The Top Movies, Weekend of August 7, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Paramount Pictures	Action	$54,713,046		4,007	$13,654	$54,713,046	3
2	(new)	Julie & Julia	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$20,027,956		2,354	$8,508	$20,027,956	3
3	(3)	G-Force	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$9,870,594	-43.65%	3,482	$2,835	$86,183,076	17
4	(2)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$8,928,349	-50.15%	3,455	$2,584	$273,848,633	26
5	(1)	Funny People	Universal	Comedy	$7,986,435	-64.75%	3,008	$2,655	$40,537,755	10
6	(4)	The Ugly Truth	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$6,750,125	-48.81%	2,975	$2,269	$68,838,257	17
7	(new)	A Perfect Getaway	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$5,948,555		2,159	$2,755	$5,948,555	3
8	(5)	Aliens in the Attic	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$4,021,478	-49.78%	3,108	$1,294	$16,314,371	10
9	(12)	(500) Days of Summer	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$3,739,702	+34.67%	817	$4,577	$12,357,265	24
10	(6)	Orphan	Warner Bros.	Drama	$3,674,306	-51.17%	2,270	$1,619	$34,766,199	17
11	(8)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$3,369,178	-35.14%	1,690	$1,994	$261,979,331	66
12	(10)	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Paramount Pictures	Action	$3,008,825	-35.82%	1,948	$1,545	$393,709,339	47
13	(9)	The Proposal	Walt Disney Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$2,825,483	-42.70%	1,870	$1,511	$154,751,286	52
14	(7)	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$2,670,160	-51.68%	1,727	$1,546	$187,871,005	40
15	(11)	The Collector	Freestyle Releasing	Horror	$1,275,753	-64.33%	1,270	$1,005	$6,351,293	10
16	(14)	The Hurt Locker	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$1,260,820	-33.96%	535	$2,357	$8,987,925	45
17	(13)	Public Enemies	Universal	Drama	$987,665	-60.92%	906	$1,090	$95,491,810	40
18	(15)	Love Aaj Kal	Eros Entertainment	Romantic Comedy	$625,057	-49.66%	102	$6,128	$2,134,627	10
19	(16)	Up	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$624,966	-46.79%	431	$1,450	$287,392,452	73
20	(19)	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$467,057	-16.35%	329	$1,420	$174,856,646	80
21	(21)	Star Trek	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$438,654	+33.99%	375	$1,170	$255,327,784	94
22	(re-entry)	De p�re en flic	Alliance	Comedy	$414,026		92	$4,500	$8,322,714	33
23	(22)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$288,958	-10.36%	40	$7,224	$15,012,489	178
24	(18)	My Sister's Keeper	Warner Bros.	Drama	$275,434	-58.14%	365	$755	$47,511,594	45
25	(24)	In the Loop	IFC Films	Black Comedy	$220,823	-24.12%	59	$3,743	$910,046	17
26	(new)	Paper Heart	Overture Films	Comedy	$219,494		38	$5,776	$219,494	3
27	(20)	The Taking of Pelham 123	Sony Pictures	Action	$217,648	-52.30%	288	$756	$64,759,075	59
28	(re-entry)	Les doigts croches	Alliance	Comedy	$198,663		66	$3,010	$889,218	10
29	(17)	Br�no	Universal	Comedy	$193,030	-78.19%	199	$970	$59,786,610	31
30	(23)	Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins	Warner Bros.	Action	$184,376	-38.76%	288	$640	$124,869,668	81
31	(27)	Moon	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$165,430	-40.74%	139	$1,190	$4,252,965	59
32	(25)	Food, Inc.	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$161,884	-44.16%	124	$1,306	$3,566,803	59
33	(44)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$151,106	+162.15%	56	$2,698	$233,436	10
34	(37)	The Wonder of it All	Indican Pictures		$146,718	+71.31%	39	$3,762	$508,390	24
35	(28)	Year One	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$139,671	-43.95%	207	$675	$43,111,126	52
36	(41)	Adam	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$104,178	+52.36%	20	$5,209	$242,251	12
37	(33)	Imagine That	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$95,192	-17.16%	137	$695	$15,972,486	59
38	(29)	Whatever Works	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$94,649	-53.18%	84	$1,127	$5,008,979	52
