Domestic 2009 Week 40
October 2-8, 2009
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Zombieland | $32,801,081 | - | 3,036 | - | $10,804 | $32,801,081 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 2 | 1 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $18,558,675 | -38.7% | 2,977 | -142 | $6,234 | $84,250,956 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 3 | - | Toy Story 2009 Re-release | $15,002,348 | - | 1,745 | - | $8,597 | $15,002,348 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | 2 | Surrogates | $9,414,387 | -50.6% | 2,951 | - | $3,190 | $28,457,467 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | - | The Invention of Lying | $8,956,605 | - | 1,707 | - | $5,246 | $8,956,605 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | 32 | Capitalism: A Love Story | $5,993,502 | +1,688.6% | 962 | +958 | $6,230 | $6,395,191 | 3 | Overture Films |
| 7 | - | Whip It | $5,966,058 | - | 1,721 | - | $3,466 | $5,966,058 | 1 | - |
| 8 | 3 | Fame | $5,605,526 | -52.8% | 3,133 | +37 | $1,789 | $17,485,762 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 9 | 4 | The Informant! | $4,863,052 | -44.1% | 2,425 | -80 | $2,005 | $27,643,148 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 7 | Love Happens | $3,652,360 | -36.3% | 1,922 | +24 | $1,900 | $19,785,415 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 11 | 6 | I Can Do Bad All by Myself | $3,186,854 | -45.9% | 1,569 | -551 | $2,031 | $48,871,657 | 4 | Lionsgate Films |
| 12 | 5 | Pandorum | $2,799,606 | -52.5% | 2,506 | - | $1,117 | $8,695,386 | 2 | Overture Films |
| 13 | 10 | Inglourious Basterds | $1,973,817 | -47.2% | 1,331 | -629 | $1,482 | $117,448,699 | 7 | The Weinstein Company |
| 14 | 9 | 9 | $1,787,143 | -52.6% | 1,598 | +6 | $1,118 | $29,829,972 | 5 | Focus Features |
| 15 | 8 | Jennifer's Body | $1,627,890 | -65.5% | 1,642 | -1,096 | $991 | $15,153,650 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 16 | 11 | All About Steve | $1,481,152 | -49.7% | 1,427 | -538 | $1,037 | $32,082,565 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 17 | 17 | Bright Star | $1,001,354 | +7.6% | 317 | +187 | $3,158 | $2,222,087 | 4 | Apparition |
| 18 | 12 | Julie & Julia | $976,959 | -46.3% | 782 | -546 | $1,249 | $92,134,822 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 19 | 37 | Paranormal Activity | $968,720 | +296.2% | 33 | - | $29,355 | $1,213,241 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 20 | 23 | The Hangover | $782,486 | +36.3% | 517 | +162 | $1,513 | $275,386,118 | 18 | Warner Bros. |
| 21 | 14 | District 9 | $660,357 | -55.5% | 493 | -432 | $1,339 | $114,582,771 | 8 | TriStar Pictures |
| 22 | 21 | Coco Before Chanel | $654,573 | +4% | 67 | +24 | $9,769 | $1,284,079 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 23 | 16 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | $631,272 | -41.6% | 588 | -307 | $1,073 | $148,281,637 | 9 | Paramount Pictures |
| 24 | 13 | The Final Destination | $568,755 | -68.6% | 535 | -640 | $1,063 | $65,605,204 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 15 | Sorority Row | $501,526 | -63.3% | 576 | -947 | $870 | $11,502,606 | 4 | Summit Entertainment |
| 26 | 27 | I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | $457,232 | -15.4% | 210 | +90 | $2,177 | $997,870 | 2 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 27 | - | Wake Up Sid | $415,222 | - | 79 | - | $5,255 | $415,222 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 28 | 20 | The Time Traveler's Wife | $395,018 | -46.1% | 440 | -370 | $897 | $62,310,302 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 29 | 26 | The Proposal | $392,918 | -28.1% | 316 | -85 | $1,243 | $163,385,063 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 30 | - | A Serious Man | $351,986 | - | 6 | - | $58,664 | $351,986 | 1 | Focus Features |
| 31 | 24 | The September Issue | $323,393 | -41.9% | 104 | -39 | $3,109 | $3,012,013 | 6 | Roadside Attractions |
