The Top Movies of Wednesday, August 20, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Tropic Thunder	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$2,905,228	-17.64%	3,319	$875	$46,869,155	8
2	(2)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,805,312	-15.97%	3,590	$503	$477,148,000	34
3	(3)	The Pineapple Express	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,271,606	-19.51%	3,072	$414	$67,152,416	15
4	(5)	Mamma Mia!	Universal	Musical	$1,080,690	-5.92%	2,771	$390	$119,188,355	34
5	(4)	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,079,089	-19.35%	3,452	$313	$18,394,914	6
6	(6)	Mirrors	20th Century Fox	Horror	$906,569	-19.65%	2,664	$340	$14,367,892	6
7	(7)	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$838,368	-16.70%	2,714	$309	$34,740,681	15
8	(8)	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	Universal	Adventure	$807,120	-18.64%	3,363	$240	$88,969,805	20
9	(9)	Step Brothers	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$609,289	-15.58%	2,648	$230	$92,718,220	27
10	(new)	The Rocker	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$577,343		2,627	$220	$577,343	1
11	(11)	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	MGM	Comedy	$447,115	-9.38%	692	$646	$5,146,957	6
12	(10)	Journey to the Center of the Earth	New Line	Adventure	$373,492	-30.49%	1,405	$266	$89,342,890	41
13	(12)	WALL-E	Buena Vista	Comedy	$281,079	-16.25%	1,403	$200	$215,031,069	55
14	(13)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$194,507	-20.50%	452	$430	$2,560,111	6
15	(14)	Hancock	Sony Pictures	Action	$151,287	-25.63%	1,277	$118	$225,569,544	50
16	(17)	Brideshead Revisited	Miramax	Drama	$105,529	-5.06%	501	$211	$4,957,869	27
17	(15)	Swing Vote	Buena Vista	Comedy	$104,308	-27.44%	1,281	$81	$15,056,532	20
-	(16)	Space Chimps	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$92,882	-31.81%	612	$152	$27,896,667	34
-	(18)	Henry Poole Is Here	Overture Films	Comedy	$83,012	-15.98%	527	$158	$1,073,612	6
-	(19)	Hellboy 2: The Golden Army	Universal	Action	$57,720	-7.69%	481	$120	$74,797,155	41
-	(20)	Wanted	Universal	Action	$49,545	-3.57%	367	$135	$133,466,210	55
-	(22)	Iron Man	Paramount Pictures	Action	$43,460	-7.20%	315	$138	$317,189,757	111
-	(21)	Kung Fu Panda	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$41,616	-12.73%	264	$158	$212,065,880	76
-	(23)	Sex and the City	New Line	Comedy	$38,633	-1.00%	294	$131	$152,197,671	83
-	(24)	Get Smart	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$27,302	-27.00%	211	$129	$128,061,663	62
-	(25)	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$23,346	-20.56%	184	$127	$315,142,719	91
-	(26)	The X-Files: I Want to Believe	20th Century Fox	Action	$20,846	-18.47%	262	$80	$20,571,211	27
-	(27)	American Teen	Paramount Vantage	Documentary	$16,934	-2.46%	105	$161	$707,777	27
-	(28)	The Love Guru	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$14,554	+5.95%	151	$96	$32,114,941	62
-	(29)	Meet Dave	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$7,365	-10.53%	124	$59	$11,586,486	41
-	(30)	The Happening	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$6,200	-2.50%	65	$95	$64,404,468	69
-	(31)	What Happens in Vegas...	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$5,857	+8.99%	59	$99	$80,215,896	104
-	(32)	The Visitor	Overture Films	Comedy	$3,132	+11.82%	32	$98	$9,285,515	132
-	(33)	Beautiful Losers	Sidetrack Films	Documentary	$1,052	+11.91%	1	$1,052	$21,593	13
-	(34)	The Rise and Fall of Miss Thang	Lavender House Films	Drama	$66	-63.28%	1	$66	$401	7