Domestic 2009 Week 43
October 23-29, 2009
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Paranormal Activity | $27,763,527 | +3.1% | 1,945 | +1,185 | $14,274 | $68,240,045 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | - | Saw VI | $17,263,955 | - | 3,036 | - | $5,686 | $17,263,955 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 3 | 1 | Where the Wild Things Are | $17,179,387 | -56.6% | 3,683 | -52 | $4,664 | $56,718,962 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | 2 | Law Abiding Citizen | $16,476,835 | -40.3% | 2,890 | - | $5,701 | $44,081,650 | 2 | Overture Films |
| 5 | 4 | Couples Retreat | $13,449,555 | -38.1% | 3,074 | +65 | $4,375 | $80,565,755 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 6 | - | This Is It | $11,208,532 | - | 3,481 | - | $3,219 | $11,208,532 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | - | Astro Boy | $7,855,767 | - | 3,014 | - | $2,606 | $7,855,767 | 1 | Summit Entertainment |
| 8 | - | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | $7,711,790 | - | 2,754 | - | $2,800 | $7,711,790 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | 5 | The Stepfather | $7,496,326 | -45.9% | 2,734 | - | $2,741 | $21,348,009 | 2 | Screen Gems |
| 10 | 7 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $6,252,266 | -33.6% | 2,741 | -296 | $2,281 | $115,856,602 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | 6 | Zombieland | $5,553,329 | -44.4% | 2,447 | -724 | $2,269 | $68,560,901 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 12 | - | Amelia | $5,305,832 | - | 820 | - | $6,470 | $5,305,832 | 1 | - |
| 13 | 14 | A Serious Man | $1,455,954 | +32.1% | 176 | +94 | $8,272 | $3,559,233 | 4 | Focus Features |
| 14 | 8 | Toy Story 2009 Re-release | $1,195,802 | -66.8% | 778 | -711 | $1,537 | $30,330,805 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 15 | 21 | Good Hair | $1,172,821 | +121.8% | 466 | +288 | $2,516 | $3,030,572 | 3 | Roadside Attractions |
| 16 | 10 | The Invention of Lying | $1,078,813 | -57.3% | 545 | -1,079 | $1,979 | $17,195,979 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 17 | 11 | Capitalism: A Love Story | $1,057,017 | -48.9% | 636 | -355 | $1,661 | $13,290,919 | 6 | Overture Films |
| 18 | 9 | Surrogates | $773,753 | -69.9% | 797 | -1,529 | $970 | $37,756,707 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 19 | 12 | Whip It | $586,824 | -70.3% | 435 | -1,047 | $1,349 | $12,414,703 | 4 | - |
| 20 | 18 | Coco Before Chanel | $515,342 | -9.1% | 99 | - | $5,205 | $3,070,132 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 21 | 29 | An Education | $497,723 | +49% | 31 | +12 | $16,055 | $1,070,626 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 22 | 13 | The Informant! | $459,130 | -64% | 287 | -941 | $1,599 | $32,545,097 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 23 | 22 | New York, I Love You | $316,358 | -38.8% | 110 | -8 | $2,875 | $833,327 | 2 | Vivendi Entertainment |
| 24 | 20 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | $301,458 | -43.8% | 407 | -107 | $740 | $150,076,286 | 12 | Paramount Pictures |
| 25 | 19 | Bright Star | $300,058 | -45.6% | 209 | -86 | $1,435 | $3,989,134 | 7 | Apparition |
| 26 | 49 | The Time Traveler's Wife | $291,960 | +214.5% | 242 | +141 | $1,206 | $62,934,700 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 27 | 24 | The Hangover | $272,199 | -27% | 251 | -108 | $1,084 | $276,654,074 | 21 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | 23 | Inglourious Basterds | $262,564 | -46.1% | 206 | -230 | $1,274 | $119,482,089 | 10 | The Weinstein Company |
