The Top Movies, Weekend of October 31, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	Walt Disney Pictures	Musical	$15,316,072	-63.56%	3,626	$4,224	$62,034,083	10
2	(new)	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Weinstein Co.	Comedy	$10,065,630		2,735	$3,680	$10,065,630	3
3	(2)	Saw V	Lionsgate	Horror	$9,741,578	-67.59%	3,084	$3,159	$45,469,066	10
4	(21)	Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$9,351,560	+1,812.33%	1,850	$5,055	$10,031,122	10
5	(new)	The Haunting of Molly Hartley	Freestyle Releasing	Thriller/Suspense	$5,423,315		2,652	$2,045	$5,423,315	3
6	(4)	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$4,864,021	-29.35%	3,004	$1,619	$84,177,645	31
7	(6)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$4,010,668	-33.73%	1,611	$2,490	$25,297,621	17
8	(3)	Max Payne	20th Century Fox	Action	$3,688,253	-52.66%	2,564	$1,438	$35,538,365	17
9	(8)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$3,482,655	-31.06%	2,007	$1,735	$92,616,665	38
10	(5)	Pride and Glory	Warner Bros.	Drama	$3,363,452	-46.29%	2,585	$1,301	$11,719,094	10
11	(7)	W.	Lionsgate	Drama	$2,384,386	-53.14%	1,803	$1,322	$22,332,195	17
12	(9)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$2,304,348	-43.31%	1,414	$1,630	$34,551,015	24
13	(39)	RocknRolla	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,872,495	+1,723.75%	826	$2,267	$2,496,188	26
14	(11)	Fireproof	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$1,731,843	-19.62%	887	$1,952	$26,114,966	38
15	(10)	Quarantine	Sony Pictures	Horror	$1,125,636	-56.39%	1,289	$873	$30,794,171	24
16	(16)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$819,477	-31.04%	855	$958	$17,621,357	45
17	(18)	Rachel Getting Married	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$711,380	-13.44%	133	$5,349	$3,691,540	31
18	(12)	Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist	Sony Pictures	Drama	$690,225	-65.87%	679	$1,017	$30,777,239	31
19	(15)	The Duchess	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$623,310	-49.91%	527	$1,183	$12,331,518	45
20	(14)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$582,336	-56.62%	737	$790	$40,318,422	38
21	(17)	Religulous	Lionsgate	Documentary	$577,059	-38.94%	405	$1,425	$11,478,638	33
22	(19)	Burn After Reading	Focus Features	Black Comedy	$456,578	-38.67%	327	$1,396	$58,976,060	52
23	(20)	Passchendaele	Alliance	Drama	$425,917	-34.78%	182	$2,340	$2,836,144	10
24	(13)	Sex Drive	Summit Entertainment	Comedy	$386,238	-78.78%	573	$674	$7,955,139	17
25	(25)	Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D	Walt Disney Pictures	Musical	$294,622	-26.05%	209	$1,410	$24,055,130	745
26	(33)	Happy-Go-Lucky	Miramax	Comedy	$277,006	+63.47%	60	$4,617	$762,761	24
27	(27)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$270,468	-8.61%	149	$1,815	$528,213,279	108
28	(22)	City of Ember	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$225,045	-52.80%	257	$876	$7,221,478	24
29	(37)	What Just Happened	Magnolia Pictures	Comedy	$218,876	+68.31%	88	$2,487	$656,183	17
30	(28)	WALL-E	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$211,392	-16.23%	253	$836	$222,722,986	129
31	(24)	Lakeview Terrace	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$184,900	-57.48%	232	$797	$39,263,506	45
32	(23)	The Express	Universal	Drama	$151,225	-66.67%	263	$575	$9,589,875	24
33	(29)	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$149,201	-29.08%	196	$761	$101,309,231	115
34	(43)	I've Loved You So Long	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$121,568	+68.37%	18	$6,754	$471,767	10
35	(32)	Tropic Thunder	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$120,057	-30.20%	220	$546	$110,268,794	82
36	(26)	Heroes	Eros Entertainment	Adventure	$112,536	-65.52%	60	$1,876	$587,206	10
37	(38)	Mamma Mia!	Universal	Musical	$111,235	-9.79%	178	$625	$143,704,210	108
38	(new)	Fashion	UTV Communications	Musical	$105,812		40	$2,645	$105,812	3
39	(31)	Synecdoche, New York	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$99,363	-42.30%	9	$11,040	$337,850	10
40	(36)	Igor	MGM	Comedy	$84,985	-41.19%	186	$457	$18,863,901	45
41	(34)	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	MGM	Comedy	$82,160	-45.73%	52	$1,580	$22,121,273	80
42	(35)	Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom	Logo Features	Romantic Comedy	$74,090	-50.89%	5	$14,818	$287,682	10
43	(42)	Righteous Kill	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$68,806	-11.83%	142	$485	$39,497,062	52
