The Top Movies, Weekend of August 29, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Tropic Thunder	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$11,518,611	-29.21%	3,473	$3,317	$83,852,435	19
2	(new)	Babylon A.D.	20th Century Fox	Action	$9,484,627		3,390	$2,798	$9,484,627	3
3	(4)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$8,622,879	-18.21%	2,750	$3,136	$502,293,926	45
4	(2)	The House Bunny	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$8,317,426	-42.77%	2,714	$3,065	$27,868,669	10
5	(new)	Traitor	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$7,868,465		2,054	$3,831	$9,369,792	5
6	(3)	Death Race	Universal	Action	$6,304,635	-50.05%	2,537	$2,485	$23,154,165	10
7	(new)	Disaster Movie	Lionsgate	Comedy	$5,836,973		2,642	$2,209	$5,836,973	3
8	(8)	Mamma Mia!	Universal	Musical	$4,211,495	-2.40%	1,968	$2,140	$131,302,175	45
9	(6)	The Pineapple Express	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$3,535,220	-35.16%	2,047	$1,727	$79,918,601	26
10	(11)	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	MGM	Comedy	$2,815,506	-6.31%	692	$4,069	$12,599,417	17
11	(7)	Mirrors	20th Century Fox	Horror	$2,751,301	-45.09%	1,820	$1,512	$24,819,581	17
12	(5)	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$2,711,145	-52.11%	2,444	$1,109	$29,619,167	17
13	(9)	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	Universal	Adventure	$2,629,445	-37.06%	1,713	$1,535	$97,858,315	31
14	(10)	The Longshots	MGM	Drama	$2,310,498	-43.38%	2,089	$1,106	$7,460,122	10
15	(new)	College	MGM	Comedy	$2,153,109		2,123	$1,014	$2,153,109	3
16	(15)	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,773,815	-18.94%	801	$2,215	$94,553,075	52
17	(22)	Hamlet 2	Focus Features	Comedy	$1,698,820	+286.16%	1,597	$1,064	$2,725,020	10
18	(16)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$1,509,198	+6.09%	630	$2,396	$6,242,261	17
19	(12)	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,435,809	-48.85%	1,252	$1,147	$41,108,020	26
20	(14)	Step Brothers	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,357,288	-41.04%	1,036	$1,310	$97,926,025	38
21	(17)	WALL-E	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$1,175,863	+21.78%	1,155	$1,018	$217,973,943	66
22	(13)	The Rocker	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$969,878	-63.21%	2,784	$348	$5,634,437	12
23	(19)	Hancock	Sony Pictures	Action	$664,586	+3.34%	465	$1,429	$227,211,630	61
24	(20)	Kung Fu Panda	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$633,024	+9.28%	460	$1,376	$213,591,364	87
25	(21)	Elegy	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$624,069	+26.77%	139	$4,490	$1,553,674	24
26	(18)	Bottle Shock	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$547,225	-16.03%	295	$1,855	$2,454,139	26
27	(40)	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$396,651	+234.75%	303	$1,309	$315,733,805	102
28	(25)	Tell No One	Music Box Films	Thriller/Suspense	$373,623	+8.58%	102	$3,663	$4,283,364	61
29	(24)	Space Chimps	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$342,627	-15.20%	401	$854	$28,862,148	45
30	(34)	Transsiberian	First Look	Thriller/Suspense	$281,949	+103.58%	81	$3,481	$839,312	45
31	(33)	Frozen River	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$256,749	+74.52%	69	$3,721	$749,332	31
32	(31)	Man on Wire	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$236,008	+14.24%	91	$2,593	$1,460,433	38
33	(29)	Iron Man	Paramount Pictures	Action	$223,636	-8.10%	220	$1,017	$317,794,156	122
34	(23)	Brideshead Revisited	Miramax	Drama	$218,546	-48.97%	232	$942	$5,905,793	38
35	(28)	Hellboy 2: The Golden Army	Universal	Action	$166,245	-35.05%	204	$815	$75,374,075	52
36	(30)	Wanted	Universal	Action	$158,105	-28.45%	186	$850	$133,980,970	66
37	(27)	Swing Vote	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$157,566	-47.48%	185	$852	$15,712,770	31
38	(new)	Goal! 2: Living the Dream...	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$150,098		99	$1,516	$150,098	3
39	(35)	Get Smart	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$132,712	-3.25%	118	$1,125	$128,426,530	73
