The Top Movies, Weekend of December 18, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Avatar	20th Century Fox	Action	$77,025,481		3,452	$22,313	$77,025,481	3
2	(1)	The Princess and the Frog	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$12,185,949	-49.66%	3,475	$3,507	$44,717,721	26
3	(2)	The Blind Side	Warner Bros.	Drama	$10,021,280	-33.44%	3,407	$2,941	$164,725,525	31
4	(new)	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$6,616,571		2,718	$2,434	$6,616,571	3
5	(4)	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$4,407,598	-44.63%	3,035	$1,452	$274,598,319	31
6	(3)	Invictus	Warner Bros.	Drama	$4,203,171	-51.19%	2,125	$1,978	$15,877,956	10
7	(5)	Disney's A Christmas Carol	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$3,443,464	-49.61%	2,070	$1,664	$130,813,354	45
8	(11)	Up in the Air	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$3,210,132	+34.07%	175	$18,344	$8,216,051	17
9	(6)	Brothers	Lionsgate	Drama	$2,889,121	-42.38%	2,009	$1,438	$22,349,862	17
10	(7)	Old Dogs	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$2,340,575	-46.92%	2,630	$890	$43,625,471	26
11	(8)	2012	Sony Pictures	Action	$2,204,588	-49.34%	2,242	$983	$159,028,696	38
12	(9)	Armored	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,284,591	-63.34%	1,538	$835	$14,254,614	17
13	(15)	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Lionsgate	Drama	$1,203,741	-6.00%	1,003	$1,200	$40,084,412	45
14	(10)	Ninja Assassin	Warner Bros.	Action	$932,447	-65.56%	1,155	$807	$36,419,535	26
15	(12)	Planet 51	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$810,137	-64.26%	1,349	$601	$38,496,770	31
16	(17)	The Road	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$660,274	+30.52%	396	$1,667	$4,926,949	26
17	(13)	Everybody's Fine	Miramax	Comedy	$601,659	-72.58%	1,003	$600	$8,855,646	17
18	(14)	The Fantastic Mr. Fox	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$598,941	-57.10%	540	$1,109	$17,385,916	38
19	(16)	The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day	Apparition	Action	$406,783	-48.73%	404	$1,007	$9,365,018	52
20	(new)	Nine	Weinstein Co.	Musical	$257,232		4	$64,308	$257,232	3
21	(18)	An Education	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$220,925	-29.74%	200	$1,105	$7,120,034	73
22	(32)	Broken Embraces	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$198,254	+81.00%	30	$6,608	$840,949	31
23	(19)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$170,610	-33.83%	294	$580	$107,863,225	73
24	(new)	The Young Victoria	Apparition	Drama	$160,069		20	$8,003	$160,069	3
25	(26)	Me and Orson Welles	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$156,420	+1.08%	134	$1,167	$549,973	26
26	(21)	A Single Man	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$142,848	-34.27%	9	$15,872	$545,063	10
27	(27)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$98,311	-32.82%	117	$840	$8,894,894	80
28	(37)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$88,715	+43.78%	237	$374	$107,603,100	87
29	(24)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$87,049	-47.54%	151	$576	$72,443,511	66
30	(22)	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Overture Films	Black Comedy	$86,086	-57.39%	207	$416	$31,847,604	45
31	(new)	Crazy Heart	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$82,664		4	$20,666	$107,996	5
32	(39)	Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$80,148	+81.20%	252	$318	$19,168,663	59
33	(34)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$75,143	-2.03%	17	$4,420	$181,171,918	1,867
34	(29)	The Fourth Kind	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$66,495	-53.21%	133	$500	$25,269,950	45
35	(28)	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	First Look	Drama	$64,934	-55.61%	76	$854	$1,302,159	31
36	(23)	Pirate Radio	Focus Features	Comedy	$59,210	-66.03%	242	$245	$7,830,004	38
37	(35)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$56,636	-24.55%	123	$460	$75,789,686	66
38	(31)	The Lovely Bones	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$45,097	-61.33%	3	$15,032	$200,687	10
39	(33)	The Box	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$40,680	-50.15%	131	$311	$14,961,931	45
40	(36)	Red Cliff	Magnolia Pictures	Action	$36,555	-44.78%	40	$914	$444,758	31
41	(41)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$31,395	-21.39%	26	$1,208	$19,133,653	311
42	(42)	Coco Before Chanel	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$28,206	-26.78%	53	$532	$5,938,293	87
43	(38)	The Messenger	Oscilloscope Pictures	Drama	$26,444	-41.50%	43	$615	$592,390	38
44	(43)	La Danse	Zipporah		$25,055	-23.43%	25	$1,002	$339,790	47
45	(40)	Amelia	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$18,777	-57.16%	65	$289	$14,172,106	59
