The Top Movies of Friday, August 15, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Tropic Thunder	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$8,208,800	+81.22%	3,319	$2,473	$19,241,592	3
2	(new)	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$6,228,973		3,452	$1,804	$6,228,973	1
3	(2)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$4,937,955	+75.45%	3,590	$1,375	$459,640,812	29
4	(new)	Mirrors	20th Century Fox	Horror	$4,235,115		2,664	$1,590	$4,235,115	1
5	(3)	The Pineapple Express	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$3,195,707	+52.09%	3,072	$1,040	$56,128,201	10
6	(4)	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	Universal	Adventure	$2,488,620	+66.76%	3,348	$743	$80,528,675	15
7	(5)	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$2,073,802	+49.90%	2,714	$764	$28,291,264	10
8	(6)	Mamma Mia!	Universal	Musical	$1,953,555	+43.33%	2,769	$706	$111,871,020	29
9	(7)	Step Brothers	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,512,328	+62.98%	2,648	$571	$87,400,362	22
10	(new)	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	MGM	Comedy	$1,116,622		692	$1,614	$1,116,622	1
11	(8)	Journey to the Center of the Earth	New Line	Adventure	$1,007,621	+54.29%	1,405	$717	$85,662,279	36
12	(new)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$703,758		452	$1,557	$703,758	1
13	(9)	WALL-E	Buena Vista	Comedy	$545,520	+18.90%	1,403	$389	$212,839,131	50
14	(11)	Hancock	Sony Pictures	Action	$544,777	+67.63%	1,277	$427	$223,847,123	45
15	(10)	Swing Vote	Buena Vista	Comedy	$365,606	+9.75%	1,281	$285	$13,915,770	15
16	(new)	Henry Poole Is Here	Overture Films	Comedy	$253,683		527	$481	$253,683	1
17	(12)	Space Chimps	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$234,649	-12.01%	1,631	$144	$27,028,299	29
18	(13)	Brideshead Revisited	Miramax	Drama	$211,738	+58.52%	501	$423	$4,121,858	22
19	(14)	Hellboy 2: The Golden Army	Universal	Action	$165,945	+61.53%	481	$345	$74,241,575	36
-	(16)	Wanted	Universal	Action	$113,770	+54.07%	367	$310	$133,064,345	50
-	(18)	Iron Man	Paramount Pictures	Action	$101,652	+60.37%	315	$323	$316,818,769	106
-	(17)	Kung Fu Panda	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$87,870	+21.04%	264	$333	$211,738,129	71
-	(15)	The X-Files: I Want to Believe	20th Century Fox	Action	$78,177	-3.08%	262	$298	$20,330,467	22
-	(19)	Get Smart	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$70,454	+17.94%	211	$334	$127,827,621	57
-	(21)	Sex and the City	New Line	Comedy	$56,495	+95.11%	294	$192	$151,953,911	78
-	(20)	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$54,001	+74.10%	184	$293	$314,933,670	86
-	(27)	The Love Guru	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$33,607	+557.67%	151	$223	$31,997,071	57
-	(22)	American Teen	Paramount Vantage	Documentary	$33,161	+71.50%	105	$316	$586,556	22
-	(24)	The Happening	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$22,537	+90.35%	65	$347	$64,346,049	64
-	(23)	Meet Dave	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$18,533	+2.23%	124	$149	$11,518,367	36
-	(25)	What Happens in Vegas...	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$12,473	+31.77%	59	$211	$80,176,686	99
-	(26)	The Visitor	Overture Films	Comedy	$4,108	-29.54%	32	$128	$9,263,468	127
-	(new)	Beautiful Losers	Sidetrack Films	Documentary	$966		1	$966	$17,175	8

Chart certified: 8/22/2008