The Top Movies, Weekend of January 1, 2010

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Avatar	20th Century Fox	Action	$68,490,688	-9.42%	3,461	$19,789	$352,114,898	17
2	(2)	Sherlock Holmes	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$36,612,481	-41.24%	3,626	$10,097	$138,715,437	10
3	(3)	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$35,189,653	-28.00%	3,747	$9,391	$155,916,935	12
4	(4)	It's Complicated	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$18,802,965	-14.92%	2,897	$6,490	$59,178,840	10
5	(5)	The Blind Side	Warner Bros.	Drama	$11,912,749	+3.42%	2,926	$4,071	$208,476,067	45
6	(6)	Up in the Air	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$10,720,052	-4.88%	1,895	$5,657	$44,375,265	31
7	(7)	The Princess and the Frog	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$9,824,311	+9.10%	3,328	$2,952	$85,859,339	40
8	(9)	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$4,932,338	-1.36%	2,718	$1,815	$25,312,384	17
9	(10)	Invictus	Warner Bros.	Drama	$3,909,312	-3.89%	2,170	$1,802	$30,586,445	24
10	(8)	Nine	Weinstein Co.	Musical	$3,901,203	-28.45%	1,412	$2,763	$13,745,976	17
11	(11)	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$3,442,263	+13.07%	1,627	$2,116	$287,954,655	45
12	(12)	3 Idiots	Reliance Big Pictures	Comedy	$1,494,542	-9.17%	132	$11,322	$4,757,078	12
13	(14)	Brothers	Lionsgate	Drama	$1,192,134	-1.49%	858	$1,389	$27,414,913	31
14	(15)	2012	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,093,128	+9.92%	800	$1,366	$163,442,128	52
15	(16)	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Lionsgate	Drama	$924,203	+6.83%	629	$1,469	$43,492,192	59
16	(18)	The Young Victoria	Apparition	Drama	$891,371	+38.13%	165	$5,402	$2,456,337	17
17	(17)	Old Dogs	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$711,002	+8.93%	620	$1,147	$47,239,575	40
18	(13)	Disney's A Christmas Carol	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$554,866	-57.06%	981	$566	$137,443,917	59
19	(19)	The Road	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$542,635	+20.84%	306	$1,773	$6,858,313	40
20	(20)	A Single Man	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$486,958	+38.08%	46	$10,586	$1,731,649	24
21	(22)	The Fantastic Mr. Fox	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$478,633	+38.90%	274	$1,747	$19,123,189	52
22	(21)	Broken Embraces	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$439,901	+25.90%	71	$6,196	$2,022,655	45
23	(23)	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	Sony Pictures Classics	Adventure	$368,836	+10.37%	48	$7,684	$1,029,821	10
24	(re-entry)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$354,210		256	$1,384	$124,264,907	108
25	(24)	Armored	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$317,062	-1.39%	244	$1,299	$15,815,302	31
26	(28)	An Education	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$271,834	+59.40%	151	$1,800	$7,883,524	87
27	(27)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$264,512	+33.82%	267	$991	$76,566,491	80
28	(30)	Crazy Heart	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$220,988	+38.25%	12	$18,416	$702,188	19
29	(29)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$214,295	+32.15%	222	$965	$108,511,760	87
30	(26)	Ninja Assassin	Warner Bros.	Action	$189,309	-6.80%	166	$1,140	$37,492,774	40
31	(25)	The Girl Who Played with Fire	Music Box Films	Thriller/Suspense	$181,891	-11.04%	47	$3,870	$598,477	10
32	(31)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$164,586	+19.46%	205	$803	$72,928,813	80
33	(32)	Planet 51	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$160,011	+52.85%	209	$766	$39,570,569	45
34	(33)	The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day	Apparition	Action	$118,170	+20.90%	102	$1,159	$9,957,954	66
35	(34)	Me and Orson Welles	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$92,073	+0.51%	80	$1,151	$942,276	40
36	(36)	A Serious Man	Focus Features	Comedy	$92,069	+39.24%	49	$1,879	$9,190,525	94
37	(38)	Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$74,488	+44.02%	152	$490	$19,452,359	73
38	(39)	The Fourth Kind	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$67,760	+50.18%	77	$880	$25,464,480	59
39	(40)	The Lovely Bones	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$64,678	+54.30%	3	$21,559	$383,101	24
40	(37)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$63,454	+20.66%	26	$2,441	$19,416,024	325
