Week Domestic Box Office January 16, 2009
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $43,300,198 | 3,144 | $13,772 | $43,300,198 | 7 | ||
| 2 | (1) | Gran Torino | $30,578,102 | -23% | 2,972 | $10,289 | $81,575,513 | 42 | |
| 3 | (new) | My Bloody Valentine | $27,674,736 | 2,534 | $10,921 | $27,674,736 | 7 | ||
| 4 | (new) | Notorious | $26,094,846 | 1,638 | $15,931 | $26,094,846 | 7 | ||
| 5 | (new) | Hotel for Dogs | $24,594,815 | 3,271 | $7,519 | $24,594,815 | 7 | ||
| 6 | (2) | Bride Wars | $15,875,139 | -39% | 3,228 | $4,918 | $41,702,264 | 14 | |
| 7 | (35) | Defiance | $12,557,131 | 1,789 | $7,019 | $12,897,759 | 23 | ||
| 8 | (3) | The Unborn | $11,631,005 | -50% | 2,359 | $4,930 | $34,870,160 | 14 | |
| 9 | (4) | Marley & Me | $8,650,913 | -38% | 2,952 | $2,931 | $135,060,196 | 29 | |
| 10 | (9) | Slumdog Millionaire | $8,528,411 | +31% | 582 | $14,654 | $45,365,616 | 72 | |
| 11 | (5) | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $8,018,826 | -34% | 2,223 | $3,607 | $105,043,563 | 29 | |
| 12 | (6) | Bedtime Stories | $6,739,775 | -34% | 2,619 | $2,573 | $105,645,066 | 29 | |
| 13 | (-) | Last Chance Harvey | $6,073,761 | 1,054 | $5,763 | $6,664,678 | 29 | ||
| 14 | (7) | Valkyrie | $5,510,493 | -38% | 2,007 | $2,746 | $79,230,599 | 29 | |
| 15 | (8) | Yes Man | $3,625,573 | -53% | 1,704 | $2,128 | $94,580,467 | 35 | |
| 16 | (15) | Revolutionary Road | $2,648,725 | +19% | 171 | $15,490 | $6,598,903 | 28 | |
| 17 | (10) | Not Easily Broken | $2,646,372 | -57% | 725 | $3,650 | $8,790,353 | 14 | |
| 18 | (12) | Twilight | $2,583,431 | -33% | 904 | $2,858 | $185,049,042 | 63 | |
| 19 | (20) | The Wrestler | $2,499,999 | +87% | 144 | $17,361 | $5,811,967 | 37 | |
| 20 | (16) | The Reader | $1,967,713 | -7% | 417 | $4,719 | $8,257,711 | 44 | |
| 21 | (13) | Doubt | $1,873,294 | -48% | 725 | $2,584 | $25,905,281 | 42 | |
| 22 | (11) | Seven Pounds | $1,696,213 | -66% | 1,121 | $1,513 | $69,653,310 | 35 | |
| 23 | (24) | Quantum of Solace | $1,484,276 | +195% | 329 | $4,511 | $169,143,266 | 70 | |
| 24 | (14) | The Tale of Despereaux | $1,157,020 | -65% | 870 | $1,330 | $49,315,525 | 35 | |
| 25 | (18) | Milk | $1,151,410 | -34% | 223 | $5,163 | $20,752,634 | 58 | |
| 26 | (21) | Frost/Nixon | $1,024,400 | -16% | 153 | $6,695 | $8,983,561 | 49 | |
| 27 | (27) | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $777,166 | +99% | 334 | $2,327 | $178,344,251 | 77 | |
| 28 | (new) | Chandni Chowk to China | $744,219 | 130 | $5,725 | $744,219 | 7 | ||
| 29 | (17) | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $638,495 | -69% | 311 | $2,053 | $78,470,861 | 42 | |
| 30 | (19) | Bolt | $543,527 | -67% | 339 | $1,603 | $112,635,511 | 63 | |
| 31 | (50) | Che Part 1 The Argentine | $463,746 | +1,133% | 25 | $18,550 | $757,454 | 140 | |
