The Top Movies, Weekend of August 15, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Tropic Thunder	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$25,812,796		3,319	$7,777	$25,812,796	5
2	(1)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$16,379,293	-37.29%	3,590	$4,562	$471,082,150	31
3	(new)	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$14,611,273		3,452	$4,233	$14,611,273	3
4	(new)	Mirrors	20th Century Fox	Horror	$11,161,074		2,664	$4,190	$11,161,074	3
5	(2)	The Pineapple Express	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$9,808,295	-57.80%	3,072	$3,193	$62,740,789	12
6	(3)	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	Universal	Adventure	$8,205,720	-50.24%	3,363	$2,440	$86,245,775	17
7	(6)	Mamma Mia!	Universal	Musical	$6,096,250	-25.73%	2,771	$2,200	$116,013,715	31
8	(4)	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$5,785,250	-45.82%	2,714	$2,132	$32,002,712	12
9	(5)	Step Brothers	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$4,807,904	-47.33%	2,648	$1,816	$90,695,938	24
10	(new)	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	MGM	Comedy	$3,755,575		692	$5,427	$3,755,575	3
11	(7)	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$3,348,341	-31.27%	1,405	$2,383	$88,002,999	38
12	(new)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$1,900,523		452	$4,205	$1,900,523	3
13	(9)	WALL-E	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$1,836,332	-41.52%	1,403	$1,309	$214,129,943	52
14	(8)	Hancock	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,720,241	-48.15%	1,277	$1,347	$225,022,587	47
15	(10)	Swing Vote	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$1,137,385	-63.61%	1,281	$888	$14,687,549	17
16	(new)	Henry Poole Is Here	Overture Films	Comedy	$805,219		527	$1,528	$805,219	3
17	(11)	Space Chimps	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$775,152	-56.14%	768	$1,009	$27,568,802	31
18	(15)	Brideshead Revisited	Miramax	Drama	$740,030	-30.33%	501	$1,477	$4,650,150	24
19	(13)	Hellboy 2: The Golden Army	Universal	Action	$541,150	-56.88%	481	$1,125	$74,616,780	38
20	(22)	Bottle Shock	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$392,440	+41.25%	117	$3,354	$837,155	12
21	(16)	Wanted	Universal	Action	$368,835	-49.82%	367	$1,005	$133,319,410	52
22	(14)	Singh is Kinng	Studio 18	Action	$348,577	-70.92%	111	$3,140	$1,907,733	10
23	(19)	Iron Man	Paramount Pictures	Action	$341,178	-20.01%	315	$1,083	$317,058,295	108
24	(new)	Bachna Ae Haseeno	Yash Raj Films	Romantic Comedy	$322,431		71	$4,541	$322,431	3
25	(18)	Kung Fu Panda	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$283,677	-40.08%	264	$1,075	$211,933,936	73
26	(20)	Tell No One	Music Box Films	Thriller/Suspense	$275,387	-22.49%	96	$2,869	$3,310,805	47
27	(12)	The X-Files: I Want to Believe	20th Century Fox	Action	$252,450	-80.44%	262	$964	$20,504,740	24
28	(28)	You Don't Mess With the Zohan	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$222,716	+14.24%	239	$932	$99,436,165	73
29	(23)	Man on Wire	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$214,348	-21.78%	69	$3,106	$800,247	24
30	(17)	Get Smart	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$210,345	-57.63%	211	$997	$127,967,512	59
31	(29)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$202,909	+6.67%	46	$4,411	$17,776,439	318
32	(25)	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$191,324	-18.42%	184	$1,040	$315,070,993	88
33	(30)	Sex and the City	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$190,078	+16.46%	294	$647	$152,087,494	80
34	(21)	The Incredible Hulk	Universal	Adventure	$180,120	-41.67%	228	$790	$134,189,490	66
35	(27)	The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$139,547	-31.47%	201	$694	$141,364,159	94
36	(24)	Kit Kittredge: An American Girl	Picturehouse	Drama	$124,596	-49.13%	226	$551	$17,206,714	59
37	(new)	God Tussi Great Ho	Eros Entertainment	Comedy	$121,432		69	$1,760	$121,432	3
38	(70)	The Love Guru	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$110,718	+821.11%	151	$733	$32,074,182	59
