The Top Movies, Weekend of August 22, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Tropic Thunder	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$16,272,195	-36.96%	3,352	$4,854	$65,839,915	12
2	(new)	The House Bunny	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$14,533,702		2,714	$5,355	$14,533,702	3
3	(new)	Death Race	Universal	Action	$12,621,090		2,532	$4,985	$12,621,090	3
4	(2)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$10,542,424	-35.64%	3,163	$3,333	$489,416,885	38
5	(3)	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$5,661,456	-61.25%	3,452	$1,640	$24,999,054	10
6	(5)	The Pineapple Express	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$5,452,163	-44.41%	2,620	$2,081	$73,780,191	19
7	(4)	Mirrors	20th Century Fox	Horror	$5,010,663	-55.11%	2,664	$1,881	$20,211,066	10
8	(7)	Mamma Mia!	Universal	Musical	$4,314,840	-29.22%	2,326	$1,855	$124,469,900	38
9	(6)	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	Universal	Adventure	$4,177,950	-49.08%	2,422	$1,725	$93,921,245	24
10	(new)	The Longshots	MGM	Drama	$4,080,687		2,089	$1,953	$4,080,687	3
11	(10)	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	MGM	Comedy	$3,005,031	-19.98%	692	$4,343	$8,571,505	10
12	(8)	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$2,807,076	-51.48%	2,170	$1,294	$38,319,055	19
13	(new)	The Rocker	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$2,636,048		2,784	$947	$3,686,460	5
14	(9)	Step Brothers	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,301,992	-52.12%	1,639	$1,405	$95,586,358	31
15	(11)	Journey to the Center of the Earth	New Line	Adventure	$2,188,254	-34.65%	1,051	$2,082	$91,871,213	45
16	(12)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$1,422,547	-25.15%	540	$2,634	$4,172,139	10
17	(13)	WALL-E	Buena Vista	Comedy	$965,559	-47.42%	785	$1,230	$216,252,003	59
18	(20)	Bottle Shock	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$651,671	+66.06%	324	$2,011	$1,671,490	19
19	(14)	Hancock	Sony Pictures	Action	$643,128	-62.61%	588	$1,094	$226,357,065	54
20	(25)	Kung Fu Panda	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$579,281	+104.20%	437	$1,326	$212,685,098	80
21	(47)	Elegy	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$492,268	+802.60%	92	$5,351	$739,357	17
22	(new)	Hamlet 2	Focus Features	Comedy	$439,925		103	$4,271	$439,925	3
23	(18)	Brideshead Revisited	Miramax	Drama	$428,230	-42.13%	444	$964	$5,486,995	31
24	(17)	Space Chimps	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$404,046	-47.88%	467	$865	$28,378,680	38
25	(26)	Tell No One	Revolver Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$344,109	+24.95%	101	$3,407	$3,778,035	54
26	(16)	Henry Poole Is Here	Overture Films	Comedy	$313,931	-61.01%	506	$620	$1,461,717	10
27	(15)	Swing Vote	Buena Vista	Comedy	$300,014	-73.62%	372	$806	$15,458,183	24
28	(19)	Hellboy 2: The Golden Army	Universal	Action	$255,970	-52.70%	286	$895	$75,108,440	45
29	(23)	Iron Man	Paramount Pictures	Action	$243,342	-28.68%	257	$947	$317,473,452	115
30	(21)	Wanted	Universal	Action	$220,985	-40.09%	254	$870	$133,734,905	59
31	(29)	Man on Wire	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$206,584	-3.62%	74	$2,792	$1,125,349	31
32	(31)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic	Documentary	$201,909	-0.49%	46	$4,389	$18,241,417	325
33	(45)	Frozen River	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$147,116	+146.57%	41	$3,588	$431,865	24
34	(41)	Transsiberian	First Look	Thriller/Suspense	$138,493	+49.75%	36	$3,847	$510,541	38
35	(30)	Get Smart	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$137,176	-34.79%	121	$1,134	$128,226,222	66
36	(22)	Singh is Kinng	Studio 18	Action	$135,665	-61.08%	62	$2,188	$2,523,511	17
