Domestic 2009 Week 2
January 9-15, 2009
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | Gran Torino | $39,957,281 | +861.4% | 2,808 | +2,724 | $14,229 | $50,997,411 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | - | Bride Wars | $25,827,125 | - | 3,226 | - | $8,005 | $25,827,125 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | - | The Unborn | $23,239,155 | - | 2,357 | - | $9,859 | $23,239,155 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 4 | 1 | Marley & Me | $14,049,112 | -53.1% | 3,478 | -27 | $4,039 | $126,409,283 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | 2 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $12,144,857 | -50% | 2,947 | -41 | $4,121 | $97,024,737 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | 3 | Bedtime Stories | $10,275,318 | -56.4% | 3,511 | -173 | $2,926 | $98,905,291 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | 4 | Valkyrie | $8,872,723 | -51.2% | 2,838 | +60 | $3,126 | $73,720,106 | 4 | United Artists |
| 8 | 5 | Yes Man | $7,699,207 | -56.4% | 2,955 | -479 | $2,605 | $90,954,894 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | 10 | Slumdog Millionaire | $6,492,350 | +2.1% | 601 | -11 | $10,802 | $36,837,205 | 10 | - |
| 10 | - | Not Easily Broken | $6,143,981 | - | 724 | - | $8,486 | $6,143,981 | 1 | Screen Gems |
| 11 | 6 | Seven Pounds | $5,026,641 | -60.9% | 2,456 | -302 | $2,046 | $67,957,097 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 12 | 11 | Twilight | $3,858,821 | -39.1% | 1,466 | -422 | $2,632 | $182,465,611 | 8 | Summit Entertainment |
| 13 | 8 | Doubt | $3,593,683 | -46.6% | 1,287 | - | $2,792 | $24,031,987 | 5 | Miramax |
| 14 | 7 | The Tale of Despereaux | $3,307,640 | -59.3% | 2,297 | -794 | $1,439 | $48,158,505 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 15 | 21 | Revolutionary Road | $2,219,868 | +65.6% | 135 | +97 | $16,443 | $3,950,178 | 3 | Paramount Vantage |
| 16 | 17 | The Reader | $2,126,287 | -3.7% | 507 | +109 | $4,193 | $6,289,998 | 6 | The Weinstein Company |
| 17 | 9 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $2,052,757 | -68% | 1,512 | -825 | $1,357 | $77,832,366 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 18 | 16 | Milk | $1,733,279 | -33.3% | 295 | -14 | $5,875 | $19,601,224 | 8 | Focus Features |
| 19 | 14 | Bolt | $1,655,574 | -56.6% | 1,161 | -568 | $1,425 | $112,091,984 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 20 | 23 | The Wrestler | $1,337,947 | +105.9% | 60 | +42 | $22,299 | $3,311,968 | 5 | - |
| 21 | 18 | Frost/Nixon | $1,219,607 | -34% | 205 | - | $5,949 | $7,959,161 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 22 | 19 | Australia | $891,036 | -45.1% | 543 | -222 | $1,640 | $48,037,928 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 23 | 12 | The Spirit | $802,820 | -81.8% | 1,088 | -1,420 | $737 | $19,690,529 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 24 | 20 | Quantum of Solace | $503,487 | -65.6% | 357 | -534 | $1,410 | $167,658,990 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 25 | 15 | Four Christmases | $489,614 | -85.8% | 777 | -1,530 | $630 | $119,325,561 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | 22 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $390,894 | -65% | 375 | -332 | $1,042 | $177,567,085 | 10 | DreamWorks |
| 27 | 24 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $261,502 | -33.3% | 242 | -41 | $1,080 | $94,112,460 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 28 | 29 | Rachel Getting Married | $252,457 | +5.9% | 96 | +29 | $2,629 | $10,631,622 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 29 | 25 | Role Models | $234,655 | -32.3% | 251 | -19 | $934 | $67,038,190 | 10 | Universal Pictures |
