Domestic 2009 Week 46
November 13-19, 2009
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | 2012 | $81,721,057 | - | 3,404 | - | $24,007 | $81,721,057 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 2 | 1 | A Christmas Carol | $26,597,134 | -35.1% | 3,683 | - | $7,221 | $67,560,978 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | 3 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $7,674,761 | -55.3% | 2,453 | +10 | $3,128 | $24,851,058 | 2 | Overture Films |
| 4 | 11 | Precious | $7,571,197 | +168% | 174 | +156 | $43,512 | $10,395,749 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 5 | 2 | This Is It | $6,529,752 | -64.2% | 3,037 | -444 | $2,150 | $68,641,128 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 6 | 4 | The Fourth Kind | $5,768,510 | -63.6% | 2,530 | +3 | $2,280 | $21,612,805 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 7 | 8 | Couples Retreat | $5,168,565 | -37.9% | 2,509 | -348 | $2,060 | $103,048,955 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | 5 | Paranormal Activity | $5,035,043 | -53.5% | 2,712 | +154 | $1,856 | $104,681,810 | 8 | Paramount Pictures |
| 9 | 7 | Law Abiding Citizen | $5,018,015 | -42.3% | 2,071 | -403 | $2,422 | $68,412,140 | 5 | Overture Films |
| 10 | 6 | The Box | $3,987,507 | -60.2% | 2,635 | - | $1,513 | $14,008,761 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | - | The Boat That Rocked | $3,723,476 | - | 882 | - | $4,221 | $3,723,476 | 1 | Focus Features |
| 12 | 9 | Where the Wild Things Are | $2,955,026 | -50.6% | 2,090 | -666 | $1,413 | $73,977,299 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 13 | 10 | Astro Boy | $1,953,097 | -48.3% | 1,354 | -564 | $1,442 | $18,215,487 | 4 | Summit Entertainment |
| 14 | 21 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | $1,491,993 | +131.3% | 251 | +7 | $5,944 | $2,953,473 | 3 | Apparition |
| 15 | - | Twilight | $1,304,440 | - | 2,057 | - | $634 | $192,769,854 | 52 | Summit Entertainment |
| 16 | 13 | Amelia | $1,298,584 | -51.5% | 830 | -200 | $1,564 | $13,518,311 | 4 | - |
| 17 | 14 | The Stepfather | $995,570 | -57.6% | 858 | -566 | $1,160 | $28,961,374 | 5 | Screen Gems |
| 18 | 20 | An Education | $885,826 | +5.3% | 120 | +37 | $7,381 | $3,442,150 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 19 | 18 | A Serious Man | $854,399 | -29.3% | 240 | -22 | $3,559 | $7,031,996 | 7 | Focus Features |
| 20 | 19 | Coco Before Chanel | $627,917 | -27.1% | 256 | -51 | $2,452 | $5,051,658 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 21 | 16 | Zombieland | $620,447 | -66.6% | 511 | -589 | $1,214 | $74,687,451 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 22 | 12 | Saw VI | $581,932 | -79% | 777 | -1,314 | $748 | $27,577,538 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 23 | 15 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $406,850 | -79.8% | 348 | -778 | $1,169 | $122,136,637 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 24 | - | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $358,536 | - | 4 | - | $89,634 | $358,536 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 25 | 17 | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | $348,205 | -77.8% | 520 | -901 | $669 | $13,763,210 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 26 | 22 | Inglourious Basterds | $198,167 | -40.9% | 233 | -51 | $850 | $120,200,299 | 13 | The Weinstein Company |
| 27 | 36 | The Informant! | $185,591 | +26.2% | 247 | +109 | $751 | $33,151,402 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | 26 | G-Force | $170,002 | -20.6% | 182 | -12 | $934 | $119,142,728 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 29 | 33 | Under the Sea 3D | $121,858 | -18.3% | 30 | - | $4,061 | $18,688,511 | 40 | Warner Bros. |
| 30 | 23 | Good Hair | $121,801 | -57.1% | 89 | +7 | $1,368 | $4,028,558 | 6 | Roadside Attractions |
