Domestic 2009 Weekend 44
October 30-November 1, 2009
| Rank | LW | Release | Distributor | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | This Is It | Sony Pictures Releasing | $23,234,394 | - | 3,481 | - | $6,674 | $34,442,926 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | Paranormal Activity | Paramount Pictures | $16,387,327 | -22.3% | 2,404 | +459 | $6,816 | $84,627,372 | 6 |
| 3 | 4 | Law Abiding Citizen | Overture Films | $7,403,630 | -40.3% | 2,764 | -126 | $2,678 | $51,485,280 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | Couples Retreat | Universal Pictures | $6,460,525 | -39.2% | 3,026 | -48 | $2,135 | $87,026,280 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | Where the Wild Things Are | Warner Bros. | $5,931,417 | -57.7% | 3,645 | -90 | $1,627 | $62,650,379 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | Saw VI | Lionsgate | $5,270,794 | -62.7% | 3,036 | - | $1,736 | $22,534,749 | 2 |
| 7 | 6 | Astro Boy | Summit Entertainment | $3,460,651 | -48.4% | 3,020 | +6 | $1,145 | $11,316,418 | 2 |
| 8 | 8 | The Stepfather | Screen Gems | $3,207,792 | -48.5% | 2,346 | -388 | $1,367 | $24,555,801 | 3 |
| 9 | 7 | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | Universal Pictures | $3,098,185 | -50.8% | 2,754 | - | $1,124 | $10,809,975 | 2 |
| 10 | 11 | Amelia | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $3,034,667 | -22.3% | 1,070 | +250 | $2,836 | $8,340,499 | 2 |
| 11 | 9 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Sony Pictures Releasing | $2,747,476 | -47.7% | 2,322 | -419 | $1,183 | $118,604,078 | 7 |
| 12 | 10 | Zombieland | Sony Pictures Releasing | $2,620,655 | -37.7% | 2,056 | -391 | $1,274 | $71,181,556 | 5 |
| 13 | 12 | A Serious Man | Focus Features | $1,036,396 | -5.2% | 238 | +62 | $4,354 | $4,595,629 | 5 |
| 14 | - | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | Apparition | $546,687 | - | 68 | - | $8,039 | $546,687 | 1 |
| 15 | 19 | An Education | Sony Pictures Classics | $467,376 | +27.2% | 48 | +17 | $9,737 | $1,537,993 | 4 |
| 16 | 60 | Halloween II | - | $445,344 | +1,378.1% | 1,083 | +992 | $411 | $33,096,757 | 10 |
| 17 | 14 | Good Hair | Roadside Attractions | $422,938 | -55.3% | 416 | -50 | $1,016 | $3,453,510 | 4 |
| 18 | 15 | The Invention of Lying | Warner Bros. | $393,270 | -53.1% | 452 | -350 | $870 | $17,589,249 | 5 |
| 19 | 16 | Capitalism: A Love Story | Overture Films | $373,992 | -48.5% | 492 | -144 | $760 | $13,664,911 | 6 |
| 20 | 20 | Coco Before Chanel | Sony Pictures Classics | $322,211 | -8.7% | 107 | +8 | $3,011 | $3,392,343 | 6 |
| 21 | 13 | Toy Story 2009 Re-release | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $262,347 | -74% | 343 | -435 | $764 | $30,593,152 | 5 |
| 22 | 17 | Surrogates | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $251,979 | -57.3% | 357 | -440 | $705 | $38,008,686 | 6 |
| 23 | - | London Dreams | Studio 18 | $207,964 | - | 82 | - | $2,536 | $207,964 | 1 |
