Domestic Box Office For Dec 22, 2009
Data as of Dec 21, 2:00 PST
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Avatar | $16,086,461 | -1.8% | - | 3,452 | $4,660 | $109,497,762 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | 2 | The Princess and the Frog | $3,142,912 | +7.8% | +117.8% | 3,475 | $904 | $50,776,554 | 28 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | 3 | The Blind Side | $2,218,097 | +10.8% | +74.9% | 3,407 | $651 | $168,945,040 | 33 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | 4 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $1,201,654 | +10.7% | - | 2,718 | $442 | $8,903,798 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | 5 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $1,050,161 | +8.1% | +42.5% | 3,035 | $346 | $276,620,062 | 33 | Summit Entertainment |
| 6 | 6 | A Christmas Carol | $1,030,142 | +16.9% | +38.8% | 2,070 | $497 | $132,724,858 | 47 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | 7 | Invictus | $837,369 | +12.2% | -1.2% | 2,125 | $394 | $17,461,526 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | 8 | Brothers | $574,824 | +4.7% | +0.9% | 2,009 | $286 | $23,473,733 | 19 | Lionsgate |
| 9 | 10 | Old Dogs | $570,333 | +17% | +60.5% | 2,630 | $216 | $44,683,415 | 28 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 10 | 9 | Up in the Air | $541,444 | +2.9% | +102.6% | 175 | $3,093 | $9,283,559 | 19 | Paramount Pictures |
| 11 | 11 | 2012 | $475,325 | +6.3% | +16.5% | 2,242 | $212 | $159,951,357 | 40 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 12 | 14 | Planet 51 | $266,754 | +16% | +98.3% | 1,349 | $197 | $38,993,394 | 33 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 13 | 12 | Precious | $258,758 | +9.7% | +67.2% | 1,003 | $257 | $40,579,043 | 47 | Lionsgate |
| 14 | 13 | Armored | $252,766 | +9.5% | -25.8% | 1,538 | $164 | $14,738,207 | 19 | Screen Gems |
| 15 | 16 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $181,162 | +11.8% | +34.5% | 540 | $335 | $17,729,159 | 40 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 16 | 15 | Ninja Assassin | $177,217 | -0.6% | -43.2% | 1,155 | $153 | $36,775,020 | 28 | Warner Bros. |
| 17 | 17 | The Road | $144,658 | +3.2% | +115.9% | 396 | $365 | $5,211,821 | 28 | - |
| 18 | 18 | Everybody's Fine | $127,923 | +19.2% | -51.5% | 1,003 | $127 | $9,090,895 | 19 | Miramax |
| 19 | 19 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | $93,361 | -1.8% | -24.2% | 404 | $231 | $9,553,430 | 54 | Apparition |
| 20 | 20 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $91,039 | +28.6% | - | 307 | $296 | $123,146,588 | 96 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 21 | 22 | Couples Retreat | $33,810 | +4.5% | +30.2% | 294 | $115 | $107,929,375 | 75 | Universal Pictures |
| 22 | 23 | The Young Victoria | $32,442 | +7.8% | - | 20 | $1,622 | $222,609 | 5 | Apparition |
| 23 | 24 | Me and Orson Welles | $31,760 | +7.2% | +47.6% | 134 | $237 | $611,352 | 28 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 24 | 21 | Nine | $28,286 | -14.3% | - | 4 | $7,071 | $318,542 | 5 | The Weinstein Company |
| 25 | 26 | Astro Boy | $25,367 | +18.7% | +666.6% | 252 | $100 | $19,215,405 | 61 | Summit Entertainment |
| 26 | 25 | A Single Man | $24,085 | +3.3% | -26.1% | 9 | $2,676 | $522,591 | 12 | The Weinstein Company |
| 27 | 30 | A Serious Man | $21,723 | +26.9% | +1% | 117 | $185 | $8,933,711 | 82 | Focus Features |
| 28 | 29 | Law Abiding Citizen | $21,171 | +17.4% | -17.2% | 151 | $140 | $72,482,709 | 68 | Overture Films |
| 29 | 28 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $20,612 | +12.5% | -26.1% | 207 | $99 | $31,886,534 | 47 | Overture Films |
| 30 | 27 | Paranormal Activity | $19,125 | +2% | +181% | 237 | $80 | $107,640,974 | 89 | Paramount Pictures |
| 31 | 32 | Where the Wild Things Are | $16,304 | +16.6% | +66.2% | 123 | $132 | $75,819,977 | 68 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | 33 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | $15,641 | +16.6% | +35.6% | 17 | $920 | $397,944 | 47 | Warner Bros. |
| 33 | 31 | The Fourth Kind | $14,595 | -0.2% | -3.9% | 133 | $109 | $25,299,175 | 47 | Universal Pictures |
| 34 | 34 | The Boat That Rocked | $13,741 | +10.8% | -44.5% | 242 | $56 | $7,856,146 | 40 | Focus Features |
| 35 | 35 | Under the Sea 3D | $13,076 | +8.6% | +17.7% | 26 | $502 | $19,158,768 | 313 | Warner Bros. |
| 36 | 36 | Crazy Heart | $12,991 | +16.4% | - | 4 | $3,247 | $132,143 | 7 | - |
| 37 | 38 | The Lovely Bones | $10,047 | +25% | +4.8% | 3 | $3,349 | $218,774 | 12 | DreamWorks |
| 38 | 37 | The Box | $9,058 | +6.3% | -12.8% | 131 | $69 | $14,979,510 | 47 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | 39 | Amelia | $4,128 | +4% | -21.7% | 65 | $63 | $14,180,204 | 61 | - |
| 40 | 40 | The Maid | $2,893 | +25.9% | +17.9% | 19 | $152 | $471,913 | 68 | Elephant Eye Films |
| 41 | 41 | New York, I Love You | $1,178 | +12.2% | -53.7% | 11 | $107 | $1,588,015 | 68 | Vivendi Entertainment |
| 42 | 44 | That Evening Sun | $270 | +451% | +132.8% | 1 | $270 | $48,014 | 47 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 43 | 43 | The Slammin' Salmon | $175 | +63.6% | -93.5% | 3 | $58 | $38,080 | 12 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 44 | 42 | Oh My God | $125 | -39.3% | -51.6% | 1 | $125 | $37,581 | 40 | Mitropoulos Films |
