The Top Movies, Weekend of October 30, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Michael Jackson's This Is It	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$23,234,394		3,481	$6,675	$34,442,926	5
2	(1)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$16,387,327	-22.35%	2,404	$6,817	$84,627,372	38
3	(4)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$7,403,630	-40.31%	2,764	$2,679	$51,485,280	17
4	(5)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$6,460,525	-39.17%	3,026	$2,135	$87,026,280	24
5	(3)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$5,931,417	-57.69%	3,645	$1,627	$62,650,379	17
6	(2)	Saw VI	Lionsgate	Horror	$5,270,794	-62.67%	3,036	$1,736	$22,534,749	10
7	(6)	Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$3,460,651	-48.37%	3,020	$1,146	$11,316,418	10
8	(8)	The Stepfather	Sony/Screen Gems	Thriller/Suspense	$3,207,792	-48.52%	2,346	$1,367	$24,555,801	17
9	(7)	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	Universal	Action	$3,098,185	-50.77%	2,754	$1,125	$10,809,975	10
10	(11)	Amelia	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$3,034,667	-22.27%	1,070	$2,836	$8,340,499	10
11	(9)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,747,476	-47.67%	2,322	$1,183	$118,604,078	45
12	(10)	Zombieland	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,620,655	-37.69%	2,056	$1,275	$71,181,556	31
13	(12)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$1,036,396	-5.20%	238	$4,355	$4,595,629	31
14	(new)	The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day	Apparition	Action	$546,687		68	$8,040	$546,687	3
15	(19)	An Education	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$467,376	+27.22%	48	$9,737	$1,537,993	24
16	(60)	Halloween 2	Weinstein/Dimension	Horror	$445,344	+1,378.12%	1,083	$411	$33,096,757	66
17	(14)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$422,938	-55.29%	416	$1,017	$3,453,510	24
18	(15)	The Invention of Lying	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$393,270	-53.14%	452	$870	$17,589,249	31
19	(16)	Capitalism: A Love Story	Overture Films	Documentary	$373,992	-48.52%	492	$760	$13,664,911	40
20	(20)	Coco Before Chanel	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$321,811	-8.85%	77	$4,179	$3,393,319	38
21	(13)	Toy Story 3D Double Feature	Buena Vista	Adventure	$262,347	-74.02%	343	$765	$30,593,152	31
22	(17)	Surrogates	Buena Vista	Action	$251,979	-57.32%	357	$706	$38,008,686	38
23	(new)	London Dreams	Studio 18	Drama	$207,964		82	$2,536	$207,964	3
24	(18)	Whip It	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$196,089	-57.92%	260	$754	$12,610,792	31
25	(21)	The Informant	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$192,122	-44.82%	220	$873	$32,737,219	45
26	(23)	New York, I Love You	Vivendi Entertainment	Drama	$177,335	-22.94%	86	$2,062	$1,010,614	17
27	(35)	Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D	Buena Vista	Musical	$140,037	-2.27%	103	$1,360	$24,652,841	1,109
28	(25)	Bright Star	Apparition	Drama	$132,684	-37.45%	142	$934	$4,121,818	45
29	(28)	G-Force	Buena Vista	Adventure	$120,467	-37.72%	238	$506	$118,718,595	101
30	(27)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$117,334	-41.72%	215	$546	$276,771,408	150
31	(32)	Inglourious Basterds	Weinstein Co.	Action	$114,162	-35.34%	148	$771	$119,596,251	73
32	(26)	The Time Traveler's Wife	Warner Bros.	Drama	$109,390	-46.37%	219	$499	$63,044,090	80
33	(34)	Julie & Julia	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$106,529	-26.29%	139	$766	$93,486,212	87
34	(29)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$102,465	-43.64%	201	$510	$301,577,469	110
35	(59)	The Final Destination	Warner Bros.	Horror	$102,089	+235.97%	234	$436	$66,254,282	66
36	(22)	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Paramount Pictures	Action	$91,344	-61.19%	205	$446	$150,167,630	87
37	(30)	Love Happens	Universal	Drama	$87,885	-51.13%	189	$465	$22,927,390	45
38	(33)	District 9	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$82,319	-44.40%	176	$468	$115,646,235	80
39	(38)	All About Steve	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$75,569	-29.50%	154	$491	$33,468,836	59
40	(45)	The Damned United	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$62,572	-4.18%	45	$1,390	$254,648	24
