The Top Movies, Weekend of December 26, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$36,357,586		3,480	$10,448	$50,738,566	4
2	(new)	Bedtime Stories	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$27,450,296		3,681	$7,457	$38,029,113	4
3	(new)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$26,853,816		2,988	$8,987	$38,725,647	4
4	(new)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$21,027,007		2,711	$7,756	$29,520,979	4
5	(1)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$16,657,046	-8.79%	3,434	$4,851	$49,798,560	10
6	(2)	Seven Pounds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$13,203,236	-11.10%	2,758	$4,787	$38,762,647	10
7	(3)	The Tale of Despereaux	Universal	Adventure	$8,932,625	-11.59%	3,107	$2,875	$27,448,085	10
8	(4)	The Day the Earth Stood Still	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$7,697,799	-22.17%	2,402	$3,205	$63,480,184	17
9	(new)	The Spirit	Lionsgate	Action	$6,463,278		2,509	$2,576	$10,305,501	4
10	(15)	Doubt	Miramax	Drama	$5,339,742	+684.16%	1,267	$4,214	$8,484,863	17
11	(5)	Four Christmases	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$4,840,221	-37.15%	2,510	$1,928	$111,588,896	33
12	(6)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$4,742,432	-8.61%	1,849	$2,565	$167,325,198	38
13	(8)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$4,301,870	+40.87%	614	$7,006	$19,476,395	47
14	(7)	Bolt	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$3,377,761	-18.55%	1,923	$1,757	$102,423,519	38
15	(18)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,322,781	+396.09%	84	$27,652	$4,220,824	17
16	(11)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$1,762,638	+1.94%	311	$5,668	$13,533,585	33
17	(10)	Quantum of Solace	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,400,474	-31.75%	891	$1,572	$164,302,659	45
18	(19)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$1,355,186	+258.47%	205	$6,611	$3,539,426	24
19	(9)	Australia	20th Century Fox	Drama	$1,079,248	-50.36%	711	$1,518	$44,283,588	33
20	(12)	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$923,018	-41.19%	808	$1,142	$174,862,381	52
21	(new)	Ghajini	AdLab Films	Thriller/Suspense	$766,859		83	$9,239	$1,387,534	3
22	(29)	The Reader	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$664,013	+615.61%	116	$5,724	$1,243,690	19
23	(24)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$387,530	+91.17%	18	$21,529	$907,631	12
24	(13)	Nothing Like the Holidays	Overture Films	Comedy	$314,033	-75.94%	439	$715	$7,035,838	17
25	(23)	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$312,652	+38.52%	283	$1,105	$93,118,082	87
26	(17)	Cadillac Records	Sony Pictures	Drama	$270,365	-55.44%	180	$1,502	$7,712,287	24
27	(33)	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	Walt Disney Pictures	Musical	$216,072	+282.86%	295	$732	$89,695,501	66
28	(16)	Role Models	Universal	Comedy	$204,715	-68.28%	225	$910	$66,238,440	52
29	(new)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$189,911		3	$63,304	$189,911	3
30	(27)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$158,602	+22.56%	205	$774	$101,111,837	94
31	(22)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$158,092	-37.72%	26	$6,080	$180,591,742	1,510
32	(20)	Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi	Yash Raj Films	Drama	$156,871	-51.97%	54	$2,905	$1,843,747	17
33	(26)	Rachel Getting Married	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$131,440	+0.93%	65	$2,022	$10,017,383	87
34	(14)	Transporter 3	Lionsgate	Action	$128,930	-81.10%	135	$955	$31,613,973	33
35	(new)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$97,260		6	$16,210	$132,934	4
36	(54)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$90,631	+695.64%	182	$498	$39,155,635	80
37	(21)	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Miramax	Drama	$87,901	-67.98%	96	$916	$8,660,917	52
38	(30)	I've Loved You So Long	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$86,322	+3.65%	43	$2,007	$2,187,611	66