| 32 | 30 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $286,277 | -21.8% | 263 | -22 | $1,088 | $195,757,564 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 33 | 33 | Up | $269,941 | -17.2% | 254 | -35 | $1,062 | $292,495,781 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 34 | 31 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $234,100 | -35.1% | 190 | -111 | $1,232 | $300,290,780 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 35 | - | More Than a Game | $220,864 | - | 14 | - | $15,776 | $220,864 | 1 | Lionsgate Films |
| 36 | 28 | Halloween II | $212,650 | -53.2% | 227 | -252 | $936 | $32,376,510 | 6 | - |
| 37 | 25 | 500 Days of Summer | $204,667 | -62.8% | 218 | -196 | $938 | $32,029,537 | 12 | - |
| 38 | 36 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | $192,934 | -22.6% | 224 | -51 | $861 | $401,997,617 | 16 | DreamWorks |
| 39 | 40 | Aliens in the Attic | $181,004 | -12.3% | 219 | -33 | $826 | $24,865,989 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 40 | 19 | Gamer | $179,613 | -76.4% | 244 | -536 | $736 | $20,534,907 | 5 | Lionsgate Films |
| 41 | 29 | My One and Only | $171,798 | -56.7% | 188 | -68 | $913 | $2,244,084 | 7 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 42 | 39 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | $159,380 | -26.2% | 105 | -30 | $1,517 | $696,251 | 3 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 43 | - | Do Knot Disturb | $154,814 | - | 57 | - | $2,716 | $154,814 | 1 | Adlabs Films |
| 44 | 43 | Under the Sea 3D | $152,831 | -12.2% | 39 | - | $3,918 | $17,857,543 | 34 | Warner Bros. |
| 45 | 38 | G-Force | $138,567 | -41.3% | 178 | -98 | $778 | $117,672,433 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 46 | 42 | Paris | $138,353 | -29.9% | 31 | - | $4,463 | $405,004 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 47 | 34 | The Ugly Truth | $124,479 | -57% | 213 | -55 | $584 | $88,915,214 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 48 | 44 | It Might Get Loud | $118,910 | -27.4% | 75 | +5 | $1,585 | $1,275,068 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 49 | 22 | Whiteout | $103,015 | -82.6% | 201 | -854 | $512 | $10,099,213 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 50 | 47 | Amreeka | $97,077 | -25% | 40 | +10 | $2,426 | $444,032 | 5 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 51 | 46 | Orphan | $88,158 | -34.8% | 111 | -58 | $794 | $41,596,251 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 52 | 54 | The Boys Are Back | $76,312 | +10.4% | 16 | +10 | $4,769 | $145,436 | 2 | Miramax |
| 53 | 45 | Ponyo | $71,821 | -50.8% | 117 | -46 | $613 | $14,925,839 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 54 | 35 | Extract | $68,238 | -76% | 111 | -151 | $614 | $10,799,381 | 5 | Miramax |
| 55 | 48 | Shorts | $58,172 | -47.5% | 150 | -142 | $387 | $20,356,116 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 56 | 82 | Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone | $48,790 | +286.6% | 6 | - | $8,131 | $99,337 | 14 | Eleven Arts |
| 57 | 51 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $48,119 | -42.2% | 70 | -27 | $687 | $177,180,513 | 20 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 58 | 55 | My Sister's Keeper | $42,621 | -30.1% | 54 | -34 | $789 | $49,200,230 | 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 59 | 41 | What's Your Raashee? | $39,508 | -80.7% | 43 | -35 | $918 | $244,604 | 2 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 60 | 53 | The Hurt Locker | $39,096 | -44.6% | 49 | -33 | $797 | $12,550,844 | 15 | Summit Entertainment |
| 61 | 70 | Space Station 3D | $38,367 | +36.2% | 5 | - | $7,673 | $79,865,288 | 390 | IMAX |
| 62 | 49 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $34,346 | -67.2% | 4 | -1 | $8,586 | $30,038,171 | 211 | IMAX |
