The Top Movies, Weekend of October 9, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$34,286,740		3,000	$11,429	$34,286,740	3
2	(1)	Zombieland	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$14,802,431	-40.15%	3,038	$4,872	$47,603,512	10
3	(2)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$11,527,480	-27.08%	2,992	$3,853	$95,778,436	24
4	(20)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$7,900,695	+1,384.42%	160	$49,379	$9,113,936	17
5	(3)	Toy Story 3D Double Feature	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$7,766,643	-37.83%	1,752	$4,433	$22,768,991	10
6	(4)	Surrogates	Walt Disney Pictures	Action	$4,268,314	-41.05%	2,992	$1,427	$32,725,781	17
7	(5)	The Invention of Lying	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$3,339,263	-52.48%	1,743	$1,916	$12,295,868	10
8	(6)	Whip It	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$2,827,512	-39.20%	1,738	$1,627	$8,793,570	10
9	(8)	Capitalism: A Love Story	Overture Films	Documentary	$2,630,292	-40.86%	995	$2,644	$9,025,483	19
10	(7)	Fame	MGM	Musical	$2,543,067	-45.04%	3,110	$818	$20,028,829	17
11	(9)	The Informant	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$2,204,286	-40.25%	2,202	$1,001	$29,847,434	24
12	(11)	I Can Do Bad All By Myself	Lionsgate	Comedy	$1,511,904	-41.84%	1,313	$1,151	$50,383,561	31
13	(10)	Love Happens	Universal	Drama	$1,467,030	-46.63%	1,894	$775	$21,252,445	24
14	(new)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$1,039,220		186	$5,587	$1,039,220	3
15	(13)	Inglourious Basterds	Weinstein Co.	Action	$848,970	-40.18%	968	$877	$118,297,669	52
16	(14)	9	Focus Features	Adventure	$829,650	-40.67%	1,216	$682	$30,659,622	33
17	(12)	Pandorum	Overture Films	Horror	$822,415	-58.44%	1,479	$556	$9,517,801	17
18	(21)	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Paramount Pictures	Action	$687,865	+41.26%	609	$1,129	$148,969,502	66
19	(16)	All About Steve	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$659,472	-42.45%	1,200	$550	$32,742,037	38
20	(17)	Bright Star	Apparition	Drama	$624,834	-12.74%	38	$16,443	$2,846,921	24
21	(15)	Jennifer's Body	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$568,691	-54.56%	1,005	$566	$15,722,341	24
22	(24)	Coco Before Chanel	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$496,756	+11.99%	99	$5,018	$1,778,610	17
23	(18)	Julie & Julia	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$465,762	-32.23%	594	$784	$92,600,584	66
24	(31)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$459,318	+82.75%	21	$21,872	$811,304	10
25	(19)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$427,338	-22.66%	471	$907	$275,813,456	129
26	(36)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$408,437	+132.89%	505	$809	$300,699,217	89
27	(new)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$334,340		279	$1,198	$334,340	3
28	(new)	5150, Rue des Ormes	Alliance		$314,811		53	$5,940	$314,811	3
29	(23)	District 9	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$290,909	-39.46%	333	$874	$114,873,680	59
30	(45)	G-Force	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$280,879	+156.51%	313	$897	$117,953,312	80
31	(25)	The Final Destination	Warner Bros.	Horror	$278,457	-35.75%	365	$763	$65,883,661	45
32	(22)	Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day	Alliance	Comedy	$262,129	-45.85%	167	$1,570	$2,818,062	17
33	(30)	The Proposal	Walt Disney Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$210,405	-26.60%	260	$809	$163,595,468	115
34	(27)	Wake Up Sid	UTV Communications		$196,352	-44.77%	76	$2,584	$611,574	10
35	(28)	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$183,825	-39.82%	266	$691	$1,181,695	17
36	(29)	The Time Traveler's Wife	Warner Bros.	Drama	$183,436	-39.61%	263	$697	$62,493,738	59
37	(53)	The Boys are Back	Miramax	Drama	$181,380	+231.05%	75	$2,418	$326,816	17
38	(26)	Sorority Row	Summit Entertainment	Horror	$175,298	-56.13%	347	$505	$11,677,904	31
39	(33)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$163,222	-25.66%	104	$1,569	$3,175,235	45
40	(32)	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$161,509	-30.37%	227	$711	$195,919,073	103
41	(new)	An Education	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$159,017		4	$39,754	$159,017	3
42	(34)	Up	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$144,156	-32.09%	215	$670	$292,639,937	136
