Domestic 2009 Week 45
November 6-12, 2009
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | A Christmas Carol | $40,963,844 | - | 3,683 | - | $11,122 | $40,963,844 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | 1 | This Is It | $18,256,034 | -44.1% | 3,481 | - | $5,244 | $62,111,376 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 3 | - | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $17,176,297 | - | 2,443 | - | $7,030 | $17,176,297 | 1 | Overture Films |
| 4 | - | The Fourth Kind | $15,844,295 | - | 2,527 | - | $6,270 | $15,844,295 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | 2 | Paranormal Activity | $10,816,897 | -47.5% | 2,558 | +154 | $4,228 | $99,646,767 | 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | - | The Box | $10,021,254 | - | 2,635 | - | $3,803 | $10,021,254 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | 3 | Law Abiding Citizen | $8,693,527 | -18.1% | 2,474 | -290 | $3,513 | $63,394,125 | 4 | Overture Films |
| 8 | 4 | Couples Retreat | $8,328,880 | -7.3% | 2,857 | -169 | $2,915 | $97,880,390 | 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | 5 | Where the Wild Things Are | $5,978,938 | -28.2% | 2,756 | -889 | $2,169 | $71,022,273 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 7 | Astro Boy | $3,777,689 | -18.4% | 1,918 | -1,102 | $1,969 | $16,262,390 | 3 | Summit Entertainment |
| 11 | - | Precious | $2,824,552 | - | 18 | - | $156,919 | $2,824,552 | 1 | Lionsgate Films |
| 12 | 6 | Saw VI | $2,775,164 | -60.1% | 2,091 | -945 | $1,327 | $26,995,606 | 3 | Lionsgate Films |
| 13 | 9 | Amelia | $2,680,017 | -36.7% | 1,030 | -40 | $2,601 | $12,219,727 | 3 | - |
| 14 | 8 | The Stepfather | $2,350,734 | -44.9% | 1,424 | -922 | $1,650 | $27,965,804 | 4 | Screen Gems |
| 15 | 11 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $2,018,956 | -47.6% | 1,126 | -1,196 | $1,793 | $121,729,787 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 16 | 12 | Zombieland | $1,856,582 | -49.1% | 1,100 | -956 | $1,687 | $74,067,004 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 17 | 10 | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | $1,570,830 | -62% | 1,421 | -1,333 | $1,105 | $13,415,005 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 18 | 13 | A Serious Man | $1,208,278 | -14.3% | 262 | +24 | $4,611 | $6,177,597 | 6 | Focus Features |
| 19 | 20 | Coco Before Chanel | $861,839 | +75.3% | 307 | +200 | $2,807 | $4,423,741 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 20 | 15 | An Education | $840,894 | +30.4% | 83 | +35 | $10,131 | $2,556,324 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 21 | 14 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | $644,949 | -21% | 244 | +176 | $2,643 | $1,461,480 | 2 | Apparition |
| 22 | 29 | Inglourious Basterds | $335,229 | +81.4% | 284 | +136 | $1,180 | $120,002,132 | 12 | The Weinstein Company |
| 23 | 17 | Good Hair | $284,058 | -52% | 82 | -334 | $3,464 | $3,906,757 | 5 | Roadside Attractions |
| 24 | 19 | The Invention of Lying | $256,728 | -54.8% | 235 | -217 | $1,092 | $18,021,199 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 18 | Capitalism: A Love Story | $253,369 | -55.6% | 217 | -275 | $1,167 | $14,115,489 | 8 | Overture Films |
| 26 | 32 | G-Force | $214,179 | +33.5% | 194 | -44 | $1,104 | $118,972,726 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 27 | 25 | New York, I Love You | $198,015 | -26.2% | 61 | -25 | $3,246 | $1,299,791 | 4 | Vivendi Entertainment |
| 28 | 21 | Surrogates | $183,925 | -50.6% | 174 | -183 | $1,057 | $38,313,148 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 29 | 103 | Shorts | $174,738 | +4,454% | 222 | +205 | $787 | $20,633,942 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 30 | 31 | The Time Traveler's Wife | $162,006 | -4.1% | 171 | -48 | $947 | $63,265,558 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 31 | 30 | The Hangover | $156,341 | -12.7% | 152 | -63 | $1,028 | $276,989,452 | 23 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | 23 | Whip It | $151,919 | -47.5% | 138 | -122 | $1,100 | $12,856,120 | 6 | - |