41	(37)	5150, Rue des Ormes	Alliance Atlantis		$62,557	-41.83%	47	$1,331	$905,442	24
42	(36)	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$59,748	-49.71%	108	$553	$196,363,405	124
43	(40)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$57,067	-36.32%	46	$1,241	$3,590,964	66
44	(24)	Fame	MGM	Musical	$56,295	-73.49%	172	$327	$22,303,092	38
45	(39)	More Than a Game	Lionsgate	Documentary	$55,679	-43.98%	111	$502	$829,412	31
46	(41)	The Boys are Back	Miramax	Drama	$55,258	-29.74%	86	$643	$783,013	38
47	(42)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$54,795	-29.26%	29	$1,889	$18,361,326	262
48	(53)	The Maid	Elephant Eye Films	Drama	$54,274	+28.29%	13	$4,175	$139,657	17
49	(48)	Pandorum	Overture Films	Horror	$53,406	-11.36%	147	$363	$10,261,085	38
50	(49)	Paris	IFC Films	Comedy	$50,410	-8.57%	33	$1,528	$758,146	45
51	(44)	Antichrist	IFC Films	Drama	$49,292	-30.96%	14	$3,521	$156,318	10
52	(43)	Up	Buena Vista	Adventure	$46,268	-37.58%	100	$463	$292,979,556	157
53	(54)	Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$34,040	-18.76%	24	$1,418	$1,029,982	115
54	(61)	Jennifer's Body	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$33,989	+19.09%	106	$321	$16,140,555	45
55	(50)	9	Focus Features	Adventure	$32,953	-35.80%	91	$362	$31,389,319	54
56	(63)	(500) Days of Summer	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$27,284	+6.48%	43	$635	$32,297,623	108
57	(47)	The Proposal	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$26,918	-55.62%	58	$464	$163,947,053	136
58	(new)	House of the Devil, The	Magnolia Pictures	Horror	$25,195		3	$8,398	$25,195	3
59	(46)	Sorority Row	Summit Entertainment	Horror	$24,805	-59.72%	51	$486	$11,956,207	52
60	(new)	Skin	Elysian Films		$24,000		4	$6,000	$24,000	3
61	(56)	Aliens in the Attic	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$22,655	-40.48%	61	$371	$25,137,060	94
62	(65)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$22,379	+14.71%	8	$2,797	$80,016,039	2,754
63	(58)	It Might Get Loud	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$20,903	-40.06%	25	$836	$1,523,776	80
64	(101)	Play the Game	Slowhand Cinema	Comedy	$19,993	+584.69%	33	$606	$621,040	248
65	(52)	Ponyo	Buena Vista	Adventure	$19,418	-55.82%	65	$299	$15,081,783	80
66	(64)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$18,349	-15.18%	5	$3,670	$30,202,373	1,501
67	(68)	Passport to Love	Variance Films/Everest Films		$18,054	+3.75%	9	$2,006	$145,001	24
68	(79)	Moon	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$17,381	+71.97%	27	$644	$4,984,569	143
69	(re-entry)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$16,455		5	$3,291	$7,143,497	626
70	(62)	Ong-Bak 2	Magnolia Pictures	Action	$16,089	-39.43%	12	$1,341	$54,119	10
71	(90)	Amreeka	National Geographic Entertainment		$15,169	+182.63%	11	$1,379	$568,961	59
72	(70)	My One and Only	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$14,802	+5.25%	16	$925	$2,438,346	73
73	(73)	The Yes Men Fix the World	Shadow	Documentary	$14,516	+31.00%	8	$1,815	$80,970	26
74	(67)	(Untitled)			$13,901	-22.78%	4	$3,475	$39,292	10
75	(74)	Bronson	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$12,289	+11.46%	8	$1,536	$66,255	24
76	(71)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$12,235	-12.51%	8	$1,529	$22,462,665	759
77	(new)	Gentlemen Broncos	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$11,502		2	$5,751	$11,502	3
78	(re-entry)	The Little Traitor	Westchester Films	Drama	$9,579		3	$3,193	$20,935	17
79	(new)	Storm	Film Movement	Drama	$8,307		2	$4,154	$8,307	3
80	(69)	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$8,211	-43.10%	19	$432	$1,417,669	38
81	(81)	Departures	Regent Releasing	Drama	$7,959	-8.24%	8	$995	$1,465,987	157
82	(108)	The Beaches of Agnes	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$7,667	+308.04%	6	$1,278	$197,888	124
83	(107)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$7,532	+288.05%	4	$1,883	$42,624,911	1,340
84	(109)	35 Shots of Rum	Cinema Guild	Drama	$7,284	+298.03%	3	$2,428	$79,795	45
85	(78)	Trucker	Monterey Media	Drama	$6,776	-33.16%	8	$847	$41,548	24
86	(122)	A Woman in Berlin	Strand	Drama	$5,860	+588.60%	3	$1,953	$273,100	108
