Domestic Box Office For Oct 12, 2009
| TD | YD | Release | Distributor | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Couples Retreat | Universal Pictures | $4,006,225 | -52.5% | - | 3,000 | $1,335 | $38,292,965 | 4 |
| 2 | 3 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Sony Pictures Releasing | $2,575,897 | -23.1% | +271.5% | 2,992 | $860 | $98,354,333 | 25 |
| 3 | 2 | Zombieland | Sony Pictures Releasing | $1,933,310 | -51.8% | -6.6% | 3,038 | $636 | $49,536,822 | 11 |
| 4 | 5 | Paranormal Activity | Paramount Pictures | $1,317,025 | -44.8% | +1,679.9% | 160 | $8,231 | $10,430,961 | 18 |
| 5 | 4 | Toy Story 2009 Re-release | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $1,314,477 | -46.1% | +100.1% | 1,752 | $750 | $24,083,468 | 11 |
| 6 | 6 | Surrogates | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $590,224 | -50% | +16.1% | 2,992 | $197 | $33,316,005 | 18 |
| 7 | 7 | The Invention of Lying | Warner Bros. | $458,054 | -45.1% | -1.1% | 1,743 | $262 | $12,753,922 | 11 |
| 8 | 9 | Capitalism: A Love Story | Overture Films | $397,043 | -46.4% | +6.5% | 995 | $399 | $9,422,526 | 20 |
| 9 | 8 | Whip It | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $391,509 | -48.3% | +24.9% | 1,738 | $225 | $9,185,079 | 11 |
| 10 | 10 | Fame | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | $385,787 | -43.1% | +65.1% | 3,110 | $124 | $20,414,616 | 18 |
| 11 | 11 | The Informant! | Warner Bros. | $314,250 | -42.2% | +21.7% | 2,202 | $142 | $30,161,684 | 25 |
| 12 | 13 | Love Happens | Universal Pictures | $189,400 | -47.5% | -1.6% | 1,894 | $100 | $21,441,845 | 25 |
| 13 | 12 | I Can Do Bad All by Myself | Lionsgate | $185,853 | -51% | +24.1% | 1,313 | $141 | $50,569,414 | 32 |
| 14 | 17 | Inglourious Basterds | The Weinstein Company | $144,735 | -39.8% | +11.6% | 968 | $149 | $118,442,404 | 53 |
| 15 | 14 | Good Hair | Roadside Attractions | $134,494 | -50.2% | - | 186 | $723 | $1,173,714 | 4 |
| 16 | 15 | 9 | Focus Features | $134,431 | -46.3% | +38.1% | 1,216 | $110 | $30,794,053 | 34 |
| 17 | 16 | Pandorum | Overture Films | $125,774 | -48.7% | -35.5% | 1,479 | $85 | $9,643,575 | 18 |
| 18 | 19 | Bright Star | Apparition | $94,052 | -44.4% | +55.4% | 380 | $247 | $2,940,973 | 27 |
| 19 | 18 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Paramount Pictures | $91,971 | -53.5% | +160.9% | 609 | $151 | $149,061,473 | 67 |
| 20 | 20 | All About Steve | Twentieth Century Fox | $72,323 | -53.2% | -8.3% | 1,200 | $60 | $32,814,360 | 39 |
| 21 | 22 | A Serious Man | Focus Features | $68,660 | -48.6% | +170.3% | 21 | $3,269 | $879,964 | 11 |
| 22 | 21 | Jennifer's Body | Twentieth Century Fox | $64,836 | -56.9% | -28.9% | 1,005 | $64 | $15,787,177 | 25 |
| 23 | 23 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Warner Bros. | $61,869 | -50.4% | +302.1% | 505 | $122 | $300,761,086 | 90 |
| 24 | 26 | The Hangover | Warner Bros. | $54,893 | -48.8% | +10.5% | 471 | $116 | $275,868,349 | 130 |
| 25 | 30 | I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | Freestyle Releasing | $34,752 | -39.5% | -2.9% | 266 | $130 | $1,216,447 | 18 |
