Domestic 2009 Week 1
January 2-8, 2009
| Rank | Release | Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marley & Me | $29,959,888 | $24,263,763 | 81% | $5,696,125 | 19% | 3,505 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $24,274,042 | $18,691,248 | 77% | $5,582,794 | 23% | 2,988 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | Bedtime Stories | $23,592,144 | $20,501,339 | 86.9% | $3,090,805 | 13.1% | 3,684 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | Valkyrie | $18,198,079 | $14,094,617 | 77.4% | $4,103,462 | 22.6% | 2,778 | 3 | United Artists |
| 5 | Yes Man | $17,658,776 | $13,910,477 | 78.8% | $3,748,299 | 21.2% | 3,434 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | Seven Pounds | $12,851,676 | $10,068,518 | 78.3% | $2,783,158 | 21.7% | 2,758 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | The Tale of Despereaux | $8,128,385 | $6,939,295 | 85.4% | $1,189,090 | 14.6% | 3,091 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | Doubt | $6,733,716 | $5,000,893 | 74.3% | $1,732,823 | 25.7% | 1,287 | 4 | Miramax |
| 9 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $6,405,051 | $5,049,698 | 78.8% | $1,355,353 | 21.2% | 2,337 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 10 | Slumdog Millionaire | $6,359,026 | $4,690,769 | 73.8% | $1,668,257 | 26.2% | 612 | 9 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 11 | Twilight | $6,332,582 | $4,648,642 | 73.4% | $1,683,940 | 26.6% | 1,888 | 7 | Summit Entertainment |
| 12 | The Spirit | $4,403,869 | $3,259,898 | 74% | $1,143,971 | 26% | 2,508 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 13 | Gran Torino | $4,155,999 | $2,936,423 | 70.7% | $1,219,576 | 29.3% | 84 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | Bolt | $3,811,209 | $3,291,944 | 86.4% | $519,265 | 13.6% | 1,729 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 15 | Four Christmases | $3,457,503 | $2,811,390 | 81.3% | $646,113 | 18.7% | 2,307 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | Milk | $2,598,461 | $1,888,510 | 72.7% | $709,951 | 27.3% | 309 | 7 | Focus Features |
| 17 | The Reader | $2,208,605 | $1,598,472 | 72.4% | $610,133 | 27.6% | 398 | 5 | The Weinstein Company |
| 18 | Frost/Nixon | $1,848,862 | $1,400,484 | 75.8% | $448,378 | 24.2% | 205 | 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 19 | Australia | $1,623,348 | $1,163,169 | 71.6% | $460,179 | 28.4% | 765 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 20 | Quantum of Solace | $1,465,145 | $1,130,055 | 77.1% | $335,090 | 22.9% | 891 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 21 | Revolutionary Road | $1,340,522 | $985,961 | 73.6% | $354,561 | 26.4% | 38 | 2 | Paramount Vantage |
| 22 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $1,117,778 | $958,397 | 85.7% | $159,381 | 14.3% | 707 | 9 | DreamWorks |
| 23 | The Wrestler | $649,793 | $437,815 | 67.4% | $211,978 | 32.6% | 18 | 4 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 24 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $392,341 | $320,336 | 81.6% | $72,005 | 18.4% | 283 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 25 | Role Models | $346,845 | $247,050 | 71.2% | $99,795 | 28.8% | 270 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 26 | Ghajini | $340,216 | $288,075 | 84.7% | $52,141 | 15.3% | 83 | 3 | Adlabs Films |
| 27 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $292,499 | $243,418 | 83.2% | $49,081 | 16.8% | 295 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 28 | Cadillac Records | $267,189 | $205,855 | 77% | $61,334 | 23% | 180 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 29 | Rachel Getting Married | $238,474 | $166,733 | 69.9% | $71,741 | 30.1% | 67 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 30 | Nothing Like the Holidays | $206,340 | $155,967 | 75.6% | $50,373 | 24.4% | 308 | 4 | Overture Films |
