Domestic 2009 Week 44
October 30-November 5, 2009
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | This Is It | $32,646,810 | +191.3% | 3,481 | - | $9,378 | $43,855,342 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 2 | 1 | Paranormal Activity | $20,589,825 | -25.8% | 2,404 | +459 | $8,564 | $88,829,870 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | 4 | Law Abiding Citizen | $10,618,948 | -35.6% | 2,764 | -126 | $3,841 | $54,700,598 | 3 | Overture Films |
| 4 | 5 | Couples Retreat | $8,985,755 | -33.2% | 3,026 | -48 | $2,969 | $89,551,510 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | 3 | Where the Wild Things Are | $8,324,373 | -51.5% | 3,645 | -38 | $2,283 | $65,043,335 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | 2 | Saw VI | $6,956,487 | -59.7% | 3,036 | - | $2,291 | $24,220,442 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 7 | 7 | Astro Boy | $4,628,934 | -41.1% | 3,020 | +6 | $1,532 | $12,484,701 | 2 | Summit Entertainment |
| 8 | 9 | The Stepfather | $4,267,061 | -43.1% | 2,346 | -388 | $1,818 | $25,615,070 | 3 | Screen Gems |
| 9 | 12 | Amelia | $4,233,878 | -20.2% | 1,070 | +250 | $3,956 | $9,539,710 | 2 | - |
| 10 | 8 | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | $4,132,385 | -46.4% | 2,754 | - | $1,500 | $11,844,175 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 11 | 10 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $3,854,229 | -38.4% | 2,322 | -419 | $1,659 | $119,710,831 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 12 | 11 | Zombieland | $3,649,521 | -34.3% | 2,056 | -391 | $1,775 | $72,210,422 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 13 | 13 | A Serious Man | $1,410,086 | -3.2% | 238 | +62 | $5,924 | $4,969,319 | 5 | Focus Features |
| 14 | - | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | $816,531 | - | 68 | - | $12,007 | $816,531 | 1 | Apparition |
| 15 | 21 | An Education | $644,813 | +29.6% | 48 | +17 | $13,433 | $1,715,430 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 16 | 62 | Halloween II | $600,610 | +1,324% | 1,083 | +992 | $554 | $33,252,023 | 10 | - |
| 17 | 15 | Good Hair | $592,127 | -49.5% | 416 | -50 | $1,423 | $3,622,699 | 4 | Roadside Attractions |
| 18 | 17 | Capitalism: A Love Story | $571,201 | -46% | 492 | -144 | $1,160 | $13,862,120 | 7 | Overture Films |
| 19 | 16 | The Invention of Lying | $568,492 | -47.3% | 452 | -93 | $1,257 | $17,764,471 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 20 | 20 | Coco Before Chanel | $491,770 | -4.6% | 107 | +8 | $4,595 | $3,561,902 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 21 | 18 | Surrogates | $372,516 | -51.9% | 357 | -440 | $1,043 | $38,129,223 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 22 | 14 | Toy Story 2009 Re-release | $371,641 | -68.9% | 343 | -435 | $1,083 | $30,702,446 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 23 | 19 | Whip It | $289,498 | -50.7% | 260 | -175 | $1,113 | $12,704,201 | 5 | - |
| 24 | 22 | The Informant! | $273,699 | -40.4% | 220 | -67 | $1,244 | $32,818,796 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 23 | New York, I Love You | $268,449 | -15.1% | 86 | -24 | $3,121 | $1,101,848 | 3 | Vivendi Entertainment |
| 26 | - | London Dreams | $255,245 | - | 82 | - | $3,112 | $255,245 | 1 | Studio 18 |
| 27 | 25 | Bright Star | $192,644 | -35.8% | 142 | -67 | $1,356 | $4,181,778 | 8 | Apparition |
| 28 | 33 | The Nightmare Before Christmas 2009 3D Release | $190,100 | -12% | 103 | -2 | $1,845 | $406,085 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 29 | 28 | Inglourious Basterds | $184,814 | -29.6% | 148 | -58 | $1,248 | $119,666,903 | 11 | The Weinstein Company |
| 30 | 27 | The Hangover | $179,037 | -34.2% | 215 | -36 | $832 | $276,833,111 | 22 | Warner Bros. |