| 32 | (22) | Australia | $438,518 | -51% | 287 | $1,528 | $48,476,446 | 58 | |
| 33 | (25) | Four Christmases | $390,057 | -20% | 362 | $1,078 | $119,715,618 | 58 | |
| 34 | (29) | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $195,539 | -25% | 193 | $1,013 | $94,307,999 | 112 | |
| 35 | (30) | Rachel Getting Married | $160,986 | -36% | 62 | $2,597 | $10,792,608 | 112 | |
| 36 | (26) | Role Models | $152,405 | -61% | 187 | $815 | $67,190,595 | 77 | |
| 37 | (28) | Waltz with Bashir | $150,820 | -43% | 9 | $16,758 | $604,338 | 29 | |
| 38 | (45) | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $126,884 | +91% | 88 | $1,442 | $23,040,699 | 161 | |
| 39 | (23) | The Spirit | $115,659 | -86% | 168 | $688 | $19,806,188 | 29 | |
| 40 | (37) | Let the Right One In | $92,415 | -3% | 39 | $2,370 | $1,711,596 | 91 | |
| 41 | (38) | Happy-Go-Lucky | $89,355 | -1% | 51 | $1,752 | $3,512,016 | 105 | |
| 42 | (31) | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $80,693 | -48% | 155 | $521 | $90,509,777 | 91 | |
| 43 | (36) | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $75,097 | -22% | 21 | $3,576 | $20,641,492 | 476 | |
| 44 | (46) | Magnificent Desolation | $68,265 | +27% | 6 | $11,378 | $27,275,103 | 1,218 | |
| 45 | (40) | I've Loved You So Long | $66,932 | -19% | 23 | $2,910 | $2,559,753 | 91 | |
| 46 | (44) | The Secret Life of Bees | $63,708 | -8% | 58 | $1,098 | $37,685,317 | 98 | |
| 47 | (42) | Fireproof | $63,154 | -18% | 71 | $889 | $33,415,129 | 119 | |
| 48 | (48) | Space Station | $62,387 | +30% | 7 | $8,912 | $77,410,914 | 2,471 | |
| 49 | (41) | Synecdoche, New York | $59,943 | -26% | 33 | $1,816 | $2,873,509 | 91 | |
| 50 | (39) | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $58,074 | -35% | 58 | $1,001 | $9,046,156 | 77 | |
| 51 | (47) | Fly Me To the Moon | $57,708 | +12% | 13 | $4,439 | $12,698,974 | 161 | |
| 52 | (83) | Soul Men | $39,704 | +2,942% | 90 | $441 | $12,066,331 | 77 | |
| 53 | (32) | Ghajini | $39,003 | -71% | 22 | $1,773 | $2,420,365 | 28 | |
| 54 | (60) | Made in U.S.A. (1967) (Re-Release) | $33,551 | +73% | 2 | $16,776 | $52,969 | 14 | |
| 55 | (43) | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $31,187 | -59% | 50 | $624 | $31,442,303 | 84 | |
| 56 | (61) | Roving Mars | $29,340 | +97% | 7 | $4,191 | $9,913,629 | 1,092 | |
| 57 | (52) | Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D | $25,145 | -21% | 9 | $2,794 | $5,315,259 | 343 | |
| 58 | (56) | A Christmas Tale | $18,986 | -15% | 20 | $949 | $1,050,936 | 70 | |
| 59 | (33) | Appaloosa | $18,866 | -82% | 49 | $385 | $20,211,394 | 126 | |
| 60 | (59) | Deep Sea 3-D | $16,213 | -17% | 6 | $2,702 | $37,366,401 | 1,057 | |
| 61 | (54) | Wendy and Lucy | $13,831 | -41% | 4 | $3,458 | $161,018 | 44 | |
