The Top Movies, Weekend of January 22, 2010

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Avatar	20th Century Fox	Action	$34,944,081	-18.33%	3,141	$11,125	$551,741,499	38
2	(new)	Legion	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$17,501,625		2,476	$7,069	$17,501,625	3
3	(2)	The Book of Eli	Warner Bros.	Action	$15,732,463	-52.02%	3,111	$5,057	$60,735,686	10
4	(new)	The Tooth Fairy	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$14,010,409		3,344	$4,190	$14,010,409	3
5	(3)	The Lovely Bones	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$8,418,192	-50.50%	2,571	$3,274	$31,242,633	45
6	(5)	Sherlock Holmes	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$6,628,069	-32.98%	2,670	$2,482	$191,076,852	31
7	(4)	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$6,403,504	-44.89%	2,973	$2,154	$204,140,348	33
8	(new)	Extraordinary Measures	CBS Films	Drama	$6,012,594		2,545	$2,363	$6,012,594	3
9	(7)	It's Complicated	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$5,810,025	-28.38%	2,301	$2,525	$98,270,085	31
10	(6)	The Spy Next Door	Lionsgate	Comedy	$4,584,524	-52.86%	2,924	$1,568	$18,544,639	10
11	(9)	The Blind Side	Warner Bros.	Drama	$4,166,136	-25.03%	1,932	$2,156	$233,678,402	66
12	(10)	Up in the Air	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$3,902,190	-28.34%	1,707	$2,286	$69,245,716	52
13	(8)	Leap Year	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$2,889,110	-51.27%	1,939	$1,490	$22,855,295	17
14	(11)	Daybreakers	Lionsgate	Thriller/Suspense	$1,551,703	-70.08%	1,523	$1,019	$28,096,998	17
15	(new)	To Save a Life	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$1,513,955		441	$3,433	$1,513,955	3
16	(19)	Crazy Heart	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,353,214	+109.00%	93	$14,551	$3,865,689	40
17	(13)	The Princess and the Frog	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,292,793	-53.46%	1,082	$1,195	$99,248,026	61
18	(12)	Youth in Revolt	Weinstein/Dimension	Comedy	$819,545	-72.72%	743	$1,103	$14,269,450	17
19	(15)	The Young Victoria	Apparition	Drama	$745,514	-21.56%	307	$2,428	$7,376,860	38
20	(17)	A Single Man	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$717,077	-15.00%	216	$3,320	$4,466,097	45
21	(16)	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$514,025	-44.67%	444	$1,158	$293,175,475	66
22	(14)	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	Sony Pictures Classics	Adventure	$492,735	-54.09%	281	$1,754	$5,885,608	31
23	(18)	Invictus	Warner Bros.	Drama	$415,583	-48.14%	306	$1,358	$35,805,147	45
24	(22)	Broken Embraces	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$371,353	-10.50%	184	$2,018	$3,696,132	66
25	(21)	2012	Sony Pictures	Action	$335,669	-24.91%	324	$1,036	$165,216,143	73
26	(new)	Veer	Eros Entertainment		$334,562		92	$3,637	$334,562	3
27	(24)	Planet 51	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$324,887	-15.93%	308	$1,055	$40,618,512	66
28	(20)	Nine	Weinstein Co.	Musical	$309,438	-46.79%	235	$1,317	$18,847,607	38
29	(26)	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Lionsgate	Drama	$211,820	-11.30%	194	$1,092	$45,142,926	80
30	(29)	An Education	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$159,234	+7.95%	79	$2,016	$8,616,457	108
31	(25)	3 Idiots	Big Pictures	Comedy	$148,745	-54.45%	82	$1,814	$6,296,784	33
32	(27)	The Fantastic Mr. Fox	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$145,563	-29.42%	169	$861	$20,194,544	73
33	(23)	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$126,175	-68.03%	184	$686	$29,580,087	38
34	(40)	The White Ribbon	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$114,175	+46.48%	19	$6,009	$446,026	26
35	(28)	Old Dogs	Buena Vista	Comedy	$112,821	-33.45%	150	$752	$48,157,476	61
36	(31)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$107,545	-15.15%	157	$685	$109,065,605	108
37	(41)	The Last Station	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$99,270	+34.65%	8	$12,409	$219,667	10
38	(33)	Ninja Assassin	Warner Bros.	Action	$96,271	-22.69%	168	$573	$37,944,431	61
39	(32)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$91,987	-27.14%	174	$529	$124,870,275	129
40	(38)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$86,876	-2.91%	28	$3,103	$19,791,997	346
41	(36)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$70,969	-30.07%	142	$500	$77,105,362	101
42	(34)	The Road	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$69,102	-44.30%	100	$691	$7,761,180	61
43	(new)	Creation	Newmarket Films	Drama	$53,073		7	$7,582	$53,073	3
44	(39)	Disney's A Christmas Carol	Buena Vista	Drama	$47,829	-41.16%	130	$368	$137,816,456	80
