The Top Movies, Weekend of October 3, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$29,300,465		3,215	$9,114	$29,300,465	3
2	(1)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$17,709,817	-39.25%	3,516	$5,037	$54,614,521	10
3	(new)	Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist	Sony Pictures	Drama	$11,311,751		2,421	$4,672	$11,311,751	3
4	(2)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$7,368,259	-45.09%	2,702	$2,727	$25,088,183	10
5	(36)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$5,050,310	+3,345.71%	1,045	$4,833	$5,605,167	17
6	(3)	Lakeview Terrace	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$4,561,227	-34.53%	2,574	$1,772	$32,201,255	17
7	(5)	Burn After Reading	Focus Features	Black Comedy	$4,120,129	-33.51%	2,397	$1,719	$51,678,103	24
8	(4)	Fireproof	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$3,987,509	-41.40%	852	$4,680	$12,410,216	10
9	(new)	An American Carol	Vivendi Entertainment	Comedy	$3,656,000		1,639	$2,231	$3,656,000	3
10	(new)	Religulous	Lionsgate	Documentary	$3,409,643		502	$6,792	$3,428,633	5
11	(new)	Flash of Genius	Universal	Drama	$2,251,075		1,098	$2,050	$2,251,075	3
12	(new)	Blindness	Alliance	Thriller/Suspense	$1,950,260		1,690	$1,154	$1,950,260	3
13	(6)	Igor	MGM	Comedy	$1,739,078	-67.70%	2,332	$746	$17,073,170	17
14	(9)	Miracle at St. Anna	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$1,736,302	-50.08%	1,185	$1,465	$6,329,692	10
15	(8)	Righteous Kill	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$1,609,959	-56.60%	1,789	$900	$37,696,040	24
16	(10)	The Family That Preys	Lionsgate	Comedy	$1,589,086	-49.16%	933	$1,703	$35,190,864	24
17	(7)	My Best Friend's Girl	Lionsgate	Comedy	$1,563,164	-59.74%	1,702	$918	$17,610,847	17
18	(11)	Ghost Town	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,469,919	-49.85%	1,456	$1,010	$11,526,769	17
19	(new)	How to Lose Friends & Alienate People	MGM	Comedy	$1,430,294		1,750	$817	$1,430,294	3
20	(19)	The Duchess	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$893,990	+58.77%	127	$7,039	$1,950,786	17
21	(13)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$828,213	-50.24%	663	$1,249	$525,831,387	80
22	(12)	The Women	Picturehouse	Comedy	$745,269	-71.84%	1,139	$654	$25,936,550	24
23	(14)	Choke	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$514,223	-61.02%	432	$1,190	$2,322,557	10
24	(17)	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	MGM	Comedy	$406,256	-38.96%	221	$1,838	$21,060,253	52
25	(15)	The House Bunny	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$353,149	-71.70%	695	$508	$48,027,409	45
26	(16)	Tropic Thunder	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$326,593	-72.44%	485	$673	$109,472,162	54
27	(new)	Rachel Getting Married	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$293,369		9	$32,597	$293,369	3
28	(18)	Mamma Mia!	Universal	Musical	$286,515	-50.36%	382	$750	$142,725,960	80
29	(new)	Drona	Eros Entertainment	Adventure	$237,647		90	$2,641	$237,647	3
30	(24)	WALL-E	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$210,231	-13.85%	226	$930	$221,127,808	101
31	(20)	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$178,357	-65.68%	210	$849	$100,101,513	87
32	(22)	Death Race	Universal	Action	$160,945	-60.76%	266	$605	$35,939,585	45
33	(27)	Get Smart	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$154,822	-35.40%	265	$584	$130,047,888	108
34	(29)	Kung Fu Panda	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$143,801	-30.46%	250	$575	$215,395,021	122
35	(new)	Kidnap	Studio 18	Thriller/Suspense	$138,000		60	$2,300	$138,000	3
36	(21)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$132,780	-73.58%	178	$746	$11,907,364	52
37	(25)	Mirrors	20th Century Fox	Horror	$121,664	-50.13%	203	$599	$30,415,298	52
38	(28)	Babylon A.D.	20th Century Fox	Action	$102,555	-54.66%	155	$662	$22,333,252	38
39	(34)	Space Chimps	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$101,571	-38.61%	232	$438	$29,942,542	80
40	(23)	Traitor	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$100,218	-60.76%	188	$533	$23,147,191	40
41	(35)	Tell No One	Music Box Films	Thriller/Suspense	$97,624	-34.10%	77	$1,268	$5,639,027	96
42	(64)	Swing Vote	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$89,903	+387.38%	176	$511	$16,229,781	66
