The Top Movies of Friday, October 3, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Buena Vista	Comedy	$8,001,448		3,215	$2,489	$8,001,448	1
2	(1)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$5,439,686	+252.50%	3,516	$1,547	$42,344,390	8
3	(new)	Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist	Sony Pictures	Drama	$4,401,015		2,421	$1,818	$4,401,015	1
4	(2)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,426,443	+161.42%	2,702	$898	$20,146,367	8
5	(26)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,651,027	+11,733.62%	1,045	$1,580	$2,205,884	15
6	(3)	Lakeview Terrace	Sony/Screen Gems	Thriller/Suspense	$1,352,894	+221.01%	2,574	$526	$28,992,922	15
7	(4)	Burn After Reading	Focus Features	Black Comedy	$1,262,603	+212.83%	2,397	$527	$48,820,577	22
8	(5)	Fireproof	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$1,262,106	+236.56%	852	$1,481	$9,684,813	8
9	(new)	An American Carol	Vivendi Entertainment	Comedy	$1,225,000		1,639	$747	$1,225,000	1
10	(new)	Religulous	Lionsgate	Documentary	$1,106,967		502	$2,205	$1,125,957	3
11	(new)	Flash of Genius	Universal	Drama	$719,225		1,098	$655	$719,225	1
12	(new)	Blindness	Miramax	Thriller/Suspense	$672,840		1,690	$398	$672,840	1
13	(6)	My Best Friend's Girl	Lionsgate	Comedy	$523,642	+52.92%	1,702	$308	$16,571,325	15
14	(9)	Miracle at St. Anna	Buena Vista	Drama	$516,037	+144.47%	1,185	$435	$5,109,427	8
15	(7)	Righteous Kill	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$489,543	+60.28%	1,789	$274	$36,575,624	22
16	(new)	How to Lose Friends & Alienate People	MGM	Comedy	$471,330		1,750	$269	$471,330	1
-	(12)	Ghost Town	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$448,501	+169.87%	1,456	$308	$10,505,351	15
-	(10)	The Family That Preys	Lionsgate	Comedy	$428,877	+145.32%	933	$460	$34,030,655	22
-	(11)	Igor	MGM	Comedy	$375,160	+114.80%	2,332	$161	$15,709,252	15
-	(18)	The Duchess	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$238,116	+430.82%	127	$1,875	$1,294,912	15
-	(8)	The Women	PictureHouse	Comedy	$232,158	-11.83%	1,139	$204	$25,423,439	22
-	(13)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$231,094	+79.00%	663	$349	$525,234,268	78
-	(14)	Choke	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$176,521	+88.28%	432	$409	$1,984,855	8
-	(15)	Tropic Thunder	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$102,000	+23.84%	485	$210	$109,247,569	52
-	(17)	Mamma Mia!	Universal	Musical	$82,130	+42.43%	382	$215	$142,521,575	78
-	(19)	Death Race	Universal	Action	$47,880	+42.65%	266	$180	$35,826,520	43
-	(23)	Get Smart	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$47,205	+129.09%	265	$178	$129,940,271	106
-	(20)	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$46,251	+45.82%	210	$220	$99,969,407	85
-	(27)	Kung Fu Panda	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$36,902	+184.12%	250	$148	$215,288,122	120
-	(24)	Mirrors	20th Century Fox	Horror	$36,352	+93.30%	203	$179	$30,329,986	50
-	(25)	Babylon A.D.	20th Century Fox	Action	$30,016	+105.63%	155	$194	$22,260,713	36
-	(29)	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$23,397	+155.57%	128	$183	$316,908,269	135
-	(31)	Space Chimps	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$23,291	+211.09%	232	$100	$29,864,262	78
-	(28)	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$14,651	+54.24%	166	$88	$34,801,083	50
-	(32)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$8,579	+27.34%	10	$858	$36,437,677	946
-	(33)	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$7,102	+19.44%	80	$89	$43,887,487	59
-	(30)	Towelhead	Warner Independent	Drama	$7,056	-22.37%	38	$186	$333,757	22
-	(36)	Beer for My Horses	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$4,305	+174.20%	37	$116	$626,968	57
-	(37)	Kit Kittredge: An American Girl	PictureHouse	Drama	$2,034	+69.92%	53	$38	$17,648,975	106
-	(39)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$1,224	+911.57%	3	$408	$721,190	43
-	(new)	All Roads Lead Home	Waldo West Productions	Drama	$695		15	$46	$39,925	8
-	(40)	The Fall	Roadside Attractions	Adventure	$192	+357.14%	4	$48	$2,271,650	148
-	(41)	Everybody Wants To Be Italian	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$50	+138.10%	1	$50	$345,363	29

Chart certified: 10/10/2008