Domestic 2009 Week 51
December 18-24, 2009
| Rank | Release | Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avatar | $137,094,001 | $77,025,481 | 56.2% | $60,068,520 | 43.8% | 3,452 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $26,713,633 | - | - | - | - | 3,656 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | The Princess and the Frog | $22,142,907 | $12,185,949 | 55% | $9,956,958 | 45% | 3,475 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | The Blind Side | $17,972,391 | $10,021,280 | 55.8% | $7,951,111 | 44.2% | 3,252 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $10,600,185 | $6,616,571 | 62.4% | $3,983,614 | 37.6% | 2,718 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 6 | Up in the Air | $7,755,801 | $3,210,132 | 41.4% | $4,545,669 | 58.6% | 1,895 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 7 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $7,727,778 | $4,407,598 | 57% | $3,320,180 | 43% | 2,642 | 5 | Summit Entertainment |
| 8 | Invictus | $7,307,478 | $4,203,171 | 57.5% | $3,104,307 | 42.5% | 2,125 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | A Christmas Carol | $7,226,498 | $3,443,464 | 47.6% | $3,783,034 | 52.4% | 1,736 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 10 | Brothers | $4,670,602 | $2,889,121 | 61.9% | $1,781,481 | 38.1% | 1,714 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 11 | Old Dogs | $3,944,871 | $2,340,575 | 59.3% | $1,604,296 | 40.7% | 1,586 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 12 | 2012 | $3,672,078 | $2,204,588 | 60% | $1,467,490 | 40% | 1,394 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 13 | Precious | $2,033,166 | $1,203,741 | 59.2% | $829,425 | 40.8% | 907 | 7 | Lionsgate |
| 14 | Armored | $2,011,721 | $1,284,591 | 63.9% | $727,130 | 36.1% | 795 | 3 | Screen Gems |
| 15 | Ninja Assassin | $1,476,387 | $932,447 | 63.2% | $543,940 | 36.8% | 631 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | Planet 51 | $1,422,492 | $810,137 | 57% | $612,355 | 43% | 468 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 17 | The Road | $1,163,863 | $660,274 | 56.7% | $503,589 | 43.3% | 396 | 5 | Dimension Films |
| 18 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $1,156,437 | $598,941 | 51.8% | $557,496 | 48.2% | 368 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 19 | Everybody's Fine | $954,889 | $601,659 | 63% | $353,230 | 37% | 1,003 | 3 | Miramax |
| 20 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $706,075 | $12,936 | 1.8% | $693,139 | 98.2% | 3 | 222 | IMAX |
| 21 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | $688,441 | $406,783 | 59.1% | $281,658 | 40.9% | 404 | 8 | Apparition |
| 22 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $532,053 | $255,073 | 47.9% | $276,980 | 52.1% | 307 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 23 | 3 Idiots | $503,845 | - | - | - | - | 119 | 1 | Reliance Big Pictures |
| 24 | The Young Victoria | $454,578 | $260,591 | 57.3% | $193,987 | 42.7% | 44 | 1 | Apparition |
| 25 | Nine | $378,072 | $257,232 | 68% | $120,840 | 32% | 4 | 1 | The Weinstein Company |
| 26 | An Education | $367,497 | $220,925 | 60.1% | $146,572 | 39.9% | 200 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 27 | Broken Embraces | $321,781 | $198,254 | 61.6% | $123,527 | 38.4% | 30 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 28 | Couples Retreat | $279,390 | $170,610 | 61.1% | $108,780 | 38.9% | 294 | 11 | Universal Pictures |
| 29 | Me and Orson Welles | $274,076 | $156,420 | 57.1% | $117,656 | 42.9% | 134 | 5 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 30 | A Single Man | $235,530 | $142,848 | 60.6% | $92,682 | 39.4% | 9 | 2 | The Weinstein Company |
