The Top Movies, Weekend of September 12, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Burn After Reading	Focus Features	Black Comedy	$19,128,001		2,651	$7,215	$19,128,001	3
2	(new)	The Family That Preys	Lionsgate	Comedy	$17,381,218		2,070	$8,397	$17,381,218	3
3	(new)	Righteous Kill	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$16,288,361		3,152	$5,168	$16,288,361	3
4	(new)	The Women	Picturehouse	Comedy	$10,155,121		2,962	$3,428	$10,155,121	3
5	(2)	Tropic Thunder	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$4,183,405	-42.14%	2,927	$1,429	$102,974,069	33
6	(4)	The House Bunny	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$4,154,427	-24.64%	2,763	$1,504	$42,008,459	24
7	(3)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$4,128,153	-25.15%	2,191	$1,884	$517,792,764	59
8	(1)	Bangkok Dangerous	Lionsgate	Action	$2,592,656	-66.69%	2,654	$977	$12,723,787	10
9	(5)	Traitor	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$2,131,639	-50.13%	2,014	$1,058	$20,734,170	19
10	(7)	Death Race	Universal	Action	$2,056,415	-44.58%	2,007	$1,025	$33,232,495	24
11	(6)	Babylon A.D.	20th Century Fox	Action	$1,864,585	-55.40%	2,062	$904	$20,415,057	17
12	(9)	Mamma Mia!	Universal	Musical	$1,827,985	-35.99%	1,517	$1,205	$139,401,320	59
13	(8)	Disaster Movie	Lionsgate	Comedy	$1,565,854	-48.34%	1,802	$869	$12,655,988	17
14	(16)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$1,495,243	+11.70%	698	$2,142	$10,003,617	31
15	(11)	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	MGM	Comedy	$1,264,481	-40.23%	726	$1,742	$18,020,252	31
16	(17)	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,127,360	-7.99%	751	$1,501	$98,076,533	66
17	(10)	The Pineapple Express	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,101,252	-51.18%	1,030	$1,069	$86,034,248	40
18	(12)	Mirrors	20th Century Fox	Horror	$896,265	-49.92%	1,008	$889	$29,137,157	31
19	(13)	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$881,447	-47.92%	1,005	$877	$33,919,298	31
20	(14)	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	Universal	Adventure	$678,720	-54.10%	750	$905	$101,596,445	45
21	(15)	The Longshots	MGM	Drama	$598,972	-56.49%	858	$698	$10,712,886	24
22	(22)	WALL-E	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$540,926	-30.14%	504	$1,073	$220,090,317	80
23	(20)	Step Brothers	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$416,581	-51.79%	454	$918	$100,125,730	52
24	(40)	Get Smart	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$394,793	+246.91%	306	$1,290	$129,030,585	87
25	(18)	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$388,182	-60.20%	645	$602	$43,504,854	40
26	(26)	Kung Fu Panda	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$336,219	-13.39%	370	$909	$214,637,586	101
27	(24)	Elegy	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$266,657	-44.60%	136	$1,961	$2,776,475	38
28	(23)	Bottle Shock	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$219,117	-57.14%	250	$876	$3,647,982	40
29	(30)	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$202,903	-27.41%	263	$771	$316,489,033	116
30	(32)	Space Chimps	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$193,704	-6.80%	278	$697	$29,406,206	59
31	(27)	Transsiberian	First Look	Thriller/Suspense	$167,052	-50.17%	154	$1,085	$1,590,791	59
32	(28)	Tell No One	Music Box Films	Thriller/Suspense	$166,727	-42.68%	95	$1,755	$5,027,201	75
33	(29)	Frozen River	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$162,044	-42.62%	86	$1,884	$1,409,327	45
34	(31)	Man on Wire	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$157,692	-24.38%	93	$1,696	$2,050,689	52
35	(19)	College	MGM	Comedy	$115,543	-87.87%	418	$276	$4,600,628	17
36	(21)	Hamlet 2	Focus Features	Comedy	$110,532	-86.63%	168	$658	$4,784,111	24
37	(36)	Hellboy 2: The Golden Army	Universal	Action	$103,830	-28.05%	161	$645	$75,754,670	66
38	(new)	Proud American	Lightsource	Drama	$96,076		750	$128	$96,076	3
39	(38)	Iron Man	Paramount Pictures	Action	$94,816	-25.19%	156	$608	$318,134,740	136
40	(35)	The Rocker	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$82,761	-46.58%	150	$552	$6,272,545	26
41	(39)	Wanted	Universal	Action	$82,485	-29.49%	146	$565	$134,294,280	80
42	(46)	I Served the King of England	Sony Pictures Classics	Black Comedy	$80,719	+25.66%	36	$2,242	$256,006	17
43	(37)	Swing Vote	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$68,868	-50.03%	159	$433	$16,029,327	45
44	(44)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$66,784	-14.09%	14	$4,770	$4,642,161	213
