Weekend Domestic Box Office January 2, 2009
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Marley & Me | $24,263,763 | -33% | 3,505 | $6,923 | $106,664,046 | 11 | |
| 2 | (2) | Bedtime Stories | $20,501,339 | -25% | 3,684 | $5,565 | $85,539,168 | 11 | |
| 3 | (3) | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $18,691,248 | -30% | 2,988 | $6,255 | $79,297,086 | 11 | |
| 4 | (4) | Valkyrie | $14,094,617 | -33% | 2,778 | $5,074 | $60,743,921 | 11 | |
| 5 | (5) | Yes Man | $13,910,477 | -16% | 3,434 | $4,051 | $79,507,388 | 17 | |
| 6 | (6) | Seven Pounds | $10,068,518 | -24% | 2,758 | $3,651 | $60,147,298 | 17 | |
| 7 | (7) | The Tale of Despereaux | $6,939,295 | -22% | 3,091 | $2,245 | $43,661,775 | 17 | |
| 8 | (8) | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $5,049,698 | -34% | 2,337 | $2,161 | $74,424,256 | 24 | |
| 9 | (10) | Doubt | $5,000,893 | -6% | 1,287 | $3,886 | $18,705,481 | 24 | |
| 10 | (13) | Slumdog Millionaire | $4,690,769 | +9% | 612 | $7,665 | $28,676,598 | 54 | |
| 11 | (12) | Twilight | $4,648,642 | -2% | 1,888 | $2,462 | $176,922,850 | 45 | |
| 12 | (14) | Bolt | $3,291,944 | -3% | 1,729 | $1,904 | $109,917,145 | 45 | |
| 13 | (9) | The Spirit | $3,259,898 | -50% | 2,509 | $1,299 | $17,743,738 | 11 | |
| 14 | (15) | Gran Torino | $2,936,423 | +26% | 84 | $34,957 | $9,820,554 | 24 | |
| 15 | (11) | Four Christmases | $2,811,390 | -42% | 2,307 | $1,219 | $118,189,834 | 40 | |
| 16 | (16) | Milk | $1,888,510 | +7% | 309 | $6,112 | $17,157,994 | 40 | |
| 17 | (22) | The Reader | $1,598,472 | +141% | 398 | $4,016 | $3,553,578 | 26 | |
| 18 | (18) | Frost/Nixon | $1,400,484 | +3% | 205 | $6,832 | $6,291,176 | 31 | |
| 19 | (19) | Australia | $1,163,169 | +8% | 768 | $1,515 | $46,686,713 | 40 | |
| 20 | (17) | Quantum of Solace | $1,130,055 | -19% | 891 | $1,268 | $166,820,413 | 52 | |
| 21 | (29) | Revolutionary Road | $985,961 | +419% | 38 | $25,946 | $1,375,749 | 10 | |
| 22 | (20) | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $958,397 | +4% | 707 | $1,356 | $177,016,810 | 59 | |
| 23 | (23) | The Wrestler | $437,815 | +13% | 18 | $24,323 | $1,762,043 | 19 | |
| 24 | (25) | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $320,336 | +2% | 263 | $1,218 | $93,778,953 | 94 | |
| 25 | (21) | Ghajini | $288,075 | -62% | 83 | $3,471 | $2,192,682 | 10 | |
| 26 | (28) | Role Models | $247,050 | +21% | 270 | $915 | $66,703,740 | 59 | |
| 27 | (27) | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $243,418 | +13% | 295 | $825 | $90,224,290 | 73 | |
| 28 | (26) | Cadillac Records | $205,855 | -24% | 180 | $1,144 | $8,134,217 | 31 | |
| 29 | (33) | Rachel Getting Married | $166,733 | +27% | 67 | $2,489 | $10,307,424 | 94 | |
| 30 | (24) | Nothing Like the Holidays | $155,967 | -50% | 308 | $506 | $7,405,784 | 24 | |
| 31 | (30) | Eagle Eye | $146,604 | -8% | 195 | $752 | $101,401,695 | 101 | |
| 32 | (new) | Defiance | $123,513 | 2 | $61,757 | $200,614 | 5 | ||
| 33 | (35) | Last Chance Harvey | $102,206 | +5% | 6 | $17,034 | $350,947 | 11 | |
| 34 | (37) | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $95,845 | +9% | 93 | $1,031 | $8,854,137 | 59 | |