| 33 | 38 | Under the Sea 3D | $149,218 | +34.5% | 30 | +1 | $4,973 | $18,566,653 | 39 | Warner Bros. |
| 34 | 54 | 9 | $148,544 | +194.5% | 126 | +35 | $1,178 | $31,555,353 | 10 | Focus Features |
| 35 | 39 | All About Steve | $147,598 | +34.4% | 142 | -12 | $1,039 | $33,650,712 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 36 | 24 | The Informant! | $147,015 | -46.3% | 138 | -82 | $1,065 | $32,965,811 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | 33 | Julie & Julia | $133,900 | -13.5% | 113 | -26 | $1,184 | $93,668,293 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 38 | 35 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $124,430 | -15.8% | 135 | -66 | $921 | $301,747,148 | 18 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | 27 | Bright Star | $109,232 | -43.3% | 72 | -70 | $1,517 | $4,291,010 | 9 | Apparition |
| 40 | 34 | The Final Destination | $99,342 | -33.7% | 132 | -102 | $752 | $66,401,397 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 41 | 72 | (Untitled) | $87,769 | +312% | 25 | +21 | $3,510 | $134,464 | 3 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 42 | 44 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $86,015 | +4.1% | 80 | -28 | $1,075 | $196,472,300 | 20 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 43 | 52 | Space Station 3D | $79,501 | +51.3% | 7 | -1 | $11,357 | $80,125,891 | 395 | IMAX |
| 44 | 40 | The September Issue | $70,210 | -25.1% | 30 | -16 | $2,340 | $3,697,886 | 11 | Roadside Attractions |
| 45 | 42 | Antichrist | $66,077 | -20.9% | 19 | +5 | $3,477 | $256,626 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 46 | 58 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $55,576 | +26.9% | 6 | -1 | $9,262 | $30,287,986 | 216 | IMAX |
| 47 | 49 | The Maid | $53,503 | -31.6% | 10 | -3 | $5,350 | $217,161 | 4 | Elephant Eye Films |
| 48 | 55 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | $52,741 | +5% | 30 | -2 | $1,758 | $1,115,913 | 8 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 49 | 41 | The Damned United | $52,681 | -40.9% | 33 | -12 | $1,596 | $367,987 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 50 | 51 | Paris | $52,257 | -25.4% | 26 | -7 | $2,009 | $830,000 | 8 | IFC Films |
| 51 | 47 | More Than a Game | $45,987 | -43.8% | 74 | -37 | $621 | $901,510 | 6 | Lionsgate Films |
| 52 | 26 | London Dreams | $45,048 | -82.4% | 60 | -22 | $750 | $300,293 | 2 | Studio 18 |
| 53 | 76 | Gentlemen Broncos | $42,236 | +138.4% | 12 | +10 | $3,519 | $59,954 | 2 | - |
| 54 | 57 | 500 Days of Summer | $40,451 | -13.9% | 39 | -4 | $1,037 | $32,357,763 | 17 | - |
| 55 | - | La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet | $37,998 | - | 1 | - | $37,998 | $37,998 | 2 | Zipporah Films |
| 56 | 56 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $33,454 | -32.2% | 18 | -6 | $1,858 | $1,097,618 | 18 | International Film Circuit |
| 57 | 53 | Jennifer's Body | $28,381 | -45.4% | 44 | -62 | $645 | $16,186,947 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 58 | 48 | Fame | $27,270 | -65.3% | 61 | -111 | $447 | $22,352,766 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 59 | 70 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $25,618 | +19.8% | 4 | -1 | $6,404 | $7,174,052 | 91 | 3D Entertainment |
| 60 | 63 | Aliens in the Attic | $25,126 | -13.9% | 44 | -17 | $571 | $25,168,704 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 61 | 43 | Pandorum | $24,212 | -70.9% | 68 | -79 | $356 | $10,315,194 | 7 | Overture Films |
