Domestic 2009 Weekend 42
October 16-18, 2009
| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release | Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | $36,411,173 | +419.2% | 26.3% | 10 | Where the Wild Things Are | $32,695,407 | 89.8% | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | 6 | $22,642,887 | +555.4% | 16.3% | 4 | Law Abiding Citizen | $21,039,502 | 92.9% | 1 | Overture Films |
| 3 | 4 | $20,025,187 | +133.2% | 14.4% | 2 | Paranormal Activity | $19,617,650 | 98% | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | 1 | $17,775,155 | -50.3% | 12.8% | 2 | Couples Retreat | $17,227,390 | 96.9% | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | 2 | $15,881,769 | -40.7% | 11.5% | 3 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $8,017,871 | 50.5% | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | 3 | $5,423,337 | -57.3% | 3.9% | 6 | Toy Story 2009 Re-release | $3,016,580 | 55.6% | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | 7 | $1,556,969 | -46.9% | 1.1% | 3 | Whip It | $1,507,379 | 96.8% | 3 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 9 | 12 | $1,074,636 | -16.6% | 0.8% | 2 | A Serious Man | $842,511 | 78.4% | 3 | Focus Features |
| 10 | 8 | $903,890 | -64.5% | 0.7% | 1 | Fame | $903,890 | 100% | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 11 | 9 | $758,052 | -53.8% | 0.5% | 2 | I Can Do Bad All by Myself | $557,799 | 73.6% | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 12 | 14 | $739,881 | +0.8% | 0.5% | 8 | Coco Before Chanel | $391,618 | 52.9% | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 13 | 10 | $580,764 | -62.4% | 0.4% | 6 | Good Hair | $398,617 | 68.6% | 2 | Roadside Attractions |
| 14 | 11 | $536,997 | -64.6% | 0.4% | 5 | All About Steve | $225,426 | 42% | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 15 | 15 | $528,341 | -15.4% | 0.4% | 2 | Bright Star | $396,479 | 75% | 5 | Apparition |
| 17 | 13 | $341,410 | -59.8% | 0.2% | 1 | Inglourious Basterds | $341,410 | 100% | 9 | The Weinstein Company |
| 18 | 16 | $245,983 | -15.4% | 0.2% | 1 | District 9 | $245,983 | 100% | 10 | TriStar Pictures |
| 19 | 19 | $154,237 | -21.4% | 0.1% | 1 | The Boys Are Back | $154,237 | 100% | 4 | Miramax |
| 20 | 18 | $146,736 | -28.7% | 0.1% | 3 | Me and Mrs. Khanna | $121,134 | 82.6% | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 22 | 17 | $89,058 | -65% | <0.1% | 2 | I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | $56,476 | 63.4% | 4 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 23 | 20 | $87,667 | -55.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Sorority Row | $87,667 | 100% | 6 | Summit Entertainment |
| 24 | 24 | $82,383 | -12.2% | <0.1% | 2 | Paris | $75,101 | 91.2% | 5 | IFC Films |
| 25 | 21 | $64,858 | -46.3% | <0.1% | 1 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | $64,858 | 100% | 5 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 26 | 22 | $56,135 | -52.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Halloween II | $56,135 | 100% | 8 | Dimension Films |
| 28 | 30 | $43,683 | +1% | <0.1% | 3 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $24,564 | 56.2% | 213 | IMAX |
| 29 | 29 | $40,446 | -18.2% | <0.1% | 2 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $40,008 | 98.9% | 15 | International Film Circuit |
| 30 | 26 | $39,001 | -44.2% | <0.1% | 3 | Amreeka | $20,056 | 51.4% | 7 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 31 | 32 | $38,439 | +69.4% | <0.1% | 6 | The Burning Plain | $11,602 | 30.2% | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 32 | 28 | $35,325 | -29.7% | <0.1% | 3 | Passport to Love | $31,908 | 90.3% | 2 | Variance Films |
| 34 | 34 | $13,995 | +10.8% | <0.1% | 3 | Seraphine | $11,978 | 85.6% | 20 | Music Box Films |
| 35 | 40 | $13,169 | +49.6% | <0.1% | 3 | The Horse Boy | $11,400 | 86.6% | 3 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 36 | 47 | $11,915 | +238.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Visual Acoustics | $11,915 | 100% | 2 | Arthouse Films |
| 37 | 39 | $11,694 | +24.7% | <0.1% | 2 | Play the Game | $6,106 | 52.2% | 34 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 38 | 36 | $11,257 | -6% | <0.1% | 5 | Departures | $9,484 | 84.2% | 21 | Regent Releasing |
| 39 | 33 | $10,900 | -47.3% | <0.1% | 3 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $8,097 | 74.3% | 4 | Shadow Distribution |
| 40 | 37 | $9,344 | -18.3% | <0.1% | 1 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | $9,344 | 100% | 9 | Vitagraph Films |
| 41 | 23 | $8,022 | -92.6% | <0.1% | 2 | Cold Souls | $7,559 | 94.2% | 11 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 42 | 35 | $7,546 | -39.1% | <0.1% | 3 | 35 Shots of Rum | $6,290 | 83.4% | 5 | The Cinema Guild |
| 43 | 38 | $6,513 | -31.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Trucker | $6,513 | 100% | 2 | Monterey Media |
| 44 | 42 | $6,276 | -16.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $6,276 | 100% | 88 | 3D Entertainment |
| 45 | 41 | $5,815 | -30.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Unmistaken Child | $5,815 | 100% | 20 | Oscilloscope |
| 46 | 45 | $5,707 | +7.4% | <0.1% | 2 | Crude | $5,112 | 89.6% | 6 | First Run |
| 48 | 49 | $4,939 | +193.8% | <0.1% | 1 | We Live in Public | $4,939 | 100% | 8 | Abramorama |
| 49 | 46 | $4,274 | -9.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Big Fan | $4,274 | 100% | 8 | First Independent Pictures |
| 50 | 31 | $3,852 | -83.1% | <0.1% | 2 | A Woman in Berlin | $2,553 | 66.3% | 14 | Strand Releasing |
| 51 | 44 | $3,280 | -51.6% | <0.1% | 1 | The Other Man | $3,280 | 100% | 6 | Image Entertainment |
| 53 | 43 | $2,138 | -68.7% | <0.1% | 3 | The Wonder of it All | $989 | 46.3% | 14 | Indican Pictures |
| 54 | 50 | $958 | -31.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone | $958 | 100% | 16 | Eleven Arts |
| 55 | 51 | $439 | -49.2% | <0.1% | 1 | American Casino | $439 | 100% | 10 | Argot Pictures |
| 57 | 48 | $305 | -88.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Chelsea on the Rocks | $305 | 100% | 3 | Aliquot Films |
| 58 | 52 | $200 | -35.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Le combat dans l'île | $200 | 100% | 19 | The Film Desk |