| 35 | (42) | Let the Right One In | $92,012 | +79% | 37 | $2,487 | $1,483,912 | 73 | |
| 36 | (38) | I've Loved You So Long | $89,378 | +4% | 42 | $2,128 | $2,355,979 | 73 | |
| 37 | (36) | Body of Lies | $81,623 | -10% | 182 | $448 | $39,315,385 | 87 | |
| 38 | (39) | Changeling | $80,040 | +11% | 125 | $640 | $35,707,327 | 73 | |
| 39 | (32) | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | $72,537 | -54% | 45 | $1,612 | $2,040,699 | 24 | |
| 40 | (49) | Happy-Go-Lucky | $70,229 | +68% | 59 | $1,190 | $3,310,429 | 87 | |
| 41 | (53) | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $67,517 | +197% | 102 | $662 | $31,300,810 | 66 | |
| 42 | (48) | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $66,662 | +59% | 21 | $3,174 | $20,402,536 | 458 | |
| 43 | (43) | The Dark Knight | $65,140 | +29% | 75 | $869 | $531,001,578 | 171 | |
| 44 | (31) | The Polar Express | $62,932 | -60% | 18 | $3,496 | $180,809,467 | 1,517 | |
| 45 | (45) | The Secret Life of Bees | $62,044 | +24% | 84 | $739 | $37,525,311 | 80 | |
| 46 | (46) | Fireproof | $56,806 | +18% | 87 | $653 | $33,256,544 | 101 | |
| 47 | (44) | Waltz with Bashir | $53,564 | +7% | 5 | $10,713 | $220,441 | 11 | |
| 48 | (41) | Deep Sea 3-D | $50,396 | -14% | 8 | $6,300 | $37,313,859 | 1,039 | |
| 49 | (-) | Magnificent Desolation | $48,722 | 2 | $24,361 | $27,119,705 | 1,200 | ||
| 50 | (50) | Synecdoche, New York | $44,825 | +22% | 39 | $1,149 | $2,705,849 | 73 | |
| 51 | (-) | Space Station | $43,840 | 3 | $14,613 | $77,271,651 | 2,453 | ||
| 52 | (47) | Nights in Rodanthe | $42,171 | -10% | 85 | $496 | $41,802,381 | 101 | |
| 53 | (40) | A Christmas Tale | $40,756 | -36% | 34 | $1,199 | $992,052 | 52 | |
| 54 | (51) | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $40,424 | +15% | 25 | $1,617 | $22,830,692 | 143 | |
| 55 | (57) | Igor | $39,523 | +260% | 34 | $1,162 | $19,486,744 | 108 | |
| 56 | (52) | Che Part 1 The Argentine | $35,484 | +3% | 2 | $17,742 | $218,470 | 122 | |
| 57 | (-) | Fly Me To the Moon | $33,162 | 12 | $2,764 | $12,564,415 | 143 | ||
| 58 | (55) | Wendy and Lucy | $24,938 | +108% | 4 | $6,235 | $111,329 | 26 | |
| 59 | (54) | Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D | $24,373 | +21% | 10 | $2,437 | $5,243,604 | 325 | |
| 60 | (56) | Max Payne | $11,458 | +0% | 27 | $424 | $40,677,229 | 80 | |
| 61 | (59) | Roving Mars | $10,971 | +8% | 6 | $1,829 | $9,862,017 | 1,074 | |
| 62 | (66) | Man on Wire | $10,919 | +119% | 5 | $2,184 | $2,942,990 | 164 | |
| 63 | (-) | Santa vs. The Snowman | $10,914 | 12 | $910 | $10,232,980 | 2,252 | ||
| 64 | (60) | U2 3D | $10,826 | +19% | 4 | $2,707 | $9,674,438 | 348 | |
| 65 | (58) | City of Ember | $10,122 | -4% | 23 | $440 | $7,862,312 | 87 | |
| 66 | (73) | The Secret of the Grain | $9,864 | +901% | 1 | $9,864 | $35,097 | 157 | |
| 67 | (new) | Good | $9,508 | 2 | $4,754 | $13,651 | 5 | ||
| 68 | (63) | JCVD | $8,786 | +33% | 8 | $1,098 | $448,991 | 59 | |
| 69 | (62) | WALL-E | $7,148 | +5% | 23 | $311 | $223,806,889 | 192 | |
| 70 | (-) | Antarctica | $6,033 | 1 | $6,033 | $16,312 | 129 | ||
| 71 | (61) | Appaloosa | $5,278 | -31% | 15 | $352 | $20,080,574 | 108 | |
| 72 | (64) | A Secret | $4,263 | -33% | 3 | $1,421 | $578,051 | 122 | |
