Domestic Box Office For Nov 17, 2009
| TD | YD | Release | Distributor | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 19 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Twentieth Century Fox | $22,547 | -6.3% | - | 4 | $5,636 | $312,509 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | Precious | Lionsgate | $465,310 | -2.9% | +104.4% | 174 | $2,674 | $9,643,502 | 12 |
| 43 | 43 | Bicycle Thieves 2008 Re-release | Corinth Films | $1,561 | +15.6% | -26.2% | 1 | $1,561 | $31,693 | 18 |
| 1 | 1 | 2012 | Sony Pictures Releasing | $4,551,284 | -11% | - | 3,404 | $1,337 | $74,903,880 | 5 |
| 23 | 23 | Under the Sea 3D | Warner Bros. | $13,910 | +41.3% | -37.7% | 30 | $463 | $18,664,528 | 278 |
| 13 | 13 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | Apparition | $116,288 | -7.4% | +99% | 251 | $463 | $2,737,023 | 19 |
| 49 | 50 | That Evening Sun | Freestyle Releasing | $409 | +30.3% | -18% | 1 | $409 | $14,350 | 12 |
| 46 | 47 | Dare | Image Entertainment | $726 | - | - | 2 | $363 | $14,652 | 5 |
| 50 | 51 | Mystery Team | Roadside Attractions | $315 | +13.7% | - | 1 | $315 | $25,661 | 82 |
| 45 | 46 | Oh My God | Mitropoulos Films | $944 | +20.7% | - | 3 | $314 | $9,989 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | A Christmas Carol | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $1,142,708 | +8.7% | -52.6% | 3,683 | $310 | $65,466,533 | 12 |
| 38 | 38 | The Maid | Elephant Eye Films | $4,629 | +5.1% | +18.8% | 16 | $289 | $275,187 | 33 |
| 11 | 10 | Pirate Radio | Focus Features | $233,241 | +16.6% | - | 882 | $264 | $3,337,603 | 5 |
| 16 | 16 | A Serious Man | Focus Features | $55,387 | +25.8% | -36.9% | 240 | $230 | $6,934,139 | 47 |
| 36 | 39 | The September Issue | Roadside Attractions | $5,109 | +37.7% | -22.1% | 23 | $222 | $3,738,976 | 82 |
| 3 | 4 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | Overture Films | $520,012 | +20.6% | -57.3% | 2,453 | $211 | $23,989,381 | 12 |
| 40 | 41 | Gentlemen Broncos | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $3,462 | +35% | +25% | 18 | $192 | $93,536 | 19 |
| 25 | 25 | New York, I Love You | Vivendi Entertainment | $9,001 | +19.4% | -46.8% | 47 | $191 | $1,403,260 | 33 |
| 6 | 7 | Law Abiding Citizen | Overture Films | $339,303 | +11.5% | -51.9% | 2,071 | $163 | $67,833,986 | 33 |
| 51 | 49 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | Warner Bros. | $287 | -14.1% | -32.9% | 2 | $143 | $9,582 | 12 |
| 5 | 5 | This Is It | Sony Pictures Releasing | $394,005 | +10.7% | -71% | 3,037 | $129 | $67,940,241 | 21 |
| 7 | 6 | The Fourth Kind | Universal Pictures | $316,250 | <0.1% | -70.9% | 2,530 | $125 | $21,081,895 | 12 |
| 14 | 14 | Amelia | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $102,407 | +26% | -55.3% | 830 | $123 | $13,327,169 | 26 |
| 8 | 9 | Couples Retreat | Universal Pictures | $275,990 | +10% | -54% | 2,509 | $110 | $102,572,185 | 40 |
| 9 | 8 | Paranormal Activity | Paramount Pictures | $271,853 | +5.2% | -63.5% | 2,712 | $100 | $104,220,525 | 54 |
