Domestic Box Office For Dec 17, 2009
Data as of Dec 22, 1:55 PST
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Princess and the Frog | $1,381,295 | +7.4% | +1,026.9% | 3,434 | $402 | $32,531,772 | 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | 2 | The Blind Side | $1,313,393 | +8.3% | -10.6% | 3,388 | $387 | $154,704,245 | 28 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | 4 | A Christmas Carol | $844,840 | +11.8% | +27.6% | 2,402 | $351 | $127,369,890 | 42 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | 3 | Invictus | $733,118 | -4.7% | - | 2,125 | $344 | $11,674,785 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | 5 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $721,275 | +1.8% | -26.8% | 3,635 | $198 | $270,190,721 | 28 | Summit Entertainment |
| 6 | 6 | Brothers | $480,321 | -3.7% | -25.9% | 2,088 | $230 | $19,460,741 | 14 | Lionsgate |
| 7 | 7 | 2012 | $386,292 | +3% | -19.5% | 2,838 | $136 | $156,824,108 | 35 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 8 | 8 | Old Dogs | $347,124 | +12.5% | -14.1% | 3,090 | $112 | $41,284,896 | 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | 9 | Armored | $285,829 | -3.2% | -26.3% | 1,919 | $148 | $12,970,023 | 14 | Screen Gems |
| 10 | 10 | Ninja Assassin | $283,431 | -3.7% | -31.6% | 2,100 | $134 | $35,487,088 | 23 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | 11 | Up in the Air | $261,935 | -7.7% | +162.5% | 72 | $3,637 | $5,005,919 | 14 | Paramount Pictures |
| 12 | 12 | Everybody's Fine | $226,575 | -0.9% | -25.2% | 2,141 | $105 | $8,253,987 | 14 | Miramax |
| 13 | 13 | Precious | $158,490 | +0.6% | -16.7% | 664 | $238 | $38,880,671 | 42 | Lionsgate |
| 14 | 15 | Planet 51 | $155,149 | +17.7% | -22.1% | 2,570 | $60 | $37,686,633 | 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 15 | 14 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $139,753 | +5.4% | -27.2% | 1,268 | $110 | $16,786,975 | 35 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 16 | 16 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | $114,053 | -4.2% | -2.4% | 524 | $217 | $8,958,235 | 49 | Apparition |
| 17 | 17 | The Road | $60,187 | -5.6% | -21% | 135 | $445 | $4,266,675 | 23 | - |
| 18 | 19 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $27,775 | +3.6% | -35.5% | 324 | $85 | $31,761,518 | 42 | Overture Films |
| 19 | 18 | A Single Man | $26,053 | -5.1% | - | 9 | $2,894 | $332,350 | 7 | The Weinstein Company |
| 20 | 20 | Couples Retreat | $26,005 | +7.8% | +0.4% | 371 | $70 | $107,692,615 | 70 | Universal Pictures |
| 21 | 21 | Law Abiding Citizen | $22,659 | +2.6% | -17.6% | 225 | $100 | $72,356,462 | 63 | Overture Films |
| 22 | 23 | The Boat That Rocked | $22,557 | +11.5% | -27.3% | 242 | $93 | $7,770,794 | 35 | Focus Features |
| 23 | 22 | A Serious Man | $20,729 | +0.2% | -3.1% | 152 | $136 | $8,796,563 | 77 | Focus Features |
| 24 | 26 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | $18,962 | +36% | +344% | 16 | $1,185 | $293,836 | 42 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 24 | Me and Orson Welles | $16,537 | -9.4% | +277.7% | 64 | $258 | $393,553 | 23 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 26 | 25 | The Fourth Kind | $14,055 | -0.5% | -10.3% | 217 | $64 | $25,203,455 | 42 | Universal Pictures |
| 27 | 28 | Crazy Heart | $12,675 | +0.1% | - | 4 | $3,168 | $25,332 | 2 | - |
| 28 | 27 | Under the Sea 3D | $12,649 | -4.9% | +14.3% | 27 | $468 | $19,102,258 | 308 | Warner Bros. |
| 29 | 30 | The Lovely Bones | $9,811 | +12.2% | - | 3 | $3,270 | $155,590 | 7 | DreamWorks |
| 30 | 29 | The Box | $9,455 | +2.2% | +168.8% | 203 | $46 | $14,921,251 | 42 | Warner Bros. |
| 31 | 31 | Where the Wild Things Are | $9,175 | +15.5% | -28.6% | 145 | $63 | $75,733,050 | 63 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | 32 | Paranormal Activity | $7,330 | -5.1% | -35.7% | 182 | $40 | $107,514,385 | 84 | Paramount Pictures |
| 33 | 34 | Amelia | $5,549 | +10.8% | -4.1% | 118 | $47 | $14,153,329 | 56 | - |
| 34 | 35 | Inglourious Basterds | $5,379 | +23.6% | -45.6% | 61 | $88 | $120,540,719 | 119 | The Weinstein Company |
| 35 | 33 | Astro Boy | $3,388 | -36.4% | -33% | 122 | $27 | $19,088,515 | 56 | Summit Entertainment |
| 36 | 37 | New York, I Love You | $3,281 | +19.8% | +63.2% | 24 | $136 | $1,579,791 | 63 | Vivendi Entertainment |
| 37 | 36 | The Invention of Lying | $3,162 | +10% | -24.3% | 68 | $46 | $18,451,251 | 77 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 39 | The Hangover | $2,413 | +15.2% | -10.8% | 49 | $49 | $277,322,503 | 196 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | 43 | Mystery Team | $2,285 | +109.8% | +89.8% | 2 | $1,142 | $53,741 | 112 | Roadside Attractions |
| 40 | 38 | The Slammin' Salmon | $2,248 | -17.1% | - | 11 | $204 | $36,323 | 7 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 41 | 40 | The Maid | $1,835 | -10.9% | -44.6% | 19 | $96 | $450,349 | 63 | Elephant Eye Films |
| 42 | 42 | Transylmania | $1,708 | +10.4% | -93.3% | 118 | $14 | $397,641 | 14 | Full Circle Releasing |
| 43 | 41 | Whiteout | $1,691 | +5.2% | -67.5% | 85 | $19 | $10,275,638 | 98 | Warner Bros. |
| 44 | 47 | The Informant! | $1,051 | +39.8% | -6.7% | 18 | $58 | $33,316,821 | 91 | Warner Bros. |
| 45 | 44 | Capitalism: A Love Story | $1,004 | +7.5% | -66% | 35 | $28 | $14,363,397 | 86 | Overture Films |
| 46 | 45 | Shorts | $918 | +11% | -36.4% | 46 | $19 | $20,919,166 | 119 | Warner Bros. |
| 47 | 46 | Kurbaan | $850 | +4.4% | - | 13 | $65 | $752,772 | 28 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 48 | 48 | Good Hair | $587 | -9.3% | -53.9% | 14 | $41 | $4,142,722 | 70 | Roadside Attractions |
| 49 | 49 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $567 | +15% | -40.6% | 23 | $24 | $301,959,197 | 156 | Warner Bros. |
| 50 | 51 | The September Issue | $451 | +50.3% | -44.7% | 8 | $56 | $3,810,679 | 112 | Roadside Attractions |
| 51 | 50 | Oh My God | $366 | +14.7% | -60.4% | 2 | $183 | $36,144 | 35 | Mitropoulos Films |
| 52 | 52 | That Evening Sun | $70 | -46.6% | -70.1% | 2 | $35 | $47,337 | 42 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 53 | 53 | The Cove | $20 | +300% | -84.4% | 3 | $6 | $849,306 | 140 | Roadside Attractions |