| 26 | 38 | Under the Sea 3D | Warner Bros. | $33,562 | +6.4% | +103.8% | 35 | $958 | $17,985,837 | 242 |
| 27 | 28 | The Final Destination | Warner Bros. | $33,558 | -55.5% | +5.1% | 365 | $91 | $65,917,219 | 46 |
| 28 | 25 | From Mexico with Love | Roadside Attractions | $29,021 | -75.2% | - | 279 | $104 | $363,361 | 4 |
| 29 | 34 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Twentieth Century Fox | $26,424 | -45.8% | +99.1% | 227 | $116 | $195,945,497 | 104 |
| 30 | 31 | The September Issue | Roadside Attractions | $24,124 | -53.1% | +8.3% | 104 | $231 | $3,199,359 | 46 |
| 31 | 33 | The Boys Are Back | Miramax | $23,606 | -52.9% | +347.2% | 75 | $314 | $350,422 | 18 |
| 32 | 32 | The Time Traveler's Wife | Warner Bros. | $22,195 | -56.8% | -6.3% | 263 | $84 | $62,515,933 | 60 |
| 33 | 36 | More Than a Game | Lionsgate | $20,483 | -40.5% | +77.9% | 44 | $465 | $368,699 | 11 |
| 34 | 29 | Wake Up Sid | UTV Motion Pictures | $19,927 | -65.7% | +64.4% | 62 | $321 | $631,501 | 11 |
| 35 | 35 | Sorority Row | Summit Entertainment | $18,757 | -59.7% | -22% | 347 | $54 | $11,696,661 | 32 |
| 36 | 39 | Aliens in the Attic | Twentieth Century Fox | $15,261 | -51.1% | +110.9% | 154 | $99 | $24,983,204 | 74 |
| 37 | 40 | 500 Days of Summer | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $13,376 | -41.2% | -5.8% | 159 | $84 | $32,132,024 | 88 |
| 38 | 37 | Halloween II | - | $11,983 | -63.7% | -13% | 192 | $62 | $32,506,652 | 46 |
| 39 | 41 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | DreamWorks | $11,689 | -47.7% | +21.3% | 151 | $77 | $402,088,378 | 111 |
| 40 | 43 | My One and Only | Freestyle Releasing | $10,621 | -44.4% | -7.4% | 149 | $71 | $2,325,123 | 53 |
| 41 | 45 | Shorts | Warner Bros. | $3,764 | -53.7% | +25.4% | 104 | $36 | $20,390,930 | 53 |
| 42 | 44 | Whiteout | Warner Bros. | $3,637 | -65% | -29.7% | 150 | $24 | $10,148,142 | 32 |
| 43 | 47 | The Hurt Locker | Summit Entertainment | $3,167 | -49% | +6% | 45 | $70 | $12,574,562 | 109 |
| 44 | 46 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Twentieth Century Fox | $3,055 | -52.9% | +72.6% | 39 | $78 | $177,207,985 | 144 |
| 45 | 48 | Adam | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $2,526 | -43.7% | -4.4% | 26 | $97 | $2,240,869 | 76 |
| 46 | 49 | Extract | Miramax | $2,163 | -49.4% | -56.8% | 46 | $47 | $10,816,348 | 39 |
| 47 | 50 | What's Your Raashee? | UTV Motion Pictures | $1,696 | -50.6% | -3.3% | 12 | $141 | $255,810 | 18 |
| 48 | 52 | The Cove | Roadside Attractions | $983 | -39.9% | -2.1% | 18 | $54 | $817,413 | 74 |
| 49 | 51 | The Other Man | Image Entertainment | $800 | -53.8% | -10.7% | 9 | $88 | $142,291 | 32 |
| 50 | 53 | Chelsea on the Rocks | Aliquot Films | $637 | -33.6% | -3.2% | 1 | $637 | $9,912 | 11 |
| 51 | 54 | Paper Heart | Overture Films | $184 | -70.7% | -78.7% | 18 | $10 | $1,257,504 | 67 |
| 52 | 57 | The Stoning of Soraya M. | Roadside Attractions | $77 | -17.2% | +1.3% | 2 | $38 | $633,499 | 109 |
| 53 | 55 | American Casino | Argot Pictures | $55 | -88.9% | -66.7% | 1 | $55 | $45,752 | 60 |