| 27 | 28 | Good Hair | Roadside Attractions | $8,228 | +21.9% | -55% | 89 | $92 | $4,014,928 | 40 |
| 10 | 11 | The Box | Warner Bros. | $236,423 | +18.5% | -66.3% | 2,635 | $89 | $13,615,506 | 12 |
| 35 | 36 | Bright Star | Apparition | $5,590 | +12% | -36% | 72 | $77 | $4,351,857 | 63 |
| 20 | 21 | Inglourious Basterds | The Weinstein Company | $17,839 | +16.4% | -48.3% | 233 | $76 | $120,168,400 | 89 |
| 26 | 31 | Whip It | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $8,805 | +47.3% | -32.2% | 116 | $75 | $12,939,550 | 47 |
| 24 | 24 | Capitalism: A Love Story | Overture Films | $9,285 | +12.7% | -56.7% | 129 | $71 | $14,212,218 | 56 |
| 47 | 45 | My One and Only | Freestyle Releasing | $713 | -20.3% | -69.6% | 10 | $71 | $2,477,578 | 89 |
| 21 | 22 | The Informant! | Warner Bros. | $16,787 | +32.1% | +38.4% | 247 | $67 | $33,123,774 | 61 |
| 12 | 12 | Where the Wild Things Are | Warner Bros. | $133,012 | -7.1% | -63.9% | 2,090 | $63 | $73,716,592 | 33 |
| 30 | 33 | The Invention of Lying | Warner Bros. | $6,906 | +28.2% | -67.3% | 119 | $58 | $18,110,382 | 47 |
| 28 | 26 | The Hangover | Warner Bros. | $7,349 | +1.9% | -44.1% | 130 | $56 | $277,084,285 | 166 |
| 37 | 32 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Warner Bros. | $5,025 | -7.5% | -45.2% | 95 | $52 | $301,819,516 | 126 |
| 33 | 34 | The Time Traveler's Wife | Warner Bros. | $6,281 | +17% | -50.1% | 121 | $51 | $63,344,289 | 96 |
| 31 | 27 | Halloween II | - | $6,596 | -2.6% | +266% | 130 | $50 | $33,349,036 | 82 |
| 34 | 29 | 9 | Focus Features | $5,614 | -7.6% | -48.2% | 111 | $50 | $31,637,441 | 70 |
| 17 | 17 | The Stepfather | Screen Gems | $42,994 | +4.5% | -74.4% | 858 | $50 | $28,886,280 | 33 |
| 29 | 30 | All About Steve | Twentieth Century Fox | $7,018 | +16.9% | -52% | 142 | $49 | $33,749,163 | 75 |
| 32 | 35 | The Hurt Locker | Summit Entertainment | $6,425 | +23.8% | - | 138 | $46 | $12,658,705 | 145 |
| 18 | 18 | Saw VI | Lionsgate | $35,703 | +5.8% | -83.2% | 777 | $45 | $27,514,561 | 26 |
| 15 | 15 | Astro Boy | Summit Entertainment | $59,790 | -10.2% | -62% | 1,354 | $44 | $18,091,723 | 26 |
| 41 | 40 | The Final Destination | Warner Bros. | $2,835 | -14% | -58.8% | 82 | $34 | $66,442,379 | 82 |
| 44 | 44 | Pandorum | Overture Films | $1,424 | +14.2% | -41.6% | 44 | $32 | $10,328,733 | 54 |
| 22 | 20 | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | Universal Pictures | $15,495 | -15% | -83.4% | 520 | $29 | $13,732,120 | 26 |
| 42 | 42 | More Than a Game | Lionsgate | $1,667 | -4.4% | -46% | 56 | $29 | $926,316 | 47 |
| 39 | 37 | Shorts | Warner Bros. | $4,407 | -7% | -52.9% | 172 | $25 | $20,733,455 | 89 |
| 48 | 48 | Fame | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | $701 | +36.4% | -72% | 39 | $17 | $22,366,698 | 54 |
| 52 | 52 | Motherhood | Freestyle Releasing | $139 | +12.1% | -87% | 8 | $17 | $93,163 | 26 |
| 53 | 53 | The Cove | Roadside Attractions | $101 | +16.1% | -74% | 6 | $16 | $843,260 | 110 |