The Top Movies, Weekend of December 4, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(2)	The Blind Side	Warner Bros.	Drama	$20,043,181	-50.03%	3,326	$6,026	$128,867,559	17
2	(1)	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$15,427,628	-64.01%	4,124	$3,741	$255,363,052	17
3	(new)	Brothers	Lionsgate	Drama	$9,527,848		2,088	$4,563	$9,527,848	3
4	(5)	Disney's A Christmas Carol	Buena Vista	Drama	$7,763,244	-50.74%	2,546	$3,049	$115,249,331	31
5	(4)	Old Dogs	Buena Vista	Comedy	$6,892,265	-59.20%	3,425	$2,012	$33,924,385	12
6	(3)	2012	Sony Pictures	Action	$6,771,665	-61.64%	3,220	$2,103	$148,958,486	24
7	(new)	Armored	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$6,511,128		1,915	$3,400	$6,511,128	3
8	(6)	Ninja Assassin	Warner Bros.	Action	$5,061,499	-61.99%	2,503	$2,022	$29,821,996	12
9	(7)	Planet 51	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$4,386,873	-57.07%	2,904	$1,511	$34,052,876	17
10	(new)	Everybody's Fine	Miramax	Comedy	$3,852,068		2,133	$1,806	$3,852,068	3
11	(9)	The Fantastic Mr. Fox	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$2,918,331	-58.10%	2,034	$1,435	$14,084,495	24
12	(8)	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Lionsgate	Drama	$2,282,077	-67.77%	664	$3,437	$36,252,012	31
13	(new)	Up in the Air	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,181,450		15	$78,763	$1,181,450	3
14	(12)	The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day	Apparition	Action	$922,623	-29.09%	432	$2,136	$7,218,197	38
15	(10)	The Road	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$749,535	-50.11%	128	$5,856	$3,194,349	12
16	(18)	The Princess and the Frog	Buena Vista	Adventure	$747,710	-4.89%	2	$373,855	$2,410,810	12
17	(15)	An Education	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$479,774	-47.36%	236	$2,033	$6,264,756	59
18	(11)	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Overture Films	Black Comedy	$400,153	-73.36%	509	$786	$31,289,229	31
19	(13)	Pirate Radio	Focus Features	Comedy	$333,475	-66.29%	285	$1,170	$7,383,803	24
20	(14)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$313,005	-67.43%	432	$725	$107,233,200	59
21	(new)	Transylmania	Full Circle Releasing		$263,941		1,007	$262	$263,941	3
22	(17)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$253,146	-67.81%	316	$801	$71,991,438	52
23	(22)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$221,428	-53.70%	160	$1,384	$8,488,738	66
24	(new)	Paa	Big Pictures		$199,228		67	$2,974	$199,228	3
25	(19)	The Fourth Kind	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$187,050	-69.75%	243	$770	$24,941,980	31
26	(25)	Zombieland	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$152,014	-39.31%	257	$591	$75,408,241	66
27	(24)	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	First Look	Drama	$150,205	-48.47%	71	$2,116	$940,824	17
28	(23)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$125,018	-68.62%	235	$532	$75,575,341	52
29	(21)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$122,055	-74.90%	308	$396	$107,377,206	73
30	(36)	Red Cliff	Magnolia Pictures	Action	$90,095	-8.90%	41	$2,197	$267,571	17
31	(33)	Broken Embraces	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$88,570	-24.93%	2	$44,285	$452,878	17
32	(20)	De Dana Dan		Comedy	$84,420	-85.38%	69	$1,223	$913,899	10
33	(26)	Coco Before Chanel	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$81,193	-58.91%	103	$788	$5,795,589	73
34	(29)	The Messenger	Oscilloscope Pictures	Drama	$71,515	-48.99%	50	$1,430	$464,878	24
35	(28)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$69,719	-58.86%	119	$586	$122,650,135	80
36	(42)	Inglourious Basterds	Weinstein Co.	Action	$62,924	+11.46%	194	$324	$120,464,449	108
