Domestic Release Schedule
| Release | Distributor | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| October 9, 2009 | ||
 | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 From Mexico with Love
Action
Drama
Family
Sport
With: Kuno Becker, Steven Bauer, Stephen Lang, Alex Nesic 1 hr 36 min | Roadside Attractions | Limited |
 Free Style
Drama
With: Corbin Bleu, Sandra Echeverría, Madison Pettis, Penelope Ann Miller 1 hr 34 min | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | Limited |
 | Roadside Attractions | Limited |
 | Monterey Media | Limited |
 | Variance Films | Limited |
 The Damned United
Biography
Drama
Sport
With: Colm Meaney, Henry Goodman, David Roper, Jimmy Reddington 1 hr 38 min | Sony Pictures Classics | Limited |
 | Sony Pictures Classics | Limited |
 Peter and Vandy
Drama
Romance
With: Jason Ritter, Jess Weixler, Jesse L. Martin, Tracie Thoms 1 hr 35 min | Strand Releasing | Limited |
 Adventures of Power
Comedy
Music
With: Ari Gold, Michael McKean, Jane Lynch, Shoshannah Stern 1 hr 29 min | Variance Films | Limited |
 | Magnolia Pictures | Limited |
 Visual Acoustics
Documentary
With: Frances Anderton, Wim de Wit, Beth Edwards Harris, Frank Escher 1 hr 23 min | Arthouse Films | Limited |
 The Wedding Song
Drama
History
War
With: Lizzie Brocheré, Olympe Borval, Najib Oudghiri, Simon Abkarian 1 hr 40 min | Strand Releasing | Limited |
| October 16, 2009 | ||
 Where the Wild Things Are
Adventure
Drama
Family
Fantasy
IMAX With: Max Records, Catherine O'Hara, Forest Whitaker, Pepita Emmerichs 1 hr 41 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 Law Abiding Citizen
Action
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Leslie Bibb, Colm Meaney 1 hr 49 min | Overture Films | Wide |
 | Screen Gems | Wide |
 Lost in Love
Comedy
Romance
With: Matthew Modine, Richard Griffiths, Alki David, Agni Scott 1 hr 40 min | Cinedigm Entertainment Group | Limited |
 New York, I Love You
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Shia LaBeouf, Natalie Portman, Bradley Cooper, Hayden Christensen 1 hr 43 min | Vivendi Entertainment | Limited |
 Black Dynamite
Action
Comedy
With: Michael Jai White, Arsenio Hall, Tommy Davidson, Phyllis Applegate 1 hr 24 min | Apparition | Limited |
 Me and Mrs. Khanna
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Sohail Khan, Preity G Zinta 1 hr 49 min | UTV Motion Pictures | Limited |
 All the Best: Fun Begins
Action
Comedy
Drama
Musical
With: Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn, Fardeen Khan, Bipasha Basu 2 hr 24 min | Yash Raj Films | Limited |
 | Third Rail Releasing | Limited |
 Paranormal Activity
Horror
Mystery
With: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Mark Fredrichs, Amber Armstrong 1 hr 26 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 The Ministers
Crime
Drama
With: John Leguizamo, Harvey Keitel, Florencia Lozano, Diane Venora 1 hr 29 min | Maya Entertainment | Limited |
 | First Run | Limited |
 The Maid
Comedy
Drama
With: Catalina Saavedra, Claudia Celedón, Mariana Loyola, Andrea García-Huidobro 1 hr 35 min | Elephant Eye Films | Limited |
| October 23, 2009 | ||
 Saw VI
Horror
Mystery
Thriller
With: Costas Mandylor, Mark Rolston, Betsy Russell, Shawnee Smith 1 hr 30 min | Lionsgate | Wide |
 Astro Boy
Action
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Drama
Family
Fantasy
Sci-Fi
With: Freddie Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Kristen Bell, Charlize Theron 1 hr 34 min | Summit Entertainment | Wide |
 Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
Thriller
With: Chris Massoglia, John C. Reilly, Salma Hayek, Josh Hutcherson 1 hr 59 min | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 Amelia
Adventure
Biography
Drama
Romance
With: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston 1 hr 51 min | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Wide |
 The Nightmare Before Christmas2009 3D Release
Adventure
Animation
Family
Fantasy
Musical
3D With: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey 1 hr 16 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Limited |
 Motherhood
Comedy
Drama
With: Uma Thurman, Anthony Edwards, Minnie Driver, David Schallipp 1 hr 30 min | Freestyle Releasing | Limited |
 Ong Bak 2
Action
With: Tony Jaa, Sarunyu Wongkrachang, Sorapong Chatree, Primrata Dej-Udom 1 hr 38 min | Magnolia Pictures | Limited |
 Antichrist
Drama
Horror
Thriller
With: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm 1 hr 48 min | IFC Films | Limited |
 (Untitled)
Comedy
Drama
Music
