The Top Movies, Weekend of August 21, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Inglourious Basterds	Weinstein Co.	Action	$38,054,676		3,165	$12,024	$38,070,437	3
2	(1)	District 9	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$18,213,546	-51.24%	3,050	$5,972	$72,804,317	10
3	(2)	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Paramount Pictures	Action	$12,204,927	-45.33%	3,953	$3,088	$120,235,874	17
4	(3)	The Time Traveler's Wife	Warner Bros.	Drama	$9,742,427	-47.69%	2,988	$3,261	$37,165,676	10
5	(4)	Julie & Julia	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$8,800,674	-27.00%	2,463	$3,573	$59,088,965	17
6	(new)	Shorts	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$6,410,339		3,105	$2,065	$6,410,339	3
7	(5)	G-Force	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$4,114,661	-40.50%	2,561	$1,607	$107,224,616	31
8	(7)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$3,478,149	-32.35%	1,936	$1,797	$290,238,524	40
9	(8)	The Ugly Truth	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$2,774,174	-37.63%	1,971	$1,407	$82,811,624	31
10	(6)	The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard	Paramount Vantage	Comedy	$2,710,194	-51.97%	1,849	$1,466	$11,247,625	10
11	(new)	Post Grad	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$2,651,996		1,959	$1,354	$2,651,996	3
12	(9)	Ponyo	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$2,425,644	-32.36%	927	$2,617	$8,136,515	10
13	(11)	(500) Days of Summer	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$2,280,680	-23.14%	988	$2,308	$22,077,070	38
14	(14)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,474,236	-25.88%	848	$1,738	$268,277,556	80
15	(12)	A Perfect Getaway	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$1,090,615	-61.87%	1,322	$825	$14,205,010	17
16	(15)	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Paramount Pictures	Action	$970,360	-39.52%	740	$1,311	$398,441,218	61
17	(10)	Funny People	Universal	Comedy	$922,555	-69.36%	932	$990	$50,551,440	24
18	(13)	Bandslam	Summit Entertainment	Comedy	$858,829	-61.51%	2,121	$405	$4,435,538	10
19	(new)	X Games 3D: The Movie	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$837,216		1,399	$598	$837,216	3
20	(16)	Orphan	Warner Bros.	Drama	$802,493	-49.13%	655	$1,225	$39,934,233	31
21	(18)	The Proposal	Walt Disney Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$791,387	-39.20%	642	$1,233	$159,166,329	66
22	(17)	Aliens in the Attic	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$752,739	-48.08%	830	$907	$22,247,346	24
23	(19)	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$741,538	-41.55%	559	$1,327	$192,388,059	54
24	(21)	The Hurt Locker	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$383,017	-40.54%	399	$960	$11,124,222	59
25	(22)	Up	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$317,602	-22.44%	227	$1,399	$288,827,973	87
26	(23)	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$301,043	-17.81%	266	$1,132	$176,087,412	94
27	(26)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$297,035	+21.58%	108	$2,750	$16,204,067	192
28	(29)	Adam	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$248,123	+22.73%	95	$2,612	$892,806	26
29	(25)	Star Trek	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$240,311	-25.79%	271	$887	$256,374,154	108
30	(24)	Public Enemies	Universal	Drama	$234,805	-34.72%	311	$755	$96,753,755	54
31	(20)	Kaminey	UTV Communications	Thriller/Suspense	$220,326	-69.69%	82	$2,687	$1,072,624	10
32	(28)	In the Loop	IFC Films	Black Comedy	$187,652	-14.25%	90	$2,085	$1,550,473	31
33	(30)	Paper Heart	Overture Films	Comedy	$127,411	-25.72%	78	$1,633	$754,472	17
34	(31)	The Taking of Pelham 123	Sony Pictures	Action	$122,931	-22.18%	163	$754	$65,452,312	73
35	(43)	Cold Souls	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$120,406	+70.48%	50	$2,408	$327,179	17
36	(32)	My Sister's Keeper	Warner Bros.	Drama	$119,196	-10.96%	175	$681	$48,073,958	59
37	(36)	Food, Inc.	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$84,774	-21.29%	90	$942	$3,977,797	73
38	(27)	The Collector	Freestyle Releasing	Horror	$71,699	-68.57%	89	$806	$7,472,551	24
