Domestic Box Office For March 2009
Limited releases are those released in fewer than 600 theaters.
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunshine Cleaning | $12,062,558 | 642 | $219,190 | 1.8% | 4 | Mar 13 | Jul 9 | Overture Films |
| 2 | Sin Nombre | $2,536,665 | 87 | $81,446 | 3.2% | 6 | Mar 20 | Jul 16 | Focus Features |
| 3 | Valentino: The Last Emperor | $1,755,134 | 38 | $21,762 | 1.2% | 1 | Mar 18 | Aug 30 | Truly Indie |
| 4 | Goodbye Solo | $870,781 | 34 | $38,042 | 4.4% | 3 | Mar 27 | Nov 12 | Roadside Attractions |
| 5 | The Great Buck Howard | $750,587 | 76 | $115,004 | 15.3% | 55 | Mar 20 | Jul 9 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 6 | The Cross | $741,557 | 221 | $309,455 | 41.7% | 221 | Mar 27 | May 25 | 8x Entertainment |
| 7 | Everlasting Moments | $610,825 | 30 | $40,443 | 6.6% | 5 | Mar 6 | Jun 25 | IFC Films |
| 8 | Shall We Kiss? | $535,499 | 33 | $28,680 | 5.4% | 4 | Mar 27 | Feb 18 | Music Box Films |
| 9 | Tokyo! | $351,059 | 18 | $23,030 | 6.6% | 1 | Mar 6 | Jun 14 | Liberation Entertainment |
| 10 | Tokyo Sonata | $278,356 | 10 | $28,345 | 10.2% | 2 | Mar 13 | Dec 10 | Regent Releasing |
| 11 | Brothers at War | $153,148 | 18 | $33,142 | 21.6% | 7 | Mar 13 | Jun 4 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 12 | Fados | $129,150 | 6 | $10,823 | 8.4% | 1 | Mar 6 | Jun 28 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 13 | 12 | $125,120 | 20 | $12,042 | 9.6% | 5 | Mar 4 | Jun 25 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 14 | Throw Down Your Heart | $89,521 | 4 | $7,283 | 8.1% | 2 | Mar 13 | Jul 23 | Argot Pictures |
| 15 | Z | $83,305 | 2 | $10,144 | 12.2% | 1 | Mar 13 | Sep 13 | Rialto Pictures |
| 16 | Skills Like This | $63,163 | 7 | $9,413 | 14.9% | 1 | Mar 20 | Jun 18 | Shadow Distribution |
| 17 | Three Monkeys | $41,343 | 3 | $3,045 | 7.4% | 1 | Mar 27 | Jul 19 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 18 | 13B: Fear Has a New Address | $36,594 | 6 | $11,056 | 30.2% | 6 | Mar 6 | Apr 2 | Adlabs Films |
| 19 | Super Capers: The Origins of Ed and the Missing Bullion | $30,955 | 80 | $21,559 | 69.6% | 80 | Mar 20 | Apr 23 | Roadside Attractions |
| 20 | American Swing | $30,156 | 2 | $10,174 | 33.7% | 1 | Mar 27 | Apr 16 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 21 | Mancora | $29,697 | 2 | $7,675 | 25.8% | 2 | Mar 20 | Jun 28 | Maya Entertainment |
| 22 | Explicit Ills | $28,564 | 2 | $9,125 | 31.9% | 1 | Mar 6 | Mar 22 | Peace Arch Entertainment Group |
| 23 | Guest of Cindy Sherman | $27,052 | 1 | $7,685 | 28.4% | 1 | Mar 27 | Apr 19 | Trela Media |
| 24 | Perestroika | $26,064 | 1 | $3,532 | 13.6% | 1 | Mar 20 | Apr 30 | Strand Releasing |
| 25 | Coyote County Loser | $24,375 | 2 | $4,724 | 19.4% | 1 | Mar 20 | May 21 | Roebuck Media |
| 26 | Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America | $18,728 | 1 | $7,686 | 41% | 1 | Mar 13 | Mar 26 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 27 | The New Twenty | $17,625 | 1 | $6,272 | 35.6% | 1 | Mar 20 | May 21 | Argot Pictures |
| 28 | The Education of Charlie Banks | $15,078 | 3 | $8,538 | 56.6% | 3 | Mar 27 | Apr 9 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 29 | Carmen and Geoffrey | $14,130 | 1 | $5,656 | 40% | 1 | Mar 13 | Apr 23 | First Run |
| 30 | Sherman's Way | $13,282 | 4 | $2,789 | 21% | 1 | Mar 6 | Mar 19 | International Film Circuit |
| 31 | Spinning Into Butter | $8,064 | 4 | $5,534 | 68.6% | 4 | Mar 27 | Apr 2 | Screen Media Films |
| 32 | Reunion | $8,030 | 2 | $6,542 | 81.5% | 2 | Mar 6 | Mar 12 | Abramorama |
| 33 | Waiting for Dublin | $5,925 | 4 | $4,183 | 70.6% | 4 | Mar 13 | Mar 19 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 34 | Dhoondte Reh Jaoge | $5,127 | 10 | $5,126 | 100% | 10 | Mar 6 | Mar 8 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 35 | Shuttle | $1,925 | 1 | $1,925 | 100% | 1 | Mar 6 | Mar 8 | Truly Indie |
| 36 | America Betrayed | $1,311 | 1 | $245 | 18.7% | 1 | Mar 27 | Apr 12 | First Run |
