Domestic 2009 Week 49
December 4-10, 2009
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | The Blind Side | $25,937,161 | -46.7% | 3,326 | +186 | $7,798 | $134,761,539 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | 1 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $19,425,159 | -62.5% | 4,124 | +82 | $4,710 | $259,360,583 | 3 | Summit Entertainment |
| 3 | - | Brothers | $12,401,791 | - | 2,088 | - | $5,939 | $12,401,791 | 1 | Lionsgate Films |
| 4 | 5 | A Christmas Carol | $10,106,820 | -44.8% | 2,546 | -467 | $3,969 | $117,592,907 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | 3 | 2012 | $8,750,019 | -59.1% | 3,220 | -224 | $2,717 | $150,936,840 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 6 | 4 | Old Dogs | $8,554,381 | -56.6% | 3,425 | - | $2,497 | $35,586,501 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | - | Armored | $8,246,521 | - | 1,915 | - | $4,306 | $8,246,521 | 1 | Screen Gems |
| 8 | 6 | Ninja Assassin | $6,836,794 | -59.5% | 2,503 | - | $2,731 | $31,597,291 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | 7 | Planet 51 | $5,209,365 | -54.3% | 2,904 | -131 | $1,793 | $34,875,368 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 10 | - | Everybody's Fine | $5,133,667 | - | 2,133 | - | $2,406 | $5,133,667 | 1 | Miramax |
| 11 | 9 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $3,696,152 | -54.4% | 2,034 | +1 | $1,817 | $14,862,316 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 12 | 8 | Precious | $3,032,004 | -64.8% | 664 | +1 | $4,566 | $37,001,939 | 5 | Lionsgate Films |
| 13 | - | Up in the Air | $1,588,283 | - | 15 | - | $105,885 | $1,588,283 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 14 | 11 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | $1,386,050 | -26% | 432 | +59 | $3,208 | $7,681,624 | 6 | Apparition |
| 15 | 13 | The Princess and the Frog | $1,216,770 | -1.3% | 2 | - | $608,385 | $2,879,870 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 16 | 10 | The Road | $1,061,635 | -46.1% | 128 | +17 | $8,294 | $3,506,449 | 3 | - |
| 17 | 16 | An Education | $653,364 | -42.3% | 236 | -29 | $2,768 | $6,438,346 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 18 | 12 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $564,129 | -69.8% | 509 | -610 | $1,108 | $31,453,205 | 5 | Overture Films |
| 19 | 14 | The Boat That Rocked | $459,269 | -62% | 285 | -193 | $1,611 | $7,509,597 | 4 | Focus Features |
| 20 | 15 | Couples Retreat | $414,220 | -64.9% | 432 | -430 | $958 | $107,334,415 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 21 | - | Transylmania | $374,468 | - | 1,007 | - | $371 | $374,468 | 1 | Full Circle Releasing |
| 22 | 18 | Law Abiding Citizen | $362,111 | -64.5% | 316 | -268 | $1,145 | $72,100,403 | 8 | Overture Films |
| 23 | 22 | A Serious Man | $303,839 | -47.8% | 160 | -13 | $1,898 | $8,571,149 | 10 | Focus Features |
| 24 | 19 | The Fourth Kind | $248,855 | -67.6% | 243 | -309 | $1,024 | $25,003,785 | 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 25 | 24 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | $222,370 | -43.6% | 71 | +14 | $3,131 | $1,012,989 | 3 | First Look International |
| 26 | 25 | Zombieland | $214,389 | -36.3% | 257 | -12 | $834 | $75,470,616 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 27 | - | Paa | $199,228 | - | 67 | - | $2,973 | $199,228 | 1 | - |
