Domestic 2009 Week 51
December 18-24, 2009
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Avatar | $137,094,001 | - | 3,452 | - | $39,714 | $137,094,051 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | - | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $26,713,633 | - | 3,656 | - | $7,306 | $26,713,633 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | 1 | The Princess and the Frog | $22,142,907 | -25.3% | 3,475 | +41 | $6,372 | $54,674,679 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | 2 | The Blind Side | $17,972,391 | -9.9% | 3,252 | -136 | $5,526 | $172,676,636 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | - | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $10,600,185 | - | 2,718 | - | $3,899 | $10,600,185 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 6 | 11 | Up in the Air | $7,755,801 | +126.9% | 1,895 | +1,823 | $4,092 | $12,761,720 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 7 | 4 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $7,727,778 | -28.6% | 2,642 | -993 | $2,924 | $277,918,499 | 5 | Summit Entertainment |
| 8 | 3 | Invictus | $7,307,478 | -37.4% | 2,125 | - | $3,438 | $18,982,263 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | 5 | A Christmas Carol | $7,226,498 | -26.1% | 1,736 | -666 | $4,162 | $134,596,388 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 10 | 6 | Brothers | $4,670,602 | -33.8% | 1,714 | -374 | $2,724 | $24,131,343 | 3 | Lionsgate Films |
| 11 | 8 | Old Dogs | $3,944,871 | -30.8% | 1,586 | -1,504 | $2,487 | $45,229,767 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 12 | 7 | 2012 | $3,672,078 | -37.6% | 1,394 | -1,444 | $2,634 | $160,496,186 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 13 | 15 | Precious | $2,033,166 | +8.2% | 907 | +243 | $2,241 | $40,913,837 | 7 | Lionsgate Films |
| 14 | 9 | Armored | $2,011,721 | -57.4% | 795 | -1,124 | $2,530 | $14,981,744 | 3 | Screen Gems |
| 15 | 10 | Ninja Assassin | $1,476,387 | -62% | 631 | -1,469 | $2,339 | $36,963,475 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | 13 | Planet 51 | $1,422,492 | -49.4% | 468 | -2,102 | $3,039 | $39,109,125 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 17 | 17 | The Road | $1,163,863 | +53.1% | 396 | +261 | $2,939 | $5,430,538 | 5 | - |
| 18 | 14 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $1,156,437 | -39.9% | 368 | -900 | $3,142 | $17,943,412 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 19 | 12 | Everybody's Fine | $954,889 | -69.4% | 1,003 | -1,138 | $952 | $9,208,876 | 3 | Miramax |
| 20 | 44 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $706,075 | +1,446% | 3 | - | $235,358 | $31,270,603 | 222 | IMAX |
| 21 | 16 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | $688,441 | -46.1% | 404 | -120 | $1,704 | $9,646,676 | 8 | Apparition |
| 22 | 37 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $532,053 | +569% | 307 | +188 | $1,733 | $123,261,723 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 23 | - | 3 Idiots | $503,845 | - | 119 | - | $4,233 | $503,725 | 1 | Reliance Big Pictures |
| 24 | - | The Young Victoria | $454,578 | - | 44 | - | $10,331 | $454,578 | 1 | Apparition |
| 25 | - | Nine | $378,072 | - | 4 | - | $94,518 | $378,072 | 1 | The Weinstein Company |
| 26 | 18 | An Education | $367,497 | -20.2% | 200 | -23 | $1,837 | $7,266,606 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 27 | 29 | Broken Embraces | $321,781 | +106.9% | 30 | +24 | $10,726 | $840,949 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 28 | 19 | Couples Retreat | $279,390 | -22% | 294 | -77 | $950 | $107,972,005 | 11 | Universal Pictures |
| 29 | 24 | Me and Orson Welles | $274,076 | +20.8% | 134 | +70 | $2,045 | $667,629 | 5 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 30 | 20 | A Single Man | $235,530 | -29.1% | 9 | - | $26,170 | $567,880 | 2 | The Weinstein Company |
