Domestic Box Office For Dec 31, 2009
| TD | YD | Release | Distributor | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Avatar | Twentieth Century Fox | $14,738,136 | -20.2% | +32.2% | 3,456 | $4,264 | $283,624,210 | 14 |
| 2 | 2 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | Twentieth Century Fox | $8,732,013 | -25.9% | +10.4% | 3,700 | $2,360 | $120,727,282 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 | Sherlock Holmes | Warner Bros. | $8,691,781 | -10.6% | - | 3,626 | $2,397 | $102,102,956 | 7 |
| 4 | 4 | It's Complicated | Universal Pictures | $5,326,515 | +21% | - | 2,897 | $1,838 | $40,375,875 | 7 |
| 5 | 6 | The Blind Side | Warner Bros. | $3,465,225 | +13% | +123% | 2,766 | $1,252 | $196,563,318 | 42 |
| 6 | 7 | Up in the Air | Paramount Pictures | $2,828,618 | +22.7% | +61.5% | 1,895 | $1,492 | $33,655,213 | 28 |
| 7 | 5 | The Princess and the Frog | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $2,590,857 | -22.2% | +79% | 3,475 | $745 | $76,035,028 | 37 |
| 8 | 8 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | Sony Pictures Releasing | $1,286,227 | +7.9% | +94% | 2,718 | $473 | $20,380,046 | 14 |
| 9 | 11 | Invictus | Warner Bros. | $992,826 | +10.5% | +38.4% | 2,160 | $459 | $26,677,133 | 21 |
| 10 | 9 | Nine | The Weinstein Company | $877,130 | -13.4% | +2,430.4% | 1,412 | $621 | $9,844,753 | 14 |
| 11 | 10 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Summit Entertainment | $642,212 | -35.5% | +62.6% | 1,593 | $403 | $284,512,392 | 42 |
| 12 | 12 | 3 Idiots | Reliance Big Pictures | $245,128 | -18.5% | -24.2% | 120 | $2,042 | $3,262,609 | 9 |
| 13 | 13 | A Christmas Carol | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $202,180 | -19.5% | -77.3% | 1,245 | $162 | $136,889,051 | 56 |
| 14 | 18 | Old Dogs | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $194,017 | +20.1% | -11% | 645 | $300 | $46,528,573 | 37 |
| 15 | 15 | 2012 | Sony Pictures Releasing | $191,138 | -16.1% | -12.5% | 800 | $238 | $162,349,001 | 49 |
| 16 | 14 | Brothers | Lionsgate | $152,477 | -34.9% | -34.5% | 858 | $177 | $26,222,779 | 28 |
| 17 | 16 | Precious | Lionsgate | $135,983 | -36.5% | +3.3% | 629 | $216 | $42,567,989 | 56 |
| 18 | 20 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Sony Pictures Releasing | $91,168 | -22.9% | +147.3% | 276 | $330 | $123,910,697 | 105 |
| 19 | 19 | The Road | - | $83,615 | -30.1% | -1.6% | 311 | $268 | $6,315,678 | 37 |
| 20 | 21 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Twentieth Century Fox | $77,378 | -18.4% | -19% | 197 | $392 | $18,644,556 | 49 |
| 21 | 22 | A Single Man | The Weinstein Company | $69,820 | -18.6% | +206% | 46 | $1,517 | $1,244,691 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | Where the Wild Things Are | Warner Bros. | $53,099 | -27.1% | +615.9% | 267 | $198 | $76,301,979 | 77 |
| 23 | 27 | Crazy Heart | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $44,419 | +9.1% | +134.5% | 12 | $3,701 | $481,200 | 16 |
| 24 | 24 | Planet 51 | Sony Pictures Releasing | $41,120 | -24.1% | -2.6% | 209 | $196 | $39,410,558 | 42 |
| 25 | 26 | Couples Retreat | Universal Pictures | $35,650 | -20.5% | +169.5% | 230 | $155 | $108,297,465 | 84 |
| 26 | 25 | Armored | Screen Gems | $35,554 | -33.5% | -64.1% | 244 | $145 | $15,498,240 | 28 |
| 27 | 28 | Ninja Assassin | Warner Bros. | $28,036 | -21.3% | -62.2% | 166 | $168 | $37,303,465 | 37 |
| 28 | 32 | Me and Orson Welles | Freestyle Releasing | $25,808 | +11.1% | -9.8% | 115 | $224 | $850,203 | 37 |
| 29 | 29 | Law Abiding Citizen | Overture Films | $21,447 | -35.6% | +128% | 205 | $104 | $72,764,227 | 77 |
| 30 | 30 | Under the Sea 3D | Warner Bros. | $18,960 | -41.6% | +164.7% | 26 | $729 | $19,352,570 | 322 |
| 31 | 33 | Astro Boy | Summit Entertainment | $17,791 | -20.4% | +61.6% | 168 | $105 | $19,377,871 | 70 |
| 32 | 31 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | Apparition | $15,849 | -40.8% | -49.1% | 102 | $155 | $9,839,784 | 63 |
| 33 | 35 | A Serious Man | Focus Features | $11,623 | -23.1% | -49.3% | 49 | $237 | $9,098,436 | 91 |
| 34 | 34 | Paranormal Activity | Paramount Pictures | $8,516 | -46.3% | +38.2% | 158 | $53 | $107,792,845 | 98 |
| 35 | 39 | Pirate Radio | Focus Features | $8,407 | -13.1% | -29.7% | 113 | $74 | $7,949,556 | 49 |
| 36 | 38 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | Warner Bros. | $7,722 | -22.9% | -49.9% | 20 | $386 | $497,657 | 56 |
| 37 | 40 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | Overture Films | $6,613 | -26.6% | -34.9% | 74 | $89 | $31,976,937 | 56 |
| 38 | 36 | The Lovely Bones | DreamWorks | $6,113 | -57.8% | -22.1% | 3 | $2,037 | $318,423 | 21 |
| 39 | 37 | The Fourth Kind | Universal Pictures | $5,440 | -46.8% | +16.9% | 64 | $85 | $25,396,720 | 56 |
| 40 | 42 | Amelia | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $3,034 | -12.5% | +55.4% | 24 | $126 | $14,207,978 | 70 |
| 41 | 41 | The Box | Warner Bros. | $2,680 | -45% | -22.3% | 50 | $53 | $15,025,279 | 56 |
| 42 | 43 | The Maid | Elephant Eye Films | $1,156 | -13.6% | -46% | 6 | $192 | $486,232 | 77 |
| 43 | 44 | The Slammin' Salmon | Anchor Bay Films | $126 | -7.4% | +110% | 1 | $126 | $38,920 | 21 |