Domestic 2009 Week 43
October 23-29, 2009
| Rank | Release | Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paranormal Activity | $27,763,527 | $21,104,070 | 76% | $6,659,457 | 24% | 1,945 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | Saw VI | $17,263,955 | $14,118,444 | 81.8% | $3,145,511 | 18.2% | 3,036 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 3 | Where the Wild Things Are | $17,179,387 | $14,019,406 | 81.6% | $3,159,981 | 18.4% | 3,683 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | Law Abiding Citizen | $16,476,835 | $12,403,888 | 75.3% | $4,072,947 | 24.7% | 2,890 | 2 | Overture Films |
| 5 | Couples Retreat | $13,449,555 | $10,620,685 | 79% | $2,828,870 | 21% | 3,074 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 6 | This Is It | $11,208,532 | - | - | - | - | 3,481 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | Astro Boy | $7,855,767 | $6,702,923 | 85.3% | $1,152,844 | 14.7% | 3,014 | 1 | Summit Entertainment |
| 8 | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | $7,711,790 | $6,293,205 | 81.6% | $1,418,585 | 18.4% | 2,754 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | The Stepfather | $7,496,326 | $6,230,969 | 83.1% | $1,265,357 | 16.9% | 2,734 | 2 | Screen Gems |
| 10 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $6,252,266 | $5,250,541 | 84% | $1,001,725 | 16% | 2,741 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | Zombieland | $5,553,329 | $4,205,812 | 75.7% | $1,347,517 | 24.3% | 2,447 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 12 | Amelia | $5,305,832 | $3,904,047 | 73.6% | $1,401,785 | 26.4% | 820 | 1 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 13 | A Serious Man | $1,455,954 | $1,093,217 | 75.1% | $362,737 | 24.9% | 176 | 4 | Focus Features |
| 14 | Toy Story 2009 Re-release | $1,195,802 | $1,009,900 | 84.4% | $185,902 | 15.6% | 778 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 15 | Good Hair | $1,172,821 | $946,312 | 80.7% | $226,509 | 19.3% | 466 | 3 | Roadside Attractions |
| 16 | The Invention of Lying | $1,078,813 | $839,209 | 77.8% | $239,604 | 22.2% | 545 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 17 | Capitalism: A Love Story | $1,057,017 | $726,453 | 68.7% | $330,564 | 31.3% | 636 | 6 | Overture Films |
| 18 | Surrogates | $773,753 | $590,444 | 76.3% | $183,309 | 23.7% | 797 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 19 | Whip It | $586,824 | $466,014 | 79.4% | $120,810 | 20.6% | 435 | 4 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 20 | Coco Before Chanel | $515,342 | $353,000 | 68.5% | $162,342 | 31.5% | 99 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 21 | An Education | $497,723 | $367,371 | 73.8% | $130,352 | 26.2% | 31 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 22 | The Informant! | $459,130 | $348,161 | 75.8% | $110,969 | 24.2% | 287 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 23 | New York, I Love You | $316,358 | $230,127 | 72.7% | $86,231 | 27.3% | 110 | 2 | Vivendi Entertainment |
| 24 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | $301,458 | $235,381 | 78.1% | $66,077 | 21.9% | 407 | 12 | Paramount Pictures |
| 25 | Bright Star | $300,058 | $212,138 | 70.7% | $87,920 | 29.3% | 209 | 7 | Apparition |
| 26 | The Time Traveler's Wife | $291,960 | $203,990 | 69.9% | $87,970 | 30.1% | 242 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 27 | The Hangover | $272,199 | $201,345 | 74% | $70,854 | 26% | 251 | 21 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | Inglourious Basterds | $262,564 | $176,550 | 67.2% | $86,014 | 32.8% | 206 | 10 | The Weinstein Company |
| 29 | Fame | $253,105 | $212,364 | 83.9% | $40,741 | 16.1% | 445 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 30 | G-Force | $238,113 | $193,438 | 81.2% | $44,675 | 18.8% | 260 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 31 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $236,704 | $181,802 | 76.8% | $54,902 | 23.2% | 245 | 16 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | Love Happens | $235,395 | $179,850 | 76.4% | $55,545 | 23.6% | 327 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 33 | The Nightmare Before Christmas 2009 3D Release | $215,985 | $143,289 | 66.3% | $72,696 | 33.7% | 105 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 34 | I Can Do Bad All by Myself | $215,300 | $178,828 | 83.1% | $36,472 | 16.9% | 273 | 7 | Lionsgate |
