Domestic 2009 Week 1
January 2-8, 2009
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Marley & Me | $29,959,888 | -56% | 3,505 | +25 | $8,547 | $112,360,171 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | 3 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $24,274,042 | -50.2% | 2,988 | - | $8,123 | $84,879,880 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | 2 | Bedtime Stories | $23,592,144 | -56.7% | 3,684 | +3 | $6,403 | $88,629,973 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | 4 | Valkyrie | $18,198,079 | -52.3% | 2,778 | +67 | $6,550 | $64,847,383 | 3 | United Artists |
| 5 | 5 | Yes Man | $17,658,776 | -45.6% | 3,434 | - | $5,142 | $83,255,687 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | 6 | Seven Pounds | $12,851,676 | -47.6% | 2,758 | - | $4,659 | $62,930,456 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | 7 | The Tale of Despereaux | $8,128,385 | -55.4% | 3,091 | -16 | $2,629 | $44,850,865 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | 10 | Doubt | $6,733,716 | -36.2% | 1,287 | +20 | $5,232 | $20,438,304 | 4 | Miramax |
| 9 | 8 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $6,405,051 | -52.9% | 2,337 | -65 | $2,740 | $75,779,609 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 10 | 12 | Slumdog Millionaire | $6,359,026 | -27.8% | 612 | -2 | $10,390 | $30,344,855 | 9 | - |
| 11 | 11 | Twilight | $6,332,582 | -34.7% | 1,888 | +39 | $3,354 | $178,606,790 | 7 | Summit Entertainment |
| 12 | 9 | The Spirit | $4,403,869 | -58.6% | 2,508 | -1 | $1,755 | $18,887,709 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 13 | 15 | Gran Torino | $4,155,999 | -16.6% | 84 | - | $49,476 | $11,040,130 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | 14 | Bolt | $3,811,209 | -49.7% | 1,729 | -194 | $2,204 | $110,436,410 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 15 | 13 | Four Christmases | $3,457,503 | -59.9% | 2,307 | -203 | $1,498 | $118,835,947 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | 16 | Milk | $2,598,461 | -25.7% | 309 | -2 | $8,409 | $17,867,945 | 7 | Focus Features |
| 17 | 21 | The Reader | $2,208,605 | +60.6% | 398 | +282 | $5,549 | $4,163,711 | 5 | The Weinstein Company |
| 18 | 18 | Frost/Nixon | $1,848,862 | -31.7% | 205 | - | $9,018 | $6,739,554 | 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 19 | 19 | Australia | $1,623,348 | -30% | 765 | +54 | $2,122 | $47,146,892 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 20 | 17 | Quantum of Solace | $1,465,145 | -47.5% | 891 | - | $1,644 | $167,155,503 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 21 | 29 | Revolutionary Road | $1,340,522 | +243.9% | 38 | +35 | $35,276 | $1,730,310 | 2 | Paramount Vantage |
| 22 | 20 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $1,117,778 | -47.3% | 707 | -101 | $1,581 | $177,176,191 | 9 | DreamWorks |
| 23 | 23 | The Wrestler | $649,793 | -19.2% | 18 | - | $36,099 | $1,974,021 | 4 | - |
| 24 | 24 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $392,341 | -39.9% | 283 | - | $1,386 | $93,850,958 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 25 | 28 | Role Models | $346,845 | -18% | 270 | +45 | $1,284 | $66,803,535 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 26 | 22 | Ghajini | $340,216 | -73.5% | 83 | - | $4,098 | $2,244,823 | 3 | Adlabs Films |
| 27 | 26 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $292,499 | -41.7% | 295 | - | $991 | $90,273,371 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 28 | 27 | Cadillac Records | $267,189 | -45.1% | 180 | - | $1,484 | $8,195,551 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 29 | 34 | Rachel Getting Married | $238,474 | -6.4% | 67 | +2 | $3,559 | $10,379,165 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 30 | 25 | Nothing Like the Holidays | $206,340 | -60.9% | 308 | -131 | $669 | $7,456,157 | 4 | Overture Films |