With: Adam Goldberg, Marley Shelton, Eion Bailey, Lucy Punch 1 hr 36 min | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | Limited |
 | Truly Indie | Limited |
 | Sky Island Films | Limited |
 | N/A | Limited |
| October 28, 2009 | ||
 This Is It
Documentary
Music
IMAX With: Michael Jackson, Alex Al, Alexandra Apjarova, Nick Bass 1 hr 51 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
| October 30, 2009 | ||
 | Studio 18 | Limited |
 The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Action
Crime
Thriller
With: Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Billy Connolly, Clifton Collins Jr. 1 hr 58 min | Apparition | Limited |
 The House of the Devil
Horror
Mystery
With: Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, Greta Gerwig 1 hr 35 min | Magnolia Pictures | Limited |
 | Film Movement | Limited |
 Gentlemen Broncos
Comedy
Fantasy
Sci-Fi
With: Michael Angarano, Jemaine Clement, Mike White, John Baker 1 hr 29 min | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Limited |
 Looking for Palladin
Comedy
With: Ben Gazzara, David Moscow, Talia Shire, Pedro Armendáriz Jr. 1 hr 55 min | Wildcat Releasing | Limited |
| October 31, 2009 | ||
 Bicycle Thieves2008 Re-release
Drama
With: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Elena Altieri 1 hr 29 min | Corinth Films | Limited |
| November 4, 2009 | ||
 La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet
Documentary
With: Emilie Cozette, Aurélie Dupont, Dorothée Gilbert, Marie-Agnès Gillot 2 hr 39 min | Zipporah Films | Limited |
| November 6, 2009 | ||
 A Christmas Carol
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Drama
Family
Fantasy
3D IMAX With: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Steve Valentine 1 hr 36 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 The Box
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
With: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, James Rebhorn 1 hr 55 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 The Fourth Kind
Horror
Mystery
Sci-Fi
Thriller
With: Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, Hakeem Kae-Kazim 1 hr 38 min | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 The Men Who Stare at Goats
Comedy
War
With: Ewan McGregor, George Clooney, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges 1 hr 34 min | Overture Films | Wide |
 | Lionsgate | Limited |
 Endgame
Drama
History
With: William Hurt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jonny Lee Miller, Mark Strong 1 hr 49 min | Monterey Media | Limited |
 American Fork
Comedy
Drama
With: Hubbel Palmer, Kathleen Quinlan, Geoff Hansen, Scott Lincoln 1 hr 24 min | Monterey Media | Limited |
 Splinterheads
Comedy
With: Thomas Middleditch, Rachael Taylor, Christopher McDonald, Lea Thompson 1 hr 34 min | Paladin | Limited |
 | Vitagraph Films | Limited |
 | Freestyle Releasing | Limited |
 The Polar Express2009 IMAX Release
Adventure
Animation
Family
Fantasy
Musical
3D IMAX With: Tom Hanks, Chris Coppola, Michael Jeter, Leslie Zemeckis 1 hr 40 min | Warner Bros. | Limited |
| November 11, 2009 | ||
 | First Run | Limited |
| November 13, 2009 | ||
 2012
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi
With: John Cusack, Thandiwe Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet 2 hr 38 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 The Boat That Rocked
Comedy
Drama
Music
With: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost, Michael Hadley 2 hr 15 min | Focus Features | Wide |
 The Messenger
Drama
Romance
War
With: Ben Foster, Samantha Morton, Woody Harrelson, Jena Malone 1 hr 53 min | Oscilloscope | Limited |
 Fantastic Mr. Fox
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Crime
Drama
Family
With: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman 1 hr 27 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Limited |
 | Mitropoulos Films | Limited |
 Women in Trouble
Comedy
Drama
With: Carla Gugino, Adrianne Palicki, Connie Britton, Dan Mailley 1 hr 32 min | Screen Media Films | Limited |
 | Image Entertainment | Limited |
 William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
Documentary
With: Herman Badillo, Harry Belafonte, Clyde Bellecourt, Daniel Berrigan 1 hr 25 min | Arthouse Films | Limited |
 Uncertainty
Drama
Romance
Thriller
With: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lynn Collins, Assumpta Serna, Olivia Thirlby 1 hr 41 min | IFC Films | Limited |
 The End of Poverty?
Documentary
With: Martin Sheen, Amartya Sen, John Perkins, Eric Toussaint 1 hr 46 min | Cinema Libre Studio | Limited |
