The Vault
Highest grossing "independent" films of 2009
Tags: Bruce Almighty , Coraline , Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull , Inglourious Basterds , Knowing , Law Abiding Citizen , Mission: Impossible II , Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian , Pearl Harbor , Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End , Shrek 2 , The Day After Tomorrow , The Lost World: Jurassic Park , The Twilight Saga: New Moon , Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail , X-Men: The Last Stand
CHARTS&GRAPHS with data from Boxoffice.com THINK SMALL HIGHEST GROSSING “INDEPENDENT” FILMS FOR 2009 This month, Boxoffice toasts both the Goliaths and the Davids of the box office. In this issue’s special section—Summer Sensations (beginning on page 29)—we preview this year’s big festival buy...
What movie are you almost too embarrassed to admit you love?
Tags: A Christmas Carol , AMC , Ambler , Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans , Big Trouble in Little China , Black Dynamite , Bob Hoskins , Can’t Buy Me Love , Chris Weitz , Country Theaters , Ernest Goes to Camp , Gary Suter , Gentlemen Broncos , Jared Hess , John Toner , Michael Jai White , Monty Python and the Holy Grail , Ondi Timoner , Point Break , Ruben Fleischer , Some Like it Hot , Starship Troopers , The Celebration , The Twilight Saga: New Moon , We Live in Public , Zombieland
PEANUTGALLERY THE QUESTION THEY’RE CALLED GUILTY PLEASURES—MOVIES THAT ONLY YOU SEEM TO APPRECIATE. WHAT MOVIE ARE YOU ALMOST TOO EMBARRASSED TO ADMIT YOU LOVE? Ruben Fleischer Director, Zombieland One movie that I’m surprised to like as much as I do is Can’t Buy Me Love with Patrick D...

