The Top Movies, Weekend of December 12, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Action	$30,480,153		3,560	$8,562	$30,480,153	3
2	(1)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$13,074,470	-21.97%	3,540	$3,693	$87,775,974	19
3	(2)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$7,951,131	-39.06%	3,649	$2,179	$150,045,826	24
4	(3)	Bolt	Buena Vista	Comedy	$7,464,282	-23.80%	3,133	$2,382	$88,849,005	24
5	(4)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$4,169,277	-40.86%	2,703	$1,542	$37,767,253	19
6	(5)	Quantum of Solace	Sony Pictures	Action	$3,715,522	-44.97%	2,635	$1,410	$157,583,232	31
7	(new)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$3,531,664		1,671	$2,114	$3,531,664	3
8	(6)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$3,181,231	-37.37%	2,768	$1,149	$169,937,394	38
9	(11)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$2,598,638	+41.62%	328	$7,923	$7,590,976	19
10	(7)	Transporter 3	Lionsgate	Action	$2,351,229	-49.64%	2,541	$925	$29,377,088	19
11	(12)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,175,518	+55.15%	169	$12,873	$8,048,764	33
12	(9)	Cadillac Records	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,585,407	-53.99%	688	$2,304	$5,909,492	10
13	(10)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$1,543,625	-40.04%	1,325	$1,165	$64,133,465	38
14	(8)	Punisher: War Zone	Lionsgate	Action	$1,383,898	-67.60%	2,508	$552	$7,011,427	10
15	(new)	Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi	Yash Raj Films	Drama	$920,994		83	$11,096	$920,994	3
16	(13)	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Miramax	Drama	$685,465	-33.52%	679	$1,010	$7,763,062	38
17	(23)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$626,377	+246.62%	39	$16,061	$873,836	10
18	(new)	Delgo	Freestyle Releasing	Adventure	$511,920		2,160	$237	$511,920	3
19	(new)	Doubt	Miramax	Drama	$507,226		15	$33,815	$507,226	3
20	(new)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$271,720		6	$45,287	$271,720	3
21	(14)	The Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$256,840	-48.74%	393	$654	$35,161,607	52
22	(17)	Rachel Getting Married	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$221,323	-22.43%	151	$1,466	$9,560,874	73
23	(25)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$209,396	+33.83%	26	$8,054	$179,821,179	1,496
24	(30)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$198,135	+75.07%	320	$619	$100,639,704	80
25	(new)	The Reader	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$168,051		8	$21,006	$179,970	5
26	(18)	Fireproof	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$147,543	-41.33%	346	$426	$32,938,242	80
27	(21)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$114,061	-47.55%	271	$421	$37,208,667	59
28	(22)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$112,253	-40.11%	205	$548	$530,723,626	150
29	(24)	Synecdoche, New York	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$104,777	-35.97%	97	$1,080	$2,430,402	52
30	(26)	I've Loved You So Long	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$102,590	-29.09%	46	$2,230	$1,917,952	52
31	(19)	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	Buena Vista	Musical	$101,527	-58.51%	260	$390	$89,302,354	52
32	(20)	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Weinstein Co.	Comedy	$100,786	-55.42%	163	$618	$31,047,926	45
33	(27)	Happy-Go-Lucky	Miramax	Comedy	$86,872	-38.46%	144	$603	$3,014,482	66
