Domestic 2009 Weekend 43
October 23-25, 2009
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Paranormal Activity | $21,104,070 | +7.6% | 1,945 | +1,185 | $10,850 | $61,580,588 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | - | Saw VI | $14,118,444 | - | 3,036 | - | $4,650 | $14,118,444 | 1 | Lionsgate Films |
| 3 | 1 | Where the Wild Things Are | $14,019,406 | -57.1% | 3,735 | - | $3,753 | $53,558,981 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | 2 | Law Abiding Citizen | $12,403,888 | -41% | 2,890 | - | $4,292 | $40,008,703 | 2 | Overture Films |
| 5 | 4 | Couples Retreat | $10,620,685 | -38.4% | 3,074 | +65 | $3,455 | $77,736,885 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 6 | - | Astro Boy | $6,702,923 | - | 3,014 | - | $2,223 | $6,702,923 | 1 | Summit Entertainment |
| 7 | - | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | $6,293,205 | - | 2,754 | - | $2,285 | $6,293,205 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | 5 | The Stepfather | $6,230,969 | -46.2% | 2,734 | - | $2,279 | $20,082,652 | 2 | Screen Gems |
| 9 | 6 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $5,250,541 | -34.5% | 2,741 | -296 | $1,915 | $114,854,877 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 10 | 7 | Zombieland | $4,205,812 | -44.8% | 2,447 | -724 | $1,718 | $67,213,384 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | - | Amelia | $3,904,047 | - | 820 | - | $4,761 | $3,904,047 | 1 | - |
| 12 | 15 | A Serious Man | $1,093,217 | +29.8% | 176 | +94 | $6,211 | $3,196,496 | 4 | Focus Features |
| 13 | 8 | Toy Story 2009 Re-release | $1,009,900 | -66.5% | 778 | -711 | $1,298 | $30,144,903 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 14 | 19 | Good Hair | $946,312 | +137.4% | 466 | +288 | $2,030 | $2,804,063 | 3 | Roadside Attractions |
| 15 | 10 | The Invention of Lying | $839,209 | -56% | 802 | -822 | $1,046 | $16,956,375 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | 12 | Capitalism: A Love Story | $726,453 | -50.1% | 636 | -355 | $1,142 | $12,960,355 | 5 | Overture Films |
| 17 | 9 | Surrogates | $590,444 | -69.2% | 797 | -1,529 | $740 | $37,573,398 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 18 | 11 | Whip It | $466,014 | -69.1% | 435 | -1,047 | $1,071 | $12,293,893 | 4 | - |
| 19 | 29 | An Education | $367,371 | +50.1% | 31 | +12 | $11,850 | $940,265 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 20 | 21 | Coco Before Chanel | $353,000 | -9.9% | 99 | - | $3,565 | $2,907,790 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 21 | 13 | The Informant! | $348,161 | -63.6% | 411 | -817 | $847 | $32,434,128 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 22 | 18 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | $235,381 | -42.2% | 407 | -107 | $578 | $150,010,209 | 12 | Paramount Pictures |
| 23 | 22 | New York, I Love You | $230,127 | -39.5% | 110 | -8 | $2,092 | $747,096 | 2 | Vivendi Entertainment |
| 24 | 14 | Fame | $212,364 | -76.5% | 445 | -1,110 | $477 | $22,206,056 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 25 | 20 | Bright Star | $212,138 | -46.5% | 209 | -86 | $1,015 | $3,901,214 | 6 | Apparition |
| 26 | 48 | The Time Traveler's Wife | $203,990 | +190.6% | 284 | +183 | $718 | $62,846,730 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 27 | 25 | The Hangover | $201,345 | -24.8% | 291 | -68 | $691 | $276,583,220 | 21 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | 26 | G-Force | $193,438 | -22.1% | 260 | -27 | $743 | $118,553,453 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 29 | 24 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $181,802 | -33.5% | 285 | -71 | $637 | $301,420,102 | 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 30 | 17 | Love Happens | $179,850 | -67.2% | 327 | -716 | $550 | $22,783,960 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 31 | 16 | I Can Do Bad All by Myself | $178,828 | -67.9% | 273 | -534 | $655 | $51,697,449 | 7 | Lionsgate Films |
