Domestic Box Office For May 5, 2009
| TD | YD | Release | Distributor | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Twentieth Century Fox | $4,632,575 | -15% | - | 4,099 | $1,130 | $95,141,601 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | Warner Bros. | $1,167,378 | +11.8% | - | 3,175 | $367 | $17,623,088 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | Obsessed | Screen Gems | $748,901 | -1.3% | -56.3% | 2,514 | $297 | $48,361,836 | 12 |
| 4 | 4 | The Soloist | DreamWorks | $461,269 | +9% | -40.6% | 2,033 | $226 | $19,047,197 | 12 |
| 5 | 5 | Earth | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $402,282 | +13.4% | -56.1% | 1,804 | $222 | $22,761,234 | 14 |
| 6 | 6 | 17 Again | Warner Bros. | $341,088 | +10.2% | -48% | 3,255 | $104 | $49,154,366 | 19 |
| 7 | 9 | State of Play | Universal Pictures | $305,625 | +13.6% | -49.4% | 2,445 | $125 | $31,518,755 | 19 |
| 8 | 7 | Monsters vs. Aliens | DreamWorks | $292,084 | -2.7% | -38.3% | 2,626 | $111 | $183,000,296 | 40 |
| 9 | 8 | Fighting | Universal Pictures | $289,130 | <0.1% | -56.8% | 2,312 | $125 | $17,922,820 | 12 |
| 10 | 10 | Fast & Furious | Universal Pictures | $190,985 | <0.1% | -57.2% | 2,547 | $74 | $150,188,200 | 33 |
| 11 | 11 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $186,709 | -2.3% | -38.7% | 2,819 | $66 | $71,324,048 | 26 |
| 12 | 13 | I Love You, Man | DreamWorks | $72,280 | -1.3% | -65% | 685 | $105 | $69,454,087 | 47 |
| 13 | 12 | Battle for Terra | Lionsgate | $68,384 | -6.7% | - | 1,159 | $59 | $1,223,713 | 5 |
| 14 | 14 | Crank: High Voltage | Lionsgate | $59,802 | +3.3% | -80.5% | 724 | $82 | $13,411,700 | 19 |
| 15 | 15 | Under the Sea 3D | Warner Bros. | $59,176 | +24% | +10.1% | 45 | $1,315 | $6,893,476 | 82 |
| 16 | 16 | Knowing 2009 Re-release | Summit Entertainment | $44,048 | +5.6% | -72.2% | 822 | $53 | $78,018,619 | 47 |
| 17 | 18 | Sunshine Cleaning | Overture Films | $42,765 | +13.9% | -33.3% | 471 | $90 | $10,516,874 | 54 |
| 18 | 17 | Observe and Report | Warner Bros. | $33,212 | -13.1% | -82% | 501 | $66 | $23,248,457 | 26 |
| 19 | 19 | Taken | Twentieth Century Fox | $31,651 | -2.5% | -5.7% | 494 | $64 | $143,688,026 | 96 |
| 20 | 21 | Is Anybody There? | - | $28,946 | +24.3% | +81.5% | 122 | $237 | $573,705 | 19 |
| 21 | 20 | The Haunting in Connecticut 2009 Re-release | Lionsgate | $27,558 | -3.2% | -74.1% | 603 | $45 | $55,086,447 | 40 |
| 22 | 24 | Gran Torino | Warner Bros. | $19,938 | +26% | -39.6% | 275 | $72 | $147,431,806 | 145 |
| 23 | 23 | Sin Nombre | Focus Features | $18,216 | +9.2% | -17% | 87 | $209 | $1,802,583 | 47 |
| 24 | 25 | Duplicity | Universal Pictures | $18,135 | +30.5% | -57.5% | 279 | $65 | $40,222,220 | 47 |
| 25 | 22 | Adventureland | Miramax | $18,110 | -10.8% | -70.8% | 202 | $89 | $15,600,543 | 33 |
| 26 | 26 | 12 Rounds | Twentieth Century Fox | $11,820 | +29.6% | +100.5% | 159 | $74 | $11,833,008 | 40 |
| 27 | 28 | The Last House on the Left | Universal Pictures | $8,165 | +0.2% | -10.9% | 163 | $50 | $32,629,365 | 54 |
| 28 | 29 | He's Just Not That Into You | Warner Bros. | $7,792 | +7% | -47.7% | 152 | $51 | $93,767,192 | 89 |
| 29 | 27 | Dragonball Evolution | Twentieth Century Fox | $7,644 | -9.1% | -67.3% | 153 | $49 | $8,998,108 | 26 |
| 30 | 30 | Watchmen | Warner Bros. | $7,397 | +5% | -50.3% | 90 | $82 | $107,193,834 | 61 |
| 31 | 32 | Hotel for Dogs | DreamWorks | $6,760 | +16.4% | -37% | 200 | $33 | $72,771,649 | 110 |
| 32 | 31 | The Limits of Control | Focus Features | $6,354 | +2.2% | - | 3 | $2,118 | $68,390 | 5 |
| 33 | 34 | Slumdog Millionaire | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $5,828 | +73.1% | -38.6% | 72 | $80 | $141,252,745 | 175 |
| 34 | 33 | Coraline | Focus Features | $5,068 | +19% | -34.1% | 111 | $45 | $75,018,126 | 89 |
| 35 | 35 | Push | Summit Entertainment | $2,844 | -9.1% | -30.9% | 73 | $38 | $31,786,482 | 89 |
| 36 | 36 | Goodbye Solo | Roadside Attractions | $2,787 | +22.2% | -11% | 13 | $214 | $313,725 | 40 |
| 37 | 37 | The Reader | The Weinstein Company | $1,925 | +25.5% | -27.2% | 35 | $55 | $34,184,413 | 147 |
| 38 | 39 | Enlighten Up! | Balcony Releasing | $1,412 | +46.2% | +349.7% | 3 | $470 | $111,401 | 236 |
| 39 | 38 | The Wrestler | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $1,155 | +5.7% | -46.4% | 21 | $55 | $26,230,635 | 140 |
| 40 | 40 | Throw Down Your Heart | Argot Pictures | $812 | +106.6% | -29.5% | 2 | $406 | $40,269 | 54 |
| 41 | 43 | The Golden Boys | Roadside Attractions | $159 | +98.8% | -71.4% | 4 | $39 | $38,639 | 19 |
| 42 | 42 | Z | Rialto Pictures | $158 | -0.6% | -38% | 1 | $158 | $49,195 | 54 |
| 43 | 44 | Alien Trespass | Roadside Attractions | $80 | +25% | -38.5% | 2 | $40 | $80,744 | 33 |
| 44 | 41 | Not Forgotten | Anchor Bay Films | $46 | -85.6% | - | 1 | $46 | $11,296 | 5 |