| 31 | 26 | The Time Traveler's Wife | $168,852 | -42.2% | 219 | -23 | $771 | $63,103,552 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | 30 | G-Force | $160,419 | -32.6% | 238 | -22 | $674 | $118,758,547 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 33 | 36 | Julie & Julia | $154,710 | -22.9% | 139 | -32 | $1,113 | $93,534,393 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 34 | 64 | The Final Destination | $149,862 | +290.3% | 234 | +189 | $640 | $66,302,055 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 35 | 31 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $147,714 | -37.6% | 201 | -44 | $734 | $301,622,718 | 17 | Warner Bros. |
| 36 | 32 | Love Happens | $125,605 | -46.6% | 189 | -138 | $664 | $22,965,110 | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 37 | 24 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | $125,212 | -58.5% | 205 | -202 | $610 | $150,201,498 | 13 | Paramount Pictures |
| 38 | 39 | Under the Sea 3D | $110,904 | -14% | 29 | -1 | $3,824 | $18,417,435 | 38 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | 51 | All About Steve | $109,847 | +63.6% | 154 | -61 | $713 | $33,503,114 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 40 | 38 | The September Issue | $93,779 | -31.8% | 46 | -13 | $2,038 | $3,627,676 | 10 | Roadside Attractions |
| 41 | 44 | The Damned United | $89,133 | -2.3% | 45 | +9 | $1,980 | $281,209 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 42 | 42 | Antichrist | $83,523 | -22% | 14 | +8 | $5,965 | $190,549 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 43 | 45 | Pandorum | $83,303 | -3.1% | 147 | +35 | $566 | $10,290,982 | 6 | Overture Films |
| 44 | 37 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $82,628 | -46.3% | 108 | -34 | $765 | $196,386,285 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 45 | 35 | District 9 | $82,319 | -60.7% | 176 | -56 | $467 | $115,646,235 | 12 | TriStar Pictures |
| 46 | 41 | The Boys Are Back | $81,997 | -26.8% | 86 | -22 | $953 | $809,752 | 6 | Miramax |
| 47 | 40 | More Than a Game | $81,790 | -34.1% | 111 | +4 | $736 | $855,523 | 5 | Lionsgate |
| 48 | 29 | Fame | $78,699 | -68.9% | 172 | -273 | $457 | $22,325,496 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 49 | 52 | The Maid | $78,275 | +32% | 13 | +7 | $6,021 | $163,658 | 3 | Elephant Eye Films |
| 50 | 43 | Up | $70,876 | -24.9% | 100 | -32 | $708 | $293,004,164 | 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 51 | 48 | Paris | $70,007 | -8.4% | 33 | +5 | $2,121 | $777,743 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 52 | 63 | Space Station 3D | $52,549 | +32.2% | 8 | +3 | $6,568 | $80,046,390 | 394 | IMAX |
| 53 | 66 | Jennifer's Body | $52,000 | +41.8% | 106 | +19 | $490 | $16,158,566 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 54 | 50 | 9 | $50,443 | -25.6% | 91 | -43 | $554 | $31,406,809 | 9 | Focus Features |
| 55 | 57 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | $50,226 | +2% | 32 | -16 | $1,569 | $1,063,172 | 7 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 56 | 58 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $49,352 | +0.3% | 24 | +4 | $2,056 | $1,045,259 | 17 | International Film Circuit |
| 57 | 61 | 500 Days of Summer | $46,973 | +9% | 43 | +4 | $1,092 | $32,317,312 | 16 | - |
| 58 | 56 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $43,793 | -14.1% | 7 | - | $6,256 | $30,232,410 | 215 | IMAX |
| 59 | 46 | The Proposal | $37,896 | -53.1% | 58 | -44 | $653 | $163,958,031 | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 60 | - | The House of the Devil | $35,521 | - | 3 | - | $11,840 | $35,521 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 61 | 55 | It Might Get Loud | $34,722 | -32.7% | 25 | -22 | $1,388 | $1,537,595 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 62 | 47 | Sorority Row | $33,880 | -56.1% | 51 | -39 | $664 | $11,965,282 | 8 | Summit Entertainment |
| 63 | 59 | Aliens in the Attic | $29,173 | -35.5% | 61 | -21 | $478 | $25,143,578 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 64 | 76 | Moon | $28,177 | +75% | 27 | +15 | $1,043 | $4,995,365 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 65 | 101 | Play the Game | $28,040 | +627.2% | 34 | +26 | $824 | $629,076 | 36 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 66 | 53 | Ponyo | $28,034 | -50.2% | 65 | -38 | $431 | $15,090,399 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 67 | 72 | Passport to Love | $26,265 | +21.7% | 9 | +3 | $2,918 | $153,213 | 4 | Variance Films |
