Domestic Box Office For Dec 20, 2009
Data as of Dec 21, 2:00 PST
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Avatar | $24,744,346 | -3.1% | - | 3,452 | $7,168 | $77,025,481 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | 2 | The Princess and the Frog | $3,808,864 | -23.2% | -42.8% | 3,475 | $1,096 | $44,717,721 | 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | 3 | The Blind Side | $2,932,605 | -24.9% | -15% | 3,407 | $860 | $164,725,525 | 31 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | 4 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $1,865,212 | -22.7% | - | 2,718 | $686 | $6,616,571 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | 5 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $1,378,305 | -16.1% | -33.8% | 3,035 | $454 | $274,598,319 | 31 | Summit Entertainment |
| 6 | 6 | Invictus | $1,256,945 | -22.1% | -38.3% | 2,125 | $591 | $15,877,956 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | 7 | A Christmas Carol | $1,175,590 | -10.5% | -41.9% | 2,070 | $567 | $130,813,354 | 45 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | 8 | Up in the Air | $1,016,788 | -19.4% | +49.6% | 175 | $5,810 | $8,216,051 | 17 | Paramount Pictures |
| 9 | 9 | Brothers | $935,901 | -11.2% | -28.3% | 2,009 | $465 | $22,349,862 | 17 | Lionsgate |
| 10 | 11 | 2012 | $706,309 | -17.3% | -39.3% | 2,242 | $315 | $159,028,696 | 38 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | 10 | Old Dogs | $705,918 | -23.4% | -37.7% | 2,630 | $268 | $43,625,471 | 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 12 | 13 | Precious | $401,032 | -10% | +18.8% | 1,003 | $399 | $40,084,412 | 45 | Lionsgate |
| 13 | 12 | Armored | $391,452 | -16.2% | -54.9% | 1,538 | $254 | $14,254,614 | 17 | Screen Gems |
| 14 | 15 | Ninja Assassin | $321,848 | -1.9% | -58.5% | 1,155 | $278 | $36,419,535 | 26 | Warner Bros. |
| 15 | 14 | Planet 51 | $276,739 | -16.1% | -60.4% | 1,349 | $205 | $38,496,770 | 31 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 16 | 16 | The Road | $220,607 | -6.2% | +44.1% | 396 | $557 | $4,926,949 | 26 | - |
| 17 | 18 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $209,532 | -7.8% | -51.6% | 540 | $388 | $17,385,916 | 38 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 18 | 17 | Everybody's Fine | $183,583 | -19.9% | -67% | 1,003 | $183 | $8,855,646 | 17 | Miramax |
| 19 | 19 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | $142,136 | +1.5% | -40.8% | 404 | $351 | $9,365,018 | 52 | Apparition |
| 20 | 20 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $82,846 | -22.6% | - | 307 | $269 | $122,984,743 | 94 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 21 | 21 | Nine | $81,707 | -8.5% | - | 4 | $20,426 | $257,232 | 3 | The Weinstein Company |
| 22 | 22 | Couples Retreat | $49,980 | -26.1% | -18.4% | 294 | $170 | $107,863,225 | 73 | Universal Pictures |
| 23 | 23 | Me and Orson Welles | $49,528 | -21% | +16.2% | 134 | $369 | $549,973 | 26 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 24 | 25 | A Single Man | $48,633 | -12.1% | -29.5% | 9 | $5,403 | $475,198 | 10 | The Weinstein Company |
| 25 | 26 | A Serious Man | $31,281 | -25.2% | -22.3% | 117 | $267 | $8,894,874 | 80 | Focus Features |
| 26 | 29 | Paranormal Activity | $30,911 | -8% | +87.5% | 237 | $130 | $107,603,100 | 87 | Paramount Pictures |
| 27 | 30 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $27,758 | -16.7% | -47.6% | 207 | $134 | $31,847,604 | 45 | Overture Films |
| 28 | 27 | Astro Boy | $27,722 | -19.4% | +106% | 252 | $110 | $19,168,663 | 59 | Summit Entertainment |
| 29 | 28 | Law Abiding Citizen | $27,703 | -18.3% | -35.6% | 151 | $183 | $72,443,511 | 66 | Overture Films |
| 30 | 31 | Crazy Heart | $25,434 | -21.6% | - | 4 | $6,358 | $107,996 | 5 | - |
| 31 | 32 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | $21,558 | -33.2% | +14.6% | 17 | $1,268 | $368,889 | 45 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | 34 | The Fourth Kind | $21,265 | -11.4% | -44% | 133 | $159 | $25,269,950 | 45 | Universal Pictures |
| 33 | 35 | Where the Wild Things Are | $19,913 | -9.6% | -14.6% | 123 | $161 | $75,789,686 | 66 | Warner Bros. |
| 34 | 33 | The Boat That Rocked | $18,131 | -24.5% | -61.5% | 242 | $74 | $7,830,004 | 38 | Focus Features |
| 35 | 36 | The Lovely Bones | $15,962 | -0.4% | -50.7% | 3 | $5,320 | $200,687 | 10 | DreamWorks |
| 36 | 37 | The Box | $12,618 | -18.8% | -44.5% | 131 | $96 | $14,961,931 | 45 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | 38 | Under the Sea 3D | $9,774 | -13% | +3.5% | 26 | $375 | $19,133,653 | 311 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 40 | The Maid | $5,869 | -8.5% | +7% | 19 | $308 | $466,723 | 66 | Elephant Eye Films |
| 39 | 39 | Amelia | $5,357 | -27.4% | -55% | 65 | $82 | $14,172,106 | 59 | - |
| 40 | 41 | New York, I Love You | $1,938 | -12% | -62.5% | 11 | $176 | $1,585,787 | 66 | Vivendi Entertainment |
| 41 | 43 | Good Hair | $740 | +22.5% | -67.2% | 6 | $123 | $4,144,599 | 73 | Roadside Attractions |
| 42 | 45 | The Slammin' Salmon | $686 | +64.5% | -88.8% | 3 | $228 | $37,798 | 10 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 43 | 42 | Kurbaan | $615 | -0.5% | -60.5% | 3 | $205 | $754,268 | 31 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 44 | 44 | The September Issue | $379 | -15.4% | -77% | 4 | $94 | $3,811,853 | 115 | Roadside Attractions |
| 45 | 46 | Oh My God | $224 | -21.1% | -69.1% | 1 | $224 | $37,250 | 38 | Mitropoulos Films |
| 46 | 48 | From Mexico with Love | $42 | -25% | -25% | 2 | $21 | $548,638 | 73 | Roadside Attractions |
| 47 | 47 | That Evening Sun | $14 | -92.6% | -93.3% | 1 | $14 | $47,695 | 45 | Freestyle Releasing |
