The Top Movies of Tuesday, December 23, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$3,403,394	-5.73%	3,434	$991	$25,276,186	5
2	(2)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$2,436,640	-1.87%	3,104	$785	$15,023,460	5
3	(3)	Seven Pounds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,189,232	-5.26%	2,758	$794	$19,351,147	5
4	(4)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,701,041	-4.55%	3,560	$478	$51,850,169	12
5	(5)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,618,266	+3.18%	3,515	$460	$103,297,497	28
6	(7)	Bolt	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$1,330,524	+1.74%	2,968	$448	$97,538,409	33
7	(6)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$1,299,727	-3.96%	2,991	$435	$161,076,207	33
8	(8)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$592,638	+7.22%	589	$1,006	$13,182,886	42
9	(9)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$530,468	+2.98%	2,007	$264	$173,437,661	47
10	(10)	Quantum of Solace	Sony Pictures	Action	$491,922	+5.94%	1,874	$262	$162,156,684	40
11	(11)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$441,709	+4.47%	2,212	$200	$42,661,061	28
12	(12)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$291,799	-4.53%	356	$820	$11,007,484	28
13	(13)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$221,664	+3.66%	1,671	$133	$6,360,012	12
14	(14)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$146,520	-7.47%	792	$185	$65,898,860	47
-	(15)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$83,549	-3.01%	19	$4,397	$1,029,554	12
-	(16)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$83,496	-0.41%	26	$3,211	$180,385,122	1,505
-	(17)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$67,178	+0.29%	39	$1,723	$1,625,426	19
-	(18)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$32,911	-2.68%	4	$8,228	$354,949	7
-	(19)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$27,396	+1.36%	254	$108	$100,911,214	89
-	(20)	Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$20,700	+0.44%	229	$90	$35,438,567	61
-	(23)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$11,734	+5.46%	141	$83	$37,342,998	68
-	(22)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$11,387	+0.99%	204	$56	$41,656,007	89
-	(21)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$10,823	-4.99%	157	$69	$530,833,780	159
-	(24)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$8,925	+15.56%	10	$893	$37,133,855	1,027
-	(25)	Burn After Reading	Focus Features	Black Comedy	$4,186	+4.62%	44	$95	$60,347,078	103
-	(27)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$2,547	+8.99%	24	$106	$39,048,336	75
-	(26)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$2,137	-9.98%	33	$65	$20,056,476	96
-	(28)	RocknRolla	Warner Bros.	Action	$2,104	+10.97%	39	$54	$5,698,401	77
-	(29)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$567	-13.18%	3	$189	$83,683	54
-	(30)	Righteous Kill	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$210	+27.27%	15	$14	$40,081,410	103
-	(31)	House	Roadside Attractions	Horror	$32	-33.33%	1	$32	$575,020	47

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