Domestic 2009 Weekend 52
December 25-27, 2009
| Rank | LW | Release | Distributor | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Avatar | Twentieth Century Fox | $75,617,183 | -1.8% | 3,456 | +4 | $21,879 | $212,711,184 | 2 |
| 2 | - | Sherlock Holmes | Warner Bros. | $62,304,277 | - | 3,626 | - | $17,182 | $62,304,277 | 1 |
| 3 | - | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | Twentieth Century Fox | $48,875,415 | - | 3,700 | - | $13,209 | $75,589,048 | 1 |
| 4 | - | It's Complicated | Universal Pictures | $22,100,820 | - | 2,887 | - | $7,655 | $22,100,820 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | The Blind Side | Warner Bros. | $11,519,345 | +14.9% | 2,766 | -641 | $4,164 | $184,195,981 | 6 |
| 6 | 8 | Up in the Air | Paramount Pictures | $11,270,248 | +251.1% | 1,895 | +1,720 | $5,947 | $24,031,968 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | The Princess and the Frog | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $9,004,610 | -26.1% | 3,475 | - | $2,591 | $63,679,289 | 5 |
| 8 | 21 | Nine | The Weinstein Company | $5,452,513 | +2,019.7% | 1,412 | +1,408 | $3,861 | $5,830,585 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | Sony Pictures Releasing | $5,000,143 | -24.4% | 2,718 | - | $1,839 | $15,600,328 | 2 |
| 10 | 6 | Invictus | Warner Bros. | $4,067,541 | -3.2% | 2,160 | +35 | $1,883 | $23,049,804 | 3 |
| 11 | 5 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Summit Entertainment | $3,044,259 | -30.9% | 1,593 | -1,442 | $1,911 | $280,962,758 | 6 |
| 12 | - | 3 Idiots | Reliance Big Pictures | $1,645,502 | - | 119 | - | $13,827 | $2,149,347 | 1 |
| 13 | 7 | A Christmas Carol | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $1,292,155 | -62.5% | 1,245 | -825 | $1,037 | $135,888,543 | 8 |
| 14 | 9 | Brothers | Lionsgate | $1,210,172 | -58.1% | 858 | -1,151 | $1,410 | $25,341,515 | 4 |
| 15 | 11 | 2012 | Sony Pictures Releasing | $994,494 | -54.9% | 800 | -1,442 | $1,243 | $161,490,680 | 7 |
| 16 | 13 | Precious | Lionsgate | $865,083 | -28.1% | 629 | -374 | $1,375 | $41,778,920 | 8 |
| 17 | 20 | The Young Victoria | Apparition | $742,089 | +184.8% | 191 | +147 | $3,885 | $1,196,667 | 2 |
| 18 | 10 | Old Dogs | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $652,737 | -72.1% | 645 | -1,985 | $1,011 | $45,882,504 | 5 |
| 19 | 16 | The Road | - | $449,066 | -32% | 311 | -85 | $1,443 | $5,879,604 | 5 |
| 20 | - | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Sony Pictures Classics | $415,233 | - | 48 | - | $8,650 | $415,233 | 1 |
| 21 | 27 | A Single Man | The Weinstein Company | $352,652 | +146.9% | 46 | +37 | $7,666 | $920,532 | 3 |
| 22 | 24 | Broken Embraces | Sony Pictures Classics | $349,408 | +76.2% | 71 | +41 | $4,921 | $1,313,884 | 6 |
| 23 | 18 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Twentieth Century Fox | $344,592 | -42.5% | 197 | -343 | $1,749 | $18,288,004 | 7 |
| 24 | 12 | Armored | Screen Gems | $321,543 | -75% | 244 | -1,294 | $1,317 | $15,303,287 | 4 |
| 25 | 22 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Sony Pictures Releasing | $237,775 | -6.8% | 276 | -31 | $861 | $123,499,498 | 15 |