| 29 | 15 | Fame | $253,105 | -77% | 445 | -1,110 | $568 | $22,246,797 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 30 | 30 | G-Force | $238,113 | -22.2% | 260 | -27 | $915 | $118,598,128 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 31 | 27 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $236,704 | -33.9% | 245 | -111 | $966 | $301,475,004 | 16 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | 16 | Love Happens | $235,395 | -68% | 327 | -716 | $719 | $22,839,505 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 33 | - | The Nightmare Before Christmas 2009 3D Release | $215,985 | - | 105 | - | $2,057 | $215,985 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 34 | 17 | I Can Do Bad All by Myself | $215,300 | -68.9% | 273 | -534 | $788 | $51,733,921 | 7 | Lionsgate |
| 35 | 25 | District 9 | $209,654 | -42% | 232 | -103 | $903 | $115,563,916 | 11 | TriStar Pictures |
| 36 | 28 | Julie & Julia | $200,637 | -41.7% | 171 | -124 | $1,173 | $93,379,683 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 37 | 36 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $153,750 | -8.4% | 142 | -39 | $1,082 | $196,303,657 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 38 | 41 | The September Issue | $137,412 | +2.3% | 59 | -18 | $2,329 | $3,533,897 | 9 | Roadside Attractions |
| 39 | 40 | Under the Sea 3D | $128,924 | -6.6% | 30 | -2 | $4,297 | $18,306,531 | 37 | Warner Bros. |
| 40 | 32 | More Than a Game | $124,127 | -50.7% | 107 | - | $1,160 | $773,733 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 41 | 34 | The Boys Are Back | $112,046 | -47.1% | 108 | - | $1,037 | $727,755 | 5 | Miramax |
| 42 | - | Antichrist | $107,026 | - | 6 | - | $17,837 | $107,026 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 43 | 42 | Up | $94,346 | -29.7% | 132 | -30 | $714 | $292,933,288 | 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 44 | 56 | The Damned United | $91,245 | +73.5% | 36 | +21 | $2,534 | $192,076 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 45 | 33 | Pandorum | $86,008 | -60.2% | 112 | -315 | $767 | $10,207,679 | 5 | Overture Films |
| 46 | 37 | The Proposal | $80,725 | -48.5% | 102 | -71 | $791 | $163,920,135 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 47 | 44 | Sorority Row | $77,129 | -36.4% | 90 | -154 | $856 | $11,931,402 | 7 | Summit Entertainment |
| 48 | 47 | Paris | $76,425 | -28.1% | 28 | -5 | $2,729 | $707,736 | 6 | IFC Films |
| 49 | - | Motherhood | $69,264 | - | 48 | - | $1,443 | $69,264 | 1 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 50 | 31 | 9 | $67,757 | -77.5% | 134 | -354 | $505 | $31,356,366 | 8 | Focus Features |
| 51 | 26 | All About Steve | $67,156 | -81.3% | 215 | -292 | $312 | $33,393,267 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 52 | 68 | The Maid | $59,301 | +127.4% | 6 | +5 | $9,883 | $85,383 | 2 | Elephant Eye Films |
| 53 | 67 | Ponyo | $56,273 | +114.3% | 103 | +58 | $546 | $15,062,365 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 54 | 35 | Black Dynamite | $54,060 | -71.3% | 27 | -43 | $2,002 | $242,578 | 2 | Apparition |
| 55 | 51 | It Might Get Loud | $51,610 | -32% | 47 | -17 | $1,098 | $1,502,873 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 56 | 58 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $50,986 | +0.4% | 7 | +3 | $7,283 | $30,188,617 | 214 | IMAX |
| 57 | 48 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | $49,261 | -46.9% | 48 | -42 | $1,026 | $1,012,946 | 6 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 58 | 55 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $49,184 | -13% | 20 | -2 | $2,459 | $996,085 | 16 | International Film Circuit |
| 59 | 53 | Aliens in the Attic | $45,236 | -34.6% | 82 | -26 | $551 | $25,114,405 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 60 | 39 | Me and Mrs. Khanna | $44,374 | -70.1% | 34 | -25 | $1,305 | $192,777 | 2 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 61 | 54 | 500 Days of Summer | $43,075 | -35.3% | 39 | -32 | $1,104 | $32,270,339 | 15 | - |
| 62 | 52 | Halloween II | $42,179 | -43.4% | 91 | -49 | $463 | $32,651,413 | 9 | - |
| 63 | 62 | Space Station 3D | $39,757 | -2.3% | 5 | - | $7,951 | $79,993,842 | 393 | IMAX |