| 35 | District 9 | $209,654 | $148,051 | 70.6% | $61,603 | 29.4% | 232 | 11 | TriStar Pictures |
| 36 | Julie & Julia | $200,637 | $144,530 | 72% | $56,107 | 28% | 171 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 37 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $153,750 | $118,809 | 77.3% | $34,941 | 22.7% | 142 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 38 | The September Issue | $137,412 | $90,539 | 65.9% | $46,873 | 34.1% | 59 | 9 | Roadside Attractions |
| 39 | Under the Sea 3D | $128,924 | $77,464 | 60.1% | $51,460 | 39.9% | 30 | 37 | Warner Bros. |
| 40 | More Than a Game | $124,127 | $99,399 | 80.1% | $24,728 | 19.9% | 107 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 41 | The Boys Are Back | $112,046 | $78,646 | 70.2% | $33,400 | 29.8% | 108 | 5 | Miramax |
| 42 | Antichrist | $107,026 | $71,397 | 66.7% | $35,629 | 33.3% | 6 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 43 | Up | $94,346 | $74,126 | 78.6% | $20,220 | 21.4% | 132 | 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 44 | The Damned United | $91,245 | $65,299 | 71.6% | $25,946 | 28.4% | 36 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 45 | Pandorum | $86,008 | $60,248 | 70% | $25,760 | 30% | 112 | 5 | Overture Films |
| 46 | The Proposal | $80,725 | $60,647 | 75.1% | $20,078 | 24.9% | 102 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 47 | Sorority Row | $77,129 | $61,583 | 79.8% | $15,546 | 20.2% | 90 | 7 | Summit Entertainment |
| 48 | Paris | $76,425 | $55,136 | 72.1% | $21,289 | 27.9% | 28 | 6 | IFC Films |
| 49 | Motherhood | $69,264 | $50,081 | 72.3% | $19,183 | 27.7% | 48 | 1 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 50 | 9 | $67,757 | $51,328 | 75.8% | $16,429 | 24.2% | 134 | 8 | Focus Features |
| 51 | All About Steve | $67,156 | $38,063 | 56.7% | $29,093 | 43.3% | 215 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 52 | The Maid | $59,301 | $42,307 | 71.3% | $16,994 | 28.7% | 6 | 2 | Elephant Eye Films |
| 53 | Ponyo | $56,273 | $43,949 | 78.1% | $12,324 | 21.9% | 103 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 54 | Black Dynamite | $54,060 | $39,959 | 73.9% | $14,101 | 26.1% | 27 | 2 | Apparition |
| 55 | It Might Get Loud | $51,610 | $34,873 | 67.6% | $16,737 | 32.4% | 47 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 56 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $50,986 | $22,686 | 44.5% | $28,300 | 55.5% | 7 | 214 | IMAX |
| 57 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | $49,261 | $38,750 | 78.7% | $10,511 | 21.3% | 48 | 6 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 58 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $49,184 | $41,902 | 85.2% | $7,282 | 14.8% | 20 | 16 | International Film Circuit |
| 59 | Aliens in the Attic | $45,236 | $38,063 | 84.1% | $7,173 | 15.9% | 82 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 60 | Me and Mrs. Khanna | $44,374 | $36,549 | 82.4% | $7,825 | 17.6% | 34 | 2 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 61 | 500 Days of Summer | $43,075 | $25,623 | 59.5% | $17,452 | 40.5% | 39 | 15 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 62 | Halloween II | $42,179 | $30,129 | 71.4% | $12,050 | 28.6% | 91 | 9 | Dimension Films |
| 63 | Space Station 3D | $39,757 | $20,379 | 51.3% | $19,378 | 48.7% | 5 | 393 | IMAX |
| 64 | The Final Destination | $38,400 | $30,386 | 79.1% | $8,014 | 20.9% | 45 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 65 | Ong Bak 2 | $38,030 | $26,564 | 69.8% | $11,466 | 30.2% | 10 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 66 | Jennifer's Body | $36,661 | $28,541 | 77.8% | $8,120 | 22.2% | 87 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 67 | (Untitled) | $25,391 | $18,002 | 70.9% | $7,389 | 29.1% | 3 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 68 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $23,911 | $13,984 | 58.5% | $9,927 | 41.5% | 8 | 108 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 69 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $23,368 | $11,081 | 47.4% | $12,287 | 52.6% | 6 | 5 | Shadow Distribution |
