Week Domestic Box Office December 18, 2009
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Avatar | $137,094,051 | 3,452 | $39,714 | $137,094,051 | 7 | ||
| 2 | (new) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $26,713,633 | 3,656 | $7,307 | $26,713,633 | 2 | ||
| 3 | (1) | The Princess and the Frog | $22,142,907 | -25% | 3,475 | $6,372 | $54,674,679 | 30 | |
| 4 | (2) | The Blind Side | $17,972,391 | -10% | 3,407 | $5,275 | $172,676,636 | 35 | |
| 5 | (new) | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $10,600,185 | 2,718 | $3,900 | $10,600,185 | 7 | ||
| 6 | (11) | Up in the Air | $7,755,801 | +127% | 175 | $44,319 | $12,761,720 | 21 | |
| 7 | (4) | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $7,727,778 | -29% | 3,035 | $2,546 | $277,918,499 | 35 | |
| 8 | (3) | Invictus | $7,307,478 | -37% | 2,125 | $3,439 | $18,982,263 | 14 | |
| 9 | (5) | Disney’s A Christmas Carol | $7,226,498 | -26% | 2,070 | $3,491 | $134,596,388 | 49 | |
| 10 | (6) | Brothers | $4,670,602 | -34% | 2,009 | $2,325 | $24,131,343 | 21 | |
| 11 | (8) | Old Dogs | $3,944,871 | -31% | 2,630 | $1,500 | $45,229,767 | 30 | |
| 12 | (7) | 2012 | $3,672,077 | -38% | 2,242 | $1,638 | $160,496,185 | 42 | |
| 13 | (15) | Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire) | $2,033,166 | +8% | 1,003 | $2,027 | $40,913,837 | 49 | |
| 14 | (9) | Armored | $2,011,721 | -57% | 1,538 | $1,308 | $14,981,744 | 21 | |
| 15 | (10) | Ninja Assassin | $1,476,387 | -62% | 1,155 | $1,278 | $36,963,475 | 30 | |
| 16 | (13) | Planet 51 | $1,422,492 | -49% | 1,349 | $1,054 | $39,109,125 | 35 | |
| 17 | (17) | The Road | $1,163,863 | +53% | 396 | $2,939 | $5,430,538 | 30 | |
| 18 | (14) | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $1,156,437 | -40% | 540 | $2,142 | $17,943,412 | 42 | |
| 19 | (12) | Everybody's Fine | $954,889 | -69% | 1,003 | $952 | $9,208,876 | 21 | |
| 20 | (16) | The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day | $688,441 | -46% | 404 | $1,704 | $9,646,676 | 56 | |
| 21 | (-) | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $532,053 | 307 | $1,733 | $123,261,723 | 98 | ||
| 22 | (new) | 3 Idiots | $503,845 | 119 | $4,234 | $503,845 | 2 | ||
| 23 | (new) | Nine | $378,092 | 4 | $94,523 | $378,092 | 7 | ||
| 24 | (18) | An Education | $367,497 | -20% | 200 | $1,837 | $7,266,606 | 77 | |
| 25 | (new) | The Young Victoria | $282,648 | 20 | $14,132 | $282,648 | 7 | ||
| 26 | (20) | Couples Retreat | $279,390 | -22% | 294 | $950 | $107,972,005 | 77 | |
| 27 | (25) | Me and Orson Welles | $274,076 | +21% | 134 | $2,045 | $667,629 | 30 | |
| 28 | (30) | Broken Embraces | $198,254 | +27% | 30 | $6,608 | $840,949 | 35 | |
| 29 | (26) | A Serious Man | $180,073 | -20% | 117 | $1,539 | $8,976,656 | 84 | |
| 30 | (19) | A Single Man | $165,665 | -59% | 9 | $18,407 | $567,880 | 14 | |
| 31 | (42) | Astro Boy | $158,597 | +167% | 252 | $629 | $19,247,112 | 63 | |
| 32 | (21) | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $152,847 | -50% | 207 | $738 | $31,914,365 | 49 | |
| 33 | (23) | Law Abiding Citizen | $151,665 | -41% | 151 | $1,004 | $72,508,127 | 70 | |
| 34 | (35) | Paranormal Activity | $150,872 | +65% | 237 | $637 | $107,665,257 | 91 | |
| 35 | (31) | The Polar Express | $144,558 | +11% | 17 | $8,503 | $181,251,061 | 1,871 | |
| 36 | (53) | Crazy Heart | $139,246 | +450% | 4 | $34,812 | $164,578 | 9 | |
