Domestic 2009 Weekend 51
December 18-20, 2009
| Rank | LW | Release | Distributor | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Avatar | Twentieth Century Fox | $77,025,481 | - | 3,452 | - | $22,313 | $77,025,481 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | The Princess and the Frog | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $12,185,949 | -49.7% | 3,475 | +41 | $3,506 | $44,717,721 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | The Blind Side | Warner Bros. | $10,021,280 | -33.4% | 3,407 | +19 | $2,941 | $164,725,525 | 5 |
| 4 | - | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | Sony Pictures Releasing | $6,616,571 | - | 2,718 | - | $2,434 | $6,616,571 | 1 |
| 5 | 4 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Summit Entertainment | $4,407,598 | -44.6% | 3,035 | -600 | $1,452 | $274,598,319 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | Invictus | Warner Bros. | $4,203,171 | -51.2% | 2,125 | - | $1,977 | $15,877,956 | 2 |
| 7 | 5 | A Christmas Carol | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $3,443,464 | -49.6% | 2,070 | -332 | $1,663 | $130,813,354 | 7 |
| 8 | 11 | Up in the Air | Paramount Pictures | $3,210,132 | +34.1% | 175 | +103 | $18,343 | $8,216,051 | 3 |
| 9 | 6 | Brothers | Lionsgate | $2,889,121 | -42.4% | 2,009 | -79 | $1,438 | $22,349,862 | 3 |
| 10 | 7 | Old Dogs | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $2,340,575 | -46.9% | 2,630 | -460 | $889 | $43,625,471 | 4 |
| 11 | 8 | 2012 | Sony Pictures Releasing | $2,204,588 | -49.3% | 2,242 | -596 | $983 | $159,028,696 | 6 |
| 12 | 9 | Armored | Screen Gems | $1,284,591 | -63.3% | 1,538 | -381 | $835 | $14,254,614 | 3 |
| 13 | 15 | Precious | Lionsgate | $1,203,741 | -6% | 1,003 | +339 | $1,200 | $40,084,412 | 7 |
| 14 | 10 | Ninja Assassin | Warner Bros. | $932,447 | -65.6% | 1,155 | -945 | $807 | $36,419,535 | 4 |
| 15 | 12 | Planet 51 | Sony Pictures Releasing | $810,137 | -64.3% | 1,349 | -1,221 | $600 | $38,496,770 | 5 |
| 16 | 17 | The Road | - | $660,274 | +30.5% | 396 | +261 | $1,667 | $4,926,949 | 4 |
| 17 | 13 | Everybody's Fine | Miramax | $601,659 | -72.6% | 1,003 | -1,138 | $599 | $8,855,646 | 3 |
| 18 | 14 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Twentieth Century Fox | $598,941 | -57.1% | 540 | -728 | $1,109 | $17,385,916 | 6 |
| 19 | 16 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | Apparition | $406,783 | -48.7% | 404 | -120 | $1,006 | $9,365,018 | 8 |
| 20 | - | The Young Victoria | Apparition | $260,591 | - | 44 | - | $5,922 | $260,591 | 1 |
| 21 | - | Nine | The Weinstein Company | $257,232 | - | 4 | - | $64,308 | $257,232 | 1 |
| 22 | - | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Sony Pictures Releasing | $255,073 | - | 307 | - | $830 | $122,984,743 | 14 |
| 23 | 18 | An Education | Sony Pictures Classics | $220,925 | -29.7% | 200 | -24 | $1,104 | $7,120,034 | 11 |
| 24 | 31 | Broken Embraces | Sony Pictures Classics | $198,254 | +81% | 30 | +24 | $6,608 | $840,949 | 5 |
| 25 | 19 | Couples Retreat | Universal Pictures | $170,610 | -33.8% | 294 | -77 | $580 | $107,863,225 | 11 |
| 26 | 25 | Me and Orson Welles | Freestyle Releasing | $156,420 | +1.1% | 134 | +70 | $1,167 | $549,973 | 4 |
| 27 | 21 | A Single Man | The Weinstein Company | $142,848 | -34.3% | 9 | - | $15,872 | $475,198 | 2 |
| 28 | 26 | A Serious Man | Focus Features | $98,311 | -32.8% | 117 | -35 | $840 | $8,894,874 | 12 |
| 29 | 36 | Paranormal Activity | Paramount Pictures | $88,715 | +43.8% | 237 | +55 | $374 | $107,603,100 | 13 |
