The Top Movies of Monday, September 1, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Tropic Thunder	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$3,083,510	-28.36%	3,473	$888	$86,935,945	20
2	(2)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$2,504,411	-22.59%	2,750	$911	$504,798,337	46
3	(4)	Traitor	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$2,137,862	-21.93%	2,054	$1,041	$11,507,654	6
4	(3)	Babylon A.D.	20th Century Fox	Action	$2,056,944	-31.66%	3,390	$607	$11,541,571	4
5	(5)	The House Bunny	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,860,275	-31.82%	2,714	$685	$29,728,944	11
6	(6)	Death Race	Universal	Action	$1,585,120	-30.19%	2,537	$625	$24,739,285	11
7	(8)	Mamma Mia!	Universal	Musical	$1,210,320	-17.45%	1,968	$615	$132,512,495	46
8	(7)	Disaster Movie	Lionsgate	Comedy	$1,108,562	-31.54%	2,642	$420	$6,945,535	4
9	(13)	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,053,265	+12.65%	2,444	$431	$30,672,432	18
10	(9)	The Pineapple Express	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$913,562	-31.39%	2,047	$446	$80,832,163	27
11	(10)	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	Universal	Adventure	$813,675	-19.52%	1,713	$475	$98,671,990	32
12	(14)	The Longshots	MGM	Drama	$730,757	-7.80%	2,089	$350	$8,190,879	11
13	(12)	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	MGM	Comedy	$710,464	-24.25%	692	$1,027	$13,309,881	18
14	(16)	Journey to the Center of the Earth	New Line	Adventure	$641,468	-3.02%	801	$801	$95,194,543	53
15	(11)	Mirrors	20th Century Fox	Horror	$575,552	-39.35%	1,820	$316	$25,395,133	18
16	(19)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$541,447	+3.02%	630	$859	$6,783,708	18
17	(21)	WALL-E	Buena Vista	Comedy	$473,860	+3.99%	1,155	$410	$218,447,803	67
18	(15)	College	MGM	Comedy	$466,621	-34.02%	2,123	$220	$2,619,730	4
19	(20)	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$428,322	-15.08%	1,252	$342	$41,536,342	27
20	(17)	Hamlet 2	Focus Features	Comedy	$427,490	-25.62%	1,597	$268	$3,152,510	11
21	(18)	Step Brothers	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$311,614	-41.80%	1,036	$301	$98,237,639	39
22	(22)	The Rocker	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$210,958	-39.16%	2,784	$76	$5,845,395	13
23	(24)	Kung Fu Panda	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$170,835	-27.24%	460	$371	$213,762,199	88
24	(23)	Hancock	Sony Pictures	Action	$169,569	-31.10%	465	$365	$227,381,199	62
25	(re-entry)	Bottle Shock	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$165,766		295	$562	$3,619,905	27
26	(re-entry)	Elegy	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$165,647		139	$1,192	$1,719,321	25
27	(25)	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$110,949	-24.80%	303	$366	$315,844,754	103
28	(re-entry)	Tell No One	Revolver Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$100,536		102	$986	$4,383,900	62
29	(26)	Space Chimps	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$84,189	-35.23%	401	$210	$28,946,337	46
30	(re-entry)	Transsiberian	First Look	Thriller/Suspense	$79,773		81	$985	$919,085	46
31	(re-entry)	Man on Wire	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$66,328		91	$729	$1,526,761	39
32	(28)	Brideshead Revisited	Miramax	Drama	$66,237	-13.15%	232	$286	$5,972,030	39
33	(re-entry)	Frozen River	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$63,225		69	$916	$812,557	32
34	(27)	Iron Man	Paramount Pictures	Action	$53,520	-40.13%	220	$243	$317,847,676	123
35	(29)	Hellboy 2: The Golden Army	Universal	Action	$45,900	-24.98%	204	$225	$75,419,975	53
36	(32)	Get Smart	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$38,255	-13.81%	118	$324	$128,464,785	74
37	(re-entry)	Swing Vote	Buena Vista	Comedy	$36,506		185	$197	$15,749,276	32
38	(30)	Wanted	Universal	Action	$34,435	-39.31%	186	$185	$134,015,405	67
39	(re-entry)	You Don't Mess With the Zohan	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$25,481		193	$132	$99,980,158	88
40	(33)	Henry Poole Is Here	Overture Films	Comedy	$24,217	-3.65%	102	$237	$1,646,452	18
41	(re-entry)	Kit Kittredge: An American Girl	PictureHouse	Drama	$19,456		100	$195	$17,470,357	74
42	(re-entry)	The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian	Buena Vista	Adventure	$18,421		83	$222	$141,614,023	109
43	(re-entry)	The Incredible Hulk	Universal	Adventure	$17,965		100	$180	$134,518,390	81
44	(34)	Sex and the City	New Line	Comedy	$15,767	-34.54%	107	$147	$152,525,242	95
45	(new)	I Served the King of England	Sony Pictures Classics	Black Comedy	$15,242		8	$1,905	$68,460	4
46	(re-entry)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic	Documentary	$15,000		46	$326	$18,500,492	333
47	(re-entry)	Bachna Ae Haseeno	Yash Raj Films	Romantic Comedy	$11,902		35	$340	$691,677	18
48	(37)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$10,684	-13.81%	21	$509	$656,898	11
49	(re-entry)	Roving Mars	Buena Vista	Documentary	$10,224		5	$2,045	$9,568,730	949
