Weekend Domestic Box Office January 9, 2009
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (14) | Gran Torino | $29,484,388 | +904% | 2,808 | $10,500 | $40,524,518 | 31 | |
| 2 | (new) | Bride Wars | $21,058,173 | 3,226 | $6,528 | $21,058,173 | 3 | ||
| 3 | (new) | The Unborn | $19,810,585 | 2,357 | $8,405 | $19,810,585 | 3 | ||
| 4 | (1) | Marley & Me | $11,391,425 | -53% | 3,478 | $3,275 | $123,751,596 | 18 | |
| 5 | (3) | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $9,212,515 | -51% | 2,947 | $3,126 | $94,092,395 | 18 | |
| 6 | (2) | Bedtime Stories | $8,802,120 | -57% | 3,511 | $2,507 | $97,432,093 | 18 | |
| 7 | (4) | Valkyrie | $6,617,065 | -53% | 2,838 | $2,332 | $71,464,448 | 18 | |
| 8 | (5) | Yes Man | $6,032,337 | -57% | 2,955 | $2,041 | $89,288,024 | 24 | |
| 9 | (new) | Not Easily Broken | $5,314,278 | 724 | $7,340 | $5,314,278 | 3 | ||
| 10 | (6) | Seven Pounds | $3,818,230 | -62% | 2,456 | $1,555 | $66,748,686 | 24 | |
| 11 | (10) | Slumdog Millionaire | $3,782,340 | -19% | 601 | $6,293 | $34,127,195 | 61 | |
| 12 | (11) | Twilight | $2,841,852 | -39% | 1,466 | $1,939 | $181,448,642 | 52 | |
| 13 | (7) | The Tale of Despereaux | $2,733,585 | -61% | 2,297 | $1,190 | $47,584,450 | 24 | |
| 14 | (9) | Doubt | $2,521,118 | -50% | 1,287 | $1,959 | $22,959,422 | 31 | |
| 15 | (8) | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $1,550,629 | -69% | 1,512 | $1,026 | $77,330,238 | 31 | |
| 16 | (21) | Revolutionary Road | $1,425,346 | +45% | 135 | $10,558 | $3,155,656 | 17 | |
| 17 | (12) | Bolt | $1,370,487 | -58% | 1,161 | $1,180 | $111,806,897 | 52 | |
| 18 | (17) | The Reader | $1,346,742 | -16% | 507 | $2,656 | $5,510,453 | 33 | |
| 19 | (16) | Milk | $1,296,051 | -31% | 295 | $4,393 | $19,163,996 | 47 | |
| 20 | (18) | Frost/Nixon | $891,627 | -36% | 205 | $4,349 | $7,631,181 | 38 | |
| 21 | (23) | The Wrestler | $848,410 | +94% | 60 | $14,140 | $2,822,431 | 26 | |
| 22 | (19) | Australia | $617,314 | -47% | 543 | $1,137 | $47,764,206 | 47 | |
| 23 | (13) | The Spirit | $558,480 | -83% | 1,088 | $513 | $19,446,189 | 18 | |
| 24 | (20) | Quantum of Solace | $380,050 | -66% | 357 | $1,065 | $167,535,553 | 59 | |
| 25 | (15) | Four Christmases | $373,436 | -87% | 777 | $481 | $119,209,383 | 47 | |
| 26 | (22) | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $319,301 | -67% | 375 | $851 | $177,495,492 | 66 | |
| 27 | (24) | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $215,358 | -33% | 242 | $890 | $94,066,316 | 101 | |
| 28 | (29) | Rachel Getting Married | $179,805 | +8% | 96 | $1,873 | $10,558,970 | 101 | |
| 29 | (26) | Role Models | $168,175 | -32% | 251 | $670 | $66,971,710 | 66 | |
| 30 | (33) | Last Chance Harvey | $141,671 | +39% | 16 | $8,854 | $531,825 | 18 | |
| 31 | (27) | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $123,348 | -49% | 251 | $491 | $90,396,719 | 80 | |
| 32 | (25) | Ghajini | $110,955 | -61% | 60 | $1,849 | $2,355,778 | 17 | |
| 33 | (-) | Babine | $102,275 | 50 | $2,046 | $2,626,308 | 45 | ||
| 34 | (71) | Appaloosa | $72,175 | +1,267% | 178 | $405 | $20,157,730 | 115 | |
| 35 | (47) | Waltz with Bashir | $70,737 | +32% | 8 | $8,842 | $260,967 | 18 | |
| 36 | (32) | Defiance | $68,183 | -45% | 2 | $34,092 | $309,017 | 12 | |
| 37 | (new) | After Dark's Horrorfest III | $66,456 | 50 | $1,329 | $66,456 | 3 | ||
