Weekend Box Office Results for October 16-18, 2009

Weekend Box Office

October 16-18, 2009
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TW	Title (click to view)	Studio	Weekend Gross	Change	Theaters	Change	Avg.	Est. Screens	Change	Avg.	Est. Shows	Change	Avg.	Total Gross	Week #
1	Where the Wild Things Are	WB	$32,695,407	-	3,735	-	$8,754	5,000	-	$6,539	68,700	-	$476	$32,695,407	1
2	Law Abiding Citizen	Over.	$21,039,502	-	2,890	-	$7,280	3,600	-	$5,844	46,200	-	$455	$21,039,502	1
3	Paranormal Activity	Par.	$19,617,650	+148.3%	760	+600	$25,813	1,270	+950	$15,447	21,180	+15,790	$926	$33,171,743	4
4	Couples Retreat	Uni.	$17,227,390	-49.8%	3,009	+9	$5,725	3,800	-	$4,534	49,300	-400	$349	$62,617,735	2
5	The Stepfather (2009)	SGem	$11,581,586	-	2,734	-	$4,236	3,100	-	$3,736	42,600	-	$272	$11,581,586	1
6	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony	$8,017,871	-30.4%	3,037	+45	$2,640	3,400	-100	$2,358	46,200	-1,600	$174	$108,201,645	5
7	Zombieland	Sony	$7,616,939	-48.5%	3,171	+133	$2,402	3,500	-300	$2,176	49,300	-6,200	$155	$60,640,317	3
8	Toy Story / Toy Story 2 (3D)	BV	$3,016,580	-61.2%	1,489	-263	$2,026	1,500	-300	$2,011	13,800	-2,400	$219	$28,554,678	3
9	Surrogates	BV	$1,917,315	-55.1%	2,326	-666	$824	2,400	-800	$799	29,500	-14,300	$65	$36,327,650	4
10	The Invention of Lying	WB	$1,907,398	-42.9%	1,624	-119	$1,175	1,624	-176	$1,175	18,900	-5,300	$101	$15,497,164	3
11	Whip It	FoxS	$1,507,379	-46.7%	1,482	-256	$1,017	1,500	-300	$1,005	16,700	-6,700	$90	$11,360,796	3
12	Capitalism: A Love Story	Over.	$1,455,510	-44.7%	991	-4	$1,469	1,010	-70	$1,441	11,780	-1,650	$124	$11,622,433	4
13	The Informant!	WB	$955,456	-56.7%	1,228	-974	$778	1,228	-974	$778	11,400	-14,400	$84	$31,766,896	5
14	Fame (2009)	MGM	$903,890	-64.5%	1,555	-1,555	$581	1,600	-1,510	$565	14,800	-21,500	$61	$21,795,849	4
15	A Serious Man	Focus	$842,511	+83.4%	82	+61	$10,275	110	+70	$7,659	1,520	+973	$554	$1,843,307	3
16	Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself	LGF	$557,799	-63.1%	807	-506	$691	840	-560	$664	9,310	-7,690	$60	$51,383,324	6
17	Love Happens	Uni.	$547,765	-62.7%	1,043	-851	$525	1,043	-857	$525	10,000	-12,200	$55	$22,416,260	5
18	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Par.	$407,537	-40.8%	514	-95	$793	540	-110	$755	5,860	-1,010	$70	$149,645,921	11
19	Good Hair	RAtt.	$398,617	-61.6%	178	-8	$2,239	190	-13	$2,098	2,770	-317	$144	$1,727,611	2
20	Bright Star	App.	$396,479	-36.5%	295	-85	$1,344	300	-80	$1,322	2,930	-1,400	$135	$3,534,192	5
21	Coco Before Chanel	SPC	$391,618	-14.9%	99	+2	$3,956	100	+50	$3,916	403	+193	$972	$2,379,316	4
22	New York, I Love You	Viv.	$380,605	-	118	-	$3,225	120	-	$3,172	1,660	-	$229	$380,605	1
23	Inglourious Basterds	Wein.	$341,410	-59.8%	436	-532	$783	440	-540	$776	3,410	-4,730	$100	$119,073,469	9
24	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	WB	$273,341	-33.1%	356	-149	$768	370	-180	$739	2,970	-1,670	$92	$301,153,382	14
25	The Hangover	WB	$267,583	-37.4%	359	-112	$745	360	-120	$743	3,660	-1,560	$73	$276,276,785	20
26	G-Force	BV	$248,338	-11.6%	287	-26	$865	310	-30	$801	1,160	-100	$214	$118,302,194	13
27	Julie & Julia	Sony	$246,959	-47.0%	295	-299	$837	300	-294	$823	2,750	-2,680	$90	$93,081,747	11
28	District 9	TriS	$245,983	-15.4%	335	+2	$734	340	+7	$723	3,460	+450	$71	$115,238,926	10
29	An Education	SPC	$244,763	+53.9%	19	+15	$12,882	22	+17	$11,126	107	+83	$2,288	$483,693	2
