Domestic Box Office For Oct 20, 2009
Data as of Dec 21, 11:17 PST
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Law Abiding Citizen | $1,801,997 | +5.7% | - | 2,890 | $623 | $24,546,067 | 5 | Overture Films |
| 2 | 2 | Paranormal Activity | $1,785,846 | -9.3% | +66.7% | 760 | $2,349 | $36,925,510 | 26 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | 1 | Where the Wild Things Are | $1,757,127 | -11% | - | 3,735 | $470 | $36,426,813 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | 4 | Couples Retreat | $1,203,335 | +11% | -53.4% | 3,009 | $399 | $64,904,775 | 12 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | 5 | Zombieland | $617,696 | +4.2% | -50.1% | 3,171 | $194 | $61,850,958 | 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 6 | 6 | The Stepfather | $614,528 | +7.3% | - | 2,734 | $224 | $12,768,691 | 5 | Screen Gems |
| 7 | 7 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $329,741 | -7.7% | -43.8% | 3,037 | $108 | $108,888,815 | 33 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 8 | 10 | Capitalism: A Love Story | $163,621 | +16.9% | -38.7% | 991 | $165 | $11,926,074 | 28 | Overture Films |
| 9 | 11 | The Invention of Lying | $163,306 | +19.1% | -43.3% | 1,624 | $100 | $15,797,631 | 19 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 9 | Surrogates | $162,696 | +8.1% | -58.9% | 2,326 | $69 | $36,640,906 | 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 11 | 8 | Toy Story 2009 Re-release | $138,569 | -8.6% | -69.7% | 1,489 | $93 | $28,844,877 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 12 | 12 | Whip It | $123,122 | +11.5% | -46.9% | 1,482 | $83 | $11,594,319 | 19 | - |
| 13 | 13 | The Informant! | $84,461 | +21.8% | -62.8% | 1,228 | $68 | $31,920,712 | 33 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | 14 | A Serious Man | $67,610 | +14.8% | +56.6% | 82 | $824 | $1,969,819 | 19 | Focus Features |
| 15 | 15 | Fame | $47,654 | -9.7% | -70.2% | 1,555 | $30 | $21,896,248 | 26 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 16 | 16 | Love Happens | $47,295 | +14.5% | -66.7% | 1,043 | $45 | $22,504,860 | 33 | Universal Pictures |
| 17 | 18 | Bright Star | $40,605 | +19.5% | -36.9% | 295 | $137 | $3,608,787 | 35 | Apparition |
| 18 | 20 | New York, I Love You | $39,598 | +22.1% | - | 118 | $335 | $452,648 | 5 | Vivendi Entertainment |
| 19 | 22 | Good Hair | $38,816 | +27.8% | -39.1% | 178 | $218 | $1,796,807 | 12 | Roadside Attractions |
| 20 | 19 | Inglourious Basterds | $35,856 | +6.5% | -64.6% | 436 | $82 | $119,142,980 | 61 | The Weinstein Company |
| 21 | 17 | I Can Do Bad All by Myself | $34,950 | -8.4% | -60% | 807 | $43 | $51,456,442 | 40 | Lionsgate |
| 22 | 21 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | $33,009 | +6.8% | -42.8% | 514 | $64 | $149,709,835 | 75 | Paramount Pictures |
| 23 | 23 | The Hangover | $26,824 | +21.1% | -42.4% | 359 | $74 | $276,325,760 | 138 | Warner Bros. |
| 24 | 24 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $21,588 | +1.1% | -45.1% | 356 | $60 | $301,196,318 | 98 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 27 | Pandorum | $18,429 | +11.3% | -80.1% | 427 | $43 | $10,086,545 | 26 | Overture Films |
| 26 | 25 | 9 | $16,899 | -6.5% | -74.3% | 488 | $34 | $31,254,911 | 42 | Focus Features |
