The Top Movies, Weekend of December 11, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(16)	The Princess and the Frog	Buena Vista	Adventure	$24,208,916	+3,137.74%	3,434	$7,050	$27,088,786	19
2	(1)	The Blind Side	Warner Bros.	Drama	$15,055,258	-24.89%	3,388	$4,444	$149,816,797	24
3	(new)	Invictus	Warner Bros.	Drama	$8,611,147		2,125	$4,052	$8,611,147	3
4	(2)	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$7,960,394	-48.40%	3,635	$2,190	$267,320,977	24
5	(4)	Disney's A Christmas Carol	Buena Vista	Drama	$6,833,190	-11.98%	2,402	$2,845	$124,426,097	38
6	(3)	Brothers	Lionsgate	Drama	$5,014,426	-47.37%	2,088	$2,402	$17,416,217	10
7	(5)	Old Dogs	Buena Vista	Comedy	$4,409,772	-36.02%	3,090	$1,427	$39,996,273	19
8	(6)	2012	Sony Pictures	Action	$4,351,565	-35.74%	2,838	$1,533	$155,288,405	31
9	(7)	Armored	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$3,504,374	-46.18%	1,919	$1,826	$11,750,895	10
10	(8)	Ninja Assassin	Warner Bros.	Action	$2,707,470	-46.51%	2,100	$1,289	$34,304,761	19
11	(13)	Up in the Air	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$2,394,344	+102.66%	72	$33,255	$3,982,627	10
12	(9)	Planet 51	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$2,267,038	-48.32%	2,570	$882	$37,142,406	24
13	(10)	Everybody's Fine	Miramax	Comedy	$2,194,210	-43.04%	2,141	$1,025	$7,327,877	10
14	(11)	The Fantastic Mr. Fox	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,396,148	-52.16%	1,268	$1,101	$16,258,464	31
15	(12)	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Lionsgate	Drama	$1,280,550	-43.89%	664	$1,929	$38,282,489	38
16	(14)	The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day	Apparition	Action	$793,393	-14.01%	524	$1,514	$8,475,017	45
17	(15)	The Road	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$505,878	-32.51%	135	$3,747	$4,012,327	19
18	(17)	An Education	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$314,439	-34.46%	223	$1,410	$6,752,785	66
19	(20)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$257,820	-17.63%	371	$695	$107,592,235	66
20	(new)	Larger than Life 3D: The Dave Matthews Band			$246,042		509	$483	$246,042	3
21	(new)	A Single Man	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$217,332		9	$24,148	$217,332	3
22	(18)	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Overture Films	Black Comedy	$202,035	-49.51%	324	$624	$31,655,240	38
23	(19)	Pirate Radio	Focus Features	Comedy	$174,293	-47.73%	242	$720	$7,683,890	31
24	(22)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$165,937	-34.45%	225	$737	$72,266,340	59
25	(new)	Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year	Yash Raj Films		$164,649		70	$2,352	$164,649	3
26	(42)	Me and Orson Welles	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$154,754	+290.92%	64	$2,418	$321,429	19
27	(23)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$146,347	-33.91%	152	$963	$8,717,516	73
28	(27)	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	First Look	Drama	$146,292	-2.61%	96	$1,524	$1,159,281	24
29	(25)	The Fourth Kind	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$142,115	-24.02%	217	$655	$25,145,900	38
30	(26)	Zombieland	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$119,670	-21.28%	236	$507	$75,590,286	73
31	(new)	The Lovely Bones	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$116,616		3	$38,872	$116,616	3
32	(31)	Broken Embraces	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$109,530	+23.66%	6	$18,255	$596,723	24
