The Top Movies of Friday, December 5, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$5,752,216	+261.96%	3,335	$1,725	$58,414,908	10
2	(2)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$4,553,665	+232.65%	3,620	$1,258	$129,909,011	15
3	(5)	Bolt	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$2,439,111	+287.26%	3,516	$694	$72,024,384	15
4	(3)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$2,248,686	+154.86%	2,721	$826	$26,117,522	10
5	(4)	Quantum of Solace	Sony Pictures	Action	$2,178,688	+167.61%	3,423	$636	$147,046,432	22
6	(new)	Punisher: War Zone	Lionsgate	Action	$1,665,020		2,508	$664	$1,665,020	1
7	(6)	Transporter 3	Lionsgate	Action	$1,533,067	+170.59%	2,626	$584	$22,413,623	10
8	(7)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,262,859	+272.81%	3,317	$381	$161,837,591	29
9	(new)	Cadillac Records	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,211,421		687	$1,763	$1,211,421	1
10	(8)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$896,295	+191.96%	1,907	$470	$59,939,640	29
11	(9)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$505,184	+307.70%	99	$5,103	$2,954,735	10
12	(11)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$379,451	+271.29%	78	$4,865	$4,316,785	24
13	(10)	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Miramax	Drama	$303,189	+165.85%	678	$447	$5,929,433	29
14	(12)	Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$150,125	+86.36%	681	$220	$34,332,502	43
-	(new)	Nobel Son	Freestyle Releasing	Thriller/Suspense	$120,000		893	$134	$120,000	1
-	(13)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$60,591	+93.65%	432	$140	$36,837,539	50
-	(14)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$53,245	+108.17%	269	$198	$530,406,712	141
-	(new)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$49,717		3	$16,572	$49,717	1
-	(16)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$38,266	+174.17%	205	$187	$100,329,691	71
-	(15)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$31,984	+112.25%	26	$1,230	$324,440	1,487
-	(27)	Pride and Glory	Warner Bros.	Drama	$17,645	+977.89%	180	$98	$15,672,393	43
-	(19)	Max Payne	20th Century Fox	Action	$17,206	+166.02%	145	$119	$40,483,298	50
-	(re-entry)	Burn After Reading	Focus Features	Black Comedy	$14,598		78	$187	$60,214,171	85
-	(21)	The Duchess	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$14,445	+159.06%	135	$107	$13,793,502	78
-	(20)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$13,260	+136.45%	104	$128	$19,964,553	78
-	(18)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$11,671	+41.52%	44	$265	$38,944,607	57
-	(22)	RocknRolla	Warner Bros.	Action	$7,937	+97.14%	36	$220	$5,605,664	59
-	(17)	Righteous Kill	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$7,329	-34.49%	89	$82	$40,041,048	85
-	(25)	City of Ember	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$7,105	+162.56%	83	$86	$7,760,869	57
-	(re-entry)	My Name is Bruce	Image Entertainment	Horror	$5,380		1	$5,380	$142,508	36
-	(23)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$5,089	+50.16%	45	$113	$41,546,250	71
-	(24)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$4,304	+34.75%	10	$430	$37,038,639	1,009
-	(29)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$3,001	+179.12%	3	$1,000	$43,540	36
-	(28)	Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom	Logo Features	Romantic Comedy	$2,312	+100.00%	5	$462	$519,517	43
-	(30)	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,779	+136.25%	41	$43	$101,695,308	148
-	(re-entry)	Hounddog	Empire Pictures	Drama	$1,632		3	$544	$124,336	78
-	(31)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$521	+196.02%	2	$261	$806,615	106
-	(32)	House	Roadside Attractions	Horror	$242	+240.85%	3	$81	$570,384	29
-	(re-entry)	The First Basket	Laemmle/Zeller Film	Documentary	$128		1	$128	$19,643	38

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