Weekend Domestic Box Office December 18, 2009
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Avatar | $77,025,481 | 3,452 | $22,313 | $77,025,481 | 3 | ||
| 2 | (1) | The Princess and the Frog | $12,185,949 | -50% | 3,475 | $3,507 | $44,717,721 | 26 | |
| 3 | (2) | The Blind Side | $10,021,280 | -33% | 3,407 | $2,941 | $164,725,525 | 31 | |
| 4 | (new) | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $6,616,571 | 2,718 | $2,434 | $6,616,571 | 3 | ||
| 5 | (4) | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $4,407,598 | -45% | 3,035 | $1,452 | $274,598,319 | 31 | |
| 6 | (3) | Invictus | $4,203,171 | -51% | 2,125 | $1,978 | $15,877,956 | 10 | |
| 7 | (5) | Disney’s A Christmas Carol | $3,443,464 | -50% | 2,070 | $1,664 | $130,813,354 | 45 | |
| 8 | (11) | Up in the Air | $3,210,132 | +34% | 175 | $18,344 | $8,216,051 | 17 | |
| 9 | (6) | Brothers | $2,889,121 | -42% | 2,009 | $1,438 | $22,349,862 | 17 | |
| 10 | (7) | Old Dogs | $2,340,575 | -47% | 2,630 | $890 | $43,625,471 | 26 | |
| 11 | (8) | 2012 | $2,204,588 | -49% | 2,242 | $983 | $159,028,696 | 38 | |
| 12 | (9) | Armored | $1,284,591 | -63% | 1,538 | $835 | $14,254,614 | 17 | |
| 13 | (15) | Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire) | $1,203,741 | -6% | 1,003 | $1,200 | $40,084,412 | 45 | |
| 14 | (10) | Ninja Assassin | $932,447 | -66% | 1,155 | $807 | $36,419,535 | 26 | |
| 15 | (12) | Planet 51 | $810,137 | -64% | 1,349 | $601 | $38,496,770 | 31 | |
| 16 | (17) | The Road | $660,274 | +31% | 396 | $1,667 | $4,926,949 | 26 | |
| 17 | (13) | Everybody's Fine | $601,659 | -73% | 1,003 | $600 | $8,855,646 | 17 | |
| 18 | (14) | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $598,941 | -57% | 540 | $1,109 | $17,385,916 | 38 | |
| 19 | (16) | The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day | $406,783 | -49% | 404 | $1,007 | $9,365,018 | 52 | |
| 20 | (new) | Nine | $257,232 | 4 | $64,308 | $257,232 | 3 | ||
| 21 | (18) | An Education | $220,925 | -30% | 200 | $1,105 | $7,120,034 | 73 | |
| 22 | (32) | Broken Embraces | $198,254 | +81% | 30 | $6,608 | $840,949 | 31 | |
| 23 | (19) | Couples Retreat | $170,610 | -34% | 294 | $580 | $107,863,225 | 73 | |
| 24 | (new) | The Young Victoria | $160,069 | 20 | $8,003 | $160,069 | 3 | ||
| 25 | (26) | Me and Orson Welles | $156,420 | +1% | 134 | $1,167 | $549,973 | 26 | |
| 26 | (21) | A Single Man | $142,848 | -34% | 9 | $15,872 | $545,063 | 10 | |
| 27 | (27) | A Serious Man | $98,311 | -33% | 117 | $840 | $8,894,894 | 80 | |
| 28 | (37) | Paranormal Activity | $88,715 | +44% | 237 | $374 | $107,603,100 | 87 | |
| 29 | (24) | Law Abiding Citizen | $87,049 | -48% | 151 | $576 | $72,443,511 | 66 | |
| 30 | (22) | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $86,086 | -57% | 207 | $416 | $31,847,604 | 45 | |
