The Top Movies, Weekend of October 23, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(3)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$21,104,070	+7.58%	1,945	$10,850	$61,580,588	31
2	(new)	Saw VI	Lionsgate	Horror	$14,118,444		3,036	$4,650	$14,118,444	3
3	(1)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$14,019,406	-57.12%	3,735	$3,754	$53,558,981	10
4	(2)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$12,403,888	-41.04%	2,890	$4,292	$40,008,703	10
5	(4)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$10,620,685	-38.35%	3,074	$3,455	$77,736,885	17
6	(new)	Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$6,702,923		3,014	$2,224	$6,702,923	3
7	(new)	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	Universal	Action	$6,293,205		2,754	$2,285	$6,293,205	3
8	(5)	The Stepfather	Sony/Screen Gems	Thriller/Suspense	$6,230,969	-46.20%	2,734	$2,279	$20,082,652	10
9	(6)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$5,250,541	-34.51%	2,741	$1,916	$114,854,877	38
10	(7)	Zombieland	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$4,205,812	-44.78%	2,447	$1,719	$67,213,384	24
11	(new)	Amelia	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$3,904,047		820	$4,761	$3,904,047	3
12	(15)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$1,093,217	+29.76%	176	$6,211	$3,196,496	24
13	(8)	Toy Story 3D Double Feature	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,009,900	-66.52%	778	$1,298	$30,144,903	24
14	(19)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$945,958	+137.38%	466	$2,030	$2,803,709	17
15	(10)	The Invention of Lying	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$839,209	-56.00%	802	$1,046	$16,956,375	24
16	(12)	Capitalism: A Love Story	Overture Films	Documentary	$726,453	-50.09%	636	$1,142	$12,960,355	33
17	(9)	Surrogates	Buena Vista	Action	$590,444	-69.20%	797	$741	$37,573,398	31
18	(11)	Whip It	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$466,014	-69.08%	435	$1,071	$12,293,893	24
19	(29)	An Education	Sony Pictures Classics		$367,371	+50.09%	31	$11,851	$940,265	17
20	(13)	The Informant	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$348,161	-63.56%	411	$847	$32,434,128	38
21	(23)	Coco Before Chanel	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$272,206	-8.25%	63	$4,321	$1,740,597	31
22	(18)	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Paramount Pictures	Action	$235,381	-42.24%	407	$578	$150,010,209	80
23	(21)	New York, I Love You	Vivendi Entertainment	Drama	$230,127	-39.56%	111	$2,073	$747,052	10
24	(14)	Fame	MGM	Musical	$212,364	-76.51%	445	$477	$22,206,056	31
25	(20)	Bright Star	Apparition		$212,138	-46.49%	209	$1,015	$3,901,214	38
26	(48)	The Time Traveler's Wife	Warner Bros.	Drama	$203,990	+190.57%	284	$718	$62,846,730	73
27	(25)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$201,345	-24.75%	291	$692	$276,583,220	143
28	(26)	G-Force	Buena Vista	Adventure	$193,438	-22.11%	260	$744	$118,553,453	94
29	(24)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$181,802	-33.49%	285	$638	$301,420,102	103
30	(17)	Love Happens	Universal	Drama	$179,850	-67.17%	327	$550	$22,783,960	38
31	(16)	I Can Do Bad All By Myself	Lionsgate	Comedy	$178,828	-67.94%	273	$655	$51,697,449	45
32	(22)	Inglourious Basterds	Weinstein Co.	Action	$176,550	-48.29%	206	$857	$119,396,075	66
33	(28)	District 9	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$148,051	-39.81%	232	$638	$115,502,313	73
34	(27)	Julie & Julia	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$144,530	-41.48%	171	$845	$93,323,576	80
35	(re-entry)	Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D	Buena Vista	Musical	$143,289		105	$1,365	$143,289	1,102
36	(36)	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$118,809	-8.89%	142	$837	$196,268,716	117
37	(31)	All About Steve	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$107,189	-52.45%	215	$499	$33,364,174	52
38	(32)	More Than a Game	Lionsgate	Documentary	$99,399	-50.36%	107	$929	$749,005	24