39	(26)	I Love You, Beth Cooper	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$79,149	-72.07%	144	$550	$14,430,096	31
40	(36)	Monsters vs. Aliens	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$78,316	-14.24%	140	$559	$198,135,894	136
41	(32)	Land of the Lost	Universal	Comedy	$73,140	-44.21%	125	$585	$49,392,095	66
42	(31)	Away We Go	Focus Features	Comedy	$72,169	-54.19%	97	$744	$9,358,424	66
43	(new)	Cold Souls	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$63,302		7	$9,043	$63,302	3
44	(47)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$59,154	+15.63%	5	$11,831	$6,781,144	542
45	(45)	Thirst	Focus Features	Horror	$54,916	-1.74%	8	$6,865	$140,718	10
46	(39)	Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$52,065	-33.45%	20	$2,603	$408,721	31
47	(38)	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	20th Century Fox	Action	$44,794	-45.61%	92	$487	$179,737,340	101
48	(49)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$42,050	+5.91%	4	$10,513	$29,563,126	1,417
49	(48)	Departures	Regent Releasing	Drama	$37,016	-22.33%	23	$1,609	$1,132,371	73
50	(53)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$36,164	+12.78%	6	$6,027	$79,467,877	2,670
51	(34)	Cheri	Miramax	Drama	$34,427	-66.78%	54	$638	$2,643,292	45
52	(43)	Seraphine	Music Box Films		$33,039	-45.04%	22	$1,502	$557,682	66
53	(re-entry)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$31,336		4	$7,834	$42,175,968	1,256
54	(new)	The Girl with the Dragon Tatto	Music Box Films	Thriller/Suspense	$25,821		6	$4,304	$2,186,693	-221
55	(59)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$22,687	+3.41%	8	$2,836	$21,901,602	675
56	(73)	A Woman in Berlin	Strand	Drama	$22,055	+142.55%	6	$3,676	$82,253	24
57	(52)	Lorna's Silence	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$21,931	-36.27%	9	$2,437	$74,754	10
58	(46)	Humpday	Magnolia Pictures	Comedy	$21,771	-59.27%	24	$907	$303,747	31
59	(42)	Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$21,401	-66.13%	45	$476	$55,236,131	101
60	(50)	L'heure d'�t�	IFC Films	Drama	$20,305	-45.19%	30	$677	$1,604,784	87
61	(40)	Shrink	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$19,937	-71.27%	25	$797	$146,543	17
62	(60)	Soul Power	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$15,193	-27.05%	11	$1,381	$134,622	31
63	(58)	My Life in Ruins	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$13,718	-37.87%	20	$686	$8,609,107	66
64	(66)	Tetro	American Zoetrope	Drama	$13,324	+4.09%	14	$952	$393,013	60
65	(51)	The Girl from Monaco	Magnolia Pictures	Comedy	$12,948	-63.65%	18	$719	$519,653	38
66	(67)	U2 3D	National Geographic Entertainment	Concert/Performance	$12,406	-2.11%	3	$4,135	$10,101,022	565
67	(55)	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$11,268	-55.83%	12	$939	$598,669	45
68	(61)	Valentino: The Last Emperor	Truly Indie	Documentary	$10,564	-45.46%	12	$880	$1,713,758	145
69	(57)	War Eagle, Arkansas	Empire Pictures	Drama	$10,439	-53.44%	3	$3,480	$109,788	59
70	(64)	Easy Virtue	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$9,179	-42.24%	21	$437	$2,598,599	80
71	(56)	Every Little Step	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$8,392	-64.00%	17	$494	$1,675,963	115
72	(109)	Little Ashes	Regent Releasing	Drama	$8,353	+1,260.42%	8	$1,044	$452,558	94
73	(re-entry)	Irene in Time	Rainbow Releasing	Drama	$7,836		3	$2,612	$80,639	52
74	(80)	O'Horten	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$7,289	+9.28%	12	$607	$252,677	80
75	(new)	Bliss	First Run Features	Drama	$7,039		1	$7,039	$7,039	3
76	(62)	Hannah Montana the Movie	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$6,903	-62.61%	27	$256	$79,550,329	122
77	(77)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$6,794	-7.65%	2	$3,397	$17,605,583	3,573
78	(76)	Afghan Star	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$6,216	-17.29%	3	$2,072	$57,203	45
79	(89)	Revanche	Janus Films	Drama	$6,197	+77.87%	4	$1,549	$239,522	101
