The Top Movies of Sunday, December 21, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$5,121,271	-22.94%	3,434	$1,491	$18,262,471	3
2	(2)	Seven Pounds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$3,996,820	-29.32%	2,758	$1,449	$14,851,136	3
3	(3)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$3,017,001	-24.73%	3,560	$847	$48,366,989	10
4	(4)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$2,762,560	-27.35%	3,104	$890	$10,103,675	3
5	(5)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,326,987	-25.72%	3,515	$662	$100,110,827	26
6	(6)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$1,572,294	-21.85%	2,991	$526	$158,423,218	31
7	(7)	Bolt	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$1,356,933	-22.62%	2,968	$457	$94,900,059	31
8	(8)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$960,488	-28.75%	589	$1,631	$12,037,510	40
9	(9)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$642,867	-30.38%	2,212	$291	$41,796,525	26
10	(10)	Quantum of Solace	Sony Pictures	Action	$620,167	-27.79%	1,874	$331	$161,200,412	38
11	(11)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$544,292	-27.77%	356	$1,529	$10,410,039	26
12	(12)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$530,753	-21.46%	2,007	$264	$172,392,069	45
13	(13)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$432,349	-15.05%	1,671	$259	$5,924,513	10
14	(14)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$213,840	-11.48%	792	$270	$65,593,985	45
-	(15)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$155,399	-20.58%	19	$8,179	$859,860	10
-	(16)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$116,345	-31.37%	39	$2,983	$1,491,262	17
-	(17)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$86,091	-24.57%	26	$3,311	$180,217,785	1,503
-	(18)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$65,240	-18.43%	4	$16,310	$288,220	5
-	(19)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$40,746	-18.95%	254	$160	$100,856,790	87
-	(20)	Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$30,915	-28.95%	229	$135	$35,397,257	59
-	(21)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$16,674	-24.01%	204	$82	$41,633,345	87
-	(22)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$14,989	-31.20%	157	$95	$530,811,565	157
-	(23)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$14,758	-30.33%	141	$105	$37,320,137	66
-	(24)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$6,221	-17.74%	10	$622	$37,117,207	1,025
-	(25)	Burn After Reading	Focus Features	Black Comedy	$5,081	-17.41%	44	$115	$60,338,891	101
-	(26)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$3,651	-23.10%	24	$152	$39,043,452	73
-	(28)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$2,688	-33.61%	33	$81	$20,051,965	94
-	(27)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$2,563	-45.69%	13	$197	$12,423,424	129
-	(29)	RocknRolla	Warner Bros.	Action	$2,319	-15.55%	39	$59	$5,694,401	75
-	(30)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$1,037	-8.07%	3	$346	$82,464	52
-	(31)	Righteous Kill	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$375	-40.48%	15	$25	$40,081,035	101
-	(32)	House	Roadside Attractions	Horror	$124	+19.23%	1	$124	$574,940	45

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