| 31 | 30 | Eagle Eye | $185,652 | -38.5% | 195 | -10 | $952 | $101,440,743 | 15 | DreamWorks |
| 32 | 53 | Defiance | $163,733 | +112.4% | 2 | - | $81,866 | $240,834 | 2 | Paramount Vantage |
| 33 | 39 | I've Loved You So Long | $143,488 | -13.2% | 42 | -1 | $3,416 | $2,410,089 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 34 | 36 | Last Chance Harvey | $141,413 | -33.6% | 6 | - | $23,568 | $390,154 | 3 | Overture Films |
| 35 | 37 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $140,677 | -24.1% | 93 | -3 | $1,512 | $8,898,969 | 9 | Miramax |
| 36 | 40 | Waltz with Bashir | $136,711 | -16.1% | 5 | - | $27,342 | $282,970 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 37 | 42 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $134,533 | +1.1% | 21 | - | $6,406 | $20,470,407 | 66 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 38 | 46 | Let the Right One In | $131,665 | +25.7% | 37 | +1 | $3,558 | $1,523,565 | 11 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 39 | 38 | Body of Lies | $115,125 | -31.8% | 182 | - | $632 | $39,348,887 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 40 | 41 | Changeling | $112,515 | -30.5% | 125 | +11 | $900 | $35,739,802 | 11 | Universal Pictures |
| 41 | 48 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $104,381 | +12.2% | 59 | +12 | $1,769 | $3,344,581 | 13 | Miramax |
| 42 | 57 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $101,453 | +81.3% | 102 | +56 | $994 | $31,334,746 | 10 | The Weinstein Company |
| 43 | 45 | The Secret Life of Bees | $88,725 | -15.8% | 84 | +7 | $1,056 | $37,551,992 | 12 | - |
| 44 | 31 | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | $86,126 | -69.4% | 45 | -9 | $1,913 | $2,054,288 | 4 | Yash Raj Films |
| 45 | 32 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $82,219 | -70.5% | 2 | -1 | $41,109 | $27,153,202 | 172 | IMAX |
| 46 | 50 | The Dark Knight | $82,176 | -9% | 75 | +1 | $1,095 | $531,018,614 | 25 | Warner Bros. |
| 47 | 47 | Fireproof | $75,655 | -23.3% | 87 | +2 | $869 | $33,275,393 | 15 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 48 | 59 | Space Station 3D | $73,745 | +140.1% | 4 | +2 | $18,436 | $77,362,118 | 351 | IMAX |
| 49 | 56 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $73,109 | +11.4% | 2 | - | $36,554 | $256,095 | 4 | IFC Films |
| 50 | 52 | Synecdoche, New York | $71,534 | -9.8% | 39 | +1 | $1,834 | $2,732,558 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 51 | 43 | Deep Sea | $67,081 | -47.7% | 8 | - | $8,385 | $37,330,544 | 149 | Warner Bros. |
| 52 | 33 | The Polar Express 2008 IMAX Release | $64,877 | -75.7% | 18 | -8 | $3,604 | $1,705,694 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 53 | 49 | Nights in Rodanthe | $58,838 | -35.3% | 85 | -30 | $692 | $41,819,048 | 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 54 | 51 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $58,388 | -33.4% | 12 | - | $4,865 | $12,589,641 | 21 | Summit Entertainment |
| 55 | 44 | A Christmas Tale | $58,225 | -48.9% | 35 | -17 | $1,663 | $1,009,521 | 8 | IFC Films |
| 56 | 54 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $57,137 | -23.3% | 25 | - | $2,285 | $22,847,405 | 21 | - |
| 57 | 71 | Igor | $55,050 | +296.4% | 34 | -12 | $1,619 | $19,502,271 | 16 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 58 | 60 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $40,248 | +37% | 10 | - | $4,024 | $5,258,479 | 47 | 3D Entertainment |