87	(83)	Horse Boy, The	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$5,505	-12.83%	2	$2,753	$81,837	52
88	(76)	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$5,353	-50.38%	10	$535	$177,243,721	164
89	(re-entry)	White On Rice	Variance Films	Romantic Comedy	$5,293		1	$5,293	$51,228	52
90	(51)	Motherhood	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$4,986	-90.04%	10	$499	$74,250	10
91	(91)	Seraphine	Music Box Films		$4,963	-4.04%	8	$620	$833,006	150
92	(88)	Killing Kasztner	GR Films		$4,458	-19.14%	1	$4,458	$12,826	10
93	(75)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$4,389	-59.96%	9	$488	$545,315	24
94	(97)	The Way We Get By	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$3,864	+10.43%	5	$773	$83,490	108
95	(72)	Crude	First Run Features	Documentary	$3,816	-67.75%	2	$1,908	$125,105	52
96	(89)	Big Fan	First Independent Pictures	Comedy	$3,677	-32.25%	9	$409	$217,707	66
97	(66)	Wake Up Sid	UTV Communications		$3,638	-80.83%	5	$728	$717,977	31
98	(86)	Adam	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$3,627	-37.13%	6	$605	$2,269,153	96
99	(57)	Main Aurr Mrs. Khanna			$3,426	-90.63%	9	$381	$196,203	17
100	(92)	The Baader Meinhof Complex	Vitagraph Films		$3,376	-31.21%	5	$675	$452,149	73
101	(84)	Cold Souls	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$3,106	-49.81%	4	$777	$899,653	87
102	(80)	Shorts	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$2,937	-67.18%	17	$173	$20,458,304	73
103	(104)	No Impact Man	Oscilloscope Pictures	Documentary	$2,841	+27.28%	4	$710	$91,169	52
104	(103)	Lorna's Silence	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,722	-2.02%	10	$272	$330,087	94
105	(new)	New Year Parade		Drama	$2,698		1	$2,698	$2,698	3
106	(93)	The Wedding Song	Strand		$2,654	-41.41%	1	$2,654	$10,913	24
107	(98)	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$2,370	-29.02%	5	$474	$649,935	129
108	(85)	Whiteout	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$2,229	-61.41%	8	$279	$10,188,708	52
109	(102)	Visual Acoustics	Arthouse Films		$2,148	-23.88%	3	$716	$29,437	24
110	(100)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$1,626	-46.00%	7	$232	$850,886	94
111	(115)	The Girl from Monaco	Magnolia Pictures	Comedy	$1,617	+41.35%	2	$809	$601,923	122
112	(131)	Beeswax	Cinema Guild	Comedy	$1,537	+952.74%	3	$512	$36,821	87
113	(re-entry)	Somers Town	Film Movement	Comedy	$1,509		2	$755	$54,526	108
114	(110)	Walt and El Grupo	Buena Vista	Documentary	$1,329	-25.84%	2	$665	$19,900	52
115	(re-entry)	Cloud Nine			$1,157		1	$1,157	$81,247	80
116	(105)	Big Gay Musical	Self Distributed	Musical	$1,049	-51.39%	1	$1,049	$22,346	52
117	(99)	Into Temptation			$1,027	-67.90%	1	$1,027	$97,457	66
118	(95)	The Burning Plain	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$1,001	-76.50%	4	$250	$190,721	45
119	(119)	World's Greatest Dad	Magnolia Pictures	Black Comedy	$849	-15.94%	3	$283	$214,918	73
120	(re-entry)	Tony Manero	Lorber Films	Drama	$786		2	$393	$33,239	122
121	(123)	Earth Days	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$662	-22.03%	3	$221	$22,362	80
122	(120)	Whatever Works	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$626	-37.65%	3	$209	$5,306,447	136
123	(126)	Fallen Idol: The Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$594	+44.17%	1	$594	$8,239	31
124	(118)	Soul Power	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$476	-56.09%	2	$238	$205,556	115
125	(87)	Food, Inc.	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$444	-92.08%	2	$222	$4,410,116	143
126	(re-entry)	24 City	Cinema Guild		$442		1	$442	$30,799	150
127	(112)	Adventures of Power	Variance Films	Comedy	$438	-73.49%	1	$438	$11,774	24
128	(117)	Il Divo	Music Box Films	Drama	$329	-69.68%	1	$329	$237,577	523
129	(re-entry)	The Song of Sparrows	Regent Releasing	Drama	$322		1	$322	$115,927	213
130	(re-entry)	Taxidermia	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$304		1	$304	$9,961	80
131	(116)	Fuel	Blue Water Entertainment	Documentary	$240	-78.84%	1	$240	$174,255	353
132	(re-entry)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$215		1	$215	$17,654,018	3,657
133	(re-entry)	Shall We Kiss?	Music Box Films	Romantic Comedy	$172		1	$172	$533,236	220
134	(124)	Under Our Skin	Shadow		$80	-88.57%	1	$80	$87,657	138

Chart certified: 3/3/2010