| 37 | (28) | The Fourth Kind | $111,680 | -44% | 133 | $840 | $25,315,135 | 49 | |
| 38 | (22) | Pirate Radio | $110,916 | -58% | 242 | $458 | $7,881,710 | 42 | |
| 39 | (27) | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | $108,583 | -52% | 76 | $1,429 | $1,345,808 | 35 | |
| 40 | (34) | Where the Wild Things Are | $108,203 | -2% | 123 | $880 | $75,841,253 | 70 | |
| 41 | (29) | The Lovely Bones | $78,655 | -49% | 3 | $26,218 | $234,245 | 14 | |
| 42 | (36) | Under the Sea 3D | $76,286 | -10% | 26 | $2,934 | $19,178,544 | 315 | |
| 43 | (32) | The Box | $69,912 | -42% | 131 | $534 | $14,991,163 | 49 | |
| 44 | (38) | Red Cliff | $62,325 | -6% | 40 | $1,558 | $470,528 | 35 | |
| 45 | (37) | The Messenger | $43,788 | -37% | 43 | $1,018 | $636,178 | 42 | |
| 46 | (41) | La Danse | $41,415 | -35% | 25 | $1,657 | $356,150 | 51 | |
| 47 | (40) | Coco Before Chanel | $41,366 | -35% | 53 | $780 | $5,951,453 | 91 | |
| 48 | (39) | Amelia | $32,745 | -49% | 65 | $504 | $14,186,074 | 63 | |
| 49 | (54) | The Maid | $25,993 | +6% | 19 | $1,368 | $476,353 | 70 | |
| 50 | (50) | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $25,715 | -10% | 8 | $3,214 | $22,660,702 | 812 | |
| 51 | (66) | Deep Sea 3-D | $15,257 | +24% | 3 | $5,086 | $42,767,545 | 1,393 | |
| 52 | (43) | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | $15,247 | -70% | 17 | $897 | $226,471 | 28 | |
| 53 | (55) | Paris | $10,057 | -58% | 12 | $838 | $1,010,194 | 98 | |
| 54 | (59) | The Damned United | $7,451 | -55% | 20 | $373 | $437,547 | 77 | |
| 55 | (new) | Police, Adjective | $7,240 | 8 | $905 | $7,240 | 2 | ||
| 56 | (77) | 35 Shots of Rum | $5,393 | -22% | 2 | $2,697 | $127,541 | 98 | |
| 57 | (103) | A Town Called Panic | $5,250 | +340% | 1 | $5,250 | $6,443 | 9 | |
| 58 | (61) | Until the Light Takes Us | $5,073 | -68% | 2 | $2,537 | $43,320 | 35 | |
| 59 | (62) | The Little Traitor | $5,021 | -67% | 1 | $5,021 | $85,483 | 70 | |
| 60 | (110) | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $4,913 | +736% | 3 | $1,638 | $1,130,522 | 168 | |
| 61 | (90) | House of the Devil, The | $4,788 | +59% | 6 | $798 | $99,290 | 56 | |
| 62 | (72) | Killing Kasztner | $3,999 | -50% | 1 | $3,999 | $47,552 | 63 | |
| 63 | (93) | Ong-Bak 2 | $3,488 | +52% | 3 | $1,163 | $101,447 | 63 | |
| 64 | (81) | Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D | $3,335 | -44% | 4 | $834 | $7,234,661 | 679 | |
| 65 | (-) | Cloud 9 | $2,940 | 2 | $1,470 | $87,378 | 133 | ||
| 66 | (67) | Good Hair | $2,915 | -70% | 6 | $486 | $4,145,637 | 77 | |
| 67 | (108) | Ricky | $2,857 | +376% | 1 | $2,857 | $3,457 | 9 | |
| 68 | (87) | The Beaches of Agnès | $2,420 | -32% | 2 | $1,210 | $222,702 | 177 | |
| 69 | (-) | The Wonder of it All | $2,321 | 2 | $1,161 | $780,110 | 161 | ||
| 70 | (82) | The Horse Boy | $2,161 | -63% | 2 | $1,081 | $137,495 | 105 | |
| 71 | (76) | The September Issue | $2,077 | -71% | 4 | $519 | $3,812,756 | 119 | |
| 72 | (85) | Amreeka | $1,993 | -59% | 2 | $997 | $619,894 | 112 | |
| 73 | (94) | The End of Poverty? | $1,948 | -13% | 3 | $649 | $41,880 | 42 | |
| 74 | (48) | The Slammin' Salmon | $1,942 | -94% | 3 | $647 | $38,265 | 14 | |
| 75 | (91) | Oh My God | $1,689 | -39% | 1 | $1,689 | $37,833 | 42 | |
| 76 | (101) | Bronson | $1,662 | +32% | 4 | $416 | $104,454 | 77 | |
| 77 | (95) | Seraphine | $1,524 | -28% | 2 | $762 | $854,759 | 203 | |
| 78 | (107) | Home | $1,430 | +101% | 1 | $1,430 | $9,478 | 28 | |
