Weekly Box Office

Data provided by: Rentrak Theatrical
Weekly Box Office May 15 - May 21, 2009
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Rank Film Title Distributor Genre Week BO Weekend BO % Change Engmnts Eng. Avg. Weeks B.O. Cume
1. Angels & Demons Sony Drama $50,941,379 $46,204,168 0 3527 $14,443 1 $50,941,379
2. Star Trek Paramount Action $47,564,741 $43,034,547 -55 3860 $12,322 2 $152,175,578
3. X-Men Origins: Wolverine 20th Century Fox Action $16,127,606 $14,702,425 -52 3892 $4,144 3 $152,418,350
4. Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past, The Warner Bros. Romantic Comedy $7,292,489 $6,653,384 -46 3150 $2,315 3 $40,494,327
5. Obsessed Sony Drama $4,978,931 $4,588,973 -41 2634 $1,890 4 $63,000,106
6. 17 Again Warner Bros. Comedy $3,706,557 $3,368,189 -29 2450 $1,513 5 $58,701,479
7. Monsters vs. Aliens Paramount Animation $3,532,956 $3,182,085 -13 1951 $1,811 8 $191,084,637
8. Soloist, The Paramount Biography $2,649,398 $2,402,801 -49 2022 $1,310 4 $27,751,751
9. Next Day Air Summit Entertainment Action $2,474,729 $2,244,878 -54 1139 $2,173 2 $7,843,072
10. Earth Disney Documentary $1,954,528 $1,697,956 -48 1584 $1,234 4 $29,345,343
11. Hannah Montana The Movie Disney Comedy $1,757,344 $1,613,180 -35 1625 $1,081 6 $76,129,268
12. Fighting Universal Action $1,218,465 $1,113,525 -54 1166 $1,045 4 $22,308,735
13. State Of Play Universal Crime $1,062,140 $958,400 -58 988 $1,075 5 $35,672,710
14. Fast & Furious Universal Action $868,775 $793,805 -46 882 $985 7 $153,027,165
15. I Love You, Man Paramount Comedy $454,584 $401,520 -35 340 $1,337 9 $70,739,463
16. Rudo y Cursi Sony Pictures Classics Comedy $444,131 $444,131 51 219 $2,028 2 $738,706
17. Management IDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films Romantic Comedy $375,916 $375,916 0 212 $1,773 1 $375,916
18. Knowing Summit Entertainment Drama $374,643 $337,008 -7 421 $890 9 $78,874,101
19. Under The Sea 3D Warner Bros. Adventure $365,299 $278,507 -21 40 $9,132 14 $7,852,086
20. Taken 20th Century Fox Action $259,830 $239,966 -53 250 $1,039 16 $144,560,263
21. Paul Blart Mall Cop Sony Comedy $236,184 $236,184 -16 240 $984 18 $146,081,053
22. Is Anybody There? Story Island Entertainment Drama $222,540 $222,540 -42 165 $1,349 5 $1,232,211
23. Sunshine Cleaning Overture Films Comedy $222,363 $196,569 -46 259 $859 10 $11,241,638
24. Race To Witch Mountain Disney Adventure $149,586 $149,586 -7 197 $759 10 $64,977,532
25. Gran Torino Warner Bros. Drama $124,664 $115,094 -31 218 $572 23 $147,779,490
26. Sin Nombre Focus Features Suspense $113,838 $99,339 -39 79 $1,441 9 $2,139,770
27. Every Little Step Sony Pictures Classics Documentary $105,933 $105,933 -9 49 $2,162 5 $477,837
28. Brothers Bloom, The Summit Entertainment Adventure $100,377 $90,400 0 4 $25,094 1 $100,377
29. Tyson Sony Pictures Classics Documentary $100,259 $100,259 -32 56 $1,790 4 $489,049
30. Adventureland Miramax Comedy $97,607 $83,581 -53 144 $678 7 $15,941,120
31. Duplicity Universal Crime $84,480 $75,185 -42 155 $545 9 $40,484,105
32. Watchmen Warner Bros. Action $73,134 $64,990 -59 163 $449 11 $107,461,764
33. Hotel For Dogs Paramount Action $71,568 $64,656 -32 128 $559 18 $72,960,886
