The Top Movies, Weekend of December 5, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$16,755,478	-46.07%	3,335	$5,024	$69,418,170	12
2	(3)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$13,046,722	-50.48%	3,620	$3,604	$138,402,068	17
3	(2)	Bolt	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$9,796,149	-63.15%	3,516	$2,786	$79,381,422	17
4	(5)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$7,050,261	-52.37%	2,721	$2,591	$30,919,097	12
5	(4)	Quantum of Solace	Sony Pictures	Action	$6,752,390	-64.15%	3,423	$1,973	$151,620,134	24
6	(6)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$5,079,120	-64.25%	3,317	$1,531	$165,653,852	31
7	(7)	Transporter 3	Lionsgate	Action	$4,668,898	-61.30%	2,626	$1,778	$25,549,454	12
8	(new)	Punisher: War Zone	Lionsgate	Action	$4,271,451		2,508	$1,703	$4,271,451	3
9	(new)	Cadillac Records	Sony Pictures	Drama	$3,445,559		687	$5,015	$3,445,559	3
10	(8)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$2,574,460	-50.41%	1,907	$1,350	$61,617,805	31
11	(10)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$1,834,914	+26.21%	99	$18,534	$4,284,465	12
12	(11)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,402,176	+4.17%	78	$17,977	$5,339,510	26
13	(9)	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Miramax	Drama	$1,031,036	-39.21%	678	$1,521	$6,657,280	31
14	(12)	Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$501,070	-58.49%	681	$736	$34,683,447	45
15	(18)	Babine	Alliance	Drama	$362,255	-19.49%	73	$4,962	$1,056,082	10
16	(new)	Nobel Son	Freestyle Releasing	Thriller/Suspense	$333,912		893	$374	$333,912	3
17	(15)	Rachel Getting Married	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$285,331	-46.19%	170	$1,678	$9,226,246	66
18	(19)	Fireproof	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$251,459	-41.76%	499	$504	$32,678,691	73
19	(13)	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	Walt Disney Pictures	Musical	$244,722	-76.95%	632	$387	$89,132,272	45
20	(16)	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Weinstein Co.	Comedy	$226,098	-56.89%	275	$822	$30,839,277	38
21	(14)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$217,469	-61.28%	432	$503	$36,994,417	52
22	(20)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$187,418	-45.42%	269	$697	$530,540,885	143
23	(new)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$180,708		3	$60,236	$180,708	3
24	(22)	Synecdoche, New York	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$163,627	-42.75%	115	$1,423	$2,244,636	45
25	(28)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$156,463	-0.90%	21	$7,451	$448,919	1,489
26	(25)	I've Loved You So Long	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$144,675	-31.69%	51	$2,837	$1,750,871	45
27	(21)	Happy-Go-Lucky	Miramax	Comedy	$141,162	-51.19%	202	$699	$2,861,186	59
28	(17)	Soul Men	MGM	Comedy	$133,421	-70.70%	233	$573	$11,874,010	31
29	(23)	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$114,523	-54.91%	248	$462	$92,231,434	66
30	(24)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$113,174	-54.33%	205	$552	$100,404,599	73
31	(29)	Let the Right One In	Magnolia Pictures	Horror	$104,312	-23.13%	50	$2,086	$1,000,653	45
32	(26)	A Christmas Tale	IFC Films	Drama	$91,283	-43.30%	44	$2,075	$619,310	24
33	(32)	Igor	MGM	Comedy	$65,509	-40.75%	162	$404	$19,327,987	80
34	(37)	Max Payne	20th Century Fox	Action	$55,578	-31.53%	145	$383	$40,521,670	52
35	(63)	Pride and Glory	Warner Bros.	Drama	$54,637	+343.01%	180	$304	$15,709,385	45
36	(48)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$50,253	+21.48%	21	$2,393	$20,046,097	430
37	(30)	WALL-E	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$46,898	-59.83%	166	$283	$223,704,223	164
