The Top Movies, Weekend of January 15, 2010

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Avatar	20th Century Fox	Action	$42,785,612	-14.95%	3,285	$13,025	$493,252,617	31
2	(new)	The Book of Eli	Warner Bros.	Action	$32,789,494		3,111	$10,540	$32,789,494	3
3	(45)	The Lovely Bones	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$17,005,133	+43,986.73%	2,563	$6,635	$17,471,796	38
4	(3)	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$11,619,949	-29.86%	3,296	$3,525	$192,711,792	26
5	(2)	Sherlock Holmes	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$9,889,154	-40.37%	3,173	$3,117	$180,082,554	24
6	(new)	The Spy Next Door	Lionsgate	Comedy	$9,726,056		2,924	$3,326	$9,726,056	3
7	(5)	It's Complicated	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$8,112,555	-26.30%	2,673	$3,035	$88,664,380	24
8	(6)	Leap Year	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$5,928,510	-35.58%	2,512	$2,360	$17,629,680	10
9	(7)	The Blind Side	Warner Bros.	Drama	$5,557,274	-26.21%	2,408	$2,308	$226,766,539	59
10	(8)	Up in the Air	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$5,445,379	-23.94%	2,107	$2,584	$62,818,397	45
11	(4)	Daybreakers	Lionsgate	Thriller/Suspense	$5,185,554	-65.76%	2,523	$2,055	$24,373,955	10
12	(9)	Youth in Revolt	Weinstein/Dimension	Comedy	$3,004,123	-56.39%	1,873	$1,604	$12,143,155	10
13	(10)	The Princess and the Frog	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,777,707	-40.28%	1,777	$1,563	$96,307,038	54
14	(11)	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	Sony Pictures Classics	Adventure	$1,073,303	-39.11%	599	$1,792	$4,825,194	24
15	(16)	The Young Victoria	Apparition	Drama	$950,411	-19.50%	418	$2,274	$6,105,172	31
16	(13)	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$928,939	-45.48%	724	$1,283	$292,229,350	59
17	(23)	A Single Man	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$843,600	+134.43%	219	$3,852	$3,290,099	38
18	(12)	Invictus	Warner Bros.	Drama	$801,341	-53.47%	602	$1,331	$34,970,393	38
19	(19)	Crazy Heart	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$647,473	+40.11%	47	$13,776	$2,075,069	33
20	(14)	Nine	Weinstein Co.	Musical	$581,564	-63.99%	422	$1,378	$18,148,487	31
21	(21)	2012	Sony Pictures	Action	$446,995	+21.71%	373	$1,198	$164,670,700	66
22	(20)	Broken Embraces	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$414,897	+11.93%	202	$2,054	$3,117,207	59
23	(15)	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$394,619	-74.48%	521	$757	$29,284,626	31
24	(35)	Planet 51	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$386,430	+370.97%	371	$1,042	$40,088,029	59
25	(17)	3 Idiots	Big Pictures	Comedy	$326,563	-45.06%	120	$2,721	$6,053,769	26
26	(18)	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Lionsgate	Drama	$238,797	-48.61%	228	$1,047	$44,758,541	73
27	(25)	The Fantastic Mr. Fox	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$206,226	-27.70%	196	$1,052	$19,930,825	66
28	(24)	Old Dogs	Buena Vista	Comedy	$169,534	-43.08%	196	$865	$47,966,483	54
29	(29)	An Education	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$147,510	-12.11%	73	$2,021	$8,387,048	101
30	(22)	Brothers	Lionsgate	Drama	$127,485	-65.04%	174	$733	$28,476,783	45
31	(30)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$126,750	-14.21%	169	$750	$108,911,575	101
32	(27)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$126,256	-35.56%	192	$658	$124,711,410	122
33	(36)	Ninja Assassin	Warner Bros.	Action	$124,519	+75.32%	206	$604	$37,783,036	54
34	(26)	The Road	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$124,062	-51.05%	145	$856	$7,617,312	54
35	(new)	Chance Pe Dance	UTV Communications		$117,917		68	$1,734	$117,917	3
36	(28)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$101,481	-40.89%	185	$549	$76,979,401	94
37	(31)	Millenium 2			$92,323	-31.80%	42	$2,198	$1,082,512	24
38	(39)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$89,483	+51.16%	21	$4,261	$19,628,883	339
39	(40)	Disney's A Christmas Carol	Buena Vista	Drama	$81,292	+42.07%	171	$475	$137,724,630	73
40	(42)	The White Ribbon	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$77,945	+61.13%	12	$6,495	$273,065	19
41	(new)	The Last Station	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$73,723		3	$24,574	$73,723	3
42	(32)	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Overture Films	Black Comedy	$69,595	-42.47%	142	$490	$32,290,433	73
