The Top Movies, Weekend of January 8, 2010

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Avatar	20th Century Fox	Action	$50,306,217	-26.55%	3,422	$14,701	$430,846,514	24
2	(2)	Sherlock Holmes	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$16,585,327	-54.70%	3,626	$4,574	$165,153,093	17
3	(3)	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$16,566,489	-52.92%	3,641	$4,550	$178,451,165	19
4	(new)	Daybreakers	Lionsgate	Thriller/Suspense	$15,146,692		2,523	$6,003	$15,146,692	3
5	(4)	It's Complicated	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$11,007,875	-41.46%	2,955	$3,725	$76,370,540	17
6	(new)	Leap Year	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$9,202,815		2,511	$3,665	$9,202,815	3
7	(5)	The Blind Side	Warner Bros.	Drama	$7,531,467	-36.78%	2,880	$2,615	$218,978,376	52
8	(6)	Up in the Air	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$7,159,294	-33.22%	2,218	$3,228	$54,801,035	38
9	(new)	Youth in Revolt	Weinstein/Dimension	Comedy	$6,888,334		1,873	$3,678	$6,888,334	3
10	(7)	The Princess and the Frog	Buena Vista	Adventure	$4,651,156	-52.66%	2,620	$1,775	$92,546,727	47
11	(23)	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	Sony Pictures Classics	Adventure	$1,762,637	+377.89%	607	$2,904	$2,989,290	17
12	(9)	Invictus	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,722,246	-55.95%	1,340	$1,285	$33,506,889	31
13	(11)	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$1,703,809	-50.50%	1,167	$1,460	$290,743,279	52
14	(10)	Nine	Weinstein Co.	Musical	$1,614,900	-58.61%	1,060	$1,523	$16,837,027	24
15	(8)	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,546,172	-68.65%	1,820	$850	$28,346,423	24
16	(16)	The Young Victoria	Apparition	Drama	$1,180,595	+32.45%	476	$2,480	$4,588,617	24
17	(12)	3 Idiots	Big Pictures	Comedy	$594,380	-60.23%	156	$3,810	$5,602,976	19
18	(15)	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Lionsgate	Drama	$464,718	-49.72%	409	$1,136	$44,311,459	66
19	(28)	Crazy Heart	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$462,126	+109.12%	33	$14,004	$1,246,747	26
20	(22)	Broken Embraces	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$370,691	-15.73%	111	$3,340	$2,547,040	52
21	(14)	2012	Sony Pictures	Action	$367,265	-66.40%	351	$1,046	$164,105,050	59
22	(13)	Brothers	Lionsgate	Drama	$364,633	-69.41%	428	$852	$28,198,793	38
23	(20)	A Single Man	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$359,845	-26.10%	48	$7,497	$2,286,364	31
24	(17)	Old Dogs	Buena Vista	Comedy	$297,828	-58.11%	352	$846	$47,695,255	47
25	(21)	The Fantastic Mr. Fox	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$285,239	-40.41%	263	$1,085	$19,559,123	59
26	(19)	The Road	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$253,455	-53.29%	207	$1,224	$7,361,887	47
27	(24)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$195,935	-44.68%	222	$883	$124,542,775	115
28	(27)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$171,676	-35.10%	243	$706	$76,826,594	87
29	(26)	An Education	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$167,839	-38.26%	89	$1,886	$8,168,597	94
30	(29)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$147,750	-31.05%	197	$750	$108,731,660	94
31	(31)	Millenium 2			$135,376	-25.57%	49	$2,763	$913,838	17
32	(46)	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Overture Films	Black Comedy	$120,976	+191.55%	198	$611	$32,158,526	66
33	(32)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$110,626	-32.79%	194	$570	$73,106,880	87
34	(25)	Armored	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$99,082	-68.75%	118	$840	$15,988,876	38
35	(33)	Planet 51	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$82,049	-48.72%	132	$622	$39,688,154	52
36	(30)	Ninja Assassin	Warner Bros.	Action	$71,024	-62.48%	101	$703	$37,627,463	47
37	(new)	Crazy on the Outside	Freestyle Releasing	Comedy	$64,438		74	$871	$64,438	3
38	(34)	The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day	Apparition	Action	$60,974	-48.40%	75	$813	$10,082,650	73
39	(40)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$59,199	-6.71%	28	$2,114	$19,509,797	332
40	(18)	Disney's A Christmas Carol	Buena Vista	Drama	$57,221	-89.69%	118	$485	$137,619,783	66
41	(new)	Dulha Mil Gaya	Viva Entertainment	Comedy	$52,656		40	$1,316	$52,656	3
42	(42)	The White Ribbon	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$48,374	-19.17%	5	$9,675	$168,533	12
43	(37)	Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$44,287	-40.54%	106	$418	$19,515,628	80
44	(45)	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	First Look	Drama	$42,814	-3.83%	43	$996	$1,497,352	52
