Domestic 2009 Weekend 34
August 21-23, 2009
| Rank | LW | Release | Distributor | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Inglourious Basterds | The Weinstein Company | $38,054,676 | - | 3,165 | - | $12,023 | $38,070,437 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | District 9 | TriStar Pictures | $18,213,546 | -51.2% | 3,050 | +1 | $5,971 | $72,804,317 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Paramount Pictures | $12,204,927 | -45.3% | 3,953 | -54 | $3,087 | $120,235,874 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | The Time Traveler's Wife | Warner Bros. | $9,742,427 | -47.7% | 2,988 | - | $3,260 | $37,165,676 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | Julie & Julia | Sony Pictures Releasing | $8,800,674 | -27% | 2,463 | +109 | $3,573 | $59,088,965 | 3 |
| 6 | - | Shorts | Warner Bros. | $6,410,339 | - | 3,105 | - | $2,064 | $6,410,339 | 1 |
| 7 | 5 | G-Force | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $4,114,661 | -40.5% | 2,561 | -504 | $1,606 | $107,224,616 | 5 |
| 8 | 7 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Warner Bros. | $3,478,149 | -32.3% | 1,936 | -835 | $1,796 | $290,238,524 | 6 |
| 9 | 8 | The Ugly Truth | Sony Pictures Releasing | $2,774,174 | -37.6% | 1,971 | -762 | $1,407 | $82,811,624 | 5 |
| 10 | 6 | The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard | Paramount Vantage | $2,710,194 | -52% | 1,849 | +11 | $1,465 | $11,247,625 | 2 |
| 11 | - | Post Grad | Twentieth Century Fox | $2,651,996 | - | 1,959 | - | $1,353 | $2,651,996 | 1 |
| 12 | 9 | Ponyo | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $2,425,644 | -32.4% | 927 | - | $2,616 | $8,136,515 | 2 |
| 13 | 11 | 500 Days of Summer | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $2,280,680 | -23.1% | 988 | -60 | $2,308 | $22,077,070 | 6 |
| 14 | 14 | The Hangover | Warner Bros. | $1,474,236 | -25.9% | 848 | -337 | $1,738 | $268,277,556 | 12 |
| 15 | 12 | A Perfect Getaway | Universal Pictures | $1,090,615 | -61.9% | 1,322 | -837 | $824 | $14,205,010 | 3 |
| 16 | 15 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | DreamWorks | $970,360 | -39.5% | 740 | -267 | $1,311 | $398,441,218 | 9 |
| 17 | 10 | Funny People | Universal Pictures | $922,555 | -69.4% | 932 | -1,652 | $989 | $50,551,440 | 4 |
| 18 | 13 | Bandslam | Summit Entertainment | $858,829 | -61.5% | 2,121 | - | $404 | $4,435,538 | 2 |
| 19 | - | X Games 3D: The Movie | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $837,216 | - | 1,399 | - | $598 | $837,216 | 1 |
| 20 | 16 | Orphan | Warner Bros. | $802,493 | -49.1% | 655 | -606 | $1,225 | $39,934,233 | 5 |
| 21 | 18 | The Proposal | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $791,387 | -39.2% | 642 | -442 | $1,232 | $159,166,329 | 10 |
| 22 | 17 | Aliens in the Attic | Twentieth Century Fox | $752,739 | -48.1% | 830 | -705 | $906 | $22,247,346 | 4 |
| 23 | 19 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Twentieth Century Fox | $741,538 | -41.6% | 559 | -299 | $1,326 | $192,388,059 | 8 |
| 24 | 21 | The Hurt Locker | Summit Entertainment | $383,017 | -40.5% | 399 | -79 | $959 | $11,124,222 | 9 |
| 25 | 22 | Up | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $317,602 | -22.4% | 227 | -66 | $1,399 | $288,827,973 | 13 |