34. Anvil! The Story of Anvil Abramorama Entertainment Documentary $68,777 $68,777 28 27 $2,547 7 $366,560
35. 12 Rounds 20th Century Fox Action $64,361 $61,920 -62 64 $1,006 8 $12,085,187
36. Limits Of Control, The Focus Features Mystery $52,610 $46,046 -25 21 $2,505 3 $202,484
37. Sugar Sony Pictures Classics Drama $51,012 $51,012 -47 40 $1,275 7 $748,844
38. Summer Hours (Heure d'ete, L') IFC Films Drama $49,484 $49,484 0 2 $24,742 1 $49,484
39. Goodbye Solo Roadside Attractions Comedy $49,439 $49,439 -10 26 $1,902 8 $422,863
40. Little Ashes Regent Releasing Drama $46,410 $46,410 -56 15 $3,094 2 $151,396
41. Dragonball Evolution 20th Century Fox Action $40,257 $37,373 -57 73 $551 6 $9,145,441
42. He's Just Not That Into You Warner Bros. Romantic Comedy $38,248 $34,633 -49 63 $607 15 $93,897,923
43. Coraline Focus Features Animation $37,781 $33,277 -28 67 $564 15 $75,118,293
44. Battle For Terra Roadside Attractions Adventure $36,488 $36,488 -83 65 $561 3 $1,601,182
45. Lemon Tree (Etz Limon) IFC Films Drama $36,148 $36,148 -45 18 $2,008 5 $193,745
46. Adoration Sony Pictures Classics Drama $35,377 $35,377 -39 16 $2,211 2 $93,518
47. Observe And Report Warner Bros. Comedy $34,965 $30,450 -63 56 $624 6 $23,439,503
48. Confessions of a Shopaholic Disney Comedy $30,472 $30,472 -57 63 $484 14 $44,239,688
49. Paris 36 (Faubourg 36) Sony Pictures Classics Drama $28,618 $28,618 -56 39 $734 7 $744,626
50. Outrage Magnolia Pictures Documentary $26,610 $26,610 -46 7 $3,801 2 $75,433
51. Magnificent Desolation IMAX Documentary $25,669 $25,669 -68 6 $4,278 191 $28,688,041
52. Lymelife Screen Media Films Drama $23,136 $23,136 -65 25 $925 6 $323,321
53. Dolphins and Whales 3D 3D Entertainment Adventure $22,962 $22,962 -22 7 $3,280 66 $6,068,723
54. Merry Gentleman, The IDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films Drama $22,208 $22,208 -76 33 $673 3 $213,676
55. Two Lovers Magnolia Pictures Drama $21,408 $21,408 -58 23 $931 14 $3,091,268
56. Il Divo Music Box Films Biography $20,340 $20,340 -6 6 $3,390 4 $106,875
57. Sea Monsters 3D: A Prehistoric Adventure National Geographic Entertainment Animation $20,120 $20,120 -35 9 $2,236 85 $21,452,528
58. Space Station 3D IMAX Documentary $19,087 $19,087 -66 5 $3,817 370 $78,688,815
59. Not Forgotten Anchor Bay Horror $18,468 $18,468 0 3 $6,156 1 $33,576
60. Fly Me To The Moon Summit Entertainment Adventure $18,260 $18,260 -66 6 $3,043 40 $13,752,637
61. Shall We Kiss? Music Box Films Comedy $16,600 $16,600 -34 22 $755 8 $428,277
62. Cross, The Gener8Xion Entertainment Documentary $15,158 $15,158 129 13 $1,166 8 $726,159
63. American Violet IDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films Drama $13,618 $13,618 -59 3 $4,539 5 $538,433
64. Everlasting Moments IFC Films Drama $13,445 $13,445 -41 18 $747 11 $531,631
65. Slumdog Millionaire Fox Searchlight Comedy $12,243 $10,537 -65 22 $557 27 $141,309,395
66. U2 3D National Geographic Entertainment Concert $12,143 $12,143 -2 3 $4,048 69 $9,861,477
67. Revanche Janus Films Drama $10,533 $10,533 -60 4 $2,633 3 $70,760
68. Class, The (Entre les murs) Sony Pictures Classics Drama $8,610 $8,610 -72 21 $410 22 $3,746,977
