Domestic 2009 Weekend 51
December 18-20, 2009
| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release | Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | $77,624,422 | +5,459.9% | 56.3% | 2 | Avatar | $77,025,481 | 99.2% | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | 1 | $17,969,988 | -49.3% | 13% | 3 | The Princess and the Frog | $12,185,949 | 67.8% | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | 2 | $15,368,035 | -42.5% | 11.1% | 8 | The Blind Side | $10,021,280 | 65.2% | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | 4 | $9,886,369 | +46.7% | 7.2% | 4 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $6,616,571 | 66.9% | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | 3 | $4,487,746 | -43.9% | 3.3% | 2 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $4,407,598 | 98.2% | 5 | Summit Entertainment |
| 6 | 5 | $4,092,862 | -35% | 3% | 2 | Brothers | $2,889,121 | 70.6% | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 7 | 7 | $3,298,847 | +34.3% | 2.4% | 2 | Up in the Air | $3,210,132 | 97.3% | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 8 | 6 | $1,284,591 | -63.3% | 0.9% | 1 | Armored | $1,284,591 | 100% | 3 | Screen Gems |
| 9 | 10 | $667,374 | -15.9% | 0.5% | 2 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | $406,783 | 61% | 8 | Apparition |
| 10 | 11 | $660,274 | +30.5% | 0.5% | 1 | The Road | $660,274 | 100% | 4 | Dimension Films |
| 11 | 8 | $601,659 | -72.6% | 0.4% | 1 | Everybody's Fine | $601,659 | 100% | 3 | Miramax |
| 12 | 12 | $452,491 | -5.3% | 0.3% | 4 | An Education | $220,925 | 48.8% | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 13 | 17 | $400,080 | +65.9% | 0.3% | 2 | Nine | $257,232 | 64.3% | 1 | The Weinstein Company |
| 14 | 13 | $237,105 | -40.7% | 0.2% | 2 | Couples Retreat | $170,610 | 72% | 11 | Universal Pictures |
| 15 | 14 | $173,135 | -53.7% | 0.1% | 2 | Law Abiding Citizen | $87,049 | 50.3% | 10 | Overture Films |
| 16 | 15 | $157,521 | -50.9% | 0.1% | 2 | A Serious Man | $98,311 | 62.4% | 12 | Focus Features |
| 17 | 18 | $156,778 | +0.9% | 0.1% | 2 | Me and Orson Welles | $156,420 | 99.8% | 4 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 18 | 23 | $101,441 | +131.4% | <0.1% | 2 | Crazy Heart | $82,664 | 81.5% | 1 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 19 | 19 | $64,934 | -55.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | $64,934 | 100% | 5 | First Look International |
| 20 | 20 | $45,097 | -61.3% | <0.1% | 1 | The Lovely Bones | $45,097 | 100% | 2 | DreamWorks |
| 21 | 21 | $42,848 | -44.9% | <0.1% | 5 | Red Cliff | $36,555 | 85.3% | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 22 | 24 | $30,896 | -27.4% | <0.1% | 2 | Space Station 3D | $17,960 | 58.1% | 401 | IMAX |
| 23 | 22 | $26,444 | -41.5% | <0.1% | 1 | The Messenger | $26,444 | 100% | 6 | Oscilloscope |
| 24 | 26 | $25,055 | -23.4% | <0.1% | 1 | La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet | $25,055 | 100% | 7 | Zipporah Films |
| 25 | 29 | $18,230 | -20.7% | <0.1% | 2 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $16,894 | 92.7% | 116 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 26 | 30 | $16,374 | -10.7% | <0.1% | 1 | The Maid | $16,374 | 100% | 10 | Elephant Eye Films |
| 27 | 25 | $15,247 | -56% | <0.1% | 1 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | $15,247 | 100% | 4 | Screen Media Films |
| 28 | 27 | $7,427 | -73.8% | <0.1% | 3 | Paris | $5,031 | 67.7% | 14 | IFC Films |
| 29 | 32 | $5,996 | -65.7% | <0.1% | 1 | New York, I Love You | $5,996 | 100% | 10 | Vivendi Entertainment |
| 30 | 38 | $4,642 | -33.4% | <0.1% | 3 | 35 Shots of Rum | $3,177 | 68.4% | 14 | The Cinema Guild |
| 31 | 43 | $4,207 | +12.9% | <0.1% | 2 | A Town Called Panic | $2,850 | 67.7% | 1 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 32 | 33 | $3,191 | -81% | <0.1% | 3 | Good Hair | $1,877 | 58.8% | 11 | Roadside Attractions |
| 33 | 47 | $3,153 | +110.5% | <0.1% | 3 | Cloud 9 | $2,014 | 63.9% | 19 | Music Box Films |
| 34 | 49 | $2,999 | +124.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $2,999 | 100% | 24 | International Film Circuit |
| 36 | 35 | $2,681 | -74.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Until the Light Takes Us | $2,681 | 100% | 3 | Variance Films |
| 37 | 41 | $2,565 | -43.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $2,565 | 100% | 97 | 3D Entertainment |
| 38 | 40 | $2,308 | -56.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Killing Kasztner | $2,308 | 100% | 9 | Sky Island Films |
| 39 | 50 | $1,702 | +36.8% | <0.1% | 2 | The Sun 2009 Re-release | $1,011 | 59.4% | 5 | Lorber Films |
| 40 | 42 | $1,621 | -60.9% | <0.1% | 2 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $916 | 56.5% | 13 | Shadow Distribution |
| 41 | 39 | $1,496 | -76.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Kurbaan | $1,496 | 100% | 5 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 42 | 28 | $1,475 | -94.4% | <0.1% | 1 | The Slammin' Salmon | $1,475 | 100% | 2 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 43 | 37 | $1,324 | -81.1% | <0.1% | 2 | Four Seasons Lodge | $1,254 | 94.7% | 6 | First Run |
| 44 | 46 | $1,106 | -33.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Oh My God | $1,106 | 100% | 6 | Mitropoulos Films |
| 45 | 44 | $745 | -73.7% | <0.1% | 3 | The Headless Woman | $448 | 60.1% | 18 | Strand Releasing |
| 46 | 48 | $536 | -64.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Endgame | $536 | 100% | 7 | Monterey Media |
| 47 | 54 | $229 | -64.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Big Fan | $229 | 100% | 17 | First Independent Pictures |
| 48 | 55 | $160 | +142.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Departures | $160 | 100% | 30 | Regent Releasing |