37	(27)	Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$57,989	-66.46%	158	$367	$19,014,667	45
38	(43)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$49,442	-6.14%	16	$3,090	$180,947,444	1,853
39	(32)	Amelia	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$45,239	-61.72%	127	$356	$14,070,460	45
40	(re-entry)	Whiteout	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$43,413		148	$293	$10,235,867	87
41	(39)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$43,337	-47.69%	30	$1,445	$18,979,679	297
42	(41)	Me and Orson Welles	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$39,587	-37.79%	5	$7,917	$149,051	12
43	(40)	The Invention of Lying	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$37,456	-44.94%	103	$364	$18,401,364	66
44	(45)	La Danse	Zipporah		$34,425	-29.09%	16	$2,152	$230,287	33
45	(38)	The Private Lives of Pippa Lee	Screen Media Films	Drama	$32,071	-64.35%	13	$2,467	$146,846	10
46	(53)	The Maid	Elephant Eye Films	Drama	$31,718	+2.19%	18	$1,762	$412,179	52
47	(44)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$28,200	-44.02%	74	$381	$277,283,642	185
48	(48)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$26,329	-29.34%	5	$5,266	$80,373,361	2,789
49	(31)	Kurbaan	UTV Communications		$25,514	-80.51%	24	$1,063	$736,413	17
50	(59)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$22,727	+3.96%	8	$2,841	$22,597,490	794
51	(37)	The Box	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$22,155	-76.77%	75	$295	$14,789,615	31
52	(57)	Capitalism: A Love Story	Overture Films	Documentary	$21,757	-12.56%	108	$201	$14,342,792	75
53	(52)	Paris	IFC Films	Comedy	$20,715	-39.09%	30	$691	$966,015	80
54	(46)	Shorts	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$19,078	-58.69%	68	$281	$20,900,194	108
55	(56)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$18,463	-34.22%	17	$1,086	$4,132,640	59
56	(54)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$18,234	-39.21%	4	$4,559	$30,483,959	1,536
57	(51)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$18,047	-48.18%	36	$501	$301,948,049	145
58	(60)	Bright Star	Apparition	Drama	$13,128	-31.34%	17	$772	$4,440,055	80
59	(61)	Antichrist	IFC Films	Drama	$12,842	-14.56%	15	$856	$379,502	45
60	(49)	The Informant	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$12,363	-65.34%	40	$309	$33,303,503	80
61	(50)	New York, I Love You	Vivendi Entertainment	Drama	$11,735	-66.43%	14	$838	$1,546,211	52
62	(new)	Serious Moonlight	Magnolia Pictures		$11,636		8	$1,455	$11,636	3
63	(re-entry)	Mystery Team	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$11,259		1	$11,259	$3,990	101
64	(47)	Fame	MGM	Musical	$10,597	-76.68%	62	$171	$22,452,209	73
65	(70)	Whip It	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$9,399	-1.90%	30	$313	$13,034,417	66
66	(re-entry)	Until the Light Takes Us	Variance Films		$7,246		1	$7,246	$17,356	17
67	(67)	Skin	Elysian Films		$6,929	-36.20%	5	$1,386	$191,351	38
68	(98)	Collapse	Vitagraph Films	Documentary	$6,712	+423.97%	3	$2,237	$37,679	31
69	(64)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$6,553	-47.58%	4	$1,638	$7,223,412	661
70	(75)	The End of Poverty?	Cinema Libre	Documentary	$6,313	-14.85%	5	$1,263	$33,919	24
71	(65)	(Untitled)			$6,181	-49.49%	5	$1,236	$230,600	45
72	(68)	The Damned United	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$6,101	-42.47%	20	$305	$410,516	59
73	(58)	All About Steve	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$6,072	-72.99%	24	$253	$33,860,010	94
74	(81)	35 Shots of Rum	Cinema Guild	Drama	$5,842	+36.50%	3	$1,947	$111,140	80
75	(new)	The Strip			$5,107		8	$638	$5,107	3