| 79 | (-) | Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love | $1,400 | 1 | $1,400 | $164,929 | 196 | ||
| 80 | (84) | Serious Moonlight | $1,337 | -73% | 2 | $669 | $24,729 | 21 | |
| 81 | (-) | Fallen Idol: The Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy | $1,270 | 1 | $1,270 | $11,853 | 84 | ||
| 82 | (78) | Four Seasons Lodge | $1,254 | -80% | 2 | $627 | $42,660 | 44 | |
| 83 | (79) | Uncertainty | $1,229 | -80% | 4 | $307 | $36,689 | 42 | |
| 84 | (97) | The Sun | $1,011 | -31% | 2 | $506 | $45,565 | 37 | |
| 85 | (-) | Shall We Kiss? | $996 | 1 | $996 | $534,685 | 273 | ||
| 86 | (-) | Endgame | $920 | 1 | $920 | $7,247 | 49 | ||
| 87 | (104) | That Evening Sun | $773 | -23% | 1 | $773 | $48,110 | 49 | |
| 88 | (83) | The Headless Woman | $728 | -86% | 1 | $728 | $95,955 | 128 | |
| 89 | (-) | The Missing Person | $334 | 1 | $334 | $8,302 | 35 | ||
| 90 | (-) | Beeswax | $265 | 1 | $265 | $41,385 | 140 | ||
| 91 | (105) | Big Fan | $229 | -76% | 1 | $229 | $229,997 | 119 | |
| 92 | (45) | Departures | $222 | -100% | 1 | $222 | $1,491,160 | 210 | |
| 93 | (113) | From Mexico with Love | $211 | +277% | 2 | $106 | $548,709 | 77 | |
| 94 | (-) | Peter and Vandy | $143 | 1 | $143 | $10,761 | 77 | ||
| 95 | (89) | Crude | $112 | -96% | 1 | $112 | $162,027 | 105 | |
| Reporting movies: 95 | $272,871,453 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avatar | $137,094,051 | 3,452 | $137,094,051 |
| 2 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $26,713,633 | 3,656 | $26,713,633 |
| 3 | The Princess and the Frog | $22,142,907 | 3,475 | $54,674,679 |
| 4 | The Blind Side | $17,972,391 | 3,407 | $172,676,636 |
| 5 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $10,600,185 | 2,718 | $10,600,185 |
| 6 | Up in the Air | $7,755,801 | 175 | $12,761,720 |
| 7 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $7,727,778 | 3,035 | $277,918,499 |
| 8 | Invictus | $7,307,478 | 2,125 | $18,982,263 |
| 9 | Disney’s A Christmas Carol | $7,226,498 | 2,070 | $134,596,388 |
| 10 | Brothers | $4,670,602 | 2,009 | $24,131,343 |
| 11 | Old Dogs | $3,944,871 | 2,630 | $45,229,767 |
| 12 | 2012 | $3,672,077 | 2,242 | $160,496,185 |
| 13 | Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire) | $2,033,166 | 1,003 | $40,913,837 |
| 14 | Armored | $2,011,721 | 1,538 | $14,981,744 |
| 15 | Ninja Assassin | $1,476,387 | 1,155 | $36,963,475 |
| 16 | Planet 51 | $1,422,492 | 1,349 | $39,109,125 |
| 17 | The Road | $1,163,863 | 396 | $5,430,538 |
| 18 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $1,156,437 | 540 | $17,943,412 |
| 19 | Everybody's Fine | $954,889 | 1,003 | $9,208,876 |
| 20 | The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day | $688,441 | 404 | $9,646,676 |
| 21 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $532,053 | 307 | $123,261,723 |
| 22 | 3 Idiots | $503,845 | 119 | $503,845 |
| 23 | Nine | $378,092 | 4 | $378,092 |
| 24 | An Education | $367,497 | 200 | $7,266,606 |
| 25 | The Young Victoria | $282,648 | 20 | $282,648 |
| 26 | Couples Retreat | $279,390 | 294 | $107,972,005 |
| 27 | Me and Orson Welles | $274,076 | 134 | $667,629 |
| 28 | Broken Embraces | $198,254 | 30 | $840,949 |
| 29 | A Serious Man | $180,073 | 117 | $8,976,656 |
| 30 | A Single Man | $165,665 | 9 | $567,880 |
| 31 | Astro Boy | $158,597 | 252 | $19,247,112 |
