Domestic 2009 Weekend 50
December 11-13, 2009
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | The Princess and the Frog | $24,208,916 | +3,137.7% | 3,434 | +3,432 | $7,049 | $27,088,786 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | 1 | The Blind Side | $15,055,258 | -24.9% | 3,388 | +62 | $4,443 | $149,816,797 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | - | Invictus | $8,611,147 | - | 2,125 | - | $4,052 | $8,611,147 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | 2 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $7,960,394 | -48.4% | 3,635 | -489 | $2,189 | $267,320,977 | 4 | Summit Entertainment |
| 5 | 4 | A Christmas Carol | $6,833,190 | -12% | 2,402 | -144 | $2,844 | $124,426,097 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | 3 | Brothers | $5,014,426 | -47.4% | 2,088 | - | $2,401 | $17,416,217 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 7 | 5 | Old Dogs | $4,409,772 | -36% | 3,090 | -335 | $1,427 | $39,996,273 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | 6 | 2012 | $4,351,565 | -35.7% | 2,838 | -382 | $1,533 | $155,288,405 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 9 | 7 | Armored | $3,504,374 | -46.2% | 1,919 | +4 | $1,826 | $11,750,895 | 2 | Screen Gems |
| 10 | 8 | Ninja Assassin | $2,707,470 | -46.5% | 2,100 | -403 | $1,289 | $34,304,761 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | 13 | Up in the Air | $2,394,344 | +102.7% | 72 | +57 | $33,254 | $3,982,627 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 12 | 9 | Planet 51 | $2,267,038 | -48.3% | 2,570 | -334 | $882 | $37,142,406 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 13 | 10 | Everybody's Fine | $2,194,210 | -43% | 2,141 | +8 | $1,024 | $7,327,877 | 2 | Miramax |
| 14 | 11 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $1,396,148 | -52.2% | 1,268 | -766 | $1,101 | $16,258,464 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 15 | 12 | Precious | $1,280,550 | -43.9% | 664 | - | $1,928 | $38,282,489 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 16 | 14 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | $793,393 | -14% | 524 | +92 | $1,514 | $8,475,017 | 7 | Apparition |
| 17 | 15 | The Road | $505,878 | -32.5% | 135 | +7 | $3,747 | $4,012,327 | 3 | - |
| 18 | 17 | An Education | $314,439 | -34.5% | 224 | -12 | $1,403 | $6,752,785 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 19 | 20 | Couples Retreat | $257,820 | -17.6% | 371 | -61 | $694 | $107,592,235 | 10 | Universal Pictures |
| 20 | - | Larger Than Life in | $246,042 | - | 509 | - | $483 | $246,042 | 1 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group |
| 21 | - | A Single Man | $217,332 | - | 9 | - | $24,148 | $217,332 | 1 | The Weinstein Company |
| 22 | 18 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $202,035 | -49.5% | 324 | -185 | $623 | $31,655,240 | 6 | Overture Films |
| 23 | 19 | The Boat That Rocked | $174,293 | -47.7% | 242 | -43 | $720 | $7,683,890 | 5 | Focus Features |
| 24 | 22 | Law Abiding Citizen | $165,937 | -34.5% | 225 | -91 | $737 | $72,266,340 | 9 | Overture Films |
| 25 | 42 | Me and Orson Welles | $154,754 | +290.9% | 64 | +59 | $2,418 | $321,429 | 3 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 26 | 23 | A Serious Man | $146,347 | -33.9% | 152 | -8 | $962 | $8,717,496 | 11 | Focus Features |
| 27 | 27 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | $146,292 | -2.6% | 96 | +25 | $1,523 | $1,159,281 | 4 | First Look International |
| 28 | 25 | The Fourth Kind | $142,115 | -24% | 217 | -26 | $654 | $25,145,900 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 29 | 26 | Zombieland | $119,670 | -21.3% | 236 | -21 | $507 | $75,590,286 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 30 | - | The Lovely Bones | $116,616 | - | 3 | - | $38,872 | $116,616 | 1 | DreamWorks |
