Week Domestic Box Office January 1, 2010
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Avatar | $96,916,087 | -34% | 3,461 | $28,002 | $380,540,297 | 21 | |
| 2 | (2) | Sherlock Holmes | $46,464,810 | -54% | 3,626 | $12,814 | $148,567,766 | 14 | |
| 3 | (3) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $41,157,394 | -56% | 3,747 | $10,984 | $161,884,676 | 16 | |
| 4 | (4) | It’s Complicated | $24,986,790 | -38% | 2,897 | $8,625 | $65,362,665 | 14 | |
| 5 | (5) | The Blind Side | $14,883,591 | -38% | 2,926 | $5,087 | $211,446,909 | 49 | |
| 6 | (7) | Up in the Air | $13,986,528 | -33% | 1,895 | $7,381 | $47,641,741 | 35 | |
| 7 | (6) | The Princess and the Frog | $11,860,543 | -44% | 3,328 | $3,564 | $87,895,571 | 44 | |
| 8 | (8) | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $6,420,205 | -34% | 2,718 | $2,362 | $26,800,251 | 21 | |
| 9 | (9) | Nine | $5,377,354 | -43% | 1,412 | $3,808 | $15,222,127 | 21 | |
| 10 | (10) | Invictus | $5,107,510 | -34% | 2,170 | $2,354 | $31,784,643 | 28 | |
| 11 | (11) | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $4,527,078 | -31% | 1,627 | $2,782 | $289,039,470 | 49 | |
| 12 | (18) | The Young Victoria | $1,843,056 | +44% | 165 | $11,170 | $3,408,022 | 21 | |
| 13 | (12) | 3 Idiots | $1,746,060 | -37% | 132 | $13,228 | $5,008,596 | 16 | |
| 14 | (14) | Brothers | $1,611,381 | -23% | 858 | $1,878 | $27,834,160 | 35 | |
| 15 | (15) | 2012 | $1,388,785 | -25% | 800 | $1,736 | $163,737,785 | 56 | |
| 16 | (16) | Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire) | $1,278,752 | -23% | 629 | $2,033 | $43,846,741 | 63 | |
| 17 | (17) | Old Dogs | $868,854 | -33% | 620 | $1,401 | $47,397,427 | 44 | |
| 18 | (19) | The Road | $792,754 | -10% | 306 | $2,591 | $7,108,432 | 44 | |
| 19 | (22) | A Single Man | $681,828 | +1% | 46 | $14,822 | $1,926,519 | 28 | |
| 20 | (13) | Disney’s A Christmas Carol | $673,511 | -71% | 981 | $687 | $137,562,562 | 63 | |
| 21 | (21) | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $629,328 | -10% | 274 | $2,297 | $19,273,884 | 56 | |
| 22 | (20) | Broken Embraces | $593,595 | -20% | 71 | $8,360 | $2,176,349 | 49 | |
| 23 | (23) | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | $565,668 | -14% | 48 | $11,785 | $1,226,653 | 14 | |
| 24 | (-) | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $436,143 | 256 | $1,704 | $124,346,840 | 112 | ||
| 25 | (24) | Armored | $391,554 | -24% | 244 | $1,605 | $15,889,794 | 35 | |
| 26 | (27) | An Education | $389,068 | +13% | 151 | $2,577 | $8,000,758 | 91 | |
| 27 | (26) | Flickan som lekte med elden | $361,876 | -13% | 47 | $7,699 | $778,462 | 14 | |
| 28 | (25) | Where the Wild Things Are | $352,939 | -23% | 267 | $1,322 | $76,654,918 | 84 | |
| 29 | (30) | Crazy Heart | $303,421 | -4% | 12 | $25,285 | $784,621 | 23 | |
| 30 | (29) | Couples Retreat | $286,445 | -12% | 222 | $1,290 | $108,583,910 | 91 | |
| 31 | (28) | Ninja Assassin | $252,974 | -26% | 166 | $1,524 | $37,556,439 | 44 | |
| 32 | (32) | Law Abiding Citizen | $232,027 | -9% | 205 | $1,132 | $72,996,254 | 84 | |
| 33 | (31) | Planet 51 | $195,547 | -35% | 209 | $936 | $39,606,105 | 49 | |
| 34 | (33) | The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day | $181,892 | -6% | 102 | $1,783 | $10,021,676 | 70 | |
| 35 | (34) | Me and Orson Welles | $135,312 | -26% | 80 | $1,691 | $985,515 | 44 | |