33	(51)	The Box	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$81,601	+268.32%	203	$402	$14,882,598	38
34	(38)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$76,700	+55.13%	16	$4,794	$181,043,378	1,860
35	(28)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$75,065	-39.96%	145	$518	$75,698,188	59
36	(30)	Red Cliff	Magnolia Pictures	Action	$66,202	-26.52%	42	$1,576	$374,183	24
37	(29)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$61,704	-49.45%	182	$339	$107,484,801	80
38	(34)	The Messenger	Oscilloscope Pictures	Drama	$45,204	-36.79%	50	$904	$541,782	31
39	(37)	Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$44,232	-23.72%	122	$363	$19,073,382	52
40	(39)	Amelia	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$43,830	-3.11%	118	$371	$14,133,329	52
41	(41)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$39,939	-7.84%	27	$1,479	$19,057,544	304
42	(33)	Coco Before Chanel	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$38,522	-52.56%	68	$567	$5,884,975	80
43	(44)	La Danse	Zipporah		$32,720	-4.95%	20	$1,636	$283,995	40
44	(36)	Inglourious Basterds	Weinstein Co.	Action	$23,791	-62.19%	61	$390	$120,523,073	115
45	(new)	The Slammin' Salmon	Anchor Bay Entertainment	Comedy	$23,791		11	$2,163	$26,167	3
46	(48)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$23,048	-12.46%	5	$4,610	$80,416,007	2,796
47	(43)	The Invention of Lying	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$21,557	-42.45%	68	$317	$18,439,082	73
48	(56)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$19,509	+6.99%	3	$6,503	$30,538,366	1,543
49	(47)	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$18,956	-32.78%	49	$387	$277,313,371	192
50	(50)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$18,931	-16.70%	8	$2,366	$22,625,212	801
51	(46)	The Maid	Elephant Eye Films	Drama	$18,255	-42.45%	19	$961	$444,063	59
52	(32)	De Dana Dan		Comedy	$17,640	-79.10%	69	$256	$944,979	17
53	(61)	New York, I Love You	Vivendi Entertainment	Drama	$17,459	+48.78%	27	$647	$1,569,205	59
54	(21)	Transylmania	Full Circle Releasing		$15,400	-94.17%	118	$131	$389,868	10
55	(53)	Paris	IFC Films	Comedy	$15,038	-27.41%	28	$537	$991,347	87
56	(40)	Whiteout	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$11,969	-72.43%	85	$141	$10,268,846	94
57	(54)	Shorts	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$11,105	-41.79%	46	$241	$20,916,309	115
58	(72)	The Damned United	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$10,630	+74.23%	30	$354	$424,235	66
59	(66)	Until the Light Takes Us	Variance Films		$10,362	+43.00%	3	$3,454	$32,826	24
60	(59)	Antichrist	IFC Films	Drama	$9,036	-29.64%	13	$695	$397,070	52
61	(68)	Collapse	Vitagraph Films	Documentary	$7,346	+9.45%	6	$1,224	$46,964	38
62	(55)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$6,855	-62.87%	14	$490	$4,139,970	66
63	(49)	Kurbaan	UTV Communications		$6,407	-74.89%	13	$493	$749,616	24
64	(67)	Skin	Elysian Films		$6,092	-12.08%	4	$1,523	$199,850	45
65	(60)	The Informant	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$5,771	-53.32%	18	$321	$33,313,582	87
66	(52)	Capitalism: A Love Story	Overture Films	Documentary	$5,727	-73.68%	35	$164	$14,359,793	82
67	(76)	The Little Traitor	Westchester Films	Drama	$5,433	+7.46%	5	$1,087	$70,830	59
68	(95)	Killing Kasztner	GR Films		$5,334	+236.11%	1	$5,334	$40,194	52
69	(57)	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$5,150	-71.46%	23	$224	$301,956,980	152
