The Top Movies of Friday, August 29, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Babylon A.D.	20th Century Fox	Action	$3,120,314		3,390	$920	$3,120,314	1
2	(1)	Tropic Thunder	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$3,014,038	+120.68%	3,473	$868	$75,347,862	17
3	(2)	The House Bunny	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,537,293	+131.00%	2,714	$935	$22,088,536	8
4	(5)	Traitor	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$2,204,670	+210.91%	2,054	$1,073	$3,705,997	3
5	(3)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$2,141,354	+118.03%	2,750	$779	$495,812,401	43
6	(new)	Disaster Movie	Lionsgate	Comedy	$2,023,130		2,642	$766	$2,023,130	1
7	(4)	Death Race	Universal	Action	$1,724,995	+100.38%	2,537	$680	$18,574,525	8
8	(6)	Mamma Mia!	Universal	Musical	$1,151,280	+86.78%	1,968	$585	$128,241,960	43
9	(7)	The Pineapple Express	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$960,787	+77.82%	2,047	$469	$77,344,168	24
10	(9)	Mirrors	20th Century Fox	Horror	$750,648	+87.92%	1,820	$412	$22,818,928	15
11	(12)	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	MGM	Comedy	$737,632	+171.56%	692	$1,066	$10,521,543	15
12	(new)	College	MGM	Comedy	$716,701		2,123	$338	$716,701	1
13	(8)	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$670,742	+61.99%	2,444	$274	$27,578,764	15
14	(10)	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	Universal	Adventure	$608,555	+101.01%	1,713	$355	$95,837,425	29
15	(13)	The Longshots	MGM	Drama	$567,645	+151.75%	2,089	$272	$5,717,269	8
16	(14)	Hamlet 2	Focus Features	Comedy	$509,857	+131.20%	1,597	$319	$1,536,057	8
17	(15)	Journey to the Center of the Earth	New Line	Adventure	$416,361	+96.02%	801	$520	$93,195,621	50
18	(11)	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$386,269	+31.33%	1,252	$309	$40,058,480	24
19	(18)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$346,801	+164.12%	630	$550	$5,079,864	15
20	(16)	Step Brothers	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$343,847	+65.24%	1,036	$332	$96,912,584	36
21	(17)	The Rocker	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$263,745	+34.84%	2,784	$95	$4,928,304	10
22	(19)	WALL-E	Buena Vista	Comedy	$260,800	+101.43%	1,155	$226	$217,058,880	64
-	(22)	Hancock	Sony Pictures	Action	$163,675	+310.69%	465	$352	$226,710,719	59
-	(20)	Kung Fu Panda	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$154,188	+121.62%	460	$335	$213,112,528	85
-	(31)	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$99,373	+723.78%	303	$328	$315,436,527	100
-	(23)	Space Chimps	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$76,264	+127.17%	401	$190	$28,595,785	43
-	(21)	Brideshead Revisited	Miramax	Drama	$52,865	+13.27%	232	$228	$5,740,112	36
-	(24)	Iron Man	Paramount Pictures	Action	$49,601	+101.74%	220	$225	$317,620,121	120
-	(27)	Hellboy 2: The Golden Army	Universal	Action	$39,780	+98.70%	204	$195	$75,247,610	50
-	(28)	Wanted	Universal	Action	$39,060	+105.04%	254	$154	$133,861,925	64
-	(30)	Get Smart	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$36,725	+129.69%	118	$311	$128,330,543	71
-	(26)	Sex and the City	New Line	Comedy	$20,014	-5.94%	107	$187	$152,460,076	92
-	(29)	Henry Poole Is Here	Overture Films	Comedy	$18,715	+9.36%	102	$183	$1,569,949	15
-	(32)	The X-Files: I Want to Believe	20th Century Fox	Action	$14,522	+53.25%	94	$154	$20,764,596	36
-	(34)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$9,848	+75.42%	21	$469	$618,742	8
-	(33)	American Teen	Paramount Vantage	Documentary	$8,525	+1.50%	74	$115	$827,135	36
-	(36)	Meet Dave	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$7,571	+103.41%	58	$131	$11,669,755	50
-	(39)	Beer for My Horses	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$6,814	+254.71%	28	$243	$425,367	22
-	(38)	The Happening	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$6,612	+107.08%	25	$264	$64,455,933	78
-	(41)	The Visitor	Overture Films	Comedy	$3,338	+110.07%	28	$119	$9,316,279	141
-	(37)	What Happens in Vegas...	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$2,653	-19.41%	30	$88	$80,256,149	113
-	(40)	The Fall	Roadside Attractions	Adventure	$1,717	+6.98%	11	$156	$2,250,243	113
-	(42)	Before the Rains	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$713	-46.75%	2	$357	$1,016,103	113
-	(re-entry)	Teeth	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$53		1	$53	$346,342	225

Chart certified: 9/8/2008