The Top Movies of Friday, October 17, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Max Payne	20th Century Fox	Action	$7,041,836		3,376	$2,086	$7,041,836	1
2	(new)	W.	Lionsgate	Drama	$3,792,999		2,030	$1,868	$3,792,999	1
3	(new)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$3,563,157		1,591	$2,240	$3,563,157	1
4	(2)	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Buena Vista	Comedy	$3,046,353	+231.79%	3,239	$941	$60,906,488	15
5	(1)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$2,201,455	+120.51%	2,714	$811	$19,802,124	8
6	(4)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$2,196,158	+177.29%	3,326	$660	$76,188,265	22
7	(3)	Quarantine	Sony/Screen Gems	Horror	$2,005,644	+134.96%	2,463	$814	$20,392,576	8
8	(new)	Sex Drive	Summit Entertainment	Comedy	$1,312,601		2,421	$542	$1,312,601	1
9	(6)	Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,291,818	+178.31%	2,241	$576	$24,099,309	15
10	(5)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$876,953	+87.62%	2,115	$415	$35,088,983	22
11	(10)	Fireproof	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$873,368	+186.24%	905	$965	$18,923,207	22
12	(9)	The Express	Universal	Drama	$758,685	+134.95%	2,810	$270	$6,781,445	8
13	(8)	The Duchess	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$684,854	+110.17%	1,207	$567	$7,692,165	29
14	(7)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Drama	$651,172	+91.86%	1,265	$515	$12,948,258	29
15	(11)	City of Ember	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$506,694	+137.10%	2,023	$250	$4,702,692	8
-	(14)	Burn After Reading	Focus Features	Black Comedy	$346,452	+77.90%	708	$489	$56,367,825	36
-	(16)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$130,274	+105.94%	290	$449	$527,074,478	92
-	(19)	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$74,855	+187.63%	276	$271	$100,645,035	99
-	(17)	Ghost Town	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$73,853	+72.72%	252	$293	$12,754,776	29
-	(18)	Mamma Mia!	Universal	Musical	$52,600	+99.05%	219	$240	$143,212,580	92
-	(15)	Flash of Genius	Universal	Drama	$42,750	-48.26%	225	$190	$4,138,415	15
-	(22)	RocknRolla	Warner Bros.	Action	$38,479	+149.93%	22	$1,749	$308,692	10
-	(32)	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$29,097	+975.67%	234	$124	$34,939,535	64
-	(20)	The Women	PictureHouse	Comedy	$29,027	+24.41%	155	$187	$26,609,873	36
-	(23)	Tropic Thunder	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$28,752	+116.73%	179	$161	$109,815,620	66
-	(21)	Choke	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$17,356	+0.38%	64	$271	$2,793,766	22
-	(24)	Get Smart	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$16,952	+100.62%	71	$239	$130,216,455	120
-	(29)	Babylon A.D.	20th Century Fox	Action	$14,888	+347.62%	86	$173	$22,457,669	50
-	(27)	Mirrors	20th Century Fox	Horror	$13,192	+199.34%	68	$194	$30,543,048	64
-	(26)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$11,337	+60.44%	10	$1,134	$36,602,673	960
-	(30)	Space Chimps	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$5,518	+75.34%	72	$77	$30,032,771	92
-	(31)	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$3,774	+22.57%	22	$172	$43,948,629	73
-	(35)	Hounddog	Empire Pictures	Drama	$3,550	+757.49%	5	$710	$69,536	29
-	(33)	Beer for My Horses	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$2,397	+102.11%	8	$300	$656,690	71
-	(34)	Towelhead	Warner Independent	Drama	$291	-69.72%	4	$73	$371,025	36
-	(38)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$250	+220.51%	3	$83	$726,249	57

Chart certified: 10/24/2008