45	(43)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$60,265	-29.53%	45	$1,339	$18,866,633	346
46	(45)	Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis	Link Productions Ltd.	Comedy	$59,221	-16.71%	29	$2,042	$1,470,856	52
47	(33)	Everybody Wants To Be Italian	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$58,153	-70.61%	73	$797	$322,039	10
48	(new)	Towelhead	Warner Bros.	Drama	$52,823		4	$13,206	$52,823	3
49	(new)	I've Loved You So Long	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$51,831		10	$5,183	$51,831	-39
50	(34)	Brideshead Revisited	Miramax	Drama	$51,289	-72.20%	123	$417	$6,359,742	52
51	(61)	Brick Lane	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$42,506	+77.91%	48	$886	$1,010,010	87
52	(new)	Greetings from the Shore	Newstyle Releasing	Drama	$40,527		31	$1,307	$40,527	3
53	(52)	A Secret	Strand	Drama	$40,351	+8.66%	4	$10,088	$98,226	10
54	(47)	Kit Kittredge: An American Girl	Picturehouse	Drama	$39,049	-29.64%	96	$407	$17,583,757	87
55	(48)	Ce qu'il faut pour vivre	Films Seville	Drama	$33,683	-35.52%	14	$2,406	$170,543	17
56	(54)	The Girl Cut in Two	IFC Films	Thriller/Suspense	$30,333	-8.32%	14	$2,167	$179,953	31
57	(91)	Surfer, Dude	Anchor Bay Entertainment	Comedy	$29,708	+397.54%	68	$437	$36,497	10
58	(51)	Trouble the Water	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$24,691	-41.07%	9	$2,743	$187,638	24
59	(63)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$24,566	+7.64%	8	$3,071	$36,293,423	927
60	(49)	Beer for My Horses	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$23,937	-51.46%	41	$584	$541,041	38
61	(53)	The X-Files: I Want to Believe	20th Century Fox	Action	$23,652	-35.71%	65	$364	$20,933,100	52
62	(59)	The Children of Huang Shi	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$22,973	-14.88%	25	$919	$907,928	115
63	(42)	Henry Poole Is Here	Overture Films	Comedy	$22,805	-73.78%	89	$256	$1,797,617	31
64	(56)	Sixty Six	First Independent Pictures	Comedy	$18,849	-34.33%	12	$1,571	$182,359	45
65	(66)	U2 3D	National Geographic Entertainment	Concert/Performance	$18,371	-14.66%	6	$3,062	$9,467,019	236
66	(65)	And When Did You Last See Your Father?	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$18,292	-15.28%	29	$631	$972,748	101
67	(50)	Sex and the City	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$17,653	-61.85%	46	$384	$152,637,269	108
68	(55)	Ping Pong Playa	IFC Films	Drama	$17,034	-44.69%	14	$1,217	$55,185	10
69	(57)	The Wackness	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$16,981	-39.85%	21	$809	$1,974,831	74
70	(re-entry)	FLOW: For Love of Water	Oscilloscope Pictures	Documentary	$16,610		2	$8,305	$16,610	178
71	(76)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$16,596	+18.91%	1	$16,596	$25,737,093	1,088
72	(58)	American Teen	Paramount Vantage	Documentary	$15,909	-41.44%	39	$408	$927,177	52
73	(79)	The Grocer's Son	Film Movement	Drama	$15,198	+29.28%	6	$2,533	$225,147	101
74	(new)	Loins of Punjab Presents	Emerging Pictures	Comedy	$14,850		4	$3,713	$14,850	3
75	(84)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$14,168	+35.29%	8	$1,771	$76,401,630	2,341
76	(60)	Meet Dave	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$13,817	-47.65%	30	$461	$11,762,847	66
77	(71)	Encounters at the End of the World	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$13,331	-24.99%	21	$635	$884,681	96
78	(104)	The Legend of God's Gun	Indican Pictures	Western	$12,975	+435.94%	3	$4,325	$133,608	59
79	(64)	The Visitor	Overture Films	Comedy	$12,766	-42.07%	35	$365	$9,384,279	157
80	(96)	Sukiyaki Western Django	First Look	Action	$12,495	+164.95%	3	$4,165	$34,671	17
81	(74)	Another Gay Sequel	TLA Releasing	Comedy	$12,224	-21.09%	7	$1,746	$65,491	17
82	(new)	Enlighten Up!	Balcony Releasing	Documentary	$11,799		1	$11,799	$11,799	3
83	(75)	Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$11,529	-17.70%	9	$1,281	$1,191,747	74
84	(re-entry)	The Pool	Vitagraph Films	Drama	$11,135		5	$2,227	$26,336	593
85	(70)	The Errand of Angels	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$10,868	-40.38%	22	$494	$173,184	24
86	(77)	Mister Foe	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$7,987	-40.79%	3	$2,662	$26,772	10
87	(72)	Up the Yangtze	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$7,744	-54.60%	6	$1,291	$759,187	143
88	(86)	Roman de Gare	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$7,084	-27.19%	11	$644	$1,851,114	143
89	(82)	In Search of a Midnight Kiss	IFC First Take	Drama	$7,081	-34.78%	9	$787	$124,259	45
