Domestic 2009 Weekend 2
January 9-11, 2009
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | Gran Torino | $29,484,388 | +904.1% | 2,808 | +2,724 | $10,500 | $40,524,518 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | - | Bride Wars | $21,058,173 | - | 3,226 | - | $6,527 | $21,058,173 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | - | The Unborn | $19,810,585 | - | 2,357 | - | $8,405 | $19,810,585 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 4 | 1 | Marley & Me | $11,391,425 | -53.1% | 3,478 | -27 | $3,275 | $123,751,596 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | 3 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $9,212,515 | -50.7% | 2,947 | -41 | $3,126 | $94,092,395 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | 2 | Bedtime Stories | $8,802,120 | -57.1% | 3,511 | -173 | $2,507 | $97,432,093 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | 4 | Valkyrie | $6,617,065 | -53.1% | 2,838 | +60 | $2,331 | $71,464,448 | 3 | United Artists |
| 8 | 5 | Yes Man | $6,032,337 | -56.6% | 2,955 | -479 | $2,041 | $89,288,024 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | - | Not Easily Broken | $5,314,278 | - | 724 | - | $7,340 | $5,314,278 | 1 | Screen Gems |
| 10 | 6 | Seven Pounds | $3,818,230 | -62.1% | 2,456 | -302 | $1,554 | $66,748,686 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | 10 | Slumdog Millionaire | $3,782,340 | -19.4% | 601 | -11 | $6,293 | $34,127,195 | 9 | - |
| 12 | 11 | Twilight | $2,841,852 | -38.9% | 1,466 | -422 | $1,938 | $181,448,642 | 8 | Summit Entertainment |
| 13 | 7 | The Tale of Despereaux | $2,733,585 | -60.6% | 2,297 | -794 | $1,190 | $47,584,450 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 14 | 9 | Doubt | $2,521,118 | -49.6% | 1,287 | - | $1,958 | $22,959,422 | 5 | Miramax |
| 15 | 8 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $1,550,629 | -69.3% | 1,512 | -825 | $1,025 | $77,330,238 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 16 | 21 | Revolutionary Road | $1,427,744 | +44.8% | 135 | +97 | $10,575 | $3,158,054 | 3 | Paramount Vantage |
| 17 | 12 | Bolt | $1,370,487 | -58.4% | 1,161 | -568 | $1,180 | $111,806,897 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 18 | 17 | The Reader | $1,346,742 | -15.7% | 507 | +109 | $2,656 | $5,510,453 | 5 | The Weinstein Company |
| 19 | 16 | Milk | $1,296,051 | -31.4% | 295 | -14 | $4,393 | $19,163,996 | 7 | Focus Features |
| 20 | 18 | Frost/Nixon | $891,627 | -36.3% | 205 | - | $4,349 | $7,631,181 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 21 | 23 | The Wrestler | $848,410 | +93.8% | 60 | +42 | $14,140 | $2,822,431 | 4 | - |
| 22 | 19 | Australia | $617,314 | -46.9% | 543 | -222 | $1,136 | $47,764,206 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 23 | 13 | The Spirit | $558,480 | -82.9% | 1,088 | -1,420 | $513 | $19,446,189 | 3 | Lionsgate Films |
| 24 | 20 | Quantum of Solace | $380,050 | -66.4% | 357 | -534 | $1,064 | $167,535,553 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 25 | 15 | Four Christmases | $373,436 | -86.7% | 777 | -1,530 | $480 | $119,209,383 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | 22 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $319,301 | -66.7% | 375 | -332 | $851 | $177,495,492 | 10 | DreamWorks |
| 27 | 24 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $215,358 | -32.8% | 242 | -41 | $889 | $94,066,316 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 28 | 29 | Rachel Getting Married | $179,805 | +7.8% | 96 | +29 | $1,872 | $10,558,970 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 29 | 26 | Role Models | $168,175 | -31.9% | 251 | -19 | $670 | $66,971,710 | 10 | Universal Pictures |
