Domestic Box Office For November 2009
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $296,623,634 | 4,124 | $142,839,137 | 48.2% | 4,024 | Nov 20 | Apr 1 | Summit Entertainment |
| 2 | The Blind Side | $255,959,475 | 3,407 | $34,119,372 | 13.3% | 3,110 | Nov 20 | Jun 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | 2012 | $166,112,167 | 3,444 | $65,237,614 | 39.3% | 3,404 | Nov 13 | Feb 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 4 | A Christmas Carol | $137,855,863 | 3,683 | $30,051,075 | 21.8% | 3,683 | Nov 6 | Feb 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | The Princess and the Frog | $104,400,899 | 3,475 | $786,190 | 0.8% | 2 | Nov 25 | Apr 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | Old Dogs | $49,492,060 | 3,425 | $16,894,511 | 34.1% | 3,425 | Nov 25 | Apr 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | Precious | $47,566,524 | 1,003 | $1,872,458 | 3.9% | 18 | Nov 6 | Mar 18 | Lionsgate |
| 8 | Planet 51 | $42,194,060 | 3,035 | $12,286,129 | 29.1% | 3,035 | Nov 20 | Mar 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 9 | Ninja Assassin | $38,122,883 | 2,503 | $13,316,158 | 34.9% | 2,503 | Nov 25 | Feb 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $32,428,195 | 2,453 | $12,706,654 | 39.2% | 2,443 | Nov 6 | Feb 4 | Overture Films |
| 11 | The Fourth Kind | $25,486,040 | 2,530 | $12,231,160 | 48% | 2,527 | Nov 6 | Jan 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 12 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $21,002,919 | 2,304 | $265,900 | 1.3% | 4 | Nov 13 | Apr 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 13 | The Box | $15,051,977 | 2,635 | $7,571,417 | 50.3% | 2,635 | Nov 6 | Jan 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | The Road | $8,117,000 | 396 | $1,502,231 | 18.5% | 111 | Nov 25 | Mar 21 | Dimension Films |
| 15 | The Boat That Rocked | $8,017,917 | 883 | $2,904,380 | 36.2% | 882 | Nov 13 | Jan 7 | Focus Features |
| 16 | Broken Embraces | $5,014,305 | 202 | $107,111 | 2.1% | 2 | Nov 20 | May 27 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 17 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | $1,702,112 | 96 | $245,398 | 14.4% | 27 | Nov 20 | Mar 4 | First Look International |
| 18 | Me and Orson Welles | $1,190,003 | 134 | $63,638 | 5.3% | 4 | Nov 25 | Feb 25 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 19 | The Messenger | $1,109,660 | 50 | $44,523 | 4% | 4 | Nov 13 | May 13 | Oscilloscope |
| 20 | De Dana Dan | $944,979 | 69 | $577,381 | 61.1% | 69 | Nov 27 | Dec 17 | Eros Worldwide |
| 21 | Kurbaan | $754,268 | 83 | $403,678 | 53.5% | 83 | Nov 20 | Dec 24 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 22 | Red Cliff | $627,047 | 42 | $13,104 | 2.1% | 2 | Nov 18 | Apr 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 23 | La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet | $567,493 | 25 | $14,000 | 2.5% | 1 | Nov 4 | Apr 22 | Zipporah Films |
| 24 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | $514,354 | 21 | $2,957 | 0.6% | 1 | Nov 6 | Jan 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | $337,356 | 26 | $89,950 | 26.7% | 12 | Nov 27 | Mar 11 | Screen Media Films |
| 26 | That Evening Sun | $281,350 | 10 | $7,330 | 2.6% | 1 | Nov 6 | May 13 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 27 | The Sun 2009 Re-release | $77,303 | 4 | $11,588 | 15% | 1 | Nov 18 | Apr 15 | Lorber Films |
| 28 | Four Seasons Lodge | $58,334 | 3 | $11,667 | 20% | 1 | Nov 11 | Aug 12 | First Run |
| 29 | The End of Poverty? | $57,805 | 5 | $12,593 | 21.8% | 1 | Nov 13 | Mar 25 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 30 | Collapse | $46,964 | 5 | $7,800 | 16.6% | 1 | Nov 6 | Dec 17 | Vitagraph Films |
| 31 | William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe | $46,078 | 6 | $10,322 | 22.4% | 2 | Nov 13 | Dec 3 | Arthouse Films |
| 32 | Small Change | $38,296 | 2 | $4,624 | 12.1% | 1 | Nov 24 | - | The Film Desk |
| 33 | Oh My God | $38,244 | 7 | $8,263 | 21.6% | 3 | Nov 13 | Dec 31 | Mitropoulos Films |
| 34 | Uncertainty | $36,689 | 4 | $13,075 | 35.6% | 1 | Nov 13 | Dec 24 | IFC Films |
| 35 | Dare | $18,000 | 2 | $13,200 | 73.3% | 2 | Nov 13 | Nov 26 | Image Entertainment |
| 36 | Women in Trouble | $18,000 | 3 | $12,784 | 71% | 3 | Nov 13 | Nov 26 | Screen Media Films |
| 37 | The Missing Person | $17,896 | 3 | $2,715 | 15.2% | 1 | Nov 20 | Feb 25 | Strand Releasing |
| 38 | Splinterheads | $16,392 | 3 | $10,515 | 64.1% | 1 | Nov 6 | Nov 19 | Paladin |
| 39 | Home | $15,925 | 2 | $1,403 | 8.8% | 1 | Nov 27 | Sep 23 | Lorber Films |
| 40 | Defamation | $12,038 | 4 | $4,725 | 39.3% | 4 | Nov 20 | Dec 17 | First Run |
| 41 | Fix | $9,890 | 1 | $5,951 | 60.2% | 1 | Nov 20 | Nov 26 | Mangusta Productions |
| 42 | Endgame | $9,645 | 14 | $1,608 | 16.7% | 14 | Nov 6 | Jan 21 | Monterey Media |
| 43 | Mammoth | $9,580 | 1 | $4,531 | 47.3% | 1 | Nov 20 | Dec 3 | IFC Films |
| 44 | American Fork | $3,359 | 2 | $1,083 | 32.2% | 2 | Nov 6 | Dec 10 | Monterey Media |
