Domestic Box Office For Jan 3, 2009
| TD | YD | Release | Distributor | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Marley & Me | Twentieth Century Fox | $9,177,480 | -4.8% | -27.8% | 3,505 | $2,618 | $101,215,136 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | Bedtime Stories | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $7,637,546 | -9.8% | -23.1% | 3,684 | $2,073 | $81,145,079 | 10 |
| 3 | 3 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Paramount Pictures | $7,257,498 | +2.7% | -22.3% | 2,988 | $2,428 | $74,929,234 | 10 |
| 4 | 5 | Valkyrie | United Artists | $5,462,294 | -0.2% | -26.6% | 2,778 | $1,966 | $57,585,625 | 10 |
| 5 | 4 | Yes Man | Warner Bros. | $5,331,180 | -3% | -8.9% | 3,434 | $1,552 | $76,423,114 | 16 |
| 6 | 6 | Seven Pounds | Sony Pictures Releasing | $3,991,680 | +1.2% | -17.7% | 2,758 | $1,447 | $58,012,923 | 16 |
| 7 | 7 | The Tale of Despereaux | Universal Pictures | $2,503,710 | -10.5% | -24% | 3,091 | $810 | $42,023,545 | 16 |
| 8 | 8 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | Twentieth Century Fox | $1,990,176 | +3% | -30.6% | 2,337 | $851 | $73,296,209 | 23 |
| 9 | 9 | Doubt | Miramax | $1,970,729 | +7.7% | -1.6% | 1,287 | $1,531 | $17,505,286 | 23 |
| 10 | 11 | Slumdog Millionaire | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $1,849,019 | +11.3% | +15.2% | 612 | $3,021 | $27,496,380 | 53 |
| 11 | 10 | Twilight | Summit Entertainment | $1,787,778 | +1.3% | +7.1% | 1,888 | $946 | $175,827,545 | 44 |
| 12 | 12 | The Spirit | Lionsgate | $1,219,547 | -5.8% | -43.6% | 2,508 | $486 | $16,997,829 | 10 |
| 13 | 13 | Bolt | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $1,187,624 | -7.8% | -7.6% | 1,729 | $686 | $109,100,474 | 44 |
| 14 | 14 | Four Christmases | Warner Bros. | $1,122,221 | -1.7% | -36% | 2,307 | $486 | $117,642,640 | 39 |
| 15 | 15 | Gran Torino | Warner Bros. | $1,104,422 | +7.9% | +29.5% | 84 | $13,147 | $9,011,706 | 23 |
| 16 | 16 | Milk | Focus Features | $744,699 | +14.3% | +13.8% | 309 | $2,410 | $16,665,589 | 39 |
| 17 | 17 | The Reader | The Weinstein Company | $653,152 | +23% | +149.9% | 398 | $1,641 | $3,139,216 | 25 |
| 18 | 18 | Frost/Nixon | Universal Pictures | $553,611 | +9.4% | +6.9% | 205 | $2,700 | $5,950,302 | 30 |
| 19 | 20 | Australia | Twentieth Century Fox | $462,224 | +8.4% | +12.4% | 765 | $604 | $46,412,011 | 39 |
| 20 | 19 | Quantum of Solace | Sony Pictures Releasing | $449,347 | -1.8% | -13.9% | 891 | $504 | $166,597,450 | 51 |
| 21 | 22 | Revolutionary Road | Paramount Vantage | $381,283 | +9% | +477.6% | 38 | $10,033 | $1,120,966 | 9 |
| 22 | 21 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | DreamWorks | $348,587 | -7.7% | +0.3% | 707 | $493 | $176,784,577 | 58 |
| 23 | 23 | The Wrestler | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $159,795 | +2.4% | +15.2% | 18 | $8,877 | $1,640,111 | 18 |
| 24 | 24 | Ghajini | Adlabs Films | $113,574 | +11% | -59.3% | 83 | $1,368 | $2,120,469 | 11 |
| 25 | 25 | Role Models | Universal Pictures | $93,125 | -2.8% | +25.4% | 270 | $344 | $66,645,665 | 58 |
| 26 | 26 | Cadillac Records | Sony Pictures Releasing | $83,736 | +3.8% | -20.2% | 180 | $465 | $8,092,740 | 30 |
| 27 | 27 | Nothing Like the Holidays | Overture Films | $62,195 | +5.9% | -43.5% | 308 | $201 | $7,370,756 | 23 |
| 28 | 28 | Eagle Eye | DreamWorks | $59,801 | +8.6% | -1% | 195 | $306 | $101,369,965 | 100 |
| 29 | 29 | Defiance | Paramount Vantage | $49,591 | +25.8% | - | 2 | $24,795 | $166,098 | 4 |
| 30 | 30 | Last Chance Harvey | Overture Films | $39,639 | +12.1% | +16.7% | 6 | $6,606 | $323,733 | 10 |
| 31 | 31 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | Miramax | $38,254 | +20.9% | +18.7% | 93 | $411 | $8,828,193 | 58 |
| 32 | 33 | Body of Lies | Warner Bros. | $32,898 | +14.4% | -4.3% | 182 | $180 | $39,295,421 | 86 |
| 33 | 32 | Changeling | Universal Pictures | $31,885 | +8.5% | +11.9% | 125 | $255 | $35,688,572 | 72 |
| 34 | 36 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | The Weinstein Company | $26,340 | +9.9% | +236.4% | 102 | $258 | $31,283,596 | 65 |
| 35 | 38 | Happy-Go-Lucky | Miramax | $26,298 | +24.9% | +61.1% | 59 | $445 | $3,287,550 | 86 |
| 36 | 37 | The Secret Life of Bees | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $26,283 | +20.2% | +36.5% | 84 | $312 | $37,511,412 | 79 |
| 37 | 34 | The Dark Knight | Warner Bros. | $26,042 | +8.2% | +24.4% | 75 | $347 | $530,986,558 | 170 |
| 38 | 35 | The Polar Express 2008 IMAX Release | Warner Bros. | $25,212 | +4.9% | -57.6% | 18 | $1,400 | $1,690,058 | 44 |
| 39 | 39 | Deep Sea | Warner Bros. | $19,666 | -1.3% | -8.1% | 8 | $2,458 | $37,303,054 | 1,038 |
| 40 | 40 | Nights in Rodanthe | Warner Bros. | $16,970 | +11.9% | -0.7% | 85 | $199 | $41,792,344 | 100 |
| 41 | 41 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | - | $16,751 | +25.9% | +28.4% | 25 | $670 | $22,820,326 | 142 |
| 42 | 42 | Igor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | $14,148 | +22.3% | +253% | 34 | $416 | $19,472,939 | 107 |
| 43 | 43 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | Freestyle Releasing | $7,154 | +10.9% | +14.4% | 27 | $264 | $13,501,769 | 65 |
| 44 | 44 | Appaloosa | Warner Bros. | $1,873 | -6.1% | -38.9% | 15 | $124 | $20,079,163 | 107 |
| 45 | 45 | Soul Men | - | $1,402 | +103.8% | -22.2% | 9 | $155 | $12,024,028 | 58 |
| 46 | 46 | Were the World Mine | - | $557 | +12.8% | -19.3% | 3 | $185 | $88,207 | 65 |
| 47 | 47 | Lola Montès | Rialto Pictures | $354 | +59.5% | -52.9% | 1 | $354 | $90,142 | 86 |