Domestic Box Office For Dec 16, 2009
| TD | YD | Release | Distributor | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Princess and the Frog | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $1,285,727 | -10.9% | +1,039.1% | 3,434 | $374 | $31,150,477 | 22 |
| 2 | 2 | The Blind Side | Warner Bros. | $1,212,410 | -4.4% | -14.3% | 3,388 | $357 | $153,390,852 | 27 |
| 3 | 3 | Invictus | Warner Bros. | $769,111 | -9.2% | - | 2,125 | $361 | $10,941,667 | 6 |
| 4 | 4 | A Christmas Carol | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $755,906 | +1.9% | +32.6% | 2,402 | $314 | $126,525,050 | 41 |
| 5 | 5 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Summit Entertainment | $708,427 | -3.9% | -21.8% | 3,635 | $194 | $269,469,446 | 27 |
| 6 | 6 | Brothers | Lionsgate | $498,977 | -12.4% | -22.5% | 2,088 | $238 | $18,980,420 | 13 |
| 7 | 7 | 2012 | Sony Pictures Releasing | $375,074 | -8.1% | -19.3% | 2,838 | $132 | $156,437,816 | 34 |
| 8 | 8 | Old Dogs | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $308,421 | -13.2% | -21.5% | 3,090 | $99 | $40,937,772 | 22 |
| 9 | 9 | Armored | Screen Gems | $295,370 | -13.3% | -24.3% | 1,919 | $153 | $12,684,194 | 13 |
| 10 | 10 | Ninja Assassin | Warner Bros. | $294,280 | -5.7% | -27.9% | 2,100 | $140 | $35,203,657 | 22 |
| 11 | 11 | Up in the Air | Paramount Pictures | $283,936 | +6.3% | +184.3% | 72 | $3,943 | $4,743,984 | 13 |
| 12 | 12 | Everybody's Fine | Miramax | $228,655 | -13.3% | -24.9% | 2,141 | $106 | $8,027,412 | 13 |
| 13 | 13 | Precious | Lionsgate | $157,615 | +1.8% | -10.8% | 664 | $237 | $38,722,181 | 41 |
| 14 | 14 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Twentieth Century Fox | $132,619 | -1.6% | -30.9% | 1,268 | $104 | $16,647,222 | 34 |
| 15 | 15 | Planet 51 | Sony Pictures Releasing | $131,827 | -2% | -36.7% | 2,570 | $51 | $37,531,484 | 27 |
| 16 | 16 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | Apparition | $118,993 | -3.3% | +5.7% | 524 | $227 | $8,844,182 | 48 |
| 17 | 17 | The Road | - | $63,771 | -4.8% | -15% | 135 | $472 | $4,206,488 | 22 |
| 18 | 18 | A Single Man | The Weinstein Company | $27,448 | -15.8% | - | 9 | $3,049 | $306,297 | 6 |
| 19 | 19 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | Overture Films | $26,817 | -3.8% | -33.5% | 324 | $82 | $31,733,743 | 41 |
| 20 | 20 | Couples Retreat | Universal Pictures | $24,125 | -7.1% | +2.4% | 371 | $65 | $107,666,610 | 69 |
| 21 | 21 | Law Abiding Citizen | Overture Films | $22,075 | -13.6% | -16.8% | 225 | $98 | $72,333,803 | 62 |
| 22 | 24 | A Serious Man | Focus Features | $20,683 | -3.8% | +3.5% | 152 | $136 | $8,775,834 | 76 |
| 23 | 22 | Pirate Radio | Focus Features | $20,223 | -18.3% | -34.2% | 242 | $83 | $7,748,237 | 34 |
| 24 | 23 | Me and Orson Welles | Freestyle Releasing | $18,262 | -15.1% | +274% | 64 | $285 | $377,016 | 22 |
| 25 | 25 | The Fourth Kind | Universal Pictures | $14,120 | -7% | -2.4% | 217 | $65 | $25,189,400 | 41 |
