The Top Movies of Tuesday, December 9, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,366,464	+11.24%	3,335	$410	$72,013,011	14
2	(2)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$925,863	-1.06%	3,620	$256	$140,263,758	19
3	(3)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$720,428	+15.36%	2,721	$265	$32,264,030	14
4	(5)	Quantum of Solace	Sony Pictures	Action	$572,243	+8.31%	3,423	$167	$152,720,716	26
5	(4)	Bolt	Buena Vista	Comedy	$485,666	-11.01%	3,516	$138	$80,412,867	19
6	(7)	Transporter 3	Lionsgate	Action	$386,053	+2.00%	2,626	$147	$26,313,978	14
7	(6)	Punisher: War Zone	Lionsgate	Action	$358,966	-7.14%	2,508	$143	$5,016,964	5
8	(8)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$255,138	-21.24%	3,317	$77	$166,232,926	33
9	(10)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$239,015	+0.66%	1,907	$125	$62,094,270	33
10	(9)	Cadillac Records	Sony Pictures	Drama	$227,626	-11.89%	687	$331	$3,931,533	5
11	(11)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$180,133	+9.30%	99	$1,820	$4,629,403	14
12	(12)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$133,186	+11.06%	78	$1,708	$5,592,623	28
13	(13)	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Miramax	Drama	$102,796	+7.37%	678	$152	$6,855,817	33
-	(14)	The Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$57,885	+13.33%	681	$85	$34,792,407	47
-	(15)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$24,686	+16.08%	432	$57	$37,040,369	54
-	(16)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$17,705	-3.00%	269	$66	$530,576,842	145
-	(17)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$17,528	+3.04%	3	$5,843	$215,247	5
-	(18)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$16,854	+59.48%	26	$648	$476,341	1,491
-	(19)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$9,450	+6.30%	205	$46	$100,422,939	75
-	(20)	Pride and Glory	Warner Bros.	Drama	$7,990	+6.00%	180	$44	$15,724,913	47
-	(22)	The Duchess	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$6,461	+19.87%	135	$48	$13,835,592	82
-	(21)	Burn After Reading	Focus Features	Black Comedy	$6,084	-5.12%	78	$78	$60,257,483	89
-	(23)	Max Payne	20th Century Fox	Action	$5,829	+12.25%	145	$40	$40,532,692	54
-	(24)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$5,291	+3.00%	104	$51	$20,002,044	82
-	(25)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$5,144	+5.47%	44	$117	$38,980,400	61
-	(26)	Righteous Kill	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$4,572	+9.20%	89	$51	$40,063,386	89
-	(29)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$4,056	+65.69%	10	$406	$37,059,426	1,013
-	(27)	RocknRolla	Warner Bros.	Action	$3,753	+13.01%	36	$104	$5,629,870	63
-	(28)	City of Ember	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$2,791	+12.77%	83	$34	$7,786,891	61
-	(30)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,293	+13.01%	45	$51	$41,560,906	75
-	(31)	Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom	Logo Features	Romantic Comedy	$1,067	+18.69%	5	$213	$528,225	47
-	(32)	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$527	+12.61%	41	$13	$101,703,055	152
-	(34)	My Name is Bruce	Image Entertainment	Horror	$150	+68.54%	1	$150	$154,581	40
-	(33)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$138	-56.05%	2	$69	$808,258	110
-	(36)	House	Roadside Attractions	Horror	$68	+36.00%	2	$34	$570,908	33
-	(35)	The First Basket	Laemmle/Zeller Film		$56	-20.00%	1	$56	$20,296	42