Domestic 2009 Week 41
October 9-15, 2009
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Couples Retreat | $45,390,345 | - | 3,000 | - | $15,130 | $45,390,345 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 2 | 1 | Zombieland | $20,222,297 | -38.3% | 3,038 | +2 | $6,656 | $53,023,378 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 3 | 2 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $15,932,818 | -14.1% | 2,992 | +15 | $5,325 | $100,183,774 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 4 | 19 | Paranormal Activity | $12,340,852 | +1,173.9% | 160 | +127 | $77,130 | $13,554,093 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 5 | 3 | Toy Story 2009 Re-release | $10,535,750 | -29.8% | 1,752 | +7 | $6,013 | $25,538,098 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | 4 | Surrogates | $5,952,868 | -36.8% | 2,992 | +41 | $1,989 | $34,410,335 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | 5 | The Invention of Lying | $4,633,161 | -48.3% | 1,743 | +36 | $2,658 | $13,589,766 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | 7 | Whip It | $3,887,359 | -34.8% | 1,738 | +17 | $2,236 | $9,853,417 | 2 | - |
| 9 | 6 | Capitalism: A Love Story | $3,771,732 | -37.1% | 995 | +33 | $3,790 | $10,166,923 | 4 | Overture Films |
| 10 | 8 | Fame | $3,406,197 | -39.2% | 3,110 | -23 | $1,095 | $20,891,959 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 11 | 9 | The Informant! | $3,168,292 | -34.8% | 2,202 | -223 | $1,438 | $30,811,440 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | 10 | Love Happens | $2,083,080 | -43% | 1,894 | -28 | $1,099 | $21,868,495 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 13 | 11 | I Can Do Bad All by Myself | $1,953,868 | -38.7% | 1,313 | -256 | $1,488 | $50,825,525 | 5 | Lionsgate |
| 14 | - | Good Hair | $1,328,994 | - | 186 | - | $7,145 | $1,328,994 | 1 | Roadside Attractions |
| 15 | 13 | Inglourious Basterds | $1,283,360 | -35% | 968 | -363 | $1,325 | $118,732,059 | 8 | The Weinstein Company |
| 16 | 12 | Pandorum | $1,210,185 | -56.8% | 1,479 | -1,027 | $818 | $9,905,571 | 3 | Overture Films |
| 17 | 14 | 9 | $1,157,849 | -35.2% | 1,216 | -382 | $952 | $30,987,821 | 6 | Focus Features |
| 18 | 23 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | $956,747 | +51.6% | 609 | +21 | $1,571 | $149,238,384 | 10 | Paramount Pictures |
| 19 | 17 | Bright Star | $915,626 | -8.6% | 380 | +63 | $2,409 | $3,137,713 | 5 | Apparition |
| 20 | 16 | All About Steve | $883,705 | -40.3% | 1,200 | -227 | $736 | $32,966,270 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 21 | 15 | Jennifer's Body | $760,947 | -53.3% | 1,005 | -637 | $757 | $15,914,597 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 22 | 22 | Coco Before Chanel | $703,619 | +7.5% | 97 | +30 | $7,253 | $1,987,688 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 23 | 18 | Julie & Julia | $699,966 | -28.4% | 594 | -188 | $1,178 | $92,834,788 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 24 | 30 | A Serious Man | $648,810 | +84.3% | 21 | +15 | $30,895 | $1,000,796 | 2 | Focus Features |
| 25 | 20 | The Hangover | $623,084 | -20.4% | 471 | -46 | $1,322 | $276,009,202 | 19 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | 34 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $589,261 | +151.7% | 505 | +315 | $1,166 | $300,880,041 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 27 | - | From Mexico with Love | $420,280 | - | 279 | - | $1,506 | $420,280 | 1 | Roadside Attractions |
| 28 | 21 | District 9 | $410,172 | -37.9% | 333 | -160 | $1,231 | $114,992,943 | 9 | TriStar Pictures |
| 29 | 45 | G-Force | $381,423 | +175.3% | 313 | +135 | $1,218 | $118,053,856 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 30 | 24 | The Final Destination | $379,512 | -33.3% | 365 | -170 | $1,039 | $65,984,716 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 31 | 26 | I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | $303,239 | -33.7% | 266 | +56 | $1,139 | $1,301,109 | 3 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 32 | 29 | The Proposal | $297,728 | -24.2% | 260 | -56 | $1,145 | $163,682,791 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 33 | 52 | The Boys Are Back | $258,535 | +238.8% | 75 | +59 | $3,447 | $403,971 | 3 | Miramax |
