The Top Movies of Thursday, December 25, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$14,380,980		3,480	$4,132	$14,380,980	1
2	(new)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$11,871,831		2,988	$3,973	$11,871,831	1
3	(new)	Bedtime Stories	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$10,529,000		3,681	$2,860	$10,529,000	1
4	(new)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$8,493,000		2,711	$3,133	$8,493,000	1
5	(1)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$5,929,964	+206.40%	3,434	$1,727	$33,141,514	7
6	(3)	Seven Pounds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$4,800,000	+225.42%	2,758	$1,740	$25,626,000	7
7	(new)	The Spirit	Lionsgate	Action	$3,842,223		2,509	$1,531	$3,842,223	1
8	(5)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$2,768,754	+137.98%	2,402	$1,153	$55,782,385	14
9	(4)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,236,109	+84.03%	2,510	$891	$106,748,675	30
10	(2)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$1,971,040	+29.59%	3,107	$634	$18,515,460	7
11	(re-entry)	Doubt	Miramax	Drama	$1,424,000		1,267	$1,124	$3,150,000	14
12	(7)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,345,137	+108.06%	614	$2,191	$15,174,525	44
13	(8)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$991,486	+92.49%	1,849	$536	$162,582,765	35
-	(14)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$763,558	+627.68%	84	$9,090	$1,898,043	14
-	(6)	Bolt	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$721,000	-15.47%	1,923	$375	$99,112,000	35
-	(new)	Ghajini	AdLab Films	Thriller/Suspense	$620,675		83	$7,478	$620,675
-	(12)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$496,665	+86.16%	311	$1,597	$11,770,947	30
-	(15)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$471,095	+437.05%	205	$2,298	$2,184,240	21
-	(9)	Quantum of Solace	Sony Pictures	Action	$365,000	-2.67%	891	$410	$162,897,000	42
-	(11)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$225,631	-28.97%	711	$317	$43,204,340	30
-	(re-entry)	The Reader	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$174,778		116	$1,507	$579,866	16
-	(13)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$169,856	-11.50%	439	$387	$6,721,805	14
-	(10)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$150,918	-56.98%	808	$187	$173,939,363	49
-	(18)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$134,626	+341.02%	18	$7,479	$520,101	9
-	(re-entry)	Cadillac Records	Sony Pictures	Drama	$85,000		180	$472	$7,442,000	21
-	(16)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$59,625	-20.75%	792	$75	$66,033,725	49
-	(new)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$35,674		6	$5,946	$35,674	1
-	(20)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$29,424	+133.58%	205	$144	$100,953,235	91
-	(26)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$15,292	+1,011.34%	182	$84	$39,065,004	77
-	(17)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$15,153	-74.15%	26	$583	$180,458,896	1,507
-	(19)	Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$10,830	-32.44%	229	$47	$35,465,427	63
-	(22)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$7,277	+22.88%	115	$63	$41,669,206	91
-	(23)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$6,974	+28.86%	74	$94	$530,846,166	161
-	(21)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$6,126	-30.26%	141	$43	$37,357,908	70
-	(24)	Burn After Reading	Focus Features	Black Comedy	$4,889	+44.64%	44	$111	$60,355,347	105
-	(new)	Waltz with Bashir	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$3,892		5	$778	$3,892	1
-	(re-entry)	Igor	MGM	Comedy	$2,000		46	$43	$19,431,791	98
-	(25)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$1,363	-34.25%	18	$76	$20,059,912	98
-	(27)	RocknRolla	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,109	-0.63%	39	$28	$5,700,626	79
-	(re-entry)	Soul Men	MGM	Comedy	$1,000		10	$100	$12,003,760	49
-	(28)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$434	-49.42%	8	$54	$37,135,147	1,029
-	(29)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$392	-7.44%	2	$196	$84,498	56

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