| 62 | (new) | Owl and the Sparrow | $12,948 | 3 | $4,316 | $12,948 | 7 | ||
| 63 | (57) | Silent Light | $11,617 | -46% | 1 | $11,617 | $33,239 | 14 | |
| 64 | (65) | The Dark Knight | $11,613 | +26% | 6 | $1,936 | $531,039,412 | 189 | |
| 65 | (51) | Nothing Like the Holidays | $11,546 | -65% | 23 | $502 | $7,498,958 | 42 | |
| 66 | (-) | Timecrimes | $9,731 | 2 | $4,866 | $33,120 | 42 | ||
| 67 | (81) | Lola Montes (1955) (Re-Release) | $9,685 | +441% | 3 | $3,228 | $102,249 | 105 | |
| 68 | (-) | JCVD | $6,944 | 10 | $694 | $470,691 | 77 | ||
| 69 | (-) | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $6,522 | 5 | $1,304 | $62,811 | 77 | ||
| 70 | (new) | Cherry Blossoms | $5,714 | 1 | $5,714 | $5,714 | 7 | ||
| 71 | (64) | The Secret of the Grain | $4,945 | -55% | 1 | $4,945 | $56,266 | 175 | |
| 72 | (new) | Ballerina | $4,667 | 1 | $4,667 | $4,667 | 7 | ||
| 73 | (70) | U2 3D | $3,704 | -36% | 1 | $3,704 | $9,685,146 | 366 | |
| 74 | (68) | Just Another Love Story | $3,263 | -49% | 1 | $3,263 | $9,705 | 14 | |
| 75 | (55) | Igor | $3,181 | -86% | 8 | $398 | $19,528,602 | 126 | |
| 76 | (80) | The Secrets | $2,808 | +4% | 3 | $936 | $63,205 | 58 | |
| 77 | (86) | The Betrayal | $2,717 | +198% | 1 | $2,717 | $15,094 | 63 | |
| 78 | (74) | A Secret | $2,587 | -35% | 4 | $647 | $585,738 | 140 | |
| 79 | (-) | The Beautiful Truth | $2,395 | 1 | $2,395 | $13,594 | 70 | ||
| 80 | (-) | Otto; Or, Up with Dead People | $2,287 | 2 | $1,144 | $10,442 | 77 | ||
| 81 | (72) | Ciao | $2,049 | -57% | 2 | $1,025 | $30,545 | 49 | |
| 82 | (66) | How About You | $1,898 | -77% | 1 | $1,898 | $54,863 | 70 | |
| 83 | (71) | Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains | $1,874 | -62% | 3 | $625 | $71,095 | 93 | |
| 84 | (76) | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $1,856 | -51% | 2 | $928 | $69,598 | 65 | |
| 85 | (-) | I.O.U.S.A. | $1,790 | 1 | $1,790 | $814,108 | 154 | ||
| 86 | (new) | $1,506 | 1 | $1,506 | $1,506 | 0 | |||
| 87 | (-) | The Singing Revolution | $1,230 | 3 | $410 | $400,060 | 413 | ||
| 88 | (77) | Yonkers Joe | $1,077 | -66% | 2 | $539 | $4,281 | 14 | |
| 89 | (62) | Passchendaele | $975 | -91% | 4 | $244 | $4,452,423 | 91 | |
| 90 | (84) | Louise Bourgeois | $940 | -24% | 1 | $940 | $90,172 | 212 | |
| 91 | (75) | Trouble the Water | $935 | -76% | 1 | $935 | $493,046 | 154 | |
| 92 | (-) | Save Me | $746 | 1 | $746 | $83,397 | 140 | ||
| 93 | (-) | Were the World Mine | $449 | 1 | $449 | $89,892 | 84 | ||
| 94 | (78) | The Wild Child | $375 | -88% | 1 | $375 | $32,901 | 14,016 | |
| 95 | (82) | Monsieur Verdoux | $306 | -78% | 1 | $306 | $42,729 | 22,568 | |
| 96 | (new) | The Village Barbershop | $120 | 1 | $120 | $120 | 7 | ||