| 31 | Eagle Eye | $185,652 | $146,604 | 79% | $39,048 | 21% | 195 | 15 | DreamWorks |
| 32 | Defiance | $163,733 | $123,513 | 75.4% | $40,220 | 24.6% | 2 | 2 | Paramount Vantage |
| 33 | I've Loved You So Long | $143,488 | $89,378 | 62.3% | $54,110 | 37.7% | 42 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 34 | Last Chance Harvey | $141,413 | $102,206 | 72.3% | $39,207 | 27.7% | 6 | 3 | Overture Films |
| 35 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $140,677 | $95,845 | 68.1% | $44,832 | 31.9% | 93 | 9 | Miramax |
| 36 | Waltz with Bashir | $136,711 | $53,564 | 39.2% | $83,147 | 60.8% | 5 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 37 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $134,533 | $66,662 | 49.6% | $67,871 | 50.4% | 21 | 66 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 38 | Let the Right One In | $131,665 | $92,012 | 69.9% | $39,653 | 30.1% | 37 | 11 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 39 | Body of Lies | $115,125 | $81,623 | 70.9% | $33,502 | 29.1% | 182 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 40 | Changeling | $112,515 | $80,040 | 71.1% | $32,475 | 28.9% | 125 | 11 | Universal Pictures |
| 41 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $104,381 | $70,229 | 67.3% | $34,152 | 32.7% | 59 | 13 | Miramax |
| 42 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $101,453 | $67,517 | 66.6% | $33,936 | 33.4% | 102 | 10 | The Weinstein Company |
| 43 | The Secret Life of Bees | $88,725 | $62,044 | 69.9% | $26,681 | 30.1% | 84 | 12 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 44 | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | $86,126 | $72,537 | 84.2% | $13,589 | 15.8% | 45 | 4 | Yash Raj Films |
| 45 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $82,219 | $48,722 | 59.3% | $33,497 | 40.7% | 2 | 172 | IMAX |
| 46 | The Dark Knight | $82,176 | $65,140 | 79.3% | $17,036 | 20.7% | 75 | 25 | Warner Bros. |
| 47 | Fireproof | $75,655 | $56,806 | 75.1% | $18,849 | 24.9% | 87 | 15 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 48 | Space Station 3D | $73,745 | $46,761 | 63.4% | $26,984 | 36.6% | 4 | 351 | IMAX |
| 49 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $73,109 | $35,484 | 48.5% | $37,625 | 51.5% | 2 | 4 | IFC Films |
| 50 | Synecdoche, New York | $71,534 | $44,825 | 62.7% | $26,709 | 37.3% | 39 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 51 | Deep Sea | $67,081 | $50,396 | 75.1% | $16,685 | 24.9% | 8 | 149 | Warner Bros. |
| 52 | The Polar Express 2008 IMAX Release | $64,877 | $61,688 | 95.1% | $3,189 | 4.9% | 18 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 53 | Nights in Rodanthe | $58,838 | $42,171 | 71.7% | $16,667 | 28.3% | 85 | 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 54 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $58,388 | $33,162 | 56.8% | $25,226 | 43.2% | 12 | 21 | Summit Entertainment |
| 55 | A Christmas Tale | $58,225 | $40,756 | 70% | $17,469 | 30% | 35 | 8 | IFC Films |
| 56 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $57,137 | $40,424 | 70.8% | $16,713 | 29.2% | 25 | 21 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 57 | Igor | $55,050 | $39,523 | 71.8% | $15,527 | 28.2% | 34 | 16 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 58 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $40,248 | $24,373 | 60.6% | $15,875 | 39.4% | 10 | 47 | 3D Entertainment |
| 59 | Wendy and Lucy | $37,307 | $24,938 | 66.8% | $12,369 | 33.2% | 4 | 5 | Oscilloscope |