| 24 | 18 | Whip It | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $196,089 | -57.9% | 260 | -175 | $754 | $12,610,792 | 5 |
| 25 | 21 | The Informant! | Warner Bros. | $192,122 | -44.8% | 220 | -191 | $873 | $32,737,219 | 7 |
| 26 | 23 | New York, I Love You | Vivendi Entertainment | $177,335 | -22.9% | 86 | -24 | $2,062 | $1,010,662 | 3 |
| 27 | 35 | The Nightmare Before Christmas 2009 3D Release | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $140,037 | -2.3% | 103 | -2 | $1,359 | $356,022 | 2 |
| 28 | 25 | Bright Star | Apparition | $132,684 | -37.5% | 142 | -67 | $934 | $4,121,818 | 7 |
| 29 | 28 | G-Force | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $120,467 | -37.7% | 238 | -22 | $506 | $118,718,595 | 15 |
| 30 | 27 | The Hangover | Warner Bros. | $117,334 | -41.7% | 215 | -76 | $545 | $276,771,408 | 22 |
| 31 | 32 | Inglourious Basterds | The Weinstein Company | $114,162 | -35.3% | 148 | -58 | $771 | $119,596,251 | 11 |
| 32 | 26 | The Time Traveler's Wife | Warner Bros. | $109,390 | -46.4% | 219 | -65 | $499 | $63,044,090 | 12 |
| 33 | 34 | Julie & Julia | Sony Pictures Releasing | $106,529 | -26.3% | 139 | -32 | $766 | $93,486,212 | 13 |
| 34 | 29 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Warner Bros. | $102,465 | -43.6% | 201 | -84 | $509 | $301,577,469 | 16 |
| 35 | 59 | The Final Destination | Warner Bros. | $102,089 | +236% | 234 | +161 | $436 | $66,254,282 | 10 |
| 36 | 22 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Paramount Pictures | $91,344 | -61.2% | 205 | -202 | $445 | $150,167,630 | 13 |
| 37 | 30 | Love Happens | Universal Pictures | $87,885 | -51.1% | 189 | -138 | $465 | $22,927,390 | 7 |
| 38 | 33 | District 9 | TriStar Pictures | $82,319 | -44.4% | 176 | -56 | $467 | $115,646,235 | 12 |
| 39 | 55 | All About Steve | Twentieth Century Fox | $75,569 | +98.5% | 154 | -61 | $490 | $33,468,836 | 9 |
| 40 | 43 | The Damned United | Sony Pictures Classics | $62,572 | -4.2% | 45 | +9 | $1,390 | $254,648 | 4 |
| 41 | 36 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Twentieth Century Fox | $59,748 | -49.7% | 108 | -34 | $553 | $196,363,405 | 18 |
| 42 | 38 | The September Issue | Roadside Attractions | $57,067 | -37% | 46 | -13 | $1,240 | $3,590,964 | 10 |
| 43 | 24 | Fame | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | $56,295 | -73.5% | 172 | -273 | $327 | $22,303,092 | 6 |
| 44 | 37 | More Than a Game | Lionsgate | $55,679 | -44% | 111 | +4 | $501 | $829,412 | 5 |
| 45 | 39 | The Boys Are Back | Miramax | $55,258 | -29.7% | 86 | -22 | $642 | $783,013 | 6 |
| 46 | 40 | Under the Sea 3D | Warner Bros. | $54,795 | -29.3% | 29 | -1 | $1,889 | $18,361,326 | 38 |
| 47 | 51 | The Maid | Elephant Eye Films | $54,274 | +28.3% | 13 | +7 | $4,174 | $139,657 | 3 |
| 48 | 46 | Pandorum | Overture Films | $53,406 | -11.4% | 147 | +35 | $363 | $10,261,085 | 6 |
| 49 | 47 | Paris | IFC Films | $50,410 | -8.6% | 33 | +5 | $1,527 | $758,146 | 7 |
| 50 | 42 | Antichrist | IFC Films | $49,292 | -31% | 14 | +8 | $3,520 | $156,318 | 2 |