| 30 | 33 | Last Chance Harvey | $141,671 | +38.6% | 16 | +10 | $8,854 | $531,825 | 3 | Overture Films |
| 31 | 27 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $123,348 | -49.3% | 251 | -44 | $491 | $90,396,719 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 32 | 25 | Ghajini | $110,955 | -61.5% | 60 | -23 | $1,849 | $2,355,778 | 3 | Adlabs Films |
| 33 | 73 | Appaloosa | $72,175 | +1,267.5% | 178 | +163 | $405 | $20,157,730 | 17 | Warner Bros. |
| 34 | 47 | Waltz with Bashir | $70,737 | +32.1% | 8 | +3 | $8,842 | $374,325 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 35 | 32 | Defiance | $68,183 | -44.8% | 2 | - | $34,091 | $309,017 | 2 | Paramount Vantage |
| 36 | 35 | Let the Right One In | $62,114 | -32.5% | 37 | - | $1,678 | $1,585,679 | 12 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 37 | 46 | Fireproof | $58,842 | +3.6% | 98 | +11 | $600 | $33,334,235 | 16 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 38 | 34 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $58,205 | -39.3% | 85 | -8 | $684 | $8,957,174 | 10 | Miramax |
| 39 | 36 | I've Loved You So Long | $52,340 | -41.4% | 33 | -9 | $1,586 | $2,462,429 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 40 | 44 | The Secret Life of Bees | $48,546 | -21.8% | 76 | -8 | $638 | $37,600,538 | 13 | - |
| 41 | 51 | Synecdoche, New York | $48,362 | +7.9% | 41 | +2 | $1,179 | $2,780,920 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 42 | 41 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $47,878 | -29.1% | 103 | +1 | $464 | $31,382,624 | 11 | The Weinstein Company |
| 43 | 42 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $45,464 | -31.8% | 21 | - | $2,164 | $20,515,871 | 67 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 44 | 57 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $43,595 | +31.5% | 12 | - | $3,632 | $12,633,236 | 22 | Summit Entertainment |
| 45 | 40 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $39,659 | -43.5% | 49 | -10 | $809 | $3,384,240 | 14 | Miramax |
| 46 | 54 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $38,628 | -4.4% | 38 | +13 | $1,016 | $22,886,033 | 22 | - |
| 47 | 56 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $37,613 | +6% | 5 | +3 | $7,522 | $293,708 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 48 | 37 | Body of Lies | $31,555 | -61.3% | 85 | -97 | $371 | $39,380,442 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 49 | 50 | Space Station 3D | $23,154 | -50.5% | 8 | +4 | $2,894 | $77,385,272 | 352 | IMAX |
| 50 | 30 | Nothing Like the Holidays | $22,227 | -85.7% | 62 | -246 | $358 | $7,478,384 | 5 | Overture Films |
| 51 | 52 | Nights in Rodanthe | $21,860 | -48.2% | 53 | -32 | $412 | $41,840,908 | 16 | Warner Bros. |
| 52 | 49 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $21,278 | -56.3% | 4 | +2 | $5,319 | $27,174,480 | 173 | IMAX |
| 53 | 39 | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | $20,058 | -72.3% | 25 | -20 | $802 | $2,074,346 | 5 | Yash Raj Films |
| 54 | 59 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $18,892 | -22.5% | 10 | - | $1,889 | $5,278,371 | 48 | 3D Entertainment |
| 55 | 55 | Igor | $18,565 | -53% | 18 | -16 | $1,031 | $19,520,836 | 17 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 56 | 48 | Deep Sea | $17,321 | -65.6% | 8 | - | $2,165 | $37,347,865 | 150 | Warner Bros. |
| 57 | 53 | A Christmas Tale | $17,007 | -58.3% | 23 | -11 | $739 | $1,026,528 | 9 | IFC Films |
| 58 | 58 | Wendy and Lucy | $16,822 | -32.5% | 5 | +1 | $3,364 | $140,520 | 5 | Oscilloscope |
