The Top Movies of Friday, September 12, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Burn After Reading	Focus Features	Black Comedy	$6,454,564		2,651	$2,435	$6,454,564	1
2	(new)	The Family That Preys	Lionsgate	Comedy	$6,261,593		2,070	$3,025	$6,261,593	1
3	(new)	Righteous Kill	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$5,847,388		3,152	$1,855	$5,847,388	1
4	(new)	The Women	PictureHouse	Comedy	$3,613,021		2,962	$1,220	$3,613,021	1
5	(6)	The House Bunny	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,300,592	+325.89%	2,763	$471	$39,154,624	22
6	(1)	Tropic Thunder	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,218,010	+124.33%	2,927	$416	$100,008,674	31
7	(3)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,116,108	+161.90%	2,191	$509	$514,780,719	57
8	(2)	Bangkok Dangerous	Lionsgate	Action	$739,426	+49.53%	2,654	$279	$10,870,557	8
9	(4)	Traitor	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$641,964	+100.76%	2,014	$319	$19,244,495	17
10	(5)	Death Race	Universal	Action	$571,505	+83.76%	2,586	$221	$31,747,585	22
11	(7)	Mamma Mia!	Universal	Musical	$523,365	+71.80%	1,904	$275	$138,096,700	57
12	(8)	Babylon A.D.	20th Century Fox	Action	$518,053	+91.40%	2,062	$251	$19,068,525	15
13	(12)	Disaster Movie	Lionsgate	Comedy	$454,663	+294.48%	2,642	$172	$11,544,797	15
14	(9)	The Pineapple Express	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$356,796	+55.01%	1,802	$198	$85,289,792	38
15	(10)	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	MGM	Comedy	$352,035	+93.23%	718	$490	$17,107,806	29
16	(11)	Mirrors	20th Century Fox	Horror	$257,919	+108.58%	1,008	$256	$28,498,811	29
17	(19)	Journey to the Center of the Earth	New Line	Adventure	$240,705	+267.23%	751	$321	$97,189,878	64
18	(21)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$239,145	+423.27%	713	$335	$8,747,519	29
19	(14)	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	Universal	Adventure	$164,965	+95.22%	1,415	$117	$101,082,690	43
20	(17)	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$143,687	+99.65%	1,005	$143	$33,181,538	29
21	(20)	The Longshots	MGM	Drama	$138,610	+190.00%	1,666	$83	$10,252,524	22
22	(16)	Step Brothers	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$124,040	+68.57%	846	$147	$99,833,189	50
23	(30)	Get Smart	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$114,444	+1,260.81%	306	$374	$128,750,236	85
24	(18)	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$104,918	+47.99%	645	$163	$43,221,590	38
25	(25)	Kung Fu Panda	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$70,783	+273.35%	370	$191	$214,372,150	99
-	(24)	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$54,340	+154.00%	263	$207	$316,340,470	114
-	(13)	College	MGM	Comedy	$41,273	-55.08%	418	$99	$4,526,358	15
-	(32)	Space Chimps	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$37,341	+401.02%	278	$134	$29,249,843	57
-	(15)	Hamlet 2	Focus Features	Comedy	$34,168	-56.95%	168	$203	$4,707,747	22
-	(29)	Iron Man	Paramount Pictures	Action	$26,103	+186.22%	156	$167	$318,066,027	134
-	(27)	Hellboy 2: The Golden Army	Universal	Action	$25,760	+96.64%	217	$119	$75,676,600	64
-	(28)	Wanted	Universal	Action	$24,090	+123.06%	180	$134	$134,235,885	78
-	(31)	The Rocker	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$23,201	+190.81%	150	$155	$6,212,985	24
-	(new)	Towelhead	Warner Independent	Drama	$15,694		4	$3,924	$15,694	1
-	(26)	Everybody Wants To Be Italian	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$15,322	+12.62%	73	$210	$279,208	8
-	(39)	The X-Files: I Want to Believe	20th Century Fox	Action	$6,899	+102.26%	65	$106	$20,916,347	50
-	(33)	Henry Poole Is Here	Overture Films	Comedy	$6,049	-15.02%	157	$39	$1,780,861	29
-	(37)	Beer for My Horses	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$6,019	+67.01%	41	$147	$523,123	36
-	(34)	Sex and the City	New Line	Comedy	$5,824	-15.06%	46	$127	$152,625,440	106
-	(36)	American Teen	Paramount Vantage	Documentary	$4,596	+26.33%	39	$118	$915,864	50
-	(40)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$4,172	+46.03%	8	$522	$36,273,029	925
-	(38)	The Visitor	Overture Films	Comedy	$4,011	+13.34%	58	$69	$9,375,524	155
-	(41)	Meet Dave	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$2,901	+98.70%	30	$97	$11,751,931	64
-	(35)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$1,277	-66.19%	5	$255	$705,081	22
-	(43)	Before the Rains	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$960	+220.00%	4	$240	$1,033,529	127
-	(42)	The Fall	Roadside Attractions	Adventure	$266	-31.27%	4	$67	$2,262,168	127
-	(re-entry)	CSNY: Déjà Vu	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$52		2	$26	$63,362	50

Chart certified: 9/20/2008