Domestic 2009 Weekend 42
October 16-18, 2009
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Where the Wild Things Are | $32,695,407 | - | 3,735 | - | $8,753 | $32,695,407 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | - | Law Abiding Citizen | $21,039,502 | - | 2,890 | - | $7,280 | $21,039,502 | 1 | Overture Films |
| 3 | 4 | Paranormal Activity | $19,617,650 | +148.3% | 760 | +600 | $25,812 | $33,171,743 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | 1 | Couples Retreat | $17,227,390 | -49.8% | 3,009 | +9 | $5,725 | $62,617,735 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | - | The Stepfather | $11,581,586 | - | 2,734 | - | $4,236 | $11,581,586 | 1 | Screen Gems |
| 6 | 3 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $8,017,871 | -30.4% | 3,037 | +45 | $2,640 | $108,201,645 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | 2 | Zombieland | $7,616,939 | -48.5% | 3,171 | +133 | $2,402 | $60,640,317 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 8 | 5 | Toy Story 2009 Re-release | $3,016,580 | -61.2% | 1,489 | -263 | $2,025 | $28,554,678 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | 6 | Surrogates | $1,917,315 | -55.1% | 2,326 | -666 | $824 | $36,327,650 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 10 | 7 | The Invention of Lying | $1,907,398 | -42.9% | 1,624 | -119 | $1,174 | $15,497,164 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | 8 | Whip It | $1,507,379 | -46.7% | 1,482 | -256 | $1,017 | $11,360,796 | 3 | - |
| 12 | 9 | Capitalism: A Love Story | $1,455,510 | -44.7% | 991 | -4 | $1,468 | $11,622,433 | 4 | Overture Films |
| 13 | 11 | The Informant! | $955,456 | -56.7% | 1,228 | -974 | $778 | $31,766,896 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | 10 | Fame | $903,890 | -64.5% | 1,555 | -1,555 | $581 | $21,795,849 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 15 | 24 | A Serious Man | $842,511 | +83.4% | 82 | +61 | $10,274 | $1,843,307 | 3 | Focus Features |
| 16 | 12 | I Can Do Bad All by Myself | $557,799 | -63.1% | 807 | -506 | $691 | $51,383,324 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 17 | 13 | Love Happens | $547,765 | -62.7% | 1,043 | -851 | $525 | $22,416,260 | 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 18 | 18 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | $407,537 | -40.8% | 514 | -95 | $792 | $149,645,921 | 11 | Paramount Pictures |
| 19 | 14 | Good Hair | $398,617 | -61.6% | 178 | -8 | $2,239 | $1,727,611 | 2 | Roadside Attractions |
| 20 | 20 | Bright Star | $396,479 | -36.5% | 295 | -85 | $1,343 | $3,534,192 | 5 | Apparition |
| 21 | 23 | Coco Before Chanel | $391,618 | -14.9% | 99 | +2 | $3,955 | $2,379,316 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 22 | - | New York, I Love You | $380,605 | - | 118 | - | $3,225 | $380,605 | 1 | Vivendi Entertainment |
| 23 | 15 | Inglourious Basterds | $341,410 | -59.8% | 436 | -532 | $783 | $119,073,469 | 9 | The Weinstein Company |
| 24 | 26 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $273,341 | -33.1% | 356 | -149 | $767 | $301,153,382 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 25 | The Hangover | $267,583 | -37.4% | 359 | -112 | $745 | $276,276,785 | 20 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | 29 | G-Force | $248,338 | -11.6% | 287 | -26 | $865 | $118,302,194 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 27 | 22 | Julie & Julia | $246,959 | -47% | 295 | -299 | $837 | $93,081,747 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 28 | 28 | District 9 | $245,983 | -15.4% | 335 | +2 | $734 | $115,238,926 | 10 | TriStar Pictures |
| 29 | 39 | An Education | $244,763 | +53.9% | 19 | +15 | $12,882 | $483,693 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 30 | 16 | 9 | $232,125 | -72% | 488 | -728 | $475 | $31,219,946 | 6 | Focus Features |