| 34 | 31 | The September Issue | $250,099 | -22.7% | 104 | - | $2,404 | $3,262,112 | 7 | Roadside Attractions |
| 35 | 27 | Wake Up Sid | $241,749 | -41.8% | 62 | -17 | $3,899 | $656,971 | 2 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 36 | 28 | The Time Traveler's Wife | $239,605 | -39.3% | 263 | -177 | $911 | $62,549,907 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | - | An Education | $238,930 | - | 4 | - | $59,732 | $238,930 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 38 | 25 | Sorority Row | $230,340 | -54.1% | 347 | -229 | $663 | $11,732,946 | 5 | Summit Entertainment |
| 39 | 32 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $224,550 | -21.6% | 227 | -36 | $989 | $195,982,114 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 40 | 33 | Up | $209,015 | -22.6% | 215 | -39 | $972 | $292,704,796 | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 41 | 44 | Under the Sea 3D | $182,061 | +19.1% | 35 | -4 | $5,201 | $18,039,604 | 35 | Warner Bros. |
| 42 | 35 | More Than a Game | $177,093 | -19.8% | 44 | +30 | $4,024 | $397,957 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 43 | 42 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | $174,588 | +9.5% | 107 | +2 | $1,631 | $870,839 | 4 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 44 | 36 | Halloween II | $158,143 | -25.6% | 192 | -35 | $823 | $32,534,653 | 7 | - |
| 45 | - | Free Style | $140,524 | - | 260 | - | $540 | $140,524 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 46 | 39 | Aliens in the Attic | $134,032 | -26% | 154 | -65 | $870 | $25,000,021 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 47 | 37 | 500 Days of Summer | $131,164 | -35.9% | 159 | -59 | $824 | $32,160,701 | 13 | - |
| 48 | 46 | Paris | $120,019 | -13.3% | 34 | +3 | $3,529 | $525,023 | 4 | IFC Films |
| 49 | 38 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | $114,253 | -40.8% | 151 | -73 | $756 | $402,111,870 | 17 | DreamWorks |
| 50 | 41 | My One and Only | $111,514 | -35.1% | 149 | -39 | $748 | $2,355,598 | 8 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 51 | 48 | It Might Get Loud | $100,324 | -15.6% | 68 | -7 | $1,475 | $1,375,392 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 52 | 50 | Amreeka | $73,315 | -24.5% | 34 | -6 | $2,156 | $517,347 | 6 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 53 | 63 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $64,640 | +106.1% | 23 | +6 | $2,810 | $890,092 | 14 | International Film Circuit |
| 54 | - | Passport to Love | $63,367 | - | 6 | - | $10,561 | $63,367 | 1 | Variance Films |
| 55 | 49 | Whiteout | $59,800 | -42% | 150 | -51 | $398 | $10,159,013 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 56 | 43 | Do Knot Disturb | $58,711 | -62.1% | 42 | -15 | $1,397 | $213,525 | 2 | Adlabs Films |
| 57 | 53 | Ponyo | $53,998 | -24.8% | 84 | -33 | $642 | $14,979,837 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 58 | 62 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $48,655 | +41.7% | 7 | +3 | $6,950 | $30,086,826 | 212 | IMAX |
| 59 | - | The Damned United | $48,250 | - | 6 | - | $8,041 | $48,250 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 60 | 61 | Space Station 3D | $48,087 | +25.3% | 7 | +2 | $6,869 | $79,913,375 | 391 | IMAX |
| 61 | 55 | Shorts | $38,045 | -34.6% | 104 | -46 | $365 | $20,394,161 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 62 | 60 | The Hurt Locker | $31,749 | -18.8% | 45 | -4 | $705 | $12,582,593 | 16 | Summit Entertainment |
