Domestic 2009 Week 50
December 11-17, 2009
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | The Princess and the Frog | $29,651,902 | +2,336.9% | 3,434 | +3,432 | $8,634 | $32,531,772 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | 1 | The Blind Side | $19,942,706 | -23.1% | 3,388 | +62 | $5,886 | $154,704,245 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | - | Invictus | $11,674,785 | - | 2,125 | - | $5,494 | $11,674,785 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | 2 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $10,830,138 | -44.2% | 3,635 | -489 | $2,979 | $270,190,721 | 4 | Summit Entertainment |
| 5 | 4 | A Christmas Carol | $9,776,983 | -3.3% | 2,402 | -144 | $4,070 | $127,369,890 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | 3 | Brothers | $7,058,950 | -43.1% | 2,088 | - | $3,380 | $19,460,741 | 2 | Lionsgate Films |
| 7 | 5 | 2012 | $5,887,268 | -32.7% | 2,838 | -382 | $2,074 | $156,824,108 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 8 | 6 | Old Dogs | $5,698,395 | -33.4% | 3,090 | -335 | $1,844 | $41,284,896 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | 7 | Armored | $4,723,502 | -42.7% | 1,919 | +4 | $2,461 | $12,970,023 | 2 | Screen Gems |
| 10 | 8 | Ninja Assassin | $3,889,797 | -43.1% | 2,100 | -403 | $1,852 | $35,487,088 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | 13 | Up in the Air | $3,417,636 | +115.2% | 72 | +57 | $47,467 | $5,005,919 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 12 | 10 | Everybody's Fine | $3,120,320 | -39.2% | 2,141 | +8 | $1,457 | $8,253,987 | 2 | Miramax |
| 13 | 9 | Planet 51 | $2,811,265 | -46% | 2,570 | -334 | $1,093 | $37,686,633 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 14 | 11 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $1,924,659 | -47.9% | 1,268 | -766 | $1,517 | $16,786,975 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 15 | 12 | Precious | $1,878,732 | -38% | 664 | - | $2,829 | $38,880,671 | 6 | Lionsgate Films |
| 16 | 14 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | $1,276,611 | -7.9% | 524 | +92 | $2,436 | $8,958,235 | 7 | Apparition |
| 17 | 16 | The Road | $760,226 | -28.4% | 135 | +7 | $5,631 | $4,266,675 | 4 | - |
| 18 | 17 | An Education | $460,763 | -29.5% | 223 | -13 | $2,066 | $6,899,109 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 19 | 20 | Couples Retreat | $358,200 | -13.5% | 371 | -61 | $965 | $107,692,615 | 10 | Universal Pictures |
| 20 | - | A Single Man | $332,350 | - | 9 | - | $36,927 | $332,350 | 1 | The Weinstein Company |
| 21 | 18 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $308,313 | -45.3% | 324 | -185 | $951 | $31,761,518 | 6 | Overture Films |
| 22 | 19 | The Boat That Rocked | $261,197 | -43.1% | 242 | -43 | $1,079 | $7,770,794 | 5 | Focus Features |
| 23 | 22 | Law Abiding Citizen | $256,059 | -29.3% | 225 | -91 | $1,138 | $72,356,462 | 9 | Overture Films |
| 24 | 42 | Me and Orson Welles | $226,878 | +296.6% | 64 | +59 | $3,544 | $393,553 | 4 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 25 | 23 | A Serious Man | $225,414 | -25.8% | 152 | -8 | $1,482 | $8,796,563 | 11 | Focus Features |
| 26 | 25 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | $224,236 | +0.8% | 96 | +25 | $2,335 | $1,237,225 | 4 | First Look International |
| 27 | 24 | The Fourth Kind | $199,670 | -19.8% | 217 | -26 | $920 | $25,203,455 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 28 | - | The Lovely Bones | $155,590 | - | 3 | - | $51,863 | $155,590 | 1 | DreamWorks |
| 29 | 32 | Broken Embraces | $155,502 | +26.5% | 6 | +4 | $25,917 | $642,695 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 30 | 39 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | $130,007 | +89.3% | 16 | - | $8,125 | $293,836 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 31 | 50 | The Box | $120,254 | +258.6% | 203 | +128 | $592 | $14,921,251 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | 26 | Zombieland | $119,670 | -44.2% | 236 | -21 | $507 | $75,590,286 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 33 | 28 | Where the Wild Things Are | $109,927 | -36.4% | 145 | -90 | $758 | $75,733,050 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 34 | 31 | Red Cliff | $100,222 | -23.2% | 42 | +1 | $2,386 | $408,203 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 35 | 29 | Paranormal Activity | $91,288 | -45.6% | 182 | -126 | $501 | $107,514,385 | 12 | Paramount Pictures |
