The Top Movies of Monday, December 22, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$3,610,321	-29.50%	3,434	$1,051	$21,872,792	4
2	(4)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$2,483,145	-10.11%	3,104	$800	$12,586,820	4
3	(2)	Seven Pounds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,310,779	-42.18%	2,758	$838	$17,161,915	4
4	(3)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,782,139	-40.93%	3,560	$501	$50,149,128	11
5	(5)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,568,404	-32.60%	3,515	$446	$101,679,231	27
6	(6)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$1,353,262	-13.93%	2,991	$452	$159,776,480	32
7	(7)	Bolt	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$1,307,826	-3.62%	2,968	$441	$96,207,885	32
8	(8)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$552,738	-42.45%	589	$938	$12,590,248	41
9	(12)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$515,124	-2.94%	2,007	$257	$172,907,193	46
10	(10)	Quantum of Solace	Sony Pictures	Action	$464,350	-25.13%	1,874	$248	$161,664,762	39
11	(9)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$422,827	-34.23%	2,212	$191	$42,219,352	27
12	(11)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$305,646	-43.85%	356	$859	$10,715,685	27
13	(13)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$213,835	-50.54%	1,671	$128	$6,138,348	11
14	(14)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$158,355	-25.95%	792	$200	$65,752,340	46
-	(15)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$86,145	-44.57%	19	$4,534	$946,005	11
-	(17)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$83,841	-2.61%	26	$3,225	$180,301,626	1,504
-	(16)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$66,986	-42.42%	39	$1,718	$1,558,248	18
-	(18)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$33,818	-48.16%	4	$8,455	$322,038	6
-	(19)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$27,028	-33.67%	254	$106	$100,883,818	88
-	(20)	Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$20,610	-33.33%	229	$90	$35,417,867	60
-	(22)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$11,392	-24.00%	157	$73	$530,822,957	158
-	(21)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$11,275	-32.38%	204	$55	$41,644,620	88
-	(23)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$11,127	-24.60%	141	$79	$37,331,264	67
-	(24)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$7,723	+24.14%	10	$772	$37,124,930	1,026
-	(25)	Burn After Reading	Focus Features	Black Comedy	$4,001	-21.26%	44	$91	$60,342,892	102
-	(27)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$2,374	-11.68%	33	$72	$20,054,339	95
-	(26)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$2,337	-35.99%	24	$97	$39,045,789	74
-	(29)	RocknRolla	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,896	-18.24%	39	$49	$5,696,297	76
-	(30)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$653	-37.05%	3	$218	$83,116	53
-	(31)	Righteous Kill	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$165	-56.00%	15	$11	$40,081,200	102
-	(32)	House	Roadside Attractions	Horror	$48	-61.29%	1	$48	$574,988	46

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