Domestic 2009 Week 42
October 16-22, 2009
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Where the Wild Things Are | $39,539,575 | - | 3,735 | - | $10,586 | $39,539,575 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | - | Law Abiding Citizen | $27,604,815 | - | 2,890 | - | $9,551 | $27,604,815 | 1 | Overture Films |
| 3 | 4 | Paranormal Activity | $26,922,425 | +118.2% | 760 | +600 | $35,424 | $40,476,518 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | 1 | Couples Retreat | $21,725,855 | -52.1% | 3,009 | +9 | $7,220 | $67,116,200 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | - | The Stepfather | $13,851,683 | - | 2,734 | - | $5,066 | $13,851,683 | 1 | Screen Gems |
| 6 | 2 | Zombieland | $9,984,194 | -50.6% | 3,171 | +133 | $3,148 | $63,007,572 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | 3 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $9,420,562 | -40.9% | 3,037 | +45 | $3,101 | $109,604,336 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 8 | 5 | Toy Story 2009 Re-release | $3,596,905 | -65.9% | 1,489 | -263 | $2,415 | $29,135,003 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | 6 | Surrogates | $2,572,619 | -56.8% | 2,326 | -666 | $1,106 | $36,982,954 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 10 | 7 | The Invention of Lying | $2,527,400 | -45.4% | 1,624 | -119 | $1,556 | $16,117,166 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | 9 | Capitalism: A Love Story | $2,066,979 | -45.2% | 991 | -4 | $2,085 | $12,233,902 | 5 | Overture Films |
| 12 | 8 | Whip It | $1,974,462 | -49.2% | 1,482 | -256 | $1,332 | $11,827,879 | 3 | - |
| 13 | 11 | The Informant! | $1,274,527 | -59.8% | 1,228 | -974 | $1,037 | $32,085,967 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | 24 | A Serious Man | $1,102,483 | +69.9% | 82 | +61 | $13,444 | $2,103,279 | 3 | Focus Features |
| 15 | 10 | Fame | $1,101,733 | -67.7% | 1,555 | -1,555 | $708 | $21,993,692 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 16 | 12 | Love Happens | $735,615 | -64.7% | 1,043 | -851 | $705 | $22,604,110 | 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 17 | 13 | I Can Do Bad All by Myself | $693,096 | -64.5% | 807 | -506 | $858 | $51,518,621 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 18 | 22 | Coco Before Chanel | $567,092 | -19.4% | 99 | +2 | $5,728 | $2,554,790 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 19 | 19 | Bright Star | $551,363 | -39.8% | 295 | -85 | $1,869 | $3,689,076 | 6 | Apparition |
| 20 | 18 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | $536,444 | -43.9% | 514 | -95 | $1,043 | $149,774,828 | 11 | Paramount Pictures |
| 21 | 14 | Good Hair | $528,757 | -60.2% | 178 | -8 | $2,970 | $1,857,751 | 2 | Roadside Attractions |
| 22 | - | New York, I Love You | $516,969 | - | 118 | - | $4,381 | $516,969 | 1 | Vivendi Entertainment |
| 23 | 15 | Inglourious Basterds | $487,466 | -62% | 436 | -532 | $1,118 | $119,219,525 | 9 | The Weinstein Company |
| 24 | 25 | The Hangover | $372,673 | -40.2% | 359 | -112 | $1,038 | $276,381,875 | 20 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 28 | District 9 | $361,319 | -11.9% | 335 | +2 | $1,078 | $115,354,262 | 10 | TriStar Pictures |
| 26 | 20 | All About Steve | $359,841 | -59.3% | 507 | -693 | $709 | $33,256,985 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 27 | 26 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $358,259 | -39.2% | 356 | -149 | $1,006 | $301,238,300 | 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | 23 | Julie & Julia | $344,258 | -50.8% | 295 | -299 | $1,166 | $93,179,046 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 29 | 37 | An Education | $333,964 | +39.8% | 19 | +15 | $17,577 | $572,894 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 30 | 29 | G-Force | $306,159 | -19.7% | 287 | -26 | $1,066 | $118,360,015 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 31 | 17 | 9 | $300,788 | -74% | 488 | -728 | $616 | $31,288,609 | 7 | Focus Features |