| 31 | (new) | Crazy Heart | $82,664 | 4 | $20,666 | $107,996 | 5 | ||
| 32 | (39) | Astro Boy | $80,148 | +81% | 252 | $318 | $19,168,663 | 59 | |
| 33 | (34) | The Polar Express | $75,143 | -2% | 17 | $4,420 | $181,181,646 | 1,867 | |
| 34 | (29) | The Fourth Kind | $66,495 | -53% | 133 | $500 | $25,269,950 | 45 | |
| 35 | (28) | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | $64,934 | -56% | 76 | $854 | $1,302,159 | 31 | |
| 36 | (23) | Pirate Radio | $59,210 | -66% | 242 | $245 | $7,830,004 | 38 | |
| 37 | (35) | Where the Wild Things Are | $56,636 | -25% | 123 | $460 | $75,789,686 | 66 | |
| 38 | (31) | The Lovely Bones | $45,097 | -61% | 3 | $15,032 | $200,687 | 10 | |
| 39 | (33) | The Box | $40,680 | -50% | 131 | $311 | $14,961,931 | 45 | |
| 40 | (36) | Red Cliff | $36,555 | -45% | 40 | $914 | $444,758 | 31 | |
| 41 | (41) | Under the Sea 3D | $31,395 | -21% | 26 | $1,208 | $19,133,653 | 311 | |
| 42 | (42) | Coco Before Chanel | $28,206 | -27% | 53 | $532 | $5,938,293 | 87 | |
| 43 | (38) | The Messenger | $26,444 | -42% | 43 | $615 | $592,390 | 38 | |
| 44 | (44) | La Danse | $25,055 | -23% | 25 | $1,002 | $339,790 | 47 | |
| 45 | (40) | Amelia | $18,777 | -57% | 65 | $289 | $14,172,106 | 59 | |
| 46 | (47) | Space Station | $17,960 | -22% | 6 | $2,993 | $80,452,658 | 2,803 | |
| 47 | (51) | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $16,894 | -11% | 8 | $2,112 | $22,651,881 | 808 | |
| 48 | (52) | The Maid | $16,374 | -10% | 19 | $862 | $466,734 | 66 | |
| 49 | (43) | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | $15,247 | -56% | 17 | $897 | $226,471 | 24 | |
| 50 | (49) | Magnificent Desolation | $12,936 | -34% | 4 | $3,234 | $30,577,465 | 1,550 | |
| 51 | (62) | Deep Sea 3-D | $7,283 | -2% | 3 | $2,428 | $42,759,571 | 1,389 | |
| 52 | (54) | New York, I Love You | $5,996 | -66% | 11 | $545 | $1,585,859 | 66 | |
| 53 | (59) | The Damned United | $5,106 | -52% | 20 | $255 | $435,202 | 73 | |
| 54 | (56) | Paris | $5,031 | -67% | 12 | $419 | $1,005,168 | 94 | |
| 55 | (69) | The Little Traitor | $5,021 | -8% | 2 | $2,511 | $85,483 | 66 | |
| 56 | (63) | Collapse | $3,506 | -52% | 4 | $877 | $56,436 | 45 | |
| 57 | (72) | 35 Shots of Rum | $3,177 | -37% | 2 | $1,589 | $125,325 | 94 | |
| 58 | (105) | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $2,999 | +677% | 3 | $1,000 | $1,128,608 | 164 | |
| 59 | (new) | A Town Called Panic | $2,850 | 1 | $2,850 | $4,043 | 5 | ||
| 60 | (60) | Until the Light Takes Us | $2,681 | -74% | 2 | $1,341 | $40,928 | 31 | |
| 61 | (84) | House of the Devil, The | $2,611 | -13% | 6 | $435 | $97,113 | 52 | |
| 62 | (77) | Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D | $2,565 | -44% | 4 | $641 | $7,233,891 | 675 | |
| 63 | (70) | Killing Kasztner | $2,308 | -57% | 1 | $2,308 | $45,861 | 59 | |
| 64 | (66) | Skin | $2,028 | -67% | 2 | $1,014 | $203,305 | 52 | |
