The Top Movies, Weekend of October 24, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	Walt Disney Pictures	Musical	$42,030,184		3,623	$11,601	$42,030,184	3
2	(new)	Saw V	Lionsgate	Horror	$30,053,954		3,060	$9,822	$30,053,954	3
3	(1)	Max Payne	20th Century Fox	Action	$7,791,649	-55.83%	3,381	$2,305	$29,855,620	10
4	(2)	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$6,884,387	-39.73%	3,190	$2,158	$78,110,782	24
5	(new)	Pride and Glory	Warner Bros.	Drama	$6,262,396		2,585	$2,423	$6,262,396	3
6	(3)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$6,051,630	-42.52%	1,630	$3,713	$19,324,821	10
7	(4)	W.	Lionsgate	Drama	$5,088,249	-51.57%	2,050	$2,482	$18,506,750	10
8	(5)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$5,051,952	-28.13%	2,558	$1,975	$87,903,354	31
9	(6)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$4,064,488	-40.44%	2,150	$1,890	$30,889,452	17
10	(7)	Quarantine	Sony Pictures	Horror	$2,581,262	-57.58%	2,228	$1,159	$28,801,265	17
11	(11)	Fireproof	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$2,154,559	-16.43%	898	$2,399	$23,627,556	31
12	(8)	Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,022,406	-45.24%	1,571	$1,287	$29,544,861	24
13	(9)	Sex Drive	Summit Entertainment	Comedy	$1,819,785	-49.55%	2,358	$772	$6,850,274	10
14	(10)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,342,402	-49.49%	1,240	$1,083	$39,242,656	31
15	(13)	The Duchess	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$1,244,319	-41.35%	873	$1,425	$11,210,179	38
16	(14)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$1,188,417	-41.43%	920	$1,292	$16,358,655	38
17	(16)	Religulous	Lionsgate	Documentary	$945,030	-34.66%	452	$2,091	$10,563,579	26
18	(19)	Rachel Getting Married	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$821,863	+24.97%	112	$7,338	$2,731,710	24
19	(18)	Burn After Reading	Focus Features	Black Comedy	$744,475	-32.17%	422	$1,764	$58,273,819	45
20	(new)	Passchendaele	Alliance	Drama	$653,000		204	$3,201	$2,037,975	3
21	(new)	Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$489,015		15	$32,601	$489,015	3
22	(15)	City of Ember	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$476,742	-72.45%	536	$889	$6,872,812	17
23	(12)	The Express	Universal	Drama	$453,750	-79.30%	605	$750	$9,314,770	17
24	(17)	Lakeview Terrace	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$434,844	-62.31%	454	$958	$38,968,832	38
25	(re-entry)	Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D	Walt Disney Pictures	Musical	$398,411		284	$1,403	$23,586,177	738
26	(new)	Heroes	Eros Entertainment	Adventure	$326,425		60	$5,440	$326,425	3
27	(20)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$295,949	-28.19%	166	$1,783	$527,822,235	101
28	(23)	WALL-E	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$252,354	-26.37%	289	$873	$222,449,229	122
29	(24)	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$210,383	-19.07%	236	$891	$101,109,908	108
30	(new)	Passengers	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$172,544		125	$1,380	$172,544	3
31	(new)	Synecdoche, New York	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$172,194		9	$19,133	$172,194	3
32	(39)	Tropic Thunder	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$172,005	+92.69%	228	$754	$110,080,249	75
33	(35)	Happy-Go-Lucky	Miramax	Comedy	$169,452	+56.98%	19	$8,919	$429,199	17
34	(29)	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	MGM	Comedy	$151,391	-16.95%	98	$1,545	$21,981,455	73
35	(new)	Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom	Logo Features	Romantic Comedy	$150,855		5	$30,171	$150,855	3
36	(25)	Igor	MGM	Comedy	$144,499	-40.35%	348	$415	$18,749,396	38
37	(28)	What Just Happened	Magnolia Pictures	Comedy	$130,040	-32.45%	35	$3,715	$395,061	10
38	(30)	Mamma Mia!	Universal	Musical	$123,310	-26.92%	180	$685	$143,536,325	101
39	(33)	RocknRolla	Warner Bros.	Action	$102,673	-23.53%	19	$5,404	$571,962	19
40	(26)	Ghost Town	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$81,111	-60.91%	125	$649	$13,032,087	38
41	(43)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$80,089	+47.76%	25	$3,204	$19,452,434	388
42	(27)	Righteous Kill	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$78,034	-59.69%	167	$467	$39,392,184	45
43	(new)	I've Loved You So Long	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$72,205		6	$12,034	$316,166	3
