The Top Movies of Monday, December 8, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,228,377	-69.55%	3,335	$368	$70,646,547	13
2	(2)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$935,827	-70.30%	3,620	$259	$139,337,895	18
3	(4)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$624,505	-66.59%	2,721	$230	$31,543,602	13
4	(3)	Bolt	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$545,779	-81.42%	3,516	$155	$79,927,201	18
5	(5)	Quantum of Solace	Sony Pictures	Action	$528,339	-68.06%	3,423	$154	$152,148,473	25
6	(8)	Punisher: War Zone	Lionsgate	Action	$386,547	-65.80%	2,508	$154	$4,657,998	4
7	(7)	Transporter 3	Lionsgate	Action	$378,471	-69.83%	2,626	$144	$25,927,925	13
8	(6)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$323,936	-78.28%	3,317	$98	$165,977,788	32
9	(9)	Cadillac Records	Sony Pictures	Drama	$258,348	-69.37%	687	$376	$3,703,907	4
10	(10)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$237,450	-62.27%	1,907	$125	$61,855,255	32
11	(11)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$164,805	-71.46%	99	$1,665	$4,449,270	13
12	(12)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$119,927	-71.20%	78	$1,538	$5,459,437	27
13	(13)	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Miramax	Drama	$95,741	-67.18%	678	$141	$6,753,021	32
14	(14)	Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$51,075	-62.57%	681	$75	$34,734,522	46
-	(15)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$21,266	-65.20%	432	$49	$37,015,683	53
-	(17)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$18,252	-65.50%	269	$68	$530,559,137	144
-	(16)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$17,011	-69.21%	3	$5,670	$197,719	4
-	(18)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$10,568	-79.28%	26	$406	$459,487	1,490
-	(19)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$8,890	-66.79%	205	$43	$100,413,489	74
-	(20)	Pride and Glory	Warner Bros.	Drama	$7,538	-54.56%	180	$42	$15,716,923	46
-	(23)	Burn After Reading	Focus Features	Black Comedy	$6,412	-41.71%	78	$82	$60,251,399	88
-	(22)	The Duchess	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$5,390	-53.42%	135	$40	$13,829,131	81
-	(21)	Max Payne	20th Century Fox	Action	$5,193	-67.29%	145	$36	$40,526,863	53
-	(24)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$5,137	-51.40%	104	$49	$19,996,753	81
-	(25)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$4,877	-50.85%	44	$111	$38,975,256	60
-	(30)	Righteous Kill	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$4,187	-19.85%	89	$47	$40,058,814	88
-	(27)	RocknRolla	Warner Bros.	Action	$3,321	-52.99%	36	$92	$5,626,117	62
-	(26)	City of Ember	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$2,475	-71.48%	83	$30	$7,784,100	60
-	(28)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$2,448	-57.94%	10	$245	$37,055,370	1,012
-	(31)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,029	-50.14%	45	$45	$41,558,613	74
-	(re-entry)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$1,073	-58.90%	3	$358	$51,396	39
-	(33)	Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom	Logo Features	Romantic Comedy	$899	-67.74%	5	$180	$527,158	46
-	(32)	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$468	-84.51%	41	$11	$101,702,528	151
-	(35)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$314	-34.58%	2	$157	$808,120	109
-	(29)	My Name is Bruce	Image Entertainment	Horror	$89	-98.33%	1	$89	$154,431	39
-	(36)	The First Basket	Laemmle/Zeller Film	Documentary	$70	-76.74%	1	$70	$20,240	41
-	(37)	House	Roadside Attractions	Horror	$50	-61.83%	2	$25	$570,840	32

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