| 68 | 65 | Ong Bak 2 | $24,539 | -35.5% | 12 | +2 | $2,044 | $62,569 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 69 | 73 | My One and Only | $23,014 | +6.8% | 16 | -3 | $1,438 | $2,446,558 | 11 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 70 | 78 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $21,392 | +52% | 5 | - | $4,278 | $7,148,434 | 90 | 3D Entertainment |
| 71 | 93 | Amreeka | $21,376 | +183.8% | 11 | +5 | $1,943 | $575,168 | 9 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 72 | 67 | (Untitled) | $21,304 | -16.1% | 4 | +1 | $5,326 | $46,695 | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 73 | 69 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $20,609 | -11.8% | 10 | +4 | $2,060 | $87,063 | 6 | Shadow Distribution |
| 74 | 75 | Bronson | $20,458 | +8.8% | 8 | +4 | $2,557 | $74,424 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 75 | 68 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $18,793 | -21.4% | 8 | - | $2,349 | $22,469,223 | 109 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 76 | - | Gentlemen Broncos | $17,718 | - | 2 | - | $8,859 | $17,718 | 1 | - |
| 77 | 107 | The Beaches of Agnès | $13,209 | +467.2% | 6 | +4 | $2,201 | $203,431 | 19 | The Cinema Guild |
| 78 | 71 | I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | $12,647 | -43% | 19 | -17 | $665 | $1,422,132 | 6 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 79 | - | Storm | $12,546 | - | 2 | - | $6,273 | $12,546 | 1 | Film Movement |
| 80 | 82 | Departures | $11,405 | -12.2% | 8 | -1 | $1,425 | $1,469,433 | 23 | Regent Releasing |
| 81 | 104 | The Little Traitor | $9,579 | +188.4% | 3 | +2 | $3,193 | $12,900 | 2 | N/A |
| 82 | 86 | The Horse Boy | $8,852 | -9.5% | 2 | -2 | $4,426 | $85,184 | 6 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 83 | 102 | 35 Shots of Rum | $8,851 | +131.2% | 3 | - | $2,950 | $81,362 | 8 | The Cinema Guild |
| 84 | 79 | Trucker | $8,795 | -37.3% | 8 | -5 | $1,099 | $43,567 | 4 | Monterey Media |
| 85 | 49 | Motherhood | $8,127 | -88.3% | 10 | -38 | $812 | $77,391 | 2 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 86 | 119 | A Woman in Berlin | $8,049 | +530.8% | 3 | +2 | $2,683 | $275,289 | 16 | Strand Releasing |
| 87 | 134 | White on Rice | $7,527 | +12,445% | 1 | - | $7,527 | $52,975 | 8 | Variance Films |
| 88 | 92 | Seraphine | $7,514 | -2% | 12 | +4 | $626 | $835,557 | 22 | Music Box Films |
| 89 | 83 | Adam | $7,162 | -36.1% | 6 | -3 | $1,193 | $2,272,688 | 15 | - |
| 90 | 74 | Crude | $7,145 | -63.3% | 2 | -2 | $3,572 | $128,434 | 9 | First Run |
| 91 | 90 | Killing Kasztner | $7,107 | -15.1% | 1 | - | $7,107 | $15,475 | 2 | Sky Island Films |
| 92 | 98 | The Way We Get By | $6,110 | +23.4% | 5 | - | $1,222 | $85,348 | 16 | International Film Circuit |
| 93 | 87 | Big Fan | $6,082 | -30.9% | 9 | +2 | $675 | $219,932 | 10 | First Independent Pictures |
| 94 | 80 | From Mexico with Love | $5,605 | -57.8% | 9 | -12 | $622 | $546,531 | 4 | Roadside Attractions |
| 95 | 99 | No Impact Man: The Documentary | $5,424 | +27.4% | 4 | +1 | $1,356 | $94,421 | 8 | Oscilloscope |
| 96 | 77 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $5,353 | -65.5% | 10 | -15 | $535 | $177,243,721 | 24 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 97 | 84 | Cold Souls | $4,906 | -54.4% | 4 | -10 | $1,226 | $901,453 | 13 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 98 | 94 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | $4,485 | -39.8% | 5 | -2 | $897 | $453,258 | 11 | Vitagraph Films |
| 99 | 70 | Wake Up Sid | $4,427 | -80.6% | 5 | -13 | $885 | $718,766 | 5 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 100 | 60 | Me and Mrs. Khanna | $4,406 | -90.1% | 9 | -25 | $489 | $197,183 | 3 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 101 | 97 | The Wedding Song | $4,281 | -33.1% | 1 | - | $4,281 | $12,540 | 4 | Strand Releasing |