| 31 | 31 | Broken Embraces | $109,530 | +23.7% | 6 | +4 | $18,255 | $596,723 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 32 | 51 | The Box | $81,601 | +268.3% | 203 | +128 | $401 | $14,882,598 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 33 | 38 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | $76,700 | +55.1% | 16 | - | $4,793 | $240,439 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 34 | 28 | Where the Wild Things Are | $75,065 | -40% | 145 | -90 | $517 | $75,698,188 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 35 | 30 | Red Cliff | $66,202 | -26.5% | 42 | +1 | $1,576 | $374,183 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 36 | 29 | Paranormal Activity | $61,704 | -49.4% | 182 | -126 | $339 | $107,484,801 | 12 | Paramount Pictures |
| 37 | 34 | The Messenger | $45,204 | -36.8% | 50 | - | $904 | $541,782 | 5 | Oscilloscope |
| 38 | 37 | Astro Boy | $44,232 | -23.7% | 122 | -36 | $362 | $19,073,382 | 8 | Summit Entertainment |
| 39 | 39 | Amelia | $43,830 | -3.1% | 118 | -9 | $371 | $14,133,329 | 8 | - |
| 40 | 41 | Under the Sea 3D | $39,939 | -7.8% | 27 | -3 | $1,479 | $19,057,544 | 44 | Warner Bros. |
| 41 | 33 | Coco Before Chanel | $38,522 | -52.6% | 68 | -35 | $566 | $5,884,975 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 42 | 45 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | $34,629 | +8% | 26 | +13 | $1,331 | $194,600 | 3 | Screen Media Films |
| 43 | 44 | La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet | $32,720 | -5% | 20 | +4 | $1,636 | $283,995 | 6 | Zipporah Films |
| 44 | - | The Slammin' Salmon | $26,167 | - | 11 | - | $2,378 | $26,167 | 1 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 45 | 36 | Inglourious Basterds | $23,791 | -62.2% | 61 | -133 | $390 | $120,523,073 | 17 | The Weinstein Company |
| 46 | 48 | Space Station 3D | $23,048 | -12.5% | 5 | - | $4,609 | $80,416,007 | 400 | IMAX |
| 47 | 43 | The Invention of Lying | $21,557 | -42.4% | 68 | -35 | $317 | $18,439,082 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 48 | 55 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $19,509 | +7% | 3 | -1 | $6,503 | $30,538,366 | 221 | IMAX |
| 49 | 47 | The Hangover | $18,956 | -32.8% | 49 | -25 | $386 | $277,313,371 | 28 | Warner Bros. |
| 50 | 50 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $18,931 | -16.7% | 8 | - | $2,366 | $22,625,212 | 115 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 51 | 46 | The Maid | $18,327 | -40.7% | 19 | +1 | $964 | $442,396 | 9 | Elephant Eye Films |
| 52 | 32 | De Dana Dan | $17,640 | -79.1% | 69 | - | $255 | $944,979 | 3 | Eros Worldwide |
| 53 | 61 | New York, I Love You | $17,459 | +48.8% | 27 | +13 | $646 | $1,569,133 | 9 | Vivendi Entertainment |
| 54 | 21 | Transylmania | $16,018 | -93.9% | 118 | -889 | $135 | $390,486 | 2 | Full Circle Releasing |
| 55 | 53 | Paris | $15,038 | -27.4% | 28 | -2 | $537 | $991,347 | 13 | IFC Films |
| 56 | 40 | Whiteout | $11,969 | -72.4% | 85 | -63 | $140 | $10,268,846 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 57 | 54 | Shorts | $11,105 | -41.8% | 46 | -22 | $241 | $20,916,309 | 17 | Warner Bros. |
| 58 | 72 | The Damned United | $10,630 | +74.2% | 30 | +10 | $354 | $424,235 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 59 | 67 | Until the Light Takes Us | $10,362 | +43% | 3 | +2 | $3,454 | $32,826 | 2 | Variance Films |
| 60 | 59 | Antichrist | $9,036 | -29.6% | 13 | -2 | $695 | $397,070 | 8 | IFC Films |
| 61 | 66 | Deep Sea | $7,461 | -2.9% | 5 | +1 | $1,492 | $42,747,396 | 198 | Warner Bros. |
| 62 | 68 | Collapse | $7,346 | +9.4% | 5 | +2 | $1,469 | $46,964 | 6 | Vitagraph Films |
| 63 | 57 | Good Hair | $6,855 | -51% | 14 | -3 | $489 | $4,139,970 | 10 | Roadside Attractions |
| 64 | 49 | Kurbaan | $6,407 | -74.9% | 13 | -11 | $492 | $749,616 | 4 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 65 | 60 | The Informant! | $5,771 | -53.3% | 18 | -22 | $320 | $33,313,582 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 66 | 52 | Capitalism: A Love Story | $5,727 | -73.7% | 35 | -73 | $163 | $14,359,793 | 12 | Overture Films |
| 67 | 92 | Killing Kasztner | $5,334 | +236.1% | 1 | -1 | $5,334 | $40,194 | 8 | Sky Island Films |