43	(38)	Elegy	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$74,252	-38.81%	70	$1,061	$3,383,637	59
44	(37)	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$72,250	-48.80%	128	$564	$316,957,122	137
45	(43)	Man on Wire	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$69,888	-29.50%	65	$1,075	$2,509,822	73
46	(re-entry)	Forever Strong	Crane Movie Company	Drama	$68,283		66	$1,035	$319,642	10
47	(39)	C'est pas moi, je le jure!	Films Seville	Comedy	$67,323	-43.41%	36	$1,870	$235,027	11
48	(31)	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$67,153	-64.23%	166	$405	$34,853,585	52
49	(26)	Disaster Movie	Lionsgate	Comedy	$62,100	-74.13%	140	$444	$14,069,282	38
50	(44)	Frozen River	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$59,336	-35.59%	57	$1,041	$1,996,900	66
51	(45)	Transsiberian	First Look	Thriller/Suspense	$56,098	-36.19%	58	$967	$2,026,565	80
52	(new)	Paris	Equinox	Comedy	$49,954		1	$49,954	$49,954	-347
53	(30)	Bangkok Dangerous	Lionsgate	Action	$45,480	-76.64%	103	$442	$15,195,406	31
54	(49)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$44,028	-17.55%	10	$4,403	$36,473,293	948
55	(new)	Allah Made Me Funny	Truly Indie	Documentary	$38,867		14	$2,776	$38,867	3
56	(46)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$38,457	-49.22%	25	$1,538	$19,144,336	367
57	(41)	The Longshots	MGM	Drama	$37,598	-64.46%	102	$369	$11,299,040	45
58	(63)	The Children of Huang Shi	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$35,987	+90.46%	40	$900	$1,013,776	136
59	(56)	A Secret	Strand	Drama	$33,433	+1.82%	8	$4,179	$257,918	31
60	(50)	Battle in Seattle	ThinkFilm	Drama	$29,284	-40.70%	42	$697	$168,608	17
61	(51)	Bottle Shock	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$26,143	-46.58%	30	$871	$3,986,011	61
62	(47)	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$25,086	-57.79%	80	$314	$43,905,471	61
63	(54)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$24,639	-26.86%	7	$3,520	$4,785,334	234
64	(40)	Towelhead	Warner Bros.	Drama	$24,393	-78.72%	38	$642	$351,094	24
65	(55)	Trouble the Water	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$23,917	-28.23%	13	$1,840	$323,457	45
66	(66)	The Girl Cut in Two	IFC Films	Thriller/Suspense	$22,131	+28.92%	13	$1,702	$279,394	52
67	(42)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$18,734	-81.76%	4	$4,684	$26,014,813	1,109
68	(52)	I Served the King of England	Sony Pictures Classics	Black Comedy	$17,683	-56.36%	17	$1,040	$446,355	38
69	(58)	Humboldt County	Magnolia Pictures	Comedy	$15,685	-39.52%	9	$1,743	$55,038	10
70	(62)	Beer for My Horses	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$14,995	-24.48%	37	$405	$637,658	59
71	(71)	Hounddog	Empire Pictures	Drama	$14,979	+21.52%	5	$2,996	$47,794	17
72	(74)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$14,712	+28.88%	4	$3,678	$76,525,492	2,362
73	(60)	A Thousand Years of Good Prayers	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$14,291	-31.39%	7	$2,042	$58,404	17
74	(53)	U2 3D	National Geographic Entertainment	Concert/Performance	$11,331	-68.31%	13	$872	$9,551,472	257
75	(59)	The Rocker	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$10,550	-59.25%	28	$377	$6,400,853	47
76	(75)	Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story	InterPositive Media	Documentary	$10,024	-8.36%	4	$2,506	$25,748	10
77	(65)	The Legend of God's Gun	Indican Pictures	Western	$9,730	-44.80%	2	$4,865	$160,947	80
78	(new)	Ballast	IFC Films	Drama	$8,572		1	$8,572	$12,165	5
79	(61)	Kit Kittredge: An American Girl	Picturehouse	Drama	$8,260	-59.65%	31	$266	$17,655,201	108
80	(new)	The Pleasure of Being Robbed		Drama	$7,720		7	$1,103	$7,720	3
81	(93)	Save Me	First Run Features	Drama	$6,817	+94.16%	5	$1,363	$40,376	31
82	(69)	FLOW: For Love of Water	Oscilloscope Pictures	Documentary	$6,343	-57.94%	6	$1,057	$94,709	199
83	(73)	Meet Dave	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$5,624	-50.77%	16	$352	$11,802,056	87
84	(re-entry)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$5,569		2	$2,785	$13,571,759	2,775
85	(68)	The Wackness	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$5,384	-64.79%	13	$414	$2,071,745	95
86	(101)	Walking on Dead Fish	Variance Films	Documentary	$5,037	+101.40%	3	$1,679	$20,705	17
87	(67)	And When Did You Last See Your Father?	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$4,901	-69.59%	9	$545	$1,066,556	122
