The Top Movies of Friday, December 19, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$6,495,077		3,434	$1,891	$6,495,077	1
2	(new)	Seven Pounds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$5,199,842		2,758	$1,885	$5,199,842	1
3	(new)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$3,538,560		3,104	$1,140	$3,538,560	1
4	(1)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$2,864,867	+61.32%	3,560	$805	$41,341,751	8
5	(2)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,241,828	+88.00%	3,515	$638	$94,651,280	24
6	(3)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$1,605,078	+75.76%	2,991	$537	$154,838,977	29
7	(4)	Bolt	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$1,036,397	+84.86%	2,968	$349	$91,789,600	29
8	(11)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$745,293	+203.50%	589	$1,265	$9,729,043	38
9	(5)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$607,870	+30.95%	2,212	$275	$40,230,207	24
10	(6)	Quantum of Solace	Sony Pictures	Action	$572,869	+40.12%	1,874	$306	$159,721,399	36
11	(8)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$431,314	+63.22%	356	$1,212	$9,112,197	24
12	(7)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$364,133	+37.63%	1,671	$218	$4,983,207	8
13	(9)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$363,055	+39.96%	2,007	$181	$171,185,514	43
14	(12)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$189,995	-7.67%	792	$240	$65,138,585	43
-	(17)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$117,146	+329.59%	19	$6,166	$508,785	8
-	(13)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$92,176	+61.59%	39	$2,363	$1,205,386	15
-	(15)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$60,212	+65.65%	26	$2,316	$180,017,556	1,501
-	(14)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$57,498	+49.04%	4	$14,375	$143,004	3
-	(18)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$38,391	+69.33%	254	$151	$100,765,771	85
-	(16)	Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$27,480	-12.78%	229	$120	$35,322,832	57
-	(28)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$17,005	+1,978.85%	204	$83	$41,594,728	85
-	(20)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$14,969	+56.02%	157	$95	$530,774,791	155
-	(19)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$13,538	-12.56%	141	$96	$37,284,196	64
-	(22)	Burn After Reading	Focus Features	Black Comedy	$5,081	-3.44%	44	$115	$60,327,658	99
-	(25)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$3,948	-0.55%	10	$395	$37,103,423	1,023
-	(26)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$3,165	+12.23%	33	$96	$20,045,228	92
-	(24)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$2,992	-29.38%	24	$125	$39,035,053	71
-	(re-entry)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$2,813		13	$216	$12,416,142	127
-	(21)	RocknRolla	Warner Bros.	Action	$2,012	-66.16%	39	$52	$5,689,336	73
-	(27)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$992	-59.03%	3	$331	$80,300	50
-	(30)	Righteous Kill	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$615	-17.23%	15	$41	$40,080,030	99
-	(32)	House	Roadside Attractions	Horror	$103	-69.35%	1	$103	$574,712	43

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