| 65 | (-) | Cloud 9 | $2,014 | 2 | $1,007 | $86,452 | 129 | ||
| 67 | (87) | Ong-Bak 2 | $1,877 | -18% | 3 | $626 | $99,836 | 59 | |
| 66 | (64) | Good Hair | $1,877 | -73% | 6 | $313 | $4,144,599 | 73 | |
| 68 | (-) | The Wonder of it All | $1,843 | 2 | $922 | $779,632 | 157 | ||
| 69 | (new) | Ricky | $1,626 | 1 | $1,626 | $1,626 | 5 | ||
| 70 | (65) | Kurbaan | $1,496 | -77% | 3 | $499 | $754,268 | 31 | |
| 71 | (46) | The Slammin' Salmon | $1,475 | -94% | 3 | $492 | $37,798 | 10 | |
| 72 | (83) | The Horse Boy | $1,357 | -56% | 1 | $1,357 | $136,691 | 101 | |
| 73 | (82) | Amreeka | $1,336 | -67% | 2 | $668 | $619,172 | 108 | |
| 74 | (81) | Four Seasons Lodge | $1,254 | -69% | 2 | $627 | $41,653 | 40 | |
| 75 | (89) | The Beaches of Agnès | $1,200 | -37% | 2 | $600 | $221,482 | 173 | |
| 76 | (74) | The September Issue | $1,174 | -76% | 4 | $294 | $3,811,853 | 115 | |
| 77 | (91) | Visual Acoustics | $1,149 | -24% | 2 | $575 | $61,642 | 73 | |
| 78 | (-) | Fallen Idol: The Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy | $1,125 | 1 | $1,125 | $11,708 | 80 | ||
| 79 | (90) | Oh My God | $1,106 | -33% | 1 | $1,106 | $37,250 | 38 | |
| 80 | (94) | Bronson | $1,036 | -18% | 4 | $259 | $103,828 | 73 | |
| 81 | (98) | The Sun | $1,011 | +29% | 2 | $506 | $45,565 | 33 | |
| 82 | (80) | The Yes Men Fix the World | $916 | -78% | 3 | $305 | $159,033 | 75 | |
| 83 | (92) | Seraphine | $889 | -41% | 2 | $445 | $854,124 | 199 | |
| 84 | (75) | William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe | $868 | -82% | 3 | $289 | $57,769 | 38 | |
| 85 | (-) | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | $790 | 2 | $395 | $1,167,623 | 94 | ||
| 86 | (79) | Uncertainty | $770 | -82% | 4 | $193 | $36,230 | 38 | |
| 87 | (73) | Serious Moonlight | $769 | -85% | 2 | $385 | $24,161 | 17 | |
| 88 | (-) | Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love | $705 | 1 | $705 | $164,234 | 192 | ||
| 89 | (104) | Home | $691 | +50% | 1 | $691 | $8,739 | 24 | |
| 90 | (-) | Endgame | $536 | 1 | $536 | $6,863 | 45 | ||
| 91 | (85) | The Headless Woman | $448 | -84% | 1 | $448 | $95,675 | 124 | |
| 92 | (103) | That Evening Sun | $358 | -43% | 1 | $358 | $47,695 | 45 | |
| 93 | (-) | Beeswax | $265 | 1 | $265 | $41,385 | 136 | ||
| 94 | (-) | Shall We Kiss? | $250 | 1 | $250 | $533,939 | 269 | ||
| 95 | (101) | Big Fan | $229 | -65% | 1 | $229 | $229,997 | 115 | |
| 96 | (-) | The Missing Person | $189 | 1 | $189 | $8,157 | 31 | ||
| 97 | (109) | Departures | $160 | +142% | 1 | $160 | $1,536,234 | 206 | |
| 98 | (110) | From Mexico with Love | $152 | +171% | 2 | $76 | $548,650 | 73 | |
| 99 | (-) | Peter and Vandy | $108 | 1 | $108 | $10,726 | 73 | ||
| 100 | (88) | Crude | $70 | -97% | 1 | $70 | $161,985 | 101 | |
