The Top Movies of Thursday, December 4, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,589,207	+1.98%	3,310	$480	$52,662,692	9
2	(2)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$1,368,897	+3.06%	3,425	$400	$125,355,346	14
3	(3)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$882,333	-2.64%	2,617	$337	$23,868,836	9
4	(4)	Quantum of Solace	Sony Pictures	Action	$814,141	-1.28%	3,501	$233	$144,867,744	21
5	(5)	Bolt	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$629,833	+3.46%	3,654	$172	$69,585,273	14
6	(6)	Transporter 3	Lionsgate	Action	$566,558	-5.66%	2,626	$216	$20,880,556	9
7	(7)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$338,738	+2.16%	3,709	$91	$160,574,732	28
8	(8)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$306,995	+3.54%	2,195	$140	$59,043,345	28
9	(9)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$123,912	-2.34%	36	$3,442	$2,449,551	9
10	(10)	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Miramax	Drama	$114,046	-2.41%	582	$196	$5,626,244	28
11	(11)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$102,198	+1.93%	49	$2,086	$3,937,334	23
12	(12)	Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$80,555	+0.15%	1,010	$80	$34,182,377	42
-	(14)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$31,289	-7.79%	476	$66	$36,776,948	49
-	(16)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$25,578	+4.43%	305	$84	$530,353,467	140
-	(19)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$15,069	+37.10%	21	$718	$292,456	1,486
-	(17)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$13,957	-2.06%	325	$43	$100,291,425	70
-	(18)	Righteous Kill	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$11,187	-2.02%	197	$57	$40,033,719	84
-	(20)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$8,247	-2.93%	80	$103	$38,932,936	56
-	(21)	Max Payne	20th Century Fox	Action	$6,468	-0.55%	159	$41	$40,466,092	49
-	(22)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$5,608	-1.99%	110	$51	$19,951,293	77
-	(23)	The Duchess	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$5,576	+15.80%	78	$71	$13,779,057	77
-	(24)	RocknRolla	Warner Bros.	Action	$4,026	-7.00%	40	$101	$5,597,727	58
-	(26)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$3,389	-0.99%	73	$46	$41,541,161	70
-	(25)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$3,194	-11.91%	9	$355	$37,034,335	1,008
-	(27)	City of Ember	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$2,706	+28.25%	111	$24	$7,753,764	56
-	(29)	Sex Drive	Summit Entertainment	Comedy	$1,658	+29.13%	52	$32	$8,402,485	49
-	(30)	Pride and Glory	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,637	+29.71%	30	$55	$15,654,748	42
-	(28)	Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom	Logo Features	Romantic Comedy	$1,156	-12.95%	4	$289	$517,205	42
-	(31)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$1,075	+14.85%	2	$538	$40,539	35
-	(32)	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$753	-12.34%	51	$15	$101,693,529	147
-	(33)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$176	-48.99%	5	$35	$806,094	105
-	(34)	House	Roadside Attractions	Horror	$71	-61.41%	3	$24	$570,142	28

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