43	(35)	More Than a Game	Lionsgate	Documentary	$127,352	-30.39%	44	$2,894	$348,216	10
44	(37)	Halloween 2	Weinstein/Dimension	Horror	$118,159	-25.00%	192	$615	$32,494,669	45
45	(39)	Aliens in the Attic	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$101,954	-31.98%	154	$662	$24,967,943	73
46	(new)	Free Style	Samuel Goldwyn Films		$97,764		260	$376	$97,764	3
47	(47)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$94,732	+14.33%	35	$2,707	$17,952,275	241
48	(40)	(500) Days of Summer	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$89,111	-38.17%	159	$560	$32,118,648	87
49	(46)	Paris	Equinox	Comedy	$82,061	-16.20%	34	$2,414	$487,065	24
50	(38)	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Paramount Pictures	Action	$79,072	-47.31%	151	$524	$402,076,689	110
51	(44)	My One and Only	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$70,418	-41.81%	149	$473	$2,314,502	52
52	(49)	It Might Get Loud	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$59,125	-24.34%	68	$869	$1,334,193	59
53	(42)	Do Knot Disturb	Reliance Big Pictures		$58,711	-52.87%	42	$1,398	$213,525	10
54	(54)	De p�re en flic	Alliance	Comedy	$51,469	-4.01%	24	$2,145	$10,644,453	96
55	(50)	Amreeka	National Geographic Entertainment		$51,441	-27.48%	34	$1,513	$495,474	38
56	(new)	Passport to Love	Variance Films/Everest Films		$46,012		6	$7,669	$46,012	3
57	(48)	Whiteout	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$45,292	-42.46%	150	$302	$10,144,505	31
58	(62)	Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$45,007	+113.53%	21	$2,143	$870,572	94
59	(55)	Ponyo	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$33,642	-33.63%	84	$401	$14,959,481	59
60	(new)	The Damned United	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$32,065		6	$5,344	$32,065	3
61	(56)	Shorts	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$31,050	-35.77%	104	$299	$20,387,166	52
62	(58)	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$24,417	-37.57%	39	$626	$177,204,930	143
63	(61)	The Hurt Locker	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$20,551	-16.74%	45	$457	$12,571,395	108
64	(65)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$17,874	-3.23%	8	$2,234	$22,388,706	738
65	(68)	Moon	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$16,729	+11.71%	17	$984	$4,915,191	122
66	(new)	St. Trinian's	NeoClassics Films	Comedy	$15,000		76	$197	$15,000	3
67	(57)	Extract	Miramax	Comedy	$14,804	-68.67%	46	$322	$10,814,185	38
68	(63)	Adam	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$14,757	-25.75%	26	$568	$2,238,343	75
69	(new)	Trucker	Monterey Media	Drama	$12,418		10	$1,242	$12,418	3
70	(70)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$12,233	-7.47%	3	$4,078	$30,045,129	1,480
71	(66)	In the Loop	IFC Films	Black Comedy	$11,763	-30.11%	29	$406	$2,370,344	80
72	(71)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$11,583	-12.38%	5	$2,317	$79,866,137	2,733
73	(77)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$11,268	+2.21%	7	$1,610	$14,510,842	423
74	(67)	The Baader Meinhof Complex	Vitagraph Films	Action	$11,134	-33.28%	18	$619	$419,218	52
75	(new)	The Yes Men Fix the World	Shadow	Documentary	$10,956		1	$10,956	$19,112	5
76	(new)	Bronson	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$10,940		1	$10,940	$10,940	3
77	(73)	A Woman in Berlin	Strand	Drama	$10,761	-15.51%	7	$1,537	$257,046	87
78	(64)	Cold Souls	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$10,310	-45.75%	21	$491	$865,761	66
79	(79)	Departures	Regent Releasing	Drama	$9,691	+1.80%	10	$969	$1,423,333	136
80	(59)	What's Your Raashee?			$9,510	-70.12%	14	$679	$254,114	17
81	(104)	Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love	Shadow	Documentary	$9,179	+334.00%	4	$2,295	$146,471	122
82	(re-entry)	Play the Game	Slowhand Cinema	Comedy	$7,655		20	$383	$583,139	227
83	(72)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$7,500	-41.20%	4	$1,875	$7,102,563	605
84	(new)	Peter and Vandy	Strand		$7,323		3	$2,441	$7,323	3
85	(78)	The Other Man	Image Entertainment	Drama	$6,783	-29.12%	9	$754	$141,492	31
86	(86)	The Horse Boy	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$6,671	+1.79%	3	$2,224	$42,711	31
87	(87)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$6,495	+2.32%	18	$361	$828,920	73
88	(75)	Food, Inc.	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$6,116	-44.86%	16	$382	$4,386,822	122
89	(re-entry)	35 Shots of Rum	Cinema Guild	Drama	$5,498		1	$5,498	$51,626	24