| 63 | 104 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $31,370 | +666.4% | 17 | +12 | $1,845 | $825,565 | 13 | International Film Circuit |
| 64 | 65 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $30,118 | -25.6% | 8 | - | $3,764 | $22,370,832 | 105 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 65 | 62 | Food, Inc. | $29,812 | -32.9% | 27 | -7 | $1,104 | $4,380,706 | 17 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 66 | 64 | Adam | $29,451 | -32.5% | 30 | -15 | $981 | $2,223,586 | 11 | - |
| 67 | 57 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | $26,348 | -53.3% | 21 | -17 | $1,254 | $408,084 | 7 | Vitagraph Films |
| 68 | 58 | Cold Souls | $24,799 | -55.3% | 31 | -14 | $799 | $855,451 | 9 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 69 | 59 | In the Loop | $24,095 | -56.4% | 28 | -21 | $860 | $2,358,272 | 11 | IFC Films |
| 70 | 68 | Moon | $22,795 | -28.8% | 12 | -15 | $1,899 | $4,898,462 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 71 | 60 | The Burning Plain | $22,571 | -57.6% | 18 | -8 | $1,253 | $157,532 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 72 | 67 | The Providence Effect | $18,166 | -44.6% | 7 | -7 | $2,595 | $50,955 | 2 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 73 | 81 | A Woman in Berlin | $17,243 | -0.2% | 7 | -1 | $2,463 | $246,285 | 12 | Strand Releasing |
| 74 | 88 | 35 Shots of Rum | $16,728 | +67.1% | 1 | - | $16,728 | $46,128 | 4 | The Cinema Guild |
| 75 | 79 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $16,582 | -16.3% | 5 | +1 | $3,316 | $7,095,063 | 86 | 3D Entertainment |
| 76 | 80 | Departures | $16,224 | -17.5% | 12 | -6 | $1,352 | $1,413,642 | 19 | Regent Releasing |
| 77 | 72 | Big Fan | $15,549 | -41.1% | 8 | -7 | $1,943 | $192,080 | 6 | First Independent Pictures |
| 78 | 77 | No Impact Man: The Documentary | $14,207 | -33.1% | 7 | -1 | $2,029 | $74,868 | 4 | Oscilloscope |
| 79 | 75 | The Other Man | $13,776 | -36% | 10 | -1 | $1,377 | $134,708 | 4 | Image Entertainment |
| 80 | 97 | Whatever Works | $13,770 | +111% | 31 | +24 | $444 | $5,300,349 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 81 | 78 | Post Grad | $13,557 | -33.8% | 43 | -11 | $315 | $6,376,174 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 82 | 76 | Seraphine | $12,661 | -41.1% | 13 | -4 | $973 | $782,525 | 18 | Music Box Films |
| 83 | 91 | Play the Game | $12,548 | +37.9% | 25 | +13 | $501 | $575,471 | 32 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 84 | 71 | The Cove | $12,463 | -53.9% | 18 | -19 | $692 | $809,935 | 10 | Roadside Attractions |
| 85 | 69 | Paper Heart | $12,317 | -59.6% | 33 | -18 | $373 | $1,255,021 | 9 | Overture Films |
| 86 | 66 | Disgrace | $12,254 | -66.5% | 3 | -6 | $4,084 | $69,705 | 3 | Paladin |
| 87 | 94 | Unmistaken Child | $10,408 | +47.9% | 3 | -1 | $3,469 | $278,123 | 19 | Oscilloscope |
| 88 | 93 | The Horse Boy | $10,369 | +30.8% | 3 | +1 | $3,456 | $36,040 | 2 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 89 | 74 | Brief Interviews with Hideous Men | $8,761 | -60.9% | 2 | +1 | $4,380 | $31,194 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 90 | 73 | Crude | $8,416 | -64.1% | 4 | -2 | $2,104 | $85,454 | 5 | First Run |
| 91 | 86 | Lorna's Silence | $7,785 | -32.4% | 13 | - | $598 | $311,806 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 92 | 90 | Teza | $7,090 | -27.5% | 1 | - | $7,090 | $30,070 | 3 | Mypheduh Films |
| 93 | - | The Beaches of Agnès | $6,971 | - | 2 | - | $3,485 | $179,512 | 15 | The Cinema Guild |
| 94 | - | Chelsea on the Rocks | $6,688 | - | 1 | - | $6,688 | $6,688 | 1 | Aliquot Films |
| 95 | 102 | The Wonder of it All | $4,854 | -10.1% | 3 | - | $1,618 | $772,637 | 12 | Indican Pictures |
| 96 | 108 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $4,814 | +44% | 1 | -1 | $4,814 | $8,156 | 2 | Shadow Distribution |