| 38 | (35) | Let the Right One In | $62,114 | -32% | 37 | $1,679 | $1,585,679 | 80 | |
| 39 | (46) | Fireproof | $58,842 | +4% | 98 | $600 | $33,334,235 | 108 | |
| 40 | (34) | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $58,205 | -39% | 85 | $685 | $8,957,174 | 66 | |
| 41 | (36) | I've Loved You So Long | $52,340 | -41% | 33 | $1,586 | $2,462,429 | 80 | |
| 42 | (45) | The Secret Life of Bees | $48,546 | -22% | 76 | $639 | $37,600,538 | 87 | |
| 43 | (50) | Synecdoche, New York | $48,362 | +8% | 41 | $1,180 | $2,780,920 | 80 | |
| 44 | (41) | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $47,878 | -29% | 103 | $465 | $31,382,624 | 73 | |
| 45 | (42) | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $45,464 | -32% | 21 | $2,165 | $20,515,871 | 465 | |
| 46 | (57) | Fly Me To the Moon | $43,595 | +31% | 12 | $3,633 | $12,633,236 | 150 | |
| 47 | (40) | Happy-Go-Lucky | $39,659 | -44% | 49 | $809 | $3,384,240 | 94 | |
| 48 | (54) | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $38,628 | -4% | 38 | $1,017 | $22,886,033 | 150 | |
| 49 | (56) | Che Part 1 The Argentine | $37,613 | +6% | 5 | $7,523 | $293,708 | 129 | |
| 50 | (37) | Body of Lies | $31,555 | -61% | 85 | $371 | $39,380,442 | 94 | |
| 51 | (30) | Nothing Like the Holidays | $22,227 | -86% | 62 | $359 | $7,478,384 | 31 | |
| 52 | (52) | Nights in Rodanthe | $21,860 | -48% | 53 | $412 | $41,840,908 | 108 | |
| 53 | (49) | Magnificent Desolation | $21,278 | -56% | 4 | $5,320 | $27,174,480 | 1,207 | |
| 54 | (51) | Space Station | $21,064 | -52% | 5 | $4,213 | $77,321,775 | 2,460 | |
| 55 | (39) | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | $20,058 | -72% | 25 | $802 | $2,074,346 | 31 | |
| 56 | (59) | Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D | $18,892 | -22% | 10 | $1,889 | $5,278,371 | 332 | |
| 57 | (55) | Igor | $18,565 | -53% | 18 | $1,031 | $19,520,836 | 115 | |
| 58 | (48) | Deep Sea 3-D | $17,321 | -66% | 8 | $2,165 | $37,347,865 | 1,046 | |
| 59 | (53) | A Christmas Tale | $17,007 | -58% | 23 | $739 | $1,026,528 | 59 | |
| 60 | (58) | Wendy and Lucy | $16,822 | -33% | 5 | $3,364 | $140,520 | 33 | |
| 61 | (new) | Silent Light | $11,967 | 1 | $11,967 | $11,967 | 3 | ||
| 62 | (new) | Made in U.S.A. (1967) (Re-Release) | $11,125 | 1 | $11,125 | $11,125 | 3 | ||
| 63 | (61) | Roving Mars | $10,276 | -6% | 6 | $1,713 | $9,879,688 | 1,081 | |
| 64 | (43) | The Dark Knight | $8,012 | -88% | 7 | $1,145 | $531,026,626 | 178 | |
| 65 | (65) | City of Ember | $7,587 | -25% | 19 | $399 | $7,871,693 | 94 | |
| 66 | (67) | Good | $6,830 | -28% | 8 | $854 | $23,091 | 12 | |
| 67 | (66) | The Secret of the Grain | $6,290 | -36% | 1 | $6,290 | $46,655 | 164 | |
| 68 | (60) | Max Payne | $6,228 | -46% | 17 | $366 | $40,687,294 | 87 | |
| 69 | (75) | How About You | $5,991 | +101% | 5 | $1,198 | $50,648 | 59 | |
| 70 | (-) | Tell No One | $4,700 | 7 | $671 | $6,161,076 | 194 | ||
| 71 | (-) | The Wild Child | $4,541 | 2 | $2,271 | $29,514 | 14,005 | ||
| 72 | (-) | Call+Response | $4,183 | 1 | $4,183 | $212,989 | 94 | ||
| 73 | (64) | U2 3D | $3,908 | -64% | 2 | $1,954 | $9,679,545 | 355 | |
| 74 | (new) | Just Another Love Story | $3,470 | 1 | $3,470 | $3,470 | 3 | ||
| 75 | (79) | Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains | $3,388 | +80% | 3 | $1,129 | $68,007 | 82 | |
