Weekend Domestic Box Office January 16, 2009
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $31,832,636 | 3,144 | $10,125 | $31,832,636 | 3 | ||
| 2 | (1) | Gran Torino | $21,979,069 | -25% | 2,972 | $7,395 | $72,976,480 | 38 | |
| 3 | (new) | My Bloody Valentine | $21,241,456 | 2,534 | $8,383 | $21,241,456 | 3 | ||
| 4 | (new) | Notorious | $20,497,596 | 1,638 | $12,514 | $20,497,596 | 3 | ||
| 5 | (new) | Hotel for Dogs | $17,012,212 | 3,271 | $5,201 | $17,012,212 | 3 | ||
| 6 | (2) | Bride Wars | $11,651,553 | -45% | 3,228 | $3,610 | $37,478,678 | 10 | |
| 7 | (3) | The Unborn | $9,341,985 | -53% | 2,359 | $3,960 | $32,581,140 | 10 | |
| 8 | (36) | Defiance | $8,911,827 | +12,970% | 1,789 | $4,981 | $9,252,455 | 19 | |
| 9 | (4) | Marley & Me | $6,138,859 | -46% | 2,952 | $2,080 | $132,548,142 | 25 | |
| 10 | (11) | Slumdog Millionaire | $5,849,157 | +55% | 582 | $10,050 | $42,686,362 | 68 | |
| 11 | (5) | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $5,576,862 | -39% | 2,223 | $2,509 | $102,601,599 | 25 | |
| 12 | (6) | Bedtime Stories | $4,726,059 | -46% | 2,619 | $1,805 | $103,631,350 | 25 | |
| 13 | (30) | Last Chance Harvey | $4,299,805 | +2,935% | 1,054 | $4,080 | $4,299,805 | 25 | |
| 14 | (7) | Valkyrie | $3,802,679 | -43% | 2,007 | $1,895 | $77,522,785 | 25 | |
| 15 | (8) | Yes Man | $2,597,519 | -57% | 1,704 | $1,524 | $93,552,413 | 31 | |
| 16 | (9) | Not Easily Broken | $1,945,080 | -63% | 725 | $2,683 | $8,089,061 | 10 | |
| 17 | (16) | Revolutionary Road | $1,783,093 | +25% | 171 | $10,427 | $5,733,271 | 24 | |
| 18 | (12) | Twilight | $1,742,920 | -39% | 904 | $1,928 | $184,208,531 | 59 | |
| 19 | (21) | The Wrestler | $1,702,695 | +101% | 144 | $11,824 | $5,014,663 | 33 | |
| 20 | (18) | The Reader | $1,285,036 | -5% | 417 | $3,082 | $7,575,034 | 40 | |
| 21 | (14) | Doubt | $1,231,332 | -51% | 725 | $1,698 | $25,263,319 | 38 | |
| 22 | (10) | Seven Pounds | $1,215,254 | -68% | 1,121 | $1,084 | $69,172,351 | 31 | |
| 23 | (19) | Milk | $778,950 | -40% | 223 | $3,493 | $20,380,174 | 54 | |
| 24 | (13) | The Tale of Despereaux | $713,595 | -74% | 870 | $820 | $48,872,100 | 31 | |
| 25 | (20) | Frost/Nixon | $669,425 | -25% | 153 | $4,375 | $8,628,586 | 45 | |
| 26 | (new) | Chandni Chowk to China | $629,921 | 130 | $4,846 | $629,921 | 3 | ||
| 27 | (26) | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $528,787 | +66% | 334 | $1,583 | $178,095,872 | 73 | |
| 28 | (15) | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $458,634 | -70% | 311 | $1,475 | $78,291,000 | 38 | |
| 29 | (17) | Bolt | $348,226 | -75% | 339 | $1,027 | $112,440,210 | 59 | |
| 30 | (24) | Quantum of Solace | $334,824 | -12% | 329 | $1,018 | $167,993,814 | 66 | |
| 31 | (22) | Australia | $295,572 | -52% | 287 | $1,030 | $48,333,500 | 54 | |
| 32 | (25) | Four Christmases | $263,862 | -29% | 362 | $729 | $119,589,423 | 54 | |
| 33 | (49) | Che Part 1 The Argentine | $233,653 | +521% | 25 | $9,346 | $527,361 | 136 | |
| 34 | (27) | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $131,779 | -39% | 193 | $683 | $94,244,239 | 108 | |
| 35 | (29) | Role Models | $104,720 | -38% | 187 | $560 | $67,142,910 | 73 | |
| 36 | (28) | Rachel Getting Married | $102,683 | -43% | 62 | $1,656 | $10,734,305 | 108 | |
| 37 | (48) | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $84,745 | +119% | 88 | $963 | $22,998,560 | 157 | |
