The Top Movies of Thursday, January 8, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,263,600	-8.69%	2,988	$423	$84,879,880	15
2	(2)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,234,216	-10.75%	3,505	$352	$112,360,171	15
3	(3)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$866,339	-15.44%	2,778	$312	$64,847,383	15
4	(4)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$790,281	-13.00%	3,434	$230	$83,255,687	21
5	(6)	Bedtime Stories	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$625,187	-7.74%	3,684	$170	$88,629,973	15
6	(5)	Seven Pounds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$617,690	-8.99%	2,758	$224	$62,930,456	21
7	(9)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$439,745	+9.88%	1,888	$233	$178,606,790	49
8	(8)	Doubt	Miramax	Drama	$413,215	-6.57%	1,287	$321	$20,438,304	28
9	(7)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$402,707	-9.99%	612	$658	$30,344,855	58
10	(10)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$303,065	-7.53%	2,337	$130	$75,779,609	28
11	(13)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$277,985	+6.10%	3,091	$90	$44,850,865	21
12	(11)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$274,866	-16.03%	84	$3,272	$11,040,130	28
13	(14)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$180,363	-2.01%	309	$584	$17,867,945	44
14	(15)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$152,443	-7.00%	2,307	$66	$118,835,947	44
-	(16)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$118,563	-2.91%	768	$154	$47,146,892	44
-	(17)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$107,870	-9.55%	205	$526	$6,739,554	35
-	(18)	Bolt	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$101,670	-6.47%	1,729	$59	$110,436,410	49
-	(19)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$88,120	-4.46%	38	$2,319	$1,730,310	14
-	(20)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$51,301	-5.84%	18	$2,850	$1,974,021	23
-	(21)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$29,746	-4.54%	707	$42	$177,176,191	63
-	(22)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$22,935	-5.33%	270	$85	$66,803,535	63
-	(23)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$12,286	-1.99%	308	$40	$7,456,157	28
-	(24)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$11,105	+10.40%	6	$1,851	$390,154	15
-	(25)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$10,171	+3.74%	2	$5,086	$240,834	9
-	(26)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$8,485	-9.21%	195	$44	$101,440,743	105
-	(27)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$7,534	-14.99%	182	$41	$39,348,887	91
-	(28)	Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$7,505	-13.98%	125	$60	$35,739,802	77
-	(29)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$6,856	+4.69%	84	$82	$37,551,992	84
-	(30)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$5,532	+28.29%	8	$692	$37,330,544	1,043
-	(31)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$4,682	+9.98%	85	$55	$41,819,048	105
-	(32)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$4,334	+10.99%	75	$58	$531,018,614	175
-	(34)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,377	+292.31%	18	$77	$180,806,128	1,521
-	(33)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$1,238	-12.94%	15	$83	$20,085,555	112
-	(35)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$311	+24.70%	2	$155	$89,444	70

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