| 76 | (74) | Ciao | $3,185 | +1% | 2 | $1,593 | $26,948 | 38 | |
| 77 | (-) | Trouble the Water | $3,003 | 2 | $1,502 | $489,992 | 143 | ||
| 78 | (72) | A Secret | $2,727 | -36% | 4 | $682 | $581,908 | 129 | |
| 79 | (82) | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $2,429 | +87% | 5 | $486 | $66,402 | 54 | |
| 80 | (73) | Passchendaele | $2,352 | -33% | 9 | $261 | $4,442,615 | 80 | |
| 81 | (new) | Yonkers Joe | $2,073 | 2 | $1,037 | $2,073 | 3 | ||
| 82 | (63) | Santa vs. The Snowman | $2,000 | -82% | 5 | $400 | $10,243,688 | 2,259 | |
| 83 | (86) | The Secrets | $1,650 | +156% | 3 | $550 | $59,350 | 47 | |
| 84 | (70) | Antarctica | $1,484 | -75% | 1 | $1,484 | $19,930 | 136 | |
| 85 | (84) | Lola Montes (1955) (Re-Release) | $1,256 | +59% | 3 | $419 | $92,030 | 94 | |
| 86 | (76) | Soul Men | $1,207 | -55% | 3 | $402 | $12,026,529 | 66 | |
| 87 | (-) | House of the Sleeping Beauties | $691 | 1 | $691 | $4,078 | 59 | ||
| 88 | (-) | The Betrayal | $672 | 1 | $672 | $12,136 | 52 | ||
| 89 | (83) | Yiddish Theater: A Love Story | $632 | -25% | 1 | $632 | $39,081 | 418 | |
| 90 | (77) | Sixty Six | $407 | -83% | 1 | $407 | $224,313 | 164 | |
| 91 | (-) | Monsieur Verdoux | $322 | 1 | $322 | $41,331 | 22,557 | ||
| Reporting movies: 91 | $146,649,503 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran Torino | $29,484,388 | 2,808 | $40,524,518 |
| 2 | Bride Wars | $21,058,173 | 3,226 | $21,058,173 |
| 3 | The Unborn | $19,810,585 | 2,357 | $19,810,585 |
| 4 | Marley & Me | $11,391,425 | 3,478 | $123,751,596 |
| 5 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $9,212,515 | 2,947 | $94,092,395 |
| 6 | Bedtime Stories | $8,802,120 | 3,511 | $97,432,093 |
| 7 | Valkyrie | $6,617,065 | 2,838 | $71,464,448 |
| 8 | Yes Man | $6,032,337 | 2,955 | $89,288,024 |
| 9 | Not Easily Broken | $5,314,278 | 724 | $5,314,278 |
| 10 | Seven Pounds | $3,818,230 | 2,456 | $66,748,686 |
| 11 | Slumdog Millionaire | $3,782,340 | 601 | $34,127,195 |
| 12 | Twilight | $2,841,852 | 1,466 | $181,448,642 |
| 13 | The Tale of Despereaux | $2,733,585 | 2,297 | $47,584,450 |
| 14 | Doubt | $2,521,118 | 1,287 | $22,959,422 |
| 15 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $1,550,629 | 1,512 | $77,330,238 |
| 16 | Revolutionary Road | $1,425,346 | 135 | $3,155,656 |
| 17 | Bolt | $1,370,487 | 1,161 | $111,806,897 |
| 18 | The Reader | $1,346,742 | 507 | $5,510,453 |
| 19 | Milk | $1,296,051 | 295 | $19,163,996 |
| 20 | Frost/Nixon | $891,627 | 205 | $7,631,181 |
| 21 | The Wrestler | $848,410 | 60 | $2,822,431 |
| 22 | Australia | $617,314 | 543 | $47,764,206 |
| 23 | The Spirit | $558,480 | 1,088 | $19,446,189 |
| 24 | Quantum of Solace | $380,050 | 357 | $167,535,553 |
| 25 | Four Christmases | $373,436 | 777 | $119,209,383 |
| 26 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $319,301 | 375 | $177,495,492 |
| 27 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $215,358 | 242 | $94,066,316 |
| 28 | Rachel Getting Married | $179,805 | 96 | $10,558,970 |
| 29 | Role Models | $168,175 | 251 | $66,971,710 |
| 30 | Last Chance Harvey | $141,671 | 16 | $531,825 |
| 31 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $123,348 | 251 | $90,396,719 |
| 32 | Ghajini | $110,955 | 60 | $2,355,778 |
| 33 | Babine | $102,275 | 50 | $2,626,308 |