| 30 | 24 | Law Abiding Citizen | Overture Films | $87,049 | -47.5% | 151 | -74 | $576 | $72,443,511 | 10 |
| 31 | 22 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | Overture Films | $86,086 | -57.4% | 207 | -117 | $415 | $31,847,604 | 7 |
| 32 | - | Crazy Heart | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $82,664 | - | 4 | - | $20,666 | $107,996 | 1 |
| 33 | 38 | Astro Boy | Summit Entertainment | $80,148 | +81.2% | 252 | +130 | $318 | $19,168,663 | 9 |
| 34 | 33 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | Warner Bros. | $75,143 | -2% | 17 | +1 | $4,420 | $368,889 | 7 |
| 35 | 28 | The Fourth Kind | Universal Pictures | $66,495 | -53.2% | 133 | -84 | $499 | $25,269,950 | 7 |
| 36 | 27 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | First Look International | $64,934 | -55.6% | 76 | -20 | $854 | $1,302,159 | 5 |
| 37 | 23 | Pirate Radio | Focus Features | $59,210 | -66% | 242 | - | $244 | $7,830,004 | 6 |
| 38 | 34 | Where the Wild Things Are | Warner Bros. | $56,636 | -24.6% | 123 | -22 | $460 | $75,789,686 | 10 |
| 39 | 30 | The Lovely Bones | DreamWorks | $45,097 | -61.3% | 3 | - | $15,032 | $200,687 | 2 |
| 40 | 32 | The Box | Warner Bros. | $40,680 | -50.1% | 131 | -72 | $310 | $14,961,931 | 7 |
| 41 | 35 | Red Cliff | Magnolia Pictures | $36,555 | -44.8% | 40 | -2 | $913 | $444,758 | 5 |
| 42 | 40 | Under the Sea 3D | Warner Bros. | $31,395 | -21.4% | 26 | -1 | $1,207 | $19,133,653 | 45 |
| 43 | 41 | Coco Before Chanel | Sony Pictures Classics | $28,206 | -26.8% | 53 | -15 | $532 | $5,938,293 | 13 |
| 44 | 37 | The Messenger | Oscilloscope | $26,444 | -41.5% | 43 | -7 | $614 | $592,390 | 6 |
| 45 | 43 | La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet | Zipporah Films | $25,055 | -23.4% | 25 | +5 | $1,002 | $339,790 | 7 |
| 46 | 39 | Amelia | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $18,777 | -57.2% | 65 | -53 | $288 | $14,172,106 | 9 |
| 47 | 46 | Space Station 3D | IMAX | $17,960 | -22.1% | 3 | -2 | $5,986 | $80,452,657 | 401 |
| 48 | 50 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | National Geographic Entertainment | $16,894 | -10.8% | 8 | - | $2,111 | $22,651,881 | 116 |
| 49 | 51 | The Maid | Elephant Eye Films | $16,374 | -10.7% | 19 | - | $861 | $466,723 | 10 |
| 50 | 42 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | Screen Media Films | $15,247 | -56% | 17 | -9 | $896 | $226,471 | 4 |
| 51 | 48 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D | IMAX | $12,936 | -33.7% | 3 | - | $4,312 | $30,577,464 | 222 |
| 52 | 61 | Deep Sea | Warner Bros. | $7,283 | -2.4% | 3 | -2 | $2,427 | $42,759,571 | 199 |
| 53 | 53 | New York, I Love You | Vivendi Entertainment | $5,996 | -65.7% | 11 | -16 | $545 | $1,585,787 | 10 |
| 54 | 58 | The Damned United | Sony Pictures Classics | $5,106 | -52% | 20 | -10 | $255 | $435,202 | 11 |
| 55 | 55 | Paris | IFC Films | $5,031 | -66.5% | 12 | -16 | $419 | $1,005,168 | 14 |
| 56 | - | The Little Traitor | N/A | $5,021 | - | 2 | - | $2,510 | $85,483 | 9 |
| 57 | 69 | 35 Shots of Rum | The Cinema Guild | $3,177 | -37.4% | 2 | -3 | $1,588 | $125,399 | 14 |
| 58 | 100 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | International Film Circuit | $2,999 | +676.9% | 3 | - | $999 | $1,128,608 | 24 |
| 59 | - | A Town Called Panic | Zeitgeist Films | $2,850 | - | 1 | - | $2,850 | $4,043 | 1 |
| 60 | 59 | Until the Light Takes Us | Variance Films | $2,681 | -74.1% | 2 | -1 | $1,340 | $40,928 | 3 |