| 51 | 41 | Up | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $46,268 | -37.6% | 100 | -32 | $462 | $292,979,556 | 23 |
| 52 | 54 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | Five & Two Pictures | $35,709 | -7.8% | 32 | -16 | $1,115 | $1,048,655 | 7 |
| 53 | 52 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | International Film Circuit | $34,040 | -18.8% | 24 | +4 | $1,418 | $1,029,982 | 17 |
| 54 | 61 | Jennifer's Body | Twentieth Century Fox | $33,989 | +19.1% | 106 | +19 | $320 | $16,140,555 | 7 |
| 55 | 48 | 9 | Focus Features | $32,953 | -35.8% | 91 | -43 | $362 | $31,389,319 | 8 |
| 56 | 63 | 500 Days of Summer | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $27,284 | +6.5% | 43 | +4 | $634 | $32,297,623 | 16 |
| 57 | 45 | The Proposal | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $26,918 | -55.6% | 58 | -44 | $464 | $163,947,053 | 20 |
| 58 | - | The House of the Devil | Magnolia Pictures | $25,195 | - | 3 | - | $8,398 | $25,195 | 1 |
| 59 | 44 | Sorority Row | Summit Entertainment | $24,805 | -59.7% | 51 | -39 | $486 | $11,956,207 | 8 |
| 60 | 56 | Aliens in the Attic | Twentieth Century Fox | $22,655 | -40.5% | 61 | -21 | $371 | $25,137,060 | 14 |
| 61 | 65 | Space Station 3D | IMAX | $22,594 | +10.9% | 8 | +3 | $2,824 | $80,016,435 | 394 |
| 62 | 58 | It Might Get Loud | Sony Pictures Classics | $20,903 | -40.1% | 25 | -22 | $836 | $1,523,776 | 12 |
| 63 | 98 | Play the Game | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | $19,993 | +584.7% | 33 | +25 | $605 | $621,040 | 36 |
| 64 | 50 | Ponyo | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $19,418 | -55.8% | 65 | -38 | $298 | $15,081,783 | 12 |
| 65 | 64 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D | IMAX | $19,070 | -15.9% | 7 | - | $2,724 | $30,207,687 | 215 |
| 66 | 68 | Passport to Love | Variance Films | $18,054 | +3.8% | 9 | +3 | $2,006 | $145,002 | 4 |
| 67 | 79 | Moon | Sony Pictures Classics | $17,381 | +72% | 27 | +15 | $643 | $4,984,569 | 21 |
| 68 | 77 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | 3D Entertainment | $16,455 | +57.1% | 5 | - | $3,291 | $7,143,497 | 90 |
| 69 | 62 | Ong Bak 2 | Magnolia Pictures | $16,089 | -39.4% | 12 | +2 | $1,340 | $54,119 | 2 |
| 70 | 90 | Amreeka | National Geographic Entertainment | $15,169 | +182.6% | 11 | +5 | $1,379 | $568,961 | 9 |
| 71 | 70 | My One and Only | Freestyle Releasing | $14,802 | +5.2% | 16 | -3 | $925 | $2,438,346 | 11 |
| 72 | 73 | The Yes Men Fix the World | Shadow Distribution | $14,516 | +31% | 8 | +2 | $1,814 | $80,970 | 6 |
| 73 | 67 | (Untitled) | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | $13,901 | -22.8% | 4 | +1 | $3,475 | $39,292 | 2 |
| 74 | 74 | Bronson | Magnolia Pictures | $12,289 | +11.5% | 8 | +4 | $1,536 | $66,255 | 4 |
| 75 | 71 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | National Geographic Entertainment | $12,235 | -12.5% | 8 | - | $1,529 | $22,462,665 | 109 |