| 70 | Wake Up Sid | $22,828 | $18,976 | 83.1% | $3,852 | 16.9% | 18 | 4 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 71 | I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | $22,197 | $14,430 | 65% | $7,767 | 35% | 36 | 5 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 72 | Passport to Love | $21,588 | $17,401 | 80.6% | $4,187 | 19.4% | 6 | 3 | Variance Films |
| 73 | My One and Only | $21,552 | $14,064 | 65.3% | $7,488 | 34.7% | 19 | 10 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 74 | Crude | $19,477 | $11,833 | 60.8% | $7,644 | 39.2% | 4 | 8 | First Run |
| 75 | Bronson | $18,802 | $11,025 | 58.6% | $7,777 | 41.4% | 4 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 76 | Moon | $16,098 | $10,107 | 62.8% | $5,991 | 37.2% | 12 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 77 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $15,536 | $10,787 | 69.4% | $4,749 | 30.6% | 25 | 23 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 78 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $14,070 | $10,475 | 74.4% | $3,595 | 25.6% | 5 | 89 | 3D Entertainment |
| 79 | Trucker | $14,021 | $10,138 | 72.3% | $3,883 | 27.7% | 13 | 3 | Monterey Media |
| 80 | From Mexico with Love | $13,281 | $10,962 | 82.5% | $2,319 | 17.5% | 21 | 3 | Roadside Attractions |
| 81 | Paper Heart | $12,997 | $8,296 | 63.8% | $4,701 | 36.2% | 46 | 12 | Overture Films |
| 82 | Departures | $12,996 | $8,674 | 66.7% | $4,322 | 33.3% | 9 | 22 | Regent Releasing |
| 83 | Adam | $11,211 | $5,769 | 51.5% | $5,442 | 48.5% | 9 | 14 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 84 | Cold Souls | $10,769 | $6,188 | 57.5% | $4,581 | 42.5% | 14 | 12 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 85 | Shorts | $10,540 | $8,950 | 84.9% | $1,590 | 15.1% | 17 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 86 | The Horse Boy | $9,782 | $6,315 | 64.6% | $3,467 | 35.4% | 4 | 5 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 87 | Big Fan | $8,800 | $5,427 | 61.7% | $3,373 | 38.3% | 7 | 9 | First Independent Pictures |
| 88 | Whiteout | $8,775 | $5,776 | 65.8% | $2,999 | 34.2% | 15 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 89 | Food, Inc. | $8,663 | $5,609 | 64.8% | $3,054 | 35.2% | 15 | 20 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 90 | Killing Kasztner | $8,368 | $5,513 | 65.9% | $2,855 | 34.1% | 1 | 1 | Sky Island Films |
| 91 | Unmistaken Child | $7,892 | $4,455 | 56.4% | $3,437 | 43.6% | 4 | 22 | Oscilloscope |
| 92 | Seraphine | $7,665 | $5,172 | 67.5% | $2,493 | 32.5% | 8 | 21 | Music Box Films |
| 93 | Amreeka | $7,532 | $5,367 | 71.3% | $2,165 | 28.7% | 6 | 8 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 94 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | $7,446 | $5,022 | 67.4% | $2,424 | 32.6% | 7 | 10 | Vitagraph Films |
| 95 | The Burning Plain | $7,211 | $4,259 | 59.1% | $2,952 | 40.9% | 6 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 96 | The Cove | $6,608 | $3,011 | 45.6% | $3,597 | 54.4% | 7 | 13 | Roadside Attractions |
| 97 | The Wedding Song | $6,402 | $4,530 | 70.8% | $1,872 | 29.2% | 1 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 98 | The Way We Get By | $4,952 | $3,499 | 70.7% | $1,453 | 29.3% | 5 | 15 | International Film Circuit |
| 99 | No Impact Man: The Documentary | $4,257 | $2,232 | 52.4% | $2,025 | 47.6% | 3 | 7 | Oscilloscope |
| 100 | Lorna's Silence | $3,977 | $2,778 | 69.8% | $1,199 | 30.2% | 9 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 101 | Play the Game | $3,856 | $2,920 | 75.7% | $936 | 24.3% | 8 | 35 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 102 | 35 Shots of Rum | $3,829 | $1,830 | 47.8% | $1,999 | 52.2% | 3 | 7 | The Cinema Guild |
| 103 | Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone | $3,372 | $2,364 | 70.1% | $1,008 | 29.9% | 2 | 17 | Eleven Arts |