| 62 | 16 | Halloween II | $22,285 | -96.3% | 55 | -1,028 | $405 | $33,274,308 | 11 | - |
| 63 | 82 | The Horse Boy | $20,321 | +129.6% | 5 | +3 | $4,064 | $105,505 | 7 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 64 | 69 | My One and Only | $20,116 | -12.6% | 24 | +8 | $838 | $2,466,674 | 12 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 65 | 75 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $18,615 | -0.9% | 8 | - | $2,326 | $22,487,838 | 110 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 66 | - | Visual Acoustics | $18,380 | - | 5 | - | $3,676 | $48,985 | 5 | Arthouse Films |
| 67 | 132 | Bicycle Thieves 2008 Re-release | $17,735 | +3,357.1% | 1 | - | $17,735 | $18,248 | 2 | Corinth Films |
| 68 | 60 | The House of the Devil | $16,532 | -53.5% | 3 | - | $5,510 | $62,729 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 69 | 61 | It Might Get Loud | $16,254 | -53.2% | 17 | -8 | $956 | $1,564,579 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 70 | 85 | Motherhood | $14,515 | +78.6% | 19 | +9 | $763 | $91,906 | 3 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 71 | - | Splinterheads | $13,606 | - | 1 | - | $13,606 | $13,606 | 1 | Paladin |
| 72 | 64 | Moon | $13,560 | -51.9% | 15 | -12 | $904 | $5,008,925 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 73 | 73 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $12,264 | -40.5% | 11 | +1 | $1,114 | $100,077 | 7 | Shadow Distribution |
| 74 | 71 | Amreeka | $12,172 | -43.1% | 13 | +2 | $936 | $587,340 | 10 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 75 | 81 | The Little Traitor | $12,170 | +27% | 2 | -1 | $6,085 | $25,070 | 3 | N/A |
| 76 | - | Collapse | $11,977 | - | 1 | - | $11,977 | $11,978 | 1 | Vitagraph Films |
| 77 | 67 | Passport to Love | $10,877 | -58.6% | 4 | -5 | $2,719 | $164,090 | 5 | Variance Films |
| 78 | 90 | Crude | $10,304 | +44.2% | 4 | +2 | $2,576 | $138,738 | 10 | First Run |
| 79 | 98 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | $10,290 | +129.4% | 10 | +5 | $1,029 | $463,548 | 12 | Vitagraph Films |
| 80 | - | That Evening Sun | $9,897 | - | 1 | - | $9,897 | $9,897 | 1 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 81 | 68 | Ong Bak 2 | $9,156 | -62.7% | 6 | -6 | $1,526 | $71,725 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 82 | 65 | Play the Game | $9,110 | -67.5% | 14 | -20 | $650 | $638,197 | 37 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 83 | 86 | A Woman in Berlin | $8,933 | +11% | 3 | - | $2,977 | $284,222 | 17 | Strand Releasing |
| 84 | 80 | Departures | $7,893 | -30.8% | 4 | -4 | $1,973 | $1,477,326 | 24 | Regent Releasing |
| 85 | 78 | I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | $7,167 | -43.3% | 8 | -11 | $895 | $1,429,299 | 7 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 86 | 83 | 35 Shots of Rum | $7,087 | -19.9% | 4 | +1 | $1,771 | $88,449 | 9 | The Cinema Guild |
| 87 | 105 | Looking for Palladin | $7,032 | +103.4% | 8 | +7 | $879 | $10,490 | 2 | Wildcat Releasing |
| 88 | 91 | Killing Kasztner | $7,007 | -1.4% | 2 | +1 | $3,503 | $22,482 | 3 | Sky Island Films |
| 89 | 77 | The Beaches of Agnès | $6,506 | -50.7% | 7 | +1 | $929 | $209,937 | 20 | The Cinema Guild |
| 90 | 74 | Bronson | $6,503 | -68.2% | 3 | -5 | $2,167 | $80,927 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 91 | 113 | The Burning Plain | $6,096 | +243.1% | 5 | +1 | $1,219 | $197,593 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 92 | 95 | No Impact Man: The Documentary | $5,607 | +3.4% | 4 | - | $1,401 | $100,028 | 9 | Oscilloscope |
| 93 | 87 | White on Rice | $5,457 | -27.5% | 2 | +1 | $2,728 | $58,979 | 9 | Variance Films |
| 94 | - | Four Seasons Lodge | $5,254 | - | 1 | - | $5,254 | $5,254 | 1 | First Run |
