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"December 19-21, 2008 Movie Box Office"
"Yes Man" #1 At Movie Box Office
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It was a tough race, but with "Yes Man" in nearly 3500 movie theaters, and "Seven Pounds" in around 2600, Jim Carrey "Yes'ed" his way to the #1 spot at the movie box office this weekend.

Both movies, "Yes Man" and "Seven Pounds," (which stole the #2 spot at the movie box office, with $16 million), are so bad that they each earn an F grade from Wild About Movies and virtually all other legitimate movie critics around the world.

As for per screen average, Mickey Rourke as "The Wrestler" grabbed $52,000+ per theater. (Print passes to "The Wrestler" in many markets).

Also new in wide release this weekend, the kid friendly animated movie "The Tale Of Despereaux." (Almost as bad as last week's animated movie box office bomb "Delgo.") The mousecapade came in at #3 with a tad over $10 million.

Below, the Top 25 Movies at the Box Office December 19-21 , 2008

1 Yes Man - 3,434 Theaters - $5,288 Per Screen - NEW $18,160,000

2 Seven Pounds - 2,758 Theaters - $5,801 Per Screen - NEW $16,000,000

3 The Tale of Despereaux - 3,104 Theaters - $3,385 Per Screen - NEW $10,507,000

4 The Day the Earth Stood Still - $10,150,000 - 3,560 Theaters - $2,851 Per Screen - Gross $48,627,000

5 Four Christmases - $7,745,000 - 3,515 Theaters - $2,203 Per Screen - Gross $100,154,000

6 Twilight - $5,227,000 - 2,991 Theaters - $1,748 Per Screen - Gross $158,461,000

7 Bolt - $4,256,000 - 2,968 Theaters - $1,434 Per Screen - Gross $95,009,000

8 Slumdog Millionaire - $3,150,000 - 589 Theaters - $5,348 Per Screen - Gross $12,134,000

9 Australia - $2,325,000 - 2,212 Theaters - $1,051 Per Screen - Gross $41,947,000

10 Quantum of Solace - $2,150,000 - 1,874 Theaters - $1,147 Per Screen - Gross $161,300,000

11 Milk - $1,641,000 - 356 Theaters - $4,610 Per Screen - Gross $10,322,000

12 Madagascar 2 - $1,510,000 - 2,007 Theaters - $752 Per Screen - Gross $172,332,000

13 Nothing Like the Holidays - $1,319,000 - 1,671 Theaters - $789 Per Screen - Gross $5,940,000

14 Doubt - $729,000 - 39 Theaters - $18,692 Per Screen - Gross $1,448,000

NEW IN LIMITED RELEASE

The Wrestler - 4 Theaters - $52,250 Per Screen - NEW $295,000*

* Released Wednesday 17 December

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