| 26 | 14 | Ninja Assassin | Warner Bros. | $203,124 | -78.2% | 166 | -989 | $1,223 | $37,166,599 | 5 |
| 27 | 38 | Where the Wild Things Are | Warner Bros. | $197,658 | +249% | 267 | +144 | $740 | $76,038,911 | 11 |
| 28 | 23 | An Education | Sony Pictures Classics | $170,538 | -22.8% | 153 | -47 | $1,114 | $7,437,144 | 12 |
| 29 | 25 | Couples Retreat | Universal Pictures | $162,155 | -5% | 230 | -64 | $705 | $108,134,160 | 12 |
| 30 | 32 | Crazy Heart | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $159,850 | +93.4% | 12 | +8 | $13,320 | $324,428 | 2 |
| 31 | 30 | Law Abiding Citizen | Overture Films | $137,779 | +58.3% | 205 | +54 | $672 | $72,645,906 | 11 |
| 32 | 15 | Planet 51 | Sony Pictures Releasing | $104,685 | -87.1% | 209 | -1,140 | $500 | $39,213,810 | 6 |
| 33 | 19 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | Apparition | $97,741 | -76% | 102 | -302 | $958 | $9,744,417 | 9 |
| 34 | 26 | Me and Orson Welles | Freestyle Releasing | $91,606 | -41.4% | 115 | -19 | $796 | $759,235 | 5 |
| 35 | 29 | Paranormal Activity | Paramount Pictures | $71,724 | -19.2% | 158 | -79 | $453 | $107,736,981 | 14 |
| 36 | 28 | A Serious Man | Focus Features | $66,124 | -32.7% | 49 | -68 | $1,349 | $9,042,760 | 13 |
| 37 | 42 | Under the Sea 3D | Warner Bros. | $52,590 | +67.5% | 26 | - | $2,022 | $19,231,134 | 46 |
| 38 | 33 | Astro Boy | Summit Entertainment | $51,722 | -35.5% | 168 | -84 | $307 | $19,298,834 | 10 |
| 39 | 51 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D | IMAX | $48,552 | +275.3% | 2 | -1 | $24,276 | $31,319,155 | 223 |
| 40 | 35 | The Fourth Kind | Universal Pictures | $45,120 | -32.1% | 64 | -69 | $705 | $25,360,255 | 8 |
| 41 | 39 | The Lovely Bones | DreamWorks | $41,916 | -7.1% | 3 | - | $13,972 | $276,161 | 3 |
| 42 | 37 | Pirate Radio | Focus Features | $32,266 | -45.5% | 113 | -129 | $285 | $7,913,976 | 7 |
| 43 | 31 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | Overture Films | $29,965 | -65.2% | 74 | -133 | $404 | $31,944,330 | 8 |
| 44 | 34 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | Warner Bros. | $23,257 | -69% | 20 | +3 | $1,162 | $458,372 | 8 |
| 45 | 45 | La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet | Zipporah Films | $21,775 | -13.1% | 20 | -5 | $1,088 | $377,925 | 8 |
| 46 | 36 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | First Look International | $21,456 | -67% | 32 | -44 | $670 | $1,367,264 | 6 |
| 47 | - | Police, Adjective | IFC Films | $19,452 | - | 8 | - | $2,431 | $26,692 | 1 |
| 48 | 40 | The Box | Warner Bros. | $17,649 | -56.6% | 50 | -81 | $352 | $15,008,812 | 8 |
| 49 | 41 | Red Cliff | Magnolia Pictures | $14,658 | -59.9% | 24 | -16 | $610 | $485,186 | 6 |
| 50 | 44 | The Messenger | Oscilloscope | $13,955 | -47.2% | 22 | -21 | $634 | $623,689 | 7 |
| 51 | 48 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | National Geographic Entertainment | $13,282 | -21.4% | 8 | - | $1,660 | $22,673,984 | 117 |
| 52 | 43 | Coco Before Chanel | Sony Pictures Classics | $13,230 | -53.1% | 19 | -34 | $696 | $5,964,683 | 14 |
