Domestic Box Office For Jan 1, 2009
Data as of Dec 22, 1:55 PST
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Marley & Me | $9,956,212 | +44.6% | -30.8% | 3,480 | $2,860 | $82,400,283 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | 2 | Bedtime Stories | $8,336,917 | +46.4% | -21.2% | 3,681 | $2,264 | $65,037,829 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | 3 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $7,939,690 | +85.4% | -33.1% | 2,988 | $2,657 | $60,605,838 | 8 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | 4 | Valkyrie | $5,747,446 | +64.8% | -32.3% | 2,711 | $2,120 | $46,649,304 | 8 | United Artists |
| 5 | 5 | Yes Man | $5,567,221 | +102.3% | -6.1% | 3,434 | $1,621 | $65,596,911 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | 6 | Seven Pounds | $4,139,795 | +85.1% | -12.8% | 2,758 | $1,501 | $50,078,780 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | 7 | The Tale of Despereaux | $2,703,090 | +42.6% | +37.1% | 3,107 | $870 | $36,722,480 | 14 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | 9 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $2,087,713 | +87.7% | -24.6% | 2,402 | $869 | $69,374,558 | 21 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 9 | 8 | Doubt | $1,893,833 | +55.1% | +33.3% | 1,267 | $1,494 | $13,704,588 | 21 | Miramax |
| 10 | 10 | Slumdog Millionaire | $1,758,467 | +93.5% | +30.7% | 614 | $2,863 | $23,985,829 | 51 | - |
| 11 | 13 | Twilight | $1,601,232 | +114.1% | +61.5% | 1,849 | $865 | $172,274,208 | 42 | Summit Entertainment |
| 12 | 15 | The Spirit | $1,416,434 | +153.3% | -63.1% | 2,509 | $564 | $14,483,840 | 8 | Lionsgate |
| 13 | 12 | Bolt | $1,244,722 | +44.9% | +84% | 1,923 | $647 | $106,625,201 | 42 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 14 | 11 | Four Christmases | $1,242,142 | +43.2% | -44.5% | 2,510 | $494 | $115,378,444 | 37 | Warner Bros. |
| 15 | 14 | Gran Torino | $1,003,038 | +70.7% | +31.4% | 84 | $11,940 | $6,884,131 | 21 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | 19 | Milk | $675,159 | +119.3% | +35.9% | 311 | $2,170 | $15,269,484 | 37 | Focus Features |
| 17 | 18 | Frost/Nixon | $521,472 | +66.1% | +10.7% | 205 | $2,543 | $4,890,692 | 28 | Universal Pictures |
| 18 | 17 | Quantum of Solace | $431,556 | +35.8% | +18.8% | 891 | $484 | $165,690,358 | 49 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 19 | 16 | Australia | $387,936 | +10.2% | +71.9% | 711 | $545 | $45,523,544 | 37 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 20 | 20 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $370,479 | +45.5% | +145.5% | 808 | $458 | $176,058,413 | 56 | DreamWorks |
| 21 | 21 | The Reader | $280,379 | +87% | +60.6% | 116 | $2,417 | $1,955,106 | 23 | The Weinstein Company |
| 22 | 22 | Ghajini | $195,660 | +125.2% | -57.2% | 83 | $2,357 | $1,904,607 | 9 | Adlabs Films |
| 23 | 23 | The Wrestler | $154,849 | +136% | +15% | 18 | $8,602 | $1,324,228 | 16 | - |
| 24 | - | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $111,669 | - | +105.7% | 283 | $394 | $93,458,617 | 91 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 25 | 29 | Role Models | $88,875 | +216% | +49.1% | 225 | $395 | $66,456,690 | 56 | Universal Pictures |
| 26 | 24 | Nothing Like the Holidays | $86,538 | +133% | -49.1% | 439 | $197 | $7,249,817 | 21 | Overture Films |
| 27 | 25 | Cadillac Records | $84,166 | +130% | -1.1% | 180 | $467 | $7,928,362 | 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 28 | - | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $82,739 | - | +204.4% | 295 | $280 | $89,980,872 | 70 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 29 | 27 | Revolutionary Road | $76,319 | +116.3% | - | 3 | $25,439 | $389,788 | 7 | Paramount Vantage |
| 30 | 31 | Eagle Eye | $56,105 | +145.3% | +90.7% | 205 | $273 | $101,255,091 | 98 | DreamWorks |
| 31 | 30 | Defiance | $51,864 | +105.5% | - | 2 | $25,932 | $77,101 | 2 | Paramount Vantage |
| 32 | 26 | Last Chance Harvey | $40,734 | +13.1% | +14.2% | 6 | $6,789 | $248,741 | 8 | Overture Films |
| 33 | 34 | Transporter 3 | $39,431 | +180.4% | -10.4% | 135 | $292 | $31,715,062 | 37 | Lionsgate |
| 34 | 33 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $37,070 | +125.6% | +79.4% | 96 | $386 | $8,758,292 | 56 | Miramax |
| 35 | 35 | Body of Lies | $30,179 | +120.8% | +97.4% | 182 | $165 | $39,233,762 | 84 | Warner Bros. |
| 36 | 28 | Changeling | $29,070 | +2% | +168.4% | 114 | $255 | $35,627,287 | 70 | Universal Pictures |
| 37 | 32 | The Polar Express 2008 IMAX Release | $22,569 | +9.8% | +48.9% | 26 | $868 | $1,640,817 | 42 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 39 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $19,589 | +122.7% | +47.1% | 47 | $416 | $3,240,200 | 84 | Miramax |
| 39 | 42 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $19,550 | +738.3% | +471.8% | 46 | $425 | $31,233,293 | 63 | The Weinstein Company |
| 40 | 37 | The Secret Life of Bees | $19,416 | +103.7% | +216.9% | 77 | $252 | $37,463,267 | 77 | - |
| 41 | 41 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $17,520 | +163.5% | +77% | 25 | $700 | $22,790,268 | 140 | - |
| 42 | 36 | Deep Sea | $17,144 | +36.4% | +3,850.2% | 8 | $2,143 | $37,263,463 | 1,036 | Warner Bros. |
| 43 | 38 | Nights in Rodanthe | $14,339 | +58.3% | +97% | 115 | $124 | $41,760,210 | 98 | Warner Bros. |
| 44 | 40 | The Dark Knight | $11,512 | +61.9% | +65.1% | 74 | $155 | $530,936,438 | 168 | Warner Bros. |
| 45 | 45 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $5,795 | +347.8% | +39.7% | 26 | $222 | $13,488,167 | 63 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 46 | 43 | Soul Men | $4,610 | +107.1% | +409.4% | 10 | $461 | $12,021,938 | 56 | - |
| 47 | 44 | Appaloosa | $2,743 | +71.3% | +101.2% | 18 | $152 | $20,075,296 | 105 | Warner Bros. |
| 48 | - | WALL·E | $2,327 | - | +76.6% | 33 | $70 | $223,799,741 | 189 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 49 | 46 | Igor | $1,290 | +251.5% | -26.2% | 46 | $28 | $19,447,221 | 105 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 50 | 47 | Lola Montès | $629 | +101% | - | 2 | $314 | $89,566 | 84 | Rialto Pictures |
| 51 | 48 | Were the World Mine | $490 | +157.9% | +25% | 1 | $490 | $87,156 | 63 | - |