39	(28)	Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$72,380	-28.97%	114	$635	$35,537,807	66
40	(37)	A Christmas Tale	IFC Films	Drama	$63,594	+21.38%	47	$1,353	$900,897	45
41	(49)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$58,493	+223.06%	8	$7,312	$37,193,640	1,032
42	(32)	Let the Right One In	Magnolia Pictures	Horror	$51,477	-25.02%	36	$1,430	$1,338,600	66
43	(38)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$50,686	-2.04%	74	$685	$530,896,852	164
44	(new)	Waltz with Bashir	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$50,021		5	$10,004	$53,913	4
45	(39)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$49,862	+0.77%	77	$648	$37,407,770	73
46	(34)	Fireproof	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$48,052	-14.44%	85	$565	$33,149,106	94
47	(35)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$47,036	-15.44%	115	$409	$41,716,242	94
48	(42)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$41,872	+34.47%	21	$1,994	$20,244,711	451
49	(40)	Happy-Go-Lucky	Miramax	Comedy	$41,870	-6.17%	47	$891	$3,189,010	80
50	(36)	Synecdoche, New York	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$36,796	-31.38%	38	$968	$2,618,500	66
51	(31)	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	MGM	Comedy	$35,154	-51.66%	25	$1,406	$22,750,962	136
52	(re-entry)	Che, El Ar the Argentine	IFC Films		$34,503		2	$17,252	$151,841	115
53	(41)	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Weinstein Co.	Comedy	$22,700	-37.48%	46	$493	$31,200,038	59
54	(61)	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D Entertainment	Documentary	$20,154	+161.74%	10	$2,015	$5,210,005	318
55	(51)	Wendy and Lucy	Oscilloscope Pictures	Drama	$12,004	-24.99%	4	$3,001	$75,537	19
56	(44)	Max Payne	20th Century Fox	Action	$11,414	-53.58%	27	$423	$40,656,894	73
57	(48)	Igor	MGM	Comedy	$10,964	-40.35%	46	$238	$19,444,296	101
58	(58)	City of Ember	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$10,521	+17.94%	25	$421	$7,841,892	80
59	(65)	Roving Mars	Walt Disney Pictures	Documentary	$10,137	+130.02%	6	$1,690	$9,834,688	1,067
60	(75)	U2 3D	National Geographic Entertainment	Concert/Performance	$9,102	+392.79%	4	$2,276	$9,658,396	341
61	(57)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Western	$7,689	-22.35%	18	$427	$20,067,601	101
62	(55)	WALL-E	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$6,802	-38.58%	33	$206	$223,790,234	185
63	(53)	JCVD	Peace Arch Releasing	Action	$6,626	-50.14%	8	$828	$430,963	52
64	(60)	A Secret	Strand	Drama	$6,357	-17.67%	6	$1,060	$568,042	115
65	(68)	Tell No One	Music Box Films	Thriller/Suspense	$5,706	+60.46%	7	$815	$6,137,968	180
66	(63)	Man on Wire	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$4,992	-15.63%	5	$998	$2,925,235	157
67	(52)	Soul Men	MGM	Comedy	$3,804	-74.22%	10	$380	$12,009,235	52
68	(re-entry)	The Order of Myths	Cinema Guild	Documentary	$3,220		1	$3,220	$59,400	157
69	(70)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$1,618	-48.73%	1	$1,618	$86,116	59
70	(re-entry)	Lola Montes	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$1,586		2	$793	$88,151	80
71	(91)	How About You	Strand	Drama	$1,573	+984.83%	2	$787	$34,759	45
72	(85)	Harvard Beats Yale	Kino/Emerging	Documentary	$1,309	+112.85%	1	$1,309	$59,946	40
73	(re-entry)	The Secret of the Grain	IFC Films	Drama	$985		1	$985	$7,054	150
74	(71)	The Secrets	Monterey Media	Drama	$976	-67.88%	2	$488	$55,452	33
75	(re-entry)	Monsieur Verdoux	The Film Desk	Black Comedy	$937		1	$937	$41,009	22,543
76	(59)	Timecrimes	Magnolia Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$867	-88.98%	1	$867	$20,065	17
77	(re-entry)	Moving Midway	First Run Features	Documentary	$657		1	$657	$40,375	108
78	(74)	The Wild Child	The Film Desk	Drama	$651	-72.44%	1	$651	$24,527	14,186
79	(67)	Ashes of Time Redux	Sony Pictures Classics	Action	$503	-86.76%	2	$252	$173,104	80
80	(78)	Frozen River	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$427	-70.97%	1	$427	$2,309,148	150

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Chart certified: 1/13/2009