| Reporting movies: 96 | $266,325,155 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $43,300,198 | 3,144 | $43,300,198 |
| 2 | Gran Torino | $30,578,102 | 2,972 | $81,575,513 |
| 3 | My Bloody Valentine | $27,674,736 | 2,534 | $27,674,736 |
| 4 | Notorious | $26,094,846 | 1,638 | $26,094,846 |
| 5 | Hotel for Dogs | $24,594,815 | 3,271 | $24,594,815 |
| 6 | Bride Wars | $15,875,139 | 3,228 | $41,702,264 |
| 7 | Defiance | $12,557,131 | 1,789 | $12,897,759 |
| 8 | The Unborn | $11,631,005 | 2,359 | $34,870,160 |
| 9 | Marley & Me | $8,650,913 | 2,952 | $135,060,196 |
| 10 | Slumdog Millionaire | $8,528,411 | 582 | $45,365,616 |
| 11 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $8,018,826 | 2,223 | $105,043,563 |
| 12 | Bedtime Stories | $6,739,775 | 2,619 | $105,645,066 |
| 13 | Last Chance Harvey | $6,073,761 | 1,054 | $6,664,678 |
| 14 | Valkyrie | $5,510,493 | 2,007 | $79,230,599 |
| 15 | Yes Man | $3,625,573 | 1,704 | $94,580,467 |
| 16 | Revolutionary Road | $2,648,725 | 171 | $6,598,903 |
| 17 | Not Easily Broken | $2,646,372 | 725 | $8,790,353 |
| 18 | Twilight | $2,583,431 | 904 | $185,049,042 |
| 19 | The Wrestler | $2,499,999 | 144 | $5,811,967 |
| 20 | The Reader | $1,967,713 | 417 | $8,257,711 |
| 21 | Doubt | $1,873,294 | 725 | $25,905,281 |
| 22 | Seven Pounds | $1,696,213 | 1,121 | $69,653,310 |
| 23 | Quantum of Solace | $1,484,276 | 329 | $169,143,266 |
| 24 | The Tale of Despereaux | $1,157,020 | 870 | $49,315,525 |
| 25 | Milk | $1,151,410 | 223 | $20,752,634 |
| 26 | Frost/Nixon | $1,024,400 | 153 | $8,983,561 |
| 27 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $777,166 | 334 | $178,344,251 |
| 28 | Chandni Chowk to China | $744,219 | 130 | $744,219 |
| 29 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $638,495 | 311 | $78,470,861 |
| 30 | Bolt | $543,527 | 339 | $112,635,511 |
| 31 | Che Part 1 The Argentine | $463,746 | 25 | $757,454 |
| 32 | Australia | $438,518 | 287 | $48,476,446 |
| 33 | Four Christmases | $390,057 | 362 | $119,715,618 |
| 34 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $195,539 | 193 | $94,307,999 |
| 35 | Rachel Getting Married | $160,986 | 62 | $10,792,608 |
| 36 | Role Models | $152,405 | 187 | $67,190,595 |
| 37 | Waltz with Bashir | $150,820 | 9 | $604,338 |
| 38 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $126,884 | 88 | $23,040,699 |
| 39 | The Spirit | $115,659 | 168 | $19,806,188 |
| 40 | Let the Right One In | $92,415 | 39 | $1,711,596 |
| 41 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $89,355 | 51 | $3,512,016 |
| 42 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $80,693 | 155 | $90,509,777 |
| 43 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $75,097 | 21 | $20,641,492 |
| 44 | Magnificent Desolation | $68,265 | 6 | $27,275,103 |
| 45 | I've Loved You So Long | $66,932 | 23 | $2,559,753 |
