The Top Movies, Weekend of January 29, 2010

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Avatar	20th Century Fox	Action	$31,280,029	-10.49%	3,074	$10,176	$595,752,416	45
2	(new)	Edge of Darkness	Warner Bros.	Drama	$17,214,384		3,066	$5,615	$17,214,384	3
3	(new)	When in Rome	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$12,350,041		2,456	$5,029	$12,350,041	3
4	(4)	The Tooth Fairy	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$9,998,109	-28.64%	3,345	$2,989	$26,104,387	10
5	(3)	The Book of Eli	Warner Bros.	Action	$8,908,286	-43.38%	3,075	$2,897	$74,511,765	17
6	(2)	Legion	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$7,176,375	-59.00%	2,476	$2,898	$29,022,786	10
7	(5)	The Lovely Bones	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$4,726,828	-43.85%	2,638	$1,792	$38,005,738	52
8	(6)	Sherlock Holmes	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$4,515,344	-31.88%	2,250	$2,007	$197,601,522	38
9	(7)	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$3,997,136	-37.58%	2,526	$1,582	$209,294,997	40
10	(9)	It's Complicated	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$3,804,215	-34.52%	2,096	$1,815	$104,111,035	38
11	(11)	The Blind Side	Warner Bros.	Drama	$3,021,317	-27.48%	1,751	$1,725	$237,914,805	73
12	(12)	Up in the Air	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$2,801,141	-28.22%	1,430	$1,959	$73,273,658	59
13	(8)	Extraordinary Measures	CBS Films	Drama	$2,619,257	-56.44%	2,548	$1,028	$10,445,568	10
14	(16)	Crazy Heart	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,309,245	+70.65%	239	$9,662	$6,657,379	47
15	(10)	The Spy Next Door	Lionsgate	Comedy	$2,075,020	-54.74%	1,851	$1,121	$21,539,791	17
16	(13)	Leap Year	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$1,015,910	-64.84%	1,135	$895	$24,734,590	24
17	(17)	The Princess and the Frog	Buena Vista	Adventure	$800,570	-38.07%	728	$1,100	$100,352,358	68
18	(15)	To Save a Life	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$733,457	-51.55%	440	$1,667	$2,569,965	10
19	(14)	Daybreakers	Lionsgate	Thriller/Suspense	$699,338	-54.93%	725	$965	$29,423,555	24
20	(19)	The Young Victoria	Apparition	Drama	$584,399	-21.61%	390	$1,498	$8,271,771	45
21	(20)	A Single Man	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$553,019	-22.88%	216	$2,560	$5,281,636	52
22	(21)	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$435,545	-15.27%	352	$1,237	$293,815,426	73
23	(22)	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	Sony Pictures Classics	Adventure	$322,908	-34.47%	179	$1,804	$6,406,049	38
24	(27)	Planet 51	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$281,698	-13.29%	282	$999	$40,970,164	73
25	(18)	Youth in Revolt	Weinstein/Dimension	Comedy	$281,382	-65.67%	246	$1,144	$14,890,330	24
26	(23)	Invictus	Warner Bros.	Drama	$270,900	-34.81%	225	$1,204	$36,215,979	52
27	(25)	2012	Sony Pictures	Action	$232,557	-30.72%	272	$855	$165,552,847	80
28	(24)	Broken Embraces	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$226,173	-39.09%	160	$1,414	$4,069,154	73
29	(29)	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Lionsgate	Drama	$215,131	+1.56%	222	$969	$45,447,889	87
30	(28)	Nine	Weinstein Co.	Musical	$208,672	-32.56%	220	$949	$19,201,508	45
31	(new)	Preacher's Kid	Gener8xion Entertainment		$190,638		109	$1,749	$190,638	3
32	(32)	The Fantastic Mr. Fox	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$136,850	-5.99%	152	$900	$20,374,545	80
33	(30)	An Education	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$119,146	-25.18%	75	$1,589	$8,795,228	115
34	(new)	Rann	Studio 18	Drama	$117,088		51	$2,296	$117,088	3
35	(34)	The White Ribbon	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$116,866	+2.36%	22	$5,312	$611,463	33
36	(26)	Veer	Eros Entertainment		$92,336	-72.40%	92	$1,004	$499,685	10
37	(35)	Old Dogs	Buena Vista	Comedy	$91,492	-18.91%	111	$824	$48,283,455	68
38	(37)	The Last Station	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$84,745	-14.63%	9	$9,416	$343,758	17
39	(31)	3 Idiots	Big Pictures	Comedy	$81,475	-45.23%	56	$1,455	$6,410,868	40
40	(36)	Couples Retreat	Universal	Comedy	$79,965	-25.65%	144	$555	$109,176,215	115
41	(40)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$78,948	-9.13%	19	$4,155	$19,849,932	353
42	(42)	The Road	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$61,343	-11.23%	90	$682	$7,858,556	68
43	(38)	Ninja Assassin	Warner Bros.	Action	$60,346	-37.32%	132	$457	$38,042,370	68
44	(new)	Ishqiya	Viva Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$58,521		13	$4,502	$58,521	3
45	(41)	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$49,634	-30.06%	109	$455	$77,175,874	108
46	(49)	Fish Tank			$49,606	+73.41%	13	$3,816	$134,843	17
47	(re-entry)	Millenium 2			$42,051		34	$1,237	$1,279,930	38
48	(43)	Creation	Newmarket Films	Drama	$39,994	-24.64%	12	$3,333	$107,642	10
49	(46)	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$31,249	-32.69%	78	$401	$73,343,413	108
