December 19-21, 2008
Weekend
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N
Yes Man
WB
$18,262,471
-
3,434
-
$5,318
$18,262,471
$70
1
2
N
Seven Pounds
Sony
$14,851,136
-
2,758
-
$5,385
$14,851,136
$55
1
3
N
The Tale of Despereaux
Uni.
$10,103,675
-
3,104
-
$3,255
$10,103,675
$60
1
4
1
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
Fox
$9,890,105
-67.6%
3,560
-
$2,778
$48,366,989
$80
2
5
2
Four Christmases
WB (NL)
$7,701,375
-41.1%
3,515
-25
$2,191
$100,110,827
$80
4
6
3
Twilight
Sum.
$5,189,319
-34.7%
2,991
-658
$1,735
$158,423,218
$37
5
7
4
Bolt
BV
$4,146,856
-44.4%
2,968
-165
$1,397
$94,900,059
$150
5
8
11
Slumdog Millionaire
FoxS
$3,053,760
+40.4%
589
+420
$5,185
$12,037,510
$15
6
9
5
Australia
Fox
$2,174,188
-47.9%
2,212
-491
$983
$41,796,525
$130
4
10
6
Quantum of Solace
Sony
$2,051,882
-44.8%
1,874
-761
$1,095
$161,200,412
$200
6
11
9
Milk
Focus
$1,729,156
-33.5%
356
+28
$4,857
$10,410,039
$20
4
12
8
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
P/DW
$1,569,610
-50.7%
2,007
-761
$782
$172,392,069
$150
7
13
7
Nothing Like the Holidays
Over.
$1,305,439
-63.0%
1,671
-
$781
$5,924,513
-
2
14
10
Transporter 3
LGF
$682,033
-71.0%
1,007
-1,534
$677
$31,069,389
-
4
15
19
Doubt
Mira.
$680,948
+34.2%
39
+24
$17,460
$1,399,548
$20
2
16
13
Role Models
Uni.
$645,395
-58.2%
792
-536
$815
$65,593,985
$28
7
17
12
Cadillac Records
Sony
$606,748
-61.7%
701
+13
$866
$7,046,250
$12
3
18
20
Gran Torino
WB
$468,221
+72.3%
19
+13
$24,643
$859,860
$33
2
19
17
Frost/Nixon
Uni.
$378,052
-39.6%
39
-
$9,694
$1,491,262
$25
3
20
15
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Yash
$326,641
-64.5%
82
-1
$3,983
$1,431,843
-
2
21
16
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Mira.
$274,481
-60.0%
403
-276
$681
$8,379,440
-
7
22
23
The Polar Express (IMAX re-issue 2008)
WB
$260,441
+22.4%
26
-
$10,017
$1,132,245
-
5
23
35
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
BV
$225,706
+218.0%
315
+142
$717
$92,595,594
-
12
24
N
The Wrestler
FoxS
$202,714
-
4
-
$50,679
$288,220
$6
1
25
14
Punisher: War Zone
LGF
$193,995
-86.0%
385
-2,123
$504
$7,948,159
$35
3
26
22
Rachel Getting Married
SPC
$130,230
-41.2%
115
-36
$1,132
$9,785,033
-
12
27
24
Eagle Eye
P/DW
$129,410
-34.7%
254
-66
$509
$100,856,790
$80
13
28
21
Changeling
Uni.
$101,905
-60.3%
229
-164
$445
$35,397,257
$55
9
29
25
The Reader
Wein.
$92,790
-44.8%
8
-
$11,599
$349,240
$32
2
30
30
I've Loved You So Long
SPC
$83,284
-18.8%
52
+6
$1,602
$2,052,667
-
9
31
42
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
MGM/W
$72,723
+79.7%
162
+134
$449
$22,658,945
-
19
32
34
Let the Right One In (2008)
Magn.
$68,656
-10.3%
53
-
$1,295
$1,245,880
-
9
33
31
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
BV
$56,436
-44.4%
161
-99
$351
$89,404,747
$11
9
34
26
Fireproof
Gold.
$56,163
-61.9%
160
-186
$351
$33,063,487
$0.5
13
35
66
Nights in Rodanthe
WB
$55,622
+628.0%
204
+181
$273
$41,633,345
-
13
36
29
Synecdoche, New York
SPC
$53,622
-48.8%
56
-41
$958
$2,547,673
$20
9
37
36
A Christmas Tale
IFC
$52,393
-15.5%
48
+5
$1,092
$795,910
-
6
38
28
The Dark Knight
WB
$51,743
-53.9%
157
-48
$330
$530,811,565
$185
23
39
27
The Secret Life of Bees
FoxS
$49,479
-56.6%
141
-130
$351
$37,320,137
$11
10
40
33
Happy-Go-Lucky
Mira.
$44,621
-48.6%
84
-60
$531
$3,101,671
-
11
41
41
Santa Vs. the Snowman - Season 7 (IMAX)
Imax
$40,944
-0.5%
18
-
$2,275
$308,766
-
8
42
32
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Wein.