| 76 | - | Gentlemen Broncos | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $11,502 | - | 2 | - | $5,751 | $11,502 | 1 |
| 77 | - | Storm 2009 Re-release | Film Movement | $8,307 | - | 2 | - | $4,153 | $8,307 | 1 |
| 78 | 69 | I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | Freestyle Releasing | $8,211 | -43.1% | 19 | -17 | $432 | $1,417,696 | 6 |
| 79 | 81 | Departures | Regent Releasing | $7,959 | -8.2% | 8 | - | $994 | $1,465,987 | 23 |
| 80 | 105 | The Beaches of Agnès | The Cinema Guild | $7,667 | +308% | 6 | +4 | $1,277 | $197,889 | 18 |
| 81 | 106 | 35 Shots of Rum | The Cinema Guild | $7,284 | +298% | 3 | - | $2,428 | $79,795 | 7 |
| 82 | 78 | Trucker | Monterey Media | $6,776 | -33.2% | 8 | -4 | $847 | $41,548 | 4 |
| 83 | 121 | A Woman in Berlin | Strand Releasing | $5,860 | +588.6% | 3 | +2 | $1,953 | $273,100 | 16 |
| 84 | 83 | The Horse Boy | Zeitgeist Films | $5,505 | -12.8% | 2 | -2 | $2,752 | $81,837 | 5 |
| 85 | 76 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Twentieth Century Fox | $5,353 | -50.4% | 10 | -15 | $535 | $177,243,721 | 24 |
| 86 | - | White on Rice | Variance Films | $5,293 | - | 1 | - | $5,293 | $51,288 | 8 |
| 87 | 49 | Motherhood | Freestyle Releasing | $4,986 | -90% | 10 | -38 | $498 | $74,250 | 2 |
| 88 | 91 | Séraphine | Music Box Films | $4,963 | -4% | 8 | - | $620 | $833,006 | 22 |
| 89 | 88 | Killing Kasztner | Sky Island Films | $4,458 | -19.1% | 1 | - | $4,458 | $12,826 | 2 |
| 90 | 75 | From Mexico with Love | Roadside Attractions | $4,389 | -60% | 9 | -12 | $487 | $545,315 | 4 |
| 91 | 96 | The Way We Get By | International Film Circuit | $3,864 | +10.4% | 5 | +1 | $772 | $83,490 | 16 |
| 92 | 72 | Crude | First Run | $3,816 | -67.8% | 2 | -1 | $1,908 | $125,105 | 8 |
| 93 | - | American Casino | Argot Pictures | $3,727 | - | 1 | - | $3,727 | $50,437 | 12 |
| 94 | 89 | Big Fan | First Independent Pictures | $3,677 | -32.2% | 9 | +2 | $408 | $217,707 | 10 |
| 95 | 66 | Wake Up Sid | UTV Motion Pictures | $3,638 | -80.8% | 5 | -13 | $727 | $717,977 | 5 |
| 96 | 86 | Adam | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $3,627 | -37.1% | 6 | -3 | $604 | $2,269,153 | 14 |
| 97 | 57 | Main Aurr Mrs Khanna | UTV Motion Pictures | $3,426 | -90.6% | 9 | -25 | $380 | $196,203 | 3 |
| 98 | 92 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | Vitagraph Films | $3,376 | -32.8% | 5 | -2 | $675 | $452,149 | 11 |
| 99 | 84 | Cold Souls | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | $3,106 | -49.8% | 4 | -10 | $776 | $899,653 | 13 |
| 100 | 80 | Shorts | Warner Bros. | $2,937 | -67.2% | 17 | -4 | $172 | $20,458,304 | 11 |
| 101 | 103 | No Impact Man: The Documentary | Oscilloscope | $2,841 | +27.3% | 4 | +1 | $710 | $91,838 | 8 |
| 102 | 100 | Lorna's Silence | Sony Pictures Classics | $2,722 | -2% | 10 | +1 | $272 | $330,087 | 14 |
| 103 | 93 | The Wedding Song | Strand Releasing | $2,654 | -41.4% | 1 | - | $2,654 | $10,913 | 4 |