34	(31)	Let the Right One In	Magnolia Pictures	Horror	$76,549	-26.62%	53	$1,444	$1,132,898	52
35	(29)	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Buena Vista	Comedy	$70,981	-38.02%	173	$410	$92,338,383	73
36	(32)	A Christmas Tale	IFC Films	Drama	$61,982	-32.10%	43	$1,441	$719,193	31
37	(re-entry)	Che, El Ar the Argentine			$61,070		2	$30,535	$61,070	101
38	(28)	Soul Men	MGM	Comedy	$49,944	-62.57%	95	$526	$11,966,888	38
39	(34)	Max Payne	20th Century Fox	Action	$45,734	-17.71%	121	$378	$40,589,549	59
40	(33)	Igor	MGM	Comedy	$45,700	-30.24%	118	$387	$19,389,266	87
41	(50)	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	MGM	Comedy	$40,479	+72.49%	28	$1,446	$22,565,132	122
42	(36)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic	Documentary	$40,333	-19.74%	21	$1,921	$20,086,485	437
43	(38)	Burn After Reading	Focus Features	Black Comedy	$32,481	-28.48%	57	$570	$60,301,580	94
44	(re-entry)	Santa vs. The Snowman	IMAX Films	Adventure	$31,184		13	$2,399	$10,016,113	2,231
45	(37)	WALL-E	Buena Vista	Comedy	$30,820	-34.28%	123	$251	$223,749,872	171
46	(49)	RocknRolla	Warner Bros.	Action	$28,624	+14.18%	123	$233	$5,665,302	68
47	(45)	JCVD	Peace Arch Releasing	Comedy	$27,441	-17.43%	26	$1,055	$382,923	38
48	(42)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$24,176	-35.43%	37	$653	$39,015,553	66
49	(43)	Religulous	Lionsgate	Documentary	$21,664	-39.20%	42	$516	$12,995,673	75
50	(52)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$19,543	-6.83%	5	$3,909	$26,706,092	1,179
51	(54)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$19,028	+2.37%	10	$1,903	$37,085,443	1,018
52	(41)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$18,789	-53.40%	65	$289	$20,030,803	87
53	(55)	My Name is Bruce	Image Entertainment	Horror	$18,238	+5.95%	2	$9,119	$173,066	45
54	(new)	Wendy and Lucy	Oscilloscope Pictures		$18,218		2	$9,109	$25,443	5
55	(47)	City of Ember	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$16,760	-39.84%	63	$266	$7,807,276	66
56	(16)	Nobel Son	Freestyle Releasing	Thriller/Suspense	$16,603	-95.03%	99	$168	$539,572	10
57	(62)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$15,905	+62.56%	4	$3,976	$71,378	45
58	(57)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$14,890	-4.09%	12	$1,241	$12,400,527	122
59	(73)	Call+Response	Fair Trade Pictures	Documentary	$14,308	+158.13%	1	$14,308	$207,625	66
60	(88)	Pray the Devil Back to Hell	Balcony Releasing	Documentary	$13,020	+393.74%	5	$2,604	$43,670	38
61	(new)	Dark Streets	Samuel Goldwyn Films		$10,958		18	$609	$10,958	3
62	(56)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$10,586	-37.21%	10	$1,059	$5,178,494	304
63	(re-entry)	The Haunting of Molly Hartley	Freestyle Releasing	Thriller/Suspense	$10,298		16	$644	$13,417,976	45
64	(61)	A Secret	Strand	Drama	$9,776	-2.27%	7	$1,397	$546,926	101
65	(89)	Frozen River	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$8,951	+244.67%	13	$689	$2,303,266	136
66	(58)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$7,640	-50.46%	23	$332	$41,573,913	80
67	(59)	Passchendaele	Alliance Atlantis	Drama	$7,634	-47.57%	26	$294	$4,399,473	52
68	(67)	Roving Mars	Buena Vista	Documentary	$6,809	-14.50%	6	$1,135	$9,807,420	1,053
69	(66)	The Secrets	Monterey Media	Drama	$6,561	-21.63%	6	$1,094	$47,227	19
70	(68)	Man on Wire	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$5,827	-24.60%	4	$1,457	$2,904,701	143
71	(69)	What Just Happened	Magnolia Pictures	Comedy	$5,206	-28.84%	12	$434	$1,089,365	59