| Reporting movies: 100 | $137,616,153 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avatar | $77,025,481 | 3,452 | $77,025,481 |
| 2 | The Princess and the Frog | $12,185,949 | 3,475 | $44,717,721 |
| 3 | The Blind Side | $10,021,280 | 3,407 | $164,725,525 |
| 4 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $6,616,571 | 2,718 | $6,616,571 |
| 5 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $4,407,598 | 3,035 | $274,598,319 |
| 6 | Invictus | $4,203,171 | 2,125 | $15,877,956 |
| 7 | Disney’s A Christmas Carol | $3,443,464 | 2,070 | $130,813,354 |
| 8 | Up in the Air | $3,210,132 | 175 | $8,216,051 |
| 9 | Brothers | $2,889,121 | 2,009 | $22,349,862 |
| 10 | Old Dogs | $2,340,575 | 2,630 | $43,625,471 |
| 11 | 2012 | $2,204,588 | 2,242 | $159,028,696 |
| 12 | Armored | $1,284,591 | 1,538 | $14,254,614 |
| 13 | Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire) | $1,203,741 | 1,003 | $40,084,412 |
| 14 | Ninja Assassin | $932,447 | 1,155 | $36,419,535 |
| 15 | Planet 51 | $810,137 | 1,349 | $38,496,770 |
| 16 | The Road | $660,274 | 396 | $4,926,949 |
| 17 | Everybody's Fine | $601,659 | 1,003 | $8,855,646 |
| 18 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $598,941 | 540 | $17,385,916 |
| 19 | The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day | $406,783 | 404 | $9,365,018 |
| 20 | Nine | $257,232 | 4 | $257,232 |
| 21 | An Education | $220,925 | 200 | $7,120,034 |
| 22 | Broken Embraces | $198,254 | 30 | $840,949 |
| 23 | Couples Retreat | $170,610 | 294 | $107,863,225 |
| 24 | The Young Victoria | $160,069 | 20 | $160,069 |
| 25 | Me and Orson Welles | $156,420 | 134 | $549,973 |
| 26 | A Single Man | $142,848 | 9 | $545,063 |
| 27 | A Serious Man | $98,311 | 117 | $8,894,894 |
| 28 | Paranormal Activity | $88,715 | 237 | $107,603,100 |
| 29 | Law Abiding Citizen | $87,049 | 151 | $72,443,511 |
| 30 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $86,086 | 207 | $31,847,604 |
| 31 | Crazy Heart | $82,664 | 4 | $107,996 |
| 32 | Astro Boy | $80,148 | 252 | $19,168,663 |
| 33 | The Polar Express | $75,143 | 17 | $181,181,646 |
| 34 | The Fourth Kind | $66,495 | 133 | $25,269,950 |
| 35 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | $64,934 | 76 | $1,302,159 |
| 36 | Pirate Radio | $59,210 | 242 | $7,830,004 |
| 37 | Where the Wild Things Are | $56,636 | 123 | $75,789,686 |
| 38 | The Lovely Bones | $45,097 | 3 | $200,687 |
| 39 | The Box | $40,680 | 131 | $14,961,931 |
| 40 | Red Cliff | $36,555 | 40 | $444,758 |
| 41 | Under the Sea 3D | $31,395 | 26 | $19,133,653 |
| 42 | Coco Before Chanel | $28,206 | 53 | $5,938,293 |
| 43 | The Messenger | $26,444 | 43 | $592,390 |
| 44 | La Danse | $25,055 | 25 | $339,790 |
| 45 | Amelia | $18,777 | 65 | $14,172,106 |
| 46 | Space Station | $17,960 | 6 | $80,452,658 |
| 47 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $16,894 | 8 | $22,651,881 |