| 38 | (35) | Waltz with Bashir | $78,607 | +11% | 9 | $8,734 | $532,125 | 25 | |
| 39 | (45) | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $77,161 | +70% | 21 | $3,674 | $20,643,556 | 472 | |
| 40 | (23) | The Spirit | $74,798 | -87% | 168 | $445 | $19,765,327 | 25 | |
| 41 | (47) | Happy-Go-Lucky | $60,032 | +51% | 51 | $1,177 | $3,494,485 | 101 | |
| 42 | (38) | Let the Right One In | $58,611 | -6% | 39 | $1,503 | $1,677,792 | 87 | |
| 43 | (31) | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $52,197 | -58% | 155 | $337 | $90,481,281 | 87 | |
| 44 | (39) | Fireproof | $44,662 | -24% | 71 | $629 | $33,396,637 | 115 | |
| 45 | (41) | I've Loved You So Long | $42,490 | -19% | 23 | $1,847 | $2,535,311 | 87 | |
| 46 | (43) | Synecdoche, New York | $39,737 | -18% | 33 | $1,204 | $2,853,303 | 87 | |
| 47 | (46) | Fly Me To the Moon | $39,404 | -10% | 13 | $3,031 | $12,680,670 | 157 | |
| 48 | (40) | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $35,357 | -39% | 58 | $610 | $9,023,439 | 73 | |
| 49 | (42) | The Secret Life of Bees | $35,294 | -27% | 58 | $609 | $37,656,903 | 94 | |
| 50 | (32) | Ghajini | $29,709 | -73% | 22 | $1,350 | $2,411,071 | 24 | |
| 51 | (53) | Magnificent Desolation | $28,501 | +34% | 6 | $4,750 | $27,235,339 | 1,214 | |
| 52 | (54) | Space Station | $26,680 | +27% | 7 | $3,811 | $77,375,207 | 2,467 | |
| 53 | (86) | Soul Men | $25,764 | +2,035% | 90 | $286 | $12,052,391 | 73 | |
| 54 | (56) | Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D | $20,954 | +11% | 9 | $2,328 | $5,311,068 | 339 | |
| 55 | (63) | Roving Mars | $19,545 | +90% | 7 | $2,792 | $9,903,834 | 1,088 | |
| 56 | (44) | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $19,366 | -60% | 50 | $387 | $31,430,482 | 80 | |
| 57 | (62) | Made in U.S.A. (1967) (Re-Release) | $15,601 | +40% | 2 | $7,801 | $35,019 | 10 | |
| 58 | (34) | Appaloosa | $12,292 | -83% | 49 | $251 | $20,204,820 | 122 | |
| 59 | (61) | Silent Light | $11,617 | -3% | 1 | $11,617 | $33,239 | 10 | |
| 60 | (60) | Wendy and Lucy | $11,466 | -32% | 4 | $2,867 | $158,653 | 40 | |
| 61 | (59) | A Christmas Tale | $10,923 | -36% | 20 | $546 | $1,042,873 | 66 | |
| 62 | (58) | Deep Sea 3-D | $10,722 | -38% | 6 | $1,787 | $37,360,910 | 1,053 | |
| 63 | (64) | The Dark Knight | $9,611 | +20% | 6 | $1,602 | $531,037,410 | 185 | |
| 64 | (new) | Owl and the Sparrow | $9,474 | 3 | $3,158 | $9,474 | 3 | ||
| 65 | (85) | Lola Montes (1955) (Re-Release) | $8,069 | +542% | 3 | $2,690 | $100,633 | 101 | |
| 66 | (-) | Timecrimes | $7,916 | 2 | $3,958 | $31,640 | 38 | ||
| 67 | (51) | Nothing Like the Holidays | $7,686 | -65% | 23 | $334 | $7,496,496 | 38 | |
| 68 | (-) | JCVD | $6,944 | 9 | $772 | $470,691 | 73 | ||
| 69 | (-) | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $6,522 | 5 | $1,304 | $62,811 | 73 | ||
| 70 | (new) | Cherry Blossoms | $3,322 | 1 | $3,322 | $3,322 | 3 | ||
| 71 | (74) | Just Another Love Story | $3,263 | -6% | 1 | $3,263 | $9,705 | 10 | |
| 72 | (73) | U2 3D | $3,034 | -22% | 1 | $3,034 | $9,684,476 | 362 | |
| 73 | (67) | The Secret of the Grain | $2,832 | -55% | 1 | $2,832 | $54,153 | 171 | |
| 74 | (new) | Ballerina | $2,656 | 1 | $2,656 | $2,656 | 3 | ||
| 75 | (-) | The Beautiful Truth | $2,395 | 1 | $2,395 | $13,594 | 66 | ||