| 63 | 57 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $31,483 | -34.6% | 39 | -31 | $807 | $177,211,996 | 21 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 64 | 64 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $28,918 | -4% | 8 | - | $3,614 | $22,399,750 | 106 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 65 | 70 | Moon | $24,729 | +8.5% | 17 | +5 | $1,454 | $4,923,191 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 66 | 54 | Extract | $23,777 | -65.2% | 46 | -65 | $516 | $10,823,158 | 6 | Miramax |
| 67 | 96 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $21,900 | +354.9% | 1 | - | $21,900 | $30,056 | 3 | Shadow Distribution |
| 68 | 66 | Adam | $21,029 | -28.6% | 26 | -4 | $808 | $2,244,615 | 12 | - |
| 69 | 82 | Seraphine | $18,901 | +49.3% | 14 | +1 | $1,350 | $801,426 | 19 | Music Box Films |
| 70 | 67 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | $18,752 | -28.8% | 18 | -3 | $1,041 | $426,836 | 8 | Vitagraph Films |
| 71 | 69 | In the Loop | $18,181 | -24.5% | 29 | +1 | $626 | $2,376,762 | 12 | IFC Films |
| 72 | - | Bronson | $17,419 | - | 1 | - | $17,419 | $17,419 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 73 | 76 | Departures | $17,009 | +4.8% | 10 | -2 | $1,700 | $1,430,651 | 20 | Regent Releasing |
| 74 | 68 | Cold Souls | $16,620 | -33% | 21 | -10 | $791 | $872,071 | 10 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 75 | 73 | A Woman in Berlin | $15,988 | -7.3% | 7 | - | $2,284 | $262,273 | 13 | Strand Releasing |
| 76 | 74 | 35 Shots of Rum | $13,180 | -21.2% | 3 | +2 | $4,393 | $59,308 | 5 | The Cinema Guild |
| 77 | 88 | The Horse Boy | $12,965 | +25% | 3 | - | $4,321 | $49,005 | 3 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 78 | 59 | What's Your Raashee? | $12,854 | -67.5% | 12 | -31 | $1,071 | $257,458 | 3 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 79 | - | Trucker | $12,418 | - | 10 | - | $1,241 | $12,418 | 1 | Monterey Media |
| 80 | 105 | Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love | $12,252 | +374.9% | 4 | +2 | $3,063 | $149,544 | 18 | Shadow Distribution |
| 81 | 65 | Food, Inc. | $12,202 | -59.1% | 16 | -11 | $762 | $4,392,908 | 18 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 82 | 83 | Play the Game | $11,116 | -11.4% | 20 | -5 | $555 | $586,600 | 33 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 83 | 84 | The Cove | $10,754 | -13.7% | 18 | - | $597 | $820,689 | 11 | Roadside Attractions |
| 84 | 87 | Unmistaken Child | $10,054 | -3.4% | 3 | - | $3,351 | $288,280 | 20 | Oscilloscope |
| 85 | 79 | The Other Man | $9,803 | -28.8% | 9 | -1 | $1,089 | $144,512 | 5 | Image Entertainment |
| 86 | 75 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $9,750 | -41.2% | 4 | -1 | $2,437 | $7,104,813 | 87 | 3D Entertainment |
| 87 | - | Peter and Vandy | $8,949 | - | 3 | - | $2,983 | $8,949 | 1 | Strand Releasing |
| 88 | 90 | Crude | $8,171 | -2.9% | 3 | -1 | $2,723 | $93,625 | 6 | First Run |
| 89 | 78 | No Impact Man: The Documentary | $7,311 | -48.5% | 4 | -3 | $1,827 | $82,179 | 5 | Oscilloscope |
| 90 | 71 | The Burning Plain | $7,145 | -68.3% | 10 | -8 | $714 | $164,677 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 91 | 91 | Lorna's Silence | $6,930 | -11% | 17 | +4 | $407 | $318,736 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 92 | 77 | Big Fan | $6,771 | -56.5% | 7 | -1 | $967 | $198,824 | 7 | First Independent Pictures |
| 93 | 103 | The Way We Get By | $6,209 | +100.9% | 7 | +4 | $887 | $73,391 | 13 | International Film Circuit |
| 94 | 93 | The Beaches of Agnès | $5,767 | -17.3% | 5 | +3 | $1,153 | $184,882 | 16 | The Cinema Guild |
| 95 | - | Fuel | $5,546 | - | 2 | - | $2,773 | $24,459 | 4 | N/A |
| 96 | - | Visual Acoustics | $5,337 | - | 1 | - | $5,337 | $5,230 | 1 | Arthouse Films |
| 97 | - | Adventures of Power | $5,073 | - | 2 | - | $2,536 | $5,073 | 1 | Variance Films |
| 98 | 94 | Chelsea on the Rocks | $4,806 | -28.1% | 1 | - | $4,806 | $11,494 | 2 | Aliquot Films |
| 99 | 95 | The Wonder of it All | $3,989 | -17.8% | 2 | -1 | $1,994 | $776,626 | 13 | Indican Pictures |
