The Top Movies, Weekend of December 25, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Avatar	20th Century Fox	Action	$75,617,133	-1.83%	3,456	$21,880	$212,711,184	10
2	(new)	Sherlock Holmes	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$62,304,277		3,626	$17,183	$62,304,277	3
3	(new)	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$48,875,415		3,700	$13,210	$75,589,048	5
4	(new)	It's Complicated	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$22,100,820		2,887	$7,655	$22,100,820	3
5	(3)	The Blind Side	Warner Bros.	Drama	$11,519,345	+14.95%	2,766	$4,165	$184,195,981	38
6	(8)	Up in the Air	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$11,270,248	+251.08%	1,895	$5,947	$24,031,968	24
7	(2)	The Princess and the Frog	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$9,004,610	-26.11%	3,475	$2,591	$63,679,289	33
8	(20)	Nine	Weinstein Co.	Musical	$5,452,513	+2,019.69%	1,412	$3,862	$5,830,605	10
9	(4)	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$5,000,143	-24.43%	2,718	$1,840	$15,600,328	10
10	(6)	Invictus	Warner Bros.	Drama	$4,067,541	-3.23%	2,160	$1,883	$23,049,804	17
11	(5)	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$3,044,259	-30.93%	1,593	$1,911	$280,962,758	38
12	(new)	3 Idiots	Reliance Big Pictures	Comedy	$1,645,502		119	$13,828	$2,149,227	5
13	(7)	Disney's A Christmas Carol	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$1,292,155	-62.48%	1,245	$1,038	$135,888,543	52
14	(9)	Brothers	Lionsgate	Drama	$1,210,172	-58.11%	858	$1,410	$25,341,515	24
15	(11)	2012	Sony Pictures	Action	$994,494	-54.89%	800	$1,243	$161,490,679	45
16	(13)	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Lionsgate	Drama	$865,083	-28.13%	629	$1,375	$41,778,920	52
17	(10)	Old Dogs	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$652,737	-72.11%	645	$1,012	$45,882,504	33
18	(24)	The Young Victoria	Apparition	Drama	$645,315	+303.15%	163	$3,959	$927,963	10
19	(16)	The Road	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$449,066	-31.99%	311	$1,444	$5,879,604	33
20	(26)	A Single Man	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$352,652	+146.87%	46	$7,666	$920,532	17
21	(22)	Broken Embraces	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$349,408	+76.24%	71	$4,921	$1,190,357	38
22	(18)	The Fantastic Mr. Fox	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$344,592	-42.47%	197	$1,749	$18,288,004	45
23	(new)	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	Sony Pictures Classics	Adventure	$334,183		48	$6,962	$334,183	3
24	(12)	Armored	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$321,543	-74.97%	244	$1,318	$15,303,287	24
25	(new)	The Girl Who Played with Fire	Music Box Films	Thriller/Suspense	$204,471		49	$4,173	$204,471	3
26	(14)	Ninja Assassin	Warner Bros.	Action	$203,124	-78.22%	166	$1,224	$37,166,599	33
27	(37)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$197,658	+249.00%	267	$740	$76,038,911	73
28	(21)	An Education	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$170,538	-22.81%	153	$1,115	$7,437,144	80
29	(23)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$162,155	-4.96%	230	$705	$108,134,160	80
30	(31)	Crazy Heart	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$159,850	+93.37%	12	$13,321	$324,428	12
31	(29)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$137,779	+58.28%	205	$672	$72,645,906	73
32	(15)	Planet 51	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$104,685	-87.08%	209	$501	$39,213,810	38
33	(19)	The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day	Apparition	Action	$97,741	-75.97%	102	$958	$9,744,417	59
34	(25)	Me and Orson Welles	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$91,606	-41.44%	115	$797	$759,235	33
35	(28)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$71,724	-19.15%	158	$454	$107,736,981	94
36	(27)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$66,124	-32.74%	49	$1,349	$9,042,780	87
37	(41)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$52,590	+67.51%	26	$2,023	$19,231,134	318