| 26 | 23 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Twentieth Century Fox | $301,043 | -17.8% | 266 | -12 | $1,131 | $176,087,412 | 14 |
| 27 | 26 | Under the Sea 3D | Warner Bros. | $294,903 | +20.7% | 108 | +68 | $2,730 | $16,201,198 | 28 |
| 28 | 29 | Adam | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $248,123 | +22.7% | 66 | - | $3,759 | $892,806 | 4 |
| 29 | 25 | Star Trek | Paramount Pictures | $240,311 | -25.8% | 271 | -32 | $886 | $256,374,154 | 16 |
| 30 | 24 | Public Enemies | Universal Pictures | $234,805 | -34.7% | 311 | -56 | $755 | $96,753,755 | 8 |
| 31 | 20 | Kaminey | UTV Motion Pictures | $220,326 | -69.7% | 82 | -3 | $2,686 | $1,072,624 | 2 |
| 32 | 28 | In the Loop | IFC Films | $187,652 | -14.3% | 90 | +6 | $2,085 | $1,550,473 | 5 |
| 33 | 30 | Paper Heart | Overture Films | $127,411 | -25.7% | 78 | +10 | $1,633 | $754,472 | 3 |
| 34 | 31 | The Taking of Pelham 123 | Sony Pictures Releasing | $122,931 | -22.2% | 163 | -39 | $754 | $65,452,312 | 11 |
| 35 | 43 | Cold Souls | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | $120,406 | +70.5% | 50 | +29 | $2,408 | $327,179 | 3 |
| 36 | 32 | My Sister's Keeper | Warner Bros. | $119,196 | -11% | 175 | -27 | $681 | $48,073,958 | 9 |
| 37 | 36 | Food, Inc. | Magnolia Pictures | $84,774 | -21.3% | 90 | -20 | $941 | $3,977,797 | 11 |
| 38 | 27 | The Collector | Freestyle Releasing | $71,699 | -68.6% | 89 | -173 | $805 | $7,472,551 | 4 |
| 39 | 35 | Terminator Salvation | Warner Bros. | $68,533 | -37.6% | 136 | -67 | $503 | $125,223,374 | 14 |
| 40 | - | My One and Only | Freestyle Releasing | $58,692 | - | 4 | - | $14,673 | $58,692 | 1 |
| 41 | 38 | Moon | Sony Pictures Classics | $55,338 | -39.9% | 71 | -29 | $779 | $4,573,659 | 11 |
| 42 | 39 | The Cove | Roadside Attractions | $53,107 | -39.4% | 32 | -21 | $1,659 | $537,247 | 4 |
| 43 | 37 | It Might Get Loud | Sony Pictures Classics | $52,074 | -43.8% | 7 | - | $7,439 | $197,552 | 2 |
| 44 | 42 | I Love You, Beth Cooper | Twentieth Century Fox | $51,931 | -33.9% | 111 | -29 | $467 | $14,652,611 | 7 |
| 45 | 49 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | International Film Circuit | $46,385 | -3.8% | 23 | -1 | $2,016 | $567,078 | 7 |
| 46 | 45 | Monsters vs. Aliens | DreamWorks | $40,265 | -27.2% | 95 | -21 | $423 | $198,332,128 | 22 |
| 47 | 50 | The Wonder of It All | Indican Pictures | $35,808 | -22.6% | 16 | -12 | $2,238 | $675,975 | 6 |
| 48 | 51 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | 3D Entertainment | $35,434 | -22.2% | 6 | +1 | $5,905 | $6,893,526 | 80 |
| 49 | 47 | Thirst | Focus Features | $33,666 | -33.6% | 17 | +2 | $1,980 | $296,441 | 4 |
| 50 | 46 | Whatever Works | Sony Pictures Classics | $31,479 | -39% | 34 | -22 | $925 | $5,183,644 | 10 |
| 51 | 40 | Love Aaj Kal | Eros International | $30,812 | -64% | 102 | - | $302 | $2,404,655 | 4 |
| 52 | 54 | Departures | Regent Releasing | $29,765 | -2.1% | 20 | -1 | $1,488 | $1,232,944 | 13 |
| 53 | 52 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D | IMAX | $28,606 | -29.9% | 3 | -1 | $9,535 | $29,726,935 | 205 |
| 54 | - | Casi divas 2009 Re-release | Maya Entertainment | $27,491 | - | 22 | - | $1,249 | $27,491 | 1 |
| 55 | 58 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | National Geographic Entertainment | $26,105 | +16% | 8 | - | $3,263 | $22,013,888 | 99 |
