Domestic Box Office For Dec 24, 2009
Data as of Dec 22, 1:55 PST
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Avatar | $11,150,998 | -32.2% | - | 3,452 | $3,230 | $137,094,051 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | 1 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $7,912,356 | -57.9% | - | 3,656 | $2,164 | $26,713,633 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | 5 | Up in the Air | $1,751,496 | +1.4% | +568.7% | 1,895 | $924 | $12,761,720 | 21 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | 4 | The Blind Side | $1,554,148 | -28.6% | +18.3% | 3,252 | $477 | $172,676,636 | 35 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | 3 | The Princess and the Frog | $1,447,002 | -41% | +4.8% | 3,475 | $416 | $54,674,679 | 30 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | 7 | A Christmas Carol | $892,245 | -8.9% | +5.6% | 1,736 | $513 | $134,596,388 | 49 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | 9 | Invictus | $717,586 | -10.7% | -2.1% | 2,125 | $337 | $18,982,263 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | 6 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $663,020 | -35.8% | - | 2,718 | $243 | $10,600,185 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 9 | 8 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $394,977 | -56.3% | -45.2% | 2,642 | $149 | $277,918,499 | 35 | Summit Entertainment |
| 10 | 14 | 3 Idiots | $323,211 | +79.1% | - | 119 | $2,716 | $503,725 | 2 | Reliance Big Pictures |
| 11 | 10 | Brothers | $232,851 | -45.2% | -51.5% | 1,714 | $135 | $24,131,343 | 21 | Lionsgate |
| 12 | 12 | 2012 | $218,360 | -33.1% | -43.5% | 1,394 | $156 | $160,496,186 | 42 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 13 | 11 | Old Dogs | $217,957 | -33.6% | -37.2% | 1,586 | $137 | $45,229,767 | 30 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 14 | 13 | Precious | $131,701 | -35.2% | -16.9% | 907 | $145 | $40,913,837 | 49 | Lionsgate |
| 15 | 15 | Armored | $98,905 | -31.6% | -65.4% | 795 | $124 | $14,981,744 | 21 | Screen Gems |
| 16 | 17 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $95,475 | -19.6% | -31.7% | 368 | $259 | $17,943,412 | 42 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 17 | 16 | The Road | $84,964 | -36.5% | +41.2% | 396 | $214 | $5,430,538 | 30 | - |
| 18 | 18 | Ninja Assassin | $74,240 | -35% | -73.8% | 631 | $117 | $36,963,475 | 30 | Warner Bros. |
| 19 | 22 | Everybody's Fine | $57,166 | -6% | -74.8% | 1,003 | $56 | $9,208,876 | 21 | Miramax |
| 20 | 20 | Planet 51 | $42,215 | -42.6% | -72.8% | 468 | $90 | $39,109,125 | 35 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 21 | 19 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $36,863 | -52.9% | - | 307 | $120 | $123,261,723 | 98 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 22 | 26 | Nine | $34,664 | +39.4% | - | 4 | $8,666 | $378,072 | 7 | The Weinstein Company |
| 23 | 21 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | $31,122 | -49.9% | -72.7% | 404 | $77 | $9,646,676 | 56 | Apparition |
| 24 | 25 | Me and Orson Welles | $28,604 | +3.4% | +73% | 134 | $213 | $667,629 | 30 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 25 | 30 | A Serious Man | $22,925 | +14.6% | +10.6% | 117 | $195 | $8,976,636 | 84 | Focus Features |
| 26 | 27 | A Single Man | $22,817 | +1.5% | -12.4% | 9 | $2,535 | $567,880 | 14 | The Weinstein Company |
| 27 | 36 | Crazy Heart | $18,942 | +40.4% | +49.4% | 4 | $4,735 | $164,578 | 9 | - |
| 28 | 28 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | $15,403 | -29.2% | -18.8% | 21 | $733 | $435,115 | 49 | Warner Bros. |
| 29 | 24 | Couples Retreat | $13,230 | -55% | -49.1% | 294 | $45 | $107,972,005 | 77 | Universal Pictures |
| 30 | 35 | The Boat That Rocked | $11,962 | -12.1% | -47% | 129 | $92 | $7,881,710 | 42 | Focus Features |
| 31 | 29 | Astro Boy | $11,012 | -46.8% | +225% | 168 | $65 | $19,247,112 | 63 | Summit Entertainment |
| 32 | 32 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $10,161 | -42.5% | -63.4% | 207 | $49 | $31,914,365 | 49 | Overture Films |
| 33 | 33 | Law Abiding Citizen | $9,405 | -41.3% | -58.5% | 151 | $62 | $72,508,127 | 70 | Overture Films |
| 34 | 40 | The Lovely Bones | $7,843 | +2.8% | -20.1% | 3 | $2,614 | $234,245 | 14 | DreamWorks |
| 35 | 34 | Where the Wild Things Are | $7,417 | -46.5% | -19.2% | 108 | $68 | $75,841,253 | 70 | Warner Bros. |
| 36 | 37 | Under the Sea 3D | $7,163 | -43.2% | -43.4% | 26 | $275 | $19,178,544 | 315 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | 31 | Paranormal Activity | $6,161 | -66% | -15.9% | 237 | $25 | $107,665,257 | 91 | Paramount Pictures |
| 38 | 38 | The Fourth Kind | $4,655 | -58.8% | -66.9% | 133 | $35 | $25,315,135 | 49 | Universal Pictures |
| 39 | 39 | The Box | $3,450 | -57.9% | -63.5% | 129 | $26 | $14,991,163 | 49 | Warner Bros. |
| 40 | 42 | The Maid | $2,139 | -6.6% | +16.6% | 19 | $112 | $476,342 | 70 | Elephant Eye Films |
| 41 | 41 | Amelia | $1,952 | -50.2% | -64.8% | 65 | $30 | $14,186,074 | 63 | - |
| 42 | 45 | Oh My God | $162 | +80% | -55.7% | 1 | $162 | $37,833 | 42 | Mitropoulos Films |
| 43 | 43 | The Slammin' Salmon | $60 | -51.6% | -97.3% | 1 | $60 | $38,264 | 14 | Anchor Bay Films |