| 31 | 27 | New York, I Love You | $119,834 | -39.5% | 47 | -14 | $2,549 | $1,419,625 | 5 | Vivendi Entertainment |
| 32 | 25 | Capitalism: A Love Story | $117,167 | -53.8% | 129 | -88 | $908 | $14,232,656 | 9 | Overture Films |
| 33 | 35 | All About Steve | $111,059 | -24.8% | 142 | - | $782 | $33,761,771 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 34 | 31 | The Hangover | $110,059 | -29.6% | 130 | -22 | $846 | $277,099,511 | 24 | Warner Bros. |
| 35 | 29 | Shorts | $108,667 | -37.8% | 172 | -50 | $631 | $20,742,609 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 36 | 24 | The Invention of Lying | $101,803 | -60.3% | 119 | -116 | $855 | $18,123,002 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | 32 | Whip It | $96,971 | -36.2% | 116 | -22 | $835 | $12,953,091 | 7 | - |
| 38 | 34 | 9 | $92,906 | -37.5% | 111 | -15 | $836 | $31,648,259 | 11 | Focus Features |
| 39 | 30 | The Time Traveler's Wife | $90,621 | -44.1% | 121 | -50 | $748 | $63,356,179 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 40 | 62 | Halloween II | $85,851 | +285.2% | 130 | +75 | $660 | $33,360,159 | 12 | - |
| 41 | 43 | Space Station 3D | $84,866 | +6.7% | 7 | - | $12,123 | $80,210,757 | 396 | IMAX |
| 42 | 38 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $83,572 | -32.8% | 95 | -40 | $879 | $301,830,720 | 19 | Warner Bros. |
| 43 | 37 | Julie & Julia | $82,297 | -38.5% | 72 | -41 | $1,143 | $93,750,590 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 44 | 28 | Surrogates | $72,847 | -60.4% | 101 | -73 | $721 | $38,385,995 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 45 | 39 | Bright Star | $72,740 | -33.4% | 72 | - | $1,010 | $4,363,750 | 10 | Apparition |
| 46 | 42 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $70,256 | -18.3% | 73 | -7 | $962 | $196,542,556 | 21 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 47 | 47 | The Maid | $68,786 | +28.6% | 16 | +6 | $4,299 | $285,947 | 5 | Elephant Eye Films |
| 48 | - | The Hurt Locker | $63,626 | - | 138 | - | $461 | $12,671,105 | 21 | Summit Entertainment |
| 49 | 46 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $59,461 | +7% | 5 | -1 | $11,892 | $30,347,447 | 217 | IMAX |
| 50 | - | The Messenger | $57,234 | - | 4 | - | $14,308 | $57,234 | 1 | Oscilloscope |
| 51 | 44 | The September Issue | $49,455 | -29.6% | 23 | -7 | $2,150 | $3,747,341 | 12 | Roadside Attractions |
| 52 | 41 | (Untitled) | $47,357 | -46% | 21 | -4 | $2,255 | $181,821 | 4 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 53 | 40 | The Final Destination | $47,039 | -52.6% | 82 | -50 | $573 | $66,448,436 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 54 | 55 | La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet | $44,094 | +16% | 1 | - | $44,094 | $82,092 | 3 | Zipporah Films |
| 55 | 45 | Antichrist | $43,700 | -33.9% | 16 | -3 | $2,731 | $300,326 | 4 | IFC Films |
| 56 | 50 | Paris | $42,168 | -19.3% | 27 | +1 | $1,561 | $872,168 | 9 | IFC Films |
| 57 | 49 | The Damned United | $40,193 | -23.7% | 27 | -6 | $1,488 | $374,083 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 58 | 53 | Gentlemen Broncos | $39,331 | -6.9% | 18 | +6 | $2,185 | $99,285 | 3 | - |
| 59 | 56 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $30,094 | -10% | 17 | -1 | $1,770 | $1,105,418 | 19 | International Film Circuit |
| 60 | 51 | More Than a Game | $28,068 | -39% | 56 | -18 | $501 | $929,578 | 7 | Lionsgate |
| 61 | 65 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $26,168 | +40.6% | 8 | - | $3,271 | $22,514,006 | 111 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 62 | 69 | It Might Get Loud | $25,348 | +55.9% | 17 | - | $1,491 | $1,579,197 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 63 | 54 | 500 Days of Summer | $22,917 | -43.3% | 28 | -11 | $818 | $32,380,680 | 18 | - |