| 31 | A Serious Man | $180,073 | $98,311 | 54.6% | $81,762 | 45.4% | 117 | 12 | Focus Features |
| 32 | Astro Boy | $158,597 | $80,148 | 50.5% | $78,449 | 49.5% | 168 | 9 | Summit Entertainment |
| 33 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $152,847 | $86,086 | 56.3% | $66,761 | 43.7% | 207 | 7 | Overture Films |
| 34 | Law Abiding Citizen | $151,665 | $87,049 | 57.4% | $64,616 | 42.6% | 151 | 10 | Overture Films |
| 35 | Paranormal Activity | $150,872 | $88,715 | 58.8% | $62,157 | 41.2% | 237 | 13 | Paramount Pictures |
| 36 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | $141,369 | $75,143 | 53.2% | $66,226 | 46.8% | 21 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | Crazy Heart | $139,246 | $82,664 | 59.4% | $56,582 | 40.6% | 4 | 2 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 38 | The Fourth Kind | $111,680 | $66,495 | 59.5% | $45,185 | 40.5% | 133 | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 39 | The Boat That Rocked | $110,916 | $59,210 | 53.4% | $51,706 | 46.6% | 129 | 6 | Focus Features |
| 40 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | $108,583 | $64,934 | 59.8% | $43,649 | 40.2% | 76 | 5 | First Look International |
| 41 | Where the Wild Things Are | $108,203 | $56,636 | 52.3% | $51,567 | 47.7% | 108 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 42 | Space Station 3D | $86,977 | $17,960 | 20.6% | $69,017 | 79.4% | 3 | 401 | IMAX |
| 43 | The Lovely Bones | $78,655 | $45,097 | 57.3% | $33,558 | 42.7% | 3 | 2 | DreamWorks |
| 44 | Under the Sea 3D | $76,286 | $31,395 | 41.2% | $44,891 | 58.8% | 26 | 45 | Warner Bros. |
| 45 | The Box | $69,912 | $40,680 | 58.2% | $29,232 | 41.8% | 129 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 46 | Red Cliff | $62,325 | $36,555 | 58.6% | $25,770 | 41.4% | 40 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 47 | The Messenger | $43,788 | $26,444 | 60.4% | $17,344 | 39.6% | 43 | 6 | Oscilloscope |
| 48 | La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet | $41,415 | $25,055 | 60.5% | $16,360 | 39.5% | 25 | 8 | Zipporah Films |
| 49 | Coco Before Chanel | $41,366 | $28,206 | 68.2% | $13,160 | 31.8% | 53 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 50 | Amelia | $32,745 | $18,777 | 57.3% | $13,968 | 42.7% | 65 | 9 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 51 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | $27,524 | $15,247 | 55.4% | $12,277 | 44.6% | 19 | 4 | Screen Media Films |
| 52 | The Maid | $26,108 | $16,374 | 62.7% | $9,734 | 37.3% | 19 | 10 | Elephant Eye Films |
| 53 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $25,715 | $16,894 | 65.7% | $8,821 | 34.3% | 8 | 116 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 54 | Deep Sea | $15,257 | $7,283 | 47.7% | $7,974 | 52.3% | 3 | 199 | Warner Bros. |
| 55 | Paris | $10,057 | $5,031 | 50% | $5,026 | 50% | 12 | 14 | IFC Films |
| 56 | New York, I Love You | $8,224 | $5,996 | 72.9% | $2,228 | 27.1% | 11 | 10 | Vivendi Entertainment |
| 57 | The Damned United | $7,451 | $5,106 | 68.5% | $2,345 | 31.5% | 20 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 58 | Police, Adjective | $7,240 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 59 | 35 Shots of Rum | $5,319 | $3,177 | 59.7% | $2,142 | 40.3% | 3 | 15 | The Cinema Guild |
| 60 | A Town Called Panic | $5,250 | $2,850 | 54.3% | $2,400 | 45.7% | 1 | 2 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 61 | Until the Light Takes Us | $5,073 | $2,681 | 52.8% | $2,392 | 47.2% | 2 | 3 | Variance Films |
| 62 | The Little Traitor | $5,021 | $5,021 | 100% | $0 | - | - | 9 | N/A |
| 63 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $4,913 | $2,999 | 61% | $1,914 | 39% | 3 | 24 | International Film Circuit |
