Domestic 2009 Week 42
October 16-22, 2009
| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release | Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | $44,501,704 | +348.9% | 25.2% | 10 | Where the Wild Things Are | $39,539,575 | 88.8% | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | 6 | $29,890,995 | +499.6% | 16.9% | 4 | Law Abiding Citizen | $27,604,815 | 92.4% | 1 | Overture Films |
| 3 | 4 | $27,458,869 | +106.5% | 15.5% | 2 | Paranormal Activity | $26,922,425 | 98% | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | 1 | $22,461,470 | -52.7% | 12.7% | 2 | Couples Retreat | $21,725,855 | 96.7% | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | 2 | $19,749,014 | -46.4% | 11.2% | 3 | Zombieland | $9,984,194 | 50.6% | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | 3 | $6,792,703 | -61% | 3.8% | 7 | Toy Story 2009 Re-release | $3,596,905 | 53% | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | 7 | $2,050,725 | -49.2% | 1.2% | 3 | Whip It | $1,974,462 | 96.3% | 3 | - |
| 9 | 12 | $1,403,271 | -22.3% | 0.8% | 2 | A Serious Man | $1,102,483 | 78.6% | 3 | Focus Features |
| 10 | 8 | $1,101,733 | -67.7% | 0.6% | 1 | Fame | $1,101,733 | 100% | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 11 | 14 | $1,065,107 | -5.6% | 0.6% | 8 | Coco Before Chanel | $567,092 | 53.2% | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 12 | 9 | $944,745 | -55.7% | 0.5% | 2 | I Can Do Bad All by Myself | $693,096 | 73.4% | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 13 | 11 | $781,146 | -61.2% | 0.4% | 6 | Good Hair | $528,757 | 67.7% | 2 | Roadside Attractions |
| 14 | 10 | $762,926 | -62.6% | 0.4% | 5 | All About Steve | $359,841 | 47.2% | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 15 | 15 | $739,881 | -19.2% | 0.4% | 2 | Bright Star | $551,363 | 74.5% | 6 | Apparition |
| 17 | 13 | $487,466 | -62% | 0.3% | 1 | Inglourious Basterds | $487,466 | 100% | 9 | The Weinstein Company |
| 18 | 17 | $361,319 | -11.9% | 0.2% | 1 | District 9 | $361,319 | 100% | 10 | TriStar Pictures |
| 19 | 18 | $211,738 | -25% | 0.1% | 1 | The Boys Are Back | $211,738 | 100% | 4 | Miramax |
| 20 | 20 | $183,353 | -28% | 0.1% | 3 | Me and Mrs. Khanna | $148,403 | 80.9% | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 21 | 16 | $132,573 | -68% | <0.1% | 2 | I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | $86,179 | 65% | 4 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 22 | 19 | $121,327 | -53.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Sorority Row | $121,327 | 100% | 6 | Summit Entertainment |
| 24 | 24 | $118,330 | -15.9% | <0.1% | 2 | Paris | $106,288 | 89.8% | 5 | IFC Films |
| 25 | 21 | $92,846 | -46.8% | <0.1% | 1 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | $92,846 | 100% | 5 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 26 | 27 | $92,300 | -6.8% | <0.1% | 3 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $50,805 | 55% | 213 | IMAX |
| 27 | 22 | $74,581 | -52.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Halloween II | $74,581 | 100% | 8 | - |
| 28 | 28 | $57,836 | -18.4% | <0.1% | 2 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $56,553 | 97.8% | 15 | International Film Circuit |
| 29 | 26 | $57,753 | -45% | <0.1% | 3 | Amreeka | $28,912 | 50.1% | 7 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 30 | 31 | $56,661 | +45.4% | <0.1% | 6 | The Burning Plain | $17,832 | 31.5% | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 32 | 29 | $47,801 | -30.2% | <0.1% | 3 | Passport to Love | $41,993 | 87.8% | 2 | Variance Films |
| 34 | 36 | $21,395 | -4.1% | <0.1% | 3 | Seraphine | $18,952 | 88.6% | 20 | Music Box Films |
| 35 | 39 | $20,921 | +21.5% | <0.1% | 3 | The Horse Boy | $17,545 | 83.9% | 4 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 36 | 40 | $18,933 | +33.5% | <0.1% | 2 | Play the Game | $10,591 | 55.9% | 34 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 37 | 32 | $18,655 | -47.7% | <0.1% | 3 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $13,030 | 69.8% | 4 | Shadow Distribution |
| 38 | 47 | $18,074 | +238.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Visual Acoustics | $18,074 | 100% | 2 | Arthouse Films |
| 39 | 34 | $16,778 | -33.1% | <0.1% | 5 | Departures | $14,381 | 85.7% | 21 | Regent Releasing |
| 40 | 37 | $14,491 | -22.7% | <0.1% | 1 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | $14,491 | 100% | 9 | Vitagraph Films |
| 41 | 23 | $14,291 | -90.9% | <0.1% | 2 | Cold Souls | $13,707 | 95.9% | 11 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 42 | 35 | $12,466 | -45.6% | <0.1% | 4 | 35 Shots of Rum | $9,374 | 75.2% | 6 | The Cinema Guild |
| 43 | 38 | $12,205 | -29.7% | <0.1% | 2 | Unmistaken Child | $9,644 | 79% | 21 | Oscilloscope |
| 44 | 44 | $9,368 | -3.6% | <0.1% | 2 | Crude | $8,187 | 87.4% | 7 | First Run |
| 46 | 41 | $8,333 | -32.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Trucker | $8,333 | 100% | 2 | Monterey Media |
| 47 | 43 | $8,159 | -16.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $8,159 | 100% | 88 | 3D Entertainment |
| 48 | 46 | $6,379 | -5.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Big Fan | $6,379 | 100% | 8 | First Independent Pictures |
| 49 | 33 | $5,360 | -83.1% | <0.1% | 3 | A Woman in Berlin | $3,691 | 68.9% | 14 | Strand Releasing |
| 50 | 42 | $5,016 | -48.8% | <0.1% | 1 | The Other Man | $5,016 | 100% | 6 | Image Entertainment |
| 51 | 49 | $4,939 | +77.4% | <0.1% | 1 | We Live in Public | $4,939 | 100% | 8 | Abramorama |
| 53 | 45 | $2,717 | -60.2% | <0.1% | 3 | The Wonder of it All | $1,163 | 42.8% | 14 | Indican Pictures |
| 54 | 50 | $1,233 | -37.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone | $1,233 | 100% | 16 | Eleven Arts |
| 56 | 51 | $635 | -48.9% | <0.1% | 1 | American Casino | $635 | 100% | 10 | Argot Pictures |
| 57 | 48 | $305 | -93.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Chelsea on the Rocks | $305 | 100% | 3 | Aliquot Films |
