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Row	TW	Title (click to view)	Studio	Weekend Gross	Change	Theaters	Change	Avg.	Est. Screens	Change	Avg.	Est. Shows	Change	Avg.	Total Gross	Week #
1	17	Saw V	LGF	$459,081	-74.0%	694	-1,308	$662	694	-1,308	$662	6,380	-16,420	$72	$56,383,962	5
2	12	Soul Men	MGM/W	$912,269	-61.2%	814	-1,234	$1,121	840	-1,360	$1,086	9,110	-17,790	$100	$10,900,509	3
3	9	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Wein.	$1,605,579	-49.0%	1,222	-988	$1,314	1,222	-988	$1,314	12,100	-17,300	$133	$29,256,029	4
4	18	The Haunting of Molly Hartley	Free	$385,013	-73.2%	614	-973	$627	620	-980	$621	6,110	-11,990	$63	$13,180,859	4
5	7	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	BV	$2,049,144	-63.8%	2,361	-841	$868	2,400	-1,200	$854	29,200	-15,700	$70	$86,864,082	5
6	16	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	BV	$468,078	-70.4%	788	-829	$594	790	-827	$593	2,600	-13,900	$180	$91,614,153	8
7	28	Max Payne	Fox	$150,463	-75.7%	264	-581	$570	264	-586	$570	2,570	-6,600	$59	$40,300,771	6
8	15	Eagle Eye	P/DW	$667,605	-54.4%	757	-457	$882	760	-454	$878	7,020	-6,480	$95	$99,740,445	9
9	38	Pride & Glory	WB (NL)	$67,952	-83.4%	125	-450	$544	130	-450	$523	960	-4,270	$71	$15,612,802	5
10	36	RockNRolla	WB	$88,451	-74.3%	105	-443	$842	110	-440	$804	980	-4,360	$90	$5,507,900	7
11	23	Body of Lies	WB	$244,258	-63.8%	225	-400	$1,086	230	-395	$1,062	1,950	-4,390	$125	$38,728,557	7
12	26	Appaloosa	WB (NL)	$193,270	-57.5%	350	-387	$552	350	-390	$552	3,230	-4,210	$60	$19,791,700	10
13	10	The Secret Life of Bees	FoxS	$1,264,991	-45.9%	1,095	-354	$1,155	1,100	-349	$1,150	12,300	-5,700	$103	$35,638,795	6
14	30	W.	LGF	$131,523	-70.4%	191	-314	$689	191	-319	$689	1,670	-2,970	$79	$25,411,191	6
15	77	House (2008)	RAtt.	$4,537	-94.6%	14	-220	$324	14	-220	$324	139	-1,691	$33	$567,858	3
16	6	Changeling	Uni.	$2,695,450	-36.6%	1,739	-157	$1,550	1,800	-200	$1,497	18,900	-4,400	$143	$31,665,332	5
17	35	Nights in Rodanthe	WB	$104,021	-51.1%	190	-124	$547	190	-124	$547	1,880	-1,160	$55	$41,464,321	9
18	33	The Duchess	ParV	$117,896	-50.2%	154	-116	$766	160	-110	$737	1,440	-1,160	$82	$13,670,183	10
19	31	Religulous	LGF	$123,599	-46.4%	140	-98	$883	140	-100	$883	1,200	-1,190	$103	$12,772,716	8
20	14	Rachel Getting Married	SPC	$751,611	-28.5%	300	-90	$2,505	300	-90	$2,505	1,250	-3,800	$601	$8,003,380	8
21	65	Traitor	Over.	$10,863	-72.5%	39	-85	$279	40	-84	$272	290	-680	$37	$23,527,748	13
22	34	Burn After Reading	Focus	$112,607	-42.5%	134	-73	$840	134	-76	$840	1,310	-850	$86	$60,029,592	11
23	5	Role Models	Uni.	$7,324,445	-34.3%	2,733	-65	$2,680	2,800	-200	$2,616	38,400	-3,200	$191	$48,133,020	3
24	4	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	P/DW	$15,661,936	-55.3%	4,007	-58	$3,909	6,100	-1,000	$2,568	89,600	-25,000	$175	$137,109,390	3
25	68	Miracle at St. Anna	BV	$8,655	-60.9%	35	-41	$247	40	-40	$216	80	-140	$108	$7,916,887	9
26	13	Fireproof	Gold.	$909,404	-27.6%	823	-39	$1,105	830	-40	$1,096	8,570	-920	$106	$31,514,538	9