| 32 | 42 | More Than a Game | $251,649 | +42.1% | 107 | +63 | $2,351 | $649,606 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 33 | 16 | Pandorum | $216,100 | -82.1% | 427 | -1,052 | $506 | $10,121,671 | 4 | Overture Films |
| 34 | 33 | The Boys Are Back | $211,738 | -18.1% | 108 | +33 | $1,960 | $615,709 | 4 | Miramax |
| 35 | - | Black Dynamite | $188,518 | - | 70 | - | $2,693 | $188,518 | 1 | Apparition |
| 36 | 39 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $167,793 | -25.3% | 181 | -46 | $927 | $196,149,907 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 37 | 32 | The Proposal | $156,619 | -47.4% | 173 | -87 | $905 | $163,839,410 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 38 | 21 | Jennifer's Body | $155,308 | -79.6% | 313 | -692 | $496 | $16,069,905 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 39 | - | Me and Mrs. Khanna | $148,403 | - | 59 | - | $2,515 | $148,403 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 40 | 41 | Under the Sea 3D | $138,003 | -24.2% | 32 | -3 | $4,312 | $18,177,607 | 36 | Warner Bros. |
| 41 | 34 | The September Issue | $134,373 | -46.3% | 77 | -27 | $1,745 | $3,396,485 | 8 | Roadside Attractions |
| 42 | 40 | Up | $134,146 | -35.8% | 162 | -53 | $828 | $292,838,942 | 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 43 | 30 | The Final Destination | $129,077 | -66% | 174 | -191 | $741 | $66,113,793 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 44 | 38 | Sorority Row | $121,327 | -47.3% | 244 | -103 | $497 | $11,854,273 | 6 | Summit Entertainment |
| 45 | - | All the Best: Fun Begins | $120,713 | - | 55 | - | $2,194 | $120,713 | 1 | Yash Raj Films |
| 46 | 27 | From Mexico with Love | $107,365 | -74.5% | 139 | -140 | $772 | $527,645 | 2 | Roadside Attractions |
| 47 | 48 | Paris | $106,288 | -11.4% | 33 | -1 | $3,220 | $631,311 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 48 | 43 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | $92,846 | -46.8% | 90 | -17 | $1,031 | $963,685 | 5 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 49 | 36 | The Time Traveler's Wife | $92,833 | -61.3% | 101 | -162 | $919 | $62,642,740 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 50 | 31 | I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | $86,179 | -71.6% | 132 | -134 | $652 | $1,387,288 | 4 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 51 | 51 | It Might Get Loud | $75,871 | -24.4% | 64 | -4 | $1,185 | $1,451,263 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 52 | 44 | Halloween II | $74,581 | -52.8% | 140 | -52 | $532 | $32,609,234 | 8 | - |
| 53 | 46 | Aliens in the Attic | $69,148 | -48.4% | 108 | -46 | $640 | $25,069,169 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 54 | 47 | 500 Days of Summer | $66,563 | -49.3% | 71 | -88 | $937 | $32,227,264 | 14 | - |
| 55 | 53 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $56,553 | -12.5% | 22 | -1 | $2,570 | $946,715 | 15 | International Film Circuit |
| 56 | 59 | The Damned United | $52,581 | +9% | 15 | +9 | $3,505 | $100,831 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 57 | - | Lost in Love | $52,453 | - | 221 | - | $237 | $52,453 | 1 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group |
| 58 | 58 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $50,805 | +4.4% | 4 | -3 | $12,701 | $30,137,630 | 213 | IMAX |
| 59 | 61 | Shorts | $50,666 | +33.2% | 54 | -50 | $938 | $20,444,827 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 60 | 50 | My One and Only | $46,394 | -58.4% | 58 | -91 | $799 | $2,401,992 | 9 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 61 | 54 | Passport to Love | $41,993 | -33.7% | 6 | - | $6,998 | $105,360 | 2 | Variance Films |
| 62 | 60 | Space Station 3D | $40,709 | -15.3% | 5 | -2 | $8,141 | $79,954,084 | 392 | IMAX |
