The Top Movies of Thursday, December 11, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,352,298	+1.21%	3,335	$405	$74,701,504	16
2	(2)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$921,636	+1.36%	3,620	$255	$142,094,695	21
3	(3)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$661,429	-1.65%	2,721	$243	$33,597,976	16
4	(4)	Quantum of Solace	Sony Pictures	Action	$578,866	+1.89%	3,423	$169	$153,867,710	28
5	(5)	Bolt	Buena Vista	Comedy	$489,946	+1.67%	3,516	$139	$81,384,723	21
6	(6)	Transporter 3	Lionsgate	Action	$351,788	-2.31%	2,626	$134	$27,025,859	16
7	(7)	Punisher: War Zone	Lionsgate	Action	$294,480	-6.84%	2,508	$117	$5,627,529	7
8	(8)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$263,541	+1.48%	3,317	$79	$166,756,163	35
9	(9)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$248,575	+0.64%	1,907	$130	$62,589,840	35
10	(10)	Cadillac Records	Sony Pictures	Drama	$187,098	-8.93%	687	$272	$4,324,085	7
11	(11)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$181,845	+0.42%	99	$1,837	$4,992,338	16
12	(12)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$141,469	+1.66%	78	$1,814	$5,873,246	30
13	(13)	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Miramax	Drama	$108,269	-4.62%	678	$160	$7,077,597	35
-	(14)	The Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$58,210	+7.50%	681	$85	$34,904,767	49
-	(15)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$27,447	+2.45%	432	$64	$37,094,606	56
-	(16)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$22,654	-4.94%	26	$871	$522,827	1,493
-	(17)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$17,003	-3.00%	269	$63	$530,611,373	147
-	(18)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$15,736	-4.49%	3	$5,245	$247,459	7
-	(19)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$10,258	+22.53%	205	$50	$100,441,569	77
-	(20)	Pride and Glory	Warner Bros.	Drama	$7,659	-6.01%	180	$43	$15,740,721	49
-	(21)	The Duchess	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$6,884	+5.88%	135	$51	$13,848,978	84
-	(24)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$6,038	+22.25%	44	$137	$38,991,377	63
-	(22)	Burn After Reading	Focus Features	Black Comedy	$5,914	+3.72%	78	$76	$60,269,099	91
-	(23)	Max Payne	20th Century Fox	Action	$5,541	-0.73%	145	$38	$40,543,815	56
-	(25)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$5,413	+18.78%	104	$52	$20,012,014	84
-	(26)	Righteous Kill	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$4,084	-5.77%	89	$46	$40,071,804	91
-	(28)	RocknRolla	Warner Bros.	Action	$3,317	-4.98%	36	$92	$5,636,678	65
-	(27)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$3,305	-10.29%	10	$331	$37,066,415	1,015
-	(29)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,960	+22.97%	45	$66	$41,566,273	77
-	(30)	City of Ember	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,705	-11.20%	83	$21	$7,790,516	63
-	(31)	Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom	Logo Features	Romantic Comedy	$1,266	+25.60%	5	$253	$530,499	49
-	(32)	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$767	+39.96%	41	$19	$101,704,370	154
-	(33)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$443	+135.64%	2	$222	$808,889	112
-	(34)	My Name is Bruce	Image Entertainment	Horror	$144	+42.57%	1	$144	$154,826	42
-	(35)	The First Basket	Laemmle/Zeller Film		$91	+71.70%	1	$91	$20,440	44
-	(36)	House	Roadside Attractions	Horror	$70	+55.56%	2	$35	$571,023	35