| 64 | 43 | The Final Destination | $38,400 | -70.3% | 45 | -129 | $853 | $66,152,193 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 65 | - | Ong Bak 2 | $38,030 | - | 10 | - | $3,803 | $38,030 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 66 | 38 | Jennifer's Body | $36,661 | -76.4% | 87 | -226 | $421 | $16,106,566 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 67 | - | (Untitled) | $25,391 | - | 3 | - | $8,463 | $25,391 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 68 | 66 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $23,911 | -10.7% | 8 | - | $2,988 | $22,450,430 | 108 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 69 | 78 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $23,368 | +79.3% | 6 | +5 | $3,894 | $66,454 | 5 | Shadow Distribution |
| 70 | 63 | Wake Up Sid | $22,828 | -33.9% | 18 | -15 | $1,268 | $714,339 | 4 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 71 | 50 | I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | $22,197 | -74.2% | 36 | -96 | $616 | $1,409,485 | 5 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 72 | 61 | Passport to Love | $21,588 | -48.6% | 6 | - | $3,598 | $126,948 | 3 | Variance Films |
| 73 | 60 | My One and Only | $21,552 | -53.5% | 19 | -39 | $1,134 | $2,423,544 | 10 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 74 | 89 | Crude | $19,477 | +137.9% | 4 | -1 | $4,869 | $121,289 | 8 | First Run |
| 75 | 73 | Bronson | $18,802 | +6% | 4 | +2 | $4,700 | $53,966 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 76 | 65 | Moon | $16,098 | -42.3% | 12 | -13 | $1,341 | $4,967,188 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 77 | 80 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $15,536 | +43.4% | 25 | +8 | $621 | $177,238,368 | 23 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 78 | 90 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $14,070 | +72.4% | 5 | - | $2,814 | $7,127,042 | 89 | 3D Entertainment |
| 79 | 88 | Trucker | $14,021 | +68.3% | 13 | +9 | $1,078 | $34,772 | 3 | Monterey Media |
| 80 | 46 | From Mexico with Love | $13,281 | -87.6% | 21 | -118 | $632 | $540,926 | 3 | Roadside Attractions |
| 81 | 104 | Paper Heart | $12,997 | +319.1% | 46 | +37 | $282 | $1,274,062 | 12 | Overture Films |
| 82 | 76 | Departures | $12,996 | -9.6% | 9 | -1 | $1,444 | $1,458,028 | 22 | Regent Releasing |
| 83 | 82 | Adam | $11,211 | +15.6% | 9 | -8 | $1,245 | $2,265,526 | 14 | - |
| 84 | 77 | Cold Souls | $10,769 | -21.4% | 14 | -6 | $769 | $896,547 | 12 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 85 | 59 | Shorts | $10,540 | -79.2% | 17 | -37 | $620 | $20,455,367 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 86 | 74 | The Horse Boy | $9,782 | -44.2% | 4 | - | $2,445 | $76,233 | 5 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 87 | 93 | Big Fan | $8,800 | +38% | 7 | - | $1,257 | $213,972 | 9 | First Independent Pictures |
| 88 | 70 | Whiteout | $8,775 | -53.1% | 15 | -26 | $585 | $10,186,479 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 89 | 91 | Food, Inc. | $8,663 | +6.9% | 15 | +4 | $577 | $4,409,672 | 20 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 90 | - | Killing Kasztner | $8,368 | - | 1 | - | $8,368 | $8,368 | 1 | Sky Island Films |
| 91 | 83 | Unmistaken Child | $7,892 | -18.2% | 4 | -1 | $1,973 | $306,140 | 22 | Oscilloscope |
| 92 | 69 | Seraphine | $7,665 | -59.6% | 8 | -10 | $958 | $828,043 | 21 | Music Box Films |
| 93 | 64 | Amreeka | $7,532 | -73.9% | 6 | -12 | $1,255 | $553,792 | 8 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 94 | 75 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | $7,446 | -48.6% | 7 | -2 | $1,063 | $448,773 | 10 | Vitagraph Films |
| 95 | 72 | The Burning Plain | $7,211 | -59.6% | 6 | -7 | $1,201 | $189,720 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 96 | 84 | The Cove | $6,608 | -30.2% | 7 | -12 | $944 | $836,770 | 13 | Roadside Attractions |
| 97 | - | The Wedding Song | $6,402 | - | 1 | - | $6,402 | $8,259 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 98 | 115 | The Way We Get By | $4,952 | +286% | 5 | +1 | $990 | $79,626 | 15 | International Film Circuit |