| 73 | (-) | Passchendaele | $3,530 | 6 | $588 | $4,435,251 | 73 | ||
| 74 | (-) | Ciao | $3,138 | 3 | $1,046 | $22,944 | 31 | ||
| 75 | (71) | How About You | $2,985 | +90% | 4 | $746 | $39,763 | 52 | |
| 76 | (67) | Soul Men | $2,660 | -30% | 9 | $296 | $12,024,598 | 59 | |
| 77 | (-) | Sixty Six | $2,461 | 1 | $2,461 | $223,526 | 157 | ||
| 78 | (new) | Angry Monk: Reflections on Tibet, The | $2,125 | 1 | $2,125 | $2,125 | 3 | ||
| 79 | (-) | Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains | $1,887 | 3 | $629 | $64,000 | 75 | ||
| 80 | (76) | Timecrimes | $1,785 | +106% | 3 | $595 | $22,494 | 24 | |
| 81 | (69) | Were the World Mine | $1,632 | +1% | 3 | $544 | $88,788 | 66 | |
| 82 | (72) | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $1,302 | -1% | 4 | $326 | $63,973 | 47 | |
| 83 | (-) | Yiddish Theater: A Love Story | $838 | 1 | $838 | $38,449 | 411 | ||
| 84 | (70) | Lola Montes (1955) (Re-Release) | $788 | -50% | 1 | $788 | $90,774 | 87 | |
| 85 | (-) | August Evening | $734 | 1 | $734 | $74,494 | 122 | ||
| 86 | (74) | The Secrets | $644 | -34% | 2 | $322 | $57,509 | 40 | |
| 87 | (79) | Ashes of Time (Redux Version) | $270 | -46% | 2 | $135 | $173,526 | 87 | |
| Reporting movies: 87 | $153,349,346 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marley & Me | $24,263,763 | 3,505 | $106,664,046 |
| 2 | Bedtime Stories | $20,501,339 | 3,684 | $85,539,168 |
| 3 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $18,691,248 | 2,988 | $79,297,086 |
| 4 | Valkyrie | $14,094,617 | 2,778 | $60,743,921 |
| 5 | Yes Man | $13,910,477 | 3,434 | $79,507,388 |
| 6 | Seven Pounds | $10,068,518 | 2,758 | $60,147,298 |
| 7 | The Tale of Despereaux | $6,939,295 | 3,091 | $43,661,775 |
| 8 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $5,049,698 | 2,337 | $74,424,256 |
| 9 | Doubt | $5,000,893 | 1,287 | $18,705,481 |
| 10 | Slumdog Millionaire | $4,690,769 | 612 | $28,676,598 |
| 11 | Twilight | $4,648,642 | 1,888 | $176,922,850 |
| 12 | Bolt | $3,291,944 | 1,729 | $109,917,145 |
| 13 | The Spirit | $3,259,898 | 2,509 | $17,743,738 |
| 14 | Gran Torino | $2,936,423 | 84 | $9,820,554 |
| 15 | Four Christmases | $2,811,390 | 2,307 | $118,189,834 |
| 16 | Milk | $1,888,510 | 309 | $17,157,994 |
| 17 | The Reader | $1,598,472 | 398 | $3,553,578 |
| 18 | Frost/Nixon | $1,400,484 | 205 | $6,291,176 |
| 19 | Australia | $1,163,169 | 768 | $46,686,713 |
| 20 | Quantum of Solace | $1,130,055 | 891 | $166,820,413 |
| 21 | Revolutionary Road | $985,961 | 38 | $1,375,749 |
| 22 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $958,397 | 707 | $177,016,810 |
| 23 | The Wrestler | $437,815 | 18 | $1,762,043 |
| 24 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $320,336 | 263 | $93,778,953 |
| 25 | Ghajini | $288,075 | 83 | $2,192,682 |
| 26 | Role Models | $247,050 | 270 | $66,703,740 |
| 27 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $243,418 | 295 | $90,224,290 |
| 28 | Cadillac Records | $205,855 | 180 | $8,134,217 |
| 29 | Rachel Getting Married | $166,733 | 67 | $10,307,424 |
| 30 | Nothing Like the Holidays | $155,967 | 308 | $7,405,784 |
| 31 | Eagle Eye | $146,604 | 195 | $101,401,695 |