| 56 | 55 | Lorna's Silence | Sony Pictures Classics | $25,045 | -10.6% | 14 | -2 | $1,788 | $160,241 | 4 |
| 57 | 53 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Twentieth Century Fox | $23,693 | -31.7% | 46 | -18 | $515 | $179,840,414 | 17 |
| 58 | 65 | Flame & Citron | IFC Films | $18,925 | +92.8% | 6 | +3 | $3,154 | $67,258 | 4 |
| 59 | 57 | Space Station 3D | IMAX | $17,427 | -33.1% | 5 | -1 | $3,485 | $79,632,608 | 384 |
| 60 | - | The Baader Meinhof Complex | Vitagraph Films | $17,348 | - | 2 | - | $8,674 | $17,348 | 1 |
| 61 | 61 | Séraphine | Music Box Films | $15,254 | -8.7% | 15 | +2 | $1,016 | $620,163 | 12 |
| 62 | - | The Headless Woman | Strand Releasing | $14,778 | - | 1 | - | $14,778 | $20,316 | 1 |
| 63 | 34 | Spread | Anchor Bay Films | $14,252 | -88.4% | 25 | -78 | $570 | $215,165 | 2 |
| 64 | 68 | U2 3D | National Geographic Entertainment | $13,355 | +70.8% | 3 | - | $4,451 | $10,144,396 | 83 |
| 65 | 59 | A Woman in Berlin | Strand Releasing | $13,174 | -22.9% | 7 | +2 | $1,882 | $136,030 | 6 |
| 66 | 63 | My Life in Ruins | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $12,727 | +10.2% | 15 | +3 | $848 | $8,649,034 | 12 |
| 67 | - | Streetballers | MSK Productions | $11,581 | - | 2 | - | $5,790 | $11,581 | 1 |
| 68 | 62 | Tetro | American Zoetrope | $11,312 | -29.5% | 8 | -2 | $1,414 | $438,350 | 11 |
| 69 | 60 | Chéri | Miramax | $9,586 | -42.9% | 36 | +6 | $266 | $2,708,188 | 9 |
| 70 | 69 | Humpday | Magnolia Pictures | $9,156 | +19% | 17 | +7 | $538 | $343,955 | 7 |
| 71 | 72 | Summer Hours | IFC Films | $8,154 | +29.4% | 13 | -5 | $627 | $1,641,025 | 15 |
| 72 | 85 | Easy Virtue | Sony Pictures Classics | $8,086 | +125.2% | 27 | +15 | $299 | $2,620,084 | 14 |
| 73 | 75 | Unmistaken Child | Oscilloscope | $8,014 | +45.3% | 4 | -1 | $2,003 | $208,345 | 12 |
| 74 | 71 | Cloud 9 | Music Box Films | $7,302 | +10.4% | 2 | +1 | $3,651 | $19,591 | 2 |
| 75 | 114 | Gotta Dance | Mitropoulos Films | $7,225 | +2,063.2% | 4 | +3 | $1,806 | $25,108 | 4 |
| 76 | 70 | Galapagos | IMAX | $6,899 | +1.6% | 2 | -1 | $3,449 | $17,635,201 | 513 |
| 77 | 99 | Afghan Star | Zeitgeist Films | $6,597 | +354.3% | 2 | - | $3,298 | $70,154 | 9 |
| 78 | 79 | Soul Power | Sony Pictures Classics | $6,264 | +31.6% | 9 | +4 | $696 | $156,270 | 7 |
| 79 | - | Five Minutes of Heaven | IFC Films | $5,364 | - | 1 | - | $5,364 | $5,364 | 1 |
| 80 | 80 | Every Little Step | Sony Pictures Classics | $5,313 | +16.1% | 10 | -2 | $531 | $1,698,274 | 19 |
| 81 | - | The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $4,840 | - | 1 | - | $4,840 | $44,118 | 14 |
| 82 | 90 | Beeswax | The Cinema Guild | $4,686 | +83.3% | 2 | +1 | $2,343 | $19,596 | 3 |
| 83 | - | World's Greatest Dad | Magnolia Pictures | $4,675 | - | 1 | - | $4,675 | $4,675 | 1 |
| 84 | 83 | The Girl from Monaco 2008 Re-release | Magnolia Pictures | $4,467 | +5% | 7 | - | $638 | $540,729 | 8 |
| 85 | 77 | The Stoning of Soraya M. | Roadside Attractions | $4,015 | -19.8% | 9 | +1 | $446 | $616,575 | 9 |
| 86 | 97 | Weather Girl | New American Vision | $3,964 | +124.8% | 2 | +1 | $1,982 | $20,916 | 7 |
| 87 | 92 | Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love | Shadow Distribution | $3,526 | +51.9% | 4 | +1 | $881 | $116,410 | 11 |
