The Top Movies of Friday, August 22, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The House Bunny	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$5,918,274		2,714	$2,181	$5,918,274	1
2	(1)	Tropic Thunder	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$4,884,338	+81.00%	3,352	$1,457	$54,452,058	10
3	(new)	Death Race	Universal	Action	$4,620,775		2,532	$1,825	$4,620,775	1
4	(2)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$2,991,066	+73.25%	3,163	$946	$481,865,527	36
5	(3)	The Pineapple Express	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,674,740	+42.46%	2,620	$639	$70,002,768	17
6	(6)	Mirrors	20th Century Fox	Horror	$1,603,654	+92.63%	2,664	$602	$16,804,057	8
7	(5)	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,595,337	+69.23%	3,452	$462	$20,932,935	8
8	(new)	The Longshots	MGM	Drama	$1,327,704		2,089	$636	$1,327,704	1
9	(4)	Mamma Mia!	Universal	Musical	$1,325,820	+34.78%	2,326	$570	$121,497,880	36
10	(7)	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	Universal	Adventure	$1,186,780	+53.43%	2,422	$490	$90,930,075	22
11	(11)	The Rocker	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$941,815	+99.09%	2,784	$338	$1,992,227	3
12	(8)	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$916,855	+18.87%	2,170	$423	$36,428,834	17
13	(12)	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	MGM	Comedy	$852,227	+103.14%	692	$1,232	$6,418,701	8
14	(9)	Step Brothers	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$715,384	+26.36%	1,639	$436	$93,999,750	29
15	(13)	Journey to the Center of the Earth	New Line	Adventure	$627,405	+84.49%	1,051	$597	$90,310,364	43
16	(15)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$407,500	+115.06%	540	$755	$3,157,092	8
17	(14)	WALL-E	Buena Vista	Comedy	$249,630	-2.25%	785	$318	$215,536,074	57
-	(16)	Hancock	Sony Pictures	Action	$194,139	+34.45%	588	$330	$225,908,076	52
-	(24)	Kung Fu Panda	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$163,242	+308.75%	437	$374	$212,269,059	78
-	(new)	Hamlet 2	Focus Features	Comedy	$144,561		103	$1,404	$144,561	1
-	(18)	Brideshead Revisited	Miramax	Drama	$115,623	+14.60%	444	$260	$5,174,388	29
-	(19)	Space Chimps	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$109,962	+41.04%	467	$235	$28,084,596	36
-	(20)	Henry Poole Is Here	Overture Films	Comedy	$97,198	+31.04%	506	$192	$1,244,984	8
-	(17)	Swing Vote	Buena Vista	Comedy	$92,410	-9.08%	372	$248	$15,250,579	22
-	(21)	Hellboy 2: The Golden Army	Universal	Action	$77,220	+39.60%	286	$270	$74,929,690	43
-	(23)	Iron Man	Paramount Pictures	Action	$72,954	+80.79%	257	$284	$317,303,064	113
-	(22)	Wanted	Universal	Action	$66,040	+38.42%	254	$260	$133,579,960	57
-	(26)	Get Smart	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$44,576	+62.79%	121	$368	$128,133,622	64
-	(25)	Sex and the City	New Line	Comedy	$36,804	-0.77%	204	$180	$152,271,563	85
-	(28)	The X-Files: I Want to Believe	20th Century Fox	Action	$36,141	+83.76%	163	$222	$20,627,019	29
-	(27)	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$34,588	+35.56%	136	$254	$315,202,821	93
-	(29)	American Teen	Paramount Vantage	Documentary	$19,645	+32.58%	109	$180	$742,239	29
-	(10)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$18,796	-96.41%	18	$1,044	$542,316	1
-	(30)	The Love Guru	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$14,921	+6.46%	120	$124	$32,143,878	64
-	(31)	Meet Dave	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$14,483	+107.26%	92	$157	$11,607,957	43
-	(re-entry)	Beer for My Horses	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$11,153		40	$279	$383,722	15
-	(33)	The Happening	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$8,286	+39.40%	46	$180	$64,418,698	71
-	(32)	What Happens in Vegas...	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$5,695	-5.40%	28	$203	$80,227,611	106
-	(34)	The Visitor	Overture Films	Comedy	$4,049	+31.55%	26	$156	$9,292,642	134
-	(re-entry)	The Fall	Roadside Attractions	Adventure	$2,121		9	$236	$2,238,364	106
-	(re-entry)	Before the Rains	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$908		1	$908	$1,006,954	106
-	(re-entry)	CSNY: Déjà Vu	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$449		2	$225	$59,039	29