| 59 | 62 | Wendy and Lucy | $37,307 | +63.2% | 4 | - | $9,326 | $123,698 | 5 | Oscilloscope |
| 60 | 58 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $23,232 | -25.2% | 27 | +1 | $860 | $13,511,399 | 10 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 61 | 61 | Roving Mars | $18,366 | -30.7% | 6 | - | $3,061 | $9,869,412 | 154 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 62 | 64 | Max Payne | $15,295 | -24.6% | 27 | - | $566 | $40,681,066 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 63 | 65 | The Secret of the Grain | $15,132 | -25% | 1 | - | $15,132 | $40,365 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 64 | 74 | Man on Wire | $14,685 | +24.2% | 5 | - | $2,937 | $2,946,756 | 24 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 65 | 55 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2008 Re-release | $14,333 | -78.7% | 15 | -3 | $955 | $431,731 | 10 | IMAX |
| 66 | 77 | Good | $12,208 | +201.2% | 2 | - | $6,104 | $16,261 | 2 | THINKFilm |
| 67 | 70 | U2 3D | $12,025 | -16% | 4 | - | $3,006 | $9,675,637 | 51 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 68 | 68 | JCVD | $11,968 | -24.6% | 8 | - | $1,496 | $453,070 | 9 | - |
| 69 | 63 | City of Ember | $11,916 | -42.8% | 25 | - | $476 | $7,864,106 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 70 | 72 | Tell No One | $10,762 | -19.4% | 8 | +1 | $1,345 | $6,156,376 | 28 | Music Box Films |
| 71 | 69 | Appaloosa | $10,259 | -33.3% | 15 | -3 | $683 | $20,085,555 | 16 | Warner Bros. |
| 72 | 67 | WALL·E | $8,423 | -48.4% | 23 | -10 | $366 | $223,808,164 | 28 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 73 | - | Antarctica | $8,167 | - | 1 | - | $8,167 | $18,446 | 19 | Regent Releasing |
| 74 | 78 | How About You | $7,879 | +119.3% | 4 | +2 | $1,969 | $44,657 | 8 | Strand Releasing |
| 75 | 73 | A Secret | $5,393 | -55.4% | 3 | -3 | $1,797 | $579,181 | 18 | Strand Releasing |
| 76 | - | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $4,027 | - | 5 | - | $805 | $63,973 | 8 | Kino International |
| 77 | 75 | Ciao | $3,957 | -46% | 3 | +1 | $1,319 | $23,763 | 5 | Regent Releasing |
| 78 | - | Silent Light | $3,574 | - | 1 | - | $3,574 | $3,574 | 1 | Palisades Tartan |
| 79 | 66 | Soul Men | $3,384 | -79.5% | 9 | -1 | $376 | $12,025,322 | 9 | - |
| 80 | - | Sixty Six 2008 Re-release | $2,841 | - | 1 | - | $2,841 | $223,906 | 23 | First Independent Pictures |
| 81 | 84 | Timecrimes | $2,680 | +77.4% | 3 | +2 | $893 | $23,389 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 82 | 83 | Stranded | $2,506 | +50% | 3 | +2 | $835 | $64,619 | 12 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 83 | 80 | Were the World Mine | $2,287 | -14% | 2 | +1 | $1,143 | $89,443 | 10 | - |
| 84 | 79 | Lola Montès | $1,208 | -59.7% | 1 | -1 | $1,208 | $90,774 | 13 | Rialto Pictures |
| 85 | 89 | Ashes of Time | $1,017 | +55.3% | 4 | +2 | $254 | $174,273 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 86 | - | August Evening | $999 | - | 1 | - | $999 | $74,759 | 18 | Maya Entertainment |
| 87 | - | Yiddish Theater: A Love Story | $838 | - | 1 | - | $838 | $38,449 | 60 | New Love Films |
| 88 | 81 | The Secrets | $835 | -65% | 2 | - | $417 | $57,700 | 7 | Monterey Media |
| 89 | - | Coyote County Loser | $750 | - | 1 | - | $750 | $750 | - | Roebuck Media |
| 90 | - | One Day You'll Understand | $560 | - | 1 | - | $560 | $85,588 | 10 | Kino International |
| 91 | - | Momma's Man | $407 | - | 1 | - | $407 | $96,026 | 20 | Kino International |