| 102 | 100 | Lorna's Silence | $4,025 | +1.2% | 10 | +1 | $402 | $331,390 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 103 | 85 | Shorts | $3,837 | -63.6% | 17 | - | $225 | $20,459,204 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 104 | - | American Casino | $3,727 | - | 1 | - | $3,727 | $50,437 | 12 | Argot Pictures |
| 105 | - | Looking for Palladin | $3,458 | - | 1 | - | $3,458 | $3,458 | 1 | Wildcat Releasing |
| 106 | 88 | Whiteout | $3,287 | -62.5% | 8 | -7 | $410 | $10,189,766 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 107 | 96 | The Cove | $2,835 | -57.1% | 7 | - | $405 | $839,605 | 14 | Roadside Attractions |
| 108 | 113 | La fille de Monaco | $2,686 | +44.8% | 2 | - | $1,343 | $602,992 | 18 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 109 | 126 | Beeswax | $2,323 | +703.8% | 3 | +1 | $774 | $37,607 | 13 | The Cinema Guild |
| 110 | 105 | The Big Gay Musical | $1,984 | -34.3% | 1 | - | $1,984 | $23,099 | 8 | N/A |
| 111 | 115 | Laila's Birthday | $1,967 | +16.5% | 1 | - | $1,967 | $13,027 | 23 | Kino International |
| 112 | 106 | Walt & El Grupo | $1,950 | -28.5% | 2 | -2 | $975 | $20,521 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 113 | 95 | The Burning Plain | $1,777 | -75.4% | 4 | -2 | $444 | $191,497 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 114 | 103 | Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone | $1,666 | -50.6% | 3 | +1 | $555 | $107,583 | 18 | Eleven Arts |
| 115 | 118 | World's Greatest Dad | $1,503 | -3.8% | 3 | +1 | $501 | $215,572 | 11 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 116 | 89 | Food, Inc. | $1,366 | -84.2% | 2 | -13 | $683 | $4,411,038 | 21 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 117 | 116 | Pretty Ugly People | $1,327 | -19% | 1 | -1 | $1,327 | $6,537 | 7 | Osiris Entertainment |
| 118 | 127 | Mississippi Mermaid | $1,249 | +407.7% | 1 | - | $1,249 | $12,256 | 17 | The Film Desk |
| 119 | - | Blind Date | $1,246 | - | 1 | - | $1,246 | $8,449 | 6 | Variance Films |
| 120 | 121 | Earth Days | $1,193 | +3% | 3 | -1 | $397 | $22,893 | 12 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 121 | - | Cloud 9 | $1,157 | - | 1 | - | $1,157 | $81,247 | 12 | Music Box Films |
| 122 | - | Harmony and Me | $1,098 | - | 1 | - | $1,098 | $14,598 | 7 | N/A |
| 123 | 129 | The Stoning of Soraya M. | $1,084 | +406.5% | 3 | +2 | $361 | $636,121 | 19 | Roadside Attractions |
| 124 | 117 | Il Divo | $1,028 | -36.2% | 2 | - | $514 | $238,276 | 28 | Music Box Films |
| 125 | 125 | Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy: Fallen Idol | $996 | +141.7% | 1 | - | $996 | $8,641 | 5 | Indican Pictures |
| 126 | 120 | Whatever Works | $885 | -26.4% | 3 | - | $295 | $5,306,706 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 127 | 111 | Soul Power | $751 | -62.3% | 2 | - | $375 | $205,831 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 128 | 110 | Fuel | $712 | -64.7% | 1 | -1 | $712 | $32,465 | 7 | N/A |
| 129 | - | The Song of Sparrows | $700 | - | 1 | - | $700 | $116,305 | 31 | Regent Releasing |
| 130 | 109 | Adventures of Power | $642 | -71.2% | 1 | -1 | $642 | $11,978 | 4 | Variance Films |
| 131 | - | Shall We Kiss? | $625 | - | 2 | - | $312 | $533,689 | 32 | Music Box Films |
| 132 | - | Bicycle Thieves 2008 Re-release | $513 | - | 1 | - | $513 | $513 | 1 | Corinth Films |
| 133 | - | 24 City | $442 | - | 1 | - | $442 | $30,800 | 22 | The Cinema Guild |
| 134 | 128 | Box Elder | $306 | +29.7% | 1 | - | $306 | $47,817 | 88 | N/A |
| 135 | - | Taxidermia 2009 Re-release | $304 | - | 1 | - | $304 | $9,961 | 12 | Regent Releasing |
| 136 | 123 | Under Our Skin | $257 | -63.3% | 2 | +1 | $128 | $87,834 | 20 | Shadow Distribution |
| 137 | 130 | Galapagos | $215 | +32.7% | 1 | - | $215 | $17,654,018 | 523 | IMAX |
| 138 | - | The Wild Child | $200 | - | 1 | - | $200 | $59,181 | 52 | The Film Desk |