39	(35)	Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins	Warner Bros.	Action	$68,533	-37.58%	136	$504	$125,223,374	95
40	(new)	My One and Only	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$58,692		4	$14,673	$58,692	3
41	(38)	Moon	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$55,338	-39.93%	71	$779	$4,573,659	73
42	(40)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$53,107	-37.92%	32	$1,660	$537,247	24
43	(37)	It Might Get Loud	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$52,074	-43.81%	7	$7,439	$197,552	10
44	(42)	I Love You, Beth Cooper	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$51,931	-33.88%	111	$468	$14,652,611	45
45	(48)	Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$46,385	-3.75%	23	$2,017	$567,078	45
46	(45)	Monsters vs. Aliens	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$40,265	-27.21%	95	$424	$198,332,128	150
47	(49)	The Wonder of it All	Indican Pictures		$35,808	-22.59%	16	$2,238	$675,975	38
48	(50)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$35,434	-22.19%	6	$5,906	$6,893,526	556
49	(47)	Thirst	Focus Features	Horror	$33,666	-33.63%	17	$1,980	$296,441	24
50	(46)	Whatever Works	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$31,479	-39.01%	34	$926	$5,183,644	66
51	(39)	Love Aaj Kal	Eros Entertainment	Romantic Comedy	$30,812	-64.02%	102	$302	$2,404,655	24
52	(re-entry)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$30,099		3	$10,033	$42,347,159	1,270
53	(53)	Departures	Regent Releasing	Drama	$29,765	-2.06%	20	$1,488	$1,232,944	87
54	(51)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$28,120	-29.36%	2	$14,060	$29,724,573	1,431
55	(new)	Casi Divas	Maya Releasing		$27,491		22	$1,250	$27,491	3
56	(57)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$26,105	+16.00%	8	$3,263	$22,013,888	689
57	(54)	Lorna's Silence	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$25,045	-10.64%	14	$1,789	$160,241	24
58	(52)	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	20th Century Fox	Action	$23,693	-31.69%	46	$515	$179,840,414	115
59	(new)	Art & Copy	7th Art Releasing	Documentary	$20,559		4	$5,140	$20,559	3
60	(65)	Flammen og Citronen	IFC Films	Thriller/Suspense	$18,925	+92.82%	6	$3,154	$67,258	24
61	(new)	The Baader Meinhof Complex	Vitagraph Films	Action	$17,348		2	$8,674	$17,348	3
62	(re-entry)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$16,730		10	$1,673	$14,411,231	374
63	(56)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$15,322	-37.54%	4	$3,831	$79,575,812	2,684
64	(60)	Seraphine	Music Box Films		$15,254	-8.71%	15	$1,017	$620,163	80
65	(new)	The Headless Woman	Strand	Drama	$14,778		1	$14,778	$20,316	5
66	(34)	Spread		Comedy	$14,252	-88.41%	25	$570	$215,165	10
67	(68)	U2 3D	National Geographic Entertainment	Concert/Performance	$13,355	+70.82%	3	$4,452	$10,144,396	579
68	(58)	A Woman in Berlin	Strand	Drama	$13,174	-22.90%	7	$1,882	$136,030	38
69	(63)	My Life in Ruins	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$12,727	+10.24%	15	$848	$8,649,034	80
70	(new)	Streetballers	MSK Productions		$11,580		2	$5,790	$11,580	3
71	(61)	Tetro	American Zoetrope	Drama	$11,312	-29.52%	8	$1,414	$438,350	74
72	(59)	Cheri	Miramax	Drama	$9,586	-42.90%	36	$266	$2,708,188	59
73	(69)	Humpday	Magnolia Pictures	Comedy	$9,156	+18.99%	17	$539	$343,955	45
74	(71)	L'heure d'�t�	IFC Films	Drama	$8,154	+29.39%	13	$627	$1,641,025	101
75	(84)	Easy Virtue	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$8,086	+125.24%	27	$299	$2,620,084	94
76	(74)	Unmistaken Child	Oscilloscope Pictures		$8,014	+45.31%	4	$2,004	$208,345	82
77	(92)	Cloud Nine			$7,302	+255.33%	2	$3,651	$19,591	10
78	(re-entry)	Gotta Dance	Mitropoulos Films		$7,224		4	$1,806	$25,107	24
79	(99)	Afghan Star	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$6,597	+354.34%	2	$3,299	$70,154	59
80	(78)	Soul Power	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$6,264	+31.57%	9	$696	$156,270	45
81	(new)	Five Minutes of Heaven	IFC Films	Drama	$5,364		1	$5,364	$5,364	3
82	(79)	Every Little Step	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$5,313	+16.13%	19	$280	$1,698,274	129