| 68 | 56 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $5,150 | -71.5% | 23 | -13 | $223 | $301,956,980 | 22 | Warner Bros. |
| 69 | 74 | 35 Shots of Rum | $5,079 | -13.1% | 5 | +2 | $1,015 | $120,198 | 13 | The Cinema Guild |
| 70 | 62 | Serious Moonlight | $4,981 | -57.2% | 8 | - | $622 | $20,923 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 71 | 78 | The September Issue | $4,971 | +4.7% | 8 | -1 | $621 | $3,808,414 | 16 | Roadside Attractions |
| 72 | 63 | Mystery Team | $4,746 | -57.8% | 2 | +1 | $2,373 | $49,018 | 16 | Roadside Attractions |
| 73 | 69 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $4,575 | -30.2% | 4 | - | $1,143 | $7,229,954 | 96 | 3D Entertainment |
| 74 | 83 | It Might Get Loud | $4,518 | +21.3% | 4 | -2 | $1,129 | $1,607,276 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 75 | 95 | Uncertainty | $4,274 | +266.9% | 4 | +3 | $1,068 | $33,558 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 76 | 77 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $4,145 | -16% | 11 | +3 | $376 | $156,208 | 12 | Shadow Distribution |
| 77 | - | Four Seasons Lodge | $4,083 | - | 3 | - | $1,361 | $38,285 | 5 | First Run |
| 78 | 87 | Amreeka | $4,065 | +63.3% | 5 | +1 | $813 | $617,004 | 15 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 79 | 81 | The Horse Boy | $3,083 | -23% | 2 | - | $1,541 | $132,622 | 11 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 80 | 79 | The House of the Devil | $3,003 | -28.9% | 5 | -2 | $600 | $91,798 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 81 | 100 | The Headless Woman | $2,832 | +183.2% | 2 | - | $1,416 | $92,896 | 17 | Strand Releasing |
| 82 | 84 | Ong Bak 2 | $2,299 | -24.2% | 4 | -1 | $574 | $94,922 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 83 | 88 | Crude | $2,274 | +7.2% | 6 | +3 | $379 | $160,483 | 14 | First Run |
| 84 | - | Bicycle Thieves 2008 Re-release | $2,208 | - | 1 | - | $2,208 | $36,818 | 7 | Corinth Films |
| 85 | 106 | The Beaches of Agnès | $1,893 | +471.9% | 4 | +3 | $473 | $218,531 | 24 | The Cinema Guild |
| 86 | 82 | Oh My God | $1,662 | -57.7% | 2 | -1 | $831 | $35,042 | 5 | Mitropoulos Films |
| 87 | 108 | Seraphine | $1,498 | +435% | 2 | - | $749 | $852,623 | 28 | Music Box Films |
| 88 | 85 | Bronson | $1,262 | -55.1% | 3 | -1 | $420 | $102,207 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 89 | 70 | The End of Poverty? | $1,241 | -80.3% | 3 | -2 | $413 | $38,928 | 5 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 90 | 80 | One Peace at a Time | $1,124 | -72.8% | 2 | +1 | $562 | $9,508 | 2 | Monterey Media |
| 91 | 98 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | $1,006 | -6.2% | 3 | +1 | $335 | $1,166,833 | 13 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 92 | 103 | The Way We Get By | $950 | +81% | 1 | - | $950 | $106,042 | 22 | International Film Circuit |
| 93 | 99 | The Sun 2009 Re-release | $782 | -25.2% | 2 | +1 | $391 | $43,863 | 4 | Lorber Films |
| 94 | 91 | Small Change | $684 | -60.3% | 1 | - | $684 | $14,541 | 3 | The Film Desk |
| 95 | 93 | Defamation | $657 | -54.3% | 1 | - | $657 | $11,410 | 4 | First Run |
| 96 | 105 | Big Fan | $653 | +93.8% | 1 | -1 | $653 | $229,473 | 16 | First Independent Pictures |
| 97 | - | Earth Days | $642 | - | 2 | - | $321 | $26,484 | 18 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 98 | 90 | That Evening Sun | $625 | -67.3% | 2 | -2 | $312 | $46,964 | 6 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 99 | 94 | Home | $462 | -67.1% | 1 | - | $462 | $7,798 | 3 | Lorber Films |
| 100 | 86 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $386 | -85.7% | 3 | -1 | $128 | $1,125,407 | 23 | International Film Circuit |
| 101 | 104 | Trucker | $369 | -29% | 2 | - | $184 | $50,970 | 10 | Monterey Media |
| 102 | 107 | The Cove | $211 | -34.1% | 3 | +2 | $70 | $849,281 | 20 | Roadside Attractions |
| 103 | 110 | Departures | $66 | -29.8% | 1 | - | $66 | $1,490,792 | 29 | Regent Releasing |
| 104 | 113 | From Mexico with Love | $56 | +250% | 1 | - | $56 | $548,498 | 10 | Roadside Attractions |