46	(46)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$17,960	-22.08%	6	$2,993	$80,452,658	2,803
47	(50)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$16,894	-10.76%	8	$2,112	$22,651,881	808
48	(51)	The Maid	Elephant Eye Films	Drama	$16,374	-10.30%	19	$862	$466,734	66
49	(re-entry)	The Private Lives of Pippa Lee	Screen Media Films	Drama	$15,247	-55.97%	17	$897	$226,471	24
50	(48)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$12,936	-33.69%	4	$3,234	$30,577,465	1,550
51	(53)	New York, I Love You	Vivendi Entertainment	Drama	$5,996	-65.66%	11	$545	$1,585,859	66
52	(58)	The Damned United	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$5,106	-51.97%	20	$255	$435,202	73
53	(55)	Paris	IFC Films	Comedy	$5,031	-66.54%	12	$419	$1,005,168	94
54	(67)	The Little Traitor	Westchester Films	Drama	$5,021	-7.58%	2	$2,511	$85,483	66
55	(61)	Collapse	Vitagraph Films	Documentary	$3,506	-52.27%	4	$877	$56,436	45
56	(70)	35 Shots of Rum	Cinema Guild	Drama	$3,177	-37.45%	2	$1,589	$125,325	94
57	(104)	Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$2,999	+676.94%	3	$1,000	$1,128,608	164
58	(new)	A Town Called Panic	Zeitgeist	Comedy	$2,850		1	$2,850	$4,043	5
59	(78)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$2,755	-33.87%	2	$1,378	$42,744,014	1,389
60	(59)	Until the Light Takes Us	Variance Films		$2,681	-74.13%	2	$1,341	$40,928	31
61	(83)	House of the Devil, The	Magnolia Pictures	Horror	$2,611	-13.05%	6	$435	$97,113	52
62	(75)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$2,565	-43.93%	4	$641	$7,233,891	675
63	(68)	Killing Kasztner	GR Films		$2,308	-56.73%	1	$2,308	$45,861	59
64	(64)	Skin	Elysian Films		$2,028	-66.71%	2	$1,014	$203,305	52
65	(re-entry)	Cloud Nine			$2,014		2	$1,007	$86,452	129
66	(62)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$1,877	-72.62%	6	$313	$4,144,599	73
67	(86)	Ong-Bak 2	Magnolia Pictures	Action	$1,877	-18.36%	3	$626	$99,836	59
68	(re-entry)	The Wonder of it All	Indican Pictures		$1,843		2	$922	$779,632	157
69	(new)	Ricky	IFC Films		$1,626		1	$1,626	$1,626	5
70	(63)	Kurbaan	UTV Communications		$1,496	-76.65%	3	$499	$754,268	31
71	(45)	The Slammin' Salmon	Anchor Bay Entertainment	Comedy	$1,475	-93.80%	3	$492	$37,798	10
72	(82)	The Horse Boy	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$1,357	-55.98%	1	$1,357	$136,691	101
73	(81)	Amreeka	National Geographic Entertainment		$1,336	-67.13%	2	$668	$619,172	108
74	(80)	Four Seasons Lodge			$1,254	-69.29%	2	$627	$41,653	40
75	(88)	The Beaches of Agnes	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$1,200	-36.61%	2	$600	$221,482	173
76	(72)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$1,174	-76.38%	4	$294	$3,811,853	115
77	(90)	Visual Acoustics	Arthouse Films		$1,149	-23.96%	2	$575	$61,642	73
78	(re-entry)	Fallen Idol: The Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$1,125		1	$1,125	$11,708	80
79	(89)	Oh My God	Mitropoulos Films	Documentary	$1,106	-33.45%	1	$1,106	$37,250	38
80	(93)	Bronson	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$1,036	-17.91%	4	$259	$103,828	73
81	(97)	The Sun	Lorber Films	Drama	$1,011	+29.28%	2	$506	$45,565	33
82	(79)	The Yes Men Fix the World	Shadow	Documentary	$916	-77.90%	3	$305	$159,033	75
83	(91)	Seraphine	Music Box Films		$889	-40.65%	2	$445	$854,124	199
84	(73)	William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe	Arthouse Films	Documentary	$868	-82.27%	3	$289	$57,769	38
85	(re-entry)	The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry	Five & Two Pictures	Drama	$790		2	$395	$1,167,623	94
86	(77)	Uncertainty	IFC Films	Drama	$770	-81.98%	4	$193	$36,230	38
87	(71)	Serious Moonlight	Magnolia Pictures		$769	-84.56%	2	$385	$24,161	17
88	(re-entry)	Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love	Shadow	Documentary	$705		1	$705	$164,234	192
89	(103)	Home	Lorber Films	Drama	$691	+49.57%	1	$691	$8,739	24
90	(re-entry)	Endgame	Monterey Media	Drama	$536		1	$536	$6,863	45
91	(84)	The Headless Woman	Strand	Drama	$448	-84.18%	1	$448	$95,675	124
92	(102)	That Evening Sun	Freestyle Releasing		$358	-42.72%	1	$358	$47,695	45
93	(re-entry)	Beeswax	Cinema Guild	Comedy	$265		1	$265	$41,385	136
94	(re-entry)	Shall We Kiss?	Music Box Films	Romantic Comedy	$250		1	$250	$533,939	269
95	(100)	Big Fan	First Independent Pictures	Comedy	$229	-64.93%	1	$229	$229,997	115
96	(re-entry)	The Missing Person	Strand		$189		1	$189	$8,157	31
97	(108)	Departures	Regent Releasing	Drama	$160	+142.42%	1	$160	$1,536,234	206
98	(109)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$152	+171.43%	2	$76	$548,650	73
99	(re-entry)	Peter and Vandy	Strand		$108		1	$108	$10,726	73
100	(87)	Crude	First Run Features	Documentary	$70	-96.92%	1	$70	$161,985	101

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Chart certified: 12/22/2009