40	(37)	You Don't Mess With the Zohan	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$127,090	-4.84%	193	$658	$99,954,677	87
41	(32)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$98,482	-51.22%	46	$2,141	$18,485,492	332
42	(41)	The X-Files: I Want to Believe	20th Century Fox	Action	$87,441	-25.17%	94	$930	$20,837,515	38
43	(42)	The Incredible Hulk	Universal	Adventure	$73,495	-28.95%	100	$735	$134,500,425	80
44	(43)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$71,246	-13.84%	13	$5,480	$4,423,054	199
45	(26)	Henry Poole Is Here	Overture Films	Comedy	$71,001	-77.38%	102	$696	$1,622,235	17
46	(39)	Sex and the City	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$69,413	-43.83%	107	$649	$152,509,475	94
47	(38)	Bachna Ae Haseeno	Yash Raj Films	Romantic Comedy	$66,004	-47.23%	35	$1,886	$679,775	17
48	(50)	Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis	Link Productions Ltd.	Comedy	$63,827	+39.82%	23	$2,775	$1,289,781	38
49	(new)	I Served the King of England	Sony Pictures Classics	Black Comedy	$53,218		8	$6,652	$53,218	3
50	(52)	The Wackness	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$46,940	+29.22%	51	$920	$1,887,470	60
51	(44)	The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$45,075	-40.63%	83	$543	$141,595,602	108
52	(56)	Trouble the Water	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$43,380	+51.65%	8	$5,423	$84,807	10
53	(45)	Kit Kittredge: An American Girl	Picturehouse	Drama	$42,593	-40.07%	100	$426	$17,450,901	73
54	(48)	Meet Dave	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$41,732	-18.74%	58	$720	$11,703,916	52
55	(53)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$37,902	+4.90%	8	$4,738	$36,218,444	913
56	(47)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$37,320	-39.13%	21	$1,777	$696,210	10
57	(58)	Brick Lane	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$36,852	+33.31%	31	$1,189	$915,236	73
58	(57)	The Happening	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$36,275	+30.91%	25	$1,451	$64,485,596	80
59	(46)	American Teen	Paramount Vantage	Documentary	$34,345	-45.68%	74	$464	$852,955	38
60	(59)	U2 3D	National Geographic Entertainment	Concert/Performance	$31,594	+25.15%	7	$4,513	$9,412,772	222
61	(51)	Beer for My Horses	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$26,260	-32.04%	29	$906	$444,813	24
62	(55)	And When Did You Last See Your Father?	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$25,107	-14.92%	33	$761	$907,274	87
63	(62)	The Girl Cut in Two	IFC Films	Thriller/Suspense	$24,984	+17.89%	7	$3,569	$88,769	17
64	(72)	Roving Mars	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$24,304	+75.28%	5	$4,861	$9,558,506	948
65	(61)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$24,117	+9.36%	9	$2,680	$76,349,954	2,327
66	(60)	The Children of Huang Shi	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$23,924	+3.84%	25	$957	$831,361	101
67	(54)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$22,482	-24.18%	2	$11,241	$25,648,069	1,074
68	(77)	Sixty Six	First Independent Pictures	Comedy	$22,455	+79.99%	9	$2,495	$117,618	31
69	(new)	Another Gay Sequel	TLA Releasing	Comedy	$21,086		3	$7,029	$21,086	3
70	(67)	The Last Mistress	IFC Films	Drama	$20,344	+21.28%	20	$1,017	$711,772	66
71	(73)	In Search of a Midnight Kiss	IFC First Take	Drama	$17,575	+28.95%	6	$2,929	$92,676	31
72	(78)	The Edge of Heaven	Strand	Drama	$17,400	+41.79%	9	$1,933	$675,034	103
73	(68)	The Visitor	Overture Films	Comedy	$13,641	-16.88%	28	$487	$9,326,665	143
74	(71)	Roman de Gare	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$12,548	-17.82%	15	$837	$1,823,488	129
75	(65)	Encounters at the End of the World	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$11,898	-33.31%	15	$793	$835,194	82
76	(64)	Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$11,104	-37.96%	15	$740	$1,146,513	60
77	(75)	Up the Yangtze	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$9,954	-24.93%	8	$1,244	$718,011	129
78	(new)	Sukiyaki Western Django	First Look	Action	$9,856		1	$9,856	$9,856	3
