Domestic 2009 Weekend 49
December 4-6, 2009
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | The Blind Side | $20,043,181 | -50% | 3,326 | +186 | $6,026 | $128,867,559 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | 1 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $15,427,628 | -64% | 4,124 | +82 | $3,740 | $255,363,052 | 3 | Summit Entertainment |
| 3 | - | Brothers | $9,527,848 | - | 2,088 | - | $4,563 | $9,527,848 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 4 | 5 | A Christmas Carol | $7,763,244 | -50.7% | 2,546 | -467 | $3,049 | $115,249,331 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | 4 | Old Dogs | $6,892,265 | -59.2% | 3,425 | - | $2,012 | $33,924,385 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | 3 | 2012 | $6,771,665 | -61.6% | 3,220 | -224 | $2,103 | $148,958,486 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | - | Armored | $6,511,128 | - | 1,915 | - | $3,400 | $6,511,128 | 1 | Screen Gems |
| 8 | 6 | Ninja Assassin | $5,061,499 | -62% | 2,503 | - | $2,022 | $29,821,996 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | 7 | Planet 51 | $4,386,873 | -57.1% | 2,904 | -131 | $1,510 | $34,052,876 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 10 | - | Everybody's Fine | $3,852,068 | - | 2,133 | - | $1,805 | $3,852,068 | 1 | Miramax |
| 11 | 9 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $2,918,331 | -58.1% | 2,034 | +1 | $1,434 | $14,084,495 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 12 | 8 | Precious | $2,282,077 | -67.8% | 664 | +1 | $3,436 | $36,252,012 | 5 | Lionsgate |
| 13 | - | Up in the Air | $1,181,450 | - | 15 | - | $78,763 | $1,181,450 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 14 | 12 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | $922,623 | -29.1% | 432 | +59 | $2,135 | $7,218,197 | 6 | Apparition |
| 15 | 10 | The Road | $749,535 | -50.1% | 128 | +17 | $5,855 | $3,194,349 | 2 | - |
| 16 | 18 | The Princess and the Frog | $747,710 | -4.9% | 2 | - | $373,855 | $2,410,810 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 17 | 15 | An Education | $479,774 | -47.4% | 236 | -29 | $2,032 | $6,264,756 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 18 | 11 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $400,153 | -73.4% | 509 | -610 | $786 | $31,289,229 | 5 | Overture Films |
| 19 | 13 | The Boat That Rocked | $333,475 | -66.3% | 285 | -193 | $1,170 | $7,383,803 | 4 | Focus Features |
| 20 | 14 | Couples Retreat | $313,005 | -67.4% | 432 | -430 | $724 | $107,233,200 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 21 | - | Transylmania | $263,941 | - | 1,007 | - | $262 | $263,941 | 1 | Full Circle Releasing |
| 22 | 17 | Law Abiding Citizen | $253,146 | -67.8% | 316 | -268 | $801 | $71,991,438 | 8 | Overture Films |
| 23 | 22 | A Serious Man | $221,428 | -53.7% | 160 | -13 | $1,383 | $8,488,738 | 10 | Focus Features |
| 24 | - | Paa | $199,228 | - | 67 | - | $2,973 | $199,228 | 1 | - |
| 25 | 19 | The Fourth Kind | $187,050 | -69.7% | 243 | -309 | $769 | $24,941,980 | 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 26 | 25 | Zombieland | $152,014 | -39.3% | 257 | -12 | $591 | $75,408,241 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 27 | 24 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | $150,205 | -48.5% | 71 | +14 | $2,115 | $940,824 | 3 | First Look International |
| 28 | 23 | Where the Wild Things Are | $125,018 | -68.6% | 235 | -169 | $531 | $75,575,341 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 29 | 21 | Paranormal Activity | $122,055 | -74.9% | 308 | -417 | $396 | $107,377,206 | 11 | Paramount Pictures |
| 30 | 36 | Red Cliff | $90,095 | -8.9% | 41 | +17 | $2,197 | $267,571 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 31 | 33 | Broken Embraces | $88,570 | -24.9% | 2 | - | $44,285 | $452,878 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 32 | 20 | De Dana Dan | $84,420 | -85.4% | 69 | - | $1,223 | $913,899 | 2 | Eros Worldwide |
| 33 | 26 | Coco Before Chanel | $81,193 | -58.9% | 103 | -42 | $788 | $5,795,589 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 34 | 29 | The Messenger | $71,515 | -49% | 50 | +10 | $1,430 | $464,878 | 4 | Oscilloscope |
