The Top Movies of Tuesday, August 19, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Tropic Thunder	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$3,527,597	-1.76%	3,319	$1,063	$43,963,927	7
2	(2)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$2,148,332	+1.71%	3,590	$598	$475,342,688	33
3	(3)	The Pineapple Express	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,579,790	+1.25%	3,072	$514	$65,880,810	14
4	(4)	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,338,022	-2.09%	3,452	$388	$17,315,825	5
5	(6)	Mamma Mia!	Universal	Musical	$1,148,665	+23.74%	2,771	$415	$118,107,665	33
6	(5)	Mirrors	20th Century Fox	Horror	$1,128,295	-3.73%	2,664	$424	$13,461,323	5
7	(8)	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,006,446	+12.68%	2,714	$371	$33,902,313	14
8	(7)	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	Universal	Adventure	$992,085	+7.34%	3,363	$295	$88,162,145	19
9	(9)	Step Brothers	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$721,697	+4.40%	2,648	$273	$92,108,931	26
10	(11)	Journey to the Center of the Earth	New Line	Adventure	$537,299	+25.22%	1,405	$382	$88,969,398	40
11	(10)	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	MGM	Comedy	$493,410	+9.44%	692	$713	$4,699,842	5
12	(12)	WALL-E	Buena Vista	Comedy	$335,623	+18.00%	1,403	$239	$214,749,990	54
13	(13)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$244,651	+10.99%	452	$541	$2,365,604	5
14	(14)	Hancock	Sony Pictures	Action	$203,420	+5.81%	1,277	$159	$225,418,257	49
15	(15)	Swing Vote	Buena Vista	Comedy	$143,756	+18.89%	1,281	$112	$14,952,224	19
16	(16)	Space Chimps	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$136,216	+37.92%	1,631	$84	$27,803,785	33
17	(17)	Brideshead Revisited	Miramax	Drama	$111,154	+22.10%	501	$222	$4,852,340	26
18	(18)	Henry Poole Is Here	Overture Films	Comedy	$98,796	+14.10%	527	$187	$990,600	5
19	(19)	Hellboy 2: The Golden Army	Universal	Action	$62,530	+4.00%	481	$130	$74,739,435	40
-	(20)	Wanted	Universal	Action	$51,380	+12.00%	367	$140	$133,416,665	54
-	(21)	Kung Fu Panda	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$47,685	+11.82%	264	$181	$212,024,264	75
-	(22)	Iron Man	Paramount Pictures	Action	$46,831	+13.75%	315	$149	$317,146,297	110
-	(23)	Sex and the City	New Line	Comedy	$39,024	+20.00%	294	$133	$152,159,038	82
-	(24)	Get Smart	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$37,400	+27.00%	211	$177	$128,034,361	61
-	(26)	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$29,389	+54.75%	184	$160	$315,119,373	90
-	(25)	The X-Files: I Want to Believe	20th Century Fox	Action	$25,569	+27.49%	262	$98	$20,550,365	26
-	(27)	American Teen	Paramount Vantage	Documentary	$17,361	-1.05%	105	$165	$690,843	26
-	(28)	The Love Guru	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$13,737	+10.18%	151	$91	$32,100,387	61
-	(30)	Meet Dave	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$8,232	+20.19%	124	$66	$11,579,121	40
-	(29)	The Happening	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$6,359	-8.74%	65	$98	$64,398,268	68
-	(31)	What Happens in Vegas...	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$5,374	+11.45%	59	$91	$80,210,039	103
-	(32)	The Visitor	Overture Films	Comedy	$2,801	+31.56%	32	$88	$9,282,383	131
-	(33)	Beautiful Losers	Sidetrack Films	Documentary	$940	+10.20%	1	$940	$20,541	12
-	(34)	The Rise and Fall of Miss Thang	Lavender House Films	Drama	$180	+15.97%	1	$180	$335	6