| 31 | 19 | All About Steve | $225,426 | -65.8% | 507 | -693 | $444 | $33,191,696 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 32 | 41 | More Than a Game | $200,253 | +57.2% | 107 | +63 | $1,871 | $598,210 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 33 | 35 | The Boys Are Back | $154,237 | -15% | 108 | +33 | $1,428 | $558,208 | 4 | Miramax |
| 34 | 17 | Pandorum | $145,985 | -82.2% | 427 | -1,052 | $341 | $10,051,556 | 4 | Overture Films |
| 35 | - | Black Dynamite | $131,862 | - | 70 | - | $1,883 | $131,862 | 1 | Apparition |
| 36 | 38 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $130,408 | -19.3% | 181 | -46 | $720 | $196,112,522 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 37 | - | Me and Mrs. Khanna | $121,134 | - | 59 | - | $2,053 | $121,134 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 38 | 31 | The Proposal | $119,772 | -43.1% | 173 | -87 | $692 | $163,802,563 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 39 | 21 | Jennifer's Body | $116,986 | -79.4% | 313 | -692 | $373 | $16,031,583 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 40 | 40 | Up | $105,278 | -27% | 162 | -53 | $649 | $292,810,074 | 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 41 | 30 | The Final Destination | $98,530 | -64.6% | 174 | -191 | $566 | $66,083,246 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 42 | - | All the Best: Fun Begins | $96,054 | - | 55 | - | $1,746 | $96,054 | 1 | Yash Raj Films |
| 43 | 37 | The September Issue | $91,743 | -43.8% | 77 | -27 | $1,191 | $3,353,855 | 8 | Roadside Attractions |
| 44 | 36 | Sorority Row | $87,667 | -50% | 244 | -103 | $359 | $11,820,613 | 6 | Summit Entertainment |
| 45 | 46 | Under the Sea 3D | $85,653 | -9.6% | 32 | -3 | $2,676 | $18,125,257 | 36 | Warner Bros. |
| 46 | 27 | From Mexico with Love | $85,326 | -74.5% | 139 | -140 | $613 | $505,606 | 2 | Roadside Attractions |
| 47 | 48 | Paris | $75,101 | -8.5% | 33 | -1 | $2,275 | $600,124 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 48 | 34 | The Time Traveler's Wife | $70,203 | -61.7% | 101 | -162 | $695 | $62,620,110 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 49 | 42 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | $64,858 | -46.3% | 90 | -17 | $720 | $935,697 | 5 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 50 | 33 | I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | $56,476 | -69.3% | 132 | -134 | $427 | $1,357,585 | 4 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 51 | 43 | Halloween II | $56,135 | -52.5% | 140 | -52 | $400 | $32,590,788 | 8 | - |
| 52 | 44 | Aliens in the Attic | $55,612 | -45.5% | 108 | -46 | $514 | $25,055,633 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 53 | - | Lost in Love | $52,453 | - | 221 | - | $237 | $52,453 | 1 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group |
| 54 | 51 | It Might Get Loud | $45,009 | -23.9% | 64 | -4 | $703 | $1,420,401 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 55 | 59 | Shorts | $43,580 | +40.4% | 54 | -50 | $807 | $20,437,741 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 56 | 47 | 500 Days of Summer | $43,239 | -51.5% | 71 | -88 | $609 | $32,203,940 | 14 | - |
| 57 | 56 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $40,008 | -11.1% | 20 | -1 | $2,000 | $930,213 | 15 | International Film Circuit |
| 58 | 58 | The Damned United | $37,675 | +17.5% | 15 | +9 | $2,511 | $85,925 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 59 | 50 | My One and Only | $32,582 | -53.7% | 58 | -91 | $561 | $2,388,180 | 9 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 60 | 54 | Passport to Love | $31,908 | -30.7% | 6 | - | $5,318 | $95,275 | 2 | Variance Films |
| 61 | 32 | Wake Up Sid | $25,192 | -87.2% | 33 | -43 | $763 | $682,163 | 3 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 62 | 63 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $24,564 | +20.5% | 4 | -3 | $6,141 | $30,111,390 | 213 | IMAX |
| 63 | 53 | Amreeka | $20,056 | -61% | 18 | -16 | $1,114 | $537,404 | 7 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 64 | 61 | Space Station 3D | $18,333 | -18.8% | 5 | -2 | $3,666 | $79,931,708 | 392 | IMAX |