| 35 | 28 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $69,719 | -58.9% | 119 | -35 | $585 | $122,650,135 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 36 | 42 | Inglourious Basterds | $62,924 | +11.5% | 194 | +92 | $324 | $120,464,449 | 16 | The Weinstein Company |
| 37 | 27 | Astro Boy | $57,989 | -66.5% | 158 | -129 | $367 | $19,014,667 | 7 | Summit Entertainment |
| 38 | 43 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | $49,442 | -6.1% | 16 | +2 | $3,090 | $144,505 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | 32 | Amelia | $45,239 | -61.7% | 127 | -48 | $356 | $14,070,460 | 7 | - |
| 40 | - | Whiteout | $43,413 | - | 148 | - | $293 | $10,235,867 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 41 | 39 | Under the Sea 3D | $43,337 | -47.7% | 30 | - | $1,444 | $18,979,679 | 43 | Warner Bros. |
| 42 | 41 | Me and Orson Welles | $39,587 | -37.8% | 5 | +1 | $7,917 | $149,051 | 2 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 43 | 40 | The Invention of Lying | $37,456 | -44.9% | 103 | -33 | $363 | $18,401,364 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 44 | 45 | La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet | $34,425 | -29.1% | 16 | +3 | $2,151 | $230,287 | 5 | Zipporah Films |
| 45 | 38 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | $32,071 | -64.3% | 13 | +1 | $2,467 | $146,846 | 2 | Screen Media Films |
| 46 | 53 | The Maid | $30,893 | -2.1% | 18 | +4 | $1,716 | $411,693 | 8 | Elephant Eye Films |
| 47 | 44 | The Hangover | $28,200 | -44% | 74 | -11 | $381 | $277,283,642 | 27 | Warner Bros. |
| 48 | 48 | Space Station 3D | $26,329 | -29.3% | 5 | -2 | $5,265 | $80,373,361 | 399 | IMAX |
| 49 | 31 | Kurbaan | $25,514 | -80.5% | 24 | -46 | $1,063 | $736,413 | 3 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 50 | 59 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $22,727 | +4% | 8 | - | $2,840 | $22,597,490 | 114 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 51 | 37 | The Box | $22,155 | -76.8% | 75 | -69 | $295 | $14,789,615 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 52 | 57 | Capitalism: A Love Story | $21,757 | -12.6% | 108 | +70 | $201 | $14,342,792 | 11 | Overture Films |
| 53 | 52 | Paris | $20,715 | -39.1% | 30 | +2 | $690 | $966,015 | 12 | IFC Films |
| 54 | 46 | Shorts | $19,078 | -58.7% | 68 | -29 | $280 | $20,900,194 | 16 | Warner Bros. |
| 55 | 54 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $18,234 | -39.2% | 4 | -2 | $4,558 | $30,484,421 | 220 | IMAX |
| 56 | 51 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $18,047 | -48.2% | 36 | -8 | $501 | $301,948,049 | 21 | Warner Bros. |
| 57 | 56 | Good Hair | $13,977 | -50.2% | 17 | +4 | $822 | $4,128,154 | 9 | Roadside Attractions |
| 58 | 61 | Bright Star | $13,128 | -31.3% | 17 | -8 | $772 | $4,440,055 | 12 | Apparition |
| 59 | 62 | Antichrist | $12,842 | -14.6% | 15 | +1 | $856 | $379,502 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 60 | 49 | The Informant! | $12,363 | -65.3% | 40 | -22 | $309 | $33,303,503 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 61 | 50 | New York, I Love You | $11,735 | -66.4% | 14 | -13 | $838 | $1,546,139 | 8 | Vivendi Entertainment |
| 62 | - | Serious Moonlight | $11,636 | - | 8 | - | $1,454 | $11,636 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 63 | - | Mystery Team | $11,259 | - | 1 | - | $11,259 | $39,900 | 15 | Roadside Attractions |
| 64 | 47 | Fame | $10,597 | -76.7% | 62 | -84 | $170 | $22,452,209 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 65 | 71 | Whip It | $9,399 | -1.9% | 30 | - | $313 | $13,034,417 | 10 | - |
| 66 | 60 | Deep Sea | $7,683 | -63.5% | 4 | - | $1,920 | $42,735,913 | 197 | Warner Bros. |
| 67 | - | Until the Light Takes Us | $7,246 | - | 1 | - | $7,246 | $17,356 | 1 | Variance Films |
| 68 | 94 | Collapse | $6,712 | +356.9% | 3 | -1 | $2,237 | $37,679 | 5 | Vitagraph Films |
| 69 | 65 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $6,553 | -47.6% | 4 | - | $1,638 | $7,223,412 | 95 | 3D Entertainment |
| 70 | 75 | The End of Poverty? | $6,313 | +8.6% | 5 | +3 | $1,262 | $33,919 | 4 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 71 | 67 | (Untitled) | $6,181 | -49.5% | 5 | -2 | $1,236 | $230,600 | 7 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 72 | 69 | The Damned United | $6,101 | -42.5% | 20 | +3 | $305 | $410,516 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 73 | 58 | All About Steve | $6,072 | -73% | 24 | -35 | $253 | $33,860,010 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 74 | 80 | 35 Shots of Rum | $5,842 | +36.5% | 3 | +2 | $1,947 | $111,140 | 12 | The Cinema Guild |