| 64 | 48 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | $21,487 | -59.3% | 19 | -11 | $1,130 | $1,137,400 | 9 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 65 | 73 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $20,626 | +68.2% | 16 | +5 | $1,289 | $120,703 | 8 | Shadow Distribution |
| 66 | 60 | Aliens in the Attic | $19,461 | -22.5% | 28 | -16 | $695 | $25,188,165 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 67 | 82 | Play the Game | $19,226 | +111% | 35 | +21 | $549 | $657,423 | 38 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 68 | - | The End of Poverty? | $18,518 | - | 1 | - | $18,518 | $18,518 | 1 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 69 | - | Women in Trouble | $17,131 | - | 3 | - | $5,710 | $17,131 | 1 | Screen Media Films |
| 70 | 67 | Bicycle Thieves 2008 Re-release | $16,363 | -7.7% | 1 | - | $16,363 | $34,610 | 3 | Corinth Films |
| 71 | 94 | Four Seasons Lodge | $16,292 | +210.1% | 1 | - | $16,292 | $21,546 | 2 | First Run |
| 72 | - | Uncertainty | $16,288 | - | 1 | - | $16,288 | $16,288 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 73 | 68 | The House of the Devil | $16,258 | -1.7% | 6 | +3 | $2,709 | $68,311 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 74 | - | Dare | $16,032 | - | 2 | - | $8,016 | $16,032 | 1 | Image Entertainment |
| 75 | 61 | Pandorum | $15,659 | -35.3% | 44 | -24 | $355 | $10,330,853 | 8 | Overture Films |
| 76 | 58 | Fame | $15,052 | -44.8% | 39 | -22 | $385 | $22,367,818 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 77 | - | William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe | $14,090 | - | 2 | - | $7,045 | $14,090 | 1 | Arthouse Films |
| 78 | 57 | Jennifer's Body | $13,179 | -53.6% | 19 | -25 | $693 | $16,200,126 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 79 | 64 | My One and Only | $12,864 | -36.1% | 10 | -14 | $1,286 | $2,479,538 | 13 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 80 | 75 | The Little Traitor | $12,427 | +2.1% | 3 | +1 | $4,142 | $37,497 | 4 | N/A |
| 81 | 76 | Collapse | $11,952 | -0.2% | 3 | +2 | $3,984 | $23,929 | 2 | Vitagraph Films |
| 82 | - | Oh My God | $11,733 | - | 3 | - | $3,911 | $11,733 | 1 | Mitropoulos Films |
| 83 | 78 | Crude | $11,642 | +13% | 7 | +3 | $1,663 | $150,380 | 11 | First Run |
| 84 | 59 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $11,489 | -55.2% | 4 | - | $2,872 | $7,185,541 | 92 | 3D Entertainment |
| 85 | 63 | The Horse Boy | $11,149 | -45.1% | 3 | -2 | $3,716 | $116,074 | 8 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 86 | 84 | Departures | $8,705 | +10.3% | 6 | +2 | $1,450 | $1,486,031 | 25 | Regent Releasing |
| 87 | 86 | 35 Shots of Rum | $7,486 | +5.6% | 3 | -1 | $2,495 | $95,631 | 10 | The Cinema Guild |
| 88 | 74 | Amreeka | $7,086 | -41.8% | 7 | -6 | $1,012 | $594,708 | 11 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 89 | 77 | Passport to Love | $6,531 | -40% | 5 | +1 | $1,306 | $170,621 | 6 | Variance Films |
| 90 | 95 | Seraphine | $6,507 | +53% | 8 | +3 | $813 | $846,317 | 24 | Music Box Films |
| 91 | 81 | Ong Bak 2 | $6,405 | -30% | 8 | +2 | $800 | $78,130 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 92 | 105 | The Way We Get By | $6,271 | +139.9% | 6 | - | $1,045 | $94,621 | 18 | International Film Circuit |
| 93 | 96 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | $6,081 | +49.3% | 2 | +1 | $3,040 | $10,155 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 94 | 90 | Bronson | $5,223 | -19.7% | 4 | +1 | $1,305 | $86,150 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 95 | 80 | That Evening Sun | $5,113 | -48.3% | 1 | - | $5,113 | $15,010 | 2 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 96 | - | Mystery Team | $4,614 | - | 1 | - | $4,614 | $26,011 | 12 | Roadside Attractions |
| 97 | 83 | A Woman in Berlin | $4,434 | -50.4% | 2 | -1 | $2,217 | $288,656 | 18 | Strand Releasing |