| 32 | 23 | Inglourious Basterds | $176,550 | -48.3% | 206 | -230 | $857 | $119,396,075 | 10 | The Weinstein Company |
| 33 | 28 | District 9 | $148,051 | -39.8% | 232 | -103 | $638 | $115,502,313 | 11 | TriStar Pictures |
| 34 | 27 | Julie & Julia | $144,530 | -41.5% | 171 | -124 | $845 | $93,323,576 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 35 | - | The Nightmare Before Christmas 2009 3D Release | $143,289 | - | 105 | - | $1,364 | $143,289 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 36 | 36 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $118,809 | -8.9% | 142 | -39 | $836 | $196,268,716 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 37 | 32 | More Than a Game | $99,399 | -50.4% | 107 | - | $928 | $749,005 | 4 | Lionsgate Films |
| 38 | 43 | The September Issue | $90,539 | -1.3% | 59 | -18 | $1,534 | $3,487,024 | 9 | Roadside Attractions |
| 39 | 33 | The Boys Are Back | $78,646 | -49% | 108 | - | $728 | $694,355 | 5 | Miramax |
| 40 | 45 | Under the Sea 3D | $77,464 | -9.6% | 30 | -2 | $2,582 | $18,255,071 | 37 | Warner Bros. |
| 41 | 40 | Up | $74,126 | -29.6% | 132 | -30 | $561 | $292,913,068 | 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 42 | - | Antichrist | $71,397 | - | 6 | - | $11,899 | $71,397 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 43 | 58 | The Damned United | $65,299 | +73.3% | 36 | +21 | $1,813 | $166,130 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 44 | 44 | Sorority Row | $61,583 | -29.8% | 90 | -154 | $684 | $11,915,856 | 7 | Summit Entertainment |
| 45 | 38 | The Proposal | $60,647 | -49.4% | 102 | -71 | $594 | $163,900,057 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 46 | 34 | Pandorum | $60,248 | -58.7% | 112 | -315 | $537 | $10,181,919 | 5 | Overture Films |
| 47 | 47 | Paris | $55,136 | -26.6% | 28 | -5 | $1,969 | $686,447 | 6 | IFC Films |
| 48 | 30 | 9 | $51,328 | -77.9% | 134 | -354 | $383 | $31,339,937 | 7 | Focus Features |
| 49 | - | Motherhood | $50,081 | - | 48 | - | $1,043 | $50,081 | 1 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 50 | 68 | Ponyo | $43,949 | +173.8% | 103 | +58 | $426 | $15,050,041 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 51 | 67 | The Maid | $42,307 | +148.3% | 6 | +5 | $7,051 | $68,389 | 2 | Elephant Eye Films |
| 52 | 57 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $41,902 | +4.7% | 20 | - | $2,095 | $988,660 | 16 | International Film Circuit |
| 53 | 35 | Black Dynamite | $39,959 | -69.7% | 27 | -43 | $1,479 | $228,477 | 2 | Apparition |
| 54 | 49 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | $38,750 | -40.3% | 48 | -42 | $807 | $1,002,435 | 6 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 55 | 31 | All About Steve | $38,063 | -83.1% | 215 | -292 | $177 | $33,364,174 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 56 | 52 | Aliens in the Attic | $38,063 | -31.6% | 82 | -26 | $464 | $25,107,232 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 57 | 37 | Me and Mrs. Khanna | $36,549 | -69.8% | 34 | -25 | $1,074 | $184,952 | 2 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 58 | 54 | It Might Get Loud | $34,873 | -22.5% | 47 | -17 | $741 | $1,486,136 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 59 | 41 | The Final Destination | $30,386 | -69.2% | 73 | -101 | $416 | $66,144,179 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 60 | 51 | Halloween II | $30,129 | -46.3% | 91 | -49 | $331 | $32,639,363 | 9 | - |
| 61 | 39 | Jennifer's Body | $28,541 | -75.6% | 87 | -226 | $328 | $16,098,446 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 62 | - | Ong Bak 2 | $26,564 | - | 10 | - | $2,656 | $26,564 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 63 | 56 | 500 Days of Summer | $25,623 | -40.7% | 39 | -32 | $657 | $32,252,887 | 15 | - |
| 64 | 62 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $22,686 | -7.6% | 7 | +3 | $3,240 | $30,160,317 | 214 | IMAX |