| 75 | - | The Strip | $5,107 | - | 8 | - | $638 | $5,107 | 1 | Truly Indie |
| 76 | 74 | The Little Traitor | $5,056 | -16.8% | 5 | +2 | $1,011 | $59,781 | 7 | N/A |
| 77 | 73 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $4,935 | -36.4% | 8 | - | $616 | $149,764 | 11 | Shadow Distribution |
| 78 | 63 | The September Issue | $4,750 | -65.8% | 9 | -4 | $527 | $3,801,063 | 15 | Roadside Attractions |
| 79 | 77 | The House of the Devil | $4,226 | -15.5% | 7 | - | $603 | $86,183 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 80 | - | One Peace at a Time | $4,138 | - | 1 | - | $4,138 | $4,138 | 1 | Monterey Media |
| 81 | 96 | The Horse Boy | $4,005 | +216.1% | 2 | - | $2,002 | $128,371 | 10 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 82 | 72 | Oh My God | $3,926 | -57.7% | 3 | -4 | $1,308 | $30,902 | 4 | Mitropoulos Films |
| 83 | 82 | It Might Get Loud | $3,726 | +7.3% | 6 | -1 | $621 | $1,600,958 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 84 | 90 | Ong Bak 2 | $3,033 | +31.2% | 5 | - | $606 | $89,420 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 85 | 86 | Bronson | $2,811 | +15% | 4 | - | $702 | $99,420 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 86 | 76 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $2,697 | -48.6% | 4 | -1 | $674 | $1,124,434 | 22 | International Film Circuit |
| 87 | 83 | Amreeka | $2,490 | -24.5% | 4 | -2 | $622 | $610,730 | 14 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 88 | 102 | Crude | $2,122 | +318.5% | 3 | +1 | $707 | $156,915 | 13 | First Run |
| 89 | 92 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | $2,046 | +3.9% | 1 | - | $2,046 | $476,270 | 16 | Vitagraph Films |
| 90 | 70 | That Evening Sun | $1,912 | -81.5% | 4 | -2 | $478 | $45,387 | 5 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 91 | 79 | Small Change | $1,721 | -62.8% | 1 | - | $1,721 | $12,336 | 2 | The Film Desk |
| 92 | 85 | Killing Kasztner | $1,587 | -37.7% | 2 | - | $793 | $33,629 | 7 | Sky Island Films |
| 93 | 98 | Defamation | $1,437 | +26.4% | 1 | -2 | $1,437 | $9,995 | 3 | First Run |
| 94 | - | Home | $1,403 | - | 1 | - | $1,403 | $6,606 | 2 | Lorber Films |
| 95 | 87 | Uncertainty | $1,165 | -52.1% | 1 | - | $1,165 | $28,916 | 4 | IFC Films |
| 96 | 89 | Gentlemen Broncos | $1,159 | -50.8% | 3 | -1 | $386 | $113,155 | 6 | - |
| 97 | - | We Live in Public | $1,159 | - | 1 | - | $1,159 | $41,711 | 15 | Abramorama |
| 98 | 66 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | $1,072 | -91.3% | 2 | -5 | $536 | $1,165,027 | 12 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 99 | 64 | The Sun 2009 Re-release | $1,046 | -92.4% | 1 | -2 | $1,046 | $42,594 | 3 | Lorber Films |
| 100 | - | The Headless Woman | $1,000 | - | 2 | - | $500 | $89,249 | 16 | Strand Releasing |
| 101 | - | Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love | $701 | - | 2 | - | $350 | $164,224 | 26 | Shadow Distribution |
| 102 | 91 | White on Rice | $572 | -72.9% | 1 | -1 | $572 | $67,186 | 13 | Variance Films |
| 103 | 88 | The Way We Get By | $525 | -77.8% | 1 | -3 | $525 | $105,092 | 21 | International Film Circuit |
| 104 | 99 | Trucker | $520 | -53.1% | 2 | - | $260 | $49,128 | 9 | Monterey Media |
| 105 | 106 | Big Fan | $337 | +45.3% | 2 | +1 | $168 | $226,345 | 15 | First Independent Pictures |
| 106 | 101 | The Beaches of Agnès | $331 | -58.8% | 1 | -1 | $331 | $215,988 | 23 | The Cinema Guild |
| 107 | 97 | The Cove | $320 | -74.4% | 1 | -3 | $320 | $848,540 | 19 | Roadside Attractions |
| 108 | 104 | Seraphine | $280 | -29.3% | 2 | - | $140 | $850,986 | 27 | Music Box Films |
| 109 | - | American Fork | $149 | - | 1 | - | $149 | $3,223 | 5 | Monterey Media |
| 110 | 100 | Departures | $94 | -90.1% | 1 | -1 | $94 | $1,490,694 | 28 | Regent Releasing |
| 111 | 109 | Endgame | $53 | +120.8% | 1 | - | $53 | $6,308 | 5 | Monterey Media |
| 112 | 105 | Cloud 9 | $48 | -80.4% | 1 | - | $48 | $84,380 | 17 | Music Box Films |
| 113 | 108 | From Mexico with Love | $16 | -48.4% | 1 | - | $16 | $548,442 | 9 | Roadside Attractions |
