Domestic Box Office For Dec 12, 2008
Data as of Dec 22, 1:55 PST
Key:New This Day
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $11,614,781 | - | - | 3,560 | $3,262 | $11,614,781 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | 1 | Four Christmases | $4,181,238 | +209.2% | -27.3% | 3,540 | $1,181 | $78,882,742 | 17 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | 2 | Twilight | $2,578,934 | +179.8% | -43.4% | 3,649 | $706 | $144,673,629 | 22 | Summit Entertainment |
| 4 | 5 | Bolt | $1,733,936 | +253.9% | -28.9% | 3,133 | $553 | $83,118,659 | 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | 3 | Australia | $1,243,015 | +87.9% | -44.7% | 2,703 | $459 | $34,840,991 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | - | Nothing Like the Holidays | $1,154,103 | - | - | 1,671 | $690 | $1,154,103 | 1 | Overture Films |
| 7 | 4 | Quantum of Solace | $1,096,288 | +89.4% | -49.7% | 2,635 | $416 | $154,963,998 | 29 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 8 | 8 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $717,242 | +172.2% | -43.2% | 2,768 | $259 | $167,473,405 | 36 | DreamWorks |
| 9 | 11 | Milk | $716,250 | +293.9% | +41.8% | 328 | $2,183 | $5,708,588 | 17 | Focus Features |
| 10 | 6 | Transporter 3 | $689,868 | +96.1% | -55% | 2,541 | $271 | $27,715,727 | 17 | Lionsgate |
| 11 | 12 | Slumdog Millionaire | $559,817 | +295.7% | +47.5% | 169 | $3,312 | $6,433,063 | 31 | - |
| 12 | 9 | Role Models | $490,250 | +97.2% | -45.3% | 1,328 | $369 | $63,080,090 | 36 | Universal Pictures |
| 13 | 10 | Cadillac Records | $439,108 | +134.7% | -63.8% | 688 | $638 | $4,763,193 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 14 | 7 | Punisher: War Zone | $399,261 | +35.6% | -76% | 2,508 | $159 | $6,026,790 | 8 | Lionsgate |
| 15 | - | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | $282,335 | - | - | 83 | $3,401 | $282,335 | 1 | Yash Raj Films |
| 16 | 13 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $193,001 | +78.3% | -36.3% | 679 | $284 | $7,270,598 | 36 | Miramax |
| 17 | 21 | Frost/Nixon | $166,866 | +960.4% | +235.6% | 39 | $4,278 | $414,325 | 8 | Universal Pictures |
| 18 | - | Doubt | $140,674 | - | - | 15 | $9,378 | $140,674 | 1 | Miramax |
| 19 | - | Delgo | $127,440 | - | - | 2,160 | $59 | $127,440 | 1 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 20 | - | Gran Torino | $74,663 | - | - | 6 | $12,443 | $74,663 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 21 | 14 | Changeling | $70,550 | +21.2% | -53% | 393 | $179 | $34,975,317 | 50 | Universal Pictures |
| 22 | 23 | Eagle Eye | $58,965 | +474.8% | +54.1% | 320 | $184 | $100,500,534 | 78 | DreamWorks |
| 23 | 18 | The Polar Express 2008 IMAX Release | $47,908 | +111.5% | +49.8% | 26 | $1,842 | $570,735 | 22 | Warner Bros. |
| 24 | 29 | The Reader | $47,018 | +757.2% | - | 8 | $5,877 | $58,937 | 3 | The Weinstein Company |
| 25 | 16 | The Secret Life of Bees | $31,996 | +16.6% | -47.2% | 271 | $118 | $37,126,602 | 57 | - |
| 26 | 20 | The Dark Knight | $31,498 | +85.2% | -40.8% | 205 | $153 | $530,642,871 | 148 | Warner Bros. |
| 27 | 17 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $31,238 | +16.7% | -60.8% | 163 | $191 | $30,978,378 | 43 | The Weinstein Company |
| 28 | 19 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $23,451 | +25.5% | -40.7% | 144 | $162 | $2,951,061 | 64 | Miramax |
| 29 | 28 | Max Payne | $15,491 | +179.6% | -10% | 121 | $128 | $40,559,306 | 57 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 30 | 22 | Soul Men | $13,777 | +20.4% | -66.6% | 95 | $145 | $11,930,721 | 36 | - |
| 31 | 38 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $10,692 | +370.4% | +48.4% | 28 | $381 | $22,535,345 | 120 | - |
| 32 | 34 | Igor | $10,415 | +172.9% | -29.8% | 118 | $88 | $19,353,981 | 85 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 33 | 27 | Burn After Reading | $10,348 | +75% | -29.1% | 57 | $181 | $60,279,447 | 92 | Focus Features |
| 34 | 49 | My Name Is Bruce | $9,948 | +6,808.3% | +84.9% | 2 | $4,974 | $164,774 | 43 | Image Entertainment |
| 35 | 35 | RocknRolla | $8,987 | +170.9% | +13.2% | 123 | $73 | $5,645,665 | 66 | Warner Bros. |
| 36 | 26 | Body of Lies | $6,804 | +12.7% | -41.7% | 37 | $183 | $38,998,181 | 64 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | 36 | Deep Sea | $5,975 | +80.8% | +38.8% | 10 | $597 | $37,072,390 | 1,016 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 31 | Religulous | $5,530 | +11.6% | -48.8% | 42 | $131 | $12,979,539 | 73 | Lionsgate |
| 39 | 30 | Appaloosa | $5,379 | -0.6% | -59.4% | 65 | $82 | $20,017,393 | 85 | Warner Bros. |
| 40 | 15 | Nobel Son | $5,232 | -88% | -95.6% | 99 | $52 | $518,563 | 8 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 41 | 41 | City of Ember | $4,840 | +183.9% | -31.9% | 63 | $76 | $7,795,356 | 64 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 42 | 42 | Were the World Mine | $4,496 | +220% | +49.9% | 4 | $1,124 | $59,969 | 43 | - |
| 43 | 47 | Call + Response | $3,714 | +749.9% | +23.3% | 2 | $1,857 | $196,434 | 64 | Fair Trade Pictures |
| 44 | 40 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $3,258 | +81.4% | -65% | 16 | $203 | $13,407,002 | 43 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 45 | 37 | Nights in Rodanthe | $2,383 | -19.5% | -53.2% | 23 | $103 | $41,568,656 | 78 | Warner Bros. |
| 46 | 32 | Righteous Kill | $1,440 | -64.7% | -80.4% | 36 | $40 | $40,073,244 | 92 | Overture Films |
| 47 | 52 | The Alphabet Killer | $843 | +2,308.6% | +608.4% | 2 | $421 | $28,894 | 36 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 48 | - | Hounddog | $631 | - | -61.3% | 2 | $315 | $128,723 | 85 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 49 | 51 | House | $613 | +775.7% | +153.3% | 11 | $55 | $571,636 | 36 | Roadside Attractions |
| 50 | 43 | Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom | $515 | -59.3% | -77.7% | 2 | $257 | $531,014 | 50 | - |
| 51 | 48 | Eden | $461 | +16.1% | -13.2% | 3 | $153 | $11,852 | 29 | Liberation Entertainment |
| 52 | 46 | I.O.U.S.A. | $455 | +2.7% | -12.7% | 5 | $91 | $809,344 | 113 | Roadside Attractions |
| 53 | - | Lola Montès | $178 | - | - | 1 | $178 | $85,664 | 64 | Rialto Pictures |