| 76 | (57) | Igor | $2,076 | -89% | 8 | $260 | $19,527,497 | 122 | |
| 77 | (88) | The Betrayal | $1,915 | +185% | 1 | $1,915 | $14,292 | 59 | |
| 78 | (83) | The Secrets | $1,622 | -2% | 3 | $541 | $62,019 | 54 | |
| 79 | (75) | Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains | $1,600 | -53% | 3 | $533 | $70,821 | 89 | |
| 80 | (78) | A Secret | $1,410 | -48% | 4 | $353 | $584,561 | 136 | |
| 81 | (76) | Ciao | $1,321 | -59% | 2 | $661 | $29,817 | 45 | |
| 82 | (69) | How About You | $1,260 | -79% | 1 | $1,260 | $54,225 | 66 | |
| 83 | (-) | Otto; Or, Up with Dead People | $1,231 | 2 | $616 | $9,386 | 73 | ||
| 84 | (80) | Passchendaele | $975 | -59% | 4 | $244 | $4,452,423 | 87 | |
| 85 | (-) | The Singing Revolution | $798 | 3 | $266 | $399,628 | 409 | ||
| 86 | (81) | Yonkers Joe | $742 | -64% | 2 | $371 | $3,946 | 10 | |
| 87 | (79) | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $506 | -79% | 1 | $506 | $68,248 | 61 | |
| 88 | (77) | Trouble the Water | $457 | -85% | 1 | $457 | $491,340 | 150 | |
| 89 | (71) | The Wild Child | $375 | -92% | 1 | $375 | $32,901 | 14,012 | |
| 90 | (-) | Were the World Mine | $344 | 1 | $344 | $89,788 | 80 | ||
| 91 | (-) | I.O.U.S.A. | $324 | 1 | $324 | $814,108 | 150 | ||
| 92 | (new) | The Village Barbershop | $89 | 1 | $89 | $89 | 3 | ||
| Reporting movies: 92 | $193,016,319 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $31,832,636 | 3,144 | $31,832,636 |
| 2 | Gran Torino | $21,979,069 | 2,972 | $72,976,480 |
| 3 | My Bloody Valentine | $21,241,456 | 2,534 | $21,241,456 |
| 4 | Notorious | $20,497,596 | 1,638 | $20,497,596 |
| 5 | Hotel for Dogs | $17,012,212 | 3,271 | $17,012,212 |
| 6 | Bride Wars | $11,651,553 | 3,228 | $37,478,678 |
| 7 | The Unborn | $9,341,985 | 2,359 | $32,581,140 |
| 8 | Defiance | $8,911,827 | 1,789 | $9,252,455 |
| 9 | Marley & Me | $6,138,859 | 2,952 | $132,548,142 |
| 10 | Slumdog Millionaire | $5,849,157 | 582 | $42,686,362 |
| 11 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $5,576,862 | 2,223 | $102,601,599 |
| 12 | Bedtime Stories | $4,726,059 | 2,619 | $103,631,350 |
| 13 | Last Chance Harvey | $4,299,805 | 1,054 | $4,299,805 |
| 14 | Valkyrie | $3,802,679 | 2,007 | $77,522,785 |
| 15 | Yes Man | $2,597,519 | 1,704 | $93,552,413 |
| 16 | Not Easily Broken | $1,945,080 | 725 | $8,089,061 |
| 17 | Revolutionary Road | $1,783,093 | 171 | $5,733,271 |
| 18 | Twilight | $1,742,920 | 904 | $184,208,531 |
| 19 | The Wrestler | $1,702,695 | 144 | $5,014,663 |
| 20 | The Reader | $1,285,036 | 417 | $7,575,034 |
| 21 | Doubt | $1,231,332 | 725 | $25,263,319 |
| 22 | Seven Pounds | $1,215,254 | 1,121 | $69,172,351 |
| 23 | Milk | $778,950 | 223 | $20,380,174 |
| 24 | The Tale of Despereaux | $713,595 | 870 | $48,872,100 |
| 25 | Frost/Nixon | $669,425 | 153 | $8,628,586 |
| 26 | Chandni Chowk to China | $629,921 | 130 | $629,921 |
| 27 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $528,787 | 334 | $178,095,872 |
| 28 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $458,634 | 311 | $78,291,000 |
| 29 | Bolt | $348,226 | 339 | $112,440,210 |
| 30 | Quantum of Solace | $334,824 | 329 | $167,993,814 |
| 31 | Australia | $295,572 | 287 | $48,333,500 |
| 32 | Four Christmases | $263,862 | 362 | $119,589,423 |
| 33 | Che Part 1 The Argentine | $233,653 | 25 | $527,361 |
| 34 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $131,779 | 193 | $94,244,239 |
