The Top Movies, Weekend of October 16, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$32,695,407		3,735	$8,754	$32,695,407	3
2	(new)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$21,039,502		2,890	$7,280	$21,039,502	3
3	(4)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$19,617,650	+148.30%	763	$25,711	$33,171,743	24
4	(1)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$17,227,390	-49.75%	3,009	$5,725	$62,617,735	10
5	(new)	The Stepfather	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$11,581,586		2,734	$4,236	$11,581,586	3
6	(3)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$8,017,871	-30.45%	3,037	$2,640	$108,201,645	31
7	(2)	Zombieland	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$7,616,939	-48.54%	3,171	$2,402	$60,640,317	17
8	(5)	Toy Story 3D Double Feature	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$3,016,580	-61.16%	1,489	$2,026	$28,554,678	17
9	(6)	Surrogates	Walt Disney Pictures	Action	$1,917,315	-55.08%	2,326	$824	$36,327,650	24
10	(7)	The Invention of Lying	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,907,398	-42.88%	1,624	$1,175	$15,497,164	17
11	(8)	Whip It	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$1,507,379	-46.69%	1,482	$1,017	$11,360,796	17
12	(9)	Capitalism: A Love Story	Overture Films	Documentary	$1,455,510	-44.66%	993	$1,466	$11,622,433	26
13	(11)	The Informant	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$955,456	-56.65%	1,228	$778	$31,766,896	31
14	(10)	Fame	MGM	Musical	$903,890	-64.46%	1,555	$581	$21,795,849	24
15	(24)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$842,511	+83.43%	82	$10,275	$1,843,307	17
16	(12)	I Can Do Bad All By Myself	Lionsgate	Comedy	$557,799	-63.11%	807	$691	$51,383,324	38
17	(13)	Love Happens	Universal	Drama	$547,765	-62.66%	1,043	$525	$22,416,260	31
18	(18)	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Paramount Pictures	Action	$407,537	-40.75%	514	$793	$149,645,921	73
19	(14)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$398,617	-61.64%	178	$2,239	$1,727,611	10
20	(20)	Bright Star	Apparition	Drama	$396,479	-36.55%	295	$1,344	$3,534,192	31
21	(22)	Coco Before Chanel	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$388,985	-21.69%	99	$3,929	$2,376,792	24
22	(new)	New York, I Love You	Vivendi Entertainment	Drama	$380,776		119	$3,200	$380,776	3
23	(15)	Inglourious Basterds	Weinstein Co.	Action	$341,410	-59.79%	438	$779	$119,073,469	59
24	(new)	BLUE	Viva Entertainment	Action	$321,640		71	$4,530	$321,640	3
25	(26)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$273,341	-33.08%	356	$768	$301,153,382	96
26	(25)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$267,583	-37.38%	359	$745	$276,276,785	136
27	(30)	G-Force	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$248,338	-11.59%	287	$865	$118,302,194	87
28	(23)	Julie & Julia	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$246,959	-46.98%	295	$837	$93,081,747	73
29	(29)	District 9	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$245,983	-15.44%	335	$734	$115,238,926	66
30	(41)	An Education	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$244,763	+53.92%	19	$12,882	$483,693	10
31	(16)	9	Focus Features	Adventure	$232,125	-72.02%	488	$476	$31,219,946	40
32	(19)	All About Steve	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$225,426	-65.82%	507	$445	$33,191,696	45
33	(43)	More Than a Game	Lionsgate	Documentary	$200,253	+57.24%	107	$1,872	$598,210	17
34	(37)	The Boys are Back	Miramax	Drama	$154,237	-14.96%	108	$1,428	$558,208	24
35	(17)	Pandorum	Overture Films	Horror	$145,985	-82.25%	427	$342	$10,051,556	24
36	(new)	Black Dynamite	Apparition		$131,862		70	$1,884	$131,862	3
37	(40)	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$130,408	-19.26%	181	$720	$196,112,522	110
38	(28)	5150, Rue des Ormes	Alliance		$129,455	-58.88%	54	$2,397	$604,344	10
39	(new)	Main Aurr Mrs. Khanna	UTV Communications		$121,134		59	$2,053	$121,134	3
40	(33)	The Proposal	Walt Disney Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$119,772	-43.08%	173	$692	$163,802,563	122
41	(21)	Jennifer's Body	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$116,986	-79.43%	313	$374	$16,031,583	31
42	(42)	Up	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$105,278	-26.97%	162	$650	$292,810,074	143
43	(31)	The Final Destination	Warner Bros.	Horror	$98,530	-64.62%	174	$566	$66,083,246	52
44	(new)	All the Best: Fun Begins	Yash Raj Films		$96,054		55	$1,746	$96,054	3
