The Top Movies of Friday, October 24, 2008

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	Buena Vista	Musical	$16,961,393		3,623	$4,682	$16,961,393	1
2	(new)	Saw V	Lionsgate	Horror	$14,345,874		3,060	$4,688	$14,345,874	1
3	(1)	Max Payne	20th Century Fox	Action	$2,644,640	+185.89%	3,381	$782	$24,708,611	8
4	(new)	Pride and Glory	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,308,933		2,585	$893	$2,308,933	1
5	(5)	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,863,933	+267.42%	3,190	$584	$73,090,328	22
6	(2)	The Secret Life of Bees	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,785,661	+181.29%	1,630	$1,095	$15,058,852	8
7	(6)	Eagle Eye	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,631,359	+248.35%	2,558	$638	$84,482,761	29
8	(3)	W.	Lionsgate	Drama	$1,573,147	+157.65%	2,050	$767	$14,991,648	8
9	(4)	Body of Lies	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$1,271,693	+122.69%	2,150	$591	$28,096,657	15
10	(7)	Quarantine	Sony/Screen Gems	Horror	$876,249	+118.85%	2,228	$393	$27,096,252	15
11	(11)	Fireproof	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$718,528	+205.67%	905	$794	$22,191,525	29
12	(10)	Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist	Sony Pictures	Drama	$706,073	+170.11%	2,241	$315	$28,228,528	22
13	(8)	Sex Drive	Summit Entertainment	Comedy	$646,567	+100.54%	2,421	$267	$5,677,056	8
14	(9)	Nights in Rodanthe	Warner Bros.	Drama	$421,244	+57.63%	1,240	$340	$38,321,498	29
15	(12)	The Duchess	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$377,460	+73.13%	873	$432	$10,343,320	36
16	(13)	Appaloosa	Warner Bros.	Drama	$370,611	+74.00%	920	$403	$15,540,759	36
-	(16)	Burn After Reading	Focus Features	Black Comedy	$232,770	+126.69%	422	$552	$57,762,114	43
-	(14)	The Express	Universal	Drama	$151,250	-10.29%	605	$250	$9,012,270	15
-	(new)	The Changeling	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$146,044		15	$9,736	$146,044	1
-	(15)	City of Ember	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$135,456	+1.32%	536	$253	$6,531,526	15
-	(17)	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Action	$89,699	+106.77%	166	$540	$527,615,985	99
-	(26)	Tropic Thunder	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$56,692	+672.79%	228	$249	$109,964,936	73
-	(19)	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$55,796	+218.62%	236	$236	$100,955,321	106
-	(new)	Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom	Logo Features	Romantic Comedy	$53,896		5	$10,779	$53,896	1
-	(18)	Mamma Mia!	Universal	Musical	$40,520	+68.94%	180	$225	$143,453,535	99
-	(20)	Ghost Town	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$29,129	+76.11%	125	$233	$12,980,105	36
-	(22)	RocknRolla	Warner Bros.	Action	$27,490	+79.12%	19	$1,447	$496,779	17
-	(32)	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$20,873	+2,815.22%	203	$103	$43,980,755	80
-	(25)	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$11,907	+51.01%	140	$85	$35,053,379	71
-	(29)	Mirrors	20th Century Fox	Horror	$11,835	+236.13%	60	$197	$30,599,934	71
-	(28)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$10,805	+191.71%	10	$1,081	$36,665,346	967
-	(23)	The Women	PictureHouse	Comedy	$10,322	+13.22%	49	$211	$26,716,714	43
-	(27)	Get Smart	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$9,131	+126.29%	44	$208	$130,270,003	127
-	(24)	Choke	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$6,479	-27.34%	32	$202	$2,870,012	29
-	(re-entry)	Hounddog	Empire Pictures	Drama	$4,825		5	$965	$85,451	36
-	(34)	I.O.U.S.A.	Roadside Attractions	Documentary	$2,321	+1,534.51%	5	$464	$744,442	64
-	(33)	Beer for My Horses	Roadside Attractions	Comedy	$894	+295.58%	6	$149	$662,722	78

Chart certified: 11/3/2008