39	(43)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$89,616	-0.45%	61	$1,469	$3,486,101	59
40	(33)	The Boys are Back	Miramax	Drama	$78,646	-49.01%	108	$728	$694,355	31
41	(46)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$75,753	-1.89%	30	$2,525	$18,253,429	255
42	(40)	Up	Buena Vista	Adventure	$74,126	-29.59%	132	$562	$292,913,068	150
43	(new)	Antichrist	IFC Films	Drama	$71,397		6	$11,900	$71,397	3
44	(57)	The Damned United	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$65,299	+73.32%	36	$1,814	$166,130	17
45	(44)	Sorority Row	Summit Entertainment	Horror	$61,583	-29.75%	90	$684	$11,915,856	45
46	(38)	The Proposal	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$60,647	-49.36%	102	$595	$163,900,057	129
47	(34)	Pandorum	Overture Films	Horror	$60,248	-58.73%	112	$538	$10,181,919	31
48	(47)	Paris	Equinox	Comedy	$55,136	-26.58%	28	$1,969	$686,447	38
49	(30)	9	Focus Features	Adventure	$51,328	-77.89%	134	$383	$31,339,937	47
50	(new)	Motherhood	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$50,081		48	$1,043	$50,081	3
51	(67)	Ponyo	Buena Vista	Adventure	$43,949	+173.76%	103	$427	$15,050,041	73
52	(56)	Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg	International Film Circuit		$41,902	+4.73%	20	$2,095	$988,660	108
53	(35)	Black Dynamite	Apparition		$39,959	-69.70%	27	$1,480	$228,477	10
54	(51)	Aliens in the Attic	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$38,063	-31.56%	82	$464	$25,107,232	87
55	(37)	Main Aurr Mrs. Khanna			$36,549	-69.83%	34	$1,075	$184,952	10
56	(53)	It Might Get Loud	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$34,873	-22.52%	47	$742	$1,486,136	73
57	(41)	The Final Destination	Warner Bros.	Horror	$30,386	-69.16%	73	$416	$66,144,179	59
58	(50)	Halloween 2	Weinstein/Dimension	Horror	$30,129	-46.33%	91	$331	$32,639,363	59
59	(39)	Jennifer's Body	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$28,541	-75.60%	87	$328	$16,098,446	38
60	(new)	Ong-Bak 2	Magnolia Pictures	Action	$26,564		10	$2,656	$26,564	3
61	(55)	(500) Days of Summer	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$25,623	-40.74%	39	$657	$32,252,887	101
62	(61)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$21,634	-9.28%	6	$3,606	$30,155,403	1,494
63	(63)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$19,510	+6.42%	5	$3,902	$79,973,544	2,747
64	(60)	Wake Up Sid	UTV Communications		$18,976	-24.67%	18	$1,054	$710,487	24
65	(new)	(Untitled)			$18,002		3	$6,001	$18,002	3
66	(59)	Passport to Love	Variance Films/Everest Films		$17,401	-45.47%	6	$2,900	$122,761	17
67	(49)	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$14,430	-74.45%	36	$401	$1,401,718	31
68	(58)	My One and Only	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$14,064	-56.84%	19	$740	$2,416,056	66
69	(64)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$13,984	-19.82%	8	$1,748	$22,440,503	752
70	(90)	Crude	First Run Features	Documentary	$11,833	+131.47%	3	$3,944	$113,645	45
71	(78)	The Yes Men Fix the World	Shadow	Documentary	$11,081	+36.85%	6	$1,847	$54,167	19
72	(74)	Bronson	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$11,025	-1.92%	4	$2,756	$46,189	17
73	(45)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$10,962	-87.15%	21	$522	$538,607	17
74	(77)	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$10,787	+25.94%	25	$431	$177,233,619	157
75	(81)	Trucker	Monterey Media	Drama	$10,138	+55.66%	12	$845	$30,889	17
76	(65)	Moon	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$10,107	-40.84%	12	$842	$4,961,197	136
77	(54)	Shorts	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$8,950	-79.46%	21	$426	$20,453,777	66
78	(75)	Departures	Regent Releasing	Drama	$8,674	-8.54%	8	$1,084	$1,453,706	150
79	(104)	Paper Heart	Overture Films	Comedy	$8,296	+338.94%	46	$180	$1,269,361	80
80	(73)	Horse Boy, The	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$6,315	-44.61%	4	$1,579	$72,865	45
81	(79)	Cold Souls	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$6,188	-18.14%	14	$442	$891,966	80
