The Top Movies of Sunday, December 14, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$6,944,791	-41.74%	3,560	$1,951	$30,480,153	3
2	(2)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$3,047,079	-47.88%	3,540	$861	$87,775,974	19
3	(3)	Bolt	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$2,165,534	-39.25%	3,133	$691	$88,849,005	24
4	(4)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$1,980,413	-41.61%	3,649	$543	$150,045,826	24
5	(5)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$1,072,270	-42.16%	2,703	$397	$37,767,253	19
6	(8)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$941,765	-34.41%	1,671	$564	$3,531,664	3
7	(7)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$926,428	-39.75%	2,768	$335	$169,937,394	38
8	(6)	Quantum of Solace	Sony Pictures	Action	$910,498	-46.72%	2,635	$346	$157,583,232	31
9	(9)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$748,330	-34.01%	328	$2,281	$7,590,976	19
10	(11)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$642,116	-34.05%	169	$3,800	$8,048,764	33
11	(10)	Transporter 3	Lionsgate	Action	$631,570	-38.67%	2,541	$249	$29,377,088	19
12	(12)	Cadillac Records	Sony Pictures	Drama	$426,432	-40.76%	688	$620	$5,909,492	10
13	(14)	Punisher: War Zone	Lionsgate	Action	$411,785	-28.12%	2,508	$164	$7,011,427	10
14	(13)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$384,250	-42.57%	1,325	$290	$64,133,465	38
15	(15)	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Miramax	Drama	$187,872	-38.32%	679	$277	$7,763,062	38
-	(16)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$174,379	-38.84%	39	$4,471	$873,836	10
-	(18)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$84,073	-25.59%	6	$14,012	$271,720	3
-	(17)	Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$72,515	-36.26%	393	$185	$35,161,607	52
-	(19)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$72,489	-21.56%	26	$2,788	$179,821,179	1,496
-	(20)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$50,793	-42.53%	320	$159	$100,639,704	80
-	(22)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$31,840	-36.61%	271	$117	$37,208,667	59
-	(21)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$27,010	-49.74%	205	$132	$530,723,626	150
-	(23)	Max Payne	20th Century Fox	Action	$10,978	-43.02%	121	$91	$40,589,549	59
-	(25)	RocknRolla	Warner Bros.	Action	$8,245	-27.62%	123	$67	$5,665,302	68
-	(24)	Burn After Reading	Focus Features	Black Comedy	$8,017	-43.21%	57	$141	$60,301,580	94
-	(26)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$6,381	-41.94%	37	$172	$39,015,553	66
-	(re-entry)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$5,097	-19.26%	4	$1,274	$71,378	45
-	(27)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$5,066	-39.29%	65	$78	$20,030,803	87
-	(28)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$5,056	-36.78%	10	$506	$37,085,443	1,018
-	(29)	City of Ember	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$4,189	-45.82%	63	$66	$7,807,276	66
-	(31)	My Name is Bruce	Image Entertainment	Horror	$3,559	-24.77%	2	$1,780	$173,066	45
-	(32)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,028	-37.19%	23	$88	$41,573,913	80
-	(33)	Righteous Kill	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$1,107	-46.96%	36	$31	$40,076,438	94
-	(34)	House	Roadside Attractions	Horror	$793	-22.33%	11	$72	$573,450	38
-	(36)	Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom	Logo Features	Romantic Comedy	$597	+41.13%	2	$299	$532,034	52
-	(35)	Hounddog	Empire Pictures	Drama	$593	-35.54%	2	$297	$130,291	87
-	(37)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$273	+3.80%	5	$55	$809,880	115

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