The Top Movies of Friday, December 12, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Action	$11,614,781		3,560	$3,263	$11,614,781	1
2	(1)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$4,181,238	+209.20%	3,540	$1,181	$78,882,742	17
3	(2)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$2,578,934	+179.82%	3,649	$707	$144,673,629	22
4	(5)	Bolt	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,733,936	+253.90%	3,133	$553	$83,118,659	22
5	(3)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$1,243,015	+87.93%	2,703	$460	$34,840,991	17
6	(new)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$1,154,103		1,671	$691	$1,154,103	1
7	(4)	Quantum of Solace	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,096,288	+89.39%	2,635	$416	$154,963,998	29
8	(8)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$717,242	+172.16%	2,768	$259	$167,473,405	36
9	(11)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$716,250	+293.88%	328	$2,184	$5,708,588	17
10	(6)	Transporter 3	Lionsgate	Action	$689,868	+96.10%	2,541	$271	$27,715,727	17
11	(12)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$559,817	+295.72%	169	$3,313	$6,433,063	31
12	(9)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$490,250	+97.22%	1,325	$370	$63,080,090	36
13	(10)	Cadillac Records	Sony Pictures	Drama	$439,108	+134.69%	688	$638	$4,763,193	8
14	(7)	Punisher: War Zone	Lionsgate	Action	$399,261	+35.58%	2,508	$159	$6,026,790	8
15	(13)	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Miramax	Drama	$193,001	+78.26%	679	$284	$7,270,598	36
-	(18)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$166,866	+960.41%	39	$4,279	$414,325	8
-	(new)	Delgo	Freestyle Releasing	Adventure	$130,000		2,160	$60	$130,000	1
-	(new)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$74,663		6	$12,444	$74,663	1
-	(14)	The Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$70,550	+21.20%	393	$180	$34,975,317	50
-	(19)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$58,965	+474.82%	320	$184	$100,500,534	78
-	(16)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$47,908	+111.48%	26	$1,843	$570,735	1,494
-	(15)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$31,996	+16.57%	271	$118	$37,126,602	57
-	(17)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$31,498	+85.25%	205	$154	$530,642,871	148
-	(24)	Max Payne	20th Century Fox	Action	$15,491	+179.57%	121	$128	$40,559,306	57
-	(23)	Burn After Reading	Focus Features	Black Comedy	$10,348	+74.97%	57	$182	$60,279,447	92
-	(34)	My Name is Bruce	Image Entertainment	Horror	$9,948	+6,808.33%	2	$4,974	$164,774	43
-	(27)	RocknRolla	Warner Bros.	Action	$8,987	+170.94%	123	$73	$5,645,665	66
-	(22)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$6,804	+12.69%	37	$184	$38,998,181	64
-	(28)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$5,975	+80.79%	10	$598	$37,072,390	1,016
-	(25)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$5,379	-0.63%	65	$83	$20,017,393	85
-	(30)	City of Ember	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$4,840	+183.87%	63	$77	$7,795,356	64
-	(29)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,383	-19.49%	23	$104	$41,568,656	78
-	(26)	Righteous Kill	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$1,440	-64.74%	36	$40	$40,073,244	92
-	(re-entry)	Hounddog	Empire Pictures	Drama	$631		2	$316	$128,778	85
-	(36)	House	Roadside Attractions	Horror	$613	+775.71%	11	$56	$571,636	36
-	(31)	Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom	Logo Features	Romantic Comedy	$515	-59.32%	2	$258	$531,014	50
-	(33)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$455	+2.71%	5	$91	$809,344	113

Chart certified: 12/20/2008