| 97 | 92 | World's Greatest Dad | $4,742 | -40.5% | 7 | -4 | $677 | $204,652 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 98 | 113 | Soul Power | $4,007 | +37.7% | 7 | - | $572 | $200,742 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 99 | - | Afterschool | $3,911 | - | 1 | - | $3,911 | $3,911 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 100 | - | Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy: Fallen Idol | $3,553 | - | 2 | - | $1,776 | $3,553 | 1 | Indican Pictures |
| 101 | 128 | Tokyo Sonata | $3,344 | +353.1% | 4 | +2 | $836 | $273,143 | 30 | Regent Releasing |
| 102 | 96 | We Live in Public | $3,245 | -51.3% | 1 | - | $3,245 | $29,023 | 6 | Abramorama |
| 103 | 106 | The Way We Get By | $3,090 | -19.7% | 3 | -3 | $1,030 | $67,182 | 12 | International Film Circuit |
| 104 | 112 | Every Little Step | $2,791 | -6.5% | 4 | -1 | $697 | $1,725,141 | 25 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 105 | 125 | Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love | $2,580 | +111.5% | 2 | +1 | $1,290 | $137,292 | 17 | Shadow Distribution |
| 106 | 95 | La fille de Monaco | $2,430 | -65.2% | 2 | -3 | $1,215 | $595,022 | 14 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 107 | 117 | U2 3D | $2,287 | +14.4% | 2 | +1 | $1,143 | $10,214,135 | 90 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 108 | 123 | The Song of Sparrows | $2,268 | +75% | 1 | - | $2,268 | $111,558 | 27 | Regent Releasing |
| 109 | 124 | Walt & El Grupo | $2,252 | +74.2% | 3 | +2 | $750 | $14,955 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 110 | 134 | American Casino | $2,152 | +376.1% | 1 | - | $2,152 | $44,832 | 8 | Argot Pictures |
| 111 | 120 | Easy Virtue | $1,756 | +24.8% | 5 | - | $351 | $2,656,784 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 112 | 98 | Under Our Skin | $1,588 | -74.8% | 5 | +1 | $317 | $84,223 | 16 | Shadow Distribution |
| 113 | - | Il Divo | $1,380 | - | 5 | - | $276 | $234,705 | 24 | Music Box Films |
| 114 | 85 | Nobody | $1,336 | -88.8% | 1 | - | $1,336 | $13,232 | 2 | N/A |
| 115 | 101 | Humpday | $1,205 | -78.7% | 3 | -2 | $401 | $401,521 | 13 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 116 | 140 | Earth Days | $1,198 | +434.8% | 1 | - | $1,198 | $16,453 | 8 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 117 | 118 | The Stoning of Soraya M. | $1,164 | -39.6% | 3 | - | $388 | $633,167 | 15 | Roadside Attractions |
| 118 | 107 | Adoration | $985 | -71.6% | 2 | -2 | $492 | $293,375 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 119 | 119 | Afghan Star | $743 | -49% | 1 | -2 | $743 | $98,579 | 15 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 120 | 126 | Shrink | $735 | -30.1% | 2 | +1 | $367 | $189,621 | 11 | Roadside Attractions |
| 121 | 141 | The Windmill Movie | $732 | +632% | 3 | +2 | $244 | $29,440 | 17 | The Film Desk |
| 122 | 109 | O'Horten | $715 | -78.5% | 2 | -3 | $357 | $301,362 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 123 | 103 | Cloud 9 | $638 | -87.1% | - | - | - | $75,177 | 8 | Music Box Films |
| 124 | 110 | Mystery Team | $589 | -82.2% | 1 | - | $589 | $21,397 | 6 | Roadside Attractions |
| 125 | 127 | Little Ashes | $573 | -31.2% | 1 | -1 | $573 | $480,912 | 22 | Regent Releasing |
| 126 | 135 | Le combat dans l'île | $431 | +3.6% | 1 | - | $431 | $28,134 | 17 | The Film Desk |
| 127 | - | Tru Loved | $391 | - | 1 | - | $391 | $9,192 | 51 | Regent Releasing |
| 128 | 136 | Galapagos | $345 | -15.6% | 1 | - | $345 | $17,650,577 | 519 | IMAX |
| 129 | 131 | The Legend of God's Gun | $301 | -46% | 1 | - | $301 | $242,166 | 64 | Indican Pictures |
| 130 | 132 | Loren Cass | $223 | -58.6% | 1 | - | $223 | $8,125 | 11 | Kino International |
| 131 | 63 | La Bohème | $144 | -99.7% | 1 | -48 | $144 | $54,464 | 3 | Emerging Pictures |
| 132 | 139 | Gogol Bordello Non-Stop | $104 | -56.1% | 1 | - | $104 | $5,532 | 4 | Lorber Films |
| 133 | 138 | Box Elder | $18 | -93.4% | 1 | - | $18 | $46,646 | 84 | N/A |
