Domestic Box Office For Dec 19, 2009
Data as of Dec 21, 2:00 PST
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Avatar | $25,529,036 | -4.6% | - | 3,452 | $7,395 | $52,281,135 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | 2 | The Princess and the Frog | $4,957,827 | +45% | -52.9% | 3,475 | $1,426 | $40,908,857 | 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | 3 | The Blind Side | $3,907,374 | +22.8% | -43.2% | 3,407 | $1,146 | $161,792,920 | 30 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | 4 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $2,412,967 | +3.2% | - | 2,718 | $887 | $4,751,359 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | 5 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $1,641,835 | +18.3% | -52.2% | 3,035 | $540 | $273,220,014 | 30 | Summit Entertainment |
| 6 | 6 | Invictus | $1,614,345 | +21.2% | -55.8% | 2,125 | $759 | $14,621,011 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | 7 | A Christmas Carol | $1,312,790 | +37.5% | -57.7% | 2,070 | $634 | $129,637,764 | 44 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | 8 | Up in the Air | $1,261,798 | +35.5% | +19.4% | 175 | $7,210 | $7,199,263 | 16 | Paramount Pictures |
| 9 | 9 | Brothers | $1,053,467 | +17.1% | -49% | 2,009 | $524 | $21,413,961 | 16 | Lionsgate |
| 10 | 10 | Old Dogs | $921,298 | +29.1% | -54.7% | 2,630 | $350 | $42,919,553 | 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 11 | 11 | 2012 | $854,070 | +32.6% | -56.9% | 2,242 | $380 | $158,322,387 | 37 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 12 | 12 | Armored | $466,934 | +9.6% | -69.5% | 1,538 | $303 | $13,863,162 | 16 | Screen Gems |
| 13 | 13 | Precious | $445,473 | +24.7% | -20.7% | 1,003 | $444 | $39,683,380 | 44 | Lionsgate |
| 14 | 16 | Planet 51 | $330,023 | +62.3% | -69.8% | 1,349 | $244 | $38,220,031 | 30 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 15 | 14 | Ninja Assassin | $327,948 | +16% | -71% | 1,155 | $283 | $36,097,687 | 25 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | 15 | The Road | $235,073 | +14.9% | +13.7% | 396 | $593 | $4,706,342 | 25 | - |
| 17 | 17 | Everybody's Fine | $229,177 | +21.3% | -76% | 1,003 | $228 | $8,672,063 | 16 | Miramax |
| 18 | 18 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $227,180 | +40% | -63.5% | 540 | $420 | $17,176,384 | 37 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 19 | 19 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | $140,069 | +12.4% | -54.6% | 404 | $346 | $9,222,882 | 51 | Apparition |
| 20 | 21 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $106,987 | +64% | - | 307 | $348 | $122,901,897 | 93 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 21 | 20 | Nine | $89,296 | +3.6% | - | 4 | $22,324 | $175,525 | 2 | The Weinstein Company |
| 22 | 22 | Couples Retreat | $67,625 | +27.6% | -41.2% | 294 | $230 | $107,813,245 | 72 | Universal Pictures |
| 23 | 24 | Me and Orson Welles | $62,699 | +41.9% | -12.4% | 134 | $467 | $500,445 | 25 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 24 | 23 | The Young Victoria | $61,088 | +33.2% | - | 20 | $3,054 | $106,952 | 2 | Apparition |
| 25 | 25 | A Single Man | $55,318 | +42.2% | -35.6% | 9 | $6,146 | $426,565 | 9 | The Weinstein Company |
| 26 | 27 | A Serious Man | $41,811 | +65.8% | -40.1% | 117 | $357 | $8,863,593 | 79 | Focus Features |
| 27 | 33 | Astro Boy | $34,408 | +91% | +57.5% | 252 | $136 | $19,140,941 | 58 | Summit Entertainment |
| 28 | 26 | Law Abiding Citizen | $33,893 | +33.2% | -51.7% | 151 | $224 | $72,415,808 | 65 | Overture Films |
| 29 | 30 | Paranormal Activity | $33,596 | +38.8% | +26.9% | 237 | $141 | $107,572,189 | 86 | Paramount Pictures |
| 30 | 28 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $33,313 | +33.2% | -62.9% | 207 | $160 | $31,819,846 | 44 | Overture Films |
| 31 | 29 | Crazy Heart | $32,424 | +30.7% | - | 4 | $8,106 | $82,562 | 4 | - |
| 32 | 31 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | $32,262 | +51.9% | -12.6% | 17 | $1,897 | $347,331 | 44 | Warner Bros. |
| 33 | 34 | The Boat That Rocked | $24,022 | +40.8% | -70.2% | 242 | $99 | $7,811,873 | 37 | Focus Features |
| 34 | 32 | The Fourth Kind | $24,005 | +13.1% | -61.2% | 133 | $180 | $25,248,685 | 44 | Universal Pictures |
| 35 | 35 | Where the Wild Things Are | $22,021 | +49.8% | -31.1% | 123 | $179 | $75,769,773 | 65 | Warner Bros. |
| 36 | 36 | The Lovely Bones | $16,034 | +22.4% | -60.6% | 3 | $5,344 | $184,725 | 9 | DreamWorks |
| 37 | 37 | The Box | $15,534 | +24% | -55.2% | 131 | $118 | $14,949,313 | 44 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 38 | Under the Sea 3D | $11,233 | +8.1% | -30.8% | 26 | $432 | $19,123,879 | 310 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | 39 | Amelia | $7,377 | +22.1% | -60.7% | 65 | $113 | $14,166,749 | 58 | - |
| 40 | 40 | The Maid | $6,414 | +56.8% | -21.6% | 19 | $337 | $460,854 | 65 | Elephant Eye Films |
| 41 | 41 | New York, I Love You | $2,202 | +18.6% | -68.4% | 11 | $200 | $1,583,849 | 65 | Vivendi Entertainment |
| 42 | 46 | Kurbaan | $618 | +135% | -75.2% | 3 | $206 | $753,653 | 30 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 43 | 43 | Good Hair | $604 | +13.3% | -79.2% | 6 | $100 | $4,143,859 | 72 | Roadside Attractions |
| 44 | 45 | The September Issue | $448 | +29.1% | -77.1% | 4 | $112 | $3,811,474 | 114 | Roadside Attractions |
| 45 | 44 | The Slammin' Salmon | $417 | +12.1% | -95.3% | 3 | $139 | $37,112 | 9 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 46 | 42 | Oh My God | $284 | -52.5% | -47.9% | 1 | $284 | $37,026 | 37 | Mitropoulos Films |
| 47 | 47 | That Evening Sun | $188 | +20.5% | -19% | 1 | $188 | $47,681 | 44 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 48 | 48 | From Mexico with Love | $56 | +33.3% | - | 2 | $28 | $548,596 | 72 | Roadside Attractions |
