The Top Movies of Saturday, December 13, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$11,920,581	+2.63%	3,560	$3,348	$23,535,362	2
2	(2)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$5,846,153	+39.82%	3,540	$1,651	$84,728,895	18
3	(4)	Bolt	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$3,564,812	+105.59%	3,133	$1,138	$86,683,471	23
4	(3)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$3,391,784	+31.52%	3,649	$930	$148,065,413	23
5	(5)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$1,853,992	+49.15%	2,703	$686	$36,694,983	18
6	(7)	Quantum of Solace	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,708,736	+55.87%	2,635	$648	$156,672,734	30
7	(8)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,537,561	+114.37%	2,768	$555	$169,010,966	37
8	(6)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$1,435,796	+24.41%	1,671	$859	$2,589,899	2
9	(9)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$1,134,058	+58.33%	328	$3,457	$6,842,646	18
10	(10)	Transporter 3	Lionsgate	Action	$1,029,791	+49.27%	2,541	$405	$28,745,518	18
11	(11)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$973,585	+73.91%	169	$5,761	$7,406,648	32
12	(13)	Cadillac Records	Sony Pictures	Drama	$719,867	+63.94%	688	$1,046	$5,483,060	9
13	(12)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$669,125	+36.49%	1,325	$505	$63,749,215	37
14	(14)	Punisher: War Zone	Lionsgate	Action	$572,852	+43.48%	2,508	$228	$6,599,642	9
15	(15)	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Miramax	Drama	$304,592	+57.82%	679	$449	$7,575,190	37
-	(16)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$285,132	+70.87%	39	$7,311	$699,457	9
-	(19)	Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$113,775	+61.27%	393	$290	$35,089,092	51
-	(18)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$112,984	+51.33%	6	$18,831	$187,647	2
-	(21)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$92,415	+92.90%	26	$3,554	$663,150	1,495
-	(20)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$88,377	+49.88%	320	$276	$100,588,911	79
-	(23)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$53,745	+70.63%	205	$262	$530,696,616	149
-	(22)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$50,225	+56.97%	271	$185	$37,176,827	58
-	(24)	Max Payne	20th Century Fox	Action	$19,265	+24.36%	121	$159	$40,578,571	58
-	(25)	Burn After Reading	Focus Features	Black Comedy	$14,116	+36.41%	57	$248	$60,293,563	93
-	(27)	RocknRolla	Warner Bros.	Action	$11,392	+26.76%	123	$93	$5,657,057	67
-	(28)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$10,991	+61.54%	37	$297	$39,009,172	65
-	(30)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$8,344	+55.12%	65	$128	$20,025,737	86
-	(29)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$7,997	+33.84%	10	$800	$37,080,387	1,017
-	(31)	City of Ember	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$7,731	+59.73%	63	$123	$7,803,087	65
-	(re-entry)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$6,312	+40.38%	4	$1,578	$66,282	44
-	(26)	My Name is Bruce	Image Entertainment	Horror	$4,731	-52.44%	2	$2,366	$169,505	44
-	(32)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$3,229	+35.50%	23	$140	$41,571,885	79
-	(33)	Righteous Kill	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$2,087	+44.93%	36	$58	$40,075,331	93
-	(35)	House	Roadside Attractions	Horror	$1,021	+66.56%	11	$93	$572,657	37
-	(34)	Hounddog	Empire Pictures	Drama	$920	+45.80%	2	$460	$129,698	86
-	(36)	Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom	Logo Features	Romantic Comedy	$423	-17.86%	2	$212	$531,437	51
-	(37)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$263	-42.20%	5	$53	$809,607	114

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