69. Tulpan Zeitgeist Comedy $8,388 $8,388 -21 4 $2,097 7 $60,790
70. Great Buck Howard, The Magnolia Pictures Comedy $8,133 $8,133 -60 24 $339 9 $709,770
71. Jerichow Cinema Guild Drama $8,042 $8,042 0 3 $2,681 1 $8,042
72. Monster Beach Party Indican Pictures Comedy $7,584 $7,584 -62 4 $1,896 6 $73,857
73. Big Man Japan Magnolia Pictures Comedy $7,133 $7,133 0 2 $3,567 1 $7,133
74. Gomorrah (Gomorra) IFC Films Crime $6,922 $6,922 -78 28 $247 22 $1,551,167
75. Love N Dancing Screen Media Films Drama $6,121 $6,121 0 14 $437 2 $44,005
76. Rolling Indican Pictures Drama $5,894 $5,894 -28 2 $2,947 7 $71,041
77. Tokyo Sonata Regent Releasing Drama $5,530 $5,530 -13 4 $1,383 10 $235,443
78. Julia Magnolia Pictures Drama $5,352 $5,352 -75 2 $2,676 2 $26,489
79. Roving Mars (Large Format) Disney Documentary $5,280 $5,280 -66 5 $1,056 173 $10,350,099
80. Gigantic First Independent Pictures Comedy $4,818 $4,818 7 5 $964 7 $74,203
81. Treeless Mountain Oscilloscope Pictures $4,734 $4,734 7 4 $1,184 4 $28,564
82. 12 Sony Pictures Classics Crime $4,627 $4,627 254 20 $231 11 $116,066
83. Katyn Koch Lorber Films Drama $4,120 $4,120 0 2 $2,060 13 $114,763
84. Wink and a Smile, A First Run Documentary $3,846 $3,846 -12 3 $1,282 3 $11,286
85. Death Factory Blootletting, The Independent Horror $3,822 $3,822 0 1 $3,822 1 $3,822
86. Hunger IFC Films Drama $3,746 $3,746 26 10 $375 24 $143,578
87. New Twenty, The Argot Pictures Drama $3,094 $3,094 0 1 $3,094 9 $16,133
88. Galapagos: The Enchanted Voyage IMAX Documentary $3,030 $3,030 2 1 $3,030 499 $17,497,538
89. Che IFC Films Biography $3,020 $3,020 -61 7 $431 23 $1,731,665
90. Carlos Saura's Fados Zeitgeist Foreign $2,109 $2,109 -42 1 $2,109 17 $84,781
91. Garden, The Oscilloscope Pictures Documentary $2,070 $2,070 -39 3 $690 39 $20,702
92. Legend Of God's Gun, The Indican Pictures Western $2,002 $2,002 2 1 $2,002 44 $222,795
93. Ballerina First Run Documentary $1,995 $1,995 136 2 $998 18 $106,796
94. Skills Like This Shadow Distribution Comedy $1,780 $1,780 -49 6 $297 9 $54,525
95. Examined Life Zeitgeist Documentary $1,660 $1,660 -54 2 $830 12 $106,920
96. Kabei (Kaabee) Strand Releasing Drama $1,645 $1,645 -70 1 $1,645 2 $7,144
97. Song of Sparrows (Avaze Gonjeshk-Ha) Regent Releasing Drama $1,489 $1,489 152 1 $1,489 7 $59,548
98. Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 Kino International Biography $1,465 $1,465 -51 2 $733 26 $247,114
99. Sleep Dealer Maya Releasing Science Fiction $1,399 $1,399 0 2 $700 5 $59,183
100. Three Monkeys Zeitgeist Drama $1,370 $1,370 -56 1 $1,370 13 $23,345
101. In A Dream International Film Circuit Documentary $1,005 $1,005 -34 2 $503 41 $49,814
102. Skeptic, The IFC Films Suspense $831 $831 -76 2 $416 3 $6,223
103. Last Lullaby, The Independent Crime $756 $756 0 1 $756 3 $21,413
104. Alien Trespass Roadside Attractions Drama $577 $577 33 1 $577 7 $81,844
105. Nursery University Variance Films Documentary $390 $390 -86 1 $390 4 $24,808
106. Absurdistan First Run Comedy $338 $338 -40 1 $338 15 $36,979
107. Wild Child (re) Independent Drama $241 $241 -38 1 $241 28 $55,242


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