37	(28)	You Don't Mess With the Zohan	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$133,552	-40.03%	204	$655	$99,683,534	80
38	(24)	Bachna Ae Haseeno	Yash Raj Films	Romantic Comedy	$125,081	-61.21%	67	$1,867	$549,394	10
39	(33)	Sex and the City	New Line	Comedy	$123,571	-34.99%	204	$606	$152,358,330	87
40	(32)	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$118,492	-38.07%	136	$871	$315,286,725	95
41	(27)	The X-Files: I Want to Believe	20th Century Fox	Action	$116,850	-53.71%	163	$717	$20,707,728	31
42	(34)	The Incredible Hulk	Universal	Adventure	$103,435	-42.57%	151	$685	$134,387,500	73
43	(39)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$82,690	-20.42%	13	$6,361	$4,310,463	192
44	(35)	The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian	Buena Vista	Adventure	$75,920	-45.60%	146	$520	$141,516,617	101
45	(36)	Kit Kittredge: An American Girl	PictureHouse	Drama	$71,072	-42.96%	146	$487	$17,363,526	66
46	(40)	American Teen	Paramount Vantage	Documentary	$63,223	-38.34%	109	$580	$785,817	31
47	(new)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$61,313		18	$3,406	$634,829	3
48	(43)	Meet Dave	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$51,358	-20.01%	92	$558	$11,644,832	45
49	(38)	The Love Guru	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$49,820	-55.00%	120	$415	$32,178,777	66
50	(46)	Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis	Link Productions Ltd.	Comedy	$45,648	-22.36%	24	$1,902	$1,186,869	31
51	(42)	Beer for My Horses	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$38,643	-57.66%	40	$966	$411,212	17
52	(50)	The Wackness	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$36,325	-11.47%	51	$712	$1,814,058	53
53	(51)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$36,132	-8.32%	8	$4,517	$36,150,024	906
54	(48)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$29,653	-34.34%	2	$14,827	$25,600,456	1,067
55	(63)	And When Did You Last See Your Father?	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$29,511	+61.03%	35	$843	$866,964	80
56	(new)	Trouble the Water	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$28,606		3	$9,535	$28,606	3
57	(44)	The Happening	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$27,710	-54.89%	46	$602	$64,438,122	73
58	(60)	Brick Lane	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$27,644	+34.06%	33	$838	$863,592	66
59	(56)	U2 3D	National Geographic	Concert/Performance	$25,244	-12.47%	5	$5,049	$9,365,105	215
60	(72)	The Children of Huang Shi	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$23,040	+104.16%	26	$886	$795,624	94
61	(54)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$22,052	-31.86%	6	$3,675	$76,293,652	2,320
62	(62)	The Girl Cut in Two	IFC Films	Thriller/Suspense	$21,193	+13.59%	2	$10,597	$52,850	10
63	(52)	Mongol	PictureHouse	Drama	$19,728	-45.53%	30	$658	$5,664,414	80
64	(58)	Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$17,898	-35.05%	32	$559	$1,123,905	53
65	(57)	Encounters at the End of the World	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$17,841	-37.66%	20	$892	$812,541	75
66	(53)	What Happens in Vegas...	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$17,358	-51.28%	28	$620	$80,239,274	108
67	(64)	The Last Mistress	IFC Films	Drama	$16,775	-8.36%	18	$932	$683,686	59
68	(66)	The Visitor	Overture Films	Comedy	$16,411	-9.30%	26	$631	$9,305,004	136
69	(73)	Boy A	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$15,707	+46.41%	10	$1,571	$106,368	33
70	(92)	What We Do Is Secret	Rhino Theatrical	Drama	$15,604	+378.21%	4	$3,901	$28,419	17
71	(74)	Roman de Gare	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$15,269	+51.27%	17	$898	$1,804,350	122
72	(59)	Roving Mars	Buena Vista	Documentary	$13,866	-42.22%	5	$2,773	$9,515,975	941