| 28 | 23 | Where the Wild Things Are | $172,800 | -64% | 235 | -169 | $735 | $75,623,123 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 29 | 21 | Paranormal Activity | $167,946 | -73.3% | 308 | -417 | $545 | $107,423,097 | 11 | Paramount Pictures |
| 30 | 26 | Coco Before Chanel | $132,057 | -53.6% | 103 | -42 | $1,282 | $5,846,453 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 31 | 36 | Red Cliff | $130,505 | +0.5% | 41 | +17 | $3,183 | $307,981 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 32 | 31 | Broken Embraces | $122,885 | -27.4% | 2 | - | $61,442 | $487,193 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 33 | 30 | The Messenger | $103,215 | -42.7% | 50 | +10 | $2,064 | $496,578 | 4 | Oscilloscope |
| 34 | 20 | De Dana Dan | $97,860 | -85.3% | 69 | - | $1,418 | $927,339 | 2 | Eros Worldwide |
| 35 | 43 | Inglourious Basterds | $97,757 | +27.1% | 194 | +92 | $503 | $120,499,282 | 16 | The Weinstein Company |
| 36 | 38 | Under the Sea 3D | $81,263 | -32.9% | 30 | - | $2,708 | $19,017,605 | 43 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | 28 | Astro Boy | $72,472 | -65% | 158 | -129 | $458 | $19,029,150 | 7 | Summit Entertainment |
| 38 | 29 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $69,719 | -63.3% | 119 | -35 | $585 | $122,650,135 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 39 | 46 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | $68,676 | +6.7% | 16 | +2 | $4,292 | $163,739 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 40 | - | Whiteout | $64,423 | - | 148 | - | $435 | $10,256,877 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 41 | 33 | Amelia | $64,278 | -59.1% | 127 | -48 | $506 | $14,089,499 | 7 | - |
| 42 | 42 | Me and Orson Welles | $57,211 | -34.8% | 5 | +1 | $11,442 | $166,675 | 3 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 43 | 45 | La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet | $55,413 | -14.4% | 16 | +3 | $3,463 | $251,800 | 6 | Zipporah Films |
| 44 | 41 | The Invention of Lying | $53,617 | -41.9% | 103 | -33 | $520 | $18,417,525 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 45 | 47 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $52,670 | -12.6% | 4 | -2 | $13,167 | $30,518,857 | 220 | IMAX |
| 46 | 48 | Space Station 3D | $45,927 | -21.7% | 5 | -2 | $9,185 | $80,392,959 | 399 | IMAX |
| 47 | 40 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | $45,196 | -60.6% | 13 | +1 | $3,476 | $159,971 | 2 | Screen Media Films |
| 48 | 55 | The Maid | $43,269 | +6.8% | 18 | +4 | $2,403 | $424,069 | 8 | Elephant Eye Films |
| 49 | 44 | The Hangover | $38,973 | -40.1% | 74 | -11 | $526 | $277,294,415 | 27 | Warner Bros. |
| 50 | 39 | The Box | $33,537 | -71.5% | 75 | -69 | $447 | $14,800,997 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 51 | 58 | Capitalism: A Love Story | $33,031 | <0.1% | 108 | +70 | $305 | $14,354,066 | 12 | Overture Films |
| 52 | 32 | Kurbaan | $32,310 | -80% | 24 | -46 | $1,346 | $743,209 | 3 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 53 | 59 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $31,518 | +0.5% | 8 | - | $3,939 | $22,606,281 | 114 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 54 | 54 | Paris | $31,009 | -29.5% | 30 | +2 | $1,033 | $976,309 | 12 | IFC Films |