| 31 | 25 | A Serious Man | $180,073 | -20.1% | 117 | -35 | $1,539 | $8,976,636 | 12 | Focus Features |
| 32 | 42 | Astro Boy | $158,597 | +167.2% | 168 | +46 | $944 | $19,247,112 | 9 | Summit Entertainment |
| 33 | 21 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $152,847 | -50.4% | 207 | -117 | $738 | $31,914,365 | 7 | Overture Films |
| 34 | 23 | Law Abiding Citizen | $151,665 | -40.8% | 151 | -74 | $1,004 | $72,508,127 | 10 | Overture Films |
| 35 | 35 | Paranormal Activity | $150,872 | +65.3% | 237 | +55 | $636 | $107,665,257 | 13 | Paramount Pictures |
| 36 | 30 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | $141,369 | +8.7% | 21 | +5 | $6,731 | $435,115 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | 53 | Crazy Heart | $139,246 | +449.7% | 4 | - | $34,811 | $164,578 | 2 | - |
| 38 | 27 | The Fourth Kind | $111,680 | -44.1% | 133 | -84 | $839 | $25,315,135 | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 39 | 22 | The Boat That Rocked | $110,916 | -57.5% | 129 | -113 | $859 | $7,881,710 | 6 | Focus Features |
| 40 | 26 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | $108,583 | -51.6% | 76 | -20 | $1,428 | $1,345,808 | 5 | First Look International |
| 41 | 33 | Where the Wild Things Are | $108,203 | -1.6% | 108 | -37 | $1,001 | $75,841,253 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 42 | 45 | Space Station 3D | $86,977 | +108.4% | 3 | -2 | $28,992 | $80,521,674 | 401 | IMAX |
| 43 | 28 | The Lovely Bones | $78,655 | -49.4% | 3 | - | $26,218 | $234,245 | 2 | DreamWorks |
| 44 | 36 | Under the Sea 3D | $76,286 | -9.9% | 26 | -1 | $2,934 | $19,178,544 | 45 | Warner Bros. |
| 45 | 31 | The Box | $69,912 | -41.9% | 129 | -74 | $541 | $14,991,163 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 46 | 34 | Red Cliff | $62,325 | -37.8% | 40 | -2 | $1,558 | $470,528 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 47 | 38 | The Messenger | $43,788 | -36.9% | 43 | -7 | $1,018 | $609,734 | 6 | Oscilloscope |
| 48 | 41 | La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet | $41,415 | -34.7% | 25 | +5 | $1,656 | $356,150 | 8 | Zipporah Films |
| 49 | 40 | Coco Before Chanel | $41,366 | -35% | 53 | -15 | $780 | $5,951,453 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 50 | 39 | Amelia | $32,745 | -48.7% | 65 | -53 | $503 | $14,186,074 | 9 | - |
| 51 | 43 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | $27,524 | -46.3% | 19 | -7 | $1,448 | $238,748 | 4 | Screen Media Films |
| 52 | 52 | The Maid | $26,108 | -0.7% | 19 | - | $1,374 | $476,342 | 10 | Elephant Eye Films |
| 53 | 49 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $25,715 | -10.4% | 8 | - | $3,214 | $22,660,702 | 116 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 54 | 62 | Deep Sea | $15,257 | +23.5% | 3 | -2 | $5,085 | $42,767,545 | 199 | Warner Bros. |
| 55 | 54 | Paris | $10,057 | -57.8% | 12 | -16 | $838 | $1,010,194 | 14 | IFC Films |
| 56 | 50 | New York, I Love You | $8,224 | -70.8% | 11 | -13 | $747 | $1,588,015 | 10 | Vivendi Entertainment |
| 57 | 58 | The Damned United | $7,451 | -54.8% | 20 | -10 | $372 | $437,547 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 58 | - | Police, Adjective | $7,240 | - | 8 | - | $905 | $7,240 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 59 | 75 | 35 Shots of Rum | $5,319 | -25.1% | 3 | -2 | $1,773 | $126,425 | 15 | The Cinema Guild |
| 60 | 97 | A Town Called Panic | $5,250 | +340.1% | 1 | - | $5,250 | $6,443 | 2 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 61 | 60 | Until the Light Takes Us | $5,073 | -67.9% | 2 | -1 | $2,536 | $43,320 | 3 | Variance Films |
