Domestic Box Office For Holiday Season 2009
Holiday Season 2009 is November 6-January 7, 2010.
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avatar | $749,766,139 | 3,461 | $77,025,481 | 10.3% | 3,452 | Dec 18 | Aug 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $296,623,634 | 4,124 | $142,839,137 | 48.2% | 4,024 | Nov 20 | Apr 1 | Summit Entertainment |
| 3 | The Blind Side | $255,959,475 | 3,407 | $34,119,372 | 13.3% | 3,110 | Nov 20 | Jun 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $219,614,612 | 3,747 | $48,875,415 | 22.3% | 3,700 | Dec 23 | May 20 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | Sherlock Holmes | $209,028,679 | 3,626 | $62,304,277 | 29.8% | 3,626 | Dec 25 | Apr 29 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | 2012 | $166,112,167 | 3,444 | $65,237,614 | 39.3% | 3,404 | Nov 13 | Feb 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | A Christmas Carol | $137,855,863 | 3,683 | $30,051,075 | 21.8% | 3,683 | Nov 6 | Feb 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | It's Complicated | $112,735,375 | 2,955 | $22,100,820 | 19.6% | 2,887 | Dec 25 | Apr 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | The Princess and the Frog | $104,400,899 | 3,475 | $786,190 | 0.8% | 2 | Nov 25 | Apr 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 10 | Up in the Air | $83,823,381 | 2,218 | $1,181,450 | 1.4% | 15 | Dec 4 | Apr 8 | Paramount Pictures |
| 11 | Old Dogs | $49,492,060 | 3,425 | $16,894,511 | 34.1% | 3,425 | Nov 25 | Apr 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 12 | Precious | $47,566,524 | 1,003 | $1,872,458 | 3.9% | 18 | Nov 6 | Mar 18 | Lionsgate |
| 13 | The Lovely Bones | $44,114,232 | 2,638 | $116,616 | 0.3% | 3 | Dec 11 | Mar 18 | DreamWorks |
| 14 | Planet 51 | $42,194,060 | 3,035 | $12,286,129 | 29.1% | 3,035 | Nov 20 | Mar 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 15 | Crazy Heart | $39,464,306 | 1,361 | $82,664 | 0.2% | 4 | Dec 16 | Jun 3 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 16 | Ninja Assassin | $38,122,883 | 2,503 | $13,316,158 | 34.9% | 2,503 | Nov 25 | Feb 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 17 | Invictus | $37,491,364 | 2,170 | $8,611,147 | 23% | 2,125 | Dec 11 | Mar 25 | Warner Bros. |
| 18 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $32,428,195 | 2,453 | $12,706,654 | 39.2% | 2,443 | Nov 6 | Feb 4 | Overture Films |
| 19 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $29,580,087 | 2,718 | $6,616,571 | 22.4% | 2,718 | Dec 18 | Jan 24 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 20 | Brothers | $28,544,157 | 2,088 | $9,527,848 | 33.4% | 2,088 | Dec 4 | Jan 21 | Lionsgate |
| 21 | The Fourth Kind | $25,486,040 | 2,530 | $12,231,160 | 48% | 2,527 | Nov 6 | Jan 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 22 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $21,002,919 | 2,304 | $265,900 | 1.3% | 4 | Nov 13 | Apr 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 23 | Nine | $19,676,965 | 1,412 | $257,232 | 1.3% | 4 | Dec 18 | Mar 18 | The Weinstein Company |
| 24 | Armored | $15,988,876 | 1,919 | $6,511,128 | 40.7% | 1,915 | Dec 4 | Jan 10 | Screen Gems |
| 25 | The Box | $15,051,977 | 2,635 | $7,571,417 | 50.3% | 2,635 | Nov 6 | Jan 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | The Young Victoria | $11,001,272 | 476 | $260,591 | 2.4% | 44 | Dec 18 | Apr 29 | Apparition |
| 27 | Everybody's Fine | $9,208,876 | 2,141 | $3,852,068 | 41.8% | 2,133 | Dec 4 | Dec 24 | Miramax |
| 28 | A Single Man | $9,176,000 | 354 | $217,332 | 2.4% | 9 | Dec 11 | Apr 29 | The Weinstein Company |
| 29 | The Road | $8,117,000 | 396 | $1,502,231 | 18.5% | 111 | Nov 25 | Mar 21 | Dimension Films |
| 30 | The Boat That Rocked | $8,017,917 | 883 | $2,904,380 | 36.2% | 882 | Nov 13 | Jan 7 | Focus Features |
| 31 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | $7,689,607 | 607 | $415,233 | 5.4% | 48 | Dec 25 | May 27 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 32 | 3 Idiots | $6,532,874 | 156 | $1,645,502 | 25.2% | 119 | Dec 23 | Mar 11 | Reliance Big Pictures |