| 88 | - | Revanche | Janus Films | $3,496 | - | 2 | - | $1,748 | $248,372 | 17 |
| 89 | 76 | Bliss 2009 Re-release | First Run | $3,338 | -36.1% | 1 | - | $3,338 | $23,530 | 3 |
| 90 | 101 | American Casino | Argot Pictures | $3,337 | +138.9% | 1 | - | $3,337 | $5,842 | 2 |
| 91 | 66 | O'Horten | Sony Pictures Classics | $3,334 | -60.1% | 7 | -8 | $476 | $274,365 | 14 |
| 92 | 81 | The Beaches of Agnès | The Cinema Guild | $3,197 | -29.1% | 2 | -1 | $1,598 | $134,448 | 8 |
| 93 | 100 | Tulpan | Zeitgeist Films | $3,167 | +120.9% | 3 | +1 | $1,055 | $154,098 | 21 |
| 94 | - | The Marc Pease Experience | Paramount Vantage | $2,641 | - | 10 | - | $264 | $2,641 | 1 |
| 95 | 86 | Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! | Magnolia Pictures | $2,562 | -27.8% | 4 | -2 | $640 | $19,368 | 4 |
| 96 | 91 | Earth Days | Zeitgeist Films | $2,435 | +1.1% | 5 | +4 | $487 | $6,384 | 2 |
| 97 | 98 | Rudo y Cursi | Sony Pictures Classics | $2,406 | +60.6% | 6 | -2 | $401 | $1,826,674 | 16 |
| 98 | 88 | Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone | Eleven Arts | $2,360 | -29.3% | 2 | - | $1,180 | $19,638 | 8 |
| 99 | 93 | The Way We Get By | International Film Circuit | $2,038 | -4.7% | 3 | +1 | $679 | $43,074 | 6 |
| 100 | 96 | Z | Rialto Pictures | $2,030 | +15.1% | 1 | - | $2,030 | $79,227 | 24 |
| 101 | 84 | Little Ashes | Regent Releasing | $2,007 | -52.2% | 4 | +1 | $501 | $469,819 | 16 |
| 102 | - | Sikandar | Adlabs Films | $1,954 | - | 9 | - | $217 | $1,954 | 1 |
| 103 | - | Tony Manero | Lorber Films | $1,904 | - | 5 | - | $380 | $20,677 | 8 |
| 104 | 106 | The Girlfriend Experience | Magnolia Pictures | $1,778 | +141.9% | 3 | -1 | $592 | $693,872 | 14 |
| 105 | 94 | Herb & Dorothy | Arthouse Films | $1,768 | -10.4% | 2 | -1 | $884 | $172,861 | 12 |
| 106 | 112 | Outrage | Magnolia Pictures | $1,684 | +313.8% | 5 | +3 | $336 | $285,063 | 16 |
| 107 | 67 | Shrink | Roadside Attractions | $1,440 | -81.7% | 4 | -3 | $360 | $170,162 | 5 |
| 108 | 113 | Under Our Skin | Shadow Distribution | $1,252 | +229.5% | 3 | +2 | $417 | $64,498 | 10 |
| 109 | - | 24 City | The Cinema Guild | $1,095 | - | 2 | - | $547 | $28,284 | 12 |
| 110 | 105 | One Day You'll Understand | Kino International | $1,094 | +33.6% | 1 | - | $1,094 | $141,910 | 43 |
| 111 | 116 | Il Divo | Music Box Films | $806 | +632.7% | 2 | +1 | $403 | $219,266 | 18 |
| 112 | - | Le combat dans l'île | The Film Desk | $666 | - | 1 | - | $666 | $22,433 | 11 |
| 113 | 87 | Adoration | Sony Pictures Classics | $647 | -81.7% | 16 | +6 | $40 | $279,341 | 16 |
| 114 | - | Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha | - | $604 | - | 1 | - | $604 | $604 | 1 |
| 115 | 74 | Léon Morin, Priest | Rialto Pictures | $512 | -90.8% | 1 | - | $512 | $24,978 | 19 |
| 116 | - | The Legend of God's Gun | Indican Pictures | $496 | - | 1 | - | $496 | $239,923 | 58 |
| 117 | - | Shall We Kiss? | Music Box Films | $444 | - | 1 | - | $444 | $531,533 | 22 |
| 118 | 89 | Goodbye Solo | Roadside Attractions | $401 | -84.7% | 3 | -1 | $133 | $865,730 | 22 |
| 119 | - | Pretty Ugly People | Osiris Entertainment | $393 | - | 1 | - | $393 | $2,916 | - |
| 120 | - | Daytime Drinking | Eleven Arts | $224 | - | 1 | - | $224 | $4,970 | 12 |