88	(80)	Roving Mars	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$4,718	-43.72%	4	$1,180	$9,625,096	983
89	(108)	A Man Named Pearl	Railroad Square	Documentary	$4,470	+191.78%	8	$559	$183,297	402
90	(96)	Moving Midway	First Run Features	Documentary	$4,303	+42.86%	4	$1,076	$32,294	24
91	(88)	The Pool	Vitagraph Films	Drama	$4,252	-15.80%	2	$2,126	$53,676	614
92	(re-entry)	Six in Paris			$4,053		1	$4,053	$4,053	14,463
93	(82)	The Flyboys	Self Distributed	Adventure	$3,902	-42.34%	6	$650	$123,789	52
94	(86)	The Visitor	Overture Films	Comedy	$3,816	-28.36%	16	$239	$9,422,422	178
95	(107)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$3,765	+124.37%	3	$1,255	$723,731	45
96	(122)	The Singing Revolution	Abramorama Films	Documentary	$3,625	+455.98%	4	$906	$384,949	304
97	(106)	Momma's Man	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$3,270	+83.81%	2	$1,635	$77,863	262
98	(103)	Dare Not Walk Alone	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$3,244	+55.74%	2	$1,622	$42,887	164
99	(re-entry)	August Evening	Maya Releasing	Drama	$3,242		3	$1,081	$33,846	31
100	(76)	Encounters at the End of the World	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$3,217	-65.66%	6	$536	$921,813	117
101	(84)	Another Gay Sequel	TLA Releasing	Comedy	$3,160	-51.07%	2	$1,580	$92,961	38
102	(57)	All Roads Lead Home	Waldo West Productions	Drama	$2,971	-90.60%	14	$212	$42,180	10
103	(79)	The X-Files: I Want to Believe	20th Century Fox	Action	$2,855	-66.65%	11	$260	$20,981,633	73
104	(115)	Louise Bourgeois	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$2,690	+148.38%	3	$897	$70,347	103
105	(92)	In Search of a Midnight Kiss	IFC First Take	Drama	$2,490	-33.33%	8	$311	$153,303	66
106	(85)	Sixty Six	First Independent Pictures	Comedy	$2,480	-55.83%	4	$620	$215,278	66
107	(97)	The Edge of Heaven	Strand	Drama	$1,929	-35.79%	3	$643	$737,709	138
108	(102)	Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$1,820	-20.73%	4	$455	$1,218,652	95
109	(78)	Greetings from the Shore	Newstyle Releasing	Drama	$1,809	-79.41%	3	$603	$93,748	24
110	(77)	Brick Lane	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$1,787	-80.88%	4	$447	$1,073,337	108
111	(89)	Up the Yangtze	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$1,766	-63.75%	3	$589	$779,061	164
112	(87)	The Last Mistress	IFC Films	Drama	$1,504	-71.16%	4	$376	$785,037	101
113	(112)	The Fall	Roadside Attractions	Adventure	$1,315	+14.35%	4	$329	$2,272,773	150
114	(94)	Henry Poole Is Here	Overture Films	Comedy	$1,230	-64.66%	14	$88	$1,823,850	52
115	(81)	College	MGM	Comedy	$1,088	-86.04%	4	$272	$4,677,802	38
116	(90)	Mister Foe	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$1,078	-76.02%	2	$539	$51,679	31
117	(121)	Chris and Don: A Love Story	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$1,015	+54.96%	2	$508	$212,814	115
118	(re-entry)	Love and Honor	Eleven Arts	Drama	$905		1	$905	$58,438	339
119	(114)	The Errand of Angels	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$903	-17.38%	3	$301	$194,305	45
120	(re-entry)	OSS 117	Music Box Films	Action	$834		1	$834	$302,012	150
121	(116)	Monsieur Verdoux	The Film Desk	Black Comedy	$594	-32.33%	1	$594	$31,240	22,459
122	(120)	Kabluey	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$514	-22.59%	1	$514	$81,859	94
123	(110)	Ping Pong Playa	IFC Films	Drama	$512	-58.68%	1	$512	$77,827	31
124	(98)	The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela	Regent Releasing	Drama	$497	-81.59%	1	$497	$4,857	10
125	(99)	Baghead	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$490	-81.71%	5	$98	$135,745	115
126	(re-entry)	My Father, My Lord	Kino International	Drama	$484		1	$484	$155,723	143
127	(117)	A Lawyer Walks into a Bar	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$468	-46.08%	1	$468	$4,225	220
128	(105)	Whaledreamers	Monterey Media	Documentary	$444	-75.29%	2	$222	$2,591	10
129	(re-entry)	Youssou N'Dour: Return to Goree	ArtMattan Productions		$301		1	$301	$4,677	80
130	(111)	Cthulhu	Regent Releasing	Horror	$292	-74.70%	1	$292	$13,685	45
131	(125)	Everybody Wants To Be Italian	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$141	-42.21%	1	$141	$345,454	31

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Chart certified: 10/10/2008