Domestic Box Office For Dec 21, 2009
Data as of Dec 21, 2:00 PST
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Avatar | $16,385,820 | -33.8% | - | 3,452 | $4,746 | $93,411,301 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | 2 | The Princess and the Frog | $2,915,921 | -23.4% | +118.8% | 3,475 | $839 | $47,633,642 | 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | 3 | The Blind Side | $2,001,418 | -31.8% | +83% | 3,407 | $587 | $166,726,943 | 32 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | 4 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $1,085,573 | -41.8% | - | 2,718 | $399 | $7,702,144 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | 5 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $971,582 | -29.5% | +38.2% | 3,035 | $320 | $275,569,901 | 32 | Summit Entertainment |
| 6 | 7 | A Christmas Carol | $881,362 | -25% | +46.6% | 2,070 | $425 | $131,694,716 | 46 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | 6 | Invictus | $746,201 | -40.6% | +4.5% | 2,125 | $351 | $16,624,157 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | 9 | Brothers | $549,047 | -41.3% | +10.8% | 2,009 | $273 | $22,898,909 | 18 | Lionsgate |
| 9 | 8 | Up in the Air | $526,064 | -48.3% | +150.3% | 175 | $3,006 | $8,742,115 | 18 | Paramount Pictures |
| 10 | 11 | Old Dogs | $487,611 | -30.9% | +75.6% | 2,630 | $185 | $44,113,082 | 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 11 | 10 | 2012 | $447,336 | -36.7% | +22.1% | 2,242 | $199 | $159,476,032 | 39 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 12 | 12 | Precious | $235,873 | -41.2% | +85.3% | 1,003 | $235 | $40,320,285 | 46 | Lionsgate |
| 13 | 13 | Armored | $230,827 | -41% | -22.4% | 1,538 | $150 | $14,485,441 | 18 | Screen Gems |
| 14 | 15 | Planet 51 | $229,870 | -16.9% | +87.3% | 1,349 | $170 | $38,726,640 | 32 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 15 | 14 | Ninja Assassin | $178,268 | -44.6% | -39% | 1,155 | $154 | $36,597,803 | 27 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | 17 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $162,081 | -22.6% | +33.5% | 540 | $300 | $17,547,997 | 39 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 17 | 16 | The Road | $140,214 | -36.4% | +121.2% | 396 | $354 | $5,067,163 | 27 | - |
| 18 | 18 | Everybody's Fine | $107,326 | -41.5% | -48.2% | 1,003 | $107 | $8,962,972 | 18 | Miramax |
| 19 | 19 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | $95,051 | -33.1% | -25.2% | 404 | $235 | $9,460,069 | 53 | Apparition |
| 20 | 20 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $70,806 | -14.5% | - | 307 | $230 | $123,055,549 | 95 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 21 | 21 | Nine | $33,024 | -59.6% | - | 4 | $8,256 | $290,256 | 4 | The Weinstein Company |
| 22 | 22 | Couples Retreat | $32,340 | -35.3% | +33.2% | 294 | $110 | $107,895,565 | 74 | Universal Pictures |
| 23 | - | The Young Victoria | $30,098 | - | - | 20 | $1,504 | $190,167 | 4 | Apparition |
| 24 | 23 | Me and Orson Welles | $29,619 | -40.2% | +87.4% | 134 | $221 | $579,592 | 27 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 25 | 24 | A Single Man | $23,308 | -52.1% | -19.4% | 9 | $2,589 | $498,506 | 11 | The Weinstein Company |
| 26 | 28 | Astro Boy | $21,375 | -22.9% | +587.5% | 252 | $84 | $19,190,038 | 60 | Summit Entertainment |
| 27 | 26 | Paranormal Activity | $18,749 | -39.3% | +142.7% | 237 | $79 | $107,621,849 | 88 | Paramount Pictures |
| 28 | 27 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $18,318 | -34% | -23.1% | 207 | $88 | $31,865,922 | 46 | Overture Films |
| 29 | 29 | Law Abiding Citizen | $18,027 | -34.9% | -9.1% | 151 | $119 | $72,461,538 | 67 | Overture Films |
| 30 | 25 | A Serious Man | $17,114 | -45.3% | +5.9% | 117 | $146 | $8,911,988 | 81 | Focus Features |
| 31 | 32 | The Fourth Kind | $14,630 | -31.2% | +3.1% | 133 | $110 | $25,284,580 | 46 | Universal Pictures |
| 32 | 33 | Where the Wild Things Are | $13,987 | -29.8% | +76.4% | 123 | $113 | $75,803,673 | 67 | Warner Bros. |
| 33 | 31 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | $13,414 | -37.8% | +49.8% | 17 | $789 | $382,303 | 46 | Warner Bros. |
| 34 | 34 | The Boat That Rocked | $12,401 | -31.6% | -35.9% | 242 | $51 | $7,842,405 | 39 | Focus Features |
| 35 | 37 | Under the Sea 3D | $12,039 | +23.2% | +57.4% | 26 | $463 | $19,145,692 | 312 | Warner Bros. |
| 36 | 30 | Crazy Heart | $11,156 | -56.1% | - | 4 | $2,789 | $119,152 | 6 | - |
| 37 | 36 | The Box | $8,521 | -32.5% | -10.8% | 131 | $65 | $14,970,452 | 46 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 35 | The Lovely Bones | $8,040 | -49.6% | -25.7% | 3 | $2,680 | $208,727 | 11 | DreamWorks |
| 39 | 39 | Amelia | $3,970 | -25.9% | -4.8% | 65 | $61 | $14,176,076 | 60 | - |
| 40 | 38 | The Maid | $2,297 | -60.9% | +43.1% | 19 | $120 | $469,020 | 67 | Elephant Eye Films |
| 41 | 40 | New York, I Love You | $1,050 | -45.8% | -49.9% | 11 | $95 | $1,586,837 | 67 | Vivendi Entertainment |
| 42 | 45 | Oh My God | $206 | -8% | +29.6% | 1 | $206 | $37,456 | 39 | Mitropoulos Films |
| 43 | 42 | The Slammin' Salmon | $107 | -84.4% | -95.7% | 3 | $35 | $37,905 | 11 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 44 | 47 | That Evening Sun | $49 | +250% | -12.5% | 1 | $49 | $47,744 | 46 | Freestyle Releasing |
