Domestic Box Office For Oct 23, 2009
| TD | YD | Release | Distributor | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Paranormal Activity | Paramount Pictures | $7,572,457 | +296.1% | +11.9% | 1,945 | $3,893 | $48,048,975 | 29 |
| 2 | - | Saw VI | Lionsgate | $6,957,263 | - | - | 3,036 | $2,291 | $6,957,263 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | Where the Wild Things Are | Warner Bros. | $4,344,010 | +180.9% | -64% | 3,735 | $1,163 | $43,883,585 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | Law Abiding Citizen | Overture Films | $4,123,994 | +170.1% | -46.6% | 2,890 | $1,426 | $31,728,809 | 8 |
| 5 | 4 | Couples Retreat | Universal Pictures | $3,642,690 | +227.1% | -37.1% | 3,074 | $1,185 | $70,758,890 | 15 |
| 6 | - | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | Universal Pictures | $2,230,745 | - | - | 2,754 | $810 | $2,230,745 | 1 |
| 7 | 6 | The Stepfather | Screen Gems | $2,209,541 | +288.5% | -49.4% | 2,734 | $808 | $16,061,224 | 8 |
| 8 | - | Astro Boy | Summit Entertainment | $1,823,193 | - | - | 3,014 | $604 | $1,823,193 | 1 |
| 9 | 7 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Sony Pictures Releasing | $1,405,366 | +246.6% | -32.8% | 2,741 | $512 | $111,009,702 | 36 |
| 10 | 5 | Zombieland | Sony Pictures Releasing | $1,368,097 | +132.4% | -43% | 2,447 | $559 | $64,375,669 | 22 |
| 11 | - | Amelia | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $1,321,065 | - | - | 820 | $1,611 | $1,321,065 | 1 |
| 12 | 22 | Good Hair | Roadside Attractions | $307,877 | +904% | +157.8% | 466 | $660 | $2,165,628 | 15 |
| 13 | 14 | A Serious Man | Focus Features | $300,440 | +363% | +37.5% | 176 | $1,707 | $2,403,719 | 22 |
| 14 | 9 | The Invention of Lying | Warner Bros. | $281,537 | +69.5% | -54.1% | 802 | $351 | $16,398,703 | 22 |
| 15 | 10 | Toy Story 2009 Re-release | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $261,303 | +63.4% | -68.9% | 778 | $335 | $29,396,306 | 22 |
| 16 | 11 | Capitalism: A Love Story | Overture Films | $213,796 | +40.8% | -47.2% | 636 | $336 | $12,447,698 | 31 |
| 17 | 12 | Whip It | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $151,076 | +28.1% | -68.4% | 435 | $347 | $11,978,955 | 22 |
| 18 | 13 | The Informant! | Warner Bros. | $109,527 | +31.9% | -61.4% | 411 | $266 | $32,195,494 | 36 |
| 19 | 21 | New York, I Love You | Vivendi Entertainment | $68,775 | +116.3% | -36.4% | 110 | $625 | $585,744 | 8 |
| 20 | 19 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Paramount Pictures | $68,424 | +98.6% | -41.1% | 407 | $168 | $149,843,252 | 78 |
| 21 | 23 | The Hangover | Warner Bros. | $67,870 | +134.7% | -20.9% | 291 | $233 | $276,449,745 | 141 |
| 22 | 40 | The Time Traveler's Wife | Warner Bros. | $67,534 | +1,117.7% | +215.4% | 284 | $237 | $62,710,274 | 71 |
| 23 | 16 | Fame | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | $64,796 | +24.4% | -76.5% | 445 | $145 | $22,058,488 | 29 |
| 24 | 17 | Bright Star | Apparition | $64,463 | +58.9% | -39.5% | 209 | $308 | $3,753,539 | 38 |
| 25 | 15 | Love Happens | Universal Pictures | $63,765 | +22.3% | -66% | 327 | $195 | $22,667,875 | 36 |
| 26 | 18 | Inglourious Basterds | The Weinstein Company | $55,785 | +44.3% | -45.2% | 206 | $270 | $119,275,310 | 64 |
| 27 | 24 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Warner Bros. | $52,884 | +139.5% | -33.3% | 285 | $185 | $301,291,184 | 101 |
| 28 | 20 | I Can Do Bad All by Myself | Lionsgate | $49,561 | +48% | -69.2% | 273 | $181 | $51,568,182 | 43 |