| 55 | 50 | Shorts | $24,088 | -53.5% | 68 | -29 | $354 | $20,905,204 | 16 | Warner Bros. |
| 56 | 53 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $21,828 | -50.9% | 36 | -8 | $606 | $301,951,830 | 22 | Warner Bros. |
| 57 | 62 | Antichrist | $21,374 | -13.4% | 15 | +1 | $1,424 | $388,034 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 58 | 56 | Good Hair | $18,938 | -49% | 17 | +4 | $1,114 | $4,133,115 | 9 | Roadside Attractions |
| 59 | 73 | Whip It | $18,345 | +39.3% | 30 | - | $611 | $13,043,363 | 10 | - |
| 60 | 61 | Bright Star | $17,710 | -29.4% | 17 | -8 | $1,041 | $4,444,637 | 13 | Apparition |
| 61 | 52 | New York, I Love You | $17,270 | -62.7% | 14 | -12 | $1,233 | $1,551,674 | 8 | Vivendi Entertainment |
| 62 | 51 | The Informant! | $16,671 | -65.3% | 40 | -22 | $416 | $33,307,811 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 63 | 78 | The Little Traitor | $16,635 | +120.9% | 5 | +2 | $3,327 | $71,360 | 7 | N/A |
| 64 | - | Serious Moonlight | $15,942 | - | 8 | - | $1,992 | $15,942 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 65 | - | Mystery Team | $15,631 | - | 1 | - | $15,631 | $44,272 | 15 | Roadside Attractions |
| 66 | 49 | Fame | $13,898 | -75.7% | 62 | -84 | $224 | $22,455,510 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 67 | - | Until the Light Takes Us | $12,354 | - | 1 | - | $12,354 | $22,464 | 1 | Variance Films |
| 68 | 63 | Deep Sea | $11,705 | -51.8% | 4 | - | $2,926 | $42,739,935 | 197 | Warner Bros. |
| 69 | 79 | The End of Poverty? | $10,081 | +34.6% | 5 | +3 | $2,016 | $37,687 | 4 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 70 | 86 | 35 Shots of Rum | $9,821 | +129.5% | 5 | +4 | $1,964 | $115,316 | 13 | The Cinema Guild |
| 71 | 72 | The Damned United | $9,190 | -31.4% | 20 | +3 | $459 | $413,605 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 72 | 60 | All About Steve | $8,965 | -69.4% | 24 | -35 | $373 | $33,862,903 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 73 | 90 | Collapse | $8,651 | +146.9% | 3 | -1 | $2,883 | $39,618 | 5 | Vitagraph Films |
| 74 | 65 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $8,520 | -54.4% | 4 | - | $2,130 | $7,225,379 | 95 | 3D Entertainment |
| 75 | - | One Peace at a Time | $8,384 | - | 1 | - | $8,384 | $8,384 | 1 | Monterey Media |
| 76 | 74 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $7,234 | -33.3% | 11 | +1 | $657 | $152,063 | 11 | Shadow Distribution |
| 77 | 64 | The September Issue | $7,130 | -66.6% | 9 | -4 | $792 | $3,803,443 | 15 | Roadside Attractions |
| 78 | 80 | The House of the Devil | $6,838 | -8.1% | 7 | - | $976 | $88,795 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 79 | 70 | Oh My God | $6,404 | -56.2% | 3 | -4 | $2,134 | $33,380 | 4 | Mitropoulos Films |
| 80 | 93 | Ong Bak 2 | $6,236 | +95.6% | 5 | - | $1,247 | $92,623 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 81 | 68 | (Untitled) | $6,181 | -59.1% | 5 | -2 | $1,236 | $230,600 | 7 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 82 | 76 | It Might Get Loud | $5,526 | -30.3% | 6 | -1 | $921 | $1,602,758 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 83 | 91 | The Horse Boy | $5,173 | +50.4% | 2 | - | $2,586 | $129,539 | 11 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 84 | - | The Strip | $5,107 | - | 8 | - | $638 | $5,107 | 1 | Truly Indie |