| 100 | - | Beeswax | $3,963 | - | 2 | - | $1,981 | $34,517 | 10 | The Cinema Guild |
| 101 | 81 | Post Grad | $3,845 | -71.6% | 14 | -29 | $274 | $6,380,019 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 102 | 101 | Tokyo Sonata | $3,794 | +13.5% | 2 | -2 | $1,897 | $276,937 | 31 | Regent Releasing |
| 103 | 108 | The Song of Sparrows | $3,391 | +49.5% | 3 | +2 | $1,130 | $114,949 | 28 | Regent Releasing |
| 104 | 123 | Cloud 9 | $3,242 | +408.2% | 3 | - | $1,080 | $78,419 | 9 | Music Box Films |
| 105 | 72 | The Providence Effect | $3,071 | -83.1% | 3 | -4 | $1,023 | $54,026 | 3 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 106 | 85 | Paper Heart | $2,943 | -76.1% | 18 | -15 | $163 | $1,257,964 | 10 | Overture Films |
| 107 | 102 | We Live in Public | $2,784 | -14.2% | 1 | - | $2,784 | $31,807 | 7 | Abramorama |
| 108 | 107 | U2 3D | $2,699 | +18% | 4 | +2 | $674 | $10,216,834 | 91 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 109 | 80 | Whatever Works | $2,637 | -80.8% | 6 | -25 | $439 | $5,302,986 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 110 | - | Leonera | $2,599 | - | 1 | - | $2,599 | $14,739 | 15 | Strand Releasing |
| 111 | 100 | Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy: Fallen Idol | $2,593 | -27% | 2 | - | $1,296 | $6,146 | 2 | Indican Pictures |
| 112 | 89 | Brief Interviews with Hideous Men | $2,551 | -70.9% | 1 | -1 | $2,551 | $33,745 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 113 | 116 | Earth Days | $2,320 | +93.7% | 2 | +1 | $1,160 | $18,773 | 9 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 114 | - | The Headless Woman | $2,281 | - | 1 | - | $2,281 | $88,249 | 9 | Strand Releasing |
| 115 | 128 | Galapagos | $2,279 | +560.6% | 1 | - | $2,279 | $17,652,856 | 520 | IMAX |
| 116 | 56 | Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone | $1,975 | -96% | 1 | -5 | $1,975 | $101,312 | 15 | Eleven Arts |
| 117 | 119 | Afghan Star | $1,929 | +159.6% | 2 | +1 | $964 | $100,508 | 16 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 118 | - | The Wedding Song | $1,857 | - | 1 | - | $1,857 | $1,857 | 1 | Strand Releasing |
| 119 | - | Bliss 2009 Re-release | $1,542 | - | 1 | - | $1,542 | $35,214 | 10 | First Run |
| 120 | 112 | Under Our Skin | $1,502 | -5.4% | 2 | -3 | $751 | $85,725 | 17 | Shadow Distribution |
| 121 | 97 | World's Greatest Dad | $1,414 | -70.2% | 3 | -4 | $471 | $206,066 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 122 | 110 | American Casino | $1,243 | -42.2% | 1 | - | $1,243 | $46,075 | 9 | Argot Pictures |
| 123 | 98 | Soul Power | $930 | -76.8% | 8 | +1 | $116 | $201,672 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 124 | - | $9.99 | $894 | - | 1 | - | $894 | $49,785 | 44 | Regent Releasing |
| 125 | - | Goodbye Solo | $892 | - | 3 | +2 | $297 | $870,458 | 29 | Roadside Attractions |
| 126 | 109 | Walt & El Grupo | $888 | -60.6% | 2 | -1 | $444 | $15,843 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 127 | 122 | O'Horten | $870 | +21.7% | 1 | -1 | $870 | $302,232 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 128 | 118 | Adoration | $869 | -11.8% | 2 | - | $434 | $294,244 | 23 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 129 | 115 | Humpday | $801 | -33.5% | 2 | -1 | $400 | $402,322 | 14 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 130 | 114 | Nobody | $709 | -46.9% | 1 | - | $709 | $13,941 | 3 | N/A |
| 131 | 121 | The Windmill Movie | $610 | -16.7% | 1 | -2 | $610 | $30,050 | 18 | The Film Desk |
| 132 | 117 | The Stoning of Soraya M. | $478 | -58.9% | 2 | -1 | $239 | $633,645 | 16 | Roadside Attractions |
| 133 | 133 | Box Elder | $342 | +1,800% | 1 | - | $342 | $46,988 | 85 | N/A |
| 134 | 129 | The Legend of God's Gun | $242 | -19.6% | 1 | - | $242 | $242,408 | 65 | Indican Pictures |
| 135 | 113 | Il Divo | $159 | -88.5% | 1 | -4 | $159 | $234,864 | 25 | Music Box Films |
| 136 | 126 | Le combat dans l'île | $36 | -91.6% | 1 | - | $36 | $28,170 | 18 | The Film Desk |