| 61 | 80 | The House of the Devil | Magnolia Pictures | $2,611 | -13.1% | 6 | +1 | $435 | $97,113 | 8 |
| 62 | 73 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | 3D Entertainment | $2,565 | -43.9% | 4 | - | $641 | $7,233,891 | 97 |
| 63 | 67 | Killing Kasztner | Sky Island Films | $2,308 | -56.7% | 1 | - | $2,308 | $45,861 | 9 |
| 64 | - | Cloud 9 | Music Box Films | $2,014 | - | 2 | - | $1,007 | $86,452 | 19 |
| 65 | 63 | Good Hair | Roadside Attractions | $1,877 | -72.6% | 6 | -8 | $312 | $4,144,599 | 11 |
| 66 | 82 | Ong Bak 2 | Magnolia Pictures | $1,877 | -18.4% | 3 | -1 | $625 | $99,836 | 9 |
| 67 | - | The Wonder of It All | Indican Pictures | $1,843 | - | 2 | - | $921 | $779,632 | 23 |
| 68 | - | Ricky | IFC Films | $1,626 | - | 1 | - | $1,626 | $2,226 | 1 |
| 69 | 64 | Kurbaan | UTV Motion Pictures | $1,496 | -76.7% | 3 | -10 | $498 | $754,268 | 5 |
| 70 | 44 | The Slammin' Salmon | Anchor Bay Films | $1,475 | -94.4% | 3 | -8 | $491 | $37,798 | 2 |
| 71 | 79 | The Horse Boy | Zeitgeist Films | $1,357 | -56% | 1 | -1 | $1,357 | $136,691 | 12 |
| 72 | 78 | Amreeka | National Geographic Entertainment | $1,336 | -67.1% | 2 | -3 | $668 | $619,172 | 16 |
| 73 | 77 | Four Seasons Lodge | First Run | $1,254 | -69.3% | 2 | -1 | $627 | $41,653 | 6 |
| 74 | 85 | The Beaches of Agnès | The Cinema Guild | $1,200 | -36.6% | 2 | -2 | $600 | $221,482 | 25 |
| 75 | 71 | The September Issue | Roadside Attractions | $1,174 | -76.4% | 4 | -4 | $293 | $3,811,853 | 17 |
| 76 | - | Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy: Fallen Idol | Indican Pictures | $1,125 | - | 1 | - | $1,125 | $11,708 | 12 |
| 77 | 86 | Oh My God | Mitropoulos Films | $1,106 | -33.5% | 1 | -1 | $1,106 | $37,250 | 6 |
| 78 | 88 | Bronson | Magnolia Pictures | $1,036 | -17.9% | 4 | +1 | $259 | $103,828 | 11 |
| 79 | 93 | The Sun 2009 Re-release | Lorber Films | $1,011 | +29.3% | 2 | - | $505 | $45,565 | 5 |
| 80 | 76 | The Yes Men Fix the World | Shadow Distribution | $916 | -77.9% | 3 | -8 | $305 | $159,033 | 13 |
| 81 | 87 | Séraphine | Music Box Films | $889 | -40.7% | 2 | - | $444 | $854,124 | 29 |
| 82 | 75 | Uncertainty | IFC Films | $770 | -82% | 4 | - | $192 | $36,230 | 6 |
| 83 | 70 | Serious Moonlight | Magnolia Pictures | $769 | -84.6% | 2 | -6 | $384 | $24,161 | 3 |
| 84 | - | Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love | Shadow Distribution | $705 | - | 1 | - | $705 | $164,929 | 28 |
| 85 | 99 | Home 2008 Re-release | Lorber Films | $691 | +49.6% | 1 | - | $691 | $8,739 | 4 |
| 86 | - | Endgame | Monterey Media | $536 | - | 1 | - | $536 | $6,844 | 7 |
| 87 | 81 | The Headless Woman | Strand Releasing | $448 | -84.2% | 1 | -1 | $448 | $95,675 | 18 |
| 88 | 98 | That Evening Sun | Freestyle Releasing | $358 | -42.7% | 1 | -1 | $358 | $47,695 | 7 |
| 89 | - | Beeswax | The Cinema Guild | $265 | - | 1 | - | $265 | $41,385 | 20 |
| 90 | - | Shall We Kiss? | Music Box Films | $250 | - | 1 | - | $250 | $533,939 | 39 |
| 91 | 96 | Big Fan | First Independent Pictures | $229 | -64.9% | 1 | - | $229 | $229,997 | 17 |
| 92 | - | The Missing Person | Strand Releasing | $189 | - | 1 | - | $189 | $8,157 | 5 |
| 93 | 103 | Departures | Regent Releasing | $160 | +142.4% | 1 | - | $160 | $1,491,098 | 30 |
| 94 | 104 | From Mexico with Love | Roadside Attractions | $140 | +150% | 2 | +1 | $70 | $548,638 | 11 |
| 95 | - | Peter and Vandy | Strand Releasing | $108 | - | 1 | - | $108 | $10,726 | 11 |
| 96 | 83 | Crude | First Run | $70 | -96.9% | 1 | -5 | $70 | $161,985 | 15 |