Domestic 2009 Weekend 49
December 4-6, 2009
| Rank | LW | Release | Distributor | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | The Blind Side | Warner Bros. | $20,043,181 | -50% | 3,326 | +186 | $6,026 | $128,867,559 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Summit Entertainment | $15,427,628 | -64% | 4,124 | +82 | $3,740 | $255,363,052 | 3 |
| 3 | - | Brothers | Lionsgate | $9,527,848 | - | 2,088 | - | $4,563 | $9,527,848 | 1 |
| 4 | 5 | A Christmas Carol | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $7,763,244 | -50.7% | 2,546 | -467 | $3,049 | $115,249,331 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 | Old Dogs | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $6,892,265 | -59.2% | 3,425 | - | $2,012 | $33,924,385 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 2012 | Sony Pictures Releasing | $6,771,665 | -61.6% | 3,220 | -224 | $2,103 | $148,958,486 | 4 |
| 7 | - | Armored | Screen Gems | $6,511,128 | - | 1,915 | - | $3,400 | $6,511,128 | 1 |
| 8 | 6 | Ninja Assassin | Warner Bros. | $5,061,499 | -62% | 2,503 | - | $2,022 | $29,821,996 | 2 |
| 9 | 7 | Planet 51 | Sony Pictures Releasing | $4,386,873 | -57.1% | 2,904 | -131 | $1,510 | $34,052,876 | 3 |
| 10 | - | Everybody's Fine | Miramax | $3,852,068 | - | 2,133 | - | $1,805 | $3,852,068 | 1 |
| 11 | 9 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Twentieth Century Fox | $2,918,331 | -58.1% | 2,034 | +1 | $1,434 | $14,084,495 | 4 |
| 12 | 8 | Precious | Lionsgate | $2,282,077 | -67.8% | 664 | +1 | $3,436 | $36,252,012 | 5 |
| 13 | - | Up in the Air | Paramount Pictures | $1,181,450 | - | 15 | - | $78,763 | $1,181,450 | 1 |
| 14 | 12 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | Apparition | $922,623 | -29.1% | 432 | +59 | $2,135 | $7,218,197 | 6 |
| 15 | 10 | The Road | - | $749,535 | -50.1% | 128 | +17 | $5,855 | $3,194,349 | 2 |
| 16 | 18 | The Princess and the Frog | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $747,710 | -4.9% | 2 | - | $373,855 | $2,410,810 | 2 |
| 17 | 15 | An Education | Sony Pictures Classics | $479,774 | -47.4% | 236 | -29 | $2,032 | $6,264,756 | 9 |
| 18 | 11 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | Overture Films | $400,153 | -73.4% | 509 | -610 | $786 | $31,289,229 | 5 |
| 19 | 13 | Pirate Radio | Focus Features | $333,475 | -66.3% | 285 | -193 | $1,170 | $7,383,803 | 4 |
| 20 | 14 | Couples Retreat | Universal Pictures | $313,005 | -67.4% | 432 | -430 | $724 | $107,233,200 | 9 |
| 21 | - | Transylmania | Full Circle Releasing | $263,941 | - | 1,007 | - | $262 | $263,941 | 1 |
| 22 | 17 | Law Abiding Citizen | Overture Films | $253,146 | -67.8% | 316 | -268 | $801 | $71,991,438 | 8 |
| 23 | 22 | A Serious Man | Focus Features | $221,428 | -53.7% | 160 | -13 | $1,383 | $8,488,738 | 10 |
| 24 | - | Paa | - | $199,228 | - | 67 | - | $2,973 | $199,228 | 1 |
| 25 | 19 | The Fourth Kind | Universal Pictures | $187,050 | -69.7% | 243 | -309 | $769 | $24,941,980 | 5 |
| 26 | 25 | Zombieland | Sony Pictures Releasing | $152,014 | -39.3% | 257 | -12 | $591 | $75,408,241 | 10 |