| 34 | Appaloosa | $72,175 | 178 | $20,157,730 |
| 35 | Waltz with Bashir | $70,737 | 8 | $260,967 |
| 36 | Defiance | $68,183 | 2 | $309,017 |
| 37 | After Dark's Horrorfest III | $66,456 | 50 | $66,456 |
| 38 | Let the Right One In | $62,114 | 37 | $1,585,679 |
| 39 | Fireproof | $58,842 | 98 | $33,334,235 |
| 40 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $58,205 | 85 | $8,957,174 |
| 41 | I've Loved You So Long | $52,340 | 33 | $2,462,429 |
| 42 | The Secret Life of Bees | $48,546 | 76 | $37,600,538 |
| 43 | Synecdoche, New York | $48,362 | 41 | $2,780,920 |
| 44 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $47,878 | 103 | $31,382,624 |
| 45 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $45,464 | 21 | $20,515,871 |
| 46 | Fly Me To the Moon | $43,595 | 12 | $12,633,236 |
| 47 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $39,659 | 49 | $3,384,240 |
| 48 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $38,628 | 38 | $22,886,033 |
| 49 | Che Part 1 The Argentine | $37,613 | 5 | $293,708 |
| 50 | Body of Lies | $31,555 | 85 | $39,380,442 |
| 51 | Nothing Like the Holidays | $22,227 | 62 | $7,478,384 |
| 52 | Nights in Rodanthe | $21,860 | 53 | $41,840,908 |
| 53 | Magnificent Desolation | $21,278 | 4 | $27,174,480 |
| 54 | Space Station | $21,064 | 5 | $77,321,775 |
| 55 | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | $20,058 | 25 | $2,074,346 |
| 56 | Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D | $18,892 | 10 | $5,278,371 |
| 57 | Igor | $18,565 | 18 | $19,520,836 |
| 58 | Deep Sea 3-D | $17,321 | 8 | $37,347,865 |
| 59 | A Christmas Tale | $17,007 | 23 | $1,026,528 |
| 60 | Wendy and Lucy | $16,822 | 5 | $140,520 |
| 61 | Silent Light | $11,967 | 1 | $11,967 |
| 62 | Made in U.S.A. (1967) (Re-Release) | $11,125 | 1 | $11,125 |
| 63 | Roving Mars | $10,276 | 6 | $9,879,688 |
| 64 | The Dark Knight | $8,012 | 7 | $531,026,626 |
| 65 | City of Ember | $7,587 | 19 | $7,871,693 |
| 66 | Good | $6,830 | 8 | $23,091 |
| 67 | The Secret of the Grain | $6,290 | 1 | $46,655 |
| 68 | Max Payne | $6,228 | 17 | $40,687,294 |
| 69 | How About You | $5,991 | 5 | $50,648 |
| 70 | Tell No One | $4,700 | 7 | $6,161,076 |
| 71 | The Wild Child | $4,541 | 2 | $29,514 |
| 72 | Call+Response | $4,183 | 1 | $212,989 |
| 73 | U2 3D | $3,908 | 2 | $9,679,545 |
| 74 | Just Another Love Story | $3,470 | 1 | $3,470 |
| 75 | Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains | $3,388 | 3 | $68,007 |
| 76 | Ciao | $3,185 | 2 | $26,948 |
| 77 | Trouble the Water | $3,003 | 2 | $489,992 |
| 78 | A Secret | $2,727 | 4 | $581,908 |
| 79 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $2,429 | 5 | $66,402 |
| 80 | Passchendaele | $2,352 | 9 | $4,442,615 |
| 81 | Yonkers Joe | $2,073 | 2 | $2,073 |
| 82 | Santa vs. The Snowman | $2,000 | 5 | $10,243,688 |
| 83 | The Secrets | $1,650 | 3 | $59,350 |
| 84 | Antarctica | $1,484 | 1 | $19,930 |
| 85 | Lola Montes (1955) (Re-Release) | $1,256 | 3 | $92,030 |
| 86 | Soul Men | $1,207 | 3 | $12,026,529 |
| 87 | House of the Sleeping Beauties | $691 | 1 | $4,078 |
| 88 | The Betrayal | $672 | 1 | $12,136 |
| 89 | Yiddish Theater: A Love Story | $632 | 1 | $39,081 |
| 90 | Sixty Six | $407 | 1 | $224,313 |
| 91 | Monsieur Verdoux | $322 | 1 | $41,331 |
| Reporting: 91 | $146,649,503 | total | ||