39	(33)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$103,905	-13.33%	15	$6,927	$4,175,820	185
40	(31)	American Teen	Paramount Vantage	Documentary	$102,542	-25.80%	105	$977	$655,937	24
41	(41)	Transsiberian	First Look	Thriller/Suspense	$92,483	+32.78%	32	$2,890	$329,312	31
42	(26)	Beer for My Horses	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$91,273	-56.38%	73	$1,250	$350,013	10
43	(34)	Meet Dave	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$64,206	-43.50%	124	$518	$11,564,040	38
44	(39)	The Happening	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$61,429	-23.14%	65	$945	$64,384,941	66
45	(43)	Frozen River	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$59,664	+7.46%	15	$3,978	$254,777	17
46	(35)	Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis	Link Productions Ltd.	Comedy	$58,793	-47.76%	32	$1,837	$1,077,551	24
47	(36)	Elegy	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$54,539	-47.64%	6	$9,090	$214,891	10
48	(49)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$45,161	+6.67%	1	$45,161	$25,088,907	1,060
49	(37)	Hell Ride	Weinstein Co.	Action	$44,439	-55.63%	36	$1,234	$194,287	10
50	(38)	The Wackness	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$41,032	-51.54%	114	$360	$1,739,074	46
51	(57)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$39,409	+22.32%	8	$4,926	$36,052,477	899
52	(40)	Mongol	Picturehouse	Drama	$36,219	-51.86%	55	$659	$5,621,596	73
53	(42)	What Happens in Vegas...	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$35,630	-41.80%	59	$604	$80,199,843	101
54	(46)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$32,365	-32.65%	5	$6,473	$76,238,591	2,313
55	(32)	Un �t� sans point ni coup s�r	Alliance Vivafilm	Drama	$32,337	-73.73%	53	$610	$712,036	17
56	(44)	U2 3D	National Geographic Entertainment	Concert/Performance	$28,839	-47.50%	5	$5,768	$9,316,509	208
57	(50)	Encounters at the End of the World	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$28,617	-29.83%	29	$987	$777,380	68
58	(52)	Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$27,555	-29.42%	38	$725	$1,087,960	46
59	(56)	Roving Mars	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$23,998	-27.38%	5	$4,800	$9,479,641	934
60	(53)	Brick Lane	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$20,621	-44.58%	22	$937	$823,486	59
61	(51)	The Legend of God's Gun	Indican Pictures	Western	$19,296	-51.39%	6	$3,216	$99,391	31
62	(new)	The Girl Cut in Two	IFC Films	Thriller/Suspense	$18,658		2	$9,329	$18,658	3
63	(64)	And When Did You Last See Your Father?	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$18,326	+4.52%	29	$632	$828,717	73
64	(54)	The Last Mistress	IFC Films	Drama	$18,305	-48.83%	25	$732	$657,804	52
65	(60)	The Edge of Heaven	Strand	Drama	$18,294	-25.01%	12	$1,525	$631,223	89
66	(47)	The Visitor	Overture Films	Comedy	$18,093	-60.96%	32	$565	$9,277,453	129
67	(63)	Up the Yangtze	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$15,735	-12.95%	15	$1,049	$676,010	115
68	(58)	Sixty Six	First Independent Pictures	Comedy	$13,804	-50.03%	11	$1,255	$72,922	17
69	(48)	Cruising Bar 2	Alliance	Comedy	$12,214	-72.65%	18	$679	$3,554,434	52
70	(74)	The Fall	Roadside Attractions	Adventure	$11,658	+9.81%	15	$777	$2,228,881	101
71	(re-entry)	Kenny	Arcangelo Entertainment	Comedy	$11,644		2	$5,822	$11,644	31
72	(81)	The Children of Huang Shi	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$11,285	+93.60%	19	$594	$766,169	87
73	(59)	Boy A	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$10,728	-58.03%	10	$1,073	$84,230	26
74	(61)	Roman de Gare	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$10,094	-47.00%	17	$594	$1,785,359	115
75	(re-entry)	La Traviata at La Scala	Emerging Pictures	Concert/Performance	$9,968		3	$3,323	$172,262	185
76	(83)	A Man Named Pearl	Railroad Square	Documentary	$8,772	+55.06%	5	$1,754	$136,036	353
77	(65)	Horton Hears a Who	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$8,403	-49.92%	31	$271	$154,507,380	157