38	(35)	Burn After Reading	Focus Features	Black Comedy	$45,414	-47.74%	78	$582	$60,244,987	87
39	(44)	The Duchess	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$44,684	-3.87%	135	$331	$13,823,741	80
40	(31)	Saw V	Lionsgate	Horror	$42,029	-63.19%	115	$365	$56,729,973	45
41	(39)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$40,323	-39.83%	104	$388	$19,991,616	80
42	(36)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$37,443	-55.92%	44	$851	$38,970,379	59
43	(40)	Religulous	Lionsgate	Documentary	$35,630	-42.87%	59	$604	$12,953,375	68
44	(27)	Yuvraaj	Eros Entertainment	Musical	$34,336	-78.33%	77	$446	$565,440	17
45	(45)	JCVD	Peace Arch Releasing	Action	$33,234	-28.16%	22	$1,511	$337,038	31
46	(34)	Dostana	Yash Raj Films	Musical	$30,919	-67.50%	34	$909	$1,235,028	24
47	(42)	City of Ember	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$27,861	-48.85%	83	$336	$7,781,625	59
48	(new)	Don Carlo	Emerging Pictures	Concert/Performance	$27,834		5	$5,567	$27,834	3
49	(50)	RocknRolla	Warner Bros.	Action	$25,069	-34.31%	36	$696	$5,622,796	61
50	(46)	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	MGM	Comedy	$23,467	-45.97%	12	$1,956	$22,512,805	115
51	(55)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$21,779	-17.43%	6	$3,630	$77,089,897	2,425
52	(51)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$20,976	-38.26%	7	$2,997	$26,666,743	1,172
53	(33)	Righteous Kill	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$20,908	-80.17%	89	$235	$40,054,627	87
54	(43)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$18,587	-62.10%	10	$1,859	$37,052,922	1,011
55	(60)	My Name is Bruce	Image Entertainment	Horror	$17,214	+29.58%	1	$17,214	$154,342	38
56	(49)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$16,859	-57.08%	10	$1,686	$5,163,693	297
57	(53)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$15,525	-48.02%	15	$1,035	$12,372,652	115
58	(52)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$15,423	-51.02%	45	$343	$41,556,584	73
59	(54)	Passchendaele	Alliance	Drama	$14,560	-48.05%	29	$502	$4,382,555	45
60	(67)	Repo! The Genetic Opera	Lionsgate	Musical	$13,083	+20.45%	11	$1,189	$140,244	31
61	(61)	A Secret	Strand	Drama	$10,003	-23.44%	6	$1,667	$533,250	94
62	(70)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$9,784	+26.82%	3	$3,261	$50,323	38
63	(47)	Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!	UTV Communications	Comedy	$9,059	-78.63%	24	$377	$80,037	10
64	(57)	Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom	Logo Features	Romantic Comedy	$9,015	-55.23%	5	$1,803	$526,259	45
65	(56)	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$8,531	-58.49%	41	$208	$101,702,060	150
66	(58)	The Secrets	Monterey Media	Drama	$8,372	-57.15%	5	$1,674	$37,029	12
67	(68)	Roving Mars	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$7,964	-7.92%	7	$1,138	$9,791,194	1,046
68	(62)	Man on Wire	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$7,728	-37.51%	5	$1,546	$2,895,073	136
69	(59)	What Just Happened	Magnolia Pictures	Comedy	$7,316	-51.98%	17	$430	$1,080,914	52
70	(new)	A Good Day to be Black and Sexy	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$6,141		1	$6,141	$6,141	3
71	(69)	Tell No One	Music Box Films	Thriller/Suspense	$5,947	-25.02%	4	$1,487	$6,119,226	159
72	(66)	Harvard Beats Yale	Kino/Emerging	Documentary	$5,771	-47.25%	3	$1,924	$49,933	19
73	(re-entry)	Call+Response	Fair Trade Pictures	Documentary	$5,543		2	$2,772	$183,468	59
74	(77)	Ashes of Time Redux	Sony Pictures Classics	Action	$5,411	+20.84%	11	$492	$159,892	59
75	(80)	Hounddog	Empire Pictures	Drama	$5,388	+40.86%	3	$1,796	$128,092	80
76	(re-entry)	Gardens of the Night	City Lights Pictures	Drama	$4,904		1	$4,904	$10,029	31
