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DECEMBER 2008
Friday
12
NEW IN THEATERS ACTORS DISTRIBUTOR RELEASE
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
Sci-Fi 		Keanu Reeves
Jennifer Connelly
Kathy Bates		 Fox 3,560
Delgo
Animation 		Anne Bancroft
Val Kilmer
Freddie Prinze, Jr.		 Freestyle Releasing 2,160
Nothing Like the Holidays
Comedy 		John Leguizamo
Freddy Rodriguez
Debra Messing		 Overture Films 1,671
$9.99
Animation 		- Regent Releasing 1 (Academy run in LA)
Che
Historical Drama 		Benicio Del Toro IFC 2 (Academy run in LA, NYC)
Dark Streets
Crime Drama 		Gabriel Mann
Bijou Phillips
Izabella Miko		 Samuel Goldwyn 18
Doubt
Drama 		Meryl Streep
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Amy Adams		 Miramax 15
Gran Torino
Action Drama 		Clint Eastwood Warner Bros. 6
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Foreign 		- Yash Raj 83
The Reader (on Wed.)
Period Drama 		Kate Winslet
Ralph Fiennes		 Weinstein Company 8
Timecrimes (Los Cronocrimenes)
Foreign 		- Magnolia 2
Wendy and Lucy (on Wed.)
Drama 		Michelle Williams Oscilloscope Pictures 2
What Doesn't Kill You
Crime Drama 		Mark Ruffalo
Ethan Hawke
Amanda Peet		 Yari Film Group 3
Where God Left His Shoes
Drama 		Leonor Varela
John Leguizamo		 IFC 2

EXPANDING
Frost/Nixon
Historical Drama 		Sam Rockwell
Kevin Bacon
Rebecca Hall		 Universal 39
Milk
Drama 		Sean Penn
Emile Hirsch
Josh Brolin		 Focus Features 328
Friday
19
NEW IN THEATERS ACTORS DISTRIBUTOR RELEASE
Seven Pounds
Drama 		Will Smith
Rosario Dawson
Woody Harrelson		 Sony / Columbia 2,758
The Tale of Despereaux
Animation 		Matthew Broderick
Dustin Hoffman
Emma Watson		 Universal 3,104
Yes Man
Comedy 		Jim Carrey
Bradley Cooper
Zooey Deschanel		 Warner Bros. 3,434
The Class
Foreign 		- Sony Classics 2 (one-week Academy run)
Gomorrah
Foreign 		- IFC 1
Moscow, Belgium
Foreign 		- NeoClassics Films
The Wrestler (on Wed.)
Sports Drama 		Mickey Rourke
Marisa Tomei
Evan Rachel Wood		 Fox Searchlight 4

EXPANDING
Doubt
Drama 		Meryl Streep
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Amy Adams		 Miramax 39
Gran Torino
Action Drama 		Clint Eastwood Warner Bros. 19
Slumdog Millionaire
Drama 		Freida Pinto
Dev Patel
Anil Kapoor		 Fox Searchlight 589
Friday
26
NEW IN THEATERS ACTORS DISTRIBUTOR RELEASE
Bedtime Stories (on Thu.)
Family Adventure 		Adam Sandler
Keri Russell
Guy Pearce		 Buena Vista 3,681
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (on Thu.)
Fantasy Drama 		Brad Pitt
Cate Blanchett
Tilda Swinton		 Paramount 2,988
Marley and Me (on Thu.)
Comedy 		Jennifer Aniston
Owen Wilson		 Fox 3,480
The Spirit (on Thu.)
Action Fantasy 		Gabriel Macht
Samuel L. Jackson
Scarlett Johansson		 Lionsgate 2,509
Valkyrie (on Thu.)
Thriller 		Tom Cruise
Bill Nighy
Kenneth Branagh		 United Artists 2,711
Ghajini (on Wed.)
Foreign 		- AdLabs 83
Last Chance Harvey (on Thu.)
Romance 		Dustin Hoffman
Emma Thompson
Eileen Atkins		 Overture Films 6
Revolutionary Road
Drama 		Leonardo DiCaprio
Kate Winslet
Michael Shannon		 Paramount Vantage 3
The Secret of the Grain (on Wed.)
Foreign 		- IFC 1
Waltz with Bashir (on Thu.)
Foreign 		- Sony Classics 5 6

EXPANDING
Doubt (on Thu.)
Drama 		Meryl Streep
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Amy Adams		 Miramax 1,267
Gran Torino
Action Drama 		Clint Eastwood Warner Bros. 84
The Reader
Period Drama 		Kate Winslet
Ralph Fiennes		 Weinstein Company 116
JANUARY 2009
Wednesday
31
NEW IN THEATERS ACTORS DISTRIBUTOR RELEASE
Defiance
War 		Daniel Craig
Liev Schreiber
Jamie Bell		 Paramount Vantage 2
Good
Drama 		Viggo Mortensen
Jason Isaacs
Mark Strong		 ThinkFilm 2
Friday
9
NEW IN THEATERS ACTORS DISTRIBUTOR RELEASE
Bride Wars
Comedy 		Kate Hudson
Anne Hathaway
Kristen Johnson		 Fox 3,226
Not Easily Broken
Drama 		Taraji P. Henson Sony / Screen Gems 724
The Unborn (2009)
Horror 		Odette Yustman
Gary Oldman
Cam Gigandet		 Universal 2,357
Just Another Love Story
Foreign 		- Koch Lorber Films 1
Made in U.S.A. (re-issue)
Foreign 		- Rialto 1
Silent Light (on Wed.)
Foreign 		- Palisades Tartan 1
Yonkers Joe
Crime Drama 		Chazz Palminteri
Christine Lahti
Michael Lerner		 Magnolia 2

EXPANDING
Gran Torino
Action Drama 		Clint Eastwood Warner Bros. 2,808
Che
Historical Drama 		Benicio Del Toro IFC 5
Last Chance Harvey
Romance 		Dustin Hoffman
Emma Thompson
Eileen Atkins		 Overture Films 16
The Reader
Period Drama 		Kate Winslet
Ralph Fiennes		 Weinstein Company 507
Revolutionary Road
Drama 		Leonardo DiCaprio
Kate Winslet
Michael Shannon		 Paramount Vantage 135
Friday
16
NEW IN THEATERS ACTORS DISTRIBUTOR RELEASE
Hotel for Dogs
Family 		Emma Roberts
Don Cheadle
Lisa Kudrow		 Paramount (DreamWorks) 3,271
My Bloody Valentine 3-D
Horror 		- Lionsgate 2,534
Notorious (2009)
Music Drama 		Derek Luke
Angela Bassett
Anthony Mackie		 Fox Searchlight 1,638
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Comedy 		Kevin James Sony / Columbia 3,144
Ballerina
Documentary 		- First Run 1
Chandni Chowk to China
Foreign / Action 		- Warner Bros. 130
Cherry Blossoms
Foreign 		- Strand 1
Owl and the Sparrow
Foreign 		- Wave Releasing 3
Village Barbershop
Drama 		- Monterey Media, Inc. 1

EXPANDING
Defiance
War 		Daniel Craig
Liev Schreiber
Jamie Bell		 Paramount Vantage 1,789
Last Chance Harvey
Romance 		Dustin Hoffman
Emma Thompson
Eileen Atkins		 Overture Films 1,054
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