44	(48)	Let the Right One In	Magnolia Pictures	Horror	$66,694	+35.30%	7	$9,528	$141,752	10
45	(57)	The Women	Picturehouse	Comedy	$59,467	+78.20%	164	$363	$26,814,683	52
46	(new)	The Other End of the Line	MGM	Romantic Comedy	$59,078		91	$649	$59,078	3
47	(41)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$52,324	-34.67%	25	$2,093	$19,561,014	395
48	(40)	Ghost Town	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$40,901	-49.57%	61	$671	$13,098,404	45
49	(30)	Passengers	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$40,298	-76.64%	123	$328	$270,659	10
50	(52)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$36,124	-10.99%	11	$3,284	$4,987,795	262
51	(47)	Tell No One	Music Box Films	Thriller/Suspense	$35,476	-28.42%	30	$1,183	$5,983,180	124
52	(51)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$34,759	-16.23%	10	$3,476	$36,756,866	976
53	(46)	The Longshots	MGM	Drama	$32,443	-37.96%	70	$463	$11,434,600	73
54	(55)	A Secret	Strand	Drama	$29,279	-17.63%	8	$3,660	$411,760	59
55	(54)	Mirrors	20th Century Fox	Horror	$29,017	-24.19%	58	$500	$30,664,153	80
56	(49)	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$28,484	-40.76%	84	$339	$35,129,959	80
57	(59)	Frozen River	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$26,227	-13.64%	24	$1,093	$2,198,174	94
58	(63)	Forever Strong	Crane Movie Company	Drama	$24,288	-7.30%	17	$1,429	$630,649	38
59	(45)	An American Carol	Vivendi Entertainment	Comedy	$22,720	-62.13%	77	$295	$7,001,720	31
60	(60)	Transsiberian	First Look	Thriller/Suspense	$21,950	-24.00%	24	$915	$2,191,800	108
61	(87)	Fears of the Dark	IFC Films	Horror	$21,928	+259.30%	8	$2,741	$33,620	12
62	(82)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$20,558	+157.72%	26	$791	$773,501	73
63	(53)	Man on Wire	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$20,161	-47.71%	20	$1,008	$2,771,553	101
64	(61)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$20,092	-28.89%	5	$4,018	$26,250,856	1,137
65	(64)	Get Smart	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$19,951	-22.54%	32	$623	$130,313,314	136
66	(new)	One Day You'll Understand	Kino International	Drama	$19,198		3	$6,399	$19,198	3
67	(67)	Ashes of Time Redux	Sony Pictures Classics	Action	$17,787	-8.71%	18	$988	$104,858	24
68	(new)	My Name is Bruce	Image Entertainment	Horror	$16,432		1	$16,432	$16,432	3
69	(65)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$16,287	-23.41%	4	$4,072	$76,812,080	2,390
70	(77)	Trouble the Water	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$16,209	+41.72%	10	$1,621	$425,461	73
71	(44)	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$15,427	-77.99%	67	$230	$44,073,838	89
72	(62)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$14,558	-45.42%	33	$441	$12,148,801	80
73	(70)	Elegy	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$14,377	-12.90%	21	$685	$3,565,964	87
74	(71)	I Served the King of England	Sony Pictures Classics	Black Comedy	$13,978	-9.96%	17	$822	$540,982	66
75	(58)	Miracle at St. Anna	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$12,046	-63.03%	30	$402	$7,853,175	38
76	(88)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$11,252	+100.89%	4	$2,813	$13,642,850	2,803
77	(69)	Traitor	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$10,987	-36.53%	38	$289	$23,332,079	68
78	(56)	Morning Light	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$10,803	-67.73%	16	$675	$222,207	17
79	(re-entry)	Aida at La Scala	Emerging Pictures	Concert/Performance	$10,478		5	$2,096	$222,927	332
80	(72)	Hounddog	Empire Pictures	Drama	$9,640	-32.71%	5	$1,928	$106,246	45
81	(92)	Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story	InterPositive Media	Documentary	$9,622	+111.80%	10	$962	$58,955	38
82	(new)	Splinter	Magnolia Pictures	Horror	$9,517		4	$2,379	$9,517	3
83	(re-entry)	College	MGM	Comedy	$8,482		45	$188	$4,687,401	66
84	(107)	The Pool	Vitagraph Films	Drama	$8,215	+399.39%	4	$2,054	$82,997	642
85	(80)	U2 3D	National Geographic Entertainment	Concert/Performance	$7,694	-13.28%	8	$962	$9,602,337	285
86	(120)	Ballast	IFC Films	Drama	$7,693	+815.83%	4	$1,923	$45,790	33
87	(75)	Space Chimps	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$7,403	-42.92%	20	$370	$30,082,029	108
88	(68)	My Father, My Lord	Kino International	Drama	$6,880	-63.27%	8	$860	$185,988	171
89	(new)	The Matador	City Lights Pictures	Documentary	$6,695		1	$6,695	$6,695	3