| 36 | (38) | A Serious Man | $130,332 | +7% | 49 | $2,660 | $9,228,788 | 98 | |
| 37 | (-) | Magnificent Desolation | $100,776 | 2 | $50,388 | $31,595,948 | 1,568 | ||
| 38 | (-) | The White Ribbon | $94,317 | 3 | $31,439 | $120,159 | 9 | ||
| 39 | (36) | Astro Boy | $93,470 | -29% | 152 | $615 | $19,471,341 | 77 | |
| 40 | (35) | Under the Sea 3D | $92,539 | -47% | 26 | $3,559 | $19,445,109 | 329 | |
| 41 | (39) | The Lovely Bones | $91,085 | +8% | 3 | $30,362 | $409,508 | 28 | |
| 42 | (40) | The Fourth Kind | $89,320 | +9% | 77 | $1,160 | $25,486,040 | 63 | |
| 43 | (37) | Paranormal Activity | $81,868 | -36% | 145 | $565 | $107,874,713 | 105 | |
| 44 | (-) | Space Station | $68,790 | 3 | $22,930 | $80,625,831 | 2,821 | ||
| 45 | (41) | Pirate Radio | $67,911 | +0% | 111 | $612 | $8,017,467 | 56 | |
| 46 | (45) | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | $65,967 | +54% | 38 | $1,736 | $1,454,538 | 49 | |
| 47 | (42) | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $60,613 | -3% | 74 | $819 | $32,037,550 | 63 | |
| 48 | (54) | Coco Before Chanel | $35,190 | +37% | 28 | $1,257 | $6,012,413 | 105 | |
| 49 | (46) | La Danse | $34,390 | -13% | 14 | $2,456 | $429,862 | 65 | |
| 50 | (-) | The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond | $31,016 | 6 | $5,169 | $37,894 | 9 | ||
| 51 | (53) | The Messenger | $27,961 | +8% | 21 | $1,331 | $663,580 | 56 | |
| 52 | (50) | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $26,752 | -7% | 8 | $3,344 | $22,716,369 | 826 | |
| 53 | (47) | The Box | $26,698 | -22% | 50 | $534 | $15,051,977 | 63 | |
| 54 | (48) | Red Cliff | $24,111 | -25% | 30 | $804 | $541,615 | 49 | |
| 55 | (55) | Amelia | $22,896 | +5% | 28 | $818 | $14,230,874 | 77 | |
| 56 | (51) | Deep Sea 3-D | $18,157 | -36% | 2 | $9,079 | $42,814,044 | 1,407 | |
| 57 | (43) | The Polar Express | $16,722 | -73% | 20 | $836 | $181,330,325 | 1,885 | |
| 58 | (49) | Police, Adjective | $14,782 | -53% | 6 | $2,464 | $53,206 | 16 | |
| 59 | (57) | Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D | $13,901 | +23% | 4 | $3,475 | $7,259,895 | 693 | |
| 60 | (52) | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | $9,765 | -66% | 6 | $1,628 | $264,553 | 42 | |
| 61 | (58) | The Maid | $8,760 | -11% | 5 | $1,752 | $495,003 | 84 | |
| 62 | (56) | Sita Sings the Blues | $8,127 | -36% | 1 | $8,127 | $20,895 | 14 | |
| 63 | (-) | The Little Traitor | $7,543 | 1 | $7,543 | $93,026 | 84 | ||
| 64 | (-) | Visual Acoustics | $6,504 | 1 | $6,504 | $74,894 | 91 | ||
| 65 | (59) | A Town Called Panic | $4,050 | -51% | 2 | $2,025 | $18,817 | 23 | |
| 66 | (-) | Gigante | $3,330 | 1 | $3,330 | $5,487 | 9 | ||
| 67 | (-) | The Yes Men Fix the World | $3,105 | 2 | $1,553 | $162,138 | 93 | ||
| 68 | (72) | The Damned United | $3,029 | +340% | 6 | $505 | $441,264 | 91 | |
| 69 | (62) | The September Issue | $2,630 | +1% | 3 | $877 | $3,818,002 | 133 | |
| 70 | (60) | 35 Shots of Rum | $2,226 | -36% | 2 | $1,113 | $133,265 | 112 | |
| 71 | (65) | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $2,127 | +8% | 2 | $1,064 | $1,134,623 | 182 | |
| 72 | (64) | Until the Light Takes Us | $1,981 | -1% | 1 | $1,981 | $47,307 | 49 | |
| 73 | (new) | Shanghai Red | $1,858 | 2 | $929 | $1,858 | 7 | ||