45	(39)	The Lovely Bones	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$38,572	-40.36%	3	$12,857	$448,080	31
46	(35)	Me and Orson Welles	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$35,598	-61.34%	35	$1,017	$1,021,113	47
47	(47)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$31,876	+10.43%	4	$7,969	$80,657,707	2,824
48	(43)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$27,031	-53.95%	4	$6,758	$31,622,979	1,571
49	(41)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$27,023	-56.24%	103	$262	$107,901,736	108
50	(49)	The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond	Paladin	Drama	$26,496	+15.84%	16	$1,656	$64,389	12
51	(54)	The Messenger	Oscilloscope Pictures	Drama	$17,386	-7.30%	22	$790	$680,966	59
52	(57)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$15,986	+28.33%	8	$1,998	$22,732,355	829
53	(52)	Coco Before Chanel	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$15,580	-23.85%	23	$677	$6,027,993	108
54	(50)	La Danse	Zipporah		$12,675	-43.57%	14	$905	$442,537	68
55	(new)	Bitch Slap	Freestyle Releasing	Action	$12,254		3	$4,085	$12,254	3
56	(re-entry)	Stray Dog	Janus Films		$11,574		1	$11,574	$15,648	22,001
57	(60)	The Maid	Elephant Eye Films	Drama	$10,189	+55.96%	11	$926	$505,192	87
58	(56)	Amelia	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$10,160	-37.14%	22	$462	$14,241,034	80
59	(48)	Red Cliff	Magnolia Pictures	Action	$9,299	-61.43%	16	$581	$550,914	52
60	(new)	In Search of Memory	Icarus Films		$8,553		1	$8,553	$8,553	3
61	(58)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$5,559	-48.01%	4	$1,390	$7,265,454	696
62	(new)	Wonderful World	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$4,582		4	$1,146	$4,582	3
63	(62)	Sita Sings the Blues	Self Distributed	Musical	$3,262	-44.32%	1	$3,262	$24,157	696
64	(74)	Until the Light Takes Us	Variance Films		$3,004	+213.24%	1	$3,004	$50,311	52
65	(re-entry)	The Sun	Lorber Films	Drama	$2,599		2	$1,300	$48,967	54
66	(new)	Waiting for Armageddon	First Run Features		$2,579		1	$2,579	$2,579	3
67	(re-entry)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$2,577		3	$859	$4,149,065	94
68	(64)	The Little Traitor	Westchester Films	Drama	$2,555	-13.97%	1	$2,555	$95,581	87
69	(re-entry)	Horse Boy, The	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$2,534		2	$1,267	$140,825	122
70	(63)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$2,460	-20.26%	2	$1,230	$42,788,746	1,410
71	(61)	The Private Lives of Pippa Lee	Screen Media Films	Drama	$2,338	-63.53%	2	$1,169	$266,891	45
72	(re-entry)	Mr. Hulot's Holiday	Janus Films	Comedy	$2,271		2	$1,136	$32,795	20,298
73	(68)	The Yes Men Fix the World	Shadow	Documentary	$2,117	+13.33%	3	$706	$164,255	96
74	(re-entry)	The Headless Woman	Strand	Drama	$1,904		1	$1,904	$97,859	145
75	(65)	A Town Called Panic	Zeitgeist	Comedy	$1,662	-40.11%	1	$1,662	$20,479	26
76	(70)	35 Shots of Rum	Cinema Guild	Drama	$1,651	-3.79%	2	$826	$134,916	115
77	(85)	Four Seasons Lodge			$1,505	+307.86%	2	$753	$44,979	61
78	(75)	The Wedding Song	Strand		$1,449	+63.54%	4	$362	$18,067	94
79	(re-entry)	Visual Acoustics	Arthouse Films		$1,318		1	$1,318	$76,212	94
80	(re-entry)	Small Change	The Film Desk		$1,317		1	$1,317	$17,220	12,353
81	(re-entry)	Under Our Skin	Shadow		$1,294		2	$647	$93,316	208
82	(79)	Big Fan	First Independent Pictures	Comedy	$1,220	+63.32%	1	$1,220	$232,732	136
83	(re-entry)	The Slammin' Salmon	Anchor Bay Entertainment	Comedy	$914		1	$914	$39,835	31
84	(72)	Shanghai Red	Indican Pictures		$841	-26.61%	1	$841	$2,699	10
85	(re-entry)	The Missing Person	Strand		$815		1	$815	$10,837	52
86	(80)	The Damned United	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$790	+31.45%	2	$395	$442,054	94
87	(re-entry)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$664		1	$664	$17,654,682	3,727
88	(73)	Departures	Regent Releasing	Drama	$657	-34.56%	2	$329	$1,538,494	227
89	(re-entry)	Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love	Shadow	Documentary	$600		1	$600	$165,529	213
90	(re-entry)	Amreeka	National Geographic Entertainment		$484		2	$242	$621,164	129
91	(re-entry)	Monsieur Verdoux	The Film Desk	Black Comedy	$246		1	$246	$49,519	22,921
92	(re-entry)	Trucker	Monterey Media	Drama	$190		1	$190	$51,446	94
93	(86)	Crude	First Run Features	Documentary	$112	-59.42%	2	$56	$163,623	122
94	(69)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$30	-98.34%	1	$30	$3,818,032	136
95	(88)	From Mexico with Love	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$12	-73.33%	1	$12	$548,787	94

Chart certified: 4/7/2010