| 36 | 36 | Under the Sea 3D | $84,653 | +4.2% | 27 | -3 | $3,135 | $19,102,258 | 44 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | 38 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $79,535 | +14.1% | 119 | - | $668 | $122,729,670 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 38 | 33 | The Messenger | $69,368 | -32.8% | 50 | - | $1,387 | $565,946 | 5 | Oscilloscope |
| 39 | 41 | Amelia | $63,830 | -0.7% | 118 | -9 | $540 | $14,153,329 | 8 | - |
| 40 | 30 | Coco Before Chanel | $63,634 | -51.8% | 68 | -35 | $935 | $5,910,087 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 41 | 43 | La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet | $63,460 | +14.5% | 20 | +4 | $3,173 | $314,735 | 7 | Zipporah Films |
| 42 | 37 | Astro Boy | $59,365 | -18.1% | 122 | -36 | $486 | $19,088,515 | 8 | Summit Entertainment |
| 43 | 47 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | $51,253 | +13.4% | 26 | +13 | $1,971 | $211,224 | 3 | Screen Media Films |
| 44 | 45 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $45,671 | -13.3% | 3 | -1 | $15,223 | $30,564,529 | 221 | IMAX |
| 45 | 46 | Space Station 3D | $41,738 | -9.1% | 5 | - | $8,347 | $80,434,697 | 400 | IMAX |
| 46 | 35 | Inglourious Basterds | $41,437 | -57.6% | 61 | -133 | $679 | $120,540,719 | 17 | The Weinstein Company |
| 47 | - | The Slammin' Salmon | $36,323 | - | 11 | - | $3,302 | $36,323 | 1 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 48 | 44 | The Invention of Lying | $33,726 | -37.1% | 68 | -35 | $495 | $18,451,251 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 49 | 53 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $28,706 | -8.9% | 8 | - | $3,588 | $22,634,987 | 115 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 50 | 61 | New York, I Love You | $28,117 | +62.8% | 24 | +10 | $1,171 | $1,579,791 | 9 | Vivendi Entertainment |
| 51 | 49 | The Hangover | $28,088 | -27.9% | 49 | -25 | $573 | $277,322,503 | 28 | Warner Bros. |
| 52 | 48 | The Maid | $26,280 | -39.3% | 19 | +1 | $1,383 | $450,349 | 9 | Elephant Eye Films |
| 53 | - | Crazy Heart | $25,332 | - | 4 | - | $6,333 | $25,332 | 1 | - |
| 54 | 54 | Paris | $23,828 | -23.2% | 28 | -2 | $851 | $1,000,137 | 13 | IFC Films |
| 55 | 21 | Transylmania | $23,173 | -93.8% | 118 | -889 | $196 | $397,641 | 2 | Full Circle Releasing |
| 56 | 40 | Whiteout | $18,761 | -70.9% | 85 | -63 | $220 | $10,275,638 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 57 | 34 | De Dana Dan | $17,640 | -82% | 69 | - | $255 | $944,979 | 3 | Eros Worldwide |
| 58 | 71 | The Damned United | $16,491 | +79.4% | 30 | +10 | $549 | $430,096 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 59 | 57 | Antichrist | $16,088 | -24.7% | 13 | -2 | $1,237 | $404,122 | 8 | IFC Films |
| 60 | 67 | Until the Light Takes Us | $15,783 | +27.8% | 3 | +2 | $5,261 | $38,247 | 2 | Variance Films |
| 61 | 55 | Shorts | $13,962 | -42% | 46 | -22 | $303 | $20,919,166 | 17 | Warner Bros. |
| 62 | 68 | Deep Sea | $12,353 | +5.5% | 5 | +1 | $2,470 | $42,752,288 | 198 | Warner Bros. |
| 63 | 58 | Good Hair | $9,607 | -49.3% | 14 | -3 | $686 | $4,142,722 | 10 | Roadside Attractions |
| 64 | 52 | Kurbaan | $9,563 | -70.4% | 13 | -11 | $735 | $752,772 | 4 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 65 | 65 | Mystery Team | $9,469 | -39.4% | 2 | +1 | $4,734 | $53,741 | 16 | Roadside Attractions |
| 66 | 51 | Capitalism: A Love Story | $9,331 | -71.8% | 35 | -73 | $266 | $14,363,397 | 13 | Overture Films |
| 67 | 63 | The Little Traitor | $9,102 | -45.3% | 5 | - | $1,820 | $80,462 | 8 | N/A |
| 68 | 62 | The Informant! | $9,010 | -46% | 18 | -22 | $500 | $33,316,821 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 69 | 91 | Killing Kasztner | $8,693 | +208.5% | 1 | -1 | $8,693 | $43,553 | 8 | Sky Island Films |