76	(79)	The Little Traitor	Westchester Films	Drama	$5,056	+4.33%	5	$1,011	$59,781	52
77	(73)	The Yes Men Fix the World	Shadow	Documentary	$4,935	-36.39%	8	$617	$149,764	61
78	(62)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$4,750	-65.85%	9	$528	$3,801,063	101
79	(77)	House of the Devil, The	Magnolia Pictures	Horror	$4,226	-15.55%	7	$604	$86,183	38
80	(new)	One Peace at a Time	Monterey Media		$4,138		1	$4,138	$4,138	3
81	(99)	Horse Boy, The	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$4,005	+216.10%	2	$2,003	$128,371	87
82	(71)	Oh My God	Mitropoulos Films	Documentary	$3,926	-57.73%	3	$1,309	$30,902	24
83	(84)	It Might Get Loud	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$3,726	+7.28%	6	$621	$1,600,958	115
84	(93)	Ong-Bak 2	Magnolia Pictures	Action	$3,033	+31.24%	5	$607	$90,409	45
85	(74)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$2,995	-60.24%	3	$998	$42,721,501	1,375
86	(89)	Bronson	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$2,811	+14.97%	4	$703	$99,420	59
87	(76)	Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$2,697	-48.55%	4	$674	$1,124,434	150
88	(85)	Amreeka	National Geographic Entertainment		$2,490	-24.52%	4	$623	$610,730	94
89	(105)	Crude	First Run Features	Documentary	$2,122	+318.47%	3	$707	$156,915	87
90	(95)	The Baader Meinhof Complex	Vitagraph Films		$2,046	+3.91%	2	$1,023	$476,270	108
91	(69)	That Evening Sun	Freestyle Releasing		$1,912	-81.52%	4	$478	$45,387	31
92	(80)	Small Change	The Film Desk		$1,721	-62.79%	1	$1,721	$12,336	12,318
93	(re-entry)	Rashomon	Janus Films	Drama	$1,688		1	$1,688	$66,562	21,654
94	(78)	William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe	Arthouse Films	Documentary	$1,625	-67.05%	3	$542	$49,702	24
95	(88)	Killing Kasztner	GR Films		$1,587	-37.74%	2	$794	$33,629	45
96	(101)	Defamation	First Run Features		$1,437	+26.39%	1	$1,437	$9,995	17
97	(82)	Home	Lorber Films	Drama	$1,403	-64.23%	1	$1,403	$6,606	10
98	(90)	Uncertainty	IFC Films	Drama	$1,165	-52.08%	1	$1,165	$28,916	24
99	(92)	Gentlemen Broncos	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$1,159	-50.79%	3	$386	$113,155	38
100	(re-entry)	We Live in Public	Abramorama Films	Documentary	$1,159		1	$1,159	$41,711	101
101	(re-entry)	Revanche	Janus Films	Drama	$1,056		1	$1,056	$290,914	220
102	(63)	The Sun	Lorber Films	Drama	$1,046	-92.39%	1	$1,046	$42,594	19
103	(re-entry)	The Headless Woman	Strand	Drama	$1,000		2	$500	$89,249	110
104	(re-entry)	Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love	Shadow	Documentary	$711		2	$356	$164,234	178
105	(94)	White On Rice	Variance Films	Romantic Comedy	$572	-72.85%	1	$572	$67,186	87
106	(91)	The Way We Get By	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$525	-77.81%	1	$525	$105,092	143
107	(102)	Trucker	Monterey Media	Drama	$520	-53.11%	2	$260	$49,128	59
108	(111)	Big Fan	First Independent Pictures	Comedy	$337	+45.26%	2	$169	$226,345	101
109	(103)	The Beaches of Agnes	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$331	-58.83%	2	$166	$216,638	159
110	(100)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$320	-74.36%	4	$80	$861,030	129
111	(108)	Seraphine	Music Box Films		$280	-29.29%	2	$140	$850,986	185
112	(107)	Visual Acoustics	Arthouse Films		$201	-50.12%	1	$201	$57,650	59
113	(re-entry)	Humble Pie	Monterey Media		$149		1	$149	$3,223	31
114	(86)	Departures	Regent Releasing	Drama	$94	-97.11%	1	$94	$1,490,694	192
115	(116)	Endgame	Monterey Media	Drama	$53	+120.83%	1	$53	$6,308	31
116	(110)	Cloud Nine			$48	-80.41%	1	$48	$84,380	115
117	(115)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$16	-48.39%	1	$16	$548,442	59

Chart certified: 3/24/2010