| 63 | 35 | Wake Up Sid | $34,540 | -85.7% | 33 | -29 | $1,046 | $691,511 | 3 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 64 | 52 | Amreeka | $28,912 | -60.6% | 18 | -16 | $1,606 | $546,261 | 7 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 65 | 65 | Moon | $27,899 | +12.8% | 25 | +8 | $1,115 | $4,951,090 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 66 | 64 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $26,769 | -7.4% | 8 | - | $3,346 | $22,426,519 | 107 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 67 | 57 | Ponyo | $26,255 | -51.4% | 45 | -39 | $583 | $15,006,092 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 68 | - | The Maid | $26,082 | - | 1 | - | $26,082 | $26,082 | 1 | Elephant Eye Films |
| 69 | 69 | Seraphine | $18,952 | +0.3% | 18 | +4 | $1,052 | $820,378 | 20 | Music Box Films |
| 70 | 55 | Whiteout | $18,691 | -68.7% | 41 | -109 | $455 | $10,177,704 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 71 | 96 | Visual Acoustics | $18,074 | +238.7% | 2 | +1 | $9,037 | $23,411 | 2 | Arthouse Films |
| 72 | 90 | The Burning Plain | $17,832 | +149.6% | 13 | +3 | $1,371 | $182,509 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 73 | 72 | Bronson | $17,745 | +1.9% | 2 | +1 | $8,872 | $35,164 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 74 | 77 | The Horse Boy | $17,545 | +35.3% | 4 | +1 | $4,386 | $64,868 | 4 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 75 | 70 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | $14,491 | -22.7% | 9 | -9 | $1,610 | $441,327 | 9 | Vitagraph Films |
| 76 | 73 | Departures | $14,381 | -15.5% | 10 | - | $1,438 | $1,445,032 | 21 | Regent Releasing |
| 77 | 74 | Cold Souls | $13,707 | -17.5% | 20 | -1 | $685 | $885,778 | 11 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 78 | 67 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $13,030 | -40.5% | 1 | - | $13,030 | $43,086 | 4 | Shadow Distribution |
| 79 | 71 | In the Loop | $12,042 | -33.8% | 11 | -18 | $1,094 | $2,388,804 | 13 | IFC Films |
| 80 | 63 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $10,836 | -65.6% | 17 | -22 | $637 | $177,222,832 | 22 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 81 | 82 | Play the Game | $10,591 | -4.7% | 14 | -6 | $756 | $597,160 | 34 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 82 | 68 | Adam | $9,700 | -53.9% | 17 | -9 | $570 | $2,254,315 | 13 | - |
| 83 | 84 | Unmistaken Child | $9,644 | -4.1% | 5 | +2 | $1,928 | $297,650 | 21 | Oscilloscope |
| 84 | 83 | The Cove | $9,473 | -11.9% | 19 | +1 | $498 | $830,162 | 12 | Roadside Attractions |
| 85 | 76 | 35 Shots of Rum | $9,374 | -28.9% | 2 | -1 | $4,687 | $68,682 | 6 | The Cinema Guild |
| 86 | - | The Janky Promoters | $9,069 | - | 22 | - | $412 | $9,069 | 1 | Third Rail Releasing |
| 87 | 105 | The Providence Effect | $8,342 | +171.6% | 4 | +1 | $2,085 | $62,368 | 4 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 88 | 79 | Trucker | $8,333 | -32.9% | 4 | -6 | $2,083 | $20,751 | 2 | Monterey Media |
| 89 | 88 | Crude | $8,187 | +0.2% | 5 | +2 | $1,637 | $101,632 | 7 | First Run |
| 90 | 86 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $8,159 | -16.3% | 5 | +1 | $1,631 | $7,112,972 | 88 | 3D Entertainment |
| 91 | 81 | Food, Inc. | $8,101 | -33.6% | 11 | -5 | $736 | $4,401,009 | 19 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 92 | 121 | World's Greatest Dad | $6,440 | +355.4% | 5 | +2 | $1,288 | $212,506 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 93 | 92 | Big Fan | $6,379 | -5.8% | 7 | - | $911 | $205,230 | 8 | First Independent Pictures |
| 94 | 95 | Fuel | $5,275 | -4.9% | 3 | +1 | $1,758 | $29,734 | 5 | N/A |
| 95 | 85 | The Other Man | $5,016 | -48.8% | 6 | -3 | $836 | $149,528 | 6 | Image Entertainment |
| 96 | 107 | We Live in Public | $4,939 | +77.4% | 1 | - | $4,939 | $36,746 | 8 | Abramorama |
| 97 | 91 | Lorna's Silence | $4,652 | -32.9% | 12 | -5 | $387 | $323,388 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 98 | 80 | Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love | $4,473 | -63.5% | 2 | -2 | $2,236 | $154,017 | 19 | Shadow Distribution |
| 99 | - | The Ministers | $4,447 | - | 2 | - | $2,223 | $4,447 | 1 | Maya Entertainment |