$36,307
-64.0%
87
-76
$417
$31,153,007
$24
8
43
43
Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure (IMAX)
NGE
$31,138
-22.8%
21
-
$1,483
$20,161,732
-
64
44
39
Max Payne
Fox
$24,590
-46.2%
69
-52
$356
$40,632,110
$35
10
45
64
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
Free
$24,415
+137.1%
73
+57
$334
$13,442,412
-
8
46
50
Magnificent Desolation (IMAX)
Imax
$22,834
+16.7%
4
-1
$5,709
$26,744,089
-
170
47
58
Space Station 3-D (IMAX)
Imax
$21,658
+40.0%
5
-3
$4,332
$77,216,088
-
349
48
40
Igor
MGM
$18,382
-59.8%
82
-36
$224
$19,420,496
$25
14
49
51
Deep Sea 3-D (IMAX)
WB
$17,732
-6.8%
10
-
$1,773
$37,117,207
-
147
50
44
Burn After Reading
Focus
$16,314
-49.8%
44
-13
$371
$60,338,891
$37
15
51
54
Wendy and Lucy
Osci.
$16,004
-12.2%
6
+4
$2,667
$50,650
-
2
52
38
Soul Men
MGM/W
$14,756
-70.5%
95
-
$155
$11,998,223
-
7
53
47
JCVD
PArch
$13,290
-51.6%
15
-9
$886
$413,523
-
7
54
48
Body of Lies
WB
$11,391
-52.9%
24
-13
$475
$39,043,452
$70
11
55
45
WALL-E
BV
$11,074
-64.1%
62
-61
$179
$223,773,410
$180
26
56
59
Fly Me to the Moon
Sum.
$10,095
-32.2%
13
+1
$777
$12,423,424
$25
19
57
52
Appaloosa
WB (NL)
$9,902
-47.3%
33
-32
$300
$20,051,965
$20
14
58
55
City of Ember
Fox
$8,921
-46.8%
40
-23
$223
$7,823,153
$55
11
59
72
Timecrimes (Los Cronocrimenes)
Magn.
$7,864
+80.7%
7
+5
$1,123
$14,887
-
2
60
-
A Secret
Strand
$7,721
-
7
-
$1,103
$557,566
-
16
61
63
Dolphins and Whales: Tribes of the Ocean 3D
3D
$7,700
-27.3%
10
-
$770
$5,188,311
-
45
62
46
RockNRolla
WB
$7,077
-75.3%
39
-84
$181
$5,694,401
-
11
63
69
Man on Wire
Magn.
$5,917
+1.5%
6
+2
$986
$2,913,155
-
22
64
N
Gomorrah
IFC
$5,532
-
1
-
$5,532
$5,532
-
1
65
67
Roving Mars (IMAX)
BV
$4,407
-35.3%
6
-
$735
$9,821,139
-
152
66
77
Ashes of Time Redux
SPC
$3,799
+21.0%
14
-
$271
$170,428
-
11
67
75
Tell No One
MBox
$3,556
+8.8%
6
+1
$593
$6,130,293
-
25
68
57
Were the World Mine
SpkP
$3,155
-80.2%
3
-1
$1,052
$82,463
-
8
69
68
The Secrets
Mont.
$3,039
-53.7%
5
-1
$608
$52,226
-
4
70
81
Ciao
Reg.
$2,733
-5.6%
3
+2
$911
$10,723
-
3
71
61
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Bal.
$2,524
-80.6%
4
-1
$631
$51,886
-
7
72
-
The Wild Child (re-issue)
FDesk
$2,362
-
2
-
$1,181
$22,738
-
7
73
78
U2 3D
NGE
$1,847
-38.2%
1
-2
$1,847
$9,647,929
-
48
74
80
A Girl Cut in Two
IFC
$1,838
-36.8%
9
+1
$204
$409,658
-
19
75
71
Righteous Kill
Over.
$1,620
-65.0%
15
-21
$108
$40,081,035
$60
15
76
65
Frozen River
SPC
$1,471
-83.6%
4
-9
$368
$2,307,807
-
21
77
-
Antarctica
Reg.
$1,302
-
1
-
$1,302
$9,181
-
12
78
101
The Flyboys
DCoa.
$702
+142.1%
1
-
$702
$144,110
-
19
79
86
I Can't Think Straight
Reg.
$686
-67.7%
2
-1
$343
$35,794
-
5
80
76
I Served the King of England
SPC
$650
-79.9%
3
-
$217
$617,228
-
17
81
94
Breakfast with Scot
Reg.
$649
-33.3%
1
-
$649
$42,980
-
11
82
87
Fear(s) of the Dark
IFC
$617
-67.3%
3
-1
$206
$77,876
-
9
83
74
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
Kino
$615
-84.5%
1
-2
$615
$59,252
-
5
84
56
Nobel Son
Free
$546
-96.7%
3
-96
$182
$540,118
-
3
85
82
Stranded: I Have Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains
Zeit.
$467
-82.8%
1
-3
$467
$60,442
-
9
86
79
Where God Left His Shoes
IFC
$464
-84.1%
2
-
$232
$3,911
-
2
87
-
Save Me
FRun
$424
-
1
-
$424
$82,369
-
16
88
84
House (2008)
RAtt.
$331
-86.4%
1
-10
$331
$574,940
-
7
89
83
Trouble the Water
Zeit.
$242
-90.6%
1
-4
$242
$486,362
-
18
90
-
How About You
Strand
$145
-
1
-
$145
$33,013
-
6
91
-
House of the Sleeping Beauties
FRun
$136
-
1
-
$136
$3,387
-
3
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