| 26 | 26 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | Warner Bros. | $13,947 | +20.9% | +113.7% | 16 | $871 | $274,874 | 41 |
| 27 | 27 | Under the Sea 3D | Warner Bros. | $13,304 | +19.7% | +25.7% | 27 | $492 | $19,089,609 | 307 |
| 28 | - | Crazy Heart | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $12,657 | - | - | 4 | $3,164 | $12,657 | 1 |
| 29 | 28 | The Box | Warner Bros. | $9,254 | -10.9% | +252.5% | 203 | $45 | $14,911,796 | 41 |
| 30 | 30 | The Lovely Bones | DreamWorks | $8,748 | -8.8% | - | 3 | $2,916 | $145,779 | 6 |
| 31 | 29 | Where the Wild Things Are | Warner Bros. | $7,946 | -19% | -26.5% | 145 | $54 | $75,723,875 | 62 |
| 32 | 31 | Paranormal Activity | Paramount Pictures | $7,721 | +13.4% | -26.6% | 182 | $42 | $107,507,055 | 83 |
| 33 | 34 | Astro Boy | Summit Entertainment | $5,327 | +61% | +40.8% | 122 | $43 | $19,085,127 | 55 |
| 34 | 32 | Amelia | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $5,008 | -5.1% | +12% | 118 | $42 | $14,147,780 | 55 |
| 35 | 33 | Inglourious Basterds | The Weinstein Company | $4,352 | +1% | -47.9% | 61 | $71 | $120,535,340 | 118 |
| 36 | 35 | The Invention of Lying | Warner Bros. | $2,875 | -8.2% | -26.5% | 68 | $42 | $18,448,089 | 76 |
| 37 | 37 | New York, I Love You | Vivendi Entertainment | $2,739 | +7.7% | +121.2% | 27 | $101 | $1,576,510 | 62 |
| 38 | 36 | The Slammin' Salmon | Anchor Bay Films | $2,713 | +0.5% | - | 11 | $246 | $34,075 | 6 |
| 39 | 39 | The Hangover | Warner Bros. | $2,094 | -10.8% | -24.5% | 49 | $42 | $277,320,090 | 195 |
| 40 | 38 | The Maid | Elephant Eye Films | $2,060 | -16% | -35.1% | 19 | $108 | $448,514 | 62 |
| 41 | 41 | Whiteout | Warner Bros. | $1,608 | -3.9% | -67.3% | 85 | $18 | $10,273,947 | 97 |
| 42 | 40 | Transylmania | Full Circle Releasing | $1,547 | -12.6% | -94.3% | 118 | $13 | $395,933 | 13 |
| 43 | 47 | Mystery Team | Roadside Attractions | $1,089 | +56.7% | -17.2% | 2 | $544 | $51,456 | 111 |
| 44 | 43 | Capitalism: A Love Story | Overture Films | $934 | +9.1% | -65.1% | 35 | $26 | $14,362,393 | 85 |
| 45 | 49 | Shorts | Warner Bros. | $827 | +22.7% | -32% | 46 | $17 | $20,918,248 | 118 |
| 46 | 44 | Kurbaan | UTV Motion Pictures | $814 | -1.7% | - | 13 | $62 | $751,922 | 27 |
| 47 | 45 | The Informant! | Warner Bros. | $752 | -4.8% | -26.8% | 18 | $41 | $33,315,770 | 90 |
| 48 | 42 | Good Hair | Roadside Attractions | $647 | -27.9% | -47.8% | 14 | $46 | $4,142,135 | 69 |
| 49 | 46 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Warner Bros. | $493 | -29.9% | -47.3% | 23 | $21 | $301,958,630 | 155 |
| 50 | 50 | Oh My God | Mitropoulos Films | $319 | +23.6% | -56% | 2 | $159 | $35,778 | 34 |
| 51 | 48 | The September Issue | Roadside Attractions | $300 | -56.8% | -65.1% | 8 | $37 | $3,810,228 | 111 |
| 52 | 51 | That Evening Sun | Freestyle Releasing | $131 | +12.9% | -64.2% | 2 | $65 | $47,267 | 41 |
| 53 | - | The Cove | Roadside Attractions | $5 | - | -96.1% | 3 | $1 | $849,286 | 139 |