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December 5-7, 2008
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RowTWLWTitle (click to view)StudioWeekend Gross% ChangeTheater Count / ChangeAverageTotal GrossBudget*Week #
1 115 103 The Other End of the Line MGM $215 -62.7% 1 -1 $215 $115,504 - 6
2 114 - Momma's Man Kino $250 - 2 - $125 $95,226 - 16
3 113 85 Antarctica Reg. $297 -89.6% 1 - $297 $7,675 - 9
4 112 82 The Flyboys DCoa. $350 -88.6% 1 - $350 $142,524 - 17
5 111 - A Man Named Pearl Tent. $400 - 1 - $400 $201,603 - 67
6 110 92 The Alphabet Killer Anch. $435 -69.7% 1 -1 $435 $27,814 - 5
7 109 86 Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, The Mistress and the Tangerine Zeit. $514 -80.8% 1 - $514 $86,816 - 24
8 108 - whaledreamers Mont. $612 - 1 - $612 $10,584 - 11
9 107 93 The Matador (2008) CityL $636 -53.6% 1 - $636 $16,485 - 6
10 106 101 House (2008) RAtt. $648 +0.9% 2 - $324 $570,790 - 5
11 105 95 The First Basket L/Z $655 -44.0% 1 -1 $655 $20,170 - 6
12 104 100 Lake City Scre. $782 -8.9% 2 +1 $391 $12,065 - 3
13 103 78 The Dukes CAVU $800 -78.4% 2 -3 $400 $26,157 - 4
14 102 94 The Wild Child (re-issue) FDesk $831 -31.4% 1 - $831 $19,780 - 5
15 101 - Yella CGld $870 - 1 - $870 $30,309 - 22
16 100 - Battle in Seattle RedP $1,118 - 4 - $280 $224,169 - 12
17 99 96 Breakfast with Scot Reg. $1,666 +49.7% 1 - $1,666 $40,123 - 9
18 98 81 I.O.U.S.A. RAtt. $1,712 -44.9% 3 -2 $571 $807,806 - 16
19 97 - Eden (2008) LibE $1,852 - 2 - $926 $10,074 - 4
20 96 97 FLOW: For Love of Water Osci. $1,900 +72.7% 6 +2 $317 $141,869 - 27
21 95 N Hunger (2008) IFC $1,980 - 1 - $1,980 $1,980 - 1
22 94 84 Ballast Allu. $2,053 -32.1% 4 -1 $513 $76,211 - 10
23 93 79 Fear(s) of the Dark IFC $2,210 -31.8% 6 +2 $368 $72,903 - 7
24 92 - Amexicano Maya $2,245 - 1 - $2,245 $6,882 - 3
25 91 98 One Day You'll Understand Kino $2,467 +127.4% 3 - $822 $82,804 - 6
26 90 75 Familiar Strangers Caval. $2,516 -36.3% 4 +1 $629 $28,883 - 4
27 89 80 Frozen River SPC $2,597 -18.6% 6 - $433 $2,291,511 - 19
28 88 88 Pray the Devil Back to Hell Bal. $2,637 +23.4% 1 -1 $2,637 $29,798 - 5
29 87 N Ciao Reg. $2,672 - 1 - $2,672 $2,672 - 1
30 86 76 How About You Strand $2,974 -24.5% 1 - $2,974 $27,020 - 4
31 85 91 Trouble the Water Zeit. $3,032 +67.0% 5 +2 $606 $477,452 - 16
32 84 73 A Girl Cut in Two IFC $3,156 -36.6% 10 +2 $316 $400,129 - 17
33 83 70 I Can't Think Straight Reg. $3,380 -49.0% 3 - $1,127 $30,629 - 3
34 82 - August Evening Maya $3,866 - 2 - $1,933 $71,361 - 14
35 81 63 I Served the King of England SPC $3,953 -67.2% 7 -2 $565 $609,094 - 15
36 80 - Save Me FRun $4,011 - 1 - $4,011 $79,530 - 13
37 79 90 Stranded: I Have Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains Zeit. $4,353 +136.2% 4 +2 $1,088 $52,001 - 7
38 78 72 U2 3D NGE $4,644 -13.7% 3 +1 $1,548 $9,640,827 - 46
39 76 - Gardens of the Night CityL $4,904 - 1 - $4,904 $10,029 - 4
40 75 77 Hounddog Emp. $5,388 +40.9% 3 +1 $1,796 $128,092 - 12
41 74 74 Ashes of Time Redux SPC $5,411 +20.8% 11 +3 $492 $159,892 - 9