| 30 | 34 | Last Chance Harvey | $200,763 | +42% | 16 | +10 | $12,547 | $590,917 | 4 | Overture Films |
| 31 | 27 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $155,713 | -46.8% | 251 | -44 | $620 | $90,429,084 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 32 | 36 | Waltz with Bashir | $149,930 | +9.7% | 8 | +3 | $18,741 | $429,593 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 33 | 26 | Ghajini | $136,539 | -59.9% | 60 | -23 | $2,275 | $2,381,362 | 4 | Adlabs Films |
| 34 | 71 | Appaloosa | $106,973 | +942.7% | 178 | +163 | $600 | $20,192,528 | 17 | Warner Bros. |
| 35 | 32 | Defiance | $99,794 | -39.1% | 2 | - | $49,897 | $340,628 | 3 | Paramount Vantage |
| 36 | 37 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $95,988 | -28.7% | 21 | - | $4,570 | $20,566,395 | 67 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 37 | 38 | Let the Right One In | $95,616 | -27.4% | 37 | - | $2,584 | $1,619,181 | 12 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 38 | 35 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $89,113 | -36.7% | 85 | -8 | $1,048 | $8,988,082 | 10 | Miramax |
| 39 | 33 | I've Loved You So Long | $82,732 | -42.3% | 33 | -9 | $2,507 | $2,492,821 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 40 | 50 | Synecdoche, New York | $81,008 | +13.2% | 41 | +2 | $1,975 | $2,813,566 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 41 | 41 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $78,080 | -25.2% | 49 | -10 | $1,593 | $3,422,661 | 14 | Miramax |
| 42 | 47 | Fireproof | $76,582 | +1.2% | 98 | +11 | $781 | $33,351,975 | 16 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 43 | 42 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $76,370 | -24.7% | 103 | +1 | $741 | $31,411,116 | 11 | The Weinstein Company |
| 44 | 43 | The Secret Life of Bees | $69,617 | -21.5% | 76 | -8 | $916 | $37,621,609 | 13 | - |
| 45 | 49 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $68,624 | -6.1% | 5 | +3 | $13,724 | $324,719 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 46 | 56 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $66,410 | +16.2% | 38 | +13 | $1,747 | $22,913,815 | 22 | - |
| 47 | 45 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $53,636 | -34.8% | 4 | +2 | $13,409 | $27,206,838 | 173 | IMAX |
| 48 | 54 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $51,625 | -11.6% | 12 | - | $4,302 | $12,641,266 | 22 | Summit Entertainment |
| 49 | 48 | Space Station 3D | $50,231 | -31.9% | 8 | +4 | $6,278 | $77,412,350 | 352 | IMAX |
| 50 | 39 | Body of Lies | $45,779 | -60.2% | 85 | -97 | $538 | $39,394,666 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 51 | 53 | Nights in Rodanthe | $31,611 | -46.3% | 53 | -32 | $596 | $41,850,659 | 16 | Warner Bros. |
| 52 | 30 | Nothing Like the Holidays | $31,255 | -84.9% | 62 | -246 | $504 | $7,487,412 | 5 | Overture Films |
| 53 | 58 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $30,635 | -23.9% | 10 | - | $3,063 | $5,290,114 | 48 | 3D Entertainment |
| 54 | 44 | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | $24,668 | -71.4% | 25 | -20 | $986 | $2,078,956 | 5 | Yash Raj Films |
| 55 | 59 | Wendy and Lucy | $23,489 | -37% | 5 | +1 | $4,697 | $147,187 | 6 | Oscilloscope |
| 56 | 57 | Igor | $23,150 | -57.9% | 18 | -16 | $1,286 | $19,525,421 | 17 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 57 | 55 | A Christmas Tale | $22,429 | -61.5% | 24 | -11 | $934 | $1,031,950 | 9 | IFC Films |
| 58 | 78 | Silent Light | $19,785 | +453.6% | 1 | - | $19,785 | $23,359 | 2 | Palisades Tartan |
| 59 | 51 | Deep Sea | $19,644 | -70.7% | 8 | - | $2,455 | $37,350,188 | 150 | Warner Bros. |