90	(88)	Unmistaken Child	Oscilloscope Pictures		$4,983	-20.69%	3	$1,661	$283,533	131
91	(74)	Big Fan	First Independent Pictures	Comedy	$4,703	-61.83%	7	$672	$196,783	45
92	(102)	The Way We Get By	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$4,455	+96.34%	7	$636	$71,637	87
93	(69)	The Burning Plain	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$4,365	-69.23%	10	$437	$161,897	24
94	(91)	Lorna's Silence	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$4,317	-11.88%	17	$254	$316,123	73
95	(re-entry)	Fuel	Blue Water Entertainment	Documentary	$4,315		2	$2,158	$163,891	332
96	(new)	Adventures of Power	Variance Films	Comedy	$4,254		2	$2,127	$4,254	3
97	(94)	Into Temptation			$4,144	+8.71%	1	$4,144	$87,191	45
98	(93)	Crude	First Run Features	Documentary	$4,100	-2.82%	3	$1,367	$89,554	31
99	(95)	The Wonder of it All	Indican Pictures		$3,989	+22.44%	2	$1,995	$776,626	87
100	(re-entry)	The Beaches of Agnes	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$3,534		4	$884	$183,046	103
101	(new)	Visual Acoustics	Arthouse Films		$3,517		1	$3,517	$3,517	3
102	(81)	No Impact Man	Oscilloscope Pictures	Documentary	$3,404	-62.63%	4	$851	$77,808	31
103	(re-entry)	Cloud Nine			$3,127		3	$1,042	$78,304	59
104	(re-entry)	Beeswax	Cinema Guild	Comedy	$3,108		2	$1,554	$33,662	66
105	(76)	Post Grad	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$2,866	-74.12%	14	$205	$6,379,040	52
106	(re-entry)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$2,711		2	$1,356	$42,576,191	1,319
107	(108)	Tony Manero	Lorber Films	Drama	$2,626	+52.23%	3	$875	$31,313	101
108	(100)	Fallen Idol: The Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$2,593	+1.85%	2	$1,297	$6,146	10
109	(92)	Chelsea on the Rocks	Aliquot Films	Documentary	$2,587	-39.64%	3	$862	$9,275	10
110	(82)	Paper Heart	Overture Films	Comedy	$2,299	-72.82%	18	$128	$1,257,320	66
111	(103)	The Song of Sparrows	Regent Releasing	Drama	$2,180	-3.88%	2	$1,090	$113,738	192
112	(101)	Art & Copy	7th Art Releasing	Documentary	$2,007	-13.71%	5	$401	$96,798	52
113	(re-entry)	The Headless Woman	Strand	Drama	$1,860		1	$1,860	$87,828	54
114	(109)	We Live in Public	Abramorama Films	Documentary	$1,681	+5.39%	1	$1,681	$30,704	45
115	(re-entry)	Lion's Den	Strand		$1,549		1	$1,549	$13,689	101
116	(84)	Whatever Works	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$1,542	-80.04%	6	$257	$5,301,891	115
117	(116)	Earth Days	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$1,355	+66.87%	3	$452	$17,808	59
118	(new)	The Wedding Song	Strand		$1,240		1	$1,240	$1,240	3
119	(re-entry)	Bliss	First Run Features	Drama	$1,213		1	$1,213	$34,885	66
120	(99)	World's Greatest Dad	Magnolia Pictures	Black Comedy	$1,021	-60.66%	3	$340	$205,673	52
121	(re-entry)	Goodbye Solo	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$892		3	$297	$871,122	199
122	(re-entry)	American Casino	Argot Pictures	Documentary	$866		1	$866	$45,697	59
123	(121)	Afghan Star	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$778	+59.75%	2	$389	$99,357	108
124	(111)	Walt and El Grupo	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$662	-52.27%	2	$331	$15,617	31
125	(112)	Soul Power	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$661	-51.68%	8	$83	$201,403	94
126	(110)	U2 3D	National Geographic Entertainment	Concert/Performance	$641	-57.77%	2	$321	$10,214,776	628
127	(118)	Under Our Skin	Shadow		$565	-13.87%	1	$565	$84,788	117
128	(125)	O'Horten	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$540	+56.98%	1	$540	$301,902	143
129	(127)	The Windmill Movie	The Film Desk		$312	+37.44%	1	$312	$29,752	117
130	(124)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$267	-22.61%	1	$267	$17,650,844	3,636
131	(120)	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$255	-60.16%	1	$255	$633,422	108
132	(re-entry)	24 City	Cinema Guild		$246		1	$246	$30,357	129
133	(114)	Humpday	Magnolia Pictures	Comedy	$243	-75.58%	2	$122	$401,764	94
134	(129)	The Legend of God's Gun	Indican Pictures	Western	$242	+18.63%	1	$242	$242,408	451
135	(119)	Adoration	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$239	-63.51%	2	$120	$293,614	157
136	(107)	Tokyo Sonata	Regent Releasing	Drama	$106	-93.94%	1	$106	$273,249	213
137	(117)	Il Divo	Music Box Films	Drama	$21	-97.36%	1	$21	$234,864	502

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Chart certified: 2/23/2010