| 27 | 24 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | First Look International | $150,205 | -48.5% | 71 | +14 | $2,115 | $940,824 | 3 |
| 28 | 23 | Where the Wild Things Are | Warner Bros. | $125,018 | -68.6% | 235 | -169 | $531 | $75,575,341 | 8 |
| 29 | 21 | Paranormal Activity | Paramount Pictures | $122,055 | -74.9% | 308 | -417 | $396 | $107,377,206 | 11 |
| 30 | 36 | Red Cliff | Magnolia Pictures | $90,095 | -8.9% | 41 | +17 | $2,197 | $267,571 | 3 |
| 31 | 33 | Broken Embraces | Sony Pictures Classics | $88,570 | -24.9% | 2 | - | $44,285 | $452,878 | 3 |
| 32 | 20 | De Dana Dan | Eros International | $84,420 | -85.4% | 69 | - | $1,223 | $913,899 | 2 |
| 33 | 26 | Coco Before Chanel | Sony Pictures Classics | $81,193 | -58.9% | 103 | -42 | $788 | $5,795,589 | 11 |
| 34 | 29 | The Messenger | Oscilloscope | $71,515 | -49% | 50 | +10 | $1,430 | $464,878 | 4 |
| 35 | 28 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Sony Pictures Releasing | $69,719 | -58.9% | 119 | -35 | $585 | $122,650,135 | 12 |
| 36 | 42 | Inglourious Basterds | The Weinstein Company | $62,924 | +11.5% | 194 | +92 | $324 | $120,464,449 | 16 |
| 37 | 27 | Astro Boy | Summit Entertainment | $57,989 | -66.5% | 158 | -129 | $367 | $19,014,667 | 7 |
| 38 | 43 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | Warner Bros. | $49,442 | -6.1% | 16 | +2 | $3,090 | $144,505 | 5 |
| 39 | 32 | Amelia | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $45,239 | -61.7% | 127 | -48 | $356 | $14,070,460 | 7 |
| 40 | - | Whiteout | Warner Bros. | $43,413 | - | 148 | - | $293 | $10,235,867 | 13 |
| 41 | 39 | Under the Sea 3D | Warner Bros. | $43,337 | -47.7% | 30 | - | $1,444 | $18,979,679 | 43 |
| 42 | 41 | Me and Orson Welles | Freestyle Releasing | $39,587 | -37.8% | 5 | +1 | $7,917 | $149,051 | 2 |
| 43 | 40 | The Invention of Lying | Warner Bros. | $37,456 | -44.9% | 103 | -33 | $363 | $18,401,364 | 10 |
| 44 | 45 | La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet | Zipporah Films | $34,425 | -29.1% | 16 | +3 | $2,151 | $230,287 | 5 |
| 45 | 38 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | Screen Media Films | $32,071 | -64.3% | 13 | +1 | $2,467 | $146,846 | 2 |
| 46 | 53 | The Maid | Elephant Eye Films | $30,893 | -2.1% | 18 | +4 | $1,716 | $411,693 | 8 |
| 47 | 44 | The Hangover | Warner Bros. | $28,200 | -44% | 74 | -11 | $381 | $277,283,642 | 27 |
| 48 | 48 | Space Station 3D | IMAX | $26,329 | -29.3% | 5 | -2 | $5,265 | $80,373,361 | 399 |
| 49 | 31 | Kurbaan | UTV Motion Pictures | $25,514 | -80.5% | 24 | -46 | $1,063 | $736,413 | 3 |
| 50 | 59 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | National Geographic Entertainment | $22,727 | +4% | 8 | - | $2,840 | $22,597,490 | 114 |
| 51 | 37 | The Box | Warner Bros. | $22,155 | -76.8% | 75 | -69 | $295 | $14,789,615 | 5 |
| 52 | 57 | Capitalism: A Love Story | Overture Films | $21,757 | -12.6% | 108 | +70 | $201 | $14,342,792 | 11 |
| 53 | 52 | Paris | IFC Films | $20,715 | -39.1% | 30 | +2 | $690 | $966,015 | 12 |