| 60 | - | Made in U.S.A | $19,418 | - | 1 | - | $19,418 | $19,418 | 1 | Rialto Pictures |
| 61 | 61 | Roving Mars | $14,877 | -19% | 6 | - | $2,479 | $9,884,289 | 155 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 62 | 60 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $14,184 | -38.9% | 21 | -6 | $675 | $13,525,583 | 11 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 63 | 68 | JCVD | $11,574 | -3.3% | 10 | +2 | $1,157 | $463,747 | 10 | - |
| 64 | 66 | Good | $11,015 | -9.8% | 8 | +6 | $1,376 | $27,276 | 3 | THINKFilm |
| 65 | 63 | The Secret of the Grain | $10,956 | -27.6% | 1 | - | $10,956 | $51,321 | 4 | IFC Films |
| 66 | 46 | The Dark Knight | $9,185 | -88.8% | 7 | -68 | $1,312 | $531,027,799 | 26 | Warner Bros. |
| 67 | 69 | City of Ember | $8,901 | -25.3% | 19 | -6 | $468 | $7,873,007 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 68 | 62 | Max Payne | $8,327 | -45.6% | 17 | -10 | $489 | $40,689,393 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 69 | 74 | How About You | $8,308 | +5.4% | 5 | +1 | $1,661 | $52,965 | 9 | Strand Releasing |
| 70 | - | Call + Response | $7,561 | - | 1 | - | $7,561 | $215,185 | 14 | Fair Trade Pictures |
| 71 | - | The Wild Child | $7,553 | - | 2 | - | $3,776 | $32,525 | 10 | The Film Desk |
| 72 | 70 | Tell No One | $6,176 | -42.6% | 7 | -1 | $882 | $6,162,552 | 29 | Music Box Films |
| 73 | 67 | U2 3D | $5,805 | -51.7% | 3 | -1 | $1,935 | $9,681,442 | 52 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 74 | - | Just Another Love Story | $5,525 | - | 1 | - | $5,525 | $5,525 | 1 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 75 | 77 | Ciao | $4,733 | +19.6% | 2 | -1 | $2,366 | $28,496 | 6 | Regent Releasing |
| 76 | 82 | Stranded | $4,602 | +83.6% | 3 | - | $1,534 | $69,221 | 13 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 77 | - | Trouble the Water | $4,037 | - | 2 | - | $2,018 | $491,026 | 21 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 78 | 75 | A Secret | $3,970 | -26.4% | 4 | +1 | $992 | $583,151 | 19 | Strand Releasing |
| 79 | 76 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $3,769 | -6.4% | 5 | - | $753 | $67,742 | 9 | Kino International |
| 80 | - | Yonkers Joe | $3,204 | - | 2 | - | $1,602 | $3,204 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 81 | 73 | Antarctica | $2,705 | -66.9% | 2 | +1 | $1,352 | $21,151 | 20 | Regent Releasing |
| 82 | 88 | The Secrets | $2,697 | +223% | 4 | +2 | $674 | $60,397 | 8 | Monterey Media |
| 83 | - | Alexandra | $2,541 | - | 2 | - | $1,270 | $126,960 | 43 | The Cinema Guild |
| 84 | - | The Beautiful Truth | $2,395 | - | 1 | - | $2,395 | $13,594 | 9 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 85 | 65 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2008 Re-release | $2,066 | -85.6% | 6 | -9 | $344 | $433,797 | 11 | IMAX |
| 86 | 84 | Lola Montès | $1,790 | +48.2% | 1 | - | $1,790 | $92,564 | 14 | Rialto Pictures |
| 87 | 87 | Yiddish Theater: A Love Story | $1,733 | +106.8% | 1 | - | $1,733 | $40,182 | 61 | New Love Films |
| 88 | 79 | Soul Men | $1,305 | -61.4% | 3 | -6 | $435 | $12,026,627 | 10 | - |
| 89 | - | Louise Bourgeois | $1,235 | - | 1 | - | $1,235 | $89,232 | 30 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 90 | - | House of the Sleeping Beauties | $1,035 | - | 1 | - | $1,035 | $4,422 | 9 | First Run |
| 91 | - | The Betrayal | $913 | - | 1 | - | $913 | $12,377 | 8 | The Cinema Guild |
| 92 | 80 | Sixty Six 2008 Re-release | $407 | -85.7% | 1 | - | $407 | $224,313 | 24 | First Independent Pictures |
| 93 | - | Monsieur Verdoux | $322 | - | 1 | - | $322 | $41,331 | 44 | The Film Desk |