42 73 - Call + Response FTrd. $5,543 - 2 - $2,772 $186,367 - 9
43 72 65 Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 Kino $5,771 -47.3% 3 - $1,924 $49,933 - 3
44 71 68 Tell No One MBox $5,947 -25.0% 4 -2 $1,487 $6,119,226 - 23
45 70 N A Good Day to Be Black and Sexy Magn. $6,141 - 1 - $6,141 $6,141 - 1
46 69 58 What Just Happened? Magn. $7,316 -52.0% 17 -8 $430 $1,080,914 - 8
47 68 61 Man on Wire Magn. $7,728 -37.5% 5 -3 $1,546 $2,895,073 - 20
48 67 67 Roving Mars (IMAX) BV $7,964 -7.9% 7 +1 $1,138 $9,791,194 - 150
49 66 57 The Secrets Mont. $8,372 -57.1% 5 -2 $1,674 $37,275 - 2
50 64 56 Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom Logo $9,015 -55.2% 5 +1 $1,803 $526,259 - 7
51 63 47 Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye UTV $9,059 -78.6% 24 -21 $377 $80,037 - 2
52 62 69 Were the World Mine SpkP $9,784 +26.8% 3 +1 $3,261 $50,323 - 6
53 61 60 A Secret Strand $10,033 -23.2% 6 - $1,672 $533,250 - 14
54 60 66 Repo: The Genetic Opera LGF $13,083 +20.4% 11 +5 $1,189 $140,244 - 5
55 59 52 Nights in Rodanthe WB $15,423 -51.0% 45 -28 $343 $41,556,584 - 11
56 57 49 Dolphins and Whales: Tribes of the Ocean 3D 3D $16,859 -57.1% 10 - $1,686 $5,163,693 - 43
57 56 59 My Name Is Bruce Imag. $17,214 +29.6% 1 - $17,214 $154,342 - 6
58 55 51 Magnificent Desolation (IMAX) Imax $17,479 -48.6% 7 +4 $2,497 $26,661,354 - 168
59 54 54 Space Station 3-D (IMAX) Imax $18,420 -34.5% 8 +1 $2,303 $77,134,876 - 347
60 53 42 Deep Sea 3D (IMAX) WB $18,587 -62.1% 10 +1 $1,859 $37,052,922 - 145
61 51 46 Vicky Cristina Barcelona MGM/W $23,467 -46.0% 12 -6 $1,956 $22,512,805 - 17
62 50 50 RockNRolla WB $25,069 -34.3% 36 -4 $696 $5,622,796 - 9
63 49 N Don Carlo at La Scala Emr. $27,834 - 5 - $5,567 $27,834 - 1
64 47 37 The Haunting of Molly Hartley Free $28,101 -59.6% 45 -78 $624 $13,396,776 - 6
65 46 33 Dostana Yash $30,919 -67.5% 34 -24 $909 $1,235,028 - 4
66 45 43 JCVD PArch $33,234 -28.7% 21 -4 $1,583 $337,038 - 5
67 44 26 Yuvvraaj Eros $34,336 -78.3% 77 - $446 $565,440 - 3
68 41 45 Santa Vs. the Snowman - Season 7 (IMAX) Imax $39,677 -10.7% 18 +2 $2,204 $146,626 - 6
69 38 44 The Duchess ParV $44,684 -3.9% 135 +57 $331 $13,823,741 - 12
70 35 48 Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure (IMAX) NGE $50,253 +21.5% 21 - $2,393 $20,046,097 - 62
71 31 25 A Christmas Tale IFC $91,283 -43.3% 44 +1 $2,075 $619,310 - 4
72 30 28 Let the Right One In (2008) Magn. $104,312 -23.1% 50 +9 $2,086 $1,000,653 - 7
73 28 22 Beverly Hills Chihuahua BV $114,523 -54.9% 248 -69 $462 $92,231,434 - 10
74 27 17 Soul Men MGM/W $133,421 -70.7% 233 -102 $573 $11,874,010 - 5
75 26 20 Happy-Go-Lucky Mira. $141,162 -51.2% 202 - $699 $2,861,186 - 9
76 25 24 I've Loved You So Long SPC $144,675 -31.7% 51 -1 $2,837 $1,750,871 - 7
77 24 27 The Polar Express (IMAX re-issue 2008) WB $156,463 -0.9% 26 +5 $6,018 $448,919 - 3
78 16 15 Rachel Getting Married SPC $285,331 -46.2% 170 -46 $1,678 $9,226,246 - 10
79 15 N Nobel Son Free $333,912 - 893 - $374 $333,912 - 1