| 46 | The Secret Life of Bees | $63,708 | 58 | $37,685,317 |
| 47 | Fireproof | $63,154 | 71 | $33,415,129 |
| 48 | Space Station | $62,387 | 7 | $77,410,914 |
| 49 | Synecdoche, New York | $59,943 | 33 | $2,873,509 |
| 50 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $58,074 | 58 | $9,046,156 |
| 51 | Fly Me To the Moon | $57,708 | 13 | $12,698,974 |
| 52 | Soul Men | $39,704 | 90 | $12,066,331 |
| 53 | Ghajini | $39,003 | 22 | $2,420,365 |
| 54 | Made in U.S.A. (1967) (Re-Release) | $33,551 | 2 | $52,969 |
| 55 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $31,187 | 50 | $31,442,303 |
| 56 | Roving Mars | $29,340 | 7 | $9,913,629 |
| 57 | Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D | $25,145 | 9 | $5,315,259 |
| 58 | A Christmas Tale | $18,986 | 20 | $1,050,936 |
| 59 | Appaloosa | $18,866 | 49 | $20,211,394 |
| 60 | Deep Sea 3-D | $16,213 | 6 | $37,366,401 |
| 61 | Wendy and Lucy | $13,831 | 4 | $161,018 |
| 62 | Owl and the Sparrow | $12,948 | 3 | $12,948 |
| 63 | Silent Light | $11,617 | 1 | $33,239 |
| 64 | The Dark Knight | $11,613 | 6 | $531,039,412 |
| 65 | Nothing Like the Holidays | $11,546 | 23 | $7,498,958 |
| 66 | Timecrimes | $9,731 | 2 | $33,120 |
| 67 | Lola Montes (1955) (Re-Release) | $9,685 | 3 | $102,249 |
| 68 | JCVD | $6,944 | 10 | $470,691 |
| 69 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $6,522 | 5 | $62,811 |
| 70 | Cherry Blossoms | $5,714 | 1 | $5,714 |
| 71 | The Secret of the Grain | $4,945 | 1 | $56,266 |
| 72 | Ballerina | $4,667 | 1 | $4,667 |
| 73 | U2 3D | $3,704 | 1 | $9,685,146 |
| 74 | Just Another Love Story | $3,263 | 1 | $9,705 |
| 75 | Igor | $3,181 | 8 | $19,528,602 |
| 76 | The Secrets | $2,808 | 3 | $63,205 |
| 77 | The Betrayal | $2,717 | 1 | $15,094 |
| 78 | A Secret | $2,587 | 4 | $585,738 |
| 79 | The Beautiful Truth | $2,395 | 1 | $13,594 |
| 80 | Otto; Or, Up with Dead People | $2,287 | 2 | $10,442 |
| 81 | Ciao | $2,049 | 2 | $30,545 |
| 82 | How About You | $1,898 | 1 | $54,863 |
| 83 | Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains | $1,874 | 3 | $71,095 |
| 84 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $1,856 | 2 | $69,598 |
| 85 | I.O.U.S.A. | $1,790 | 1 | $814,108 |
| 86 | $1,506 | 1 | $1,506 | |
| 87 | The Singing Revolution | $1,230 | 3 | $400,060 |
| 88 | Yonkers Joe | $1,077 | 2 | $4,281 |
| 89 | Passchendaele | $975 | 4 | $4,452,423 |
| 90 | Louise Bourgeois | $940 | 1 | $90,172 |
| 91 | Trouble the Water | $935 | 1 | $493,046 |
| 92 | Save Me | $746 | 1 | $83,397 |
| 93 | Were the World Mine | $449 | 1 | $89,892 |
| 94 | The Wild Child | $375 | 1 | $32,901 |
| 95 | Monsieur Verdoux | $306 | 1 | $42,729 |
| 96 | The Village Barbershop | $120 | 1 | $120 |
| Reporting: 96 | $266,325,155 | total | ||