| 32 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $152,847 | 207 | $31,914,365 |
| 33 | Law Abiding Citizen | $151,665 | 151 | $72,508,127 |
| 34 | Paranormal Activity | $150,872 | 237 | $107,665,257 |
| 35 | The Polar Express | $144,558 | 17 | $181,251,061 |
| 36 | Crazy Heart | $139,246 | 4 | $164,578 |
| 37 | The Fourth Kind | $111,680 | 133 | $25,315,135 |
| 38 | Pirate Radio | $110,916 | 242 | $7,881,710 |
| 39 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | $108,583 | 76 | $1,345,808 |
| 40 | Where the Wild Things Are | $108,203 | 123 | $75,841,253 |
| 41 | The Lovely Bones | $78,655 | 3 | $234,245 |
| 42 | Under the Sea 3D | $76,286 | 26 | $19,178,544 |
| 43 | The Box | $69,912 | 131 | $14,991,163 |
| 44 | Red Cliff | $62,325 | 40 | $470,528 |
| 45 | The Messenger | $43,788 | 43 | $636,178 |
| 46 | La Danse | $41,415 | 25 | $356,150 |
| 47 | Coco Before Chanel | $41,366 | 53 | $5,951,453 |
| 48 | Amelia | $32,745 | 65 | $14,186,074 |
| 49 | The Maid | $25,993 | 19 | $476,353 |
| 50 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $25,715 | 8 | $22,660,702 |
| 51 | Deep Sea 3-D | $15,257 | 3 | $42,767,545 |
| 52 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | $15,247 | 17 | $226,471 |
| 53 | Paris | $10,057 | 12 | $1,010,194 |
| 54 | The Damned United | $7,451 | 20 | $437,547 |
| 55 | Police, Adjective | $7,240 | 8 | $7,240 |
| 56 | 35 Shots of Rum | $5,393 | 2 | $127,541 |
| 57 | A Town Called Panic | $5,250 | 1 | $6,443 |
| 58 | Until the Light Takes Us | $5,073 | 2 | $43,320 |
| 59 | The Little Traitor | $5,021 | 1 | $85,483 |
| 60 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $4,913 | 3 | $1,130,522 |
| 61 | House of the Devil, The | $4,788 | 6 | $99,290 |
| 62 | Killing Kasztner | $3,999 | 1 | $47,552 |
| 63 | Ong-Bak 2 | $3,488 | 3 | $101,447 |
| 64 | Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D | $3,335 | 4 | $7,234,661 |
| 65 | Cloud 9 | $2,940 | 2 | $87,378 |
| 66 | Good Hair | $2,915 | 6 | $4,145,637 |
| 67 | Ricky | $2,857 | 1 | $3,457 |
| 68 | The Beaches of Agnès | $2,420 | 2 | $222,702 |
| 69 | The Wonder of it All | $2,321 | 2 | $780,110 |
| 70 | The Horse Boy | $2,161 | 2 | $137,495 |
| 71 | The September Issue | $2,077 | 4 | $3,812,756 |
| 72 | Amreeka | $1,993 | 2 | $619,894 |
| 73 | The End of Poverty? | $1,948 | 3 | $41,880 |
| 74 | The Slammin' Salmon | $1,942 | 3 | $38,265 |
| 75 | Oh My God | $1,689 | 1 | $37,833 |
| 76 | Bronson | $1,662 | 4 | $104,454 |
| 77 | Seraphine | $1,524 | 2 | $854,759 |
| 78 | Home | $1,430 | 1 | $9,478 |
| 79 | Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love | $1,400 | 1 | $164,929 |
| 80 | Serious Moonlight | $1,337 | 2 | $24,729 |
| 81 | Fallen Idol: The Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy | $1,270 | 1 | $11,853 |
| 82 | Four Seasons Lodge | $1,254 | 2 | $42,660 |
| 83 | Uncertainty | $1,229 | 4 | $36,689 |
| 84 | The Sun | $1,011 | 2 | $45,565 |
| 85 | Shall We Kiss? | $996 | 1 | $534,685 |
| 86 | Endgame | $920 | 1 | $7,247 |
| 87 | That Evening Sun | $773 | 1 | $48,110 |
| 88 | The Headless Woman | $728 | 1 | $95,955 |
| 89 | The Missing Person | $334 | 1 | $8,302 |
| 90 | Beeswax | $265 | 1 | $41,385 |
| 91 | Big Fan | $229 | 1 | $229,997 |
| 92 | Departures | $222 | 1 | $1,491,160 |
| 93 | From Mexico with Love | $211 | 2 | $548,709 |
| 94 | Peter and Vandy | $143 | 1 | $10,761 |
| 95 | Crude | $112 | 1 | $162,027 |
| Reporting: 95 | $272,871,453 | total | ||