27	103	Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3-D (2008 re-issue)	BV	$967	-97.5%	2	-35	$484	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$1,109,053	5
28	45	Igor	MGM	$41,327	-16.4%	52	-26	$795	52	-28	$795	310	-180	$133	$19,098,493	10
29	49	What Just Happened?	Magn.	$27,103	-54.0%	39	-23	$695	40	-22	$678	140	-90	$194	$1,043,419	6
30	39	City of Ember	Fox	$62,389	-35.7%	148	-23	$422	150	-21	$416	1,450	-350	$43	$7,658,330	7
31	82	Morning Light	BV	$2,900	-78.8%	3	-18	$967	3	-18	$967	11	-79	$264	$275,093	6
32	89	Choke	FoxS	$1,812	-61.0%	3	-16	$604	3	-17	$604	10	-50	$181	$2,926,565	9
33	60	Tell No One	MBox	$13,848	-40.6%	16	-13	$866	20	-10	$692	40	-40	$346	$6,097,293	21
34	75	Frozen River	SPC	$5,525	-64.5%	15	-11	$368	20	-10	$276	40	-30	$138	$2,275,673	17
35	47	Fly Me to the Moon	Sum.	$33,876	+59.5%	16	-11	$2,117	20	-10	$1,694	40	-180	$847	$12,283,904	15
36	29	WALL-E	BV	$134,989	-29.8%	213	-10	$634	220	-10	$614	750	-30	$180	$223,454,780	22
37	109	Mirrors	Fox	$668	-85.4%	3	-8	$223	3	-8	$223	9	-31	$74	$30,691,439	15
38	88	Ashes of Time Redux	SPC	$2,097	-71.5%	7	-8	$300	7	-8	$300	20	-31	$105	$147,051	7
39	101	Battle in Seattle	RedP	$1,074	-50.8%	3	-7	$358	3	-7	$358	10	-30	$107	$222,419	10
40	93	Ballast	Allu.	$1,729	-68.9%	1	-4	$1,729	1	-4	$1,729	-	-16	n/a	$69,160	8
41	112	Stranded: I Have Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains	Zeit.	$538	-93.8%	1	-4	$538	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$44,021	5
42	91	Trouble the Water	Zeit.	$1,804	-62.5%	4	-4	$451	4	-6	$451	10	-10	$180	$465,847	14
43	61	The Longshots	MGM/W	$13,215	-21.4%	32	-4	$413	32	-8	$413	350	-60	$38	$11,508,423	14
44	43	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	MGM/W	$43,433	-22.4%	35	-4	$1,241	40	-	$1,086	280	-70	$155	$22,417,130	15
45	111	August Evening	Maya	$567	-72.9%	1	-3	$567	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$67,439	12
46	104	Pray the Devil Back to Hell	Bal.	$924	-87.4%	1	-2	$924	1	-2	$924	2	-13	$462	$22,058	3
47	102	Momma's Man	Kino	$1,038	-53.7%	3	-2	$346	1	-	$1,038	-	-	n/a	$94,872	14
48	96	The Other End of the Line	MGM	$1,515	-55.1%	3	-2	$505	3	-7	$505	34	+4	$45	$113,913	4
49	95	I.O.U.S.A.	RAtt.	$1,664	-49.9%	5	-2	$333	10	-	$166	60	+1	$28	$800,717	14
50	54	Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom	Logo	$18,729	-42.0%	5	-2	$3,746	5	-2	$3,746	81	-29	$231	$482,638	5
51	69	Repo: The Genetic Opera	LGF	$8,057	-57.7%	6	-2	$1,343	10	-	$806	60	-44	$134	$108,045	3
52	55	Man on Wire	Magn.	$16,058	-5.3%	13	-2	$1,235	13	-7	$1,235	40	-10	$401	$2,863,670	18
53	63	I Served the King of England	SPC	$12,926	+83.0%	14	-2	$923	14	-6	$923	30	-	$431	$581,173	13
54	80	Space Chimps	Fox	$4,019	-36.4%	15	-2	$268	20	-	$201	30	-10	$134	$30,105,968	19
55	40	JCVD	PArch	$61,242	-10.4%	26	-2	$2,355	30	-	$2,041	110	-30	$557	$197,072	3
56	87	The Alphabet Killer	Anch.	$2,258	-55.9%	1	-1	$2,258	1	-1	$2,258	-	-18	n/a	$24,674	3
57	97	The Flyboys	DCoa.	$1,392	-5.6%	1	-1	$1,392	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$135,941	15
58	94	Hounddog	Emp.	$1,675	-64.0%	1	-1	$1,675	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$118,879	10