| 85 | 85 | Amreeka | $4,699 | -3.6% | 4 | -2 | $1,174 | $612,939 | 14 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 86 | 87 | Bronson | $4,336 | +1.9% | 4 | - | $1,084 | $100,945 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 87 | 103 | Crude | $3,416 | +143.3% | 3 | +1 | $1,138 | $157,682 | 14 | First Run |
| 88 | 81 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $3,284 | -52.1% | 4 | -1 | $821 | $1,125,021 | 22 | International Film Circuit |
| 89 | 77 | Small Change | $3,242 | -58.2% | 1 | - | $3,242 | $13,857 | 3 | The Film Desk |
| 90 | 71 | That Evening Sun | $2,864 | -80.1% | 4 | -2 | $716 | $46,339 | 5 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 91 | 88 | Killing Kasztner | $2,818 | -30.3% | 2 | - | $1,409 | $35,346 | 7 | Sky Island Films |
| 92 | 109 | Big Fan | $2,812 | +336.6% | 2 | +1 | $1,406 | $228,820 | 15 | First Independent Pictures |
| 93 | 100 | Defamation | $2,195 | +14.4% | 1 | -2 | $2,195 | $10,753 | 3 | First Run |
| 94 | 83 | Home | $2,133 | -59% | 1 | - | $2,133 | $7,336 | 2 | Lorber Films |
| 95 | 99 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | $2,046 | +3.9% | 1 | - | $2,046 | $476,270 | 16 | Vitagraph Films |
| 96 | 102 | Trucker | $1,993 | +16.8% | 2 | - | $996 | $50,601 | 9 | Monterey Media |
| 97 | 67 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | $1,872 | -89.8% | 2 | -5 | $936 | $1,165,827 | 12 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 98 | - | The Headless Woman | $1,815 | - | 2 | - | $907 | $90,064 | 17 | Strand Releasing |
| 99 | 92 | Gentlemen Broncos | $1,686 | -50.3% | 3 | -1 | $562 | $113,682 | 6 | - |
| 100 | 66 | The Sun 2009 Re-release | $1,533 | -91.8% | 1 | -2 | $1,533 | $43,081 | 4 | Lorber Films |
| 101 | 94 | Uncertainty | $1,533 | -51.8% | 1 | - | $1,533 | $29,284 | 4 | IFC Films |
| 102 | - | We Live in Public | $1,159 | - | 1 | - | $1,159 | $41,711 | 15 | Abramorama |
| 103 | 107 | The Beaches of Agnès | $981 | +23.6% | 2 | - | $490 | $216,638 | 24 | The Cinema Guild |
| 104 | - | Tokyo Sonata | $969 | - | 1 | - | $969 | $278,356 | 39 | Regent Releasing |
| 105 | 98 | The Cove | $850 | -58% | 4 | - | $212 | $849,070 | 19 | Roadside Attractions |
| 106 | - | Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love | $701 | - | 2 | - | $350 | $164,224 | 26 | Shadow Distribution |
| 107 | 96 | White on Rice | $572 | -80.8% | 1 | -1 | $572 | $67,186 | 13 | Variance Films |
| 108 | 95 | The Way We Get By | $525 | -83.4% | 1 | -3 | $525 | $105,092 | 21 | International Film Circuit |
| 109 | 108 | Seraphine | $419 | -40.4% | 2 | - | $209 | $851,125 | 27 | Music Box Films |
| 110 | - | American Fork | $285 | - | 2 | - | $142 | $3,359 | 5 | Monterey Media |
| 111 | 114 | Little Ashes | $199 | +54.3% | 1 | - | $199 | $481,586 | 31 | Regent Releasing |
| 112 | 105 | Departures | $126 | -90.4% | 1 | -1 | $126 | $1,490,726 | 28 | Regent Releasing |
| 113 | 111 | Cloud 9 | $106 | -74.5% | 1 | - | $106 | $84,438 | 17 | Music Box Films |
| 114 | - | The Song of Sparrows | $67 | - | 1 | - | $67 | $116,372 | 36 | Regent Releasing |
| 115 | 116 | Endgame | $53 | +120.8% | 1 | - | $53 | $6,308 | 5 | Monterey Media |
| 116 | 115 | From Mexico with Love | $16 | -48.4% | 1 | - | $16 | $548,442 | 9 | Roadside Attractions |
