The Top Movies, Weekend of August 1, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$42,664,219	-43.24%	4,266	$10,001	$393,751,065	17
2	(new)	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	Universal	Adventure	$40,457,770		3,760	$10,760	$40,457,770	3
3	(2)	Step Brothers	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$16,506,526	-46.65%	3,094	$5,335	$63,172,026	10
4	(3)	Mamma Mia!	Universal	Musical	$12,615,515	-28.91%	3,062	$4,120	$87,470,125	17
5	(5)	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$6,662,406	-31.44%	2,285	$2,916	$72,927,314	24
6	(new)	Swing Vote	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$6,230,669		2,213	$2,815	$6,230,669	3
7	(6)	Hancock	Sony Pictures	Action	$5,087,756	-38.78%	2,782	$1,829	$215,883,222	33
8	(7)	WALL-E	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$4,603,179	-28.32%	2,555	$1,802	$204,078,076	38
9	(4)	The X-Files: I Want to Believe	20th Century Fox	Action	$3,385,878	-66.21%	3,185	$1,063	$17,021,373	10
10	(9)	Space Chimps	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$2,720,177	-40.04%	2,134	$1,275	$21,971,016	17
11	(8)	Hellboy 2: The Golden Army	Universal	Action	$2,488,525	-51.21%	1,959	$1,270	$71,234,335	24
12	(10)	Wanted	Universal	Action	$1,239,980	-54.72%	895	$1,385	$131,320,095	38
13	(21)	Brideshead Revisited	Miramax	Drama	$1,163,544	+242.61%	189	$6,156	$1,698,007	10
14	(11)	Get Smart	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$994,065	-56.25%	728	$1,365	$126,500,884	45
15	(12)	Kung Fu Panda	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$626,363	-40.68%	520	$1,205	$210,480,901	59
16	(22)	Iron Man	Paramount Pictures	Action	$580,179	+86.76%	407	$1,426	$315,687,768	94
17	(16)	The Incredible Hulk	Universal	Adventure	$477,840	+12.92%	362	$1,320	$133,283,170	52
18	(17)	Tell No One	Music Box Films	Thriller/Suspense	$460,366	+9.14%	94	$4,898	$2,305,569	33
19	(13)	Kit Kittredge: An American Girl	Picturehouse	Drama	$400,261	-33.50%	450	$889	$16,224,319	45
20	(14)	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$359,349	-37.04%	332	$1,082	$314,331,661	74
21	(20)	The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$277,868	-25.41%	282	$985	$140,693,781	80
22	(15)	Sex and the City	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$272,187	-39.17%	225	$1,210	$151,441,438	66
23	(18)	You Don't Mess With the Zohan	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$269,321	-30.12%	142	$1,897	$98,789,023	59
24	(new)	Un �t� sans point ni coup s�r	Alliance Vivafilm	Drama	$243,435		61	$3,991	$243,435	3
25	(23)	The Wackness	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$213,194	-8.48%	142	$1,501	$1,435,393	32
26	(24)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$200,483	+13.07%	46	$4,358	$16,947,992	304
27	(re-entry)	Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis	Link Productions Ltd.	Comedy	$199,983		45	$4,444	$631,770	10
28	(41)	American Teen	Paramount Vantage	Documentary	$167,000	+266.32%	39	$4,282	$242,086	10
29	(19)	Meet Dave	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$160,020	-58.05%	223	$718	$11,219,162	24
30	(29)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$143,672	+24.55%	15	$9,578	$3,717,823	171
31	(25)	Mongol	Picturehouse	Drama	$131,388	-19.46%	138	$952	$5,398,009	59
32	(27)	The Happening	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$115,347	-16.72%	151	$764	$64,143,425	52
33	(26)	What Happens in Vegas...	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$110,734	-31.11%	164	$675	$80,005,162	87
34	(30)	Cruising Bar 2	Alliance	Comedy	$94,204	-14.08%	42	$2,243	$3,251,895	38
35	(28)	The Visitor	Overture Films	Comedy	$80,606	-31.10%	71	$1,135	$9,148,645	115
36	(new)	The Secret of the Grain	IFC Films	Drama	$79,157		10	$7,916	$79,157	3
37	(new)	Frozen River	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$70,234		7	$10,033	$70,234	3
38	(36)	U2 3D	National Geographic Entertainment	Concert/Performance	$63,784	+16.05%	6	$10,631	$9,126,250	194
39	(32)	Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$56,812	-28.51%	52	$1,093	$952,763	32
40	(37)	The Last Mistress	IFC Films	Drama	$48,951	-7.01%	28	$1,748	$558,258	38