41	(35)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$61,751	-13.90%	145	$426	$107,854,596	101
42	(new)	The White Ribbon	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$59,848		3	$19,949	$85,690	5
43	(re-entry)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$58,696		2	$29,348	$31,553,868	1,564
44	(41)	Pirate Radio	Focus Features	Comedy	$44,559	+38.10%	113	$394	$7,994,115	52
45	(45)	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	First Look	Drama	$44,520	+107.49%	38	$1,172	$1,433,091	45
46	(42)	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Overture Films	Black Comedy	$41,494	+38.47%	74	$561	$32,018,431	59
47	(re-entry)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$28,865		3	$9,622	$80,585,906	2,817
48	(49)	Red Cliff	Magnolia Pictures	Action	$24,111	+64.49%	30	$804	$526,841	45
49	(new)	The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond	Paladin	Drama	$22,872		6	$3,812	$29,750	5
50	(44)	La Danse	Zipporah		$22,460	+3.15%	14	$1,604	$417,932	61
51	(48)	Noemie: Le Secret			$21,309	+40.72%	43	$496	$283,459	24
52	(52)	Coco Before Chanel	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$20,459	+54.64%	28	$731	$5,997,682	101
53	(47)	The Box	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$20,397	+15.57%	50	$408	$15,045,676	59
54	(50)	The Messenger	Oscilloscope Pictures	Drama	$18,755	+34.40%	21	$893	$654,374	52
55	(43)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$16,722	-28.10%	20	$836	$181,320,597	1,881
56	(53)	Amelia	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$16,163	+78.72%	28	$577	$14,224,141	73
57	(51)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$12,457	-6.21%	8	$1,557	$22,702,074	822
58	(54)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$10,693	+22.67%	4	$2,673	$7,256,687	689
59	(46)	Police, Adjective			$9,874	-49.24%	6	$1,646	$48,298	12
60	(58)	The Maid	Elephant Eye Films	Drama	$6,533	+30.01%	5	$1,307	$492,776	80
61	(re-entry)	Visual Acoustics	Arthouse Films		$6,508		1	$6,508	$74,898	87
62	(55)	The Private Lives of Pippa Lee	Screen Media Films	Drama	$6,410	-25.89%	6	$1,068	$261,198	38
63	(56)	Sita Sings the Blues	Self Distributed	Musical	$5,858	+7.15%	1	$5,858	$18,626	689
64	(re-entry)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$3,085		2	$1,543	$42,782,975	1,403
65	(re-entry)	The Little Traitor	Westchester Films	Drama	$2,970		1	$2,970	$88,453	80
66	(59)	A Town Called Panic	Zeitgeist	Comedy	$2,775	-25.74%	2	$1,388	$17,542	19
67	(new)	Gigante	Film Movement		$2,523		1	$2,523	$4,680	5
68	(66)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$2,159	+109.41%	3	$720	$3,817,531	129
69	(re-entry)	The Fall	Roadside Attractions	Adventure	$2,116		1	$2,116	$2,280,348	605
70	(re-entry)	The Yes Men Fix the World	Shadow	Documentary	$1,868		2	$934	$160,901	89
71	(62)	35 Shots of Rum	Cinema Guild	Drama	$1,716	+27.58%	2	$858	$132,755	108
72	(64)	Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$1,166		2	$583	$1,133,662	178
73	(new)	Shanghai Red	Indican Pictures		$1,146		2	$573	$1,146	3
74	(re-entry)	Departures	Regent Releasing	Drama	$1,004		2	$502	$1,537,546	220
75	(69)	Until the Light Takes Us	Variance Films		$959	-2.94%	1	$959	$46,285	45
76	(re-entry)	The Wedding Song	Strand		$886		1	$886	$16,618	87
77	(60)	The Beaches of Agnes	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$870	-46.16%	3	$290	$225,188	187
78	(re-entry)	$9.99	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$862		1	$862	$51,563	199
79	(new)	Kings of the Evening	Indican Pictures		$802		1	$802	$802	3
80	(81)	Big Fan	First Independent Pictures	Comedy	$747	+720.88%	1	$747	$230,874	129
81	(75)	The Damned United	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$601	+49.50%	6	$100	$438,836	87
82	(re-entry)	The Wonder of it All	Indican Pictures		$551		1	$551	$780,661	171
83	(72)	Endgame	Monterey Media	Drama	$535	+17.32%	5	$107	$8,238	59
84	(re-entry)	Fallen Idol: The Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$492		1	$492	$12,345	94
85	(65)	Seraphine	Music Box Films		$484	-56.47%	1	$484	$857,997	213
86	(79)	Four Seasons Lodge			$369	+94.21%	1	$369	$43,279	54
87	(80)	Crude	First Run Features	Documentary	$276	+90.34%	1	$276	$163,417	115
88	(re-entry)	The Blue Tooth Virgin	Regent Releasing		$169		1	$169	$2,694	101
89	(83)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$45	+350.00%	1	$45	$548,775	87

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Chart certified: 4/6/2010