| 65 | 64 | Space Station 3D | $20,379 | +11.2% | 5 | - | $4,075 | $79,974,463 | 393 | IMAX |
| 66 | 61 | Wake Up Sid | $18,976 | -24.7% | 18 | -15 | $1,054 | $710,487 | 4 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 67 | - | (Untitled) | $18,002 | - | 3 | - | $6,000 | $18,002 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 68 | 60 | Passport to Love | $17,401 | -45.5% | 6 | - | $2,900 | $122,761 | 3 | Variance Films |
| 69 | 50 | I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | $14,430 | -74.4% | 36 | -96 | $400 | $1,401,718 | 5 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 70 | 59 | My One and Only | $14,064 | -56.8% | 19 | -39 | $740 | $2,416,056 | 10 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 71 | 65 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $13,984 | -19.8% | 8 | - | $1,748 | $22,440,503 | 108 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 72 | 90 | Crude | $11,833 | +131.5% | 3 | -2 | $3,944 | $113,645 | 7 | First Run |
| 73 | 78 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $11,081 | +36.9% | 6 | +5 | $1,846 | $54,167 | 5 | Shadow Distribution |
| 74 | 74 | Bronson | $11,025 | -1.9% | 4 | +2 | $2,756 | $46,189 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 75 | 46 | From Mexico with Love | $10,962 | -87.2% | 21 | -118 | $522 | $538,607 | 3 | Roadside Attractions |
| 76 | 77 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $10,787 | +25.9% | 25 | +8 | $431 | $177,233,619 | 23 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 77 | 84 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $10,475 | +66.9% | 5 | - | $2,095 | $7,123,447 | 89 | 3D Entertainment |
| 78 | 81 | Trucker | $10,138 | +55.7% | 12 | +8 | $844 | $30,889 | 3 | Monterey Media |
| 79 | 66 | Moon | $10,107 | -40.8% | 12 | -13 | $842 | $4,961,197 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 80 | 55 | Shorts | $8,950 | -79.5% | 21 | -33 | $426 | $20,453,777 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 81 | 75 | Departures | $8,674 | -8.5% | 8 | -1 | $1,084 | $1,453,706 | 22 | Regent Releasing |
| 82 | 104 | Paper Heart | $8,296 | +338.9% | 46 | +37 | $180 | $1,269,361 | 12 | Overture Films |
| 83 | 73 | The Horse Boy | $6,315 | -44.6% | 4 | - | $1,578 | $72,865 | 4 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 84 | 79 | Cold Souls | $6,188 | -18.1% | 14 | -6 | $442 | $891,966 | 12 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 85 | 69 | Whiteout | $5,776 | -58.8% | 17 | -24 | $339 | $10,183,480 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 86 | 82 | Adam | $5,769 | -9.2% | 9 | -8 | $641 | $2,260,084 | 13 | - |
| 87 | 85 | Food, Inc. | $5,609 | -9.9% | 15 | +4 | $373 | $4,406,618 | 20 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 88 | - | Killing Kasztner | $5,513 | - | 1 | - | $5,513 | $5,513 | 1 | Sky Island Films |
| 89 | 93 | Big Fan | $5,427 | +27% | 7 | - | $775 | $210,657 | 9 | First Independent Pictures |
| 90 | 63 | Amreeka | $5,367 | -73.2% | 6 | -12 | $894 | $551,627 | 8 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 91 | 70 | Seraphine | $5,172 | -56.8% | 8 | -4 | $646 | $825,550 | 21 | Music Box Films |
| 92 | 76 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | $5,022 | -46.3% | 7 | -2 | $717 | $446,349 | 10 | Vitagraph Films |
| 93 | - | The Wedding Song | $4,530 | - | 1 | - | $4,530 | $6,387 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 94 | 87 | Unmistaken Child | $4,455 | -23.4% | 4 | -1 | $1,113 | $302,703 | 21 | Oscilloscope |
| 95 | 72 | The Burning Plain | $4,259 | -63.3% | 6 | -7 | $709 | $186,768 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 96 | 124 | The Way We Get By | $3,499 | +698.9% | 4 | +1 | $874 | $78,173 | 15 | International Film Circuit |
| 97 | 92 | The Cove | $3,011 | -38.1% | 7 | -12 | $430 | $833,173 | 13 | Roadside Attractions |