59	84	Fear(s) of the Dark	IFC	$2,718	-44.1%	3	-1	$906	3	-1	$906	16	+2	$170	$63,172	5
60	85	The First Basket	L/Z	$2,471	-60.6%	3	-1	$824	3	-1	$824	28	-16	$88	$16,552	4
61	106	How to Lose Friends and Alienate People	MGM	$772	-28.9%	4	-1	$193	4	-6	$193	30	-	$26	$2,760,453	8
62	79	One Day You'll Understand	Kino	$4,068	-59.7%	6	-1	$678	10	-	$407	20	-	$203	$77,368	4
63	71	A Girl Cut in Two	IFC	$7,164	+27.0%	10	-1	$716	10	-1	$716	30	-	$239	$387,842	15
64	24	Dostana	Yash	$222,712	-65.5%	73	-1	$3,051	80	-10	$2,784	820	-120	$272	$987,966	2
65	19	The Dark Knight	WB	$370,449	-26.3%	345	-1	$1,074	420	-40	$882	3,650	-330	$101	$529,696,290	19
66	117	Alexandra	CGld	$54	-	1	-	$54	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$124,085	31
67	116	America the Beautiful	FInd.	$153	-86.5%	1	-	$153	1	-	$153	1	-4	$153	$76,173	29
68	110	Antarctica	Reg.	$613	-49.5%	1	-	$613	1	-	$613	-	-	n/a	$2,307	5
69	78	The Beautiful Truth	Libre	$4,396	+45.3%	1	-	$4,396	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$9,521	2
70	74	The Betrayal	CGld	$5,864	-	1	-	$5,864	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$5,864	1
71	107	Breakfast with Scot	Reg.	$770	+29.6%	1	-	$770	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$36,919	7
72	118	Cthulhu	Reg.	$32	-	1	-	$32	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$15,213	11
73	76	How About You	Strand	$5,515	-8.4%	1	-	$5,515	1	-	$5,515	-	-5	n/a	$14,661	2
74	67	Lake City	Scre.	$9,355	-	1	-	$9,355	1	-	$9,355	6	-	$1,559	$9,355	1
75	113	Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, The Mistress and the Tangerine	Zeit.	$517	-11.6%	1	-	$517	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$82,005	22
76	115	Otto; or, Up with the Dead People	Strand	$240	-57.7%	1	-	$240	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$6,793	3
77	81	Special	Magn.	$3,232	-	1	-	$3,232	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$3,232	1
78	108	Tru Loved	Reg.	$745	-	2	-	$373	2	-	$373	7	-	$106	$7,892	6
79	59	Harvard Beats Yale 29-29	Kino	$14,088	-	3	-	$4,696	4	-	$3,522	17	-	$829	$18,716	1
80	58	I Can't Think Straight	Reg.	$15,239	-	3	-	$5,080	3	-	$5,080	15	-	$1,016	$15,239	1
81	53	Were the World Mine	SpkP	$19,192	-	3	-	$6,397	3	-	$6,397	39	-	$492	$21,786	4
82	90	The World Unseen	Reg.	$1,812	-23.4%	3	-	$604	3	-	$604	10	-	$181	$16,832	3
83	57	Lola Montes (re-issue)	Rialto	$15,296	-	4	-	$3,824	5	-	$3,059	49	-	$312	$80,046	7
84	51	My Name Is Bruce	Imag.	$22,598	+69.5%	4	-	$5,650	4	-	$5,650	30	-24	$753	$105,245	4
85	92	FLOW: For Love of Water	Osci.	$1,760	-43.2%	5	-	$352	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$137,044	23
86	86	My Father My Lord	Kino	$2,263	-25.7%	5	-	$453	5	-	$453	18	+5	$126	$203,304	28
87	70	Roving Mars (IMAX)	BV	$7,224	-31.9%	6	-	$1,204	10	-	$722	10	-	$722	$9,754,848	148
88	73	U2 3D	NGE	$5,966	-11.1%	6	-	$994	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$9,628,636	44
89	62	A Secret	Strand	$13,004	-22.3%	7	-	$1,858	10	-	$1,300	20	-	$650	$500,877	12
90	48	Deep Sea 3D (IMAX)	WB	$30,808	-14.1%	10	-	$3,081	10	-	$3,081	49	-11	$629	$36,938,217	143