| 74 | (-) | Departures | $1,295 | 2 | $648 | $1,537,837 | 224 | ||
| 75 | (new) | Kings of the Evening | $1,008 | 1 | $1,008 | $1,008 | 7 | ||
| 76 | (-) | The Wonder of it All | $906 | 1 | $906 | $781,016 | 175 | ||
| 77 | (-) | The Wedding Song | $886 | 1 | $886 | $16,618 | 91 | ||
| 78 | (68) | The Beaches of Agnès | $870 | -46% | 3 | $290 | $225,188 | 191 | |
| 79 | (-) | $9.99 | $862 | 1 | $862 | $51,563 | 203 | ||
| 80 | (76) | Endgame | $824 | +81% | 5 | $165 | $8,527 | 63 | |
| 81 | (81) | Big Fan | $757 | +482% | 1 | $757 | $231,520 | 133 | |
| 82 | (-) | Fallen Idol: The Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy | $703 | 1 | $703 | $12,556 | 98 | ||
| 83 | (78) | Four Seasons Lodge | $564 | +126% | 1 | $564 | $43,474 | 58 | |
| 84 | (61) | Seraphine | $532 | -81% | 1 | $532 | $858,045 | 217 | |
| 85 | (79) | Crude | $370 | +64% | 1 | $370 | $163,511 | 119 | |
| 86 | (74) | Good Hair | $318 | -40% | 2 | $159 | $4,146,488 | 91 | |
| 87 | (-) | Mississippi Mermaid | $313 | 1 | $313 | $14,186 | 4,011 | ||
| 88 | (-) | The Blue Tooth Virgin | $237 | 1 | $237 | $2,762 | 105 | ||
| 89 | (-) | The Cove | $150 | 2 | $75 | $861,946 | 161 | ||
| 90 | (83) | From Mexico with Love | $45 | +114% | 1 | $45 | $548,775 | 91 | |
| Reporting movies: 90 | $289,285,899 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avatar | $96,916,087 | 3,461 | $380,540,297 |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes | $46,464,810 | 3,626 | $148,567,766 |
| 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $41,157,394 | 3,747 | $161,884,676 |
| 4 | It’s Complicated | $24,986,790 | 2,897 | $65,362,665 |
| 5 | The Blind Side | $14,883,591 | 2,926 | $211,446,909 |
| 6 | Up in the Air | $13,986,528 | 1,895 | $47,641,741 |
| 7 | The Princess and the Frog | $11,860,543 | 3,328 | $87,895,571 |
| 8 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $6,420,205 | 2,718 | $26,800,251 |
| 9 | Nine | $5,377,354 | 1,412 | $15,222,127 |
| 10 | Invictus | $5,107,510 | 2,170 | $31,784,643 |
| 11 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $4,527,078 | 1,627 | $289,039,470 |
| 12 | The Young Victoria | $1,843,056 | 165 | $3,408,022 |
| 13 | 3 Idiots | $1,746,060 | 132 | $5,008,596 |
| 14 | Brothers | $1,611,381 | 858 | $27,834,160 |
| 15 | 2012 | $1,388,785 | 800 | $163,737,785 |
| 16 | Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire) | $1,278,752 | 629 | $43,846,741 |
| 17 | Old Dogs | $868,854 | 620 | $47,397,427 |
| 18 | The Road | $792,754 | 306 | $7,108,432 |
| 19 | A Single Man | $681,828 | 46 | $1,926,519 |
| 20 | Disney’s A Christmas Carol | $673,511 | 981 | $137,562,562 |
| 21 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $629,328 | 274 | $19,273,884 |
| 22 | Broken Embraces | $593,595 | 71 | $2,176,349 |
| 23 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | $565,668 | 48 | $1,226,653 |
| 24 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $436,143 | 256 | $124,346,840 |
| 25 | Armored | $391,554 | 244 | $15,889,794 |
| 26 | An Education | $389,068 | 151 | $8,000,758 |
| 27 | Flickan som lekte med elden | $361,876 | 47 | $778,462 |
| 28 | Where the Wild Things Are | $352,939 | 267 | $76,654,918 |
| 29 | Crazy Heart | $303,421 | 12 | $784,621 |
| 30 | Couples Retreat | $286,445 | 222 | $108,583,910 |
| 31 | Ninja Assassin | $252,974 | 166 | $37,556,439 |
