Domestic Release Schedule
| Release | Distributor | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
 | Freestyle Releasing | Limited |
 Splinterheads
Comedy
With: Thomas Middleditch, Rachael Taylor, Christopher McDonald, Lea Thompson 1 hr 34 min | Paladin | 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 |
 | Vitagraph Films | 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 |
 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 |
 The Messenger
Drama
Romance
War
With: Ben Foster, Samantha Morton, Woody Harrelson, Jena Malone 1 hr 53 min | Oscilloscope | Limited |
 Women in Trouble
Comedy
Drama
With: Carla Gugino, Adrianne Palicki, Connie Britton, Dan Mailley 1 hr 32 min | Screen Media Films | Limited |
 | Mitropoulos Films | Limited |
 William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
Documentary
With: Herman Badillo, Harry Belafonte, Clyde Bellecourt, Daniel Berrigan 1 hr 25 min | Arthouse Films | Limited |
 | Image Entertainment | Limited |
 The End of Poverty?
Documentary
With: Martin Sheen, Amartya Sen, John Perkins, Eric Toussaint 1 hr 46 min | Cinema Libre Studio | Limited |
 Uncertainty
Drama
Romance
Thriller
With: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lynn Collins, Assumpta Serna, Olivia Thirlby 1 hr 41 min | IFC Films | Limited |
| November 18, 2009 | ||
 Red Cliff
Action
Adventure
Drama
History
War
With: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang, Chang Chen 2 hr 25 min | Magnolia Pictures | Limited |
 The Sun2009 Re-release
Drama
History
With: Issei Ogata, Robert Dawson, Kaori Momoi, Shirô Sano 1 hr 50 min | Lorber Films | Limited |
| November 20, 2009 | ||
 The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Adventure
Drama
Fantasy
Romance
With: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Christina Jastrzembska 2 hr 10 min | Summit Entertainment | Wide |
 The Blind Side
Biography
Drama
Sport
With: Quinton Aaron, Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Jae Head 2 hr 9 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 Planet 51
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Family
Fantasy
Sci-Fi
With: Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Jessica Biel, Justin Long 1 hr 31 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 Kurbaan
Action
Crime
Drama
Romance
Thriller
With: John McKeever, Lewis Tan, Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan 2 hr 41 min | UTV Motion Pictures | Limited |
 Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Crime
Drama
Mystery
With: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Russell M. Haeuser, Val Kilmer 2 hr 2 min | First Look International | Limited |
| Lionsgate | Wide |
 | First Run | Limited |
 Broken Embraces
Drama
Romance
Thriller
With: Penélope Cruz, Lluís Homar, Blanca Portillo, José Luis Gómez 2 hr 7 min | Sony Pictures Classics | Limited |
 Mammoth
Drama
Romance
With: Gael García Bernal, Michelle Williams, Marife Necesito, Sophie Nyweide 2 hr 5 min | IFC Films | Limited |
 | Mangusta Productions | Limited |
 The Missing Person
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
With: Michael Shannon, Frank Wood, Amy Ryan, Linda Emond 1 hr 35 min | Strand Releasing | Limited |
| November 24, 2009 | ||
 Small Change
Comedy
Drama
With: Georges Desmouceaux, Philippe Goldmann, Nicole Félix, Chantal Mercier 1 hr 44 min | The Film Desk | Limited |
| November 25, 2009 | ||
 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 Ninja Assassin
Action
Thriller
With: Rain, Rick Yune, Naomie Harris, Jonathan Chan-Pensley 1 hr 39 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 The Road
Drama
Thriller
With: Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall 1 hr 51 min | Dimension Films | 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 | Wide |
 Me and Orson Welles
Comedy
Drama
With: Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Christian McKay, Zoe Kazan 1 hr 54 min | Freestyle Releasing | Limited |
 The Princess and the Frog
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Family
Fantasy
Musical
Romance
With: Anika Noni Rose, Keith David, Oprah Winfrey, Bruno Campos 1 hr 37 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Limited |
| November 27, 2009 | ||
 | Eros Worldwide | Limited |
 The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Robin Wright, Alan Arkin, Mike Binder, Winona Ryder 1 hr 38 min | Screen Media Films | Limited |
 | Lorber Films | Limited |
| December 4, 2009 | ||
 Everybody's Fine
Adventure
Drama
With: Robert De Niro, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore 1 hr 40 min | Miramax | Wide |
 Brothers
Drama
Thriller
War
With: Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire, Sam Shepard 1 hr 45 min | Lionsgate | Wide |
 Armored
Action
Crime
Mystery
Thriller
With: Columbus Short, Matt Dillon, Laurence Fishburne, Jean Reno 1 hr 28 min | Screen Gems | Wide |
 Transylmania
Comedy
Horror
With: Patrick Cavanaugh, James DeBello, Tony Denman, Oren Skoog 1 hr 32 min | Full Circle Releasing | Wide |
 | - | Limited |
 Up in the Air
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman 1 hr 49 min | Paramount Pictures | Limited |
 | Truly Indie | Limited |
 Serious Moonlight
Comedy
Crime
Drama
Romance
With: Meg Ryan, Timothy Hutton, Kristen Bell, Justin Long 1 hr 21 min | Magnolia Pictures | Limited |
 One Peace at a Time
Documentary
With: Donna Berber, Philip Berber, Caroline Boudreaux, Steve Chu 1 hr 23 min | Monterey Media | Limited |
 Until the Light Takes Us
Documentary
Music
With: Fenriz, Varg Vikernes, Euronymous, Hellhammer 1 hr 33 min | Variance Films | Limited |
| December 11, 2009 | ||
 Invictus
Biography
Drama
History
Sport
With: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Tony Kgoroge, Patrick Mofokeng 2 hr 14 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 Larger Than Life in
Documentary
Musical
With: Gogol Bordello, Ben Harper, Eugene Hutz, Dave Matthews 1 hr 28 min | Cinedigm Entertainment Group | Limited |
 The Slammin' Salmon
Comedy
With: Michael Clarke Duncan, Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Jeff Chase 1 hr 39 min | Anchor Bay Films | Limited |
 A Single Man
Drama
Romance
Thriller
With: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode, Nicholas Hoult 1 hr 39 min | The Weinstein Company | Limited |
 The Lovely Bones
Drama
Fantasy
Thriller
With: Rachel Weisz, Mark Wahlberg, Saoirse Ronan, Susan Sarandon 2 hr 15 min | DreamWorks | Limited |
The Princess and the Frog
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Family
Fantasy
Musical
Romance
With: Anika Noni Rose, Keith David, Oprah Winfrey, Bruno Campos 1 hr 37 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year
Comedy
Drama
With: Ranbir Kapoor, Prem Chopra, Mukesh S. Bhatt, D. Santosh 2 hr 30 min | Yash Raj Films | Limited |