90	(97)	Young @ Heart	Fox Searchlight	Documentary	$6,984	+61.67%	17	$411	$3,948,739	159
91	(73)	The Last Mistress	IFC Films	Drama	$6,643	-58.95%	19	$350	$758,473	80
92	(new)	Moving Midway	First Run Features	Documentary	$6,539		2	$3,270	$6,539	3
93	(83)	Roving Mars	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$5,748	-46.17%	5	$1,150	$9,590,128	962
94	(90)	The Flyboys	Self Distributed	Adventure	$4,881	-19.14%	17	$287	$50,024	31
95	(62)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$4,816	-79.30%	5	$963	$758,616	24
96	(67)	The Edge of Heaven	Strand	Drama	$4,688	-77.40%	7	$670	$718,474	117
97	(68)	Momma's Man	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$4,673	-75.17%	6	$779	$61,803	241
98	(69)	Goal! 2: Living the Dream...	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$4,165	-77.25%	11	$379	$224,152	17
99	(118)	Cthulhu	Regent Releasing	Horror	$3,944	+796.36%	3	$1,315	$8,645	24
100	(95)	Elsa & Fred	Mitropoulos Films	Romantic Comedy	$3,518	-27.91%	6	$586	$177,621	80
101	(85)	Before the Rains	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$3,492	-65.62%	4	$873	$1,036,061	129
102	(89)	Save Me	First Run Features	Drama	$3,441	-50.79%	1	$3,441	$14,368	10
103	(94)	Beautiful Losers	Sidetrack Films	Documentary	$3,275	-39.04%	3	$1,092	$50,199	38
104	(new)	Christmas on Mars	Self Distributed	Musical	$2,989		1	$2,989	$2,989	3
105	(92)	What Happens in Vegas...	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$2,818	-48.97%	8	$352	$80,276,912	129
106	(87)	A Jihad for Love	First Run Features	Documentary	$2,749	-71.05%	1	$2,749	$103,540	117
107	(101)	Days and Clouds	Film Movement		$2,686	-18.53%	2	$1,343	$93,568	66
108	(93)	A Man Named Pearl	Railroad Square	Documentary	$2,201	-59.93%	6	$367	$166,260	381
109	(119)	Il Trittico at Fenice	Emerging Pictures	Concert/Performance	$2,050	+594.92%	3	$683	$79,017	136
110	(88)	America the Beautiful	First Independent Pictures	Documentary	$2,014	-73.25%	3	$671	$67,184	129
111	(80)	The Happening	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$1,975	-83.06%	11	$180	$64,505,912	94
112	(re-entry)	Alexandra	Cinema Guild	Drama	$1,914		1	$1,914	$120,835	171
113	(re-entry)	XXY	Film Movement	Drama	$1,792		1	$1,792	$42,361	136
114	(113)	Chris and Don: A Love Story	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$1,571	+65.02%	1	$1,571	$202,205	94
115	(112)	OSS 117	Music Box Films	Action	$1,520	-1.49%	2	$760	$292,691	129
116	(111)	Kabluey	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$1,432	-7.61%	4	$358	$77,780	73
117	(108)	Young People Fucking	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$1,425	-16.18%	1	$1,425	$8,340	17
118	(102)	What We Do Is Secret		Drama	$1,179	-63.12%	2	$590	$53,389	38
119	(98)	Baghead	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$1,104	-71.55%	4	$276	$123,392	94
120	(106)	Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$1,037	-48.76%	4	$259	$54,110	66
121	(109)	The Singing Revolution	Abramorama Films	Documentary	$912	-44.12%	2	$456	$379,537	283
122	(103)	The Fall	Roadside Attractions	Adventure	$910	-68.05%	4	$228	$2,262,812	129
123	(116)	Monsieur Verdoux	The Film Desk	Black Comedy	$895	+58.41%	1	$895	$29,668	22,438
124	(re-entry)	Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul	Typecast Releasing	Drama	$746		1	$746	$84,005	220
125	(124)	Then She Found Me	ThinkFilm	Romantic Comedy	$655	+445.83%	3	$218	$3,735,303	143
126	(114)	Dare Not Walk Alone	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$642	-15.30%	1	$642	$32,719	143
127	(120)	Girls Rock!	Shadow	Documentary	$600	+116.61%	1	$600	$157,116	192
128	(115)	No Regret	Regent Releasing	Drama	$494	-30.13%	1	$494	$14,620	669
129	(re-entry)	A Lawyer Walks into a Bar	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$454		1	$454	$3,108	199
130	(re-entry)	Jellyfish	Zeitgeist	Drama	$421		1	$421	$338,834	164
131	(re-entry)	The Unforeseen	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$396		1	$396	$90,287	199
132	(re-entry)	Yiddish Theater: A Love Story	New Love Films	Documentary	$395		1	$395	$37,611	299
133	(110)	Ripple Effect	Monterey Media	Drama	$319	-79.94%	2	$160	$13,329	66
134	(117)	Tuya's Marriage	Music Box Films	Drama	$310	-29.55%	1	$310	$69,522	164
135	(re-entry)	CSNY: D�j� Vu	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$309		2	$155	$63,619	52
136	(105)	Constantine's Sword	First Run Features	Documentary	$231	-89.91%	1	$231	$177,045	150

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Chart certified: 9/20/2008