| 59 | - | Silent Light | $11,967 | - | 1 | - | $11,967 | $15,541 | 1 | Palisades Tartan |
| 60 | - | Made in U.S.A | $11,147 | - | 1 | - | $11,147 | $11,147 | 1 | Rialto Pictures |
| 61 | 60 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $10,974 | -39.2% | 21 | -6 | $522 | $13,522,373 | 11 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 62 | 63 | Roving Mars | $10,276 | -6.3% | 6 | - | $1,712 | $9,879,688 | 155 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 63 | 69 | JCVD | $8,480 | -7.1% | 10 | +2 | $848 | $460,653 | 10 | - |
| 64 | 43 | The Dark Knight | $8,012 | -87.7% | 7 | -68 | $1,144 | $531,026,626 | 26 | Warner Bros. |
| 65 | 66 | City of Ember | $7,587 | -25% | 19 | -4 | $399 | $7,871,693 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 66 | 68 | Good | $6,830 | -28.2% | 8 | +6 | $853 | $23,091 | 2 | THINKFilm |
| 67 | 67 | The Secret of the Grain | $6,290 | -36.2% | 1 | - | $6,290 | $46,655 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 68 | 62 | Max Payne | $6,228 | -45.6% | 17 | -10 | $366 | $40,687,294 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 69 | 76 | How About You | $5,991 | +100.7% | 5 | +1 | $1,198 | $50,648 | 9 | Strand Releasing |
| 70 | 70 | Tell No One | $4,700 | -37.6% | 7 | -1 | $671 | $6,161,076 | 28 | Music Box Films |
| 71 | - | The Wild Child | $4,541 | - | 2 | - | $2,270 | $29,514 | 10 | The Film Desk |
| 72 | - | Call + Response | $4,183 | - | 1 | - | $4,183 | $211,807 | 14 | Fair Trade Pictures |
| 73 | 65 | U2 3D | $3,908 | -63.9% | 2 | -2 | $1,954 | $9,679,545 | 51 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 74 | - | Just Another Love Story | $3,470 | - | 1 | - | $3,470 | $3,470 | 1 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 75 | 79 | Stranded | $3,388 | +79.5% | 3 | - | $1,129 | $68,007 | 12 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 76 | 75 | Ciao | $3,185 | +1.5% | 2 | -1 | $1,592 | $26,948 | 6 | Regent Releasing |
| 77 | - | Trouble the Water | $3,003 | - | 2 | - | $1,501 | $489,992 | 21 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 78 | 74 | A Secret | $2,727 | -36% | 4 | +1 | $681 | $581,908 | 19 | Strand Releasing |
| 79 | 82 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $2,429 | +86.6% | 5 | +3 | $485 | $66,402 | 8 | Kino International |
| 80 | - | Yonkers Joe | $2,073 | - | 2 | - | $1,036 | $2,073 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 81 | 61 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2008 Re-release | $2,000 | -84.2% | 6 | -9 | $333 | $433,731 | 11 | IMAX |
| 82 | - | The Beautiful Truth | $1,656 | - | 1 | - | $1,656 | $12,855 | 9 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 83 | 86 | The Secrets | $1,650 | +156.2% | 3 | +1 | $550 | $59,350 | 7 | Monterey Media |
| 84 | - | Alexandra | $1,560 | - | 2 | - | $780 | $125,979 | 42 | The Cinema Guild |
| 85 | 72 | Antarctica | $1,484 | -75.4% | 1 | - | $1,484 | $19,930 | 20 | Regent Releasing |
| 86 | 84 | Lola Montès | $1,256 | +59.4% | 3 | +2 | $418 | $92,030 | 14 | Rialto Pictures |
| 87 | 77 | Soul Men | $1,207 | -54.6% | 3 | -6 | $402 | $12,026,529 | 10 | - |
| 88 | - | House of the Sleeping Beauties | $691 | - | 1 | - | $691 | $4,078 | 9 | First Run |
| 89 | - | The Betrayal | $672 | - | 1 | - | $672 | $12,136 | 8 | The Cinema Guild |
| 90 | 83 | Yiddish Theater: A Love Story | $632 | -24.6% | 1 | - | $632 | $39,081 | 60 | New Love Films |
| 91 | 78 | Sixty Six 2008 Re-release | $407 | -83.5% | 1 | - | $407 | $224,313 | 24 | First Independent Pictures |
| 92 | - | Monsieur Verdoux | $322 | - | 1 | - | $322 | $41,331 | 44 | The Film Desk |