| 70 | 64 | Serious Moonlight | $7,450 | -53.3% | 8 | - | $931 | $23,392 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 71 | 82 | It Might Get Loud | $7,405 | +34% | 4 | -2 | $1,851 | $1,610,163 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 72 | 56 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $7,367 | -66.2% | 23 | -13 | $320 | $301,959,197 | 23 | Warner Bros. |
| 73 | 73 | Collapse | $7,346 | -15.1% | 5 | +2 | $1,469 | $46,964 | 6 | Vitagraph Films |
| 74 | 77 | The September Issue | $7,236 | +1.5% | 8 | -1 | $904 | $3,810,679 | 16 | Roadside Attractions |
| 75 | 70 | 35 Shots of Rum | $7,103 | -27.7% | 5 | - | $1,420 | $122,148 | 14 | The Cinema Guild |
| 76 | - | Four Seasons Lodge | $6,197 | - | 3 | - | $2,065 | $40,399 | 6 | First Run |
| 77 | 101 | Uncertainty | $6,176 | +302.9% | 4 | +3 | $1,544 | $35,460 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 78 | 76 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $6,054 | -16.3% | 11 | - | $550 | $158,117 | 12 | Shadow Distribution |
| 79 | 74 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $5,947 | -30.2% | 4 | - | $1,486 | $7,231,326 | 96 | 3D Entertainment |
| 80 | 83 | The Horse Boy | $5,795 | +12% | 2 | - | $2,897 | $135,360 | 12 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 81 | 78 | The House of the Devil | $5,707 | -16.5% | 5 | -2 | $1,141 | $94,502 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 82 | 80 | Ong Bak 2 | $5,336 | -14.4% | 4 | -1 | $1,334 | $97,959 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 83 | 98 | The Headless Woman | $5,163 | +184.5% | 2 | - | $2,581 | $95,227 | 18 | Strand Releasing |
| 84 | 85 | Amreeka | $4,897 | +4.2% | 5 | +1 | $979 | $617,835 | 15 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 85 | 87 | Crude | $3,706 | +8.5% | 6 | +3 | $617 | $161,915 | 15 | First Run |
| 86 | 103 | The Beaches of Agnès | $3,644 | +271.5% | 4 | +2 | $911 | $220,282 | 25 | The Cinema Guild |
| 87 | 75 | One Peace at a Time | $3,314 | -60.5% | 2 | +1 | $1,657 | $11,698 | 2 | Monterey Media |
| 88 | 79 | Oh My God | $2,764 | -56.8% | 2 | -1 | $1,382 | $36,144 | 5 | Mitropoulos Films |
| 89 | 69 | The End of Poverty? | $2,245 | -77.7% | 3 | -2 | $748 | $39,932 | 5 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 90 | - | Bicycle Thieves 2008 Re-release | $2,208 | - | 1 | - | $2,208 | $36,818 | 7 | Corinth Films |
| 91 | 109 | Seraphine | $2,110 | +403.6% | 2 | - | $1,055 | $853,235 | 28 | Music Box Films |
| 92 | 86 | Bronson | $1,847 | -57.4% | 3 | -1 | $615 | $102,792 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 93 | 100 | The Sun 2009 Re-release | $1,473 | -3.9% | 2 | +1 | $736 | $44,400 | 5 | Lorber Films |
| 94 | 108 | The Way We Get By | $1,450 | +176.2% | 1 | - | $1,450 | $106,542 | 22 | International Film Circuit |
| 95 | 93 | Defamation | $1,285 | -41.5% | 1 | - | $1,285 | $12,038 | 4 | First Run |
| 96 | 89 | Small Change | $1,218 | -62.4% | 1 | - | $1,218 | $15,075 | 4 | The Film Desk |
| 97 | - | A Town Called Panic | $1,193 | - | 1 | - | $1,193 | $1,193 | 1 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 98 | 90 | That Evening Sun | $998 | -65.2% | 2 | -2 | $499 | $47,337 | 6 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 99 | 92 | Big Fan | $948 | -66.3% | 1 | -1 | $948 | $229,768 | 16 | First Independent Pictures |
| 100 | - | Earth Days | $906 | - | 1 | - | $906 | $26,748 | 18 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 101 | 94 | Home | $712 | -66.6% | 1 | - | $712 | $8,048 | 3 | Lorber Films |
| 102 | - | Ricky | $600 | - | 1 | - | $600 | $600 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 103 | 96 | Trucker | $591 | -70.3% | 2 | - | $295 | $51,192 | 10 | Monterey Media |
| 104 | 88 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $588 | -82.1% | 3 | -1 | $196 | $1,125,609 | 23 | International Film Circuit |
| 105 | - | Bliss 2009 Re-release | $345 | - | 1 | - | $345 | $37,493 | 19 | First Run |
| 106 | 105 | The Cove | $236 | -72.2% | 3 | -1 | $78 | $849,306 | 20 | Roadside Attractions |
| 107 | 112 | Departures | $212 | +68.3% | 1 | - | $212 | $1,490,938 | 29 | Regent Releasing |
| 108 | 116 | From Mexico with Love | $56 | +250% | 1 | - | $56 | $548,498 | 10 | Roadside Attractions |
| 109 | - | Monsieur Verdoux | $54 | - | 1 | - | $54 | $49,273 | 92 | The Film Desk |
| 110 | 115 | Endgame | $19 | -64.2% | - | - | - | $6,308 | 6 | Monterey Media |