43	(33)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$60,919	-44.93%	125	$487	$73,217,867	94
44	(38)	The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day	Apparition	Action	$28,846	-52.69%	50	$577	$10,144,104	80
45	(44)	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	First Look	Drama	$26,457	-38.20%	43	$615	$1,540,524	59
46	(new)	Fish Tank			$25,854		2	$12,927	$25,854	3
47	(46)	Me and Orson Welles	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$24,221	-31.96%	20	$1,211	$1,063,909	54
48	(51)	The Messenger	Oscilloscope Pictures	Drama	$19,368	+11.40%	24	$807	$712,078	66
49	(50)	The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond	Paladin	Drama	$18,755	-29.22%	11	$1,705	$94,513	19
50	(52)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$17,986	+12.51%	8	$2,248	$22,768,410	836
51	(61)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$17,449	+213.89%	5	$3,490	$7,284,571	703
52	(43)	Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$14,013	-68.36%	54	$260	$19,541,847	87
53	(71)	The Private Lives of Pippa Lee	Screen Media Films	Drama	$12,857	+449.91%	11	$1,169	$280,798	52
54	(new)	House	Janus Films		$12,032		1	$12,032	$12,032	3
55	(54)	La Danse	Zipporah		$11,950	-5.72%	12	$996	$460,684	75
56	(57)	The Maid	Elephant Eye Films	Drama	$11,192	+9.84%	11	$1,017	$519,437	94
57	(53)	Coco Before Chanel	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$8,337	-46.49%	18	$463	$6,056,759	115
58	(59)	Red Cliff	Magnolia Pictures	Action	$6,855	-26.28%	11	$623	$561,601	59
59	(49)	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$5,524	-79.56%	52	$106	$107,916,659	115
60	(68)	The Little Traitor	Westchester Films	Drama	$5,115	+100.20%	1	$5,115	$100,696	94
61	(64)	Until the Light Takes Us	Variance Films		$4,246	+41.34%	2	$2,123	$58,009	59
62	(new)	44 Inch Chest	Image Entertainment		$4,185		1	$4,185	$4,185	3
63	(re-entry)	Mississippi Mermaid	MGM		$4,068		1	$4,068	$18,254	4,021
64	(75)	A Town Called Panic	Zeitgeist	Comedy	$2,638	+58.72%	1	$2,638	$23,800	33
65	(re-entry)	The Wild Child	The Film Desk	Drama	$2,192		1	$2,192	$61,373	14,571
66	(85)	The Missing Person	Strand		$2,077	+154.85%	3	$692	$13,174	59
67	(69)	Horse Boy, The	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$2,014	-20.52%	2	$1,007	$145,392	129
68	(73)	The Yes Men Fix the World	Shadow	Documentary	$1,865	-11.90%	4	$466	$170,570	103
69	(63)	Sita Sings the Blues	Self Distributed	Musical	$1,740	-46.66%	1	$1,740	$27,509	703
70	(77)	Four Seasons Lodge			$1,674	+11.23%	2	$837	$47,959	68
71	(re-entry)	Mystery Team	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$1,630		1	$1,630	$55,371	143
72	(62)	Wonderful World	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$1,606	-64.95%	2	$803	$8,305	10
73	(re-entry)	Seraphine	Music Box Films		$1,359		1	$1,359	$862,176	227
74	(90)	Amreeka	National Geographic Entertainment		$1,000	+106.61%	2	$500	$622,164	136
75	(67)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$958	-62.82%	2	$479	$4,150,406	101
76	(re-entry)	Endgame	Monterey Media	Drama	$920		2	$460	$9,645	73
77	(93)	Crude	First Run Features	Documentary	$861	+668.75%	2	$431	$165,452	129
78	(re-entry)	Cloud Nine			$821		1	$821	$88,199	157
79	(86)	The Damned United	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$748	-5.32%	6	$125	$442,677	101
80	(92)	Trucker	Monterey Media	Drama	$634	+234.56%	2	$317	$52,166	101
81	(89)	Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love	Shadow	Documentary	$550	-8.33%	1	$550	$166,555	220
82	(re-entry)	Peter and Vandy	Strand		$489		1	$489	$4,561	101
83	(re-entry)	$9.99	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$466		1	$466	$52,029	213
84	(66)	Waiting for Armageddon	First Run Features		$358	-86.12%	1	$358	$4,572	10
85	(re-entry)	That Evening Sun	Freestyle Releasing		$353		1	$353	$48,463	73
86	(84)	Shanghai Red	Indican Pictures		$309	-63.26%	1	$309	$3,008	17
87	(re-entry)	Le combat dans l'�le	The Film Desk	Thriller/Suspense	$278		1	$278	$28,108	220
88	(94)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$241	+703.33%	2	$121	$3,818,493	143
89	(74)	The Headless Woman	Strand	Drama	$216	-88.66%	1	$216	$96,171	152
90	(81)	Under Our Skin	Shadow		$175	-86.48%	1	$175	$93,382	215
91	(88)	Departures	Regent Releasing	Drama	$132	-79.91%	1	$132	$1,538,649	234

Chart certified: 4/8/2010