30	9	Focus	$232,125	-72.0%	488	-728	$476	490	-726	$474	5,480	-8,520	$42	$31,219,946	6
31	All About Steve	Fox	$225,426	-65.8%	507	-693	$445	510	-690	$442	4,960	-7,840	$45	$33,191,696	7
32	More Than a Game	LGF	$200,253	+57.2%	107	+63	$1,872	110	+60	$1,820	1,490	+794	$134	$598,210	3
33	The Boys Are Back	Mira.	$154,237	-15.0%	108	+33	$1,428	110	+30	$1,402	1,320	+330	$117	$558,208	4
34	Pandorum	Over.	$145,985	-82.2%	427	-1,052	$342	430	-1,070	$340	4,270	-10,330	$34	$10,051,556	4
35	Black Dynamite	App.	$131,862	-	70	-	$1,884	72	-	$1,831	1,209	-	$109	$131,862	1
36	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Fox	$130,408	-19.3%	181	-46	$720	181	-49	$720	1,730	-510	$75	$196,112,522	16
37	Main Aurr Mrs. Khanna	UTV	$121,134	-	59	-	$2,053	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$121,134	1
38	The Proposal	BV	$119,772	-43.1%	173	-87	$692	173	-87	$692	600	-260	$200	$163,802,563	18
39	Jennifer's Body	Fox	$116,986	-79.4%	313	-692	$374	313	-692	$374	3,080	-7,020	$38	$16,031,583	5
40	Up	BV	$105,278	-27.0%	162	-53	$650	162	-58	$650	490	-190	$215	$292,810,074	21
41	The Final Destination	WB (NL)	$98,530	-64.6%	174	-191	$566	174	-196	$566	2,000	-1,880	$49	$66,083,246	8
42	All the Best	Yash	$96,054	-	55	-	$1,746	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$96,054	1
43	The September Issue	RAtt.	$91,743	-43.8%	77	-27	$1,191	80	-24	$1,147	870	-320	$105	$3,353,855	8
44	Sorority Row	Sum.	$87,667	-50.0%	244	-103	$359	250	-100	$351	2,570	-870	$34	$11,820,613	6
45	Under the Sea 3D	WB	$85,653	-9.6%	32	-3	$2,677	32	-8	$2,677	230	-32	$372	$18,125,257	36
46	From Mexico with Love	RAtt.	$85,326	-74.5%	139	-140	$614	140	-140	$609	1,680	-2,490	$51	$505,606	2
47	Paris	IFC	$75,101	-8.5%	33	-1	$2,276	33	-1	$2,276	110	-20	$683	$600,124	5
48	The Time Traveler's Wife	WB (NL)	$70,203	-61.7%	101	-162	$695	101	-162	$695	990	-1,290	$71	$62,620,110	10
49	The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry	5&2	$64,858	-46.3%	90	-17	$721	90	-20	$721	360	-100	$180	$935,697	5
50	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Free	$56,476	-69.3%	132	-134	$428	132	-138	$428	1,520	-1,800	$37	$1,357,585	4
51	Halloween II (2009)	W/Dim.	$56,135	-52.5%	140	-52	$401	140	-52	$401	1,330	-560	$42	$32,590,788	8
52	Aliens in the Attic	Fox	$55,612	-45.5%	108	-46	$515	110	-44	$506	1,040	-540	$53	$25,055,633	12
53	OPA!	Cdgm.	$52,453	-	221	-	$237	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$52,453	1
54	It Might Get Loud	SPC	$45,009	-23.9%	64	-4	$703	64	-6	$703	210	-10	$214	$1,420,401	10
55	Shorts	WB	$43,580	+40.4%	54	-50	$807	54	-50	$807	240	-420	$182	$20,437,741	9
56	(500) Days of Summer	FoxS	$43,239	-51.5%	71	-88	$609	71	-89	$609	610	-930	$71	$32,203,940	14
57	Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg	ICir	$40,008	-11.1%	20	-1	$2,000	20	-1	$2,000	70	-	$572	$930,213	15
58	The Damned United	SPC	$37,675	+17.5%	15	+9	$2,512	15	+5	$2,512	65	+35	$580	$85,925	2
59	My One and Only	Free	$32,582	-53.7%	58	-91	$562	60	-90	$543	520	-1,020	$63	$2,388,180	9
60	Passport to Love	Vari.	$31,908	-30.7%	6	-	$5,318	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$95,275	2
61	Wake Up Sid	UTV	$25,192	-87.2%	33	-43	$763	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$682,163	3
62	Magnificent Desolation (IMAX)	Imax	$24,564	+20.5%	4	-3	$6,141	4	-6	$6,141	8	-2	$3,071	$30,111,390	213
63	Amreeka	NGE	$20,056	-61.0%	18	-16	$1,114	18	-16	$1,114	61	-70	$329	$537,404	7
