The Top Movies of Thursday, October 9, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,937,268	+56.84%	3,215	$603	$35,030,233	7
2	(2)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,343,993	+11.79%	3,516	$382	$59,496,217	14
3	(3)	Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist	Sony Pictures	Drama	$802,850	+3.99%	2,421	$332	$14,310,234	7
4	(4)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$682,404	-4.06%	2,702	$253	$27,755,900	14
5	(5)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Drama	$486,139	-1.34%	1,045	$465	$7,546,304	21
6	(8)	Fireproof	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$368,360	+18.47%	852	$432	$13,734,828	14
7	(6)	Burn After Reading	Focus Features	Black Comedy	$367,075	-4.08%	2,397	$153	$53,081,752	28
8	(7)	Lakeview Terrace	Sony/Screen Gems	Thriller/Suspense	$356,465	+3.53%	2,574	$138	$33,547,085	21
9	(9)	Religulous	Lionsgate	Documentary	$287,971		502	$574	$4,509,177	9
10	(10)	An American Carol	Vivendi Entertainment	Comedy	$222,000	-3.48%	1,639	$135	$4,576,000	7
11	(11)	My Best Friend's Girl	Lionsgate	Comedy	$170,835	+0.68%	1,702	$100	$18,268,370	21
12	(13)	Miracle at St. Anna	Buena Vista	Drama	$160,911	-0.84%	1,185	$136	$6,961,779	14
13	(15)	Blindness	Miramax	Thriller/Suspense	$159,150	-0.29%	1,690	$94	$2,586,666	7
14	(14)	Righteous Kill	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$158,152	-2.48%	1,789	$88	$38,321,412	28
15	(12)	Flash of Genius	Universal	Drama	$153,445	-6.94%	1,098	$140	$2,877,010	7
16	(16)	How to Lose Friends & Alienate People	MGM	Comedy	$151,250	+2.80%	1,750	$86	$2,018,026	7
17	(18)	Igor	MGM	Comedy	$148,160	+51.09%	2,332	$64	$17,513,444	21
-	(17)	Ghost Town	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$130,216	+6.07%	1,456	$89	$11,997,819	21
-	(21)	The Family That Preys	Lionsgate	Comedy	$102,991	+17.14%	933	$110	$35,565,122	28
-	(19)	The Duchess	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$97,844	+1.80%	127	$770	$2,298,220	21
-	(22)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$94,112	+11.17%	663	$142	$526,162,586	84
-	(20)	The Women	PictureHouse	Comedy	$85,362	-3.89%	1,139	$75	$26,259,127	28
-	(23)	Choke	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$59,846	-3.76%	432	$139	$2,556,641	14
-	(24)	Mamma Mia!	Universal	Musical	$38,145	+5.59%	382	$100	$142,863,095	84
-	(26)	Tropic Thunder	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$28,941	+3.66%	485	$60	$109,580,997	58
-	(25)	RocknRolla	Warner Bros.	Action	$25,758	-22.24%	7	$3,680	$58,885	2
-	(27)	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$16,011	+8.00%	210	$76	$100,161,530	91
-	(28)	Death Race	Universal	Action	$14,505	+8.29%	266	$55	$35,995,330	49
-	(29)	Get Smart	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$12,596	+15.93%	265	$48	$130,091,364	112
-	(30)	Kung Fu Panda	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$12,032	+32.60%	250	$48	$215,434,591	126
-	(33)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$10,034	+46.78%	10	$1,003	$36,502,762	952
-	(31)	Mirrors	20th Century Fox	Horror	$9,717	+7.68%	203	$48	$30,453,643	56
-	(32)	Space Chimps	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$7,584	+7.21%	232	$33	$29,968,680	84
-	(34)	Babylon A.D.	20th Century Fox	Action	$6,979	+9.17%	155	$45	$22,361,714	42
-	(35)	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$6,256	+18.84%	128	$49	$316,979,453	141
-	(36)	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$5,998	+52.97%	166	$36	$34,871,515	56
-	(37)	Towelhead	Warner Independent	Drama	$2,827	-7.55%	38	$74	$361,748	28
-	(38)	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$2,282	-22.64%	80	$29	$43,916,103	65
-	(39)	Beer for My Horses	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$1,278	+17.03%	37	$35	$642,772	63
-	(40)	Kit Kittredge: An American Girl	PictureHouse	Drama	$915	+51.74%	31	$30	$17,657,973	112
-	(42)	All Roads Lead Home	Waldo West Productions	Drama	$442	+16.93%	13	$34	$43,905	14
-	(41)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$266	-37.56%	3	$89	$724,832	49
-	(43)	The Fall	Roadside Attractions	Adventure	$99	+37.50%	4	$25	$2,273,064	154
-	(44)	Everybody Wants To Be Italian	Roadside Attractions	Comedy		-100.00%	1		$345,471	35