• Genre: Action/Adventure, Family, SciFi/Fantasy
  • Release Date: 10/10/2008
  • Running Time: 95 mins
  • Director: Gil Kenan
  • Cast: Bill Murray, Tim Robbins, Saoirse Ronan, Martin Landau, Mackenzie Crook, Toby Jones, Mary Kay Place, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Harry Treadaway, Liz Smith
  • Producer: Tom Hanks
  • Writer: Jeanne Duprau, Caroline Thompson
  • Distributor: Fox Walden
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Box Office

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  2. The Dark Knight, 26.1 million, 441.6 million
  3. Pineapple Express, 23.2 million, 41.3 million
  4. Quantum of Solace, 26.7 million, 108.8 million
  5. Bolt, 26.2 million, 26.2 million
  6. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, 16.5 million, 71.0 million
  7. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, 15.7 million, 137.1 million
  8. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, 10.7 million, 19.6 million
  9. Role Models, 7.3 million, 48.1 million
  10. Step Brothers, 9.1 million, 81.1 million
  11. Changeling, 2.7 million, 31.7 million
  12. Mamma Mia!, 8.2 million, 104.1 million
  13. High School Musical 3: Senior Year, 2.0 million, 86.9 million
  14. Journey to the Center of the Earth, 4.9 million, 81.8 million
  15. Hancock, 3.3 million, 221.7 million
  16. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, 1.6 million, 2.6 million
  17. WALL-E, 3.1 million, 210.2 million
  18. Zack and Miri, 1.6 million, 29.3 million
  19. Swing Vote, 3.1 million, 12.0 million
  20. The Secret Life of Bees, 1.3 million, 35.6 million
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City of Ember

The struggle at the center of City of Ember, another treat from the maker of Monster House, is one for the good of all mankind. But what were the denizens of this world running from when they first trekked underground? Two hundred years after their mucky netherworld's inception, the ever-hiccupping generator that keeps the lights on in Ember threatens to go forever kaput. It's up to Lina Mayfleet (Saoirse Ronan) and Doon Harrow (Harry Treadaway) to decipher the clues left inside a mysterious box and usher their people—like Obama or Moses, take your pick—toward deliverance. Backstory and motivation are almost nil here, but director Gil Kenan reveres the abstract tenor of Jeanne DuPrau's acclaimed children's book, understanding the post-apocalyptic story as an allegory for the determination of humanity against the forces of darkness—whatever or whoever they may be. Its look suggests a twee City of Lost Children, but Kenan isn't hung up on style alone, equally and voluptuously reveling in artifice and the courageous will of Ronan and Treadaway's hopeful foot soldiers. The story subtly evokes Rand and Scripture, colliding secular and spiritual values, and, as such, appeals to the blue- and red-minded alike. — Ed Gonzalez

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