The Top Movies, Weekend of December 19, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$18,262,471		3,434	$5,318	$18,262,471	3
2	(new)	Seven Pounds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$14,851,136		2,758	$5,385	$14,851,136	3
3	(new)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$10,103,675		3,104	$3,255	$10,103,675	3
4	(1)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$9,890,105	-67.55%	3,560	$2,778	$48,366,989	10
5	(2)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$7,701,375	-41.10%	3,515	$2,191	$100,110,827	26
6	(3)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$5,189,319	-34.73%	2,991	$1,735	$158,423,218	31
7	(4)	Bolt	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$4,146,856	-44.44%	2,968	$1,397	$94,900,059	31
8	(11)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$3,053,760	+40.37%	589	$5,185	$12,037,510	40
9	(5)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$2,174,188	-47.85%	2,212	$983	$41,796,525	26
10	(6)	Quantum of Solace	Sony Pictures	Action	$2,051,882	-44.78%	1,874	$1,095	$161,200,412	38
11	(9)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$1,729,156	-33.46%	356	$4,857	$10,410,039	26
12	(8)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,569,610	-50.66%	2,007	$782	$172,392,069	45
13	(7)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$1,305,439	-63.04%	1,671	$781	$5,924,513	10
14	(10)	Transporter 3	Lionsgate	Action	$682,033	-70.99%	1,007	$677	$31,069,389	26
15	(19)	Doubt	Miramax	Drama	$680,948	+34.25%	39	$17,460	$1,399,548	10
16	(13)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$645,395	-58.19%	792	$815	$65,593,985	45
17	(12)	Cadillac Records	Sony Pictures	Drama	$606,748	-61.73%	701	$866	$7,046,250	17
18	(20)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$468,221	+72.32%	19	$24,643	$859,860	10
19	(17)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$378,052	-39.64%	39	$9,694	$1,491,262	17
20	(15)	Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi	Yash Raj Films	Drama	$326,641	-64.53%	102	$3,202	$1,431,843	10
21	(16)	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Miramax	Drama	$274,481	-59.96%	403	$681	$8,379,440	45
22	(23)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$253,852	+21.23%	26	$9,764	$180,218,638	1,503
23	(35)	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$225,706	+217.98%	315	$717	$92,595,594	80
24	(new)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$202,714		4	$50,679	$288,220	5
25	(14)	Punisher: War Zone	Lionsgate	Action	$193,995	-85.98%	385	$504	$7,948,159	17
26	(22)	Rachel Getting Married	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$130,230	-41.16%	115	$1,132	$9,785,033	80
27	(24)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$129,410	-34.69%	254	$509	$100,856,790	87
28	(21)	Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$101,905	-60.32%	229	$445	$35,397,257	59
29	(25)	The Reader	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$92,790	-44.78%	8	$11,599	$349,240	12
30	(30)	I've Loved You So Long	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$83,284	-18.82%	52	$1,602	$2,052,667	59
31	(41)	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	MGM	Comedy	$72,723	+79.66%	163	$446	$22,658,945	129
32	(34)	Let the Right One In	Magnolia Pictures	Horror	$68,656	-10.31%	53	$1,295	$1,245,880	59
33	(31)	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	Walt Disney Pictures	Musical	$56,436	-44.41%	161	$351	$89,404,747	59
34	(26)	Fireproof	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$56,163	-61.93%	160	$351	$33,063,487	87
35	(66)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$55,622	+628.04%	204	$273	$41,633,345	87
36	(29)	Synecdoche, New York	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$53,622	-48.82%	56	$958	$2,547,673	59
37	(36)	A Christmas Tale	IFC Films	Drama	$52,393	-15.47%	48	$1,092	$795,910	38
38	(28)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$51,743	-53.91%	157	$330	$530,811,565	157
39	(27)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$49,479	-56.62%	141	$351	$37,320,137	66
40	(33)	Happy-Go-Lucky	Miramax	Comedy	$44,621	-48.64%	84	$531	$3,101,671	73
41	(32)	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Weinstein Co.	Comedy	$36,307	-63.98%	87	$417	$31,153,007	52
42	(42)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$31,138	-22.80%	21	$1,483	$20,161,732	444
43	(44)	Santa vs. The Snowman	IMAX Films	Adventure	$29,809	-4.41%	13	$2,293	$10,103,787	2,238
