Domestic 2009 Weekend 40
October 2-4, 2009
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Zombieland | $24,733,155 | - | 3,036 | - | $8,146 | $24,733,155 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 2 | 1 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $15,809,039 | -36.9% | 2,977 | -142 | $5,310 | $81,501,320 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 3 | - | Toy Story 2009 Re-release | $12,491,789 | - | 1,745 | - | $7,158 | $12,491,789 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | 2 | Surrogates | $7,241,054 | -51.4% | 2,951 | - | $2,453 | $26,284,134 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | - | The Invention of Lying | $7,027,472 | - | 1,707 | - | $4,116 | $7,027,472 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | - | Whip It | $4,650,812 | - | 1,721 | - | $2,702 | $4,650,812 | 1 | - |
| 7 | 3 | Fame | $4,626,952 | -53.8% | 3,133 | +37 | $1,476 | $16,507,188 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 8 | 32 | Capitalism: A Love Story | $4,447,378 | +1,817.3% | 962 | +958 | $4,623 | $4,849,067 | 2 | Overture Films |
| 9 | 4 | The Informant! | $3,689,235 | -44.3% | 2,425 | -80 | $1,521 | $26,469,331 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 7 | Love Happens | $2,749,025 | -36.2% | 1,922 | +24 | $1,430 | $18,882,080 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 11 | 5 | I Can Do Bad All by Myself | $2,599,720 | -45.4% | 1,569 | -551 | $1,656 | $48,284,523 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 12 | 6 | Pandorum | $1,979,061 | -55.3% | 2,506 | - | $789 | $7,874,841 | 2 | Overture Films |
| 13 | 10 | Inglourious Basterds | $1,419,256 | -47.1% | 1,331 | -629 | $1,066 | $116,894,138 | 7 | The Weinstein Company |
| 14 | 9 | 9 | $1,398,401 | -52.7% | 1,598 | -427 | $875 | $29,441,230 | 4 | Focus Features |
| 15 | 8 | Jennifer's Body | $1,251,643 | -65.8% | 1,642 | -1,096 | $762 | $14,777,403 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 16 | 11 | All About Steve | $1,145,890 | -49.9% | 1,427 | -538 | $803 | $31,747,303 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 17 | 17 | Bright Star | $716,096 | +6.6% | 317 | +187 | $2,258 | $1,936,829 | 3 | Apparition |
| 18 | 13 | Julie & Julia | $687,252 | -45.6% | 782 | -546 | $878 | $91,845,115 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 19 | 20 | The Hangover | $552,565 | +30.6% | 517 | +162 | $1,068 | $275,156,197 | 18 | Warner Bros. |
| 20 | 48 | Paranormal Activity | $532,242 | +583.5% | 33 | +21 | $16,128 | $776,763 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 21 | 16 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | $486,940 | -42.4% | 588 | -307 | $828 | $148,137,305 | 9 | Paramount Pictures |
| 22 | 15 | District 9 | $480,524 | -55.6% | 493 | -432 | $974 | $114,402,938 | 8 | TriStar Pictures |
| 23 | 22 | Coco Before Chanel | $445,738 | +9.6% | 67 | +24 | $6,652 | $1,075,244 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 24 | 12 | The Final Destination | $433,380 | -68.5% | 535 | -640 | $810 | $65,469,829 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 14 | Sorority Row | $399,560 | -63.1% | 576 | -947 | $693 | $11,400,640 | 4 | Summit Entertainment |
| 26 | - | Wake Up Sid | $355,532 | - | 79 | - | $4,500 | $355,532 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 27 | 26 | I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | $305,465 | -16.7% | 210 | +90 | $1,454 | $846,103 | 2 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 28 | 18 | The Time Traveler's Wife | $303,728 | -46.4% | 440 | -370 | $690 | $62,219,012 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 29 | 23 | The Proposal | $286,664 | -28.8% | 316 | -85 | $907 | $163,278,809 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 30 | - | A Serious Man | $251,337 | - | 6 | - | $41,889 | $251,337 | 1 | Focus Features |