73	(79)	In Search of a Midnight Kiss	IFC First Take	Drama	$13,629	+86.67%	9	$1,514	$66,884	24
74	(87)	Chris and Don: A Love Story	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$13,260	+212.29%	3	$4,420	$194,338	73
75	(67)	Up the Yangtze	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$13,260	-15.73%	11	$1,205	$700,934	122
76	(68)	Sixty Six	First Independent Pictures	Comedy	$12,476	-9.62%	11	$1,134	$91,543	24
77	(65)	The Edge of Heaven	Strand	Drama	$12,272	-32.92%	9	$1,364	$652,673	96
78	(101)	Kabluey	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$11,478	+639.56%	3	$3,826	$57,084	52
79	(re-entry)	Momma's Man	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$11,072		1	$11,072	$11,072	220
80	(re-entry)	Dare Not Walk Alone	Indican Pictures		$9,028		2	$4,514	$23,115	122
81	(70)	The Fall	Roadside Attractions	Adventure	$7,674	-34.17%	10	$767	$2,243,917	108
82	(re-entry)	A Jihad for Love	First Run Features	Documentary	$6,735		3	$2,245	$80,568	96
83	(104)	Elsa & Fred	Mitropoulos Films	Romantic Comedy	$5,390	+317.18%	9	$599	$160,557	59
84	(84)	Priceless	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Comedy	$5,234	+2.73%	5	$1,047	$2,164,670	150
85	(113)	America the Beautiful	First Independent Pictures	Documentary	$4,779	+708.63%	4	$1,195	$44,279	108
86	(76)	A Man Named Pearl	Railroad Square	Documentary	$4,565	-47.96%	6	$761	$143,852	360
87	(61)	The Legend of God's Gun	Indican Pictures	Western	$4,514	-76.61%	2	$2,257	$105,767	38
88	(93)	Before the Rains	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$4,024	+36.50%	1	$4,024	$1,010,070	108
89	(88)	Young @ Heart	Fox Searchlight	Documentary	$3,850	+11.30%	7	$550	$3,925,528	138
90	(re-entry)	Tuya's Marriage	Music Box Films	Drama	$3,798		2	$1,899	$64,614	143
91	(77)	Horton Hears a Who	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$3,771	-55.12%	14	$269	$154,518,833	164
92	(97)	Baghead	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$3,378	+43.20%	8	$422	$111,109	73
93	(re-entry)	CSNY: Déjà Vu	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$2,187		2	$1,094	$60,777	31
94	(91)	Then She Found Me	ThinkFilm	Romantic Comedy	$1,824	-44.32%	3	$608	$3,733,036	122
95	(105)	Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$1,753	+38.80%	6	$292	$48,196	45
96	(103)	Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul	Typecast Releasing	Drama	$1,728	+17.79%	1	$1,728	$82,203	199
97	(re-entry)	Love Comes Lately	Kino International	Drama	$1,716		1	$1,716	$75,083	73
98	(new)	Cthulhu	Regent Releasing	Horror	$1,438		1	$1,438	$1,438	3
99	(75)	La Traviata at La Scala	Emerging Pictures	Concert/Performance	$1,394	-86.02%	1	$1,394	$173,656	192
100	(90)	Nim's Island	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,157	-64.68%	4	$289	$48,006,503	143
101	(94)	The Grocer's Son	Film Movement	Drama	$1,047	-59.02%	2	$524	$189,033	80
102	(100)	The Singing Revolution	Abramorama Films	Documentary	$992	-44.61%	1	$992	$327,420	262
103	(114)	Constantine's Sword	First Run Features	Documentary	$978	+73.40%	2	$489	$169,480	129
104	(110)	The Sensation of Sight	Monterey Media	Drama	$866	-1.81%	2	$433	$20,939	290
105	(115)	To the Limit	First Run Features	Documentary	$841	+75.57%	2	$421	$15,323	73
106	(re-entry)	OSS 117	Music Box Films	Action	$810		2	$405	$288,481	108
107	(106)	Ripple Effect	Monterey Media	Drama	$714	-39.95%	3	$238	$10,218	45
108	(re-entry)	Monsieur Verdoux	The Film Desk	Black Comedy	$417		1	$417	$26,927	22,417
109	(re-entry)	Holding Trevor	Regent Releasing	Drama	$357		1	$357	$16,747	52
110	(98)	The Counterfeiters	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$350	-84.70%	1	$350	$5,484,715	185
111	(re-entry)	A Lawyer Walks into a Bar	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$254		1	$254	$2,272	178