45	(42)	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Overture Films	Black Comedy	$47,080	-32.35%	95	$496	$32,374,035	80
46	(43)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$46,423	-23.80%	98	$474	$73,293,734	101
47	(85)	That Evening Sun	Freestyle Releasing		$35,290	+9,897.17%	8	$4,411	$83,803	80
48	(re-entry)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$31,371		5	$6,274	$80,768,122	2,838
49	(46)	Fish Tank			$28,607	+10.65%	5	$5,721	$72,830	10
50	(re-entry)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$25,481		3	$8,494	$31,733,065	1,585
51	(47)	Me and Orson Welles	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$23,595	-2.58%	21	$1,124	$1,102,411	61
52	(45)	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	First Look	Drama	$20,423	-22.81%	29	$704	$1,575,502	66
53	(48)	The Messenger	Oscilloscope Pictures	Drama	$20,254	+4.57%	22	$921	$742,460	73
54	(new)	The Girl on the Train	Strand		$19,154		2	$9,577	$19,154	3
55	(64)	A Town Called Panic	Zeitgeist	Comedy	$18,657	+607.24%	6	$3,110	$44,095	40
56	(44)	The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day	Apparition	Action	$18,415	-36.16%	33	$558	$10,179,970	87
57	(35)	Chance Pe Dance	UTV Communications		$16,618	-85.91%	32	$519	$164,188	10
58	(50)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$15,413	-14.31%	8	$1,927	$22,795,228	843
59	(53)	The Private Lives of Pippa Lee	Screen Media Films	Drama	$9,559	-25.65%	10	$956	$294,711	59
60	(49)	The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond	Paladin	Drama	$9,137	-51.28%	7	$1,305	$108,911	26
61	(56)	The Maid	Elephant Eye Films	Drama	$7,908	-29.34%	9	$879	$530,418	101
62	(51)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$7,530	-56.85%	5	$1,506	$7,302,592	710
63	(57)	Coco Before Chanel	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$7,525	-9.74%	18	$418	$6,075,032	122
64	(54)	House	Janus Films		$6,343	-47.28%	1	$6,343	$31,251	10
65	(60)	The Little Traitor	Westchester Films	Drama	$6,292	+23.01%	2	$3,146	$110,664	101
66	(re-entry)	35 Shots of Rum	Cinema Guild	Drama	$6,262		2	$3,131	$142,220	129
67	(58)	Red Cliff	Magnolia Pictures	Action	$5,715	-16.63%	9	$635	$571,327	66
68	(55)	La Danse	Zipporah		$5,499	-53.98%	6	$917	$469,637	82
69	(61)	Until the Light Takes Us	Variance Films		$4,817	+13.45%	2	$2,409	$65,094	66
70	(new)	Misconceptions	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$3,796		2	$1,898	$3,796	3
71	(re-entry)	Revanche	Janus Films	Drama	$3,467		1	$3,467	$300,672	269
72	(71)	Mystery Team	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$3,459	+112.21%	2	$1,730	$59,184	150
73	(new)	Watercolors	Regent Releasing	Drama	$3,207		2	$1,604	$3,207	3
74	(68)	The Yes Men Fix the World	Shadow	Documentary	$2,976	+59.57%	5	$595	$173,704	110
75	(re-entry)	Killing Kasztner	GR Films		$2,931		3	$977	$64,134	94
76	(62)	44 Inch Chest	Image Entertainment		$1,985	-52.57%	1	$1,985	$8,205	10
77	(66)	The Missing Person	Strand		$1,539	-25.90%	1	$1,539	$15,952	66
78	(91)	Departures	Regent Releasing	Drama	$1,350	+922.73%	2	$675	$1,540,023	241
79	(re-entry)	Sweetgrass	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$1,350		1	$1,350	$34,632	19
80	(73)	Seraphine	Music Box Films		$1,200	-11.70%	1	$1,200	$863,376	234
81	(new)	Drool	Strand		$1,199		1	$1,199	$1,199	3
82	(new)	Murder in Fashion	Regent Releasing	Drama	$1,046		2	$523	$1,046	3
83	(re-entry)	Visual Acoustics	Arthouse Films		$994		1	$994	$80,105	108
84	(79)	The Damned United	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$773	+3.34%	5	$155	$445,259	108
85	(re-entry)	U2 3D	National Geographic Entertainment	Concert/Performance	$672		2	$336	$10,220,217	733
86	(re-entry)	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$615		2	$308	$862,561	178
87	(re-entry)	Bitch Slap	Freestyle Releasing	Action	$577		2	$289	$17,365	17
88	(90)	Under Our Skin	Shadow		$500	+185.71%	1	$500	$94,273	222
89	(89)	The Headless Woman	Strand	Drama	$465	+115.28%	1	$465	$96,744	159
90	(78)	Cloud Nine			$421	-48.72%	1	$421	$88,881	164
91	(88)	The September Issue	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$246	+2.07%	1	$246	$3,818,899	150
92	(84)	Waiting for Armageddon	First Run Features		$228	-36.31%	1	$228	$5,038	17
93	(75)	Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$212	-77.87%	1	$212	$4,151,251	108
94	(re-entry)	Small Change	The Film Desk		$190		1	$190	$18,202	12,367
95	(re-entry)	The Slammin' Salmon	Anchor Bay Entertainment	Comedy	$174		1	$174	$41,430	45
96	(74)	Amreeka	National Geographic Entertainment		$174	-82.60%	1	$174	$625,658	143
97	(70)	Four Seasons Lodge			$159	-90.50%	1	$159	$48,538	75

Chart certified: 4/22/2010