Domestic Box Office For Dec 23, 2009
Data as of Dec 21, 11:17 PST
Key:New This Day
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $18,801,277 | - | - | 3,656 | $5,142 | $18,801,277 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | 1 | Avatar | $16,445,291 | +2.2% | - | 3,452 | $4,763 | $125,943,053 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | 2 | The Princess and the Frog | $2,451,123 | -22% | +90.6% | 3,475 | $705 | $53,227,677 | 29 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | 3 | The Blind Side | $2,177,448 | -1.8% | +79.6% | 3,252 | $669 | $171,122,488 | 34 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | 10 | Up in the Air | $1,726,665 | +218.9% | +508.1% | 1,895 | $911 | $11,010,224 | 20 | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | 4 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $1,033,367 | -14% | - | 2,718 | $380 | $9,937,165 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | 6 | A Christmas Carol | $979,285 | -4.9% | +29.6% | 1,736 | $564 | $133,704,143 | 48 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | 5 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $903,460 | -14% | +27.5% | 2,642 | $341 | $277,523,522 | 34 | Summit Entertainment |
| 9 | 7 | Invictus | $803,151 | -4.1% | +4.4% | 2,125 | $377 | $18,264,677 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 8 | Brothers | $424,759 | -26.1% | -14.9% | 1,714 | $247 | $23,898,492 | 20 | Lionsgate |
| 11 | 9 | Old Dogs | $328,395 | -42.4% | +6.5% | 1,586 | $207 | $45,011,810 | 29 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 12 | 11 | 2012 | $326,469 | -31.3% | -13% | 1,394 | $234 | $160,277,826 | 41 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 13 | 13 | Precious | $203,093 | -21.5% | +28.9% | 907 | $223 | $40,782,136 | 48 | Lionsgate |
| 14 | - | 3 Idiots | $180,514 | - | - | 119 | $1,516 | $180,514 | 1 | Reliance Big Pictures |
| 15 | 14 | Armored | $144,632 | -42.8% | -51% | 795 | $181 | $14,882,839 | 20 | Screen Gems |
| 16 | 17 | The Road | $133,753 | -7.5% | +109.7% | 396 | $337 | $5,345,574 | 29 | - |
| 17 | 15 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $118,778 | -34.4% | -10.4% | 368 | $322 | $17,847,937 | 41 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 18 | 16 | Ninja Assassin | $114,215 | -35.6% | -61.2% | 631 | $181 | $36,889,235 | 29 | Warner Bros. |
| 19 | 20 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $78,272 | -14% | - | 307 | $254 | $123,224,860 | 97 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 20 | 12 | Planet 51 | $73,516 | -72.4% | -44.2% | 468 | $157 | $39,066,910 | 34 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 21 | 19 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | $62,124 | -33.5% | -47.8% | 404 | $153 | $9,615,554 | 55 | Apparition |
| 22 | 18 | Everybody's Fine | $60,815 | -52.5% | -73.4% | 1,003 | $60 | $9,151,710 | 20 | Miramax |
| 23 | 22 | The Young Victoria | $29,490 | -9.1% | - | 20 | $1,474 | $252,099 | 6 | Apparition |
| 24 | 21 | Couples Retreat | $29,400 | -13% | +21.9% | 294 | $100 | $107,958,775 | 76 | Universal Pictures |
| 25 | 23 | Me and Orson Welles | $27,673 | -12.9% | +51.5% | 134 | $206 | $639,025 | 29 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 26 | 24 | Nine | $24,866 | -12.1% | - | 4 | $6,216 | $343,408 | 6 | The Weinstein Company |
| 27 | 26 | A Single Man | $22,472 | -6.7% | -18.1% | 9 | $2,496 | $545,063 | 13 | The Weinstein Company |
| 28 | 32 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | $21,768 | +39.2% | +56.1% | 21 | $1,036 | $419,712 | 48 | Warner Bros. |
| 29 | 25 | Astro Boy | $20,695 | -18.4% | +288.5% | 252 | $82 | $19,236,100 | 62 | Summit Entertainment |
| 30 | 27 | A Serious Man | $20,000 | -7.9% | -3.3% | 117 | $170 | $8,953,711 | 83 | Focus Features |
| 31 | 30 | Paranormal Activity | $18,122 | -5.2% | +134.7% | 237 | $76 | $107,659,096 | 90 | Paramount Pictures |
| 32 | 29 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $17,670 | -14.3% | -34.1% | 207 | $85 | $31,904,204 | 48 | Overture Films |
| 33 | 28 | Law Abiding Citizen | $16,013 | -24.4% | -27.5% | 151 | $106 | $72,498,722 | 69 | Overture Films |
| 34 | 31 | Where the Wild Things Are | $13,859 | -15% | +74.4% | 108 | $128 | $75,833,836 | 69 | Warner Bros. |
| 35 | 34 | The Boat That Rocked | $13,602 | -1% | -32.7% | 242 | $56 | $7,869,748 | 41 | Focus Features |
| 36 | 36 | Crazy Heart | $13,493 | +3.9% | +6.6% | 4 | $3,373 | $145,636 | 8 | - |
| 37 | 35 | Under the Sea 3D | $12,613 | -3.5% | -5.2% | 26 | $485 | $19,171,381 | 314 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 33 | The Fourth Kind | $11,305 | -22.5% | -19.9% | 133 | $85 | $25,310,480 | 48 | Universal Pictures |
| 39 | 38 | The Box | $8,203 | -9.4% | -11.4% | 129 | $63 | $14,987,713 | 48 | Warner Bros. |
| 40 | 37 | The Lovely Bones | $7,628 | -24.1% | -12.8% | 3 | $2,542 | $226,402 | 13 | DreamWorks |
| 41 | 39 | Amelia | $3,918 | -5.1% | -21.8% | 65 | $60 | $14,184,122 | 62 | - |
| 42 | 40 | The Maid | $2,290 | -20.8% | +11.2% | 19 | $120 | $474,203 | 69 | Elephant Eye Films |
| 43 | 43 | The Slammin' Salmon | $124 | -29.1% | -95.4% | 3 | $41 | $38,204 | 13 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 44 | 42 | That Evening Sun | $96 | -64.4% | -26.7% | 1 | $96 | $48,110 | 48 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 45 | 44 | Oh My God | $90 | -28% | -71.8% | 1 | $90 | $37,671 | 41 | Mitropoulos Films |