70	(74)	35 Shots of Rum	Cinema Guild	Drama	$5,079	-13.06%	5	$1,016	$120,302	87
71	(62)	Serious Moonlight	Magnolia Pictures		$4,981	-57.19%	8	$623	$20,923	10
72	(78)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$4,971	+4.65%	8	$621	$3,808,414	108
73	(94)	William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe	Arthouse Films	Documentary	$4,897	+201.35%	4	$1,224	$56,901	31
74	(63)	Mystery Team	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$4,746	-57.85%	2	$2,373	$49,018	108
75	(69)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$4,575	-30.18%	4	$1,144	$7,229,954	668
76	(83)	It Might Get Loud	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$4,518	+21.26%	4	$1,130	$1,607,276	122
77	(98)	Uncertainty	IFC Films	Drama	$4,274	+266.87%	4	$1,069	$33,558	31
78	(85)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$4,166	+39.10%	4	$1,042	$42,734,517	1,382
79	(77)	The Yes Men Fix the World	Shadow	Documentary	$4,145	-16.01%	10	$415	$156,208	68
80	(re-entry)	Four Seasons Lodge			$4,083		3	$1,361	$38,285	33
81	(88)	Amreeka	National Geographic Entertainment		$4,065	+63.25%	5	$813	$617,004	101
82	(81)	Horse Boy, The	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$3,083	-23.02%	2	$1,542	$132,622	94
83	(79)	House of the Devil, The	Magnolia Pictures	Horror	$3,003	-28.94%	5	$601	$91,798	45
84	(103)	The Headless Woman	Strand	Drama	$2,832	+183.20%	2	$1,416	$92,896	117
85	(101)	Revanche	Janus Films	Drama	$2,631	+149.15%	1	$2,631	$294,122	227
86	(84)	Ong-Bak 2	Magnolia Pictures	Action	$2,299	-24.20%	4	$575	$94,922	52
87	(89)	Crude	First Run Features	Documentary	$2,274	+7.18%	6	$379	$160,483	94
88	(109)	The Beaches of Agnes	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$1,893	+471.90%	4	$473	$218,596	166
89	(82)	Oh My God	Mitropoulos Films	Documentary	$1,662	-57.67%	2	$831	$35,042	31
90	(112)	Visual Acoustics	Arthouse Films		$1,511	+651.74%	1	$1,511	$60,493	66
91	(111)	Seraphine	Music Box Films		$1,498	+435.00%	2	$749	$852,623	192
92	(93)	Rashomon	Janus Films	Drama	$1,386	-17.89%	1	$1,386	$69,167	21,661
93	(86)	Bronson	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$1,262	-55.10%	3	$421	$102,207	66
94	(70)	The End of Poverty?	Cinema Libre	Documentary	$1,241	-80.34%	3	$414	$38,146	31
95	(80)	One Peace at a Time	Monterey Media		$1,124	-72.84%	2	$562	$9,508	10
96	(106)	The Way We Get By	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$950	+80.95%	1	$950	$106,042	150
97	(102)	The Sun	Lorber Films	Drama	$782	-25.24%	2	$391	$43,863	26
98	(92)	Small Change	The Film Desk		$684	-60.24%	1	$684	$14,541	12,325
99	(96)	Defamation	First Run Features		$657	-54.28%	1	$657	$11,410	24
100	(108)	Big Fan	First Independent Pictures	Comedy	$653	+93.77%	1	$653	$229,473	108
101	(re-entry)	Earth Days	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$642		2	$321	$26,484	122
102	(91)	That Evening Sun	Freestyle Releasing		$625	-67.31%	2	$313	$46,964	38
103	(97)	Home	Lorber Films	Drama	$462	-67.07%	1	$462	$7,798	17
104	(87)	Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$386	-85.69%	3	$129	$1,125,407	157
105	(107)	Trucker	Monterey Media	Drama	$369	-29.04%	2	$185	$50,970	66
106	(re-entry)	Bliss	First Run Features	Drama	$345		1	$345	$37,493	129
107	(110)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$211	-34.06%	3	$70	$861,771	136
108	(114)	Departures	Regent Releasing	Drama	$66	-29.79%	1	$66	$1,490,792	199
109	(117)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$56	+250.00%	1	$56	$548,498	66

Chart certified: 3/25/2010