Domestic Box Office For Oct 21, 2009
Data as of Dec 22, 1:55 PST
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Paranormal Activity | $1,639,240 | -8.2% | +65.4% | 760 | $2,156 | $38,564,750 | 27 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | 3 | Where the Wild Things Are | $1,566,443 | -10.9% | - | 3,735 | $419 | $37,993,256 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | 1 | Law Abiding Citizen | $1,531,865 | -15% | - | 2,890 | $530 | $26,077,932 | 6 | Overture Films |
| 4 | 4 | Couples Retreat | $1,097,900 | -8.8% | -51.9% | 3,009 | $364 | $66,002,675 | 13 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | 5 | Zombieland | $567,926 | -8.1% | -49% | 3,171 | $179 | $62,418,884 | 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 6 | 6 | The Stepfather | $514,227 | -16.3% | - | 2,734 | $188 | $13,282,918 | 6 | Screen Gems |
| 7 | 7 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $310,012 | -6% | -41.7% | 3,037 | $102 | $109,198,827 | 34 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 8 | 10 | Surrogates | $160,807 | -1.2% | -53.3% | 2,326 | $69 | $36,801,713 | 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | 8 | Capitalism: A Love Story | $155,971 | -4.7% | -36.3% | 991 | $157 | $12,082,045 | 29 | Overture Films |
| 10 | 9 | The Invention of Lying | $153,415 | -6.1% | -43.8% | 1,624 | $94 | $15,951,046 | 20 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | 11 | Toy Story 2009 Re-release | $130,198 | -6% | -71.7% | 1,489 | $87 | $28,975,075 | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 12 | 12 | Whip It | $115,604 | -6.1% | -47.3% | 1,482 | $78 | $11,709,923 | 20 | - |
| 13 | 13 | The Informant! | $82,218 | -2.7% | -62% | 1,228 | $66 | $32,002,930 | 34 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | 14 | A Serious Man | $68,569 | +1.4% | +65.6% | 82 | $836 | $2,038,388 | 20 | Focus Features |
| 15 | 16 | Love Happens | $47,100 | -0.4% | -64.6% | 1,043 | $45 | $22,551,960 | 34 | Universal Pictures |
| 16 | 15 | Fame | $45,353 | -4.8% | -69.8% | 1,555 | $29 | $21,941,601 | 27 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 17 | 17 | Bright Star | $39,715 | -2.2% | -39.6% | 295 | $134 | $3,648,502 | 36 | Apparition |
| 18 | 20 | Inglourious Basterds | $37,873 | +5.6% | -60.5% | 436 | $86 | $119,180,853 | 62 | The Weinstein Company |
| 19 | 18 | New York, I Love You | $32,522 | -17.9% | - | 118 | $275 | $485,169 | 6 | Vivendi Entertainment |
| 20 | 22 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | $30,538 | -7.5% | -44.8% | 514 | $59 | $149,740,373 | 76 | Paramount Pictures |
| 21 | 19 | Good Hair | $30,280 | -22% | -37.5% | 178 | $170 | $1,827,087 | 13 | Roadside Attractions |
| 22 | 21 | I Can Do Bad All by Myself | $28,694 | -17.9% | -64.3% | 807 | $35 | $51,485,136 | 41 | Lionsgate |
| 23 | 23 | The Hangover | $27,192 | +1.4% | -42.2% | 359 | $75 | $276,352,952 | 139 | Warner Bros. |
| 24 | 24 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $19,897 | -7.8% | -48.7% | 356 | $55 | $301,216,215 | 99 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 25 | Pandorum | $17,983 | -2.4% | -78.7% | 427 | $42 | $10,104,528 | 27 | Overture Films |