| 65 | 64 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $17,440 | -2.4% | 8 | - | $2,180 | $22,417,190 | 107 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 66 | 65 | Moon | $17,083 | +2.1% | 25 | +8 | $683 | $4,940,274 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 67 | - | The Maid | $17,036 | - | 1 | - | $17,036 | $17,036 | 1 | Elephant Eye Films |
| 68 | 57 | Ponyo | $16,054 | -52.3% | 45 | -39 | $356 | $14,995,891 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 69 | 55 | Whiteout | $14,022 | -69% | 41 | -109 | $342 | $10,173,035 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 70 | 76 | Seraphine | $11,978 | +26.3% | 12 | +2 | $998 | $813,404 | 20 | Music Box Films |
| 71 | 97 | Visual Acoustics | $11,915 | +238.8% | 2 | +1 | $5,957 | $17,252 | 2 | Arthouse Films |
| 72 | 90 | The Burning Plain | $11,602 | +165.8% | 13 | +3 | $892 | $176,279 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 73 | 83 | The Horse Boy | $11,400 | +70.9% | 4 | +1 | $2,850 | $60,405 | 3 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 74 | 71 | Bronson | $11,241 | +2.8% | 2 | +1 | $5,620 | $28,660 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 75 | 74 | Departures | $9,484 | -2.1% | 9 | -1 | $1,053 | $1,440,135 | 21 | Regent Releasing |
| 76 | 69 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | $9,344 | -18.3% | 9 | -9 | $1,038 | $436,180 | 9 | Vitagraph Films |
| 77 | 60 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $8,565 | -64.9% | 17 | -22 | $503 | $177,220,561 | 22 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 78 | 70 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $8,097 | -26.1% | 1 | - | $8,097 | $38,153 | 4 | Shadow Distribution |
| 79 | 73 | Cold Souls | $7,559 | -26.7% | 20 | -1 | $377 | $879,630 | 11 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 80 | 68 | In the Loop | $7,282 | -38.1% | 11 | -18 | $662 | $2,384,044 | 13 | IFC Films |
| 81 | 77 | Trucker | $6,513 | -31.1% | 4 | -6 | $1,628 | $18,931 | 2 | Monterey Media |
| 82 | 67 | Adam | $6,351 | -57% | 17 | -9 | $373 | $2,250,966 | 12 | - |
| 83 | 86 | 35 Shots of Rum | $6,290 | +14.4% | 2 | +1 | $3,145 | $65,598 | 5 | The Cinema Guild |
| 84 | 80 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $6,276 | -16.3% | 5 | +1 | $1,255 | $7,111,089 | 88 | 3D Entertainment |
| 85 | 85 | Food, Inc. | $6,222 | +1.7% | 11 | -5 | $565 | $4,399,130 | 19 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 86 | 79 | Play the Game | $6,106 | -20.2% | 15 | -5 | $407 | $592,706 | 34 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 87 | 87 | Unmistaken Child | $5,815 | +16.7% | 5 | +2 | $1,163 | $294,419 | 20 | Oscilloscope |
| 88 | - | The Janky Promoters | $5,702 | - | 22 | - | $259 | $5,702 | 1 | Third Rail Releasing |
| 89 | 107 | The Providence Effect | $5,588 | +224.3% | 4 | +1 | $1,397 | $59,614 | 4 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 90 | 94 | Crude | $5,112 | +24.7% | 5 | +2 | $1,022 | $98,737 | 6 | First Run |
| 91 | 108 | We Live in Public | $4,939 | +193.8% | 1 | - | $4,939 | $36,746 | 8 | Abramorama |
| 92 | 84 | The Cove | $4,863 | -25.1% | 19 | +1 | $255 | $825,552 | 12 | Roadside Attractions |
| 93 | 88 | Big Fan | $4,274 | -9.1% | 7 | - | $610 | $203,125 | 8 | First Independent Pictures |
| 94 | 92 | Fuel | $4,180 | -3.1% | 3 | +1 | $1,393 | $28,639 | 5 | N/A |
| 95 | 115 | World's Greatest Dad | $4,031 | +294.8% | 5 | +2 | $806 | $210,097 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 96 | 82 | The Other Man | $3,280 | -51.6% | 6 | -3 | $546 | $147,792 | 6 | Image Entertainment |
| 97 | - | The Ministers | $2,844 | - | 2 | - | $1,422 | $2,844 | 1 | Maya Entertainment |
| 98 | 129 | Humpday | $2,785 | +1,046.1% | 4 | +2 | $696 | $405,107 | 15 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 99 | 78 | Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love | $2,774 | -69.8% | 2 | -2 | $1,387 | $152,318 | 19 | Shadow Distribution |