| 32 | Defiance | $123,513 | 2 | $200,614 |
| 33 | Last Chance Harvey | $102,206 | 6 | $350,947 |
| 34 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $95,845 | 93 | $8,854,137 |
| 35 | Let the Right One In | $92,012 | 37 | $1,483,912 |
| 36 | I've Loved You So Long | $89,378 | 42 | $2,355,979 |
| 37 | Body of Lies | $81,623 | 182 | $39,315,385 |
| 38 | Changeling | $80,040 | 125 | $35,707,327 |
| 39 | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | $72,537 | 45 | $2,040,699 |
| 40 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $70,229 | 59 | $3,310,429 |
| 41 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $67,517 | 102 | $31,300,810 |
| 42 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $66,662 | 21 | $20,402,536 |
| 43 | The Dark Knight | $65,140 | 75 | $531,001,578 |
| 44 | The Polar Express | $62,932 | 18 | $180,809,467 |
| 45 | The Secret Life of Bees | $62,044 | 84 | $37,525,311 |
| 46 | Fireproof | $56,806 | 87 | $33,256,544 |
| 47 | Waltz with Bashir | $53,564 | 5 | $220,441 |
| 48 | Deep Sea 3-D | $50,396 | 8 | $37,313,859 |
| 49 | Magnificent Desolation | $48,722 | 2 | $27,119,705 |
| 50 | Synecdoche, New York | $44,825 | 39 | $2,705,849 |
| 51 | Space Station | $43,840 | 3 | $77,271,651 |
| 52 | Nights in Rodanthe | $42,171 | 85 | $41,802,381 |
| 53 | A Christmas Tale | $40,756 | 34 | $992,052 |
| 54 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $40,424 | 25 | $22,830,692 |
| 55 | Igor | $39,523 | 34 | $19,486,744 |
| 56 | Che Part 1 The Argentine | $35,484 | 2 | $218,470 |
| 57 | Fly Me To the Moon | $33,162 | 12 | $12,564,415 |
| 58 | Wendy and Lucy | $24,938 | 4 | $111,329 |
| 59 | Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D | $24,373 | 10 | $5,243,604 |
| 60 | Max Payne | $11,458 | 27 | $40,677,229 |
| 61 | Roving Mars | $10,971 | 6 | $9,862,017 |
| 62 | Man on Wire | $10,919 | 5 | $2,942,990 |
| 63 | Santa vs. The Snowman | $10,914 | 12 | $10,232,980 |
| 64 | U2 3D | $10,826 | 4 | $9,674,438 |
| 65 | City of Ember | $10,122 | 23 | $7,862,312 |
| 66 | The Secret of the Grain | $9,864 | 1 | $35,097 |
| 67 | Good | $9,508 | 2 | $13,651 |
| 68 | JCVD | $8,786 | 8 | $448,991 |
| 69 | WALL-E | $7,148 | 23 | $223,806,889 |
| 70 | Antarctica | $6,033 | 1 | $16,312 |
| 71 | Appaloosa | $5,278 | 15 | $20,080,574 |
| 72 | A Secret | $4,263 | 3 | $578,051 |
| 73 | Passchendaele | $3,530 | 6 | $4,435,251 |
| 74 | Ciao | $3,138 | 3 | $22,944 |
| 75 | How About You | $2,985 | 4 | $39,763 |
| 76 | Soul Men | $2,660 | 9 | $12,024,598 |
| 77 | Sixty Six | $2,461 | 1 | $223,526 |
| 78 | Angry Monk: Reflections on Tibet, The | $2,125 | 1 | $2,125 |
| 79 | Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains | $1,887 | 3 | $64,000 |
| 80 | Timecrimes | $1,785 | 3 | $22,494 |
| 81 | Were the World Mine | $1,632 | 3 | $88,788 |
| 82 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $1,302 | 4 | $63,973 |
| 83 | Yiddish Theater: A Love Story | $838 | 1 | $38,449 |
| 84 | Lola Montes (1955) (Re-Release) | $788 | 1 | $90,774 |
| 85 | August Evening | $734 | 1 | $74,494 |
| 86 | The Secrets | $644 | 2 | $57,509 |
| 87 | Ashes of Time (Redux Version) | $270 | 2 | $173,526 |
| Reporting: 87 | $153,349,346 | total | ||