)	Afghan Star	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$7,406	+661.15%	2	$3,703	$18,900	24
70	(new)	The Way We Get By	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$7,149		1	$7,149	$30,782	3
71	(99)	Dead Snow	IFC Films		$6,875	+669.88%	3	$2,292	$32,668	31
72	(82)	Little Ashes	Regent Releasing	Drama	$6,474	+130.64%	7	$925	$421,702	73
73	(104)	Adoration	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$5,957	+936.00%	8	$745	$242,152	73
74	(89)	Tulpan	Zeitgeist	Comedy	$5,551	+179.37%	2	$2,776	$130,516	110
75	(84)	Tyson	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$5,118	+86.58%	19	$269	$871,091	87
76	(93)	Surveillance	Magnolia Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$4,583	+225.96%	1	$4,583	$20,017	24
77	(64)	Anvil! The Story of Anvil	Abramorama Films	Documentary	$4,553	-14.42%	4	$1,138	$643,025	101
78	(76)	O'Horten	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$4,472	+38.15%	4	$1,118	$222,371	59
79	(re-entry)	Burma VJ	Oscilloscope Pictures		$4,259		3	$1,420	$41,049	61
80	(re-entry)	Three Monkeys	Zeitgeist		$3,654		1	$3,654	$41,343	115
81	(72)	Outrage	Magnolia Pictures		$3,555		9	$395	$273,117	73
82	(81)	Tokyo Sonata	Regent Releasing	Drama	$3,282	+15.24%	1	$3,282	$260,588	129
83	(60)	Goodbye Solo	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$3,156	-71.14%	13	$243	$836,163	115
84	(69)	Lemon Tree	IFC Films		$3,142	-17.58%	4	$786	$522,146	94
85	(71)	Il Divo	Music Box Films	Drama	$3,085	-14.02%	2	$1,543	$208,510	418
86	(re-entry)	Treeless Mountain	Oscilloscope Pictures		$3,061		2	$1,531	$53,050	89
87	(83)	Revanche	Janus Films	Drama	$2,918	+5.15%	2	$1,459	$214,122	80
88	(78)	Under Our Skin	Shadow		$2,748	-10.37%	2	$1,374	$45,273	33
89	(90)	Tony Manero	Lorber Films	Drama	$2,718	+44.42%	2	$1,359	$10,178	17
90	(62)	Weather Girl	Self Distributed		$2,627	-54.49%	1	$2,627	$9,759	10
91	(96)	Pressure Cooker	Bev Pictures		$2,224	+122.40%	1	$2,224	$44,802	54
92	(68)	Z	Rialto Pictures		$2,137	-45.87%	2	$1,069	$69,513	14,469
93	(95)	Rudo y Cursi	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$2,061	+70.33%	8	$258	$1,789,083	73
94	(86)	Sugar	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,047	-22.90%	8	$256	$1,072,031	108
95	(73)	$9.99	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$2,033	-42.26%	2	$1,017	$33,217	31
96	(92)	The Girlfriend Experience	Magnolia Pictures		$1,890	+30.17%	4	$473	$680,765	59
97	(67)	Julia	Magnolia Pictures		$1,846	-60.62%	2	$923	$59,764	73
98	(105)	Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love	Shadow	Documentary	$1,569	+232.42%	2	$785	$79,623	38
99	(61)	Management	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Romantic Comedy	$1,552	-77.94%	2	$776	$924,287	66
100	(111)	The Windmill Movie	The Film Desk		$1,378	+1,187.85%	1	$1,378	$22,466	33
101	(re-entry)	Throw Down Your Heart	Argot Pictures	Documentary	$1,371		1	$1,371	$88,579	129
102	(65)	The Country Teacher	Film Movement	Drama	$1,262	-75.64%	1	$1,262	$43,449	115
103	(re-entry)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$1,238		1	$1,238	$53,159,168	3,923
104	(re-entry)	The Window	Film Movement	Drama	$1,120		1	$1,120	$11,995	75
105	(77)	Big Man Japan	Magnolia Pictures		$690	-78.64%	2	$345	$35,265	66
106	(112)	Local Color	Monterey Media	Drama	$655	+611.96%	1	$655	$10,454	640
107	(75)	The Vanished Empire	Kino International	Drama	$636	-80.89%	1	$636	$6,238	10
108	(103)	Rolling	Indican Pictures	Drama	$422	-40.73%	1	$422	$103,209	108
109	(re-entry)	Eldorado	Film Movement		$355		1	$355	$9,581	80
110	(91)	Lion's Den	Strand		$312	-83.17%	1	$312	$9,477	17
111	(102)	Monster Beach Party	Indican Pictures	Comedy	$305	-57.16%	1	$305	$112,188	101
112	(106)	The Legend of God's Gun	Indican Pictures	Western	$158	-58.75%	1	$158	$236,940	367
113	(101)	Dillinger is Dead	Janus Films		$145	-80.56%	1	$145	$7,043	10
114	(re-entry)	Harvard Beats Yale	Kino/Emerging	Documentary	$123		1	$123	$268,431	243

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Chart certified: 7/25/2009