| 35 | Role Models | $104,720 | 187 | $67,142,910 |
| 36 | Rachel Getting Married | $102,683 | 62 | $10,734,305 |
| 37 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $84,745 | 88 | $22,998,560 |
| 38 | Waltz with Bashir | $78,607 | 9 | $532,125 |
| 39 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $77,161 | 21 | $20,643,556 |
| 40 | The Spirit | $74,798 | 168 | $19,765,327 |
| 41 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $60,032 | 51 | $3,494,485 |
| 42 | Let the Right One In | $58,611 | 39 | $1,677,792 |
| 43 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $52,197 | 155 | $90,481,281 |
| 44 | Fireproof | $44,662 | 71 | $33,396,637 |
| 45 | I've Loved You So Long | $42,490 | 23 | $2,535,311 |
| 46 | Synecdoche, New York | $39,737 | 33 | $2,853,303 |
| 47 | Fly Me To the Moon | $39,404 | 13 | $12,680,670 |
| 48 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $35,357 | 58 | $9,023,439 |
| 49 | The Secret Life of Bees | $35,294 | 58 | $37,656,903 |
| 50 | Ghajini | $29,709 | 22 | $2,411,071 |
| 51 | Magnificent Desolation | $28,501 | 6 | $27,235,339 |
| 52 | Space Station | $26,680 | 7 | $77,375,207 |
| 53 | Soul Men | $25,764 | 90 | $12,052,391 |
| 54 | Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D | $20,954 | 9 | $5,311,068 |
| 55 | Roving Mars | $19,545 | 7 | $9,903,834 |
| 56 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $19,366 | 50 | $31,430,482 |
| 57 | Made in U.S.A. (1967) (Re-Release) | $15,601 | 2 | $35,019 |
| 58 | Appaloosa | $12,292 | 49 | $20,204,820 |
| 59 | Silent Light | $11,617 | 1 | $33,239 |
| 60 | Wendy and Lucy | $11,466 | 4 | $158,653 |
| 61 | A Christmas Tale | $10,923 | 20 | $1,042,873 |
| 62 | Deep Sea 3-D | $10,722 | 6 | $37,360,910 |
| 63 | The Dark Knight | $9,611 | 6 | $531,037,410 |
| 64 | Owl and the Sparrow | $9,474 | 3 | $9,474 |
| 65 | Lola Montes (1955) (Re-Release) | $8,069 | 3 | $100,633 |
| 66 | Timecrimes | $7,916 | 2 | $31,640 |
| 67 | Nothing Like the Holidays | $7,686 | 23 | $7,496,496 |
| 68 | JCVD | $6,944 | 9 | $470,691 |
| 69 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $6,522 | 5 | $62,811 |
| 70 | Cherry Blossoms | $3,322 | 1 | $3,322 |
| 71 | Just Another Love Story | $3,263 | 1 | $9,705 |
| 72 | U2 3D | $3,034 | 1 | $9,684,476 |
| 73 | The Secret of the Grain | $2,832 | 1 | $54,153 |
| 74 | Ballerina | $2,656 | 1 | $2,656 |
| 75 | The Beautiful Truth | $2,395 | 1 | $13,594 |
| 76 | Igor | $2,076 | 8 | $19,527,497 |
| 77 | The Betrayal | $1,915 | 1 | $14,292 |
| 78 | The Secrets | $1,622 | 3 | $62,019 |
| 79 | Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains | $1,600 | 3 | $70,821 |
| 80 | A Secret | $1,410 | 4 | $584,561 |
| 81 | Ciao | $1,321 | 2 | $29,817 |
| 82 | How About You | $1,260 | 1 | $54,225 |
| 83 | Otto; Or, Up with Dead People | $1,231 | 2 | $9,386 |
| 84 | Passchendaele | $975 | 4 | $4,452,423 |
| 85 | The Singing Revolution | $798 | 3 | $399,628 |
| 86 | Yonkers Joe | $742 | 2 | $3,946 |
| 87 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $506 | 1 | $68,248 |
| 88 | Trouble the Water | $457 | 1 | $491,340 |
| 89 | The Wild Child | $375 | 1 | $32,901 |
| 90 | Were the World Mine | $344 | 1 | $89,788 |
| 91 | I.O.U.S.A. | $324 | 1 | $814,108 |
| 92 | The Village Barbershop | $89 | 1 | $89 |
| Reporting: 92 | $193,016,319 | total | ||