44	(73)	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$70,090	+509.58%	203	$345	$44,029,972	82
45	(22)	An American Carol	Vivendi Entertainment	Comedy	$60,000	-82.86%	109	$550	$6,960,000	24
46	(77)	The Longshots	MGM	Drama	$52,293	+549.20%	98	$534	$11,389,715	66
47	(42)	Tell No One	Music Box Films	Thriller/Suspense	$49,561	-10.63%	44	$1,126	$5,924,633	117
48	(new)	Let the Right One In	Magnolia Pictures	Horror	$49,295		4	$12,324	$49,295	3
49	(36)	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$48,079	-52.37%	140	$343	$35,089,551	73
50	(new)	Roadside Romeo	Yash Raj Films	Adventure	$41,770		29	$1,440	$41,770	3
51	(50)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$41,494	-3.75%	10	$4,149	$36,696,035	969
52	(45)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$40,582	-15.69%	11	$3,689	$4,941,525	255
53	(54)	Man on Wire	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$38,556	+5.76%	33	$1,168	$2,730,908	94
54	(48)	Mirrors	20th Century Fox	Horror	$38,276	-15.51%	60	$638	$30,626,375	73
55	(64)	A Secret	Strand	Drama	$35,545	+92.10%	8	$4,443	$367,923	52
56	(34)	Morning Light	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$33,478	-74.11%	42	$797	$197,280	10
57	(38)	The Women	Picturehouse	Comedy	$33,371	-62.93%	49	$681	$26,739,763	45
58	(37)	Miracle at St. Anna	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$32,580	-66.53%	50	$652	$7,829,067	31
59	(56)	Frozen River	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$30,369	-12.01%	42	$723	$2,158,393	87
60	(62)	Transsiberian	First Look	Thriller/Suspense	$28,881	+39.32%	31	$932	$2,158,670	101
61	(59)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$28,254	-9.03%	5	$5,651	$26,199,707	1,130
62	(51)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$26,673	-37.90%	34	$785	$12,127,887	73
63	(49)	Forever Strong	Crane Movie Company	Drama	$26,202	-39.44%	21	$1,248	$593,537	31
64	(47)	Get Smart	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$25,758	-45.01%	44	$585	$130,286,630	129
65	(61)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$21,265	-14.12%	4	$5,316	$76,684,502	2,383
66	(41)	Choke	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$20,047	-63.87%	32	$626	$2,883,580	31
67	(66)	Ashes of Time Redux	Sony Pictures Classics	Action	$19,484	+7.20%	9	$2,165	$79,445	17
68	(re-entry)	My Father, My Lord	Kino International	Drama	$18,730		8	$2,341	$174,618	164
69	(58)	Traitor	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$17,311	-46.20%	61	$284	$23,313,770	61
70	(57)	Elegy	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$16,506	-50.34%	26	$635	$3,543,789	80
71	(71)	I Served the King of England	Sony Pictures Classics	Black Comedy	$15,524	+23.03%	17	$913	$521,573	59
72	(70)	Hounddog	Empire Pictures	Drama	$14,325	+11.70%	5	$2,865	$94,951	38
73	(72)	The Girl Cut in Two	IFC Films	Thriller/Suspense	$14,101	+14.64%	21	$671	$342,262	73
74	(80)	Roving Mars	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$14,024	+84.62%	5	$2,805	$9,679,925	1,004
75	(60)	Space Chimps	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$12,969	-51.62%	36	$360	$30,072,636	101
76	(46)	Babylon A.D.	20th Century Fox	Action	$11,473	-75.59%	33	$348	$22,510,705	59
77	(67)	Trouble the Water	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$11,437	-33.00%	13	$880	$403,500	66
78	(81)	Frontrunners	Oscilloscope Pictures	Documentary	$9,897	+43.68%	6	$1,650	$23,055	12
79	(new)	Live Fast, Die Young	Riverrain	Drama	$9,841		1	$9,841	$9,841	3
80	(75)	U2 3D	National Geographic Entertainment	Concert/Performance	$8,872	-5.43%	8	$1,109	$9,593,061	278
81	(92)	Breakfast with Scot	Regent Releasing	Drama	$8,019	+127.42%	4	$2,005	$26,517	17
82	(118)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$7,977	+876.38%	5	$1,595	$750,098	66
83	(55)	How to Lose Friends & Alienate People	MGM	Comedy	$7,400	-79.41%	18	$411	$2,749,503	24
84	(76)	Lola Montes	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$7,318	-21.13%	1	$7,318	$44,195	17
85	(88)	Filth and Wisdom	IFC Films	Comedy	$6,710	+45.96%	10	$671	$13,420	10
86	(78)	Saving Marriage	Regent Releasing	Documentary	$6,291	-21.79%	2	$3,146	$17,548	10
87	(new)	Fears of the Dark	IFC Films	Horror	$6,103		1	$6,103	$7,921	5
88	(65)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$5,601	-69.22%	4	$1,400	$13,613,048	2,796