50	(52)	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	First Look	Drama	$31,225	+52.89%	46	$679	$1,616,556	73
51	(48)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$29,893	-4.71%	8	$3,737	$80,838,925	2,845
52	(45)	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Overture Films	Black Comedy	$25,158	-46.56%	72	$349	$32,416,109	87
53	(50)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$23,723	-6.90%	5	$4,745	$31,792,745	1,592
54	(new)	North Face	Music Box Films		$23,050		4	$5,763	$23,050	3
55	(new)	Saint John of Las Vegas			$21,666		2	$10,833	$21,666	3
56	(56)	The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day	Apparition	Action	$21,079	+14.47%	43	$490	$10,210,931	94
57	(54)	The Girl on the Train	Strand		$20,672	+7.93%	10	$2,067	$47,696	10
58	(44)	Disney's A Christmas Carol	Buena Vista	Drama	$19,241	-59.77%	66	$292	$137,850,096	87
59	(68)	La Danse	Zipporah		$18,300	+232.79%	11	$1,664	$490,754	89
60	(53)	The Messenger	Oscilloscope Pictures	Drama	$17,951	-11.37%	28	$641	$770,208	80
61	(51)	Me and Orson Welles	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$16,756	-28.98%	23	$729	$1,129,690	68
62	(55)	A Town Called Panic	Zeitgeist	Comedy	$16,485	-11.64%	6	$2,748	$69,420	47
63	(58)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$14,240	-7.61%	8	$1,780	$22,816,920	850
64	(63)	Coco Before Chanel	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$13,780	+83.12%	52	$265	$6,095,004	129
65	(47)	That Evening Sun	Freestyle Releasing		$12,187	-65.47%	9	$1,354	$106,748	87
66	(67)	Red Cliff	Magnolia Pictures	Action	$10,502	+83.76%	14	$750	$594,649	73
67	(new)	Off and Running	First Run Features		$7,978		1	$7,978	$7,978	3
68	(59)	The Private Lives of Pippa Lee	Screen Media Films	Drama	$7,930	-17.04%	11	$721	$307,411	66
69	(76)	44 Inch Chest	Image Entertainment		$7,893	+297.63%	4	$1,973	$17,428	17
70	(65)	The Little Traitor	Westchester Films	Drama	$7,713	+22.58%	2	$3,857	$129,067	108
71	(62)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$7,111	-5.56%	5	$1,422	$7,311,962	717
72	(66)	35 Shots of Rum	Cinema Guild	Drama	$6,464	+3.23%	4	$1,616	$152,819	136
73	(69)	Until the Light Takes Us	Variance Films		$6,376	+32.36%	3	$2,125	$73,647	73
74	(75)	Killing Kasztner	GR Films		$6,357	+116.89%	5	$1,271	$72,392	101
75	(61)	The Maid	Elephant Eye Films	Drama	$5,912	-25.24%	7	$845	$541,436	108
76	(re-entry)	The End of Poverty?	Cinema Libre	Documentary	$4,949		3	$1,650	$46,347	80
77	(72)	Mystery Team	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$4,511	+30.41%	4	$1,128	$64,469	157
78	(64)	House	Janus Films		$3,876	-38.89%	1	$3,876	$39,228	17
79	(60)	The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond	Paladin	Drama	$3,527	-61.40%	3	$1,176	$115,352	33
80	(re-entry)	Storm	Film Movement	Drama	$3,421		2	$1,711	$20,772	94
81	(new)	For My Father	Film Movement	Drama	$3,220		1	$3,220	$3,220	3
82	(83)	Visual Acoustics	Arthouse Films		$3,196	+221.53%	2	$1,598	$83,301	115
83	(re-entry)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$2,890		2	$1,445	$42,843,438	1,431
84	(80)	Seraphine	Music Box Films		$2,566	+113.83%	2	$1,283	$867,128	241
85	(92)	Waiting for Armageddon	First Run Features		$2,412	+957.89%	1	$2,412	$7,729	24
86	(79)	Sweetgrass	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$2,235	+65.56%	3	$745	$37,778	26
87	(84)	The Damned United	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,035	+163.26%	5	$407	$447,437	115
88	(re-entry)	Bliss	First Run Features	Drama	$1,710		1	$1,710	$39,203	178
89	(re-entry)	Horse Boy, The	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$1,616		1	$1,616	$152,940	143
90	(re-entry)	The Beaches of Agnes	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$1,381		2	$691	$230,180	215
91	(re-entry)	Big Fan	First Independent Pictures	Comedy	$1,176		1	$1,176	$233,908	157
92	(new)	The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers	First Run Features	Documentary	$1,114		1	$1,114	$37,989	3
93	(new)	The Weathered Underground	Indican Pictures		$1,010		3	$337	$6,600	6
94	(90)	Cloud Nine			$941	+123.52%	2	$471	$90,140	171
95	(new)	Falling Awake	IFC Films	Drama	$847		2	$424	$847	3
96	(re-entry)	Amarcord			$601		1	$601	$131,377	13,194
97	(82)	Murder in Fashion	Regent Releasing	Drama	$600	-42.64%	1	$600	$2,050	10
98	(73)	Watercolors	Regent Releasing	Drama	$550	-82.85%	1	$550	$4,908	10
99	(70)	Misconceptions	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$425	-88.80%	1	$425	$5,563	10
100	(74)	The Yes Men Fix the World	Shadow	Documentary	$384	-87.10%	2	$192	$176,503	117
101	(re-entry)	Gigante	Film Movement		$362		1	$362	$6,542	33
102	(85)	U2 3D	National Geographic Entertainment	Concert/Performance	$354	-47.32%	1	$354	$10,221,320	740
103	(78)	Departures	Regent Releasing	Drama	$150	-88.89%	1	$150	$1,540,371	248
104	(re-entry)	Mine	Film Movement	Documentary	$112		1	$112	$8,964	337

Chart certified: 4/24/2010