| 33 | Broken Embraces | $5,014,305 | 202 | $107,111 | 2.1% | 2 | Nov 20 | May 27 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 34 | The White Ribbon | $2,222,862 | 106 | $59,848 | 2.7% | 3 | Dec 30 | Jun 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 35 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | $1,702,112 | 96 | $245,398 | 14.4% | 27 | Nov 20 | Mar 4 | First Look International |
| 36 | Me and Orson Welles | $1,190,003 | 134 | $63,638 | 5.3% | 4 | Nov 25 | Feb 25 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 37 | The Messenger | $1,109,660 | 50 | $44,523 | 4% | 4 | Nov 13 | May 13 | Oscilloscope |
| 38 | De Dana Dan | $944,979 | 69 | $577,381 | 61.1% | 69 | Nov 27 | Dec 17 | Eros Worldwide |
| 39 | Kurbaan | $754,268 | 83 | $403,678 | 53.5% | 83 | Nov 20 | Dec 24 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 40 | Red Cliff | $627,047 | 42 | $13,104 | 2.1% | 2 | Nov 18 | Apr 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 41 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | $514,354 | 21 | $2,957 | 0.6% | 1 | Nov 6 | Jan 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 42 | Transylmania | $397,641 | 1,007 | $263,941 | 66.4% | 1,007 | Dec 4 | Dec 17 | Full Circle Releasing |
| 43 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | $337,356 | 26 | $89,950 | 26.7% | 12 | Nov 27 | Mar 11 | Screen Media Films |
| 44 | That Evening Sun | $281,350 | 10 | $7,330 | 2.6% | 1 | Nov 6 | May 13 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 45 | Larger Than Life in | $246,042 | 509 | $246,042 | 100% | 509 | Dec 11 | Dec 13 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group |
| 46 | Sweetgrass | $207,473 | 9 | $9,870 | 4.8% | 1 | Jan 6 | Dec 30 | The Cinema Guild |
| 47 | Paa | $199,228 | 67 | $199,228 | 100% | 67 | Dec 4 | Dec 10 | - |
| 48 | A Town Called Panic | $165,509 | 10 | $2,850 | 1.7% | 1 | Dec 16 | Jul 22 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 49 | Until the Light Takes Us | $130,441 | 3 | $7,246 | 5.6% | 1 | Dec 4 | Apr 29 | Variance Films |
| 50 | The Sun 2009 Re-release | $77,303 | 4 | $11,588 | 15% | 1 | Nov 18 | Apr 15 | Lorber Films |
| 51 | Four Seasons Lodge | $58,334 | 3 | $11,667 | 20% | 1 | Nov 11 | Aug 12 | First Run |
| 52 | The End of Poverty? | $57,805 | 5 | $12,593 | 21.8% | 1 | Nov 13 | Mar 25 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 53 | Police, Adjective | $53,206 | 8 | $19,452 | 36.6% | 8 | Dec 23 | Jan 7 | IFC Films |
| 54 | Collapse | $46,964 | 5 | $7,800 | 16.6% | 1 | Nov 6 | Dec 17 | Vitagraph Films |
| 55 | William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe | $46,078 | 6 | $10,322 | 22.4% | 2 | Nov 13 | Dec 3 | Arthouse Films |
| 56 | The Slammin' Salmon | $41,587 | 11 | $26,167 | 62.9% | 11 | Dec 11 | Jan 28 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 57 | Small Change | $38,296 | 2 | $4,624 | 12.1% | 1 | Nov 24 | - | The Film Desk |
| 58 | Oh My God | $38,244 | 7 | $8,263 | 21.6% | 3 | Nov 13 | Dec 31 | Mitropoulos Films |
| 59 | Uncertainty | $36,689 | 4 | $13,075 | 35.6% | 1 | Nov 13 | Dec 24 | IFC Films |
| 60 | Serious Moonlight | $25,339 | 8 | $11,636 | 45.9% | 8 | Dec 4 | Dec 31 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 61 | Dare | $18,000 | 2 | $13,200 | 73.3% | 2 | Nov 13 | Nov 26 | Image Entertainment |
| 62 | Women in Trouble | $18,000 | 3 | $12,784 | 71% | 3 | Nov 13 | Nov 26 | Screen Media Films |
| 63 | The Missing Person | $17,896 | 3 | $2,715 | 15.2% | 1 | Nov 20 | Feb 25 | Strand Releasing |
| 64 | Splinterheads | $16,392 | 3 | $10,515 | 64.1% | 1 | Nov 6 | Nov 19 | Paladin |
| 65 | Home | $15,925 | 2 | $1,403 | 8.8% | 1 | Nov 27 | Sep 23 | Lorber Films |
| 66 | Defamation | $12,038 | 4 | $4,725 | 39.3% | 4 | Nov 20 | Dec 17 | First Run |
| 67 | One Peace at a Time | $11,698 | 2 | $4,138 | 35.4% | 1 | Dec 4 | Dec 17 | Monterey Media |
| 68 | Fix | $9,890 | 1 | $5,951 | 60.2% | 1 | Nov 20 | Nov 26 | Mangusta Productions |
| 69 | Endgame | $9,645 | 14 | $1,608 | 16.7% | 14 | Nov 6 | Jan 21 | Monterey Media |
| 70 | Mammoth | $9,580 | 1 | $4,531 | 47.3% | 1 | Nov 20 | Dec 3 | IFC Films |
| 71 | The Strip | $5,107 | 8 | $5,107 | 100% | 8 | Dec 4 | Dec 10 | Truly Indie |
| 72 | Ricky | $3,457 | 1 | $1,626 | 47% | 1 | Dec 16 | Dec 24 | IFC Films |
| 73 | American Fork | $3,359 | 2 | $1,083 | 32.2% | 2 | Nov 6 | Dec 10 | Monterey Media |