| 104 | The Little Traitor | $3,321 | $2,330 | 70.2% | $991 | 29.8% | 1 | 1 | N/A |
| 105 | The Big Gay Musical | $3,020 | $2,158 | 71.5% | $862 | 28.5% | 1 | 7 | N/A |
| 106 | Walt & El Grupo | $2,728 | $1,792 | 65.7% | $936 | 34.3% | 4 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 107 | The Beaches of Agnès | $2,329 | $1,879 | 80.7% | $450 | 19.3% | 2 | 18 | The Cinema Guild |
| 108 | Vanished Empire 2009 Re-release | $2,246 | $1,245 | 55.4% | $1,001 | 44.6% | 1 | 16 | Kino International |
| 109 | Adventures of Power | $2,226 | $1,652 | 74.2% | $574 | 25.8% | 2 | 3 | Variance Films |
| 110 | Fuel | $2,019 | $1,134 | 56.2% | $885 | 43.8% | 2 | 6 | N/A |
| 111 | Soul Power | $1,992 | $1,084 | 54.4% | $908 | 45.6% | 2 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 112 | Humpday | $1,941 | $1,507 | 77.6% | $434 | 22.4% | 5 | 16 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 113 | La fille de Monaco | $1,855 | $1,144 | 61.7% | $711 | 38.3% | 2 | 17 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 114 | The Canyon | $1,785 | $1,785 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 1 | Truly Indie |
| 115 | Laila's Birthday | $1,689 | $1,477 | 87.4% | $212 | 12.6% | 1 | 22 | Kino International |
| 116 | Pretty Ugly People | $1,639 | $1,157 | 70.6% | $482 | 29.4% | 2 | 6 | Osiris Entertainment |
| 117 | Il Divo | $1,612 | $1,085 | 67.3% | $527 | 32.7% | 2 | 27 | Music Box Films |
| 118 | World's Greatest Dad | $1,563 | $1,010 | 64.6% | $553 | 35.4% | 2 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 119 | A Woman in Berlin | $1,276 | $851 | 66.7% | $425 | 33.3% | 1 | 15 | Strand Releasing |
| 120 | Whatever Works | $1,203 | $1,004 | 83.5% | $199 | 16.5% | 3 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 121 | Earth Days | $1,158 | $849 | 73.3% | $309 | 26.7% | 4 | 11 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 122 | Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love | $1,000 | $1,000 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 20 | Shadow Distribution |
| 123 | Under Our Skin | $700 | $700 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 19 | Shadow Distribution |
| 124 | Jerichow | $653 | $379 | 58% | $274 | 42% | 1 | 24 | The Cinema Guild |
| 125 | Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy: Fallen Idol | $412 | $412 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 4 | Indican Pictures |
| 126 | Beeswax | $289 | $146 | 50.5% | $143 | 49.5% | 2 | 12 | The Cinema Guild |
| 127 | Mississippi Mermaid | $246 | $201 | 81.7% | $45 | 18.3% | 1 | 16 | The Film Desk |
| 128 | Box Elder | $236 | $216 | 91.5% | $20 | 8.5% | 1 | 87 | N/A |
| 129 | The Stoning of Soraya M. | $214 | $132 | 61.7% | $82 | 38.3% | 1 | 18 | Roadside Attractions |
| 130 | Galapagos | $162 | $163 | 100.6% | $-1 | - | 1 | 522 | IMAX |
| 131 | Amarcord Undated Brazil Release | $156 | $156 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 3 | Janus Films |
| 132 | U2 3D | $145 | $145 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 93 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 133 | The Providence Effect | $132 | $132 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 5 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 134 | White on Rice | $60 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Variance Films |
| - | The Wild Child | - | - | - | - | - | - | 51 | The Film Desk |
| - | American Casino | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Argot Pictures |
| - | Harmony and Me | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | N/A |
| - | 24 City | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | The Cinema Guild |
| - | Cloud 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Music Box Films |
| - | Taxidermia 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Regent Releasing |
| - | The Song of Sparrows | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | Regent Releasing |
| - | Blind Date | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Variance Films |
| - | Shall We Kiss? | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | Music Box Films |