82	(68)	Whiteout	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$5,776	-58.81%	17	$340	$10,183,480	45
83	(82)	Adam	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$5,769	-9.16%	9	$641	$2,260,084	89
84	(84)	Food, Inc.	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$5,609	-9.85%	15	$374	$4,406,618	136
85	(new)	Killing Kasztner	GR Films		$5,513		1	$5,513	$5,513	3
86	(93)	Big Fan	First Independent Pictures	Comedy	$5,427	+26.98%	7	$775	$210,657	59
87	(62)	Amreeka	National Geographic Entertainment		$5,367	-73.24%	6	$895	$551,627	52
88	(70)	Seraphine	Music Box Films		$5,172	-56.82%	8	$647	$825,550	143
89	(76)	The Baader Meinhof Complex	Vitagraph Films		$4,908	-45.14%	8	$614	$446,235	66
90	(re-entry)	The Wedding Song	Strand		$4,530		1	$4,530	$6,387	17
91	(88)	Unmistaken Child	Oscilloscope Pictures		$4,455	-23.39%	4	$1,114	$302,703	145
92	(72)	The Burning Plain	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$4,259	-63.29%	6	$710	$186,768	38
93	(re-entry)	Art & Copy	7th Art Releasing	Documentary	$3,557		4	$889	$110,524	66
94	(119)	The Way We Get By	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$3,499	+698.86%	4	$875	$78,173	101
95	(87)	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$3,339	-43.98%	3	$1,113	$646,264	122
96	(92)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$3,011	-32.06%	7	$430	$845,663	87
97	(86)	Play the Game	Slowhand Cinema	Comedy	$2,920	-52.18%	8	$365	$600,111	241
98	(71)	Visual Acoustics	Arthouse Films		$2,822	-76.32%	1	$2,822	$26,233	17
99	(103)	Lorna's Silence	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,778	+27.90%	9	$309	$326,166	87
100	(re-entry)	No Impact Man	Oscilloscope Pictures	Documentary	$2,232		3	$744	$86,303	45
101	(101)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$1,941	-21.70%	2	$971	$42,600,284	1,333
102	(110)	The Beaches of Agnes	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$1,879	+114.99%	2	$940	$189,772	117
103	(re-entry)	Walt and El Grupo	Buena Vista	Documentary	$1,792		4	$448	$17,635	45
104	(new)	The Canyon	Truly Indie	Thriller/Suspense	$1,785		2	$893	$1,785	3
105	(102)	Adventures of Power	Variance Films	Comedy	$1,652	-26.12%	2	$826	$10,762	17
106	(97)	Humpday	Magnolia Pictures	Comedy	$1,507	-45.89%	5	$301	$406,943	108
107	(re-entry)	The Vanished Empire	Kino International	Drama	$1,245		1	$1,245	$9,288	108
108	(99)	The Girl from Monaco	Magnolia Pictures	Comedy	$1,144	-55.28%	2	$572	$599,595	115
109	(94)	Fuel	Blue Water Entertainment	Documentary	$1,134	-72.87%	2	$567	$172,658	346
110	(112)	Il Divo	Music Box Films	Drama	$1,085	+40.54%	2	$543	$236,721	516
111	(114)	Soul Power	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$1,084	+52.89%	2	$542	$204,172	108
112	(95)	World's Greatest Dad	Magnolia Pictures	Black Comedy	$1,010	-74.94%	2	$505	$213,516	66
113	(111)	Whatever Works	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$1,004	+17.84%	3	$335	$5,305,622	129
114	(98)	Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love	Shadow	Documentary	$1,000	-63.95%	1	$1,000	$155,017	136
115	(100)	A Woman in Berlin	Strand	Drama	$851	-66.67%	1	$851	$266,815	101
116	(113)	Earth Days	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$849	+15.67%	4	$212	$21,391	73
117	(126)	Under Our Skin	Shadow		$700	+2,313.79%	1	$700	$87,577	131
118	(re-entry)	Fallen Idol: The Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$412		1	$412	$7,645	24
119	(re-entry)	Jerichow	Cinema Guild	Drama	$379		1	$379	$60,105	164
120	(re-entry)	The Legend of God's Gun	Indican Pictures	Western	$204		1	$204	$243,079	465
121	(re-entry)	Mississippi Mermaid	MGM		$201		1	$201	$10,962	3,937
122	(121)	Beeswax	Cinema Guild	Comedy	$146	-61.78%	1	$146	$35,141	80
123	(105)	U2 3D	National Geographic Entertainment	Concert/Performance	$145	-90.37%	1	$145	$10,219,051	642
124	(89)	The Providence Effect			$132	-97.64%	2	$66	$62,500	31
125	(re-entry)	Monsieur Verdoux	The Film Desk	Black Comedy	$100		1	$100	$48,696	22,844