45	(39)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$91,743	-43.79%	77	$1,191	$3,353,855	52
46	(38)	Sorority Row	Summit Entertainment	Horror	$87,667	-49.99%	244	$359	$11,820,613	38
47	(47)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$85,653	-9.58%	32	$2,677	$18,125,257	248
48	(27)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$85,326	-74.48%	139	$614	$505,606	10
49	(49)	Paris	Equinox	Comedy	$75,101	-8.48%	33	$2,276	$600,124	31
50	(36)	The Time Traveler's Wife	Warner Bros.	Drama	$70,203	-61.73%	101	$695	$62,620,110	66
51	(32)	Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day	Alliance	Comedy	$68,345	-73.93%	65	$1,051	$2,972,931	24
52	(35)	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$56,476	-69.28%	132	$428	$1,357,585	24
53	(44)	Halloween 2	Weinstein/Dimension	Horror	$56,135	-52.49%	140	$401	$32,590,788	52
54	(45)	Aliens in the Attic	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$55,612	-45.45%	108	$515	$25,055,633	80
55	(new)	Opa!	Cinedigm		$52,453		221	$237	$52,453	3
56	(52)	It Might Get Loud	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$45,009	-23.87%	64	$703	$1,420,401	66
57	(61)	Shorts	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$43,580	+40.35%	54	$807	$20,437,741	59
58	(48)	(500) Days of Summer	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$43,239	-51.48%	71	$609	$32,203,940	94
59	(58)	Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$40,008	-11.11%	20	$2,000	$930,213	101
60	(60)	The Damned United	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$37,675	+17.50%	15	$2,512	$85,925	10
61	(51)	My One and Only	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$32,582	-53.73%	58	$562	$2,388,180	59
62	(56)	Passport to Love	Variance Films/Everest Films		$31,908	-30.65%	6	$5,318	$95,275	10
63	(34)	Wake Up Sid	UTV Communications		$25,192	-87.17%	33	$763	$682,163	17
64	(70)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$23,848	+94.95%	3	$7,949	$30,108,093	1,487
65	(55)	Amreeka	National Geographic Entertainment		$20,056	-61.01%	18	$1,114	$537,404	45
66	(72)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$18,333	+58.28%	5	$3,667	$79,931,708	2,740
67	(64)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$17,440	-2.43%	8	$2,180	$22,417,190	745
68	(65)	Moon	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$17,083	+2.12%	25	$683	$4,940,274	129
69	(new)	The Maid	Elephant Eye Films	Drama	$17,036		1	$17,036	$17,036	3
70	(59)	Ponyo	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$16,054	-52.28%	45	$357	$14,995,891	66
71	(57)	Whiteout	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$14,022	-69.04%	41	$342	$10,173,035	38
72	(73)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$13,689	+21.49%	8	$1,711	$14,532,946	430
73	(re-entry)	Seraphine	Music Box Films		$11,978		12	$998	$813,404	136
74	(101)	Visual Acoustics	Arthouse Films		$11,915	+238.78%	2	$5,958	$17,252	10
75	(93)	The Burning Plain	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$11,602	+165.80%	13	$892	$176,279	31
76	(86)	The Horse Boy	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$11,400	+70.89%	4	$2,850	$60,405	38
77	(76)	Bronson	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$11,241	+2.75%	2	$5,621	$28,660	10
78	(79)	Departures	Regent Releasing	Drama	$9,484	-2.14%	9	$1,054	$1,440,135	143
79	(74)	The Baader Meinhof Complex	Vitagraph Films	Action	$8,946	-19.65%	10	$895	$435,682	59
80	(62)	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$8,565	-64.92%	17	$504	$177,220,561	150
81	(75)	The Yes Men Fix the World	Shadow	Documentary	$8,097	-26.10%	1	$8,097	$38,153	12
82	(78)	Cold Souls	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$7,559	-26.68%	20	$378	$879,630	73
83	(71)	In the Loop	IFC Films	Black Comedy	$7,282	-38.09%	11	$662	$2,384,044	87
84	(69)	Trucker	Monterey Media	Drama	$6,513	-47.55%	4	$1,628	$18,788	10
85	(68)	Adam	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$6,351	-56.96%	17	$374	$2,250,966	82
86	(89)	35 Shots of Rum	Cinema Guild	Drama	$6,290	+14.41%	2	$3,145	$68,681	31
87	(83)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$6,276	-16.32%	5	$1,255	$7,111,089	612
88	(88)	Food, Inc.	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$6,222	+1.73%	11	$566	$4,399,130	129
89	(82)	Play the Game	Slowhand Cinema	Comedy	$6,106	-20.24%	15	$407	$592,706	234
