Domestic 2010 Week 1
January 1-7, 2010
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Avatar | $96,916,087 | -33.9% | 3,461 | +5 | $28,002 | $380,540,297 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | 2 | Sherlock Holmes | $46,464,810 | -54.5% | 3,626 | - | $12,814 | $148,567,766 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $41,157,394 | -56.2% | 3,747 | +47 | $10,984 | $161,884,676 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 4 | 4 | It's Complicated | $24,986,790 | -38.1% | 2,897 | - | $8,625 | $65,362,665 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | 5 | The Blind Side | $14,883,591 | -37.7% | 2,926 | +160 | $5,086 | $211,446,909 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | 7 | Up in the Air | $13,986,528 | -33.1% | 1,895 | - | $7,380 | $47,641,741 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 7 | 6 | The Princess and the Frog | $11,860,543 | -44.5% | 3,328 | -147 | $3,563 | $87,895,571 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | 8 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $6,420,205 | -34.4% | 2,718 | - | $2,362 | $26,800,251 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 9 | 9 | Nine | $5,377,354 | -43.2% | 1,412 | - | $3,808 | $15,222,107 | 3 | The Weinstein Company |
| 10 | 10 | Invictus | $5,107,510 | -33.6% | 2,170 | +10 | $2,353 | $31,784,643 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | 11 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $4,527,078 | -31.3% | 1,627 | +34 | $2,782 | $289,039,470 | 7 | Summit Entertainment |
| 12 | 12 | 3 Idiots | $1,743,940 | -36.8% | 132 | +12 | $13,211 | $5,008,604 | 3 | Reliance Big Pictures |
| 13 | 14 | Brothers | $1,611,381 | -23% | 858 | - | $1,878 | $27,834,160 | 5 | Lionsgate Films |
| 14 | 17 | The Young Victoria | $1,438,632 | -5% | 193 | +2 | $7,454 | $3,408,022 | 3 | Apparition |
| 15 | 15 | 2012 | $1,388,785 | -25% | 800 | - | $1,735 | $163,737,786 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 16 | 16 | Precious | $1,278,752 | -22.7% | 629 | - | $2,032 | $43,846,741 | 9 | Lionsgate Films |
| 17 | 18 | Old Dogs | $868,854 | -33.1% | 620 | -25 | $1,401 | $47,397,427 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 18 | 19 | The Road | $792,754 | -10.4% | 306 | -5 | $2,590 | $7,108,432 | 7 | - |
| 19 | 21 | A Single Man | $681,828 | +0.7% | 46 | - | $14,822 | $1,926,519 | 4 | The Weinstein Company |
| 20 | 13 | A Christmas Carol | $673,511 | -70.6% | 981 | -264 | $686 | $137,562,562 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 21 | 20 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $629,328 | -10.2% | 274 | +77 | $2,296 | $19,273,884 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 22 | 24 | Broken Embraces | $593,595 | -4% | 71 | - | $8,360 | $2,176,349 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 23 | 22 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | $565,668 | -14.4% | 48 | - | $11,784 | $1,226,624 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 24 | 23 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $436,143 | -32.8% | 256 | -20 | $1,703 | $124,346,840 | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 25 | 25 | Armored | $391,554 | -24.2% | 244 | - | $1,604 | $15,889,794 | 5 | Screen Gems |
| 26 | 27 | An Education | $389,068 | +12.7% | 151 | -2 | $2,576 | $8,000,758 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 27 | 26 | Where the Wild Things Are | $352,939 | -23.4% | 267 | - | $1,321 | $76,654,918 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | 30 | Crazy Heart | $303,421 | -4.2% | 12 | - | $25,285 | $784,621 | 4 | - |
| 29 | 29 | Couples Retreat | $286,445 | -12% | 222 | -8 | $1,290 | $108,583,910 | 13 | Universal Pictures |
| 30 | 28 | Ninja Assassin | $252,974 | -25.6% | 166 | - | $1,523 | $37,556,439 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 31 | 32 | Law Abiding Citizen | $232,027 | -9.4% | 205 | - | $1,131 | $72,996,254 | 12 | Overture Films |
| 32 | 31 | Planet 51 | $195,547 | -35.1% | 209 | - | $935 | $39,606,105 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 33 | 34 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | $181,892 | -5.8% | 102 | - | $1,783 | $10,021,676 | 10 | Apparition |
| 34 | 35 | Me and Orson Welles | $135,312 | -25.9% | 80 | -35 | $1,691 | $985,515 | 7 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 35 | 39 | A Serious Man | $130,332 | +7% | 49 | - | $2,659 | $9,228,768 | 14 | Focus Features |
| 36 | - | The White Ribbon | $120,159 | - | 3 | - | $40,053 | $120,150 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 37 | 33 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $101,091 | -55.9% | 3 | +1 | $33,697 | $31,600,850 | 224 | IMAX |
| 38 | 36 | Under the Sea 3D | $98,028 | -43.7% | 26 | - | $3,770 | $19,450,598 | 47 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | 37 | Astro Boy | $93,470 | -28.5% | 152 | -16 | $614 | $19,471,341 | 11 | Summit Entertainment |