| 104 | - | Looking for Palladin | Wildcat Releasing | $2,614 | - | 1 | - | $2,614 | $2,614 | 1 |
| 105 | 85 | Whiteout | Warner Bros. | $2,229 | -61.4% | 8 | -9 | $278 | $10,188,708 | 8 |
| 106 | 111 | Laila's Birthday | Kino International | $1,967 | +33.2% | 1 | - | $1,967 | $13,027 | 23 |
| 107 | 97 | The Cove | Roadside Attractions | $1,626 | -46% | 7 | - | $232 | $838,396 | 14 |
| 108 | 114 | The Girl from Monaco 2008 Re-release | Magnolia Pictures | $1,617 | +41.3% | 2 | - | $808 | $601,923 | 18 |
| 109 | 131 | Beeswax | The Cinema Guild | $1,537 | +952.7% | 3 | +2 | $512 | $36,821 | 13 |
| 110 | 107 | Walt & El Grupo | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $1,329 | -25.8% | 2 | -2 | $664 | $19,900 | 8 |
| 111 | - | Cloud 9 | Music Box Films | $1,157 | - | 1 | - | $1,157 | $81,247 | 12 |
| 112 | 104 | The Big Gay Musical | N/A | $1,049 | -51.4% | 1 | - | $1,049 | $22,164 | 8 |
| 113 | 95 | The Burning Plain | Magnolia Pictures | $1,001 | -76.5% | 4 | -2 | $250 | $190,721 | 7 |
| 114 | 118 | World's Greatest Dad | Magnolia Pictures | $849 | -15.9% | 3 | +1 | $283 | $214,918 | 11 |
| 115 | - | Blind Date | Variance Films | $849 | - | 1 | - | $849 | $8,052 | 6 |
| 116 | 122 | Earth Days | Zeitgeist Films | $662 | -22% | 3 | -1 | $220 | $22,362 | 12 |
| 117 | 101 | Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone | Eleven Arts | $634 | -73.2% | 3 | +1 | $211 | $106,551 | 18 |
| 118 | 119 | Whatever Works | Sony Pictures Classics | $626 | -37.6% | 3 | - | $208 | $5,306,447 | 20 |
| 119 | 124 | Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy: Fallen Idol | Indican Pictures | $594 | +44.2% | 1 | - | $594 | $8,239 | 5 |
| 120 | 113 | Pretty Ugly People | Osiris Entertainment | $592 | -48.8% | 1 | -1 | $592 | $5,802 | 7 |
| 121 | - | Bicycle Thieves 2008 Re-release | Corinth Films | $513 | - | 1 | - | $513 | $513 | 1 |
| 122 | 117 | Soul Power | Sony Pictures Classics | $476 | -56.1% | 2 | - | $238 | $205,556 | 17 |
| 123 | 87 | Food, Inc. | Magnolia Pictures | $444 | -92.1% | 2 | -13 | $222 | $4,410,116 | 21 |
| 124 | - | 24 City | The Cinema Guild | $442 | - | 1 | - | $442 | $30,800 | 22 |
| 125 | 109 | Adventures of Power | Variance Films | $438 | -73.5% | 1 | -1 | $438 | $11,774 | 4 |
| 126 | 116 | Il Divo | Music Box Films | $329 | -69.7% | 1 | -1 | $329 | $237,577 | 28 |
| 127 | - | The Song of Sparrows | Regent Releasing | $322 | - | 1 | - | $322 | $115,927 | 31 |
| 128 | - | Taxidermia 2009 Re-release | Regent Releasing | $304 | - | 1 | - | $304 | $9,961 | 12 |
| 129 | 134 | The Stoning of Soraya M. | Roadside Attractions | $266 | +101.5% | 3 | +2 | $88 | $635,303 | 19 |
| 130 | 115 | Fuel | N/A | $240 | -78.8% | 1 | -1 | $240 | $31,993 | 7 |
| 131 | 129 | Galapagos | IMAX | $215 | +31.9% | 1 | - | $215 | $17,654,018 | 523 |
| 132 | - | Shall We Kiss? | Music Box Films | $172 | - | 1 | - | $172 | $533,236 | 32 |
| 133 | 123 | Under Our Skin | Shadow Distribution | $80 | -88.6% | 1 | - | $80 | $87,657 | 20 |