38	(32)	Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$51,722	-35.47%	168	$308	$19,298,834	66
39	(34)	The Fourth Kind	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$45,120	-32.15%	64	$705	$25,360,255	52
40	(38)	The Lovely Bones	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$41,916	-7.05%	3	$13,972	$276,161	17
41	(36)	Pirate Radio	Focus Features	Comedy	$32,266	-45.51%	113	$286	$7,913,976	45
42	(30)	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Overture Films	Black Comedy	$29,965	-65.19%	74	$405	$31,944,330	52
43	(33)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$23,257	-69.05%	20	$1,163	$181,264,590	1,874
44	(44)	La Danse	Zipporah		$21,775	-13.09%	20	$1,089	$377,925	54
45	(35)	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	First Look	Drama	$21,456	-66.96%	32	$671	$1,367,264	38
46	(new)	Police, Adjective			$19,452		8	$2,432	$26,692	5
47	(39)	The Box	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$17,649	-56.62%	50	$353	$15,008,812	52
48	(re-entry)	Noemie: Le Secret			$15,143		42	$361	$217,602	17
49	(40)	Red Cliff	Magnolia Pictures	Action	$14,658	-59.90%	24	$611	$485,186	38
50	(43)	The Messenger	Oscilloscope Pictures	Drama	$13,955	-47.23%	22	$634	$623,689	45
51	(47)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$13,282	-21.38%	8	$1,660	$22,673,984	815
52	(42)	Coco Before Chanel	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$13,230	-53.10%	19	$696	$5,964,683	94
53	(45)	Amelia	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$9,044	-51.83%	24	$377	$14,195,118	66
54	(62)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$8,717	+239.84%	4	$2,179	$7,243,378	682
55	(49)	The Private Lives of Pippa Lee	Screen Media Films	Drama	$8,649	-43.27%	10	$865	$235,120	31
56	(re-entry)	Sita Sings the Blues	Self Distributed	Musical	$5,467		1	$5,467	$5,467	682
57	(re-entry)	Pour toujours, les Canadiens	Seville		$5,338		10	$534	$521,544	31
58	(48)	The Maid	Elephant Eye Films	Drama	$5,025	-69.31%	6	$838	$481,378	73
59	(58)	A Town Called Panic	Zeitgeist	Comedy	$3,737	+31.12%	2	$1,869	$10,180	12
60	(75)	The Beaches of Agnes	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$1,616	+34.67%	3	$539	$224,318	180
61	(61)	House of the Devil, The	Magnolia Pictures	Horror	$1,369	-47.57%	3	$456	$100,659	59
62	(56)	35 Shots of Rum	Cinema Guild	Drama	$1,345	-57.66%	1	$1,345	$128,886	101
63	(re-entry)	Le combat dans l'�le	The Film Desk	Thriller/Suspense	$1,272		1	$1,272	$32,630	199
64	(57)	Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$1,166	-61.12%	2	$583	$1,131,688	171
65	(83)	Seraphine	Music Box Films		$1,112	+25.08%	1	$1,112	$855,871	206
66	(76)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$1,031	-12.18%	4	$258	$3,813,787	122
67	(96)	The Missing Person	Strand		$1,028	+443.92%	1	$1,028	$9,330	38
68	(60)	Until the Light Takes Us	Variance Films		$988	-63.15%	1	$988	$44,308	38
69	(67)	Ong-Bak 2	Magnolia Pictures	Action	$608	-67.61%	3	$203	$102,055	66
70	(re-entry)	Small Change	New World		$574		1	$574	$15,649	12,339
71	(90)	Endgame	Monterey Media	Drama	$456	-14.93%	1	$456	$7,703	52
72	(79)	Oh My God	Mitropoulos Films	Documentary	$412	-62.75%	1	$412	$38,245	45
73	(87)	Serious Moonlight	Magnolia Pictures		$408	-46.94%	1	$408	$25,137	24
74	(52)	The Damned United	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$402	-92.13%	3	$134	$437,949	80
75	(73)	Amreeka	National Geographic Entertainment		$364	-72.75%	1	$364	$620,193	115
76	(80)	Bronson	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$338	-67.37%	2	$169	$104,792	80
77	(71)	The Slammin' Salmon	Anchor Bay Entertainment	Comedy	$196	-86.71%	1	$196	$38,461	17
78	(74)	Four Seasons Lodge			$190	-84.85%	1	$190	$42,850	47
79	(100)	Crude	First Run Features	Documentary	$145	+107.14%	1	$145	$162,172	108
80	(95)	Big Fan	First Independent Pictures	Comedy	$91	-60.26%	1	$91	$230,088	122
81	(93)	Beeswax	Cinema Guild	Comedy	$54	-79.62%	1	$54	$41,439	143
82	(98)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$10	-93.42%	1	$10	$548,719	80

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Chart certified: 4/2/2010