The Top Movies of Thursday, August 21, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Tropic Thunder	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$2,698,565	-7.11%	3,319	$813	$49,567,720	9
2	(2)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,726,461	-4.37%	3,590	$481	$478,874,461	35
3	(3)	The Pineapple Express	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,175,612	-7.55%	3,072	$383	$68,328,028	16
4	(4)	Mamma Mia!	Universal	Musical	$983,705	-8.97%	2,771	$355	$120,172,060	35
5	(5)	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$942,684	-12.64%	3,452	$273	$19,337,598	7
6	(6)	Mirrors	20th Century Fox	Horror	$832,511	-8.17%	2,664	$313	$15,200,403	7
7	(8)	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	Universal	Adventure	$773,490	-4.17%	3,363	$230	$89,743,295	21
8	(7)	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$771,298	-8.00%	2,714	$284	$35,511,979	16
9	(9)	Step Brothers	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$566,146	-7.08%	2,648	$214	$93,284,366	28
10	(new)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$538,441		358	$1,504	$538,441
11	(10)	The Rocker	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$473,069	-18.06%	2,627	$180	$1,050,412	2
12	(11)	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	MGM	Comedy	$419,517	-6.17%	692	$606	$5,566,474	7
13	(12)	Journey to the Center of the Earth	New Line	Adventure	$340,069	-8.95%	1,405	$242	$89,682,959	42
14	(13)	WALL-E	Buena Vista	Comedy	$255,375	-9.14%	1,403	$182	$215,286,444	56
15	(14)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$189,481	-2.58%	452	$419	$2,749,592	7
16	(15)	Hancock	Sony Pictures	Action	$144,393	-4.56%	1,277	$113	$225,713,937	51
17	(17)	Swing Vote	Buena Vista	Comedy	$101,637	-2.56%	1,281	$79	$15,158,169	21
18	(16)	Brideshead Revisited	Miramax	Drama	$100,896	-4.39%	501	$201	$5,058,765	28
19	(18)	Space Chimps	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$77,967	-16.06%	612	$127	$27,974,634	35
20	(19)	Henry Poole Is Here	Overture Films	Comedy	$74,174	-10.65%	527	$141	$1,147,786	7
21	(20)	Hellboy 2: The Golden Army	Universal	Action	$55,315	-4.17%	481	$115	$74,852,470	42
-	(21)	Wanted	Universal	Action	$47,710	-3.70%	367	$130	$133,513,920	56
-	(22)	Iron Man	Paramount Pictures	Action	$40,353	-7.15%	315	$128	$317,230,110	112
-	(23)	Kung Fu Panda	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$39,937	-4.03%	264	$151	$212,105,817	77
-	(24)	Sex and the City	New Line	Comedy	$37,088	-4.00%	294	$126	$152,234,759	84
-	(25)	Get Smart	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$27,383	+0.30%	211	$130	$128,089,046	63
-	(26)	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$25,514	+9.29%	184	$139	$315,168,233	92
-	(27)	The X-Files: I Want to Believe	20th Century Fox	Action	$19,667	-5.66%	262	$75	$20,590,878	28
-	(28)	American Teen	Paramount Vantage	Documentary	$14,817	-12.50%	105	$141	$722,594	28
-	(29)	The Love Guru	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$14,016	-3.70%	151	$93	$32,128,957	63
-	(30)	Meet Dave	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$6,988	-5.12%	124	$56	$11,593,474	42
-	(32)	What Happens in Vegas...	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$6,020	+2.78%	59	$102	$80,221,916	105
-	(31)	The Happening	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$5,944	-4.13%	65	$91	$64,410,412	70
-	(33)	The Visitor	Overture Films	Comedy	$3,078	-1.72%	32	$96	$9,288,593	133
-	(34)	Beautiful Losers	Sidetrack Films	Documentary	$940	-10.65%	1	$940	$22,533	14