| 31 | 28 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $231,966 | -18.9% | 263 | -22 | $882 | $195,703,253 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 32 | 25 | The September Issue | $219,571 | -42.3% | 104 | -39 | $2,111 | $2,908,191 | 6 | Roadside Attractions |
| 33 | 31 | Up | $212,283 | -16.9% | 254 | -35 | $835 | $292,438,123 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 34 | - | More Than a Game | $182,943 | - | 14 | - | $13,067 | $182,943 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 35 | 30 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $175,378 | -35.5% | 190 | -111 | $923 | $300,232,058 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 36 | 27 | Halloween II | $157,552 | -54.6% | 227 | -252 | $694 | $32,321,412 | 6 | - |
| 37 | 35 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | $150,079 | -23.1% | 224 | -51 | $669 | $401,954,762 | 15 | DreamWorks |
| 38 | 37 | Aliens in the Attic | $149,898 | -12.4% | 219 | -33 | $684 | $24,834,883 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 39 | 24 | 500 Days of Summer | $144,132 | -63% | 218 | -196 | $661 | $31,969,002 | 12 | - |
| 40 | 19 | Gamer | $133,285 | -75.8% | 244 | -536 | $546 | $20,488,579 | 5 | Lionsgate |
| 41 | - | Do Knot Disturb | $124,691 | - | 57 | - | $2,187 | $124,691 | 1 | Adlabs Films |
| 42 | 33 | The Ugly Truth | $124,479 | -38.1% | 213 | -55 | $584 | $88,915,214 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 43 | 39 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | $124,289 | -25.2% | 105 | -30 | $1,183 | $661,160 | 3 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 44 | 29 | My One and Only | $121,024 | -57.4% | 188 | -68 | $643 | $2,193,310 | 7 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 45 | 36 | G-Force | $109,500 | -36.8% | 178 | -98 | $615 | $117,643,366 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 46 | 40 | Paris | $97,925 | -32% | 31 | - | $3,158 | $364,576 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 47 | 43 | Under the Sea 3D | $82,860 | -22.1% | 39 | - | $2,124 | $17,787,572 | 34 | Warner Bros. |
| 48 | 21 | Whiteout | $78,717 | -81.3% | 201 | -854 | $391 | $10,074,915 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 49 | 41 | It Might Get Loud | $78,142 | -31.9% | 75 | +5 | $1,041 | $1,234,300 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 50 | 45 | Amreeka | $70,933 | -25.9% | 40 | +10 | $1,773 | $417,889 | 5 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 51 | 44 | Orphan | $65,647 | -34.4% | 111 | -58 | $591 | $41,573,740 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 52 | 52 | The Boys Are Back | $54,789 | +11% | 16 | +10 | $3,424 | $123,913 | 2 | Miramax |
| 53 | 42 | Ponyo | $50,688 | -53.3% | 117 | -46 | $433 | $14,904,706 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 54 | 46 | Shorts | $48,342 | -48.6% | 150 | -142 | $322 | $20,346,286 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 55 | 34 | Extract | $47,254 | -75.8% | 111 | -151 | $425 | $10,778,397 | 5 | Miramax |
| 56 | 49 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $39,113 | -43.8% | 70 | -27 | $558 | $177,171,507 | 20 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 57 | 38 | What's Your Raashee? | $32,146 | -81% | 43 | -35 | $747 | $237,242 | 2 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 58 | 54 | My Sister's Keeper | $28,389 | -31.4% | 54 | -34 | $525 | $49,185,998 | 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 59 | 83 | Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone | $24,777 | +203.3% | 6 | - | $4,129 | $75,324 | 14 | Eleven Arts |
| 60 | 53 | The Hurt Locker | $24,683 | -45.3% | 49 | -33 | $503 | $12,536,431 | 15 | Summit Entertainment |