64	Space Station 3-D (IMAX)	Imax	$18,333	-18.8%	5	-2	$3,667	10	-	$1,833	10	-	$1,833	$79,931,708	392
65	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure (IMAX)	NGE	$17,440	-2.4%	8	-	$2,180	10	-	$1,744	20	-	$872	$22,417,190	107
66	Moon	SPC	$17,083	+2.1%	25	+8	$683	30	+10	$569	80	+40	$214	$4,940,274	19
67	The Maid	Elep.	$17,036	-	1	-	$17,036	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$17,036	1
68	Ponyo	BV	$16,054	-52.3%	45	-39	$357	50	-34	$321	100	-100	$161	$14,995,891	10
69	Whiteout	WB	$14,022	-69.0%	41	-109	$342	41	-109	$342	350	-980	$40	$10,173,035	6
70	Seraphine	MBox	$11,978	+26.3%	12	+2	$998	12	+2	$998	40	+10	$299	$813,404	20
71	Visual Acoustics	Arth.	$11,915	+238.8%	2	+1	$5,958	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$17,252	2
72	The Burning Plain	Magn.	$11,602	+165.8%	13	+3	$892	13	+3	$892	40	+10	$290	$176,279	5
73	Horse Boy	Zeit.	$11,400	+70.9%	4	+1	$2,850	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$60,405	3
74	Bronson	Magn.	$11,241	+2.8%	2	+1	$5,621	2	+1	$5,621	11	+4	$1,022	$28,660	2
75	Departures	Reg.	$9,484	-2.1%	9	-1	$1,054	10	-	$948	20	-3	$474	$1,440,135	21
76	The Baader Meinhof Complex	Vita.	$9,344	-18.3%	9	-9	$1,038	10	-8	$934	30	-14	$311	$436,180	9
77	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Fox	$8,565	-64.9%	17	-22	$504	30	-10	$286	40	-330	$214	$177,220,561	22
78	The Yes Men Fix the World	Shad.	$8,097	-26.1%	1	-	$8,097	1	-	$8,097	-	-6	n/a	$38,153	4
79	Cold Souls	Gold.	$7,559	-26.7%	20	-1	$378	20	-1	$378	50	-10	$151	$879,630	11
80	In the Loop	IFC	$7,282	-38.1%	11	-18	$662	11	-19	$662	30	-50	$243	$2,384,044	13
81	Trucker	Mont.	$6,513	-31.1%	4	-6	$1,628	4	-6	$1,628	16	-24	$407	$18,931	2
82	Adam	FoxS	$6,351	-57.0%	17	-9	$374	20	-10	$318	150	-90	$42	$2,250,966	12
83	35 Shots of Rum	CGld	$6,290	+14.4%	2	+1	$3,145	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$65,598	5
84	Dolphins and Whales: Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D	$6,276	-16.3%	5	+1	$1,255	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$7,111,089	88
85	Food, Inc.	Magn.	$6,222	+1.7%	11	-5	$566	11	-9	$566	20	-10	$311	$4,399,130	19
86	Play the Game	Slow	$6,106	-20.2%	15	-5	$407	20	-	$305	50	-29	$122	$592,706	30
87	Unmistaken Child	Osci.	$5,815	+16.7%	5	+2	$1,163	10	+7	$582	10	-	$582	$294,419	20
88	Janky Promoters	TRR	$5,702	-	22	-	$259	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$5,702	1
89	The Providence Effect	Slow	$5,588	+224.3%	4	+1	$1,397	4	+1	$1,397	14	+3	$399	$59,614	4
90	Crude	FRun	$5,112	+24.7%	5	+2	$1,022	10	+7	$511	10	-1	$511	$98,737	6
91	We Live in Public	Abr.	$4,939	+193.8%	1	-	$4,939	1	-	$4,939	5	+3	$988	$36,746	8
92	The Cove	RAtt.	$4,863	-25.1%	19	+1	$256	20	-	$243	130	-20	$37	$825,552	12
93	Big Fan	FInd.	$4,274	-9.1%	7	-	$611	7	-	$611	21	+1	$204	$203,125	8
94	Fuel	N/A	$4,180	-3.1%	3	+1	$1,393	3	+1	$1,393	8	-1	$523	$28,639	5
95	World's Greatest Dad	Magn.	$4,031	+294.8%	5	+2	$806	10	+7	$403	20	+10	$202	$210,097	9
96	The Other Man	Imag.	$3,280	-51.6%	6	-3	$547	6	-3	$547	79	-56	$42	$147,792	6
97	The Ministers	Maya	$2,844	-	2	-	$1,422	2	-	$1,422	13	-	$219	$2,844	1
98	Humpday	Magn.	$2,785	+1,046.1%	4	+2	$696	4	+2	$696	10	-	$279	$405,107	15
99	Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love	Shad.	$2,774	-69.8%	2	-2	$1,387	2	-2	$1,387	5	-5	$555	$152,318	19
100	Girl from Monaco	Magn.	$2,558	-	3	-	$853	3	-	$853	-	-	n/a	$597,580	16
101	A Woman in Berlin	Strand	$2,553	-76.3%	3	-4	$851	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$264,826	14