72	(53)	Righteous Kill	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$4,634	-77.84%	36	$129	$40,076,438	94
73	(new)	Timecrimes	Magnolia Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$4,351		2	$2,176	$4,351	3
74	(110)	The Matador	City Lights Pictures	Documentary	$4,179	+557.08%	2	$2,090	$20,916	45
75	(72)	Harvard Beats Yale	Kino/Emerging		$3,978	-31.07%	3	$1,326	$56,328	26
76	(71)	Tell No One	Music Box Films	Thriller/Suspense	$3,269	-45.03%	5	$654	$6,125,056	166
77	(81)	I Served the King of England	Sony Pictures Classics	Black Comedy	$3,232	-18.24%	3	$1,077	$614,442	108
78	(86)	How About You	Strand		$3,160	+6.25%	7	$451	$31,402	31
79	(74)	Ashes of Time Redux	Sony Pictures Classics	Action	$3,139	-41.99%	14	$224	$164,700	66
80	(78)	U2 3D	National Geographic	Concert/Performance	$2,990	-35.62%	3	$997	$9,645,029	327
81	(new)	Where God Left His Shoes			$2,918		2	$1,459	$2,918	3
82	(84)	The Girl Cut in Two	IFC Films	Thriller/Suspense	$2,910	-7.79%	8	$364	$404,827	122
83	(87)	Ciao	Regent Releasing		$2,896	+8.38%	1	$2,896	$7,264	10
84	(79)	Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains	Zeitgeist		$2,712	-37.70%	4	$678	$57,389	54
85	(85)	Trouble the Water	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$2,561	-15.53%	5	$512	$483,201	115
86	(109)	House	Roadside Attractions	Horror	$2,427	+274.54%	11	$221	$573,450	38
87	(75)	Hounddog	Empire Pictures	Drama	$2,144	-60.21%	2	$1,072	$130,291	87
88	(83)	I Can't Think Straight	Regent Releasing	Romantic Comedy	$2,127	-37.07%	3	$709	$34,525	24
89	(94)	Fears of the Dark	IFC Films		$1,889	-14.52%	4	$472	$76,694	54
90	(114)	The Alphabet Killer	Anchor Bay Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$1,733	+298.39%	2	$867	$29,784	38
91	(99)	Eden			$1,661	-10.31%	3	$554	$13,053	31
92	(64)	Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom	Logo Features	Romantic Comedy	$1,535	-82.97%	2	$768	$532,034	52
93	(re-entry)	Monsieur Verdoux	The Film Desk	Black Comedy	$1,227		1	$1,227	$39,026	22,529
94	(82)	August Evening	Maya Releasing	Drama	$1,197	-69.04%	2	$599	$73,035	101
95	(100)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$991	-42.11%	5	$198	$809,880	115
96	(101)	Breakfast with Scot	Regent Releasing	Drama	$973	-41.60%	1	$973	$41,784	66
97	(93)	The Grocer's Son	Film Movement	Drama	$963	-56.72%	1	$963	$276,454	192
98	(91)	One Day You'll Understand	Kino International	Drama	$788	-68.06%	3	$263	$84,787	45
99	(113)	Louise Bourgeois	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$697	+35.60%	1	$697	$87,513	173
100	(90)	Familiar Strangers	Cavalier Films	Comedy	$672	-73.29%	2	$336	$30,341	31
101	(re-entry)	Maria Bethania: Music is Perfume	ArtMattan Productions	Documentary	$670		1	$670	$1,858	108
102	(re-entry)	Lola Montes	Rialto Pictures		$634		1	$634	$86,120	66
103	(92)	Amexicano	Maya Releasing		$574	-74.43%	1	$574	$8,387	10
104	(new)	$9.99	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$478		1	$478	$478	3
105	(80)	Save Me	First Run Features	Drama	$476	-88.13%	1	$476	$81,945	101
106	(116)	The Flyboys	Self Distributed	Adventure	$290	-17.14%	1	$290	$143,032	122
107	(re-entry)	The Order of Myths	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$246		2	$123	$56,180	143
108	(107)	Lake City	Screen Media Films		$226	-71.10%	1	$226	$12,686	24
109	(76)	Gardens of the Night	City Lights Pictures	Drama	$210	-95.72%	1	$210	$11,141	38
110	(51)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$20	-99.91%	5	$4	$77,093,565	2,432

Chart certified: 12/20/2008