Domestic Box Office For Dec 28, 2009
| TD | YD | Release | Distributor | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Avatar | Twentieth Century Fox | $19,418,139 | -19.9% | +18.5% | 3,456 | $5,618 | $232,129,323 | 11 |
| 2 | 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | Twentieth Century Fox | $12,096,892 | -20.1% | - | 3,700 | $3,269 | $87,685,940 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | Sherlock Holmes | Warner Bros. | $11,166,213 | -29.6% | - | 3,626 | $3,079 | $73,470,490 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | It's Complicated | Universal Pictures | $4,272,760 | -34.5% | - | 2,887 | $1,480 | $26,373,580 | 4 |
| 5 | 7 | The Princess and the Frog | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $3,071,216 | -3.8% | +5.3% | 3,475 | $883 | $66,750,505 | 34 |
| 6 | 5 | The Blind Side | Warner Bros. | $2,832,710 | -18.8% | +41.5% | 2,766 | $1,024 | $187,028,691 | 39 |
| 7 | 6 | Up in the Air | Paramount Pictures | $2,260,808 | -30.4% | +329.8% | 1,895 | $1,193 | $26,292,776 | 25 |
| 8 | 9 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | Sony Pictures Releasing | $1,102,918 | -26.3% | +1.6% | 2,718 | $405 | $16,703,246 | 11 |
| 9 | 8 | Nine | The Weinstein Company | $1,096,605 | -28.6% | +3,220.6% | 1,412 | $776 | $6,927,190 | 11 |
| 10 | 11 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Summit Entertainment | $956,936 | -15.6% | -1.5% | 1,593 | $600 | $281,919,694 | 39 |
| 11 | 10 | Invictus | Warner Bros. | $861,367 | -24.3% | +15.4% | 2,160 | $398 | $23,911,171 | 18 |
| 12 | 14 | A Christmas Carol | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $268,835 | -24.1% | -69.5% | 1,245 | $215 | $136,157,378 | 53 |
| 13 | 12 | 3 Idiots | Reliance Big Pictures | $267,913 | -43.3% | - | 119 | $2,251 | $2,417,260 | 6 |
| 14 | 13 | Brothers | Lionsgate | $251,402 | -31.4% | -54.2% | 858 | $293 | $25,592,917 | 25 |
| 15 | 16 | Precious | Lionsgate | $225,350 | -25% | -4.5% | 629 | $358 | $42,004,270 | 53 |
| 16 | 15 | 2012 | Sony Pictures Releasing | $221,568 | -28.1% | -50.5% | 800 | $276 | $161,712,248 | 46 |
| 17 | - | The Young Victoria | Apparition | $148,674 | - | +394% | 163 | $912 | $1,076,637 | 11 |
| 18 | 17 | Old Dogs | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $136,421 | -31.8% | -72% | 645 | $211 | $46,018,925 | 34 |
| 19 | 18 | The Road | - | $115,968 | -24.5% | -17.3% | 311 | $372 | $5,995,572 | 34 |
| 20 | 22 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Sony Pictures Releasing | $90,764 | +7.9% | +28.2% | 276 | $328 | $123,590,262 | 102 |
| 21 | 20 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Twentieth Century Fox | $89,795 | -18.4% | -44.6% | 197 | $455 | $18,377,799 | 46 |
| 22 | 19 | A Single Man | The Weinstein Company | $87,459 | -31.3% | +275.2% | 46 | $1,901 | $1,007,991 | 18 |
| 23 | 23 | Where the Wild Things Are | Warner Bros. | $63,070 | -12.9% | +350.9% | 267 | $236 | $76,101,981 | 74 |
| 24 | 21 | Armored | Screen Gems | $52,531 | -38.4% | -77.2% | 244 | $215 | $15,355,818 | 25 |
| 25 | 28 | Planet 51 | Sony Pictures Releasing | $44,868 | +6.2% | -80.5% | 209 | $214 | $39,258,678 | 39 |
| 26 | 25 | Couples Retreat | Universal Pictures | $40,250 | -28.6% | +24.5% | 230 | $175 | $108,174,410 | 81 |
| 27 | 26 | Crazy Heart | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $35,852 | -26% | +221.4% | 12 | $2,987 | $360,280 | 13 |
| 28 | 24 | Ninja Assassin | Warner Bros. | $35,711 | -40% | -80% | 166 | $215 | $37,202,310 | 34 |
| 29 | 31 | Under the Sea 3D | Warner Bros. | $32,489 | +22.9% | +169.9% | 26 | $1,249 | $19,263,623 | 319 |
| 30 | 27 | Law Abiding Citizen | Overture Films | $31,285 | -29.8% | +73.5% | 205 | $152 | $72,677,191 | 74 |
| 31 | 29 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | Apparition | $26,136 | -26.5% | -72.5% | 102 | $256 | $9,770,553 | 60 |
| 32 | 30 | Me and Orson Welles | Freestyle Releasing | $21,069 | -32% | -28.9% | 115 | $183 | $780,304 | 34 |
| 33 | 34 | Astro Boy | Summit Entertainment | $17,565 | -6.4% | -17.8% | 168 | $104 | $19,316,399 | 67 |
| 34 | 32 | Paranormal Activity | Paramount Pictures | $16,502 | -33.4% | -12% | 158 | $104 | $107,753,483 | 95 |
| 35 | 33 | A Serious Man | Focus Features | $14,949 | -26.1% | -12.7% | 49 | $305 | $9,057,709 | 88 |
| 36 | 36 | The Lovely Bones | DreamWorks | $10,630 | -28.8% | +32.2% | 3 | $3,543 | $286,791 | 18 |
| 37 | 35 | The Fourth Kind | Universal Pictures | $10,560 | -29.8% | -27.8% | 64 | $165 | $25,370,815 | 53 |
| 38 | 38 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | Warner Bros. | $10,300 | -3.1% | -23.2% | 20 | $515 | $468,672 | 53 |
| 39 | 37 | Pirate Radio | Focus Features | $8,310 | -30.5% | -33% | 113 | $73 | $7,922,286 | 46 |
| 40 | 39 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | Overture Films | $8,303 | -14.7% | -54.7% | 74 | $112 | $31,952,633 | 53 |
| 41 | 40 | The Box | Warner Bros. | $4,478 | -20% | -47.4% | 50 | $89 | $15,013,290 | 53 |
| 42 | 41 | Amelia | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $3,015 | -14.9% | -24.1% | 24 | $125 | $14,198,133 | 67 |
| 43 | 42 | The Maid | Elephant Eye Films | $915 | -55.6% | -60.2% | 6 | $152 | $482,397 | 74 |
| 44 | 45 | The Slammin' Salmon | Anchor Bay Films | $118 | +55.3% | +10.3% | 1 | $118 | $38,578 | 18 |