| 29 | - | District 9 | TriStar Pictures | $45,701 | - | -33.5% | 232 | $196 | $115,399,963 | 71 |
| 30 | - | Julie & Julia | Sony Pictures Releasing | $42,769 | - | -41.5% | 171 | $250 | $93,221,815 | 78 |
| 31 | 27 | All About Steve | Twentieth Century Fox | $36,056 | +112.2% | -52.7% | 215 | $167 | $33,293,041 | 50 |
| 32 | 33 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Twentieth Century Fox | $30,386 | +198.1% | -9.4% | 142 | $213 | $196,180,293 | 115 |
| 33 | 31 | More Than a Game | Lionsgate | $30,170 | +147.6% | -57.8% | 107 | $281 | $679,776 | 22 |
| 34 | 28 | Under the Sea 3D | Warner Bros. | $24,245 | +66.1% | -15.7% | 30 | $808 | $18,201,852 | 253 |
| 35 | 32 | The September Issue | Roadside Attractions | $24,114 | +121.1% | +0.7% | 59 | $408 | $3,420,599 | 57 |
| 36 | 30 | The Boys Are Back | Miramax | $23,438 | +74.1% | -49.6% | 108 | $217 | $639,147 | 29 |
| 37 | 34 | Sorority Row | Summit Entertainment | $22,875 | +190.4% | -10.6% | 90 | $254 | $11,877,148 | 43 |
| 38 | 26 | Pandorum | Overture Films | $20,718 | +20.9% | -54.3% | 112 | $184 | $10,142,389 | 29 |
| 39 | - | Motherhood | Freestyle Releasing | $16,475 | - | - | 48 | $343 | $16,475 | 1 |
| 40 | 29 | Black Dynamite | Apparition | $14,198 | +3.1% | -70.5% | 27 | $525 | $202,716 | 8 |
| 41 | 25 | 9 | Focus Features | $13,805 | -22.4% | -77.4% | 134 | $103 | $31,302,414 | 45 |
| 42 | 46 | The Maid | Elephant Eye Films | $12,370 | +415.4% | +183.3% | 6 | $2,061 | $38,452 | 8 |
| 43 | 39 | Main Aurr Mrs Khanna | UTV Motion Pictures | $11,051 | +96.5% | -69.5% | 34 | $325 | $159,454 | 8 |
| 44 | 42 | Halloween II | - | $10,062 | +109.6% | -40.1% | 91 | $110 | $32,619,296 | 57 |
| 45 | 36 | The Final Destination | Warner Bros. | $9,155 | +22.1% | -67.8% | 73 | $125 | $66,122,948 | 57 |
| 46 | 38 | 500 Days of Summer | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $8,920 | +49.6% | -30.1% | 39 | $228 | $32,236,184 | 99 |
| 47 | 43 | Aliens in the Attic | Twentieth Century Fox | $8,873 | +143.3% | -39.2% | 82 | $108 | $25,078,042 | 85 |
| 48 | 35 | Jennifer's Body | Twentieth Century Fox | $7,797 | <0.1% | -79.9% | 87 | $89 | $16,077,702 | 36 |
| 49 | 45 | Wake Up Sid | UTV Motion Pictures | $4,792 | +93.3% | -36.3% | 18 | $266 | $696,303 | 22 |
| 50 | 44 | My One and Only | Freestyle Releasing | $4,467 | +25.3% | -52.6% | 19 | $235 | $2,406,459 | 64 |
| 51 | 37 | I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | Freestyle Releasing | $4,455 | -36.9% | -77% | 36 | $123 | $1,391,743 | 29 |
| 52 | 48 | Shorts | Warner Bros. | $3,276 | +52.1% | -80.6% | 21 | $156 | $20,448,103 | 64 |
| 53 | 41 | From Mexico with Love | Roadside Attractions | $3,002 | -39.9% | -86.1% | 21 | $142 | $530,647 | 15 |
| 54 | 52 | Paper Heart | Overture Films | $2,764 | +812.2% | +435.7% | 46 | $60 | $1,263,829 | 78 |
| 55 | 49 | Whiteout | Warner Bros. | $1,993 | +64.8% | -57.5% | 17 | $117 | $10,179,697 | 43 |
| 56 | 50 | Adam | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $1,628 | +117.1% | -15.9% | 9 | $180 | $2,255,943 | 87 |
| 57 | 47 | The Cove | Roadside Attractions | $980 | -57% | -3.3% | 7 | $140 | $831,142 | 85 |
| 58 | - | The Big Gay Musical | N/A | $585 | - | - | 1 | $585 | $18,680 | 43 |
| 59 | 53 | Box Elder | N/A | $76 | -73.5% | - | 1 | $76 | $47,351 | 600 |
| 60 | 55 | The Stoning of Soraya M. | Roadside Attractions | $31 | +34.8% | -65.2% | 1 | $31 | $634,854 | 120 |