41	(39)	Man on Wire	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$48,477	-5.67%	4	$12,119	$133,737	10
42	(38)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$48,113	-6.56%	1	$48,113	$24,885,282	1,046
43	(34)	Encounters at the End of the World	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$46,301	-26.08%	32	$1,447	$659,666	54
44	(35)	Brick Lane	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$42,884	-29.53%	35	$1,225	$727,917	45
45	(42)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$41,185	-3.39%	2	$20,593	$76,032,678	2,299
46	(47)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$38,041	+15.35%	8	$4,755	$35,906,473	885
47	(new)	Midnight Meat Train	Lionsgate	Thriller/Suspense	$34,394		102	$337	$34,394	3
48	(49)	The Edge of Heaven	Strand	Drama	$34,129	+4.71%	13	$2,625	$561,187	75
49	(63)	Bustin' Down the Door	Screen Media Films	Documentary	$29,387	+83.67%	17	$1,729	$46,704	10
50	(56)	Roving Mars	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$28,992	+18.65%	5	$5,798	$9,351,505	920
51	(33)	Asterix at the Olympic Games	Alliance	Adventure	$28,485	-63.71%	31	$919	$999,811	187
52	(46)	Up the Yangtze	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$28,283	-14.65%	16	$1,768	$605,037	101
53	(54)	Transsiberian	First Look	Thriller/Suspense	$27,000	+1.66%	2	$13,500	$121,601	17
54	(51)	Before the Rains	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$26,288	-16.00%	20	$1,314	$954,114	87
55	(62)	Chris and Don: A Love Story	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$23,789	+48.55%	11	$2,163	$157,417	52
56	(53)	Roman de Gare	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$23,725	-11.21%	23	$1,032	$1,735,301	101
57	(31)	Kismat Konnection	UTV Communications	Romantic Comedy	$23,254	-70.97%	26	$894	$479,759	17
58	(40)	Speed Racer	Warner Bros.	Action	$23,070	-53.23%	70	$330	$43,929,341	87
59	(44)	Horton Hears a Who	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$20,770	-37.78%	61	$340	$154,444,322	143
60	(43)	The Love Guru	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$18,576	-51.82%	50	$372	$31,933,480	45
61	(57)	The Fall	Roadside Attractions	Adventure	$17,538	-14.66%	29	$605	$2,184,396	87
62	(52)	Nim's Island	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$17,534	-43.58%	39	$450	$47,963,887	122
63	(66)	Baghead	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$16,400	+4.40%	14	$1,171	$72,770	52
64	(45)	And When Did You Last See Your Father?	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$16,315	-50.78%	25	$653	$765,435	59
65	(new)	In Search of a Midnight Kiss	IFC First Take	Drama	$13,385		2	$6,693	$13,385	3
66	(71)	The Grocer's Son	Film Movement	Drama	$13,185	+1.50%	7	$1,884	$170,031	59
67	(59)	Priceless	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Comedy	$12,549	-30.17%	21	$598	$2,134,608	129
68	(55)	Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na	UTV Communications	Comedy	$11,251	-57.25%	10	$1,125	$600,922	32
69	(58)	Young @ Heart	Fox Searchlight	Documentary	$10,448	-42.40%	24	$435	$3,892,329	117
70	(68)	Elsa & Fred	Mitropoulos Films	Romantic Comedy	$10,353	-26.33%	9	$1,150	$137,534	38
71	(75)	A Man Named Pearl	Railroad Square	Documentary	$10,296	+21.03%	7	$1,471	$111,167	339
72	(70)	Boy A	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$9,904	-23.96%	2	$4,952	$31,488	12
73	(new)	Sixty Six	First Independent Pictures	Comedy	$9,359		2	$4,680	$9,359	3
74	(69)	The Children of Huang Shi	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$8,944	-33.04%	17	$526	$736,218	73
75	(65)	Mission Istaanbul	Raja Cinema	Adventure	$8,757	-44.37%	13	$674	$29,269	10
76	(74)	The Singing Revolution	Abramorama Films	Documentary	$8,132	-8.70%	6	$1,355	$346,207	241
77	(79)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$8,097	+0.21%	1	$8,097	$17,440,542	3,202
78	(67)	Savage Grace	IFC Films	Drama	$7,708	-46.65%	10	$771	$410,016	68
79	(new)	Ugly aur Pagli	Shemaroo Entertainment	Comedy	$7,362		6	$1,227	$7,362	3
80	(61)	Then She Found Me	ThinkFilm	Romantic Comedy	$6,980	-56.71%	11	$635	$3,711,393	101
81	(re-entry)	XXY	Film Movement	Drama	$6,368		2	$3,184	$19,959	94
82	(77)	Days and Clouds	Film Movement		$6,074	-28.41%	4	$1,519	$71,656	24