90	(131)	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$5,960	+2,237.25%	4	$1,490	$640,120	115
91	(98)	Crude	First Run Features	Documentary	$5,819	+41.93%	5	$1,164	$99,444	38
92	(90)	Unmistaken Child	Oscilloscope Pictures		$5,815	+16.70%	5	$1,163	$294,419	138
93	(new)	Janky Promoters	Third Rail	Comedy	$5,702		22	$259	$5,702	3
94	(re-entry)	The Providence Effect			$5,588		4	$1,397	$59,614	24
95	(114)	We Live in Public	Abramorama Films	Documentary	$4,939	+193.81%	1	$4,939	$36,746	52
96	(87)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$4,863	-25.13%	19	$256	$838,042	80
97	(91)	Big Fan	First Independent Pictures	Comedy	$4,274	-9.12%	7	$611	$203,125	52
98	(95)	Fuel	Blue Water Entertainment	Documentary	$4,180	-3.13%	3	$1,393	$170,429	339
99	(120)	World's Greatest Dad	Magnolia Pictures	Black Comedy	$4,031	+294.81%	5	$806	$210,097	59
100	(85)	The Other Man	Image Entertainment	Drama	$3,280	-51.64%	6	$547	$149,530	38
101	(new)	The Ministers	Maya Releasing		$2,844		2	$1,422	$2,844	3
102	(133)	Humpday	Magnolia Pictures	Comedy	$2,785	+1,046.09%	4	$696	$405,107	101
103	(81)	Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love	Shadow	Documentary	$2,774	-69.78%	2	$1,387	$152,318	129
104	(re-entry)	The Girl from Monaco	Magnolia Pictures	Comedy	$2,558		3	$853	$597,580	108
105	(77)	A Woman in Berlin	Strand	Drama	$2,553	-76.28%	3	$851	$264,826	94
106	(106)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$2,479	-8.56%	3	$826	$42,589,129	1,326
107	(97)	Into Temptation			$2,433	-41.29%	1	$2,433	$90,986	52
108	(96)	Adventures of Power	Variance Films	Comedy	$2,236	-47.44%	1	$2,236	$7,309	10
109	(94)	Lorna's Silence	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,172	-49.69%	12	$181	$320,908	80
110	(112)	Art & Copy	7th Art Releasing	Documentary	$2,158	+7.52%	3	$719	$106,676	59
111	(re-entry)	Revanche	Janus Films	Drama	$2,050		3	$683	$271,660	171
112	(110)	Paper Heart	Overture Films	Comedy	$1,890	-17.79%	9	$210	$1,259,854	73
113	(126)	U2 3D	National Geographic Entertainment	Concert/Performance	$1,505	+134.79%	2	$753	$10,218,339	635
114	(84)	Peter and Vandy	Strand		$1,299	-82.26%	1	$1,299	$10,248	10
115	(103)	Cloud Nine			$1,245	-60.19%	3	$415	$79,664	66
116	(re-entry)	White On Rice	Variance Films	Romantic Comedy	$1,181		1	$1,181	$45,345	38
117	(123)	Afghan Star	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$1,035	+33.03%	2	$518	$101,543	115
118	(99)	The Wonder of it All	Indican Pictures		$989	-75.21%	1	$989	$777,615	94
119	(100)	The Beaches of Agnes	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$874	-75.27%	2	$437	$186,153	110
120	(116)	Whatever Works	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$852	-44.75%	3	$284	$5,303,838	122
121	(108)	Fallen Idol: The Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$785	-69.73%	1	$785	$6,931	17
122	(137)	Il Divo	Music Box Films	Drama	$772	+3,576.19%	1	$772	$235,636	509
123	(117)	Earth Days	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$734	-45.83%	1	$734	$19,507	66
124	(125)	Soul Power	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$709	+7.26%	4	$177	$202,381	101
125	(111)	The Song of Sparrows	Regent Releasing	Drama	$656	-69.91%	1	$656	$115,605	199
126	(re-entry)	$9.99	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$625		2	$313	$50,410	122
127	(new)	Food Beware	First Run Features	Documentary	$595		1	$595	$595	3
128	(46)	Free Style	Samuel Goldwyn Films		$463	-99.53%	5	$93	$140,987	10
129	(122)	American Casino	Argot Pictures	Documentary	$439	-49.31%	1	$439	$46,514	66
130	(92)	The Way We Get By	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$438	-90.17%	3	$146	$73,829	94
131	(80)	What's Your Raashee?			$410	-95.69%	2	$205	$257,868	24
132	(104)	Beeswax	Cinema Guild	Comedy	$382	-87.71%	1	$382	$34,899	73
133	(136)	Tokyo Sonata	Regent Releasing	Drama	$378	+256.60%	1	$378	$277,315	220
134	(134)	The Legend of God's Gun	Indican Pictures	Western	$364	+50.41%	1	$364	$242,772	458
135	(130)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$364	+36.33%	2	$182	$17,653,220	3,643
136	(109)	Chelsea on the Rocks	Aliquot Films	Documentary	$305	-88.21%	1	$305	$11,799	17
137	(re-entry)	Le combat dans l'�le	The Film Desk	Thriller/Suspense	$200		1	$200	$28,370	129
138	(re-entry)	Taxidermia	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$114		1	$114	$9,396	66
139	(127)	Under Our Skin	Shadow		$29	-94.87%	1	$29	$85,754	124

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Chart certified: 2/25/2010