| 26 | 26 | 9 | $15,899 | -5.9% | -72% | 488 | $32 | $31,270,810 | 43 | Focus Features |
| 27 | 29 | All About Steve | $15,731 | -1.2% | -67.6% | 507 | $31 | $33,239,995 | 48 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 28 | 27 | The Boys Are Back | $14,768 | -8% | -20.5% | 108 | $136 | $602,245 | 27 | Miramax |
| 29 | 28 | Black Dynamite | $13,795 | -13.9% | - | 70 | $197 | $174,745 | 6 | Apparition |
| 30 | 31 | Under the Sea 3D | $12,988 | +17.1% | -28.5% | 32 | $405 | $18,163,014 | 251 | Warner Bros. |
| 31 | 30 | More Than a Game | $11,873 | -8.6% | +32.2% | 107 | $110 | $637,423 | 20 | Lionsgate |
| 32 | 32 | The September Issue | $11,477 | +6.3% | -50.5% | 77 | $149 | $3,385,581 | 55 | Roadside Attractions |
| 33 | 33 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $9,030 | -4.9% | -18.1% | 181 | $49 | $196,139,715 | 113 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 34 | 35 | Jennifer's Body | $8,819 | -3.3% | -78.4% | 313 | $28 | $16,062,102 | 34 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 35 | 34 | Sorority Row | $7,985 | -13% | -28.5% | 244 | $32 | $11,846,395 | 41 | Summit Entertainment |
| 36 | 38 | The Final Destination | $7,550 | -5.7% | -66.5% | 174 | $43 | $66,106,292 | 55 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | 37 | I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | $6,812 | -20% | -76.2% | 132 | $51 | $1,380,228 | 27 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 38 | 36 | Me and Mrs. Khanna | $6,458 | -28.5% | - | 59 | $109 | $142,778 | 6 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 39 | 40 | 500 Days of Summer | $6,375 | +5.5% | -34.3% | 71 | $89 | $32,221,301 | 97 | - |
| 40 | 39 | The Time Traveler's Wife | $5,899 | -3.2% | -47.6% | 101 | $58 | $62,637,194 | 69 | Warner Bros. |
| 41 | 41 | From Mexico with Love | $5,511 | +0.8% | -70.8% | 139 | $39 | $522,652 | 13 | Roadside Attractions |
| 42 | 42 | Halloween II | $4,455 | -9.1% | -47.6% | 140 | $31 | $32,604,433 | 55 | - |
| 43 | 44 | My One and Only | $4,059 | +33.2% | -61.4% | 58 | $69 | $2,398,428 | 62 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 44 | 43 | Aliens in the Attic | $3,343 | -9.5% | -30.3% | 108 | $30 | $25,065,522 | 83 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 45 | 45 | Wake Up Sid | $2,434 | -3.5% | -67.9% | 33 | $73 | $689,032 | 20 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 46 | 46 | The Maid | $2,136 | -12% | - | 1 | $2,136 | $23,682 | 6 | Elephant Eye Films |
| 47 | 47 | Shorts | $1,154 | -41.9% | +14.4% | 54 | $21 | $20,442,673 | 62 | Warner Bros. |
| 48 | 48 | Whiteout | $1,061 | -22.5% | -73.4% | 41 | $25 | $10,176,495 | 41 | Warner Bros. |
| 49 | 50 | Adam | $1,054 | +62.4% | -11.7% | 17 | $62 | $2,253,565 | 85 | - |
| 50 | 49 | The Cove | $856 | +8.6% | -41% | 19 | $45 | $827,883 | 83 | Roadside Attractions |
| 51 | 51 | The Other Man | $528 | +36.4% | -20.1% | 6 | $88 | $149,092 | 41 | Image Entertainment |
| 52 | 52 | Paper Heart | $207 | -33.7% | +51.1% | 9 | $23 | $1,260,762 | 76 | Overture Films |
| 53 | 53 | American Casino | $54 | -14.3% | -66% | 1 | $54 | $46,676 | 69 | Argot Pictures |
| 54 | 54 | The Stoning of Soraya M. | $10 | -60% | -82.5% | 2 | $5 | $634,800 | 118 | Roadside Attractions |