| 62 | 67 | The Little Traitor | $5,021 | -44.8% | - | - | - | $85,483 | 9 | N/A |
| 63 | 104 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $4,913 | +735.5% | 3 | - | $1,637 | $1,130,522 | 24 | International Film Circuit |
| 64 | 81 | The House of the Devil | $4,788 | -16.1% | 6 | +1 | $798 | $99,290 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 65 | 69 | Killing Kasztner | $3,999 | -54% | 1 | - | $3,999 | $47,552 | 9 | Sky Island Films |
| 66 | 82 | Ong Bak 2 | $3,488 | -34.6% | 3 | -1 | $1,162 | $101,447 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 67 | 79 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $3,335 | -43.9% | 4 | - | $833 | $7,234,661 | 97 | 3D Entertainment |
| 68 | - | Cloud 9 | $2,940 | - | 2 | - | $1,470 | $87,378 | 19 | Music Box Films |
| 69 | 102 | Ricky | $2,857 | +376.2% | 1 | - | $2,857 | $3,457 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 70 | 86 | The Beaches of Agnès | $2,420 | -33.6% | 4 | - | $605 | $222,702 | 26 | The Cinema Guild |
| 71 | - | The Wonder of it All | $2,321 | - | 2 | - | $1,160 | $780,110 | 23 | Indican Pictures |
| 72 | 76 | Four Seasons Lodge | $2,261 | -63.5% | 2 | -1 | $1,130 | $42,660 | 7 | First Run |
| 73 | 80 | The Horse Boy | $2,161 | -62.7% | 2 | - | $1,080 | $137,495 | 13 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 74 | 74 | The September Issue | $2,077 | -71.3% | 2 | -6 | $1,038 | $3,812,756 | 17 | Roadside Attractions |
| 75 | 89 | The End of Poverty? | $1,948 | -13.2% | 3 | - | $649 | $41,880 | 6 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 76 | 47 | The Slammin' Salmon | $1,941 | -94.7% | 1 | -10 | $1,941 | $38,264 | 2 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 77 | 63 | Good Hair | $1,877 | -80.5% | 6 | -8 | $312 | $4,144,599 | 11 | Roadside Attractions |
| 78 | 88 | Oh My God | $1,688 | -38.9% | 1 | -1 | $1,688 | $37,833 | 6 | Mitropoulos Films |
| 79 | 92 | Bronson | $1,662 | -10% | 4 | +1 | $415 | $104,454 | 11 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 80 | 91 | Seraphine | $1,524 | -27.8% | 2 | - | $762 | $855,009 | 29 | Music Box Films |
| 81 | 64 | Kurbaan | $1,496 | -84.4% | 3 | -10 | $498 | $754,268 | 5 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 82 | 101 | Home | $1,430 | +100.8% | 1 | - | $1,430 | $9,478 | 4 | Lorber Films |
| 83 | 70 | Serious Moonlight | $1,337 | -82.1% | 2 | -6 | $668 | $24,729 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 84 | - | Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy: Fallen Idol | $1,270 | - | 1 | - | $1,270 | $11,853 | 12 | Indican Pictures |
| 85 | 77 | Uncertainty | $1,229 | -80.1% | 4 | - | $307 | $36,689 | 6 | IFC Films |
| 86 | 93 | The Sun 2009 Re-release | $1,011 | -31.4% | 2 | - | $505 | $45,565 | 6 | Lorber Films |
| 87 | - | Shall We Kiss? | $996 | - | 1 | - | $996 | $534,685 | 39 | Music Box Films |
| 88 | 110 | Endgame | $920 | +4,742.1% | 1 | - | $920 | $7,247 | 7 | Monterey Media |
| 89 | 98 | That Evening Sun | $773 | -22.5% | 1 | -1 | $773 | $48,110 | 7 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 90 | 83 | The Headless Woman | $728 | -85.9% | 1 | -1 | $728 | $95,955 | 19 | Strand Releasing |
| 91 | - | The Missing Person | $334 | - | 1 | - | $334 | $8,302 | 5 | Strand Releasing |
| 92 | - | Beeswax | $265 | - | 1 | - | $265 | $41,385 | 20 | The Cinema Guild |
| 93 | 99 | Big Fan | $229 | -75.8% | 1 | - | $229 | $229,997 | 17 | First Independent Pictures |
| 94 | 107 | Departures | $222 | +4.7% | 1 | - | $222 | $1,491,160 | 30 | Regent Releasing |
| 95 | 108 | From Mexico with Love | $211 | +276.8% | 2 | +1 | $105 | $548,709 | 11 | Roadside Attractions |
| 96 | - | Peter and Vandy | $143 | - | 1 | - | $143 | $10,761 | 11 | Strand Releasing |
| 97 | 85 | Crude | $112 | -97% | 1 | -5 | $112 | $162,027 | 16 | First Run |
