The Top Movies of Wednesday, December 24, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,935,364	-43.13%	3,434	$564	$27,211,550	6
2	(2)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$1,520,960	-37.58%	3,104	$490	$16,544,420	6
3	(3)	Seven Pounds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,475,000	-32.62%	2,758	$535	$20,826,000	6
4	(5)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,215,069	-24.92%	2,510	$484	$104,512,566	29
5	(4)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,163,462	-31.60%	3,560	$327	$53,013,631	13
6	(6)	Bolt	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$853,000	-35.89%	2,968	$287	$98,391,000	34
7	(8)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$646,502	+9.09%	589	$1,098	$13,829,388	43
8	(7)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$515,072	-60.37%	2,991	$172	$161,591,279	34
9	(10)	Quantum of Solace	Sony Pictures	Action	$375,000	-23.77%	1,874	$200	$162,532,000	41
10	(9)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$350,784	-33.87%	2,007	$175	$173,788,445	48
11	(11)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$317,648	-28.09%	2,212	$144	$42,978,709	29
12	(12)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$266,798	-8.57%	356	$749	$11,274,282	29
13	(13)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$191,937	-13.41%	1,671	$115	$6,551,949	13
14	(15)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$104,931	+25.59%	84	$1,249	$1,134,485	13
-	(17)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$87,719	+30.58%	39	$2,249	$1,713,145	20
-	(14)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$75,240	-48.65%	792	$95	$65,974,100	48
-	(16)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$58,621	-29.79%	26	$2,255	$180,443,743	1,506
-	(18)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$30,526	-7.25%	4	$7,632	$385,475	8
-	(20)	Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$16,030	-22.56%	229	$70	$35,454,597	62
-	(19)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$12,597	-54.02%	254	$50	$100,923,811	90
-	(21)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$8,784	-25.14%	141	$62	$37,351,782	69
-	(22)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$5,922	-47.99%	115	$51	$41,661,929	90
-	(23)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$5,412	-50.00%	74	$73	$530,839,192	160
-	(25)	Burn After Reading	Focus Features	Black Comedy	$3,380	-19.25%	44	$77	$60,350,458	104
-	(27)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$2,073	-2.99%	18	$115	$20,058,549	97
-	(26)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$1,376	-45.98%	182	$8	$39,049,712	76
-	(28)	RocknRolla	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,116	-46.96%	39	$29	$5,699,517	78
-	(24)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$858	-90.39%	10	$86	$37,134,713	1,028
-	(29)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$424	-25.24%	3	$141	$84,106	55
-	(31)	House	Roadside Attractions	Horror	$28	-12.50%	1	$28	$575,048	48

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