| 100 | 97 | Adventures of Power | $4,037 | -20.4% | 1 | -1 | $4,037 | $9,080 | 2 | Variance Films |
| 101 | 75 | A Woman in Berlin | $3,691 | -76.9% | 3 | -4 | $1,230 | $265,964 | 14 | Strand Releasing |
| 102 | - | La fille de Monaco | $3,429 | - | 3 | +1 | $1,143 | $598,451 | 16 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 103 | 129 | Humpday | $3,114 | +288.8% | 4 | +2 | $778 | $405,436 | 15 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 104 | 106 | Paper Heart | $3,101 | +5.4% | 9 | -9 | $344 | $1,261,065 | 11 | Overture Films |
| 105 | 94 | The Beaches of Agnès | $2,614 | -54.7% | 3 | -2 | $871 | $187,444 | 17 | The Cinema Guild |
| 106 | 89 | No Impact Man: The Documentary | $2,561 | -65% | 2 | -2 | $1,280 | $84,740 | 6 | Oscilloscope |
| 107 | 108 | U2 3D | $2,072 | -23.2% | 2 | -2 | $1,036 | $10,218,906 | 92 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 108 | - | White on Rice | $1,771 | - | 1 | -1 | $1,771 | $45,935 | 6 | Variance Films |
| 109 | 113 | Earth Days | $1,769 | -23.8% | 1 | -1 | $1,769 | $20,542 | 10 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 110 | 104 | Cloud 9 | $1,671 | -48.5% | 4 | +1 | $417 | $80,090 | 10 | Music Box Films |
| 111 | 87 | Peter and Vandy | $1,669 | -81.3% | 1 | -2 | $1,669 | $10,618 | 2 | Strand Releasing |
| 112 | 109 | Whatever Works | $1,632 | -38.1% | 3 | -3 | $544 | $5,304,618 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 113 | 117 | Afghan Star | $1,607 | -16.7% | 2 | - | $803 | $102,115 | 17 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 114 | 123 | Soul Power | $1,416 | +52.3% | 4 | -4 | $354 | $203,088 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 115 | 93 | The Way We Get By | $1,283 | -79.3% | 4 | -3 | $320 | $74,674 | 14 | International Film Circuit |
| 116 | 116 | Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone | $1,233 | -37.6% | 1 | - | $1,233 | $102,545 | 16 | Eleven Arts |
| 117 | - | Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution | $1,181 | - | 1 | - | $1,181 | $1,181 | 1 | First Run |
| 118 | 132 | The Stoning of Soraya M. | $1,178 | +146.4% | 2 | - | $589 | $634,823 | 17 | Roadside Attractions |
| 119 | 99 | The Wonder of it All | $1,163 | -70.8% | 1 | -1 | $1,163 | $777,789 | 14 | Indican Pictures |
| 120 | 120 | Under Our Skin | $1,152 | -23.3% | 1 | -1 | $1,152 | $86,877 | 18 | Shadow Distribution |
| 121 | 111 | Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy: Fallen Idol | $1,087 | -58.1% | 1 | -1 | $1,087 | $7,233 | 3 | Indican Pictures |
| 122 | 124 | $9.99 | $916 | +2.5% | 2 | +1 | $458 | $50,701 | 45 | Regent Releasing |
| 123 | 115 | Galapagos | $786 | -65.5% | 2 | +1 | $393 | $17,653,641 | 521 | IMAX |
| 124 | 135 | Il Divo | $772 | +385.5% | 1 | - | $772 | $235,636 | 26 | Music Box Films |
| 125 | - | Amarcord Undated Brazil Release | $745 | - | 2 | - | $372 | $125,337 | 2 | Janus Films |
| 126 | 103 | The Song of Sparrows | $656 | -80.7% | 1 | -2 | $656 | $115,605 | 29 | Regent Releasing |
| 127 | 122 | American Casino | $635 | -48.9% | 1 | - | $635 | $46,710 | 10 | Argot Pictures |
| 128 | 45 | Free Style | $584 | -99.6% | 5 | -255 | $116 | $141,108 | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 129 | 100 | Beeswax | $478 | -87.9% | 1 | -1 | $478 | $34,995 | 11 | The Cinema Guild |
| 130 | 134 | The Legend of God's Gun | $467 | +93% | 1 | - | $467 | $242,875 | 66 | Indican Pictures |
| 131 | 102 | Tokyo Sonata | $450 | -88.1% | 1 | -1 | $450 | $277,387 | 32 | Regent Releasing |
| 132 | 78 | What's Your Raashee? | $410 | -96.8% | 2 | -10 | $205 | $257,868 | 4 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 133 | - | Taxidermia 2009 Re-release | $375 | - | 1 | - | $375 | $9,657 | 10 | Regent Releasing |
| 134 | 130 | Nobody | $330 | -53.5% | 1 | - | $330 | $14,271 | 4 | N/A |
| 135 | 98 | Chelsea on the Rocks | $305 | -93.7% | 1 | - | $305 | $11,799 | 3 | Aliquot Films |
| 136 | 133 | Box Elder | $287 | -16.1% | 1 | - | $287 | $47,275 | 86 | N/A |