| 98 | 86 | Play the Game | $2,920 | -52.2% | 8 | -7 | $365 | $600,111 | 35 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 99 | 71 | Visual Acoustics | $2,822 | -76.3% | 1 | -1 | $2,822 | $26,233 | 3 | Arthouse Films |
| 100 | 103 | Lorna's Silence | $2,778 | +27.9% | 9 | -3 | $308 | $326,166 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 101 | 111 | Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone | $2,364 | +146.8% | 2 | +1 | $1,182 | $104,909 | 17 | Eleven Arts |
| 102 | - | The Little Traitor | $2,330 | - | 1 | - | $2,330 | $2,330 | 1 | N/A |
| 103 | - | No Impact Man: The Documentary | $2,232 | - | 3 | - | $744 | $86,972 | 7 | Oscilloscope |
| 104 | - | The Big Gay Musical | $2,158 | - | 1 | - | $2,158 | $20,253 | 7 | N/A |
| 105 | 112 | The Beaches of Agnès | $1,879 | +115% | 2 | - | $939 | $189,772 | 17 | The Cinema Guild |
| 106 | 83 | 35 Shots of Rum | $1,830 | -70.9% | 3 | +1 | $610 | $70,512 | 6 | The Cinema Guild |
| 107 | - | Walt & El Grupo | $1,792 | - | 4 | - | $448 | $17,635 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 108 | - | The Canyon | $1,785 | - | 2 | - | $892 | $1,785 | 1 | Truly Indie |
| 109 | 102 | Adventures of Power | $1,652 | -26.1% | 2 | +1 | $826 | $10,762 | 3 | Variance Films |
| 110 | 98 | Humpday | $1,507 | -45.9% | 5 | +1 | $301 | $406,943 | 16 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 111 | - | Laila's Birthday | $1,477 | - | 1 | - | $1,477 | $10,848 | 22 | Kino International |
| 112 | - | Vanished Empire 2009 Re-release | $1,245 | - | 1 | - | $1,245 | $9,288 | 16 | Kino International |
| 113 | - | Pretty Ugly People | $1,157 | - | 2 | - | $578 | $4,728 | 6 | Osiris Entertainment |
| 114 | 100 | La fille de Monaco | $1,144 | -55.3% | 2 | -1 | $572 | $599,595 | 17 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 115 | 94 | Fuel | $1,134 | -72.9% | 2 | -1 | $567 | $30,868 | 6 | N/A |
| 116 | 116 | Il Divo | $1,085 | +40.5% | 2 | +1 | $542 | $236,721 | 27 | Music Box Films |
| 117 | 118 | Soul Power | $1,084 | +52.9% | 2 | -2 | $542 | $204,172 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 118 | 95 | World's Greatest Dad | $1,010 | -74.9% | 2 | -3 | $505 | $213,516 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 119 | 113 | Whatever Works | $1,004 | +17.8% | 3 | - | $334 | $5,305,622 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 120 | 99 | Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love | $1,000 | -64% | 1 | -1 | $1,000 | $155,017 | 20 | Shadow Distribution |
| 121 | 101 | A Woman in Berlin | $851 | -66.7% | 1 | -2 | $851 | $266,815 | 15 | Strand Releasing |
| 122 | 117 | Earth Days | $849 | +15.7% | 4 | +3 | $212 | $21,391 | 11 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 123 | 135 | Under Our Skin | $700 | +2,313.8% | 1 | - | $700 | $87,577 | 19 | Shadow Distribution |
| 124 | 115 | Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy: Fallen Idol | $412 | -47.5% | 1 | - | $412 | $7,645 | 4 | Indican Pictures |
| 125 | - | Jerichow | $379 | - | 1 | - | $379 | $60,105 | 24 | The Cinema Guild |
| 126 | - | Box Elder | $216 | - | 1 | - | $216 | $47,491 | 86 | N/A |
| 127 | 129 | The Legend of God's Gun | $204 | -44% | 1 | - | $204 | $243,079 | 67 | Indican Pictures |
| 128 | - | Mississippi Mermaid | $201 | - | 1 | - | $201 | $10,962 | 16 | The Film Desk |
| 129 | 114 | Galapagos | $163 | -79.3% | 1 | -1 | $163 | $17,653,804 | 522 | IMAX |
| 130 | 125 | Amarcord Undated Brazil Release | $156 | -63.9% | 1 | -1 | $156 | $125,493 | 2 | Janus Films |
| 131 | 127 | Beeswax | $146 | -61.8% | 1 | - | $146 | $35,141 | 12 | The Cinema Guild |
| 132 | 105 | U2 3D | $145 | -90.4% | 1 | -1 | $145 | $10,219,051 | 92 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 133 | 89 | The Providence Effect | $132 | -97.6% | 2 | -2 | $66 | $62,500 | 5 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 134 | 132 | The Stoning of Soraya M. | $132 | -38.6% | 1 | -1 | $132 | $634,955 | 18 | Roadside Attractions |
| 135 | - | Monsieur Verdoux | $100 | - | 1 | - | $100 | $48,696 | 85 | The Film Desk |