| 100 | - | La fille de Monaco | $2,558 | - | 3 | - | $852 | $597,580 | 16 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 101 | 72 | A Woman in Berlin | $2,553 | -76.3% | 3 | -4 | $851 | $264,826 | 14 | Strand Releasing |
| 102 | 93 | Adventures of Power | $2,236 | -47.4% | 1 | -1 | $2,236 | $7,309 | 2 | Variance Films |
| 103 | 91 | Lorna's Silence | $2,172 | -49.7% | 12 | -5 | $181 | $320,908 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 104 | 104 | Paper Heart | $1,890 | -17.8% | 9 | -9 | $210 | $1,259,854 | 11 | Overture Films |
| 105 | 122 | U2 3D | $1,505 | +134.8% | 2 | - | $752 | $10,218,339 | 91 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 106 | 81 | Peter and Vandy | $1,299 | -82.3% | 1 | -2 | $1,299 | $10,248 | 2 | Strand Releasing |
| 107 | 99 | Cloud 9 | $1,245 | -60.2% | 3 | +1 | $415 | $79,664 | 10 | Music Box Films |
| 108 | - | White on Rice | $1,181 | - | 1 | - | $1,181 | $45,345 | 6 | Variance Films |
| 109 | 118 | Afghan Star | $1,035 | +33% | 2 | - | $517 | $101,543 | 17 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 110 | 95 | The Wonder of it All | $989 | -75.2% | 1 | -1 | $989 | $777,615 | 14 | Indican Pictures |
| 111 | 111 | Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone | $958 | -31.3% | 1 | - | $958 | $102,270 | 16 | Eleven Arts |
| 112 | 96 | The Beaches of Agnès | $874 | -75.3% | 2 | -2 | $437 | $186,153 | 16 | The Cinema Guild |
| 113 | 110 | Whatever Works | $852 | -44.7% | 3 | -3 | $284 | $5,303,838 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 114 | 126 | Galapagos | $786 | +194.4% | 2 | +1 | $393 | $17,653,641 | 521 | IMAX |
| 115 | 102 | Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy: Fallen Idol | $785 | -69.7% | 1 | -1 | $785 | $6,931 | 3 | Indican Pictures |
| 116 | 133 | Il Divo | $772 | +3,576.2% | 1 | - | $772 | $235,636 | 26 | Music Box Films |
| 117 | 112 | Earth Days | $734 | -45.8% | 1 | -2 | $734 | $19,507 | 10 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 118 | 121 | Soul Power | $709 | +7.3% | 4 | -4 | $177 | $202,381 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 119 | 105 | The Song of Sparrows | $656 | -69.9% | 1 | -1 | $656 | $115,605 | 29 | Regent Releasing |
| 120 | - | $9.99 | $625 | - | 2 | - | $312 | $50,410 | 45 | Regent Releasing |
| 121 | - | Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution | $595 | - | 1 | - | $595 | $595 | 1 | First Run |
| 122 | 45 | Free Style | $463 | -99.5% | 5 | -255 | $92 | $140,987 | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 123 | 117 | American Casino | $439 | -49.2% | 1 | - | $439 | $46,514 | 10 | Argot Pictures |
| 124 | 89 | The Way We Get By | $438 | -90.2% | 3 | -4 | $146 | $73,829 | 14 | International Film Circuit |
| 125 | - | Amarcord Undated Brazil Release | $432 | - | 2 | - | $216 | $125,024 | 1 | Janus Films |
| 126 | 75 | What's Your Raashee? | $410 | -95.7% | 2 | -12 | $205 | $257,868 | 4 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 127 | 100 | Beeswax | $382 | -87.7% | 1 | -1 | $382 | $34,899 | 11 | The Cinema Guild |
| 128 | 132 | Tokyo Sonata | $378 | +256.6% | 1 | - | $378 | $277,315 | 32 | Regent Releasing |
| 129 | 130 | The Legend of God's Gun | $364 | +50.4% | 1 | - | $364 | $242,772 | 66 | Indican Pictures |
| 130 | 119 | Nobody | $330 | -53.5% | 1 | - | $330 | $14,271 | 3 | N/A |
| 131 | 103 | Chelsea on the Rocks | $305 | -88.2% | 1 | - | $305 | $11,799 | 3 | Aliquot Films |
| 132 | 127 | The Stoning of Soraya M. | $215 | -15.7% | 2 | - | $107 | $633,860 | 17 | Roadside Attractions |
| 133 | - | Le combat dans l'île | $200 | - | 1 | - | $200 | $28,370 | 19 | The Film Desk |
| 134 | - | Taxidermia 2009 Re-release | $114 | - | 1 | - | $114 | $9,396 | 10 | Regent Releasing |
| 135 | 123 | Under Our Skin | $29 | -94.9% | 1 | - | $29 | $85,754 | 18 | Shadow Distribution |