102	Adventures of Power	Vari.	$2,236	-47.4%	1	-1	$2,236	1	-1	$2,236	2	-8	$1,118	$7,309	2
103	Lorna's Silence	SPC	$2,172	-49.7%	12	-5	$181	12	-8	$181	30	-20	$72	$320,908	12
104	Paper Heart	Over.	$1,890	-17.8%	9	-9	$210	10	-10	$189	90	-30	$21	$1,259,854	11
105	U2 3D	NGE	$1,505	+134.8%	2	-	$753	2	-	$753	-	-2	n/a	$10,218,339	91
106	Peter and Vandy	Strand	$1,299	-82.3%	1	-2	$1,299	1	-2	$1,299	6	-10	$217	$10,248	2
107	Cloud 9	MBox	$1,245	-60.2%	3	+1	$415	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$79,664	10
108	White on Rice	Vari.	$1,181	-	1	-	$1,181	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$45,345	6
109	Afghan Star	Zeit.	$1,035	+33.0%	2	-	$518	2	-	$518	-	-	n/a	$101,543	17
110	The Wonder of It All	Indic.	$989	-75.2%	1	-1	$989	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$777,615	14
111	Evangelion 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone	Elev.	$958	-31.3%	1	-	$958	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$102,270	16
112	The Beaches of Agnes	CGld	$874	-75.3%	2	-2	$437	2	-2	$437	3	-7	$291	$186,153	16
113	Whatever Works	SPC	$852	-44.7%	3	-3	$284	3	-7	$284	8	-2	$107	$5,303,838	18
114	Galapagos (IMAX)	Imax	$786	+194.4%	2	+1	$393	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$17,653,641	521
115	Fallen Idol: The Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy	Indic.	$785	-69.7%	1	-1	$785	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$6,931	3
116	Il Divo	MBox	$772	+3,576.2%	1	-	$772	1	-	$772	-	-1	n/a	$235,636	26
117	Earth Days	Zeit.	$734	-45.8%	1	-2	$734	1	-2	$734	-	-10	n/a	$19,507	10
118	Soul Power	SPC	$709	+7.3%	4	-4	$177	4	-6	$177	10	-20	$71	$202,381	15
119	The Song of Sparrows	Reg.	$656	-69.9%	1	-1	$656	1	-1	$656	2	-1	$328	$115,605	29
120	$9.99	Reg.	$625	-	2	-	$313	2	-	$313	-	-	n/a	$50,410	32
121	Food Beware	FRun	$595	-	1	-	$595	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$595	1
122	Free Style	Gold.	$463	-99.5%	5	-255	$93	10	-250	$46	10	-1,320	$46	$140,987	2
123	American Casino	Argo.	$439	-49.2%	1	-	$439	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$46,514	10
124	The Way We Get By	ICir	$438	-90.2%	3	-4	$146	3	-7	$146	6	-24	$73	$73,829	14
-	Amarcord	Jan.	$432	-	2	-	$216	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$126,000	0
125	What's Your Rashee?	UTV	$410	-95.7%	2	-12	$205	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$257,868	4
126	Beeswax	CGld	$382	-87.7%	1	-1	$382	1	-1	$382	3	-7	$127	$34,899	11
127	Tokyo Sonata	Reg.	$378	+256.6%	1	-	$378	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$277,315	31
128	The Legend of God's Gun	Indic.	$364	+50.4%	1	-	$364	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$242,772	66
-	Nobody (2009)	N/A	$330	-53.5%	1	-	$330	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$14,271	3
129	Chelsea on the Rocks	Aliq.	$305	-88.2%	1	-	$305	1	-	$305	6	+6	$51	$11,799	3
130	The Stoning of Soraya M.	RAtt.	$215	-15.7%	2	-	$108	2	-	$108	30	+30	$7	$633,860	17
131	Le combat dans l'île (1962)	FDesk	$200	-	1	-	$200	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$28,370	19
132	Taxidermia	Reg.	$114	-	1	-	$114	1	-	$114	1	-	$114	$9,396	6
133	Under Our Skin	Shad.	$29	-94.9%	1	-	$29	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$85,754	18
TOTALS:			$138,588,159	+25.9%	40,182	-956	$3,449	44,503	+470	$3,114	533,032	+18,830	$260

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