78	(76)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$7,393	-21.35%	2	$3,697	$17,472,613	3,216
79	(69)	In Search of a Midnight Kiss	IFC First Take	Drama	$7,301	-45.73%	7	$1,043	$48,388	17
80	(68)	Bustin' Down the Door	Screen Media Films	Documentary	$6,880	-49.33%	8	$860	$106,100	24
81	(new)	The Flyboys	Self Distributed	Adventure	$6,845		1	$6,845	$6,845	3
82	(new)	Patti Smith: Dream of Life	Palm Pictures	Documentary	$6,703		1	$6,703	$6,703	3
83	(95)	My Winnipeg	IFC First Take	Documentary	$5,439	+83.44%	10	$544	$156,629	66
84	(82)	Priceless	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Comedy	$5,095	-12.03%	5	$1,019	$2,155,820	143
85	(89)	Louise Bourgeois	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$5,052	+31.36%	1	$5,052	$61,665	54
86	(86)	XXY	Film Movement	Drama	$4,449	+0.02%	2	$2,225	$34,832	108
87	(77)	Chris and Don: A Love Story	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$4,246	-52.75%	4	$1,062	$190,836	66
88	(79)	The Singing Revolution	Abramorama Films	Documentary	$3,791	-52.15%	4	$948	$369,361	255
89	(78)	Young @ Heart	Fox Searchlight	Documentary	$3,459	-57.13%	9	$384	$3,919,794	131
90	(85)	Alexandra	Cinema Guild	Drama	$3,276	-37.22%	4	$819	$114,665	143
91	(72)	Nim's Island	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$3,276	-69.64%	17	$193	$48,002,678	136
92	(87)	Then She Found Me	ThinkFilm	Romantic Comedy	$3,276	-21.04%	5	$655	$3,729,377	115
93	(80)	What We Do Is Secret		Drama	$3,263	-44.58%	3	$1,088	$10,855	10
94	(62)	Before the Rains	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$2,948	-84.10%	9	$328	$1,003,854	101
95	(84)	The Grocer's Son	Film Movement	Drama	$2,555	-51.91%	4	$639	$186,254	73
96	(73)	Savage Grace	IFC Films	Drama	$2,497	-76.55%	7	$357	$434,417	82
97	(105)	The Flight of the Red Balloon	IFC Films	Drama	$2,450	+44.54%	8	$306	$459,364	138
98	(66)	Baghead	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,359	-84.56%	5	$472	$106,237	66
99	(114)	The Counterfeiters	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,287	+122.25%	4	$572	$5,483,549	178
100	(re-entry)	Yella	Cinema Guild	Drama	$2,052		1	$2,052	$22,713	94
101	(94)	Kabluey	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$1,552	-48.76%	3	$517	$44,761	45
102	(116)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$1,535	+107.43%	1	$1,535	$13,562,125	2,726
103	(117)	Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul	Typecast Releasing	Drama	$1,467	+161.03%	1	$1,467	$79,737	192
104	(106)	Elsa & Fred	Mitropoulos Films	Romantic Comedy	$1,292	-19.00%	4	$323	$148,812	52
105	(102)	Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$1,263	-35.03%	4	$316	$45,294	38
106	(120)	Ripple Effect	Monterey Media	Drama	$1,189	+211.26%	4	$297	$9,013	38
107	(75)	Beautiful Losers	Sidetrack Films	Documentary	$1,148	-89.18%	1	$1,148	$23,681	10
108	(111)	Bigger, Stronger, Faster*	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$902	-17.78%	3	$301	$307,811	80
109	(re-entry)	On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery	Regent Releasing	Thriller/Suspense	$888		2	$444	$2,425	31
110	(110)	The Sensation of Sight	Monterey Media	Drama	$882	-28.06%	4	$221	$19,745	283
111	(107)	Jellyfish	Zeitgeist	Drama	$844	-42.78%	1	$844	$336,180	136
112	(115)	Girls Rock!	Shadow	Documentary	$753	-9.93%	2	$377	$154,735	164
113	(101)	America the Beautiful	First Independent Pictures	Documentary	$591	-72.08%	1	$591	$38,198	101
114	(118)	Constantine's Sword	First Run Features	Documentary	$564	+5.03%	2	$282	$168,029	122
115	(108)	To the Limit	First Run Features	Documentary	$479	-64.39%	1	$479	$14,124	66
116	(109)	My Father, My Lord	Kino International	Drama	$452	-66.37%	1	$452	$154,264	94
117	(re-entry)	Yiddish Theater: A Love Story	New Love Films	Documentary	$445		1	$445	$36,761	271
118	(re-entry)	Murder.com	Regent Releasing	Thriller/Suspense	$273		2	$137	$2,070	38
119	(98)	The Order of Myths	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$228	-91.43%	1	$228	$19,878	24

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Chart certified: 8/22/2008