90	(re-entry)	La Traviata at La Scala	Emerging Pictures	Concert/Performance	$6,675		1	$6,675	$192,163	262
91	(76)	Babylon A.D.	20th Century Fox	Action	$6,577	-42.67%	21	$313	$22,520,843	66
92	(66)	Choke	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$6,388	-68.13%	17	$376	$2,900,207	38
93	(74)	Roving Mars	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$5,966	-57.46%	6	$994	$9,700,557	1,011
94	(new)	Eden Lake	Third Rail	Horror	$5,824		10	$582	$5,824	3
95	(50)	Roadside Romeo	Yash Raj Films	Adventure	$5,689	-86.38%	14	$406	$55,202	10
96	(73)	The Girl Cut in Two	IFC Films	Thriller/Suspense	$5,681	-59.71%	11	$516	$355,760	80
97	(116)	Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$3,988	+282.73%	3	$1,329	$1,248,502	123
98	(100)	The Legend of God's Gun	Indican Pictures	Western	$3,846	+32.76%	1	$3,846	$200,948	108
99	(93)	FLOW: For Love of Water	Oscilloscope Pictures	Documentary	$3,500	-22.22%	6	$583	$121,756	227
100	(84)	Lola Montes	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$3,499	-52.19%	1	$3,499	$55,910	24
101	(new)	Run For Your Life	Screen Media Films	Documentary	$2,992		1	$2,992	$2,992	3
102	(new)	Dear Zachary: a letter to a son about his father	Oscilloscope Pictures	Documentary	$2,886		1	$2,886	$2,886	3
103	(103)	August Evening	Maya Releasing	Drama	$2,865	+34.70%	3	$955	$53,628	59
104	(109)	Save Me	First Run Features	Drama	$2,639	+67.56%	2	$1,320	$68,160	59
105	(113)	Call+Response	Fair Trade Pictures	Documentary	$2,515	+121.20%	2	$1,258	$151,748	24
106	(99)	Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$2,387	-22.42%	1	$2,387	$8,728	12
107	(94)	A Man Named Pearl	Railroad Square	Documentary	$2,380	-43.58%	4	$595	$197,456	430
108	(90)	Talento de Barrio	Maya Releasing	Drama	$2,058	-57.03%	5	$412	$1,666,769	24
109	(new)	Little Big Top	Self Distributed	Comedy	$2,028		1	$2,028	$2,028	3
110	(102)	Humboldt County	Magnolia Pictures	Comedy	$2,025	-14.92%	4	$506	$81,364	38
111	(118)	Another Gay Sequel	TLA Releasing	Comedy	$1,973	+109.45%	2	$987	$104,020	66
112	(83)	How to Lose Friends & Alienate People	MGM	Comedy	$1,935	-73.85%	5	$387	$2,755,611	31
113	(96)	Encounters at the End of the World	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$1,730	-53.54%	4	$433	$943,934	145
114	(114)	Good Dick	Present Pictures/Morning Knight	Drama	$1,651	+51.75%	1	$1,651	$23,520	24
115	(85)	Filth and Wisdom	IFC Films	Comedy	$1,504	-77.59%	3	$501	$18,480	17
116	(re-entry)	America the Beautiful	First Independent Pictures	Documentary	$1,438		1	$1,438	$73,672	178
117	(126)	Whaledreamers	Monterey Media	Documentary	$1,365	+278.12%	3	$455	$7,832	38
118	(re-entry)	Choose Connor	Strand	Drama	$1,314		1	$1,314	$5,309	24
119	(117)	Dare Not Walk Alone	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$1,211	+19.66%	1	$1,211	$50,861	192
120	(98)	In Search of a Midnight Kiss	IFC First Take	Drama	$1,068	-67.96%	3	$356	$169,326	94
121	(re-entry)	Love and Honor	Eleven Arts	Drama	$1,050		1	$1,050	$60,154	367
122	(106)	The Flyboys	Self Distributed	Adventure	$1,002	-39.93%	1	$1,002	$130,751	80
123	(new)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$864		1	$864	$864	3
124	(95)	Momma's Man	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$848	-79.14%	2	$424	$90,668	290
125	(105)	Tuya's Marriage	Music Box Films	Drama	$682	-63.39%	2	$341	$87,329	213
126	(130)	Baghead	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$670	+122.59%	8	$84	$139,106	143
127	(121)	The Singing Revolution	Abramorama Films	Documentary	$657	-4.37%	2	$329	$391,137	332
128	(re-entry)	Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul	Typecast Releasing	Drama	$595		1	$595	$89,672	269
129	(104)	Brick Lane	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$494	-73.95%	1	$494	$1,089,968	136
130	(110)	God and Gays: Bridging the Gap	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$368	-74.79%	1	$368	$2,232	10
131	(101)	Beer for My Horses	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$361	-87.13%	3	$120	$665,617	87
132	(re-entry)	Monsieur Verdoux	The Film Desk	Black Comedy	$327		2	$163	$35,325	22,487
133	(89)	Battle in Seattle	ThinkFilm	Drama	$281	-94.37%	1	$281	$214,037	45
134	(115)	The Order of Myths	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$205	-81.04%	1	$205	$32,802	101
135	(128)	Yella	Cinema Guild	Drama	$157	-52.13%	1	$157	$29,091	171
136	(125)	Sixty Six	First Independent Pictures	Comedy	$68	-82.25%	1	$68	$219,922	94

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Chart certified: 11/8/2008