The Top Movies of Wednesday, December 10, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,336,195	-2.22%	3,335	$401	$73,349,206	15
2	(2)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$909,301	-1.79%	3,620	$251	$141,173,059	20
3	(3)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$672,517	-6.65%	2,721	$247	$32,936,547	15
4	(4)	Quantum of Solace	Sony Pictures	Action	$568,128	-0.72%	3,423	$166	$153,288,844	27
5	(5)	Bolt	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$481,910	-0.77%	3,516	$137	$80,894,777	20
6	(6)	Transporter 3	Lionsgate	Action	$360,093	-6.72%	2,626	$137	$26,674,071	15
7	(7)	Punisher: War Zone	Lionsgate	Action	$316,085	-11.95%	2,508	$126	$5,333,049	6
8	(8)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$259,696	+1.79%	3,317	$78	$166,492,622	34
9	(9)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$246,995	+3.34%	1,907	$130	$62,341,265	34
10	(10)	Cadillac Records	Sony Pictures	Drama	$205,454	-9.74%	687	$299	$4,136,987	6
11	(11)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$181,090	+0.53%	99	$1,829	$4,810,493	15
12	(12)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$139,154	+4.48%	78	$1,784	$5,731,777	29
13	(13)	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Miramax	Drama	$113,511	+10.42%	678	$167	$6,969,328	34
-	(14)	Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$54,150	-6.45%	681	$80	$34,846,557	48
-	(15)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$26,790	+8.52%	432	$62	$37,067,159	55
-	(18)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$23,832	+41.40%	26	$917	$500,173	1,492
-	(16)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$17,528	-1.00%	269	$65	$530,594,370	146
-	(17)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$16,476	-6.00%	3	$5,492	$231,723	6
-	(19)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$8,372	-11.41%	205	$41	$100,431,311	76
-	(20)	Pride and Glory	Warner Bros.	Drama	$8,149	+1.99%	180	$45	$15,733,062	48
-	(21)	The Duchess	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$6,502	+0.63%	135	$48	$13,842,094	83
-	(22)	Burn After Reading	Focus Features	Black Comedy	$5,702	-6.28%	78	$73	$60,263,185	90
-	(23)	Max Payne	20th Century Fox	Action	$5,582	-4.24%	145	$38	$40,538,274	55
-	(25)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$4,939	-3.99%	44	$112	$38,985,339	62
-	(24)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$4,557	-13.87%	104	$44	$20,006,601	83
-	(26)	Righteous Kill	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$4,334	-5.21%	89	$49	$40,067,720	90
-	(27)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$3,684	-9.17%	10	$368	$37,063,110	1,014
-	(28)	RocknRolla	Warner Bros.	Action	$3,491	-6.98%	36	$97	$5,633,361	64
-	(30)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,407	+4.97%	45	$53	$41,563,313	76
-	(29)	City of Ember	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,920	-31.21%	83	$23	$7,788,811	62
-	(31)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$1,188	-19.98%	3	$396	$54,068	41
-	(32)	Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom	Logo Features	Romantic Comedy	$1,008	-5.53%	5	$202	$529,233	48
-	(33)	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$548	+3.98%	41	$13	$101,703,603	153
-	(35)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$188	+36.23%	2	$94	$808,446	111
-	(34)	My Name is Bruce	Image Entertainment	Horror	$101	-32.67%	1	$101	$154,682	41
-	(37)	The First Basket	Laemmle/Zeller Film	Documentary	$53	-5.36%	1	$53	$20,349	43
-	(36)	House	Roadside Attractions	Horror	$45	-33.82%	2	$23	$570,953	34

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