| 40 | 40 | The Lovely Bones | $91,085 | +8.2% | 3 | - | $30,361 | $409,508 | 4 | DreamWorks |
| 41 | 41 | The Fourth Kind | $89,320 | +9.5% | 77 | +13 | $1,160 | $25,486,040 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 42 | 38 | Paranormal Activity | $81,868 | -35.8% | 145 | -13 | $564 | $107,874,713 | 15 | Paramount Pictures |
| 43 | 47 | Space Station 3D | $69,337 | +96% | 5 | +2 | $13,867 | $80,626,378 | 403 | IMAX |
| 44 | 42 | The Boat That Rocked | $68,361 | +0.8% | 111 | -2 | $615 | $8,017,917 | 8 | Focus Features |
| 45 | 45 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | $65,967 | +54.3% | 38 | +6 | $1,735 | $1,454,538 | 7 | First Look International |
| 46 | 43 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $60,613 | -3.1% | 74 | - | $819 | $32,037,550 | 9 | Overture Films |
| 47 | 49 | Red Cliff | $38,885 | +20.8% | 30 | +6 | $1,296 | $541,615 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 48 | 54 | Coco Before Chanel | $35,190 | +36.6% | 28 | +9 | $1,256 | $6,012,413 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 49 | 46 | La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet | $34,090 | -13.3% | 14 | -6 | $2,435 | $429,862 | 10 | Zipporah Films |
| 50 | 53 | The Messenger | $27,961 | +8% | 21 | -1 | $1,331 | $663,580 | 8 | Oscilloscope |
| 51 | 51 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $26,752 | -7.5% | 8 | - | $3,344 | $22,716,369 | 118 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 52 | 48 | The Box | $26,698 | -21.7% | 50 | - | $533 | $15,051,977 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 53 | 55 | Amelia | $22,896 | +4.5% | 28 | +4 | $817 | $14,230,874 | 11 | - |
| 54 | 52 | Deep Sea | $18,157 | -35.9% | 2 | -1 | $9,078 | $42,814,044 | 201 | Warner Bros. |
| 55 | 44 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | $16,722 | -73.3% | 20 | - | $836 | $514,354 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 56 | 50 | Police, Adjective | $14,782 | -52.6% | 6 | -2 | $2,463 | $53,206 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 57 | 57 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $13,901 | +22.7% | 4 | - | $3,475 | $7,259,895 | 99 | 3D Entertainment |
| 58 | 56 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | $9,765 | -39.1% | 6 | -4 | $1,627 | $264,553 | 6 | Screen Media Films |
| 59 | 58 | The Maid | $8,760 | -10.4% | 5 | -1 | $1,752 | $494,992 | 12 | Elephant Eye Films |
| 60 | 59 | A Town Called Panic | $4,050 | -51.3% | 1 | -1 | $4,050 | $18,514 | 4 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 61 | - | The Yes Men Fix the World | $3,105 | - | 2 | - | $1,552 | $162,138 | 15 | Shadow Distribution |
| 62 | 72 | The Damned United | $3,029 | +340.3% | 6 | +3 | $504 | $441,264 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 63 | 61 | The September Issue | $2,630 | +0.5% | 3 | -1 | $876 | $3,818,002 | 19 | Roadside Attractions |
| 64 | 60 | 35 Shots of Rum | $2,226 | -36.4% | 2 | -1 | $1,113 | $133,265 | 17 | The Cinema Guild |
| 65 | 64 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $2,127 | +7.8% | 2 | - | $1,063 | $1,134,623 | 26 | International Film Circuit |
| 66 | - | The Fall | $2,116 | - | 1 | - | $2,116 | $2,266,905 | 87 | Roadside Attractions |
| 67 | 63 | Until the Light Takes Us | $1,981 | -1.2% | 1 | - | $1,981 | $47,307 | 5 | Variance Films |
| 68 | 67 | Seraphine | $1,690 | +5.9% | 2 | +1 | $845 | $858,045 | 31 | Music Box Films |
| 69 | 81 | Big Fan | $1,385 | +965.4% | 1 | - | $1,385 | $231,520 | 19 | First Independent Pictures |
| 70 | 80 | Departures | $1,295 | +426.4% | 2 | +1 | $647 | $1,492,701 | 32 | Regent Releasing |
| 71 | - | The Wonder of it All | $906 | - | 1 | - | $906 | $781,016 | 25 | Indican Pictures |
| 72 | - | The Wedding Song | $886 | - | 1 | - | $886 | $16,618 | 13 | Strand Releasing |
| 73 | 75 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | $876 | +64% | 1 | - | $876 | $1,169,183 | 16 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 74 | 66 | The Beaches of Agnès | $870 | -46.2% | 3 | - | $290 | $225,188 | 28 | The Cinema Guild |
| 75 | - | $9.99 | $862 | - | 1 | - | $862 | $51,563 | 56 | Regent Releasing |
| 76 | 77 | Endgame | $824 | +80.7% | 5 | +4 | $164 | $8,527 | 9 | Monterey Media |
| 77 | - | Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy: Fallen Idol | $703 | - | 1 | - | $703 | $12,556 | 14 | Indican Pictures |
| 78 | 79 | Four Seasons Lodge | $564 | +125.6% | 1 | - | $564 | $43,474 | 9 | First Run |
| 79 | 68 | Crude | $370 | -66.8% | 1 | - | $370 | $163,511 | 18 | First Run |
| 80 | - | Mississippi Mermaid | $313 | - | 1 | - | $313 | $14,186 | 26 | The Film Desk |
| 81 | - | The Blue Tooth Virgin | $237 | - | 1 | - | $237 | $2,762 | 15 | Regent Releasing |
| 82 | 82 | From Mexico with Love | $45 | +114.3% | 1 | - | $45 | $548,775 | 13 | Roadside Attractions |