| 27 | 30 | The Boys Are Back | $16,060 | +21.6% | -14.6% | 108 | $148 | $587,477 | 26 | Miramax |
| 28 | 31 | Black Dynamite | $16,019 | +22.6% | - | 70 | $228 | $160,950 | 5 | Apparition |
| 29 | 26 | All About Steve | $15,917 | -4.4% | -66.2% | 507 | $31 | $33,224,264 | 47 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 30 | 28 | More Than a Game | $12,995 | -9.4% | +37.6% | 107 | $121 | $625,550 | 19 | Lionsgate |
| 31 | 29 | Under the Sea 3D | $11,087 | -19% | -29.2% | 32 | $346 | $18,150,026 | 250 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | 33 | The September Issue | $10,800 | +14.3% | -44.1% | 77 | $140 | $3,374,104 | 54 | Roadside Attractions |
| 33 | 34 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $9,496 | +9.6% | -20.1% | 181 | $52 | $196,130,685 | 112 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 34 | 35 | Sorority Row | $9,178 | +6.5% | -33.9% | 244 | $37 | $11,838,410 | 40 | Summit Entertainment |
| 35 | 32 | Jennifer's Body | $9,119 | -27.5% | -79.5% | 313 | $29 | $16,053,283 | 33 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 36 | 38 | Me and Mrs. Khanna | $9,030 | +46.7% | - | 59 | $153 | $136,320 | 5 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 37 | 37 | I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | $8,516 | +16.4% | -71% | 132 | $64 | $1,373,416 | 26 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 38 | 36 | The Final Destination | $8,010 | +7% | -66.4% | 174 | $46 | $66,098,742 | 54 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | 40 | The Time Traveler's Wife | $6,091 | +19.6% | -38.3% | 101 | $60 | $62,631,295 | 68 | Warner Bros. |
| 40 | 41 | 500 Days of Summer | $6,044 | +22.3% | -33% | 71 | $85 | $32,214,926 | 96 | - |
| 41 | 39 | From Mexico with Love | $5,469 | -9.8% | -73.5% | 139 | $39 | $517,141 | 12 | Roadside Attractions |
| 42 | 42 | Halloween II | $4,903 | +14.4% | -44% | 140 | $35 | $32,599,978 | 54 | - |
| 43 | 44 | Aliens in the Attic | $3,694 | +29.5% | -36.4% | 108 | $34 | $25,062,179 | 82 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 44 | 43 | My One and Only | $3,047 | -3% | -66.8% | 58 | $52 | $2,394,369 | 61 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 45 | 46 | Wake Up Sid | $2,521 | +31.7% | -75.2% | 33 | $76 | $686,598 | 19 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 46 | 45 | The Maid | $2,427 | +16.5% | - | 1 | $2,427 | $21,546 | 5 | Elephant Eye Films |
| 47 | 47 | Shorts | $1,986 | +10.8% | +64.8% | 54 | $36 | $20,441,519 | 61 | Warner Bros. |
| 48 | 48 | Whiteout | $1,369 | +32.9% | -57.2% | 41 | $33 | $10,175,434 | 40 | Warner Bros. |
| 49 | 51 | The Cove | $788 | +14.7% | -27.3% | 19 | $41 | $827,027 | 82 | Roadside Attractions |
| 50 | 50 | Adam | $649 | -27.6% | -61.7% | 17 | $38 | $2,252,511 | 84 | - |
| 51 | 53 | The Other Man | $387 | +0.5% | -58.1% | 6 | $64 | $148,564 | 40 | Image Entertainment |
| 52 | 52 | Paper Heart | $312 | -19.8% | +145.7% | 9 | $34 | $1,260,555 | 75 | Overture Films |
| 53 | 54 | American Casino | $63 | +40% | +37% | 1 | $63 | $46,622 | 68 | Argot Pictures |
| 54 | 49 | The Stoning of Soraya M. | $25 | -97.2% | -56.9% | 2 | $12 | $634,790 | 117 | Roadside Attractions |