| 61 | 99 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $21,078 | +626.3% | 17 | +12 | $1,239 | $815,273 | 13 | International Film Circuit |
| 62 | 63 | Adam | $19,874 | -32.7% | 30 | -15 | $662 | $2,214,009 | 10 | - |
| 63 | 55 | Cold Souls | $19,005 | -53.4% | 31 | -14 | $613 | $849,657 | 9 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 64 | 68 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $18,470 | -8.8% | 8 | - | $2,308 | $22,359,184 | 105 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 65 | 59 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | $17,357 | -51.6% | 21 | -17 | $826 | $399,093 | 7 | Vitagraph Films |
| 66 | 57 | In the Loop | $16,831 | -56.5% | 28 | -21 | $601 | $2,351,317 | 11 | IFC Films |
| 67 | 66 | Moon | $14,975 | -28.3% | 12 | -15 | $1,247 | $4,890,642 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 68 | 58 | The Burning Plain | $14,188 | -61.3% | 18 | -8 | $788 | $149,149 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 69 | 47 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $13,425 | -84.9% | 4 | -1 | $3,356 | $30,017,250 | 211 | IMAX |
| 70 | 80 | Space Station 3D | $13,045 | +15.2% | 5 | - | $2,609 | $79,839,966 | 390 | IMAX |
| 71 | 74 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $12,755 | -16.3% | 5 | +1 | $2,551 | $7,091,236 | 86 | 3D Entertainment |
| 72 | 79 | A Woman in Berlin | $12,736 | +3.1% | 7 | -1 | $1,819 | $241,778 | 12 | Strand Releasing |
| 73 | 69 | Big Fan | $12,322 | -33.7% | 8 | -7 | $1,540 | $188,853 | 6 | First Independent Pictures |
| 74 | 65 | Food, Inc. | $11,091 | -54.4% | 27 | -7 | $410 | $4,361,985 | 17 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 75 | 71 | Post Grad | $11,076 | -35.2% | 43 | -11 | $257 | $6,373,693 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 76 | 73 | The Other Man | $9,570 | -38.7% | 10 | -1 | $957 | $130,744 | 4 | Image Entertainment |
| 77 | 77 | Departures | $9,520 | -28.3% | 11 | -7 | $865 | $1,406,938 | 19 | Regent Releasing |
| 78 | 64 | Disgrace | $9,192 | -63.2% | 3 | -6 | $3,064 | $66,643 | 3 | Paladin |
| 79 | 75 | No Impact Man: The Documentary | $9,110 | -39.7% | 7 | -1 | $1,301 | $69,771 | 4 | Oscilloscope |
| 80 | 89 | Play the Game | $8,664 | +44% | 24 | +12 | $361 | $571,600 | 32 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 81 | 67 | Paper Heart | $8,457 | -58.3% | 33 | -18 | $256 | $1,251,161 | 9 | Overture Films |
| 82 | 61 | The Providence Effect | $8,391 | -73.5% | 7 | -7 | $1,198 | $41,180 | 2 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 83 | 78 | Seraphine | $7,877 | -39.3% | 12 | -4 | $656 | $777,741 | 18 | Music Box Films |
| 84 | 103 | Whatever Works | $7,725 | +192% | 31 | +24 | $249 | $5,294,304 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 85 | 72 | The Cove | $7,584 | -52.2% | 18 | -19 | $421 | $805,056 | 10 | Roadside Attractions |
| 86 | 86 | Teza | $7,090 | +1.9% | 1 | - | $7,090 | $30,070 | 3 | Mypheduh Films |
| 87 | 81 | 35 Shots of Rum | $6,858 | -31.5% | 1 | - | $6,858 | $36,258 | 3 | The Cinema Guild |
| 88 | - | The Horse Boy | $6,554 | - | 3 | - | $2,184 | $32,225 | 1 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 89 | 92 | Unmistaken Child | $6,283 | +16.7% | 4 | +1 | $1,570 | $274,425 | 18 | Oscilloscope |
| 90 | 70 | Brief Interviews with Hideous Men | $5,502 | -70.3% | 2 | +1 | $2,751 | $27,935 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 91 | 84 | Lorna's Silence | $4,899 | -35.4% | 13 | - | $376 | $308,920 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 92 | - | The Beaches of Agnès | $4,402 | - | 2 | - | $2,201 | $176,943 | 14 | The Cinema Guild |
| 93 | - | Chelsea on the Rocks | $4,286 | - | 1 | - | $4,286 | $4,286 | 1 | Aliquot Films |
| 94 | 76 | Crude | $4,219 | -72% | 4 | -2 | $1,054 | $81,257 | 4 | First Run |
| 95 | 94 | The Wonder of it All | $3,258 | -23.1% | 3 | - | $1,086 | $771,041 | 12 | Indican Pictures |