| 98 | 88 | Killing Kasztner | $3,727 | -46.8% | 3 | +1 | $1,242 | $26,209 | 4 | Sky Island Films |
| 99 | 107 | Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love | $3,562 | +42.8% | 4 | +1 | $890 | $161,073 | 23 | Shadow Distribution |
| 100 | - | The Sun 2009 Re-release | $3,534 | - | 1 | - | $3,534 | $3,534 | 1 | Lorber Films |
| 101 | 66 | Visual Acoustics | $3,482 | -81.1% | 2 | -3 | $1,741 | $52,467 | 6 | Arthouse Films |
| 102 | 93 | White on Rice | $3,160 | -42.1% | 2 | - | $1,580 | $62,139 | 10 | Variance Films |
| 103 | 106 | Endgame | $2,967 | +18.4% | 3 | -11 | $989 | $5,472 | 2 | Monterey Media |
| 104 | - | We Live in Public | $2,963 | - | 1 | - | $2,963 | $39,709 | 12 | Abramorama |
| 105 | 89 | The Beaches of Agnès | $2,921 | -55.1% | 5 | -2 | $584 | $212,093 | 21 | The Cinema Guild |
| 106 | 71 | Splinterheads | $2,786 | -79.5% | 3 | +2 | $928 | $16,392 | 2 | Paladin |
| 107 | 79 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | $2,379 | -76.9% | 1 | -9 | $2,379 | $465,927 | 13 | Vitagraph Films |
| 108 | 111 | Food, Inc. | $2,320 | +23.8% | 3 | +1 | $773 | $4,415,232 | 23 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 109 | 117 | Storm | $2,157 | +64.7% | 3 | +2 | $719 | $16,013 | 3 | Film Movement |
| 110 | 102 | Adventures of Power | $2,127 | -20.4% | 2 | -1 | $1,063 | $16,778 | 6 | Variance Films |
| 111 | 104 | World's Greatest Dad | $1,944 | -26.8% | 3 | -1 | $648 | $220,172 | 13 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 112 | 108 | Lorna's Silence | $1,890 | -21.2% | 6 | +3 | $315 | $335,679 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 113 | 91 | The Burning Plain | $1,805 | -70.4% | 3 | -2 | $601 | $199,398 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 114 | - | Red Cliff | $1,769 | - | 2 | - | $884 | $1,769 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 115 | 101 | Adam | $1,695 | -43.7% | 3 | +1 | $565 | $2,277,396 | 17 | - |
| 116 | 70 | Motherhood | $1,482 | -89.8% | 8 | -11 | $185 | $93,388 | 4 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 117 | 103 | The Cove | $1,340 | -49.5% | 6 | - | $223 | $843,601 | 16 | Roadside Attractions |
| 118 | 109 | Big Fan | $1,326 | -37% | 3 | -1 | $442 | $223,444 | 12 | First Independent Pictures |
| 119 | 72 | Moon | $1,238 | -90.9% | 2 | -13 | $619 | $5,010,163 | 23 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 120 | - | Streetballers | $1,120 | - | 1 | - | $1,120 | $28,642 | 13 | MSK Productions |
| 121 | 115 | American Fork | $1,103 | -27.6% | 1 | -1 | $1,103 | $2,626 | 2 | Monterey Media |
| 122 | 113 | Cloud 9 | $1,001 | -40% | 4 | - | $250 | $83,917 | 14 | Music Box Films |
| 123 | - | Harmony and Me | $905 | - | 1 | - | $905 | $15,503 | 9 | N/A |
| 124 | 87 | Looking for Palladin | $778 | -88.9% | 2 | -6 | $389 | $11,268 | 3 | Wildcat Releasing |
| 125 | 120 | Trucker | $735 | -35.4% | 5 | +2 | $147 | $45,440 | 6 | Monterey Media |
| 126 | 125 | Soul Power | $714 | +24% | 2 | - | $357 | $207,121 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 127 | - | Laila's Birthday | $662 | - | 1 | - | $662 | $13,689 | 25 | Kino International |
| 128 | 119 | Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy: Fallen Idol | $549 | -54.4% | 1 | - | $549 | $10,394 | 7 | Indican Pictures |
| 129 | - | The Legend of God's Gun | $487 | - | 1 | - | $487 | $243,566 | 70 | Indican Pictures |
| 130 | 127 | Box Elder | $395 | -22.5% | 1 | - | $395 | $48,722 | 90 | N/A |
| 131 | - | Little Ashes | $346 | - | 5 | - | $69 | $481,258 | 28 | Regent Releasing |
| 132 | 100 | Under Our Skin | $329 | -89.6% | 1 | -1 | $329 | $91,338 | 22 | Shadow Distribution |
| 133 | 98 | Act of God | $216 | -94.1% | 1 | - | $216 | $9,955 | 16 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 134 | 112 | From Mexico with Love | $93 | -94.7% | 1 | - | $93 | $548,395 | 6 | Roadside Attractions |