| 95 | 88 | Seraphine | $4,253 | -43.4% | 5 | -7 | $850 | $839,810 | 23 | Music Box Films |
| 96 | - | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | $4,074 | - | 1 | - | $4,074 | $4,074 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 97 | 97 | Cold Souls | $3,756 | -23.4% | 4 | - | $939 | $905,209 | 14 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 98 | - | Act of God | $3,679 | - | 1 | - | $3,679 | $9,739 | 15 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 99 | 101 | The Wedding Song | $3,192 | -25.4% | 2 | +1 | $1,596 | $15,732 | 5 | Strand Releasing |
| 100 | 136 | Under Our Skin | $3,175 | +1,135.4% | 2 | - | $1,587 | $91,009 | 21 | Shadow Distribution |
| 101 | 89 | Adam | $3,013 | -57.9% | 2 | -4 | $1,506 | $2,275,701 | 16 | - |
| 102 | 130 | Adventures of Power | $2,673 | +316.4% | 3 | +2 | $891 | $14,651 | 5 | Variance Films |
| 103 | 107 | The Cove | $2,656 | -6.3% | 6 | -1 | $442 | $842,261 | 15 | Roadside Attractions |
| 104 | 115 | World's Greatest Dad | $2,656 | +76.7% | 4 | +1 | $664 | $218,228 | 12 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 105 | 92 | The Way We Get By | $2,614 | -57.2% | 6 | +1 | $435 | $88,350 | 17 | International Film Circuit |
| 106 | - | Endgame | $2,505 | - | 14 | - | $178 | $2,505 | 1 | Monterey Media |
| 107 | - | Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love | $2,494 | - | 3 | - | $831 | $157,511 | 22 | Shadow Distribution |
| 108 | 102 | Lorna's Silence | $2,399 | -40.4% | 3 | -7 | $799 | $333,789 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 109 | 93 | Big Fan | $2,106 | -65.4% | 4 | -5 | $526 | $222,218 | 11 | First Independent Pictures |
| 110 | - | Bliss 2009 Re-release | $1,934 | - | 2 | - | $967 | $37,148 | 14 | First Run |
| 111 | 116 | Food, Inc. | $1,874 | +37.2% | 2 | - | $937 | $4,412,912 | 22 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 112 | 94 | From Mexico with Love | $1,771 | -68.4% | 1 | -8 | $1,771 | $548,302 | 5 | Roadside Attractions |
| 113 | 121 | Cloud 9 | $1,669 | +44.3% | 4 | +3 | $417 | $82,916 | 13 | Music Box Films |
| 114 | 106 | Whiteout | $1,667 | -49.3% | 7 | -1 | $238 | $10,191,433 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 115 | - | American Fork | $1,523 | - | 2 | - | $761 | $1,523 | 1 | Monterey Media |
| 116 | 135 | Taxidermia 2009 Re-release | $1,447 | +376% | 1 | - | $1,447 | $11,408 | 13 | Regent Releasing |
| 117 | 79 | Storm | $1,310 | -89.6% | 1 | -1 | $1,310 | $13,856 | 2 | Film Movement |
| 118 | - | Le combat dans l'île | $1,207 | - | 1 | - | $1,207 | $29,577 | 22 | The Film Desk |
| 119 | 125 | Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy: Fallen Idol | $1,204 | +20.9% | 1 | - | $1,204 | $9,845 | 6 | Indican Pictures |
| 120 | 84 | Trucker | $1,138 | -87.1% | 3 | -5 | $379 | $44,705 | 5 | Monterey Media |
| 121 | 110 | The Big Gay Musical | $1,041 | -47.5% | 1 | - | $1,041 | $24,140 | 9 | N/A |
| 122 | 124 | Il Divo | $1,018 | -1% | 1 | -1 | $1,018 | $239,294 | 29 | Music Box Films |
| 123 | 109 | Beeswax | $986 | -57.6% | 1 | -2 | $986 | $38,593 | 14 | The Cinema Guild |
| 124 | 123 | The Stoning of Soraya M. | $983 | -9.3% | 4 | +1 | $245 | $637,104 | 20 | Roadside Attractions |
| 125 | 127 | Soul Power | $576 | -23.3% | 2 | - | $288 | $206,407 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 126 | 120 | Earth Days | $573 | -52% | 1 | -2 | $573 | $23,466 | 13 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 127 | 134 | Box Elder | $510 | +66.7% | 1 | - | $510 | $48,327 | 89 | N/A |
| 128 | 118 | Mississippi Mermaid | $330 | -73.6% | 1 | - | $330 | $12,586 | 18 | The Film Desk |
| 129 | - | Goodbye Solo | $323 | - | 1 | - | $323 | $870,781 | 33 | Roadside Attractions |
| 130 | 114 | Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone | $214 | -87.2% | 1 | -2 | $214 | $107,797 | 19 | Eleven Arts |
