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"[\n\n](http://blog.gq.com/blogs/the-q/2009/10/19/Wildthings.jpg)\n\n 1. Where the Wild Things Are: $32 million\n\n The scorecard, from where we sit.\n\n Spike Jonze: 1\n\n Warner Bros. suits: 0\n\n Number of terrified children: 123,327 (estimated)\n\n A number one opening, glowing critical reviews, and after all the hemming and hawing about how overbudget/overtime/unwatchable it was, this sucker is going to break even. The lesson: do not doubt the power of Maurice Sendak. He is righteous and he will cut you.\n\n2. Law Abiding Citizen: $21 million\n\n A nation called out for justice. It called out for explosions, botched ecutions and anal sex threats. It called out for the sublime glory of Gerard Butler's naked ass. Ladies and gentlemen: God Bless America. (Though why do we get the sickening feeling that this won't be the last time our worst movie ever ends up in the top five?)\n\n3. Paranormal Activity: $20 million\n\n Couple makes tiny little horror movie about a haunted bedroom for $11,000. It plays at Slamdance in 2008. Finds a patron in Steven Spielberg. Becomes subject of the best viral marketing campaign since The Blair Witch Project. Almost outgrosses a Jamie Foxx action thriller on 2100 fewer screens. So\u2026if you need us, we'll be in our basement with a flip cam and a cat dressed as a goblin.\n\n4. Couples Retreat: $18 million\n\n There's not much left to say about this movie\u2014which you couldn't pay us to see, even though GQ technically does\u2014except to quote @sportsguy33. \"Did you ever think Vince Vaughn would be fatter than Jon Favreau? That had to be 75 to 1 odds in 2002.\"\n\n5. The Stepfather: $12 million\n\n Another junker from the Screen Gems (Resident Evil, Underworld, Black Valentine, etc.) grindhouse factory. If there were any justice, this cash would be donated to Zombieland's total\u2014and the American Foundation For Insanely Great Cameos and Movies That Are Less Than 90 Minutes."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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