Domestic Box Office For Dec 15, 2008
Data as of Dec 22, 1:55 PST
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $2,336,980 | -66.3% | - | 3,560 | $656 | $32,817,133 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | 2 | Four Christmases | $1,096,349 | -64% | -10.7% | 3,540 | $309 | $88,872,323 | 20 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | 4 | Twilight | $712,928 | -64% | -23.8% | 3,649 | $195 | $150,758,754 | 25 | Summit Entertainment |
| 4 | 5 | Australia | $435,063 | -59.4% | -30.3% | 2,703 | $160 | $38,202,316 | 20 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | 3 | Bolt | $425,550 | -80.3% | -22% | 3,133 | $135 | $89,274,555 | 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | 8 | Quantum of Solace | $362,487 | -60.2% | -31.4% | 2,635 | $137 | $157,945,719 | 32 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | 6 | Nothing Like the Holidays | $269,944 | -71.3% | - | 1,671 | $161 | $3,801,608 | 4 | Overture Films |
| 8 | 9 | Milk | $265,899 | -64.5% | +61.3% | 328 | $810 | $7,856,875 | 20 | Focus Features |
| 9 | 11 | Transporter 3 | $238,456 | -62.2% | -37% | 2,541 | $93 | $29,615,544 | 20 | Lionsgate |
| 10 | 10 | Slumdog Millionaire | $212,659 | -66.9% | +77.3% | 169 | $1,258 | $8,261,423 | 34 | - |
| 11 | 14 | Role Models | $205,375 | -46.6% | -13.5% | 1,328 | $154 | $64,338,840 | 39 | Universal Pictures |
| 12 | 7 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $188,007 | -79.7% | -42% | 2,768 | $67 | $170,125,401 | 39 | DreamWorks |
| 13 | 13 | Punisher: War Zone | $184,013 | -55.3% | -52.4% | 2,508 | $73 | $7,195,440 | 11 | Lionsgate |
| 14 | 12 | Cadillac Records | $143,945 | -66.2% | -44.3% | 688 | $209 | $6,053,437 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 15 | 16 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $74,734 | -60.2% | -21.9% | 679 | $110 | $7,837,796 | 39 | Miramax |
| 16 | 17 | Frost/Nixon | $61,661 | -64.6% | +262.5% | 39 | $1,581 | $935,497 | 11 | Universal Pictures |
| 17 | 19 | Doubt | $53,924 | -65.7% | - | 15 | $3,594 | $561,150 | 4 | Miramax |
| 18 | 15 | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | $44,632 | -82.7% | - | 83 | $537 | $965,627 | 4 | Yash Raj Films |
| 19 | 18 | Delgo | $40,036 | -75.6% | - | 2,160 | $18 | $551,956 | 4 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 20 | 20 | Gran Torino | $33,862 | -59.7% | - | 6 | $5,643 | $305,582 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 21 | 21 | Changeling | $31,440 | -56.6% | -38.4% | 393 | $80 | $35,193,047 | 53 | Universal Pictures |
| 22 | 22 | The Polar Express 2008 IMAX Release | $29,346 | -59.5% | +177.7% | 26 | $1,128 | $764,985 | 25 | Warner Bros. |
| 23 | 24 | Eagle Eye | $20,683 | -59.3% | +132.7% | 320 | $64 | $100,660,387 | 81 | DreamWorks |
| 24 | 23 | The Reader | $19,940 | -60.8% | - | 8 | $2,492 | $199,910 | 6 | The Weinstein Company |
| 25 | 26 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $16,118 | -42.4% | -36.7% | 163 | $98 | $31,064,044 | 46 | The Weinstein Company |
| 26 | 25 | The Secret Life of Bees | $15,121 | -52.5% | -28.9% | 271 | $55 | $37,223,788 | 60 | - |
| 27 | 28 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $9,476 | -60.6% | -29% | 144 | $65 | $3,023,958 | 67 | Miramax |
| 28 | 27 | The Dark Knight | $8,406 | -68.9% | -53.9% | 205 | $41 | $530,732,032 | 151 | Warner Bros. |
| 29 | 34 | Burn After Reading | $5,389 | -32.8% | -16% | 57 | $94 | $60,306,969 | 95 | Focus Features |
| 30 | 30 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $5,070 | -59.4% | +68.4% | 28 | $181 | $22,570,202 | 123 | - |
| 31 | 33 | RocknRolla | $4,453 | -46% | +34.1% | 123 | $36 | $5,669,755 | 69 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | 31 | Soul Men | $4,443 | -62.5% | -61% | 95 | $46 | $11,971,331 | 39 | - |
| 33 | 32 | Max Payne | $4,038 | -63.2% | -22.2% | 121 | $33 | $40,593,587 | 60 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 34 | 36 | Body of Lies | $3,903 | -38.8% | -20% | 37 | $105 | $39,019,456 | 67 | Warner Bros. |
| 35 | 39 | Deep Sea | $3,734 | -26.1% | +52.5% | 10 | $373 | $37,089,177 | 1,019 | Warner Bros. |
| 36 | 35 | Religulous | $3,101 | -58.6% | -45.7% | 42 | $73 | $12,998,774 | 76 | Lionsgate |
| 37 | 41 | Nobel Son | $2,681 | -40.2% | -93.8% | 99 | $27 | $532,615 | 11 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 38 | 29 | Igor | $2,578 | -81.5% | -34.8% | 118 | $21 | $19,391,844 | 88 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 39 | 38 | Appaloosa | $2,533 | -50% | -50.7% | 65 | $38 | $20,033,336 | 88 | Warner Bros. |
| 40 | 37 | Were the World Mine | $1,503 | -70.5% | +40.1% | 4 | $375 | $72,881 | 46 | - |
| 41 | 42 | City of Ember | $1,317 | -68.6% | -46.8% | 63 | $20 | $7,808,593 | 67 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 42 | 45 | Nights in Rodanthe | $766 | -62.2% | -62.2% | 23 | $33 | $41,574,679 | 81 | Warner Bros. |
| 43 | 46 | Righteous Kill | $664 | -40% | -84.1% | 36 | $18 | $40,077,102 | 95 | Overture Films |
| 44 | 44 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $545 | -75.4% | -69% | 16 | $34 | $13,414,587 | 46 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 45 | 47 | House | $260 | -67.2% | +420% | 11 | $23 | $573,710 | 39 | Roadside Attractions |
| 46 | 50 | Eden | $183 | -59.2% | -53.4% | 2 | $91 | $13,236 | 32 | Liberation Entertainment |
| 47 | 40 | Call + Response | $170 | -96.4% | -82.1% | 1 | $170 | $207,198 | 67 | Fair Trade Pictures |
| 48 | 53 | Lola Montès | $118 | -31.4% | - | 1 | $118 | $86,238 | 67 | Rialto Pictures |
| 49 | 52 | I.O.U.S.A. | $102 | -62.6% | -67.5% | 5 | $20 | $809,982 | 116 | Roadside Attractions |
| 50 | 48 | Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom | $98 | -83.6% | -89.1% | 2 | $49 | $532,132 | 53 | - |