| 54 | 46 | Shorts | Warner Bros. | $19,078 | -58.7% | 68 | -29 | $280 | $20,900,194 | 16 |
| 55 | 54 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D | IMAX | $18,234 | -39.2% | 4 | -2 | $4,558 | $30,484,421 | 220 |
| 56 | 51 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Warner Bros. | $18,047 | -48.2% | 36 | -8 | $501 | $301,948,049 | 21 |
| 57 | 56 | Good Hair | Roadside Attractions | $13,977 | -50.2% | 17 | +4 | $822 | $4,128,154 | 9 |
| 58 | 61 | Bright Star | Apparition | $13,128 | -31.3% | 17 | -8 | $772 | $4,440,055 | 12 |
| 59 | 62 | Antichrist | IFC Films | $12,842 | -14.6% | 15 | +1 | $856 | $379,502 | 7 |
| 60 | 49 | The Informant! | Warner Bros. | $12,363 | -65.3% | 40 | -22 | $309 | $33,303,503 | 12 |
| 61 | 50 | New York, I Love You | Vivendi Entertainment | $11,735 | -66.4% | 14 | -13 | $838 | $1,546,139 | 8 |
| 62 | - | Serious Moonlight | Magnolia Pictures | $11,636 | - | 8 | - | $1,454 | $11,636 | 1 |
| 63 | - | Mystery Team | Roadside Attractions | $11,259 | - | 1 | - | $11,259 | $39,900 | 15 |
| 64 | 47 | Fame | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | $10,597 | -76.7% | 62 | -84 | $170 | $22,452,209 | 11 |
| 65 | 71 | Whip It | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $9,399 | -1.9% | 30 | - | $313 | $13,034,417 | 10 |
| 66 | 60 | Deep Sea | Warner Bros. | $7,683 | -63.5% | 4 | - | $1,920 | $42,735,913 | 197 |
| 67 | - | Until the Light Takes Us | Variance Films | $7,246 | - | 1 | - | $7,246 | $17,356 | 1 |
| 68 | 94 | Collapse | Vitagraph Films | $6,712 | +356.9% | 3 | -1 | $2,237 | $37,679 | 5 |
| 69 | 65 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | 3D Entertainment | $6,553 | -47.6% | 4 | - | $1,638 | $7,223,412 | 95 |
| 70 | 75 | The End of Poverty? | Cinema Libre Studio | $6,313 | +8.6% | 5 | +3 | $1,262 | $33,919 | 4 |
| 71 | 67 | (Untitled) | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | $6,181 | -49.5% | 5 | -2 | $1,236 | $230,600 | 7 |
| 72 | 69 | The Damned United | Sony Pictures Classics | $6,101 | -42.5% | 20 | +3 | $305 | $410,516 | 9 |
| 73 | 58 | All About Steve | Twentieth Century Fox | $6,072 | -73% | 24 | -35 | $253 | $33,860,010 | 14 |
| 74 | 80 | 35 Shots of Rum | The Cinema Guild | $5,842 | +36.5% | 3 | +2 | $1,947 | $111,140 | 12 |
| 75 | - | The Strip | Truly Indie | $5,107 | - | 8 | - | $638 | $5,107 | 1 |
| 76 | 74 | The Little Traitor | N/A | $5,056 | -16.8% | 5 | +2 | $1,011 | $59,781 | 7 |
| 77 | 73 | The Yes Men Fix the World | Shadow Distribution | $4,935 | -36.4% | 8 | - | $616 | $149,764 | 11 |
| 78 | 63 | The September Issue | Roadside Attractions | $4,750 | -65.8% | 9 | -4 | $527 | $3,801,063 | 15 |
| 79 | 77 | The House of the Devil | Magnolia Pictures | $4,226 | -15.5% | 7 | - | $603 | $86,183 | 6 |
| 80 | - | One Peace at a Time | Monterey Media | $4,138 | - | 1 | - | $4,138 | $4,138 | 1 |
| 81 | 96 | The Horse Boy | Zeitgeist Films | $4,005 | +216.1% | 2 | - | $2,002 | $128,371 | 10 |
| 82 | 72 | Oh My God | Mitropoulos Films | $3,926 | -57.7% | 3 | -4 | $1,308 | $30,902 | 4 |
| 83 | 82 | It Might Get Loud | Sony Pictures Classics | $3,726 | +7.3% | 6 | -1 | $621 | $1,600,958 | 17 |