| 64 | The House of the Devil | $4,788 | $2,611 | 54.5% | $2,177 | 45.5% | 6 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 65 | Killing Kasztner | $3,999 | $2,308 | 57.7% | $1,691 | 42.3% | 1 | 9 | Sky Island Films |
| 66 | Ong Bak 2 | $3,488 | $1,877 | 53.8% | $1,611 | 46.2% | 3 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 67 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $3,335 | $2,565 | 76.9% | $770 | 23.1% | 4 | 97 | 3D Entertainment |
| 68 | Cloud 9 | $2,940 | $2,014 | 68.5% | $926 | 31.5% | 2 | 19 | Music Box Films |
| 69 | Ricky | $2,857 | $1,626 | 56.9% | $1,231 | 43.1% | 1 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 70 | The Beaches of Agnès | $2,420 | $1,200 | 49.6% | $1,220 | 50.4% | 4 | 26 | The Cinema Guild |
| 71 | The Wonder of it All | $2,321 | $1,843 | 79.4% | $478 | 20.6% | 2 | 23 | Indican Pictures |
| 72 | Four Seasons Lodge | $2,261 | $1,254 | 55.5% | $1,007 | 44.5% | 2 | 7 | First Run |
| 73 | The Horse Boy | $2,161 | $1,357 | 62.8% | $804 | 37.2% | 2 | 13 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 74 | The September Issue | $2,077 | $1,174 | 56.5% | $903 | 43.5% | 2 | 17 | Roadside Attractions |
| 75 | The End of Poverty? | $1,948 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 76 | The Slammin' Salmon | $1,941 | $1,475 | 76% | $466 | 24% | 1 | 2 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 77 | Good Hair | $1,877 | $1,877 | 100% | $0 | - | 6 | 11 | Roadside Attractions |
| 78 | Oh My God | $1,688 | $1,106 | 65.5% | $582 | 34.5% | 1 | 6 | Mitropoulos Films |
| 79 | Bronson | $1,662 | $1,036 | 62.3% | $626 | 37.7% | 4 | 11 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 80 | Seraphine | $1,524 | $889 | 58.3% | $635 | 41.7% | 2 | 29 | Music Box Films |
| 81 | Kurbaan | $1,496 | $1,496 | 100% | $0 | - | 3 | 5 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 82 | Home | $1,430 | $691 | 48.3% | $739 | 51.7% | 1 | 4 | Lorber Films |
| 83 | Serious Moonlight | $1,337 | $769 | 57.5% | $568 | 42.5% | 2 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 84 | Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy: Fallen Idol | $1,270 | $1,125 | 88.6% | $145 | 11.4% | 1 | 12 | Indican Pictures |
| 85 | Uncertainty | $1,229 | $770 | 62.6% | $459 | 37.4% | 4 | 6 | IFC Films |
| 86 | The Sun 2009 Re-release | $1,011 | $1,011 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 6 | Lorber Films |
| 87 | Shall We Kiss? | $996 | $250 | 25.1% | $746 | 74.9% | 1 | 39 | Music Box Films |
| 88 | Endgame | $920 | $536 | 58.3% | $384 | 41.7% | 1 | 7 | Monterey Media |
| 89 | That Evening Sun | $773 | $358 | 46.3% | $415 | 53.7% | 1 | 7 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 90 | The Headless Woman | $728 | $448 | 61.5% | $280 | 38.5% | 1 | 19 | Strand Releasing |
| 91 | The Missing Person | $334 | $189 | 56.6% | $145 | 43.4% | 1 | 5 | Strand Releasing |
| 92 | Beeswax | $265 | $265 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 20 | The Cinema Guild |
| 93 | Big Fan | $229 | $229 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 17 | First Independent Pictures |
| 94 | Departures | $222 | $160 | 72.1% | $62 | 27.9% | 1 | 30 | Regent Releasing |
| 95 | From Mexico with Love | $211 | $140 | 66.4% | $71 | 33.6% | 2 | 11 | Roadside Attractions |
| 96 | Peter and Vandy | $143 | $108 | 75.5% | $35 | 24.5% | 1 | 11 | Strand Releasing |
| 97 | Crude | $112 | $70 | 62.5% | $42 | 37.5% | 1 | 16 | First Run |
| - | Le combat dans l'île | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | The Film Desk |
| - | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | Five & Two Pictures |
| - | Small Change | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | The Film Desk |