44	(39)	Max Payne	20th Century Fox	Action	$24,590	-46.23%	69	$356	$40,632,110	66
45	(63)	The Haunting of Molly Hartley	Freestyle Releasing	Thriller/Suspense	$24,415	+137.08%	73	$334	$13,442,412	52
46	(50)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$22,834	+16.84%	4	$5,709	$26,743,068	1,186
47	(111)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$20,842	+104,110.00%	2	$10,421	$77,155,526	2,439
48	(40)	Igor	MGM	Comedy	$18,382	-59.78%	82	$224	$19,420,496	94
49	(51)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$18,106	-4.85%	10	$1,811	$37,117,581	1,025
50	(43)	Burn After Reading	Focus Features	Black Comedy	$16,314	-49.77%	44	$371	$60,338,891	101
51	(54)	Wendy and Lucy	Oscilloscope Pictures	Drama	$16,004	-12.15%	6	$2,667	$50,650	12
52	(38)	Soul Men	MGM	Comedy	$14,756	-70.45%	95	$155	$11,998,223	45
53	(47)	JCVD	Peace Arch Releasing	Action	$13,290	-51.57%	15	$886	$413,523	45
54	(48)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$11,391	-52.88%	24	$475	$39,043,452	73
55	(45)	WALL-E	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$11,074	-64.07%	62	$179	$223,773,410	178
56	(58)	Fly Me To the Moon	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$10,095	-32.20%	12	$841	$12,423,424	129
57	(52)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$9,902	-47.30%	33	$300	$20,051,965	94
58	(55)	City of Ember	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$8,921	-46.77%	40	$223	$7,823,153	73
59	(73)	Timecrimes	Magnolia Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$7,864	+80.74%	7	$1,123	$14,887	10
60	(64)	A Secret	Strand	Drama	$7,721	-21.02%	7	$1,103	$557,566	108
61	(62)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$7,700	-27.26%	10	$770	$5,188,311	311
62	(46)	RocknRolla	Warner Bros.	Action	$7,077	-75.28%	39	$181	$5,694,401	75
63	(70)	Man on Wire	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$5,917	+1.54%	6	$986	$2,913,155	150
64	(new)	Gomorrah	IFC Films	Drama	$5,532		1	$5,532	$5,532	3
65	(68)	Roving Mars	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$4,407	-35.28%	6	$735	$9,821,139	1,060
66	(67)	Passchendaele	Alliance	Drama	$3,930	-48.52%	12	$328	$4,421,568	59
67	(79)	Ashes of Time Redux	Sony Pictures Classics	Action	$3,799	+21.03%	14	$271	$170,428	73
68	(76)	Tell No One	Music Box Films	Thriller/Suspense	$3,556	+8.78%	6	$593	$6,130,293	173
69	(new)	Nothing But the Truth	Yari Film Group Releasing	Drama	$3,500		2	$1,750	$3,500	3
70	(57)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$3,156	-80.16%	2	$1,578	$82,464	52
71	(69)	The Secrets	Monterey Media	Drama	$3,039	-53.68%	5	$608	$52,226	26
72	(83)	Ciao	Regent Releasing		$2,733	-5.63%	3	$911	$10,723	17
73	(60)	Pray the Devil Back to Hell	Balcony Releasing	Documentary	$2,524	-80.61%	4	$631	$51,886	45
74	(re-entry)	The Wild Child	The Film Desk	Drama	$2,362		2	$1,181	$22,738	14,179
75	(80)	U2 3D	National Geographic Entertainment	Concert/Performance	$1,847	-38.23%	1	$1,847	$9,647,929	334
76	(82)	The Girl Cut in Two	IFC Films	Thriller/Suspense	$1,838	-36.84%	9	$204	$409,658	129
77	(72)	Righteous Kill	Overture Films	Thriller/Suspense	$1,620	-65.04%	15	$108	$40,081,035	101
78	(65)	Frozen River	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$1,471	-83.57%	4	$368	$2,307,807	143
79	(re-entry)	Antarctica	Regent Releasing	Romantic Comedy	$1,302		1	$1,302	$9,181	115
80	(107)	The Flyboys	Self Distributed	Adventure	$702	+142.07%	1	$702	$144,110	129
81	(88)	I Can't Think Straight	Regent Releasing	Romantic Comedy	$686	-67.75%	2	$343	$35,794	31
82	(77)	I Served the King of England	Sony Pictures Classics	Black Comedy	$650	-79.89%	3	$217	$617,228	115
83	(96)	Breakfast with Scot	Regent Releasing	Drama	$649	-33.30%	1	$649	$42,980	73
84	(89)	Fears of the Dark	IFC Films	Horror	$617	-67.34%	3	$206	$77,876	61
85	(75)	Harvard Beats Yale	Kino/Emerging	Documentary	$615	-84.54%	1	$615	$59,252	33
86	(84)	Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$467	-82.78%	1	$467	$60,442	61
87	(81)	Where God Left His Shoes	IFC Films	Drama	$464	-84.10%	2	$232	$3,911	10
88	(106)	Save Me	First Run Features	Drama	$424	-10.92%	1	$424	$82,369	108
89	(86)	House	Roadside Attractions	Horror	$331	-86.36%	1	$331	$574,940	45
90	(85)	Trouble the Water	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$242	-90.55%	1	$242	$486,527	122
91	(78)	How About You	Strand	Drama	$145	-95.41%	1	$145	$33,013	38
92	(re-entry)	House of the Sleeping Beauties	First Run Features	Drama	$136		1	$136	$3,387	38

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Chart certified: 1/13/2009