The Top Movies of Friday, September 19, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Lakeview Terrace	Sony/Screen Gems	Thriller/Suspense	$5,144,974		2,464	$2,088	$5,144,974	1
2	(1)	Burn After Reading	Focus Features	Black Comedy	$3,478,005	+147.15%	2,657	$1,309	$28,584,969	8
3	(new)	My Best Friend's Girl	Lionsgate	Comedy	$3,097,060		2,604	$1,189	$3,097,060	1
4	(2)	Righteous Kill	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$2,313,516	+115.97%	3,152	$734	$23,423,270	8
5	(4)	The Family That Preys	Lionsgate	Comedy	$2,133,821	+183.82%	2,070	$1,031	$22,990,081	8
6	(new)	Igor	MGM	Comedy	$2,110,360		2,339	$902	$2,110,360	1
7	(3)	The Women	PictureHouse	Comedy	$1,841,653	+91.73%	2,995	$615	$15,703,985	8
8	(new)	Ghost Town	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,529,165		1,505	$1,016	$1,529,165	1
9	(7)	The House Bunny	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$833,663	+255.84%	2,675	$312	$43,758,144	29
10	(6)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$803,027	+162.33%	1,905	$422	$519,777,880	64
11	(5)	Tropic Thunder	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$750,102	+135.57%	2,333	$322	$104,999,583	38
12	(9)	Mamma Mia!	Universal	Musical	$307,750	+55.21%	1,121	$275	$140,453,465	64
13	(10)	Traitor	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$300,537	+69.56%	1,407	$214	$21,726,485	24
14	(11)	Death Race	Universal	Action	$291,750	+73.07%	1,240	$235	$34,174,500	29
15	(14)	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	MGM	Comedy	$274,910	+148.77%	637	$432	$18,718,286	36
16	(8)	Bangkok Dangerous	Lionsgate	Action	$239,469	+4.02%	1,349	$178	$13,930,232	15
-	(12)	Babylon A.D.	20th Century Fox	Action	$207,450	+56.53%	1,013	$205	$21,162,470	22
-	(15)	Journey to the Center of the Earth	New Line	Adventure	$191,658	+184.24%	675	$284	$98,520,266	71
-	(13)	The Pineapple Express	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$159,765	+44.44%	550	$290	$86,633,391	45
-	(17)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$157,329	+181.24%	662	$238	$10,386,398	36
-	(16)	Mirrors	20th Century Fox	Horror	$132,542	+103.49%	584	$227	$29,530,494	36
-	(18)	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	Universal	Adventure	$106,125	+117.69%	494	$215	$101,882,435	50
-	(21)	Get Smart	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$92,702	+181.24%	306	$303	$129,253,376	92
-	(new)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$80,494		14	$5,750	$80,494	1
-	(19)	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$75,421	+96.71%	688	$110	$34,159,322	36
-	(24)	Kung Fu Panda	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$62,477	+298.35%	338	$185	$214,763,476	106
-	(20)	Step Brothers	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$60,831	+60.47%	258	$236	$100,327,050	57
-	(new)	The Duchess	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$56,104		7	$8,015	$56,104	1
-	(30)	Space Chimps	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$39,450	+451.52%	303	$130	$29,474,556	64
-	(22)	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$39,120	+29.06%	330	$119	$43,653,250	45
-	(25)	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$35,067	+159.58%	206	$170	$316,577,650	121
-	(32)	Towelhead	Warner Independent	Drama	$18,526	+264.11%	18	$1,029	$91,978	8
-	(31)	Iron Man	Paramount Pictures	Action	$15,656	+132.11%	124	$126	$318,175,773	141
-	(34)	The Rocker	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$15,030	+240.74%	128	$117	$6,305,762	31
-	(41)	Beer for My Horses	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$12,312	+867.92%	74	$166	$558,492	43
-	(26)	Hamlet 2	Focus Features	Comedy	$9,557	-13.01%	56	$171	$4,835,826	29
-	(35)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$6,737	+121.68%	8	$842	$36,314,344	932
-	(39)	Henry Poole Is Here	Overture Films	Comedy	$3,132	+55.05%	53	$59	$1,808,262	36
-	(37)	The Visitor	Overture Films	Comedy	$2,733	-8.26%	27	$101	$9,396,197	162
-	(44)	The Fall	Roadside Attractions	Adventure	$2,208	+998.51%	6	$368	$2,265,807	134
-	(40)	American Teen	Paramount Vantage	Documentary	$1,749	-10.72%	23	$76	$936,746	57
-	(42)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$868	-12.94%	4	$217	$712,172	29
-	(33)	Everybody Wants To Be Italian	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$846	-81.77%	8	$106	$341,697	15

Chart certified: 9/27/2008