91	56	Dolphins and Whales: Tribes of the Ocean 3D	3D	$15,805	-31.6%	11	-	$1,437	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$5,081,473	41
92	44	The Polar Express (IMAX re-issue 2008)	WB	$42,718	-	12	-	$3,560	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$42,718	1
93	46	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure (IMAX)	NGE	$40,905	-13.6%	21	-	$1,948	21	-	$1,948	60	+10	$682	$19,861,920	60
94	22	Yuvvraaj	Eros	$264,362	-	77	-	$3,433	90	-	$2,937	290	-	$912	$264,362	1
95	42	Journey to the Center of the Earth	WB (NL)	$44,913	-39.9%	149	-	$301	150	-	$299	1,450	-100	$31	$101,653,320	20
96	1	Twilight	Sum.	$69,637,740	-	3,419	-	$20,368	6,000	-	$11,606	81,600	-	$853	$69,637,740	1
97	98	Days and Clouds	FM	$1,327	+318.6%	2	+1	$664	2	+1	$664	10	+10	$133	$112,102	20
98	83	Eden (2008)	LibE	$2,729	-11.5%	2	+1	$1,365	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$7,473	2
99	100	Filth and Wisdom	IFC	$1,181	+259.0%	2	+1	$591	2	-	$591	3	-	$394	$22,406	6
100	114	Sixty Six	FInd.	$340	-42.3%	2	+1	$170	1	-	$340	-	-3	n/a	$220,977	17
101	72	Familiar Strangers	Caval.	$6,686	-42.1%	3	+1	$2,229	3	+1	$2,229	13	+3	$514	$19,982	2
102	99	The Pool	Vita.	$1,313	+248.3%	3	+1	$438	3	+1	$438	-	-	n/a	$94,753	12
103	64	Santa Vs. the Snowman - Season 7 (IMAX)	Imax	$12,752	+63.7%	6	+1	$2,125	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$31,483	4
104	52	Space Station 3-D (IMAX)	Imax	$20,063	-68.3%	8	+1	$2,508	10	-	$2,006	10	-	$2,006	$77,036,007	345
105	50	Magnificent Desolation (IMAX)	Imax	$25,814	+31.4%	7	+2	$3,688	10	-	$2,581	10	-	$2,581	$26,553,703	166
106	32	Let the Right One In (2008)	Magn.	$118,410	-4.4%	28	+2	$4,229	30	-	$3,947	110	-	$1,076	$623,767	5
107	105	whaledreamers	Mont.	$868	+921.2%	6	+4	$145	-	-	n/a	-	-	n/a	$9,380	9
108	25	I've Loved You So Long	SPC	$194,337	+19.0%	37	+6	$5,252	40	+9	$4,858	140	+18	$1,388	$1,245,904	5
109	66	The Dukes	CAVU	$9,631	+58.7%	11	+7	$876	11	+7	$876	50	+28	$193	$18,002	2
110	2	Quantum of Solace	Sony	$26,707,945	-60.4%	3,458	+7	$7,724	5,600	-300	$4,769	82,600	-6,700	$323	$108,790,786	2
111	11	Slumdog Millionaire	FoxS	$947,795	+163.3%	32	+22	$29,619	55	+35	$17,233	702	+484	$1,350	$1,570,240	2
112	27	A Christmas Tale	IFC	$162,689	+154.9%	36	+29	$4,519	40	+30	$4,067	120	+90	$1,356	$256,151	2
113	21	Synecdoche, New York	SPC	$319,110	-3.8%	111	+31	$2,875	111	+31	$2,875	440	+100	$725	$1,554,060	5
114	20	Happy-Go-Lucky	Mira.	$338,071	-8.8%	202	+59	$1,674	202	+59	$1,674	2,360	+670	$143	$2,213,147	7
115	41	Sex Drive	Sum.	$48,980	+40.1%	143	+81	$343	143	+81	$343	1,450	+910	$34	$8,364,827	6
116	37	Righteous Kill	Over.	$82,619	+87.2%	212	+104	$390	212	+102	$390	2,280	+1,310	$36	$39,811,690	11
117	8	The Boy in the Striped Pajamas	Mira.	$1,647,514	+247.3%	406	+368	$4,058	410	+369	$4,018	5,990	+5,389	$275	$2,628,053	3
118	3	Bolt	BV	$26,223,128	-	3,651	+2,811	$7,182	6,200	+6,200	$4,230	93,000	+93,000	$282	$26,223,128	1
TOTALS:				$164,744,894	+10.9%	33,175	-3,477	$4,966	42,914	-280	$3,839	540,709	-4,524	$305

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