| 53 | 52 | Deep Sea | Warner Bros. | $9,197 | +26.3% | 3 | - | $3,065 | $42,776,742 | 200 |
| 54 | 46 | Amelia | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $9,044 | -51.8% | 24 | -41 | $376 | $14,195,118 | 10 |
| 55 | 62 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | 3D Entertainment | $8,717 | +239.8% | 4 | - | $2,179 | $7,243,378 | 98 |
| 56 | 50 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | Screen Media Films | $8,649 | -43.3% | 10 | -7 | $864 | $247,397 | 5 |
| 57 | 47 | Space Station 3D | IMAX | $6,518 | -63.7% | 3 | - | $2,172 | $80,528,192 | 402 |
| 58 | 49 | The Maid | Elephant Eye Films | $5,025 | -69.3% | 6 | -13 | $837 | $481,482 | 11 |
| 59 | 59 | A Town Called Panic | Zeitgeist Films | $3,737 | +31.1% | 2 | +1 | $1,868 | $10,180 | 2 |
| 60 | 74 | The Beaches of Agnès | The Cinema Guild | $1,616 | +34.7% | 3 | +1 | $538 | $224,318 | 26 |
| 61 | 61 | The House of the Devil | Magnolia Pictures | $1,369 | -47.6% | 3 | -3 | $456 | $100,659 | 9 |
| 62 | 57 | 35 Shots of Rum | The Cinema Guild | $1,345 | -57.7% | 3 | +1 | $448 | $128,886 | 15 |
| 63 | - | Le combat dans l'île | The Film Desk | $1,272 | - | 1 | - | $1,272 | $32,630 | 29 |
| 64 | 58 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | International Film Circuit | $1,166 | -61.1% | 2 | -1 | $583 | $1,131,688 | 25 |
| 65 | 81 | Séraphine | Music Box Films | $1,112 | +25.1% | 1 | -1 | $1,112 | $855,871 | 30 |
| 66 | 75 | The September Issue | Roadside Attractions | $1,031 | -12.2% | 4 | - | $257 | $3,813,787 | 18 |
| 67 | 92 | The Missing Person | Strand Releasing | $1,028 | +443.9% | 1 | - | $1,028 | $9,330 | 6 |
| 68 | 60 | Until the Light Takes Us | Variance Films | $988 | -63.1% | 1 | -1 | $988 | $44,308 | 4 |
| 69 | 79 | The Sun 2009 Re-release | Lorber Films | $803 | -20.6% | 2 | - | $401 | $46,368 | 6 |
| 70 | 66 | Ong Bak 2 | Magnolia Pictures | $608 | -67.6% | 3 | - | $202 | $102,055 | 10 |
| 71 | - | Small Change | The Film Desk | $574 | - | 1 | - | $574 | $15,649 | 5 |
| 72 | - | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | Five & Two Pictures | $534 | - | 1 | - | $534 | $1,168,307 | 15 |
| 73 | 86 | Endgame | Monterey Media | $456 | -14.9% | 1 | - | $456 | $7,703 | 8 |
| 74 | 77 | Oh My God | Mitropoulos Films | $412 | -62.7% | 1 | - | $412 | $38,244 | 7 |
| 75 | 83 | Serious Moonlight | Magnolia Pictures | $408 | -46.9% | 1 | -1 | $408 | $25,137 | 4 |
| 76 | 54 | The Damned United | Sony Pictures Classics | $402 | -92.1% | 3 | -17 | $134 | $437,949 | 12 |
| 77 | 78 | Bronson | Magnolia Pictures | $338 | -67.4% | 2 | -2 | $169 | $104,792 | 12 |
| 78 | 70 | The Slammin' Salmon | Anchor Bay Films | $196 | -86.7% | 1 | -2 | $196 | $38,460 | 3 |
| 79 | 73 | Four Seasons Lodge | First Run | $190 | -84.8% | 1 | -1 | $190 | $42,850 | 7 |
| 80 | 96 | Crude | First Run | $145 | +107.1% | 1 | - | $145 | $162,172 | 16 |
| 81 | 91 | Big Fan | First Independent Pictures | $91 | -60.3% | 1 | - | $91 | $230,088 | 18 |
| 82 | 89 | Beeswax | The Cinema Guild | $54 | -79.6% | 1 | - | $54 | $41,439 | 21 |
| 83 | 94 | From Mexico with Love | Roadside Attractions | $10 | -92.9% | 1 | -1 | $10 | $548,719 | 12 |