89	(74)	Battle in Seattle	ThinkFilm	Drama	$4,987	-55.98%	10	$499	$209,916	38
90	(63)	Talento de Barrio	Maya Releasing	Drama	$4,789	-74.49%	7	$684	$1,663,971	17
91	(83)	The Grocer's Son	Film Movement	Drama	$4,633	-14.94%	3	$1,544	$261,115	143
92	(89)	Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story	InterPositive Media	Documentary	$4,543	+0.51%	4	$1,136	$51,621	31
93	(87)	FLOW: For Love of Water	Oscilloscope Pictures	Documentary	$4,500	-11.66%	6	$750	$116,879	220
94	(101)	A Man Named Pearl	Railroad Square	Documentary	$4,218	+67.05%	6	$703	$193,922	423
95	(120)	Momma's Man	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$4,066	+480.03%	6	$678	$87,888	283
96	(90)	Encounters at the End of the World	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$3,724	-1.40%	5	$745	$939,490	138
97	(68)	The Elephant King	Unison Films	Drama	$3,341	-79.07%	2	$1,671	$21,298	10
98	(97)	In Search of a Midnight Kiss	IFC First Take	Drama	$3,333	+24.51%	10	$333	$165,468	87
99	(new)	Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$3,077		1	$3,077	$4,490	5
100	(86)	The Legend of God's Gun	Indican Pictures	Western	$2,897	-43.44%	2	$1,449	$195,350	101
101	(82)	Beer for My Horses	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$2,804	-56.87%	6	$467	$664,632	80
102	(94)	Humboldt County	Magnolia Pictures	Comedy	$2,380	-23.55%	5	$476	$78,049	31
103	(96)	August Evening	Maya Releasing	Drama	$2,127	-25.45%	2	$1,064	$49,846	52
104	(98)	Brick Lane	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$1,896	-28.72%	2	$948	$1,085,236	129
105	(100)	Tuya's Marriage	Music Box Films	Drama	$1,863	-26.45%	3	$621	$85,653	206
106	(114)	The Flyboys	Self Distributed	Adventure	$1,668	+80.32%	1	$1,668	$129,504	73
107	(85)	The Pool	Vitagraph Films	Drama	$1,645	-69.36%	3	$548	$73,482	635
108	(re-entry)	Fraulein	Film Movement	Drama	$1,589		1	$1,589	$5,001	38
109	(105)	Save Me	First Run Features	Drama	$1,575	-13.46%	2	$788	$64,976	52
110	(new)	God and Gays: Bridging the Gap	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$1,460		2	$730	$1,460	3
111	(99)	A Thousand Years of Good Prayers	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$1,455	-44.70%	2	$728	$76,106	38
112	(109)	Tru Loved	Regent Releasing	Romantic Comedy	$1,236	-26.34%	3	$412	$3,784	10
113	(52)	Call+Response	Fair Trade Pictures	Documentary	$1,137	-97.18%	2	$569	$148,316	17
114	(79)	Good Dick	Present Pictures/Morning Knight	Drama	$1,088	-86.32%	1	$1,088	$20,689	17
115	(93)	The Order of Myths	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$1,081	-65.43%	2	$541	$31,014	94
116	(91)	Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$1,042	-71.12%	4	$261	$1,242,996	116
117	(110)	Dare Not Walk Alone	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$1,012	-31.71%	1	$1,012	$49,577	185
118	(re-entry)	Another Gay Sequel	TLA Releasing	Comedy	$942		1	$942	$101,775	59
119	(new)	Ben X	Film Movement	Drama	$904		1	$904	$904	3
120	(84)	Ballast	IFC Films	Drama	$840	-84.56%	2	$420	$37,249	26
121	(re-entry)	The Singing Revolution	Abramorama Films	Documentary	$687		1	$687	$390,379	325
122	(128)	Up the Yangtze	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$626	+274.85%	1	$626	$783,416	185
123	(106)	Moving Midway	First Run Features	Documentary	$441	-75.59%	1	$441	$37,696	45
124	(123)	Louise Bourgeois	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$435	-13.86%	1	$435	$76,703	124
125	(117)	Sixty Six	First Independent Pictures	Comedy	$383	-53.58%	1	$383	$219,673	87
126	(re-entry)	Whaledreamers	Monterey Media	Documentary	$361		2	$181	$6,373	31
127	(re-entry)	Constantine's Sword	First Run Features	Documentary	$343		1	$343	$179,507	192
128	(re-entry)	Yella	Cinema Guild	Drama	$328		1	$328	$28,926	164
129	(re-entry)	Alexandra	Cinema Guild	Drama	$323		1	$323	$123,742	213
130	(124)	Baghead	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$301	-36.90%	3	$100	$138,088	136
131	(re-entry)	Kabluey	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$233		1	$233	$83,398	115
132	(127)	CSNY: D�j� Vu	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$78	-71.43%	1	$78	$64,991	94
133	(re-entry)	Ice Blues: A Donald Strachey Mystery	Regent Releasing	Thriller/Suspense	$26		1	$26	$969	17
134	(re-entry)	Fall of Hyperion	Regent Releasing	Thriller/Suspense	$17		1	$17	$880	17

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Chart certified: 11/3/2008