80 13 9 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Mira. $1,031,036 -39.2% 678 +96 $1,521 $6,657,280 - 5
81 7 7 Transporter 3 LGF $4,668,898 -61.3% 2,626 - $1,778 $25,549,454 - 2
82 17 18 Fireproof Gold. $251,459 -41.8% 499 +13 $504 $32,678,691 $0.5 11
83 43 39 Religulous LGF $35,630 -42.9% 59 -2 $604 $12,953,375 $2.5 10
84 39 30 Saw V LGF $42,029 -63.2% 115 -62 $365 $56,729,973 $10.8 7
85 20 14 The Secret Life of Bees FoxS $217,469 -61.3% 432 -58 $503 $36,994,417 $11 8
86 18 13 High School Musical 3: Senior Year BV $244,722 -76.9% 632 -753 $387 $89,132,272 $11 7
87 9 N Cadillac Records Sony $3,445,559 - 687 - $5,015 $3,445,559 $12 1
88 12 11 Slumdog Millionaire FoxS $1,402,176 +4.2% 78 +29 $17,977 $5,339,510 $15 4
89 40 38 Appaloosa WB (NL) $40,323 -39.8% 104 -6 $388 $19,991,616 $20 12
90 23 21 Synecdoche, New York SPC $163,627 -42.8% 115 -4 $1,423 $2,244,636 $20 7
91 11 10 Milk Focus $1,834,914 +26.2% 99 +63 $18,534 $4,284,465 $20 2
92 19 16 Zack and Miri Make a Porno Wein. $226,098 -56.9% 275 -162 $822 $30,839,277 $24 6
93 58 53 Fly Me to the Moon Sum. $15,525 -48.0% 15 - $1,035 $12,357,127 $25 17
94 32 31 Igor MGM $65,509 -40.7% 162 -17 $404 $19,327,987 $25 12
95 22 N Frost/Nixon Uni. $180,708 - 3 - $60,236 $180,708 $25 1
96 77 71 How to Lose Friends and Alienate People MGM $4,740 -13.5% 26 -3 $182 $2,775,593 $28 10
97 10 8 Role Models Uni. $2,574,460 -51.3% 1,907 -288 $1,350 $61,617,805 $28 5
98 34 62 Pride & Glory WB (NL) $54,637 +343.0% 180 +150 $304 $15,709,385 $30 7
99 33 36 Max Payne Fox $55,578 -31.5% 145 -14 $383 $40,521,670 $35 8
100 8 N Punisher: War Zone LGF $4,271,451 - 2,508 - $1,703 $4,271,451 $35 1
101 37 34 Burn After Reading Focus $45,414 -47.7% 78 -19 $582 $60,244,987 $37 13
102 2 3 Twilight Sum. $13,046,722 -50.5% 3,620 +195 $3,604 $138,402,068 $37 3
103 48 41 City of Ember Fox $27,861 -48.9% 83 -28 $336 $7,781,625 $55 9
104 14 12 Changeling Uni. $501,070 -58.5% 681 -329 $736 $34,683,447 $55 7
105 65 55 Journey to the Center of the Earth WB (NL) $8,531 -58.5% 41 -10 $208 $101,702,060 $60 22
106 52 32 Righteous Kill Over. $20,908 -80.2% 89 -108 $235 $40,054,627 $60 13
107 42 35 Body of Lies WB $37,443 -55.9% 44 -36 $851 $38,970,379 $70 9
108 29 23 Eagle Eye P/DW $113,174 -54.3% 205 -120 $552 $100,404,599 $80 11
109 1 1 Four Christmases WB (NL) $16,755,478 -46.1% 3,335 +25 $5,024 $69,418,170 $80 2
110 4 5 Australia Fox $7,050,261 -52.4% 2,721 +79 $2,591 $30,919,097 $130 2
111 6 6 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa P/DW $5,079,120 -64.3% 3,317 -392 $1,531 $165,653,852 $150 5
112 3 2 Bolt BV $9,796,149 -63.1% 3,516 -138 $2,786 $79,381,422 $150 3
113 36 29 WALL-E BV $46,898 -59.8% 166 -24 $283 $223,704,223 $180 24
114 21 19 The Dark Knight WB $187,418 -45.4% 269 -36 $697 $530,540,885 $185 21
115 5 4 Quantum of Solace Sony $6,752,390 -64.1% 3,423 -78 $1,973 $151,620,134 $200 4
TOTAL (115 MOVIES):$82,434,771-49.3%35,541+1,661$2,319 
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