80	(new)	Beeswax	Cinema Guild	Comedy	$5,844		1	$5,844	$5,844	3
81	(79)	You, The Living	Palisades		$5,742	-17.07%	1	$5,742	$21,438	10
82	(68)	Lemon Tree	IFC Films		$5,387	-55.68%	10	$539	$566,052	115
83	(69)	Unmistaken Child	Oscilloscope Pictures		$5,337	-52.21%	3	$1,779	$189,708	68
84	(81)	Adoration	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$4,122	-28.47%	10	$412	$271,316	94
85	(65)	Flammen og Citronen	IFC Films	Thriller/Suspense	$3,787	-75.17%	1	$3,787	$29,108	10
86	(70)	Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love	Shadow	Documentary	$3,702	-66.27%	5	$740	$106,186	59
87	(new)	I Sell the Dead	IFC Films	Horror	$3,529		1	$3,529	$3,529	3
88	(100)	Jerichow	Cinema Guild	Drama	$3,509	+160.31%	3	$1,170	$47,175	87
89	(75)	Gotta Dance	Mitropoulos Films		$3,359	-60.83%	3	$1,120	$3,359	10
90	(86)	Tulpan	Zeitgeist	Comedy	$3,114	-21.76%	2	$1,557	$144,778	131
91	(88)	Rudo y Cursi	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$2,997	-16.66%	11	$272	$1,819,529	94
92	(83)	The Beaches of Agnes	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$2,948	-38.29%	3	$983	$118,758	40
93	(97)	The Way We Get By	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$2,799	+76.48%	2	$1,400	$37,201	24
94	(72)	If I Die Tonight	Indican Pictures		$2,609	-72.95%	1	$2,609	$14,999	10
95	(74)	Local Color	Monterey Media	Drama	$2,484	-72.56%	7	$355	$27,244	661
96	(98)	Under Our Skin	Shadow		$2,414	+52.78%	3	$805	$58,558	54
97	(78)	Goodbye Solo	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$2,149	-69.73%	9	$239	$858,600	136
98	(104)	Tokyo Sonata	Regent Releasing	Drama	$2,105	+125.86%	2	$1,053	$265,901	150
99	(85)	Not Quite Hollywood	Magnet Pictures	Documentary	$1,933	-58.82%	2	$967	$9,621	10
100	(92)	The Answer Man	Magnolia Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,929	-31.86%	3	$643	$25,589	17
101	(re-entry)	Somers Town	Film Movement	Comedy	$1,729		1	$1,729	$25,888	24
102	(84)	One Day You'll Understand	Kino International	Drama	$1,653	-64.83%	1	$1,653	$138,654	283
103	(94)	$9.99	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$1,533	-37.99%	3	$511	$42,749	52
104	(99)	Tyson	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$1,522	-3.18%	5	$304	$884,296	108
105	(re-entry)	Street Dreams	Slowhand Cinema		$1,448		5	$290	$122,575	59
106	(re-entry)	Brighton Rock	Rialto Pictures		$1,371		1	$1,371	$23,374	52
107	(82)	Blood: The Last Vampire	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Action	$1,215	-74.81%	4	$304	$256,681	31
108	(87)	Burma VJ	Oscilloscope Pictures		$1,146	-70.30%	2	$573	$50,436	82
109	(106)	Big Man Japan	Magnolia Pictures		$1,027	+15.78%	2	$514	$40,257	87
110	(113)	Sugar	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$879	+92.34%	3	$293	$1,081,922	129
111	(90)	The Girlfriend Experience	Magnolia Pictures		$877	-73.07%	3	$292	$689,304	80
112	(105)	The Windmill Movie	The Film Desk		$768	-17.33%	3	$256	$26,672	54
113	(re-entry)	Eldorado	Film Movement		$688		1	$688	$10,443	101
114	(re-entry)	Mississippi Mermaid	MGM		$677		1	$677	$8,405	3,860
115	(re-entry)	Il Divo	Music Box Films	Drama	$675		1	$675	$215,315	439
116	(re-entry)	Lake Tahoe	Film Movement		$628		2	$314	$5,685	31
117	(114)	The Song of Sparrows	Regent Releasing	Drama	$562	+51.08%	1	$562	$105,598	129
118	(new)	12 in a Box	Cinevolve Studios		$553		1	$553	$553	3
119	(116)	Tony Manero	Lorber Films	Drama	$483	+631.82%	1	$483	$18,172	38
120	(111)	Outrage	Magnolia Pictures		$477	-18.32%	2	$239	$282,464	94
121	(new)	El Tinte de la Fama	Cinevolve Studios	Drama	$341		1	$341	$341	3
122	(re-entry)	Munyurangabo	Film Movement		$148		1	$148	$7,001	73
123	(110)	The Legend of God's Gun	Indican Pictures	Western	$106	-82.45%	1	$106	$239,340	388
124	(117)	The Golden Boys	Roadside Attractions		$51		1	$51	$184,149	115
125	(re-entry)	Battle for Terra	Roadside Attractions	Adventure	$22		1	$22	$1,645,293	101

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Chart certified: 8/16/2009