83	(64)	Son of Rambow: A Home Movie	Paramount Vantage	Comedy	$5,831	-63.33%	26	$224	$1,779,449	94
84	(97)	A Jihad for Love	First Run Features	Documentary	$5,727	+111.25%	4	$1,432	$65,079	75
85	(60)	War, Inc.	First Look	Black Comedy	$5,356	-67.48%	9	$595	$578,527	73
86	(82)	OSS 117	Music Box Films	Action	$5,333	-16.84%	8	$667	$281,037	87
87	(76)	The Legend of God's Gun	Indican Pictures	Western	$4,862	-42.84%	2	$2,431	$36,675	17
88	(80)	Fugitive Pieces	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$4,804	-35.61%	7	$686	$629,616	94
89	(83)	Love Comes Lately	Kino International	Drama	$4,723	-25.77%	2	$2,362	$64,041	52
90	(92)	Lou Reed's Berlin	Weinstein Co.	Concert/Performance	$4,639	+22.60%	1	$4,639	$29,692	17
91	(re-entry)	The Stone Angel	Vivendi Entertainment	Drama	$4,605		4	$1,151	$75,139	24
92	(48)	CSNY: D�j� Vu	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$4,374	-86.71%	6	$729	$55,280	10
93	(112)	Exiles, The	Pathe Contemporary Films		$4,329	+445.90%	1	$4,329	$26,516	17,189
94	(84)	Jellyfish	Zeitgeist	Drama	$4,266	-20.16%	4	$1,067	$327,804	122
95	(88)	Water Lilies	Koch Lorber Films	Drama	$4,150	-7.70%	3	$1,383	$70,740	122
96	(86)	My Winnipeg	IFC First Take	Documentary	$3,913	-21.82%	6	$652	$144,019	52
97	(90)	Full Grown Men	Emerging Pictures	Comedy	$3,766	-9.86%	2	$1,883	$13,716	40
98	(87)	The Flight of the Red Balloon	IFC Films	Drama	$3,759	-21.64%	14	$269	$446,729	124
99	(96)	Kabluey	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$3,628	+33.24%	3	$1,209	$37,567	31
100	(95)	Before I Forget	Strand	Drama	$3,427	+18.91%	2	$1,714	$25,209	17
101	(re-entry)	Contempt	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$3,369		1	$3,369	$142,676	15,935
102	(85)	The Counterfeiters	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$3,259	-38.02%	6	$543	$5,476,356	164
103	(78)	Bigger, Stronger, Faster*	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$3,150	-62.85%	4	$788	$303,283	66
104	(re-entry)	America the Beautiful	First Independent Pictures	Documentary	$3,125		1	$3,125	$32,979	87
105	(new)	Stealing America: Vote by Vote	Direct Cinema Ltd	Documentary	$2,944		1	$2,944	$2,944	3
106	(91)	Constantine's Sword	First Run Features	Documentary	$2,674	-32.93%	1	$2,674	$162,920	108
107	(73)	Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$2,631	-72.37%	5	$526	$39,945	24
108	(102)	Surfwise	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$2,588	+65.26%	5	$518	$268,560	87
109	(re-entry)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$2,220		1	$2,220	$13,553,830	2,712
110	(re-entry)	Yella	Cinema Guild	Drama	$2,115		1	$2,115	$19,405	80
111	(81)	The Order of Myths	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$2,106	-70.15%	1	$2,106	$13,403	10
112	(re-entry)	Take Out	CAVU Releasing	Drama	$2,094		2	$1,047	$60,142	59
113	(101)	Alexandra	Cinema Guild	Drama	$1,696	-19.77%	3	$565	$102,688	129
114	(72)	Emma Smith: My Story	Candlelight Media	Drama	$1,594	-84.65%	3	$531	$801,703	115
115	(100)	Tuya's Marriage	Music Box Films	Drama	$1,448	-32.90%	1	$1,448	$56,286	122
116	(re-entry)	Tristan und Isolde at La Scala	The Bigger Picture	Concert/Performance	$1,404		1	$1,404	$49,945	199
117	(re-entry)	Love and Honor	Eleven Arts	Drama	$1,357		1	$1,357	$38,130	276
118	(104)	Mister Lonely	IFC Films	Comedy	$1,267	+1.85%	5	$253	$165,831	96
119	(89)	No Regret	Regent Releasing	Drama	$1,258	-69.91%	3	$419	$8,163	627
120	(107)	Ripple Effect	Monterey Media	Drama	$1,031	+9.68%	3	$344	$6,762	24
121	(93)	My Father, My Lord	Kino International	Drama	$976	-72.85%	1	$976	$151,320	80
122	(re-entry)	Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul	Typecast Releasing	Drama	$673		1	$673	$76,941	178
123	(110)	The Foot Fist Way	Paramount Vantage	Comedy	$633	-24.28%	3	$211	$233,154	66
124	(re-entry)	Girls Rock!	Shadow	Documentary	$399		1	$399	$150,676	150
125	(108)	Praying with Lior	First Run Features	Documentary	$343	-63.47%	1	$343	$82,315	185
126	(re-entry)	A Lawyer Walks into a Bar	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$282		1	$282	$1,914	157
127	(116)	Yiddish Theater: A Love Story	New Love Films	Documentary	$85	-79.52%	1	$85	$36,261	257

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Chart certified: 8/9/2008