77	(72)	How to Lose Friends & Alienate People	MGM	Comedy	$4,740	-13.49%	26	$182	$2,775,593	66
78	(73)	U2 3D	National Geographic Entertainment	Concert/Performance	$4,644	-13.71%	3	$1,548	$9,640,827	320
79	(97)	Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$4,353	+136.19%	4	$1,088	$52,001	47
80	(re-entry)	Save Me	First Run Features	Drama	$4,011		1	$4,011	$79,530	94
81	(64)	I Served the King of England	Sony Pictures Classics	Black Comedy	$3,953	-67.20%	7	$565	$609,094	101
82	(re-entry)	August Evening	Maya Releasing	Drama	$3,866		2	$1,933	$71,361	94
83	(71)	I Can't Think Straight	Regent Releasing	Romantic Comedy	$3,380	-49.03%	3	$1,127	$30,629	17
84	(75)	The Girl Cut in Two	IFC Films	Thriller/Suspense	$3,156	-36.59%	13	$243	$400,129	115
85	(98)	Trouble the Water	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$3,032	+66.96%	5	$606	$477,452	108
86	(79)	How About You	Strand	Drama	$2,974	-24.46%	1	$2,974	$27,020	24
87	(new)	Ciao	Regent Releasing		$2,672		1	$2,672	$2,672	3
88	(92)	Pray the Devil Back to Hell	Balcony Releasing	Documentary	$2,637	+23.40%	1	$2,637	$29,798	31
89	(83)	Frozen River	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,597	-18.56%	6	$433	$2,291,511	129
90	(78)	Familiar Strangers	Cavalier Films	Comedy	$2,516	-36.29%	4	$629	$28,883	24
91	(103)	One Day You'll Understand	Kino International	Drama	$2,467	+127.37%	3	$822	$82,804	38
92	(new)	Amexicano	Maya Releasing	Drama	$2,245		1	$2,245	$6,882	3
93	(74)	The Grocer's Son	Film Movement	Drama	$2,225	-58.41%	1	$2,225	$274,874	185
94	(82)	Fears of the Dark	IFC Films	Horror	$2,210	-31.81%	6	$368	$72,903	47
95	(76)	Blue Gap Boy'z	Better World Distribution	Adventure	$2,121	-56.85%	2	$1,061	$51,576	31
96	(89)	Ballast	IFC Films	Drama	$2,053	-25.96%	4	$513	$76,211	68
97	(new)	Hunger	IFC Films	Drama	$1,980		1	$1,980	$1,980	3
98	(94)	FLOW: For Love of Water	Oscilloscope Pictures	Documentary	$1,900	-6.17%	6	$317	$141,869	262
99	(re-entry)	Eden		Drama	$1,852		2	$926	$10,074	24
100	(84)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$1,712	-44.92%	2	$856	$807,806	108
101	(102)	Breakfast with Scot	Regent Releasing	Drama	$1,666	+49.69%	1	$1,666	$40,123	59
102	(new)	Staub	Icarus Films	Documentary	$1,412		1	$1,412	$2,072	3
103	(re-entry)	Battle in Seattle	ThinkFilm	Drama	$1,118		4	$280	$222,419	80
104	(re-entry)	Yella	Cinema Guild	Drama	$870		1	$870	$30,309	206
105	(100)	The Wild Child	The Film Desk	Drama	$831	-31.43%	1	$831	$19,780	14,165
106	(81)	The Dukes	CAVU Releasing	Drama	$800	-78.37%	2	$400	$26,157	24
107	(106)	Lake City	Screen Media Films	Drama	$782	-8.86%	2	$391	$12,065	17
108	(104)	The Singing Revolution	Abramorama Films	Documentary	$688	-28.03%	1	$688	$397,363	367
109	(101)	The First Basket	Laemmle/Zeller Film	Documentary	$655	-43.97%	1	$655	$20,170	40
110	(107)	House	Roadside Attractions	Horror	$648	+2.69%	2	$324	$570,790	31
111	(93)	The Matador	City Lights Pictures	Documentary	$636	-69.39%	1	$636	$16,485	38
112	(re-entry)	Whaledreamers	Monterey Media	Documentary	$612		1	$612	$10,584	73
113	(87)	The Restless	CJ Entertainment	Drama	$564	-80.95%	1	$564	$5,976	17
114	(90)	Louise Bourgeois	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$514	-80.85%	1	$514	$86,816	166
115	(99)	The Alphabet Killer	Anchor Bay Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$435	-69.67%	1	$435	$27,814	31
116	(re-entry)	A Man Named Pearl	Railroad Square	Documentary	$400		1	$400	$201,603	465
117	(85)	The Flyboys	Self Distributed	Adventure	$350	-88.62%	1	$350	$142,524	115
118	(88)	Antarctica	Regent Releasing	Romantic Comedy	$297	-89.63%	1	$297	$7,675	101
119	(109)	The Other End of the Line	MGM	Romantic Comedy	$215	-62.74%	1	$215	$115,504	38

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Chart certified: 12/14/2008