| 99 | 106 | No Impact Man: The Documentary | $4,257 | +66.2% | 3 | +1 | $1,419 | $88,997 | 7 | Oscilloscope |
| 100 | 97 | Lorna's Silence | $3,977 | -14.5% | 9 | -3 | $441 | $327,365 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 101 | 81 | Play the Game | $3,856 | -63.6% | 8 | -6 | $482 | $601,047 | 35 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 102 | 85 | 35 Shots of Rum | $3,829 | -59.2% | 3 | +1 | $1,276 | $71,349 | 7 | The Cinema Guild |
| 103 | 116 | Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone | $3,372 | +173.5% | 2 | +1 | $1,686 | $105,917 | 17 | Eleven Arts |
| 104 | - | The Little Traitor | $3,321 | - | 1 | - | $3,321 | $3,321 | 1 | N/A |
| 105 | - | The Big Gay Musical | $3,020 | - | 1 | - | $3,020 | $21,115 | 7 | N/A |
| 106 | - | Walt & El Grupo | $2,728 | - | 4 | +2 | $682 | $18,571 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 107 | 105 | The Beaches of Agnès | $2,329 | -10.9% | 2 | -1 | $1,164 | $190,221 | 18 | The Cinema Guild |
| 108 | - | Vanished Empire 2009 Re-release | $2,246 | - | 1 | - | $2,246 | $10,289 | 16 | Kino International |
| 109 | 100 | Adventures of Power | $2,226 | -44.9% | 2 | +1 | $1,113 | $11,336 | 3 | Variance Films |
| 110 | 94 | Fuel | $2,019 | -61.7% | 2 | -1 | $1,009 | $31,753 | 6 | N/A |
| 111 | 114 | Soul Power | $1,992 | +40.7% | 2 | -2 | $996 | $205,080 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 112 | 103 | Humpday | $1,941 | -37.7% | 5 | +1 | $388 | $407,377 | 16 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 113 | 102 | La fille de Monaco | $1,855 | -45.9% | 2 | -1 | $927 | $600,306 | 17 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 114 | - | The Canyon | $1,785 | - | 2 | - | $892 | $1,785 | 1 | Truly Indie |
| 115 | - | Laila's Birthday | $1,689 | - | 1 | - | $1,689 | $11,060 | 22 | Kino International |
| 116 | - | Pretty Ugly People | $1,639 | - | 2 | - | $819 | $5,210 | 6 | Osiris Entertainment |
| 117 | 124 | Il Divo | $1,612 | +108.8% | 2 | +1 | $806 | $237,248 | 27 | Music Box Films |
| 118 | 92 | World's Greatest Dad | $1,563 | -75.7% | 2 | -3 | $781 | $214,069 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 119 | 101 | A Woman in Berlin | $1,276 | -65.4% | 1 | -2 | $1,276 | $267,240 | 15 | Strand Releasing |
| 120 | 112 | Whatever Works | $1,203 | -26.3% | 3 | - | $401 | $5,305,821 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 121 | 109 | Earth Days | $1,158 | -34.5% | 4 | +3 | $289 | $21,700 | 11 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 122 | 98 | Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love | $1,000 | -77.6% | 1 | -1 | $1,000 | $155,017 | 20 | Shadow Distribution |
| 123 | 120 | Under Our Skin | $700 | -39.2% | 1 | - | $700 | $87,577 | 19 | Shadow Distribution |
| 124 | - | Jerichow | $653 | - | 1 | - | $653 | $60,379 | 24 | The Cinema Guild |
| 125 | 121 | Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy: Fallen Idol | $412 | -62.1% | 1 | - | $412 | $7,645 | 4 | Indican Pictures |
| 126 | 129 | Beeswax | $289 | -39.5% | 2 | +1 | $144 | $35,284 | 12 | The Cinema Guild |
| 127 | - | Mississippi Mermaid | $246 | - | 1 | - | $246 | $11,007 | 16 | The Film Desk |
| 128 | 136 | Box Elder | $236 | -17.8% | 1 | - | $236 | $47,511 | 87 | N/A |
| 129 | 118 | The Stoning of Soraya M. | $214 | -81.8% | 1 | -1 | $214 | $635,037 | 18 | Roadside Attractions |
| 130 | 123 | Galapagos | $162 | -79.4% | 1 | -1 | $162 | $17,653,804 | 522 | IMAX |
| 131 | 125 | Amarcord Undated Brazil Release | $156 | -79.1% | 1 | -1 | $156 | $125,493 | 3 | Janus Films |
| 132 | 107 | U2 3D | $145 | -93% | 1 | -1 | $145 | $10,219,051 | 93 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 133 | 87 | The Providence Effect | $132 | -98.4% | 2 | -2 | $66 | $62,500 | 5 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 134 | 108 | White on Rice | $60 | -96.6% | - | - | - | $45,995 | 7 | Variance Films |