| 48 | The Maid | $16,374 | 19 | $466,734 |
| 49 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | $15,247 | 17 | $226,471 |
| 50 | Magnificent Desolation | $12,936 | 4 | $30,577,465 |
| 51 | Deep Sea 3-D | $7,283 | 3 | $42,759,571 |
| 52 | New York, I Love You | $5,996 | 11 | $1,585,859 |
| 53 | The Damned United | $5,106 | 20 | $435,202 |
| 54 | Paris | $5,031 | 12 | $1,005,168 |
| 55 | The Little Traitor | $5,021 | 2 | $85,483 |
| 56 | Collapse | $3,506 | 4 | $56,436 |
| 57 | 35 Shots of Rum | $3,177 | 2 | $125,325 |
| 58 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $2,999 | 3 | $1,128,608 |
| 59 | A Town Called Panic | $2,850 | 1 | $4,043 |
| 60 | Until the Light Takes Us | $2,681 | 2 | $40,928 |
| 61 | House of the Devil, The | $2,611 | 6 | $97,113 |
| 62 | Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D | $2,565 | 4 | $7,233,891 |
| 63 | Killing Kasztner | $2,308 | 1 | $45,861 |
| 64 | Skin | $2,028 | 2 | $203,305 |
| 65 | Cloud 9 | $2,014 | 2 | $86,452 |
| 67 | Ong-Bak 2 | $1,877 | 3 | $99,836 |
| 66 | Good Hair | $1,877 | 6 | $4,144,599 |
| 68 | The Wonder of it All | $1,843 | 2 | $779,632 |
| 69 | Ricky | $1,626 | 1 | $1,626 |
| 70 | Kurbaan | $1,496 | 3 | $754,268 |
| 71 | The Slammin' Salmon | $1,475 | 3 | $37,798 |
| 72 | The Horse Boy | $1,357 | 1 | $136,691 |
| 73 | Amreeka | $1,336 | 2 | $619,172 |
| 74 | Four Seasons Lodge | $1,254 | 2 | $41,653 |
| 75 | The Beaches of Agnès | $1,200 | 2 | $221,482 |
| 76 | The September Issue | $1,174 | 4 | $3,811,853 |
| 77 | Visual Acoustics | $1,149 | 2 | $61,642 |
| 78 | Fallen Idol: The Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy | $1,125 | 1 | $11,708 |
| 79 | Oh My God | $1,106 | 1 | $37,250 |
| 80 | Bronson | $1,036 | 4 | $103,828 |
| 81 | The Sun | $1,011 | 2 | $45,565 |
| 82 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $916 | 3 | $159,033 |
| 83 | Seraphine | $889 | 2 | $854,124 |
| 84 | William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe | $868 | 3 | $57,769 |
| 85 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | $790 | 2 | $1,167,623 |
| 86 | Uncertainty | $770 | 4 | $36,230 |
| 87 | Serious Moonlight | $769 | 2 | $24,161 |
| 88 | Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love | $705 | 1 | $164,234 |
| 89 | Home | $691 | 1 | $8,739 |
| 90 | Endgame | $536 | 1 | $6,863 |
| 91 | The Headless Woman | $448 | 1 | $95,675 |
| 92 | That Evening Sun | $358 | 1 | $47,695 |
| 93 | Beeswax | $265 | 1 | $41,385 |
| 94 | Shall We Kiss? | $250 | 1 | $533,939 |
| 95 | Big Fan | $229 | 1 | $229,997 |
| 96 | The Missing Person | $189 | 1 | $8,157 |
| 97 | Departures | $160 | 1 | $1,536,234 |
| 98 | From Mexico with Love | $152 | 2 | $548,650 |
| 99 | Peter and Vandy | $108 | 1 | $10,726 |
| 100 | Crude | $70 | 1 | $161,985 |
| Reporting: 100 | $137,616,153 | total | ||