| 32 | Law Abiding Citizen | $232,027 | 205 | $72,996,254 |
| 33 | Planet 51 | $195,547 | 209 | $39,606,105 |
| 34 | The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day | $181,892 | 102 | $10,021,676 |
| 35 | Me and Orson Welles | $135,312 | 80 | $985,515 |
| 36 | A Serious Man | $130,332 | 49 | $9,228,788 |
| 37 | Magnificent Desolation | $100,776 | 2 | $31,595,948 |
| 38 | The White Ribbon | $94,317 | 3 | $120,159 |
| 39 | Astro Boy | $93,470 | 152 | $19,471,341 |
| 40 | Under the Sea 3D | $92,539 | 26 | $19,445,109 |
| 41 | The Lovely Bones | $91,085 | 3 | $409,508 |
| 42 | The Fourth Kind | $89,320 | 77 | $25,486,040 |
| 43 | Paranormal Activity | $81,868 | 145 | $107,874,713 |
| 44 | Space Station | $68,790 | 3 | $80,625,831 |
| 45 | Pirate Radio | $67,911 | 111 | $8,017,467 |
| 46 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | $65,967 | 38 | $1,454,538 |
| 47 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $60,613 | 74 | $32,037,550 |
| 48 | Coco Before Chanel | $35,190 | 28 | $6,012,413 |
| 49 | La Danse | $34,390 | 14 | $429,862 |
| 50 | The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond | $31,016 | 6 | $37,894 |
| 51 | The Messenger | $27,961 | 21 | $663,580 |
| 52 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $26,752 | 8 | $22,716,369 |
| 53 | The Box | $26,698 | 50 | $15,051,977 |
| 54 | Red Cliff | $24,111 | 30 | $541,615 |
| 55 | Amelia | $22,896 | 28 | $14,230,874 |
| 56 | Deep Sea 3-D | $18,157 | 2 | $42,814,044 |
| 57 | The Polar Express | $16,722 | 20 | $181,330,325 |
| 58 | Police, Adjective | $14,782 | 6 | $53,206 |
| 59 | Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D | $13,901 | 4 | $7,259,895 |
| 60 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | $9,765 | 6 | $264,553 |
| 61 | The Maid | $8,760 | 5 | $495,003 |
| 62 | Sita Sings the Blues | $8,127 | 1 | $20,895 |
| 63 | The Little Traitor | $7,543 | 1 | $93,026 |
| 64 | Visual Acoustics | $6,504 | 1 | $74,894 |
| 65 | A Town Called Panic | $4,050 | 2 | $18,817 |
| 66 | Gigante | $3,330 | 1 | $5,487 |
| 67 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $3,105 | 2 | $162,138 |
| 68 | The Damned United | $3,029 | 6 | $441,264 |
| 69 | The September Issue | $2,630 | 3 | $3,818,002 |
| 70 | 35 Shots of Rum | $2,226 | 2 | $133,265 |
| 71 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $2,127 | 2 | $1,134,623 |
| 72 | Until the Light Takes Us | $1,981 | 1 | $47,307 |
| 73 | Shanghai Red | $1,858 | 2 | $1,858 |
| 74 | Departures | $1,295 | 2 | $1,537,837 |
| 75 | Kings of the Evening | $1,008 | 1 | $1,008 |
| 76 | The Wonder of it All | $906 | 1 | $781,016 |
| 77 | The Wedding Song | $886 | 1 | $16,618 |
| 78 | The Beaches of Agnès | $870 | 3 | $225,188 |
| 79 | $9.99 | $862 | 1 | $51,563 |
| 80 | Endgame | $824 | 5 | $8,527 |
| 81 | Big Fan | $757 | 1 | $231,520 |
| 82 | Fallen Idol: The Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy | $703 | 1 | $12,556 |
| 83 | Four Seasons Lodge | $564 | 1 | $43,474 |
| 84 | Seraphine | $532 | 1 | $858,045 |
| 85 | Crude | $370 | 1 | $163,511 |
| 86 | Good Hair | $318 | 2 | $4,146,488 |
| 87 | Mississippi Mermaid | $313 | 1 | $14,186 |
| 88 | The Blue Tooth Virgin | $237 | 1 | $2,762 |
| 89 | The Cove | $150 | 2 | $861,946 |
| 90 | From Mexico with Love | $45 | 1 | $548,775 |
| Reporting: 90 | $289,285,899 | total | ||