50	(31)	The X-Files: I Want to Believe	20th Century Fox	Action	$9,751	-79.97%	94	$104	$20,847,266	39
51	(38)	American Teen	Paramount Vantage	Documentary	$8,862	-24.96%	74	$120	$861,817	39
52	(36)	Meet Dave	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$8,840	-51.03%	58	$152	$11,712,756	53
53	(re-entry)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$7,963		8	$995	$36,226,407	914
54	(re-entry)	Trouble the Water	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$7,798		8	$975	$92,605	11
55	(re-entry)	Sixty Six	First Independent Pictures	Comedy	$6,307		9	$701	$123,925	32
56	(re-entry)	The Girl Cut in Two	IFC Films	Thriller/Suspense	$6,289		7	$898	$95,058	18
57	(39)	Beer for My Horses	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$5,987	-38.88%	28	$214	$450,800	25
58	(re-entry)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$5,492		2	$2,746	$25,653,561	1,075
59	(re-entry)	The Wackness	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$5,347		51	$105	$1,892,817	61
60	(new)	Another Gay Sequel	TLA Releasing	Comedy	$5,069		3	$1,690	$26,155	4
61	(re-entry)	The Edge of Heaven	Strand	Drama	$4,992		9	$555	$680,026	104
62	(re-entry)	Roman de Gare	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$4,930		15	$329	$1,828,418	130
63	(re-entry)	The Last Mistress	IFC Films	Drama	$4,928		20	$246	$716,700	67
64	(re-entry)	In Search of a Midnight Kiss	IFC First Take	Drama	$4,890		6	$815	$97,566	32
65	(40)	The Visitor	Overture Films	Comedy	$3,839	-23.53%	28	$137	$9,330,504	144
66	(re-entry)	U2 3D	National Geographic	Concert/Performance	$3,505		7	$501	$9,416,277	223
67	(re-entry)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$3,029		9	$337	$76,352,983	2,328
68	(re-entry)	Up the Yangtze	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$2,996		8	$375	$721,007	130
69	(re-entry)	Encounters at the End of the World	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$2,573		15	$172	$837,767	83
70	(new)	Sukiyaki Western Django	First Look	Action	$2,316		1	$2,316	$12,172	4
71	(re-entry)	And When Did You Last See Your Father?	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,247		33	$68	$909,521	88
72	(re-entry)	Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$2,196		15	$146	$1,148,709	61
73	(re-entry)	What We Do Is Secret	Rhino Theatrical	Drama	$2,187		7	$312	$44,701	25
74	(re-entry)	Mongol	PictureHouse	Drama	$2,166		16	$135	$5,686,505	88
75	(41)	What Happens in Vegas...	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$2,027	-35.83%	30	$68	$80,264,990	116
76	(35)	The Happening	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$1,947	-90.02%	25	$78	$64,487,543	81
77	(new)	My Mexican Shivah	Emerging Pictures	Comedy	$1,860		1	$1,860	$7,960	4
78	(re-entry)	Kabluey	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$1,611		2	$806	$71,989	60
79	(re-entry)	A Man Named Pearl	Railroad Square	Documentary	$1,495		7	$214	$153,964	368
80	(re-entry)	Elsa & Fred	Mitropoulos Films	Romantic Comedy	$1,411		5	$282	$163,716	67
81	(re-entry)	The Children of Huang Shi	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$1,401		25	$56	$832,762	102
82	(re-entry)	America the Beautiful	Arenas Entertainment	Documentary	$1,353		5	$271	$53,036	116
83	(re-entry)	Horton Hears a Who	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,155		12	$96	$154,529,187	172
84	(42)	The Fall	Roadside Attractions	Adventure	$905	-64.96%	11	$82	$2,255,396	116
85	(43)	Before the Rains	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$877	-31.48%	2	$439	$1,018,430	116
86	(re-entry)	Brick Lane	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$843		31	$27	$916,079	74
87	(re-entry)	The Grocer's Son	Film Movement	Drama	$810		2	$405	$192,572	88
88	(re-entry)	Chris and Don: A Love Story	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$698		3	$233	$197,019	81
89	(re-entry)	Young @ Heart	Fox Searchlight	Documentary	$673		6	$112	$3,932,018	146
90	(re-entry)	Constantine's Sword	First Run Features	Documentary	$642		3	$214	$174,024	137
91	(new)	Antarctica	Regent Releasing	Romantic Comedy	$587		1	$587	$1,385	4
92	(re-entry)	Baghead	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$476		7	$68	$115,383	81
93	(re-entry)	Days and Clouds	Film Movement		$399		1	$399	$81,249	53
94	(re-entry)	Tuya's Marriage	Music Box Films	Drama	$363		1	$363	$68,370	151
95	(re-entry)	A Jihad for Love	First Run Features	Documentary	$344		2	$172	$85,525	104
96	(re-entry)	The Singing Revolution	Abramorama Films	Documentary	$315		2	$158	$330,017	270
97	(re-entry)	Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$242		3	$81	$50,122	53
98	(re-entry)	Cthulhu	Regent Releasing	Horror	$221		1	$221	$3,624	11
99	(re-entry)	No Regret	Regent Releasing	Drama	$158		1	$158	$12,596	656
100	(re-entry)	Ripple Effect	Monterey Media	Drama	$152		1	$152	$10,782	53
101	(re-entry)	The Sensation of Sight	Monterey Media	Drama	$106		2	$53	$22,136	298
102	(re-entry)	XXY	Film Movement	Drama	$69		1	$69	$38,281	123