The Top Movies of Saturday, August 23, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(2)	Tropic Thunder	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$6,477,403	+32.62%	3,352	$1,932	$60,929,461	11
2	(1)	The House Bunny	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$5,228,893	-11.65%	2,714	$1,927	$11,147,167	2
3	(4)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$4,474,170	+49.58%	3,163	$1,415	$486,339,697	37
4	(3)	Death Race	Universal	Action	$4,456,320	-3.56%	2,532	$1,760	$9,077,095	2
5	(7)	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$2,378,081	+49.06%	3,452	$689	$23,311,016	9
6	(5)	The Pineapple Express	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,081,714	+24.30%	2,620	$795	$72,084,482	18
7	(6)	Mirrors	20th Century Fox	Horror	$2,038,458	+27.11%	2,664	$765	$18,842,515	9
8	(10)	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	Universal	Adventure	$1,792,280	+51.02%	2,422	$740	$92,722,355	23
9	(9)	Mamma Mia!	Universal	Musical	$1,757,025	+32.52%	2,326	$755	$123,254,905	37
10	(8)	The Longshots	MGM	Drama	$1,740,785	+31.11%	2,089	$833	$3,068,489	2
11	(13)	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	MGM	Comedy	$1,275,864	+49.71%	692	$1,844	$7,694,565	9
12	(12)	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,103,988	+20.41%	2,170	$509	$37,532,822	18
13	(11)	The Rocker	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,047,817	+11.26%	2,784	$376	$3,040,044	4
14	(14)	Step Brothers	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$943,825	+31.93%	1,639	$576	$94,943,575	30
15	(15)	Journey to the Center of the Earth	New Line	Adventure	$918,643	+46.42%	1,051	$874	$91,229,007	44
16	(16)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$590,124	+44.82%	540	$1,093	$3,747,216	9
17	(17)	WALL-E	Buena Vista	Comedy	$381,948	+53.01%	785	$487	$215,918,022	58
-	(18)	Hancock	Sony Pictures	Action	$290,513	+49.64%	588	$494	$226,198,589	53
-	(19)	Kung Fu Panda	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$248,986	+52.53%	437	$570	$212,518,045	79
-	(21)	Brideshead Revisited	Miramax	Drama	$180,678	+56.26%	444	$407	$5,355,066	30
-	(22)	Space Chimps	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$171,266	+55.75%	467	$367	$28,255,862	37
-	(20)	Hamlet 2	Focus Features	Comedy	$164,182	+13.57%	103	$1,594	$308,743	2
-	(24)	Swing Vote	Buena Vista	Comedy	$137,398	+48.68%	372	$369	$15,387,977	23
-	(23)	Henry Poole Is Here	Overture Films	Comedy	$131,459	+35.25%	506	$260	$1,376,443	9
-	(26)	Iron Man	Paramount Pictures	Action	$106,363	+45.79%	257	$414	$317,409,427	114
-	(25)	Hellboy 2: The Golden Army	Universal	Action	$105,820	+37.04%	286	$370	$75,035,510	44
-	(27)	Wanted	Universal	Action	$95,250	+44.23%	254	$375	$133,675,210	58
-	(28)	Get Smart	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$57,339	+28.63%	121	$474	$128,190,961	65
-	(30)	The X-Files: I Want to Believe	20th Century Fox	Action	$53,116	+46.97%	163	$326	$20,680,135	30
-	(31)	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$50,430	+45.80%	136	$371	$315,253,251	94
-	(29)	Sex and the City	New Line	Comedy	$49,969	+35.77%	204	$245	$152,321,532	86
-	(32)	American Teen	Paramount Vantage	Documentary	$25,380	+29.19%	109	$233	$767,619	30
-	(33)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$24,158	+28.53%	18	$1,342	$566,474	2
-	(34)	The Love Guru	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$23,649	+58.49%	120	$197	$32,167,527	65
-	(35)	Meet Dave	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$22,416	+54.77%	92	$244	$11,630,373	44
-	(36)	Beer for My Horses	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$18,591	+66.69%	40	$465	$402,313	16
-	(37)	The Happening	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$12,855	+55.14%	46	$279	$64,431,553	72
-	(38)	What Happens in Vegas...	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$7,220	+26.78%	28	$258	$80,234,831	107
-	(39)	The Visitor	Overture Films	Comedy	$6,867	+69.60%	26	$264	$9,299,509	135
-	(40)	The Fall	Roadside Attractions	Adventure	$3,262	+53.80%	9	$362	$2,241,626	107
-	(41)	Before the Rains	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$2,383	+162.44%	1	$2,383	$1,009,337	107
-	(42)	CSNY: Déjà Vu	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$1,037	+130.96%	2	$519	$60,076	30