| 60 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $23,232 | $18,059 | 77.7% | $5,173 | 22.3% | 27 | 10 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 61 | Roving Mars | $18,366 | $10,971 | 59.7% | $7,395 | 40.3% | 6 | 154 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 62 | Max Payne | $15,295 | $11,458 | 74.9% | $3,837 | 25.1% | 27 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 63 | The Secret of the Grain | $15,132 | $9,864 | 65.2% | $5,268 | 34.8% | 1 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 64 | Man on Wire | $14,685 | $10,919 | 74.4% | $3,766 | 25.6% | 5 | 24 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 65 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2008 Re-release | $14,333 | $12,695 | 88.6% | $1,638 | 11.4% | 15 | 10 | IMAX |
| 66 | Good | $12,208 | $9,508 | 77.9% | $2,700 | 22.1% | 2 | 2 | THINKFilm |
| 67 | U2 3D | $12,025 | $10,826 | 90% | $1,199 | 10% | 4 | 51 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 68 | JCVD | $11,968 | $9,126 | 76.2% | $2,842 | 23.8% | 8 | 9 | Peace Arch Entertainment Group |
| 69 | City of Ember | $11,916 | $10,122 | 84.9% | $1,794 | 15.1% | 25 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 70 | Tell No One | $10,762 | $7,538 | 70% | $3,224 | 30% | 8 | 28 | Music Box Films |
| 71 | Appaloosa | $10,259 | $5,278 | 51.4% | $4,981 | 48.6% | 15 | 16 | Warner Bros. |
| 72 | WALL·E | $8,423 | $7,148 | 84.9% | $1,275 | 15.1% | 23 | 28 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 73 | Antarctica | $8,167 | $6,033 | 73.9% | $2,134 | 26.1% | 1 | 19 | Regent Releasing |
| 74 | How About You | $7,879 | $2,985 | 37.9% | $4,894 | 62.1% | 4 | 8 | Strand Releasing |
| 75 | A Secret | $5,393 | $4,263 | 79% | $1,130 | 21% | 3 | 18 | Strand Releasing |
| 76 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $4,027 | $1,302 | 32.3% | $2,725 | 67.7% | 5 | 8 | Kino International |
| 77 | Ciao | $3,957 | $3,138 | 79.3% | $819 | 20.7% | 3 | 5 | Regent Releasing |
| 78 | Silent Light | $3,574 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Palisades Tartan |
| 79 | Soul Men | $3,384 | $2,660 | 78.6% | $724 | 21.4% | 9 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 80 | Sixty Six 2008 Re-release | $2,841 | $2,461 | 86.6% | $380 | 13.4% | 1 | 23 | First Independent Pictures |
| 81 | Timecrimes | $2,680 | $1,785 | 66.6% | $895 | 33.4% | 3 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 82 | Stranded | $2,506 | $1,887 | 75.3% | $619 | 24.7% | 3 | 12 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 83 | Were the World Mine | $2,287 | $1,632 | 71.4% | $655 | 28.6% | 2 | 10 | SPEAK Productions |
| 84 | Lola Montès | $1,208 | $788 | 65.2% | $420 | 34.8% | 1 | 13 | Rialto Pictures |
| 85 | Ashes of Time | $1,017 | $270 | 26.6% | $747 | 73.4% | 4 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 86 | August Evening | $999 | $734 | 73.5% | $265 | 26.5% | 1 | 18 | Maya Entertainment |
| 87 | Yiddish Theater: A Love Story | $838 | $838 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 60 | New Love Films |
| 88 | The Secrets | $835 | $644 | 77.1% | $191 | 22.9% | 2 | 7 | Monterey Media |
| 89 | Coyote County Loser | $750 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | Roebuck Media |
| 90 | One Day You'll Understand | $560 | $364 | 65% | $196 | 35% | 1 | 10 | Kino International |
| 91 | Momma's Man | $407 | $315 | 77.4% | $92 | 22.6% | 1 | 20 | Kino International |
| - | The Wild Child | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | The Film Desk |
| - | House of the Sleeping Beauties | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | First Run |
| - | The Beautiful Truth | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| - | Monsieur Verdoux | - | - | - | - | - | - | 43 | The Film Desk |
| - | Trouble the Water | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | Zeitgeist Films |
| - | Alexandra | - | - | - | - | - | - | 42 | The Cinema Guild |
| - | Louise Bourgeois | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | Zeitgeist Films |
| - | The Betrayal | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | The Cinema Guild |
| - | Call + Response | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Fair Trade Pictures |