| 84 | 90 | Ong Bak 2 | Magnolia Pictures | $3,033 | +31.2% | 5 | - | $606 | $89,420 | 7 |
| 85 | 86 | Bronson | Magnolia Pictures | $2,811 | +15% | 4 | - | $702 | $99,420 | 9 |
| 86 | 76 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | International Film Circuit | $2,697 | -48.6% | 4 | -1 | $674 | $1,124,434 | 22 |
| 87 | 83 | Amreeka | National Geographic Entertainment | $2,490 | -24.5% | 4 | -2 | $622 | $610,730 | 14 |
| 88 | 102 | Crude | First Run | $2,122 | +318.5% | 3 | +1 | $707 | $156,915 | 13 |
| 89 | 92 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | Vitagraph Films | $2,046 | +3.9% | 1 | - | $2,046 | $476,270 | 16 |
| 90 | 70 | That Evening Sun | Freestyle Releasing | $1,912 | -81.5% | 4 | -2 | $478 | $45,387 | 5 |
| 91 | 79 | Small Change | The Film Desk | $1,721 | -62.8% | 1 | - | $1,721 | $12,336 | 2 |
| 92 | 85 | Killing Kasztner | Sky Island Films | $1,587 | -37.7% | 2 | - | $793 | $33,629 | 7 |
| 93 | 98 | Defamation | First Run | $1,437 | +26.4% | 1 | -2 | $1,437 | $9,995 | 3 |
| 94 | - | Home 2008 Re-release | Lorber Films | $1,403 | - | 1 | - | $1,403 | $6,606 | 2 |
| 95 | 87 | Uncertainty | IFC Films | $1,165 | -52.1% | 1 | - | $1,165 | $28,916 | 4 |
| 96 | 89 | Gentlemen Broncos | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $1,159 | -50.8% | 3 | -1 | $386 | $113,155 | 6 |
| 97 | - | We Live in Public | Abramorama | $1,159 | - | 1 | - | $1,159 | $41,711 | 15 |
| 98 | 66 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | Five & Two Pictures | $1,072 | -91.3% | 2 | -5 | $536 | $1,165,027 | 12 |
| 99 | 64 | The Sun 2009 Re-release | Lorber Films | $1,046 | -92.4% | 1 | -2 | $1,046 | $42,594 | 3 |
| 100 | - | The Headless Woman | Strand Releasing | $1,000 | - | 2 | - | $500 | $89,249 | 16 |
| 101 | - | Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love | Shadow Distribution | $701 | - | 2 | - | $350 | $164,224 | 26 |
| 102 | 91 | White on Rice | Variance Films | $572 | -72.9% | 1 | -1 | $572 | $67,186 | 13 |
| 103 | 88 | The Way We Get By | International Film Circuit | $525 | -77.8% | 1 | -3 | $525 | $105,092 | 21 |
| 104 | 99 | Trucker | Monterey Media | $520 | -53.1% | 2 | - | $260 | $49,128 | 9 |
| 105 | 106 | Big Fan | First Independent Pictures | $337 | +45.3% | 2 | +1 | $168 | $226,345 | 15 |
| 106 | 101 | The Beaches of Agnès | The Cinema Guild | $331 | -58.8% | 1 | -1 | $331 | $215,988 | 23 |
| 107 | 97 | The Cove | Roadside Attractions | $320 | -74.4% | 1 | -3 | $320 | $848,540 | 19 |
| 108 | 104 | Séraphine | Music Box Films | $280 | -29.3% | 2 | - | $140 | $850,986 | 27 |
| 109 | - | American Fork | Monterey Media | $149 | - | 1 | - | $149 | $3,223 | 5 |
| 110 | 100 | Departures | Regent Releasing | $94 | -90.1% | 1 | -1 | $94 | $1,490,694 | 28 |
| 111 | 109 | Endgame | Monterey Media | $53 | +120.8% | 1 | - | $53 | $6,308 | 5 |
| 112 | 105 | Cloud 9 | Music Box Films | $48 | -80.4% | 1 | - | $48 | $84,380 | 17 |
| 113 | 108 | From Mexico with Love | Roadside Attractions | $16 | -48.4% | 1 | - | $16 | $548,442 | 9 |