It probably comes as no surprise that District 9 beat out all of it’s competition. The amount of hype that was generated for that movie has not been seen since Cloverfield. The movie took in over $37 million this weekend. This number is even more astounding when you realize that the movie only cost $30 million to make, just one more weekend like that and the production studio will already be ahead. Which is a much better position than G.I. Joe, which has dropped to the number 2 slot, pulling in $22 million this weekend, bringing it’s total to $98 million a fa cry from recouping it’s $175 million production costs. The Time Traveler’s Wife came in at number 3 with $19 million, not a bad showing considering it is solely a chick flick and the tough competition it faced. Harry Potter continues it’s descent out of theaters, coming it at number 7 with $5 million, making it’s grand total gross over $280 million.
Source: BoxOfficeMojo.com
| TW | LW | Title (click to view) | Studio | Weekend Gross | % Change | Week # |
| 1 | N | District 9 | TriS | $37,000,000 | – | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Par. | $22,500,000 | -58.9% | 2 |
| 3 | N | The Time Traveler’s Wife | WB (NL) | $19,205,000 | – | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | Julie & Julia | Sony | $12,400,000 | -38.1% | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | G-Force | BV | $6,908,000 | -30.0% | 4 |
| 6 | N | The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard | ParV | $5,350,000 | – | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | WB | $5,155,000 | -42.3% | 5 |
| 8 | 6 | The Ugly Truth | Sony | $4,500,000 | -33.3% | 4 |
| 9 | N | Ponyo | BV | $3,506,000 | – | 1 |
| 10 | 9 | (500) Days of Summer | FoxS | $3,025,000 | -19.1% | 5 |
| 11 | 5 | Funny People | Uni. | $3,023,000 | -62.1% | 3 |
| 12 | 7 | A Perfect Getaway | Uni. | $2,796,000 | -53.0% | 2 |