79	(66)	What Happens in Vegas...	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$9,467	-45.46%	30	$316	$80,262,963	115
80	(80)	Momma's Man	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$9,155	-17.31%	3	$3,052	$26,322	227
81	(79)	Kabluey	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$8,953	-22.00%	2	$4,477	$70,377	59
82	(70)	What We Do Is Secret		Drama	$8,878	-43.10%	7	$1,268	$42,514	24
83	(104)	Beautiful Losers	Sidetrack Films	Documentary	$8,062	+602.26%	2	$4,031	$31,743	24
84	(89)	The Legend of God's Gun	Indican Pictures	Western	$7,640	+69.25%	3	$2,547	$115,509	45
85	(63)	Mongol	Picturehouse	Drama	$7,591	-61.52%	16	$474	$5,684,339	87
86	(85)	The Flyboys	Self Distributed	Adventure	$7,509	+40.09%	2	$3,755	$30,268	17
87	(new)	My Mexican Shivah	Emerging Pictures	Comedy	$6,100		1	$6,100	$6,100	3
88	(re-entry)	Day of Wrath	Janus Films	Drama	$5,868		1	$5,868	$5,868	22,045
89	(87)	America the Beautiful	First Independent Pictures	Documentary	$5,669	+18.62%	5	$1,134	$51,683	115
90	(88)	A Man Named Pearl	Railroad Square	Documentary	$4,276	-6.33%	7	$611	$152,469	367
91	(re-entry)	Days and Clouds	Film Movement		$4,207		2	$2,104	$80,904	52
92	(84)	Elsa & Fred	Mitropoulos Films	Romantic Comedy	$4,181	-22.43%	5	$836	$162,305	66
93	(81)	Dare Not Walk Alone	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$3,875	-57.08%	1	$3,875	$30,146	129
94	(93)	Horton Hears a Who	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$3,662	-2.89%	12	$305	$154,528,032	171
95	(82)	The Fall	Roadside Attractions	Adventure	$3,391	-55.81%	9	$377	$2,238,723	115
96	(107)	Constantine's Sword	First Run Features	Documentary	$3,283	+235.69%	3	$1,094	$173,382	136
97	(91)	Young @ Heart	Fox Searchlight	Documentary	$2,855	-25.84%	6	$476	$3,931,345	145
98	(105)	The Grocer's Son	Film Movement	Drama	$2,293	+119.01%	2	$1,147	$192,002	87
99	(94)	Baghead	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,234	-33.87%	7	$319	$114,907	80
100	(90)	Before the Rains	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$2,163	-46.25%	4	$541	$1,017,553	115
101	(re-entry)	No Regret	Regent Releasing	Drama	$2,117		1	$2,117	$11,754	655
102	(re-entry)	Aida at La Scala	Emerging Pictures	Concert/Performance	$1,995		1	$1,995	$205,098	269
103	(106)	The Singing Revolution	Abramorama Films	Documentary	$1,983	+99.90%	2	$992	$374,356	269
104	(76)	Chris and Don: A Love Story	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$1,913	-85.57%	3	$638	$196,321	80
105	(83)	A Jihad for Love	First Run Features	Documentary	$1,634	-75.74%	2	$817	$85,181	103
106	(102)	La Traviata at La Scala	Emerging Pictures	Concert/Performance	$1,168	-16.21%	1	$1,168	$177,165	199
107	(92)	Tuya's Marriage	Music Box Films	Drama	$1,129	-70.27%	1	$1,129	$68,007	150
108	(98)	Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$1,085	-38.11%	3	$362	$49,880	52
109	(new)	Antarctica	Regent Releasing	Romantic Comedy	$798		1	$798	$798	3
110	(101)	Cthulhu	Regent Releasing	Horror	$685	-52.36%	1	$685	$3,403	10
111	(108)	The Sensation of Sight	Monterey Media	Drama	$562	-35.10%	2	$281	$22,030	297
112	(re-entry)	XXY	Film Movement	Drama	$560		1	$560	$38,211	122
113	(re-entry)	Youssou N'Dour: Return to Goree	ArtMattan Productions		$552		1	$552	$1,802	45
114	(100)	Love Comes Lately	Kino International	Drama	$527	-69.29%	1	$527	$76,120	80
115	(re-entry)	Girls Rock!	Shadow	Documentary	$500		1	$500	$156,222	178
116	(re-entry)	La Forza del Destino	Emerging Pictures	Concert/Performance	$480		1	$480	$52,577	151
117	(re-entry)	My Father, My Lord	Kino International	Drama	$307		1	$307	$154,870	108
118	(re-entry)	Jellyfish	Zeitgeist	Drama	$295		1	$295	$338,097	150
119	(118)	A Lawyer Walks into a Bar	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$258	+1.57%	1	$258	$2,618	185
120	(114)	Monsieur Verdoux	The Film Desk	Black Comedy	$228	-45.32%	2	$114	$27,522	22,424
121	(112)	Ripple Effect	Monterey Media	Drama	$121	-83.05%	1	$121	$10,630	52
122	(re-entry)	Teeth	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$53		1	$53	$346,342	227

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Chart certified: 9/8/2008