| 96 | 82 | White on Rice | $3,056 | -68.8% | 3 | -1 | $1,018 | $37,494 | 4 | Variance Films |
| 97 | - | Afterschool | $2,606 | - | 1 | - | $2,606 | $2,606 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 98 | 88 | World's Greatest Dad | $2,595 | -61% | 7 | -4 | $370 | $202,505 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 99 | - | Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy: Fallen Idol | $2,546 | - | 2 | - | $1,273 | $2,546 | 1 | Indican Pictures |
| 100 | 100 | The Way We Get By | $2,269 | -20.5% | 3 | -3 | $756 | $66,361 | 12 | International Film Circuit |
| 101 | - | The Song of Sparrows | $2,268 | - | 1 | - | $2,268 | $111,558 | 27 | Regent Releasing |
| 102 | 123 | Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love | $2,115 | +324.7% | 2 | +1 | $1,057 | $136,827 | 17 | Shadow Distribution |
| 103 | 118 | Every Little Step | $2,001 | +161.9% | 4 | -1 | $500 | $1,724,351 | 25 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 104 | 98 | La fille de Monaco | $1,907 | -40.8% | 2 | -3 | $953 | $594,499 | 14 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 105 | 135 | Tokyo Sonata | $1,749 | +765.8% | 3 | +2 | $583 | $271,548 | 30 | Regent Releasing |
| 106 | 93 | We Live in Public | $1,595 | -62.8% | 1 | - | $1,595 | $27,373 | 6 | Abramorama |
| 107 | 124 | American Casino | $1,526 | +237.6% | 2 | +1 | $763 | $44,206 | 8 | Argot Pictures |
| 108 | - | U2 3D | $1,518 | - | 1 | - | $1,518 | $10,213,366 | 89 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 109 | 121 | Walt & El Grupo | $1,387 | +133.9% | 3 | +2 | $462 | $14,090 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 110 | 111 | Soul Power | $1,368 | -17.9% | 7 | - | $195 | $198,103 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 111 | - | Nobody | $1,336 | - | 1 | - | $1,336 | $13,232 | 1 | N/A |
| 112 | 114 | Easy Virtue | $1,296 | +15.7% | 5 | - | $259 | $2,656,324 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 113 | 104 | Humpday | $995 | -60% | 3 | -2 | $331 | $401,311 | 13 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 114 | - | Earth Days | $812 | - | 1 | - | $812 | $16,067 | 8 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 115 | - | Il Divo | $796 | - | 4 | - | $199 | $234,121 | 24 | Music Box Films |
| 116 | 97 | Under Our Skin | $656 | -80.9% | 5 | +1 | $131 | $83,291 | 16 | Shadow Distribution |
| 117 | 106 | Adoration | $655 | -71.7% | 2 | -2 | $327 | $293,045 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 118 | 113 | The Stoning of Soraya M. | $651 | -43.8% | 3 | - | $217 | $632,654 | 15 | Roadside Attractions |
| 119 | 117 | Afghan Star | $487 | -37.9% | 1 | - | $487 | $98,323 | 15 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 120 | 120 | Shrink | $446 | -35.9% | 2 | +1 | $223 | $189,332 | 11 | Roadside Attractions |
| 121 | 105 | Mystery Team | $435 | -81.5% | 1 | - | $435 | $21,243 | 6 | Roadside Attractions |
| 122 | 129 | Galapagos | $345 | -15.9% | 1 | - | $345 | $17,650,577 | 519 | IMAX |
| 123 | 108 | O'Horten | $344 | -84.8% | 2 | -3 | $172 | $300,991 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 124 | 128 | Le combat dans l'île | $308 | -26% | 1 | - | $308 | $28,011 | 17 | The Film Desk |
| 125 | 137 | The Windmill Movie | $227 | +127% | 2 | +1 | $113 | $28,935 | 16 | The Film Desk |
| 126 | 126 | Loren Cass | $223 | -47.8% | 1 | -1 | $223 | $8,125 | 11 | Kino International |
| 127 | 122 | The Legend of God's Gun | $204 | -59.8% | 1 | - | $204 | $242,069 | 64 | Indican Pictures |
| 128 | 62 | La Bohème | $144 | -99.5% | 1 | -48 | $144 | $54,464 | 2 | Emerging Pictures |
| 129 | 136 | Gogol Bordello Non-Stop | $104 | -29.7% | 1 | - | $104 | $5,532 | 4 | Lorber Films |
| 130 | 134 | Box Elder | $18 | -93.4% | 1 | - | $18 | $46,646 | 83 | N/A |