83	(re-entry)	The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story			$4,840		1	$4,840	$44,118	94
84	(88)	Beeswax	Cinema Guild	Comedy	$4,686	+83.33%	2	$2,343	$19,596	17
85	(new)	World's Greatest Dad	Magnolia Pictures	Black Comedy	$4,675		1	$4,675	$4,675	3
86	(82)	The Girl from Monaco	Magnolia Pictures	Comedy	$4,467	+4.98%	7	$638	$540,729	52
87	(76)	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$4,015	-19.84%	9	$446	$616,575	59
88	(96)	Weather Girl	Self Distributed		$3,963	+124.79%	2	$1,982	$20,915	45
89	(105)	Made in U.S.A.	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$3,528	+228.80%	2	$1,764	$95,209	227
90	(90)	Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love	Shadow	Documentary	$3,526	+51.92%	4	$882	$116,410	73
91	(64)	War Eagle, Arkansas	Empire Pictures	Drama	$3,493	-65.37%	2	$1,747	$123,670	73
92	(75)	Bliss	First Run Features	Drama	$3,338	-36.14%	1	$3,338	$23,530	17
93	(101)	American Casino	Argot Pictures	Documentary	$3,337	+138.87%	1	$3,337	$5,842	10
94	(66)	O'Horten	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$3,334	-60.07%	7	$476	$274,365	94
95	(97)	Revanche	Janus Films	Drama	$3,303	+91.48%	2	$1,652	$248,179	115
96	(80)	The Beaches of Agnes	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$3,197	-29.11%	2	$1,599	$134,448	54
97	(100)	Tulpan	Zeitgeist	Comedy	$3,167	+120.85%	3	$1,056	$154,098	145
98	(62)	Throw Down Your Heart	Argot Pictures	Documentary	$3,068	-77.74%	1	$3,068	$115,437	164
99	(102)	Local Color	Monterey Media	Drama	$2,941	+136.99%	3	$980	$33,442	675
100	(new)	The Marc Pease Experience	Paramount Vantage	Comedy	$2,641		10	$264	$2,641	3
101	(85)	Not Quite Hollywood	Magnet Pictures	Documentary	$2,562	-27.83%	4	$641	$19,368	24
102	(89)	Earth Days	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$2,435	+1.12%	5	$487	$6,384	10
103	(98)	Rudo y Cursi	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$2,406	+60.61%	6	$401	$1,826,674	108
104	(re-entry)	Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone		Adventure	$2,360		2	$1,180	$19,638	723
105	(91)	The Way We Get By	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$2,038	-4.72%	3	$679	$43,074	38
106	(95)	Z	Rialto Pictures		$2,030	+15.08%	1	$2,030	$79,227	14,504
107	(83)	Little Ashes	Regent Releasing	Drama	$2,007	-52.21%	4	$502	$469,819	108
108	(new)	Sikandar	Reliance Big		$1,954		9	$217	$1,954	3
109	(re-entry)	Tony Manero	Lorber Films	Drama	$1,903		1	$1,903	$20,677	52
110	(107)	The Girlfriend Experience	Magnolia Pictures		$1,778	+141.90%	3	$593	$693,872	94
111	(93)	Herb & Dorothy	Arthouse Films	Documentary	$1,768	-10.39%	2	$884	$172,861	80
112	(113)	Outrage	Magnolia Pictures		$1,684	+313.76%	5	$337	$285,063	108
113	(67)	Shrink	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$1,440	-81.66%	4	$360	$170,162	31
114	(114)	Under Our Skin	Shadow		$1,252	+229.47%	3	$417	$64,498	68
115	(re-entry)	24 City	Cinema Guild		$1,095		2	$548	$28,284	80
116	(106)	One Day You'll Understand	Kino International	Drama	$1,094	+33.58%	1	$1,094	$141,910	297
117	(116)	Il Divo	Music Box Films	Drama	$806	+632.73%	2	$403	$219,266	453
118	(re-entry)	Le combat dans l'�le	The Film Desk	Thriller/Suspense	$666		1	$666	$22,433	73
119	(86)	Adoration	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$647	-81.74%	16	$40	$279,341	108
120	(new)	Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-Itchy Footed Mutha	Self Distributed	Adventure	$604		1	$604	$604	3
121	(73)	Léon Morin, Priest			$512	-90.85%	1	$512	$24,978	17,503
122	(re-entry)	The Legend of God's Gun	Indican Pictures	Western	$496		1	$496	$239,923	402
123	(re-entry)	Shall We Kiss?	Music Box Films	Romantic Comedy	$444		1	$444	$531,533	150
124	(87)	Goodbye Solo	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$401	-85.95%	4	$100	$866,394	150
125	(re-entry)	Dillinger is Dead	Janus Films		$342		1	$342	$8,322	45
126	(70)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$241	-96.45%	1	$241	$17,620,556	3,587
127	(re-entry)	Daytime Drinking	Eleven Arts		$224		1	$224	$4,970	80

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Chart certified: 8/29/2009