Domestic Box Office For Dec 17, 2008
Data as of Nov 21, 2:03 PST
Key:New This Day
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $1,805,033 | -13.2% | - | 3,560 | $507 | $36,701,027 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | 2 | Four Christmases | $1,166,219 | -1% | -12.7% | 3,540 | $329 | $91,216,959 | 22 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | 3 | Twilight | $787,223 | +1.6% | -13.4% | 3,649 | $215 | $152,320,664 | 27 | Summit Entertainment |
| 4 | 5 | Bolt | $460,664 | +0.7% | -4.4% | 3,133 | $147 | $90,192,564 | 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | 4 | Australia | $457,783 | -8.1% | -31.9% | 2,703 | $169 | $39,158,128 | 22 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | 6 | Quantum of Solace | $388,695 | -4.1% | -31.6% | 2,635 | $147 | $158,739,680 | 34 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | 8 | Milk | $277,035 | -2% | +53% | 328 | $844 | $8,416,625 | 22 | Focus Features |
| 8 | 7 | Nothing Like the Holidays | $267,091 | -6.5% | - | 1,671 | $159 | $4,354,509 | 6 | Overture Films |
| 9 | 9 | Transporter 3 | $246,149 | -7.6% | -31.6% | 2,541 | $96 | $30,128,075 | 22 | Lionsgate |
| 10 | 10 | Slumdog Millionaire | $244,831 | +5.6% | +75.9% | 169 | $1,448 | $8,738,186 | 36 | - |
| 11 | 11 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $222,554 | +3.5% | -14.3% | 2,768 | $80 | $170,563,067 | 41 | DreamWorks |
| 12 | 12 | Role Models | $205,225 | +3.3% | -16.9% | 1,328 | $154 | $64,742,815 | 41 | Universal Pictures |
| 13 | 13 | Punisher: War Zone | $180,027 | -6.6% | -43% | 2,508 | $71 | $7,568,204 | 13 | Lionsgate |
| 14 | 14 | Cadillac Records | $132,565 | +3.7% | -35.5% | 688 | $192 | $6,313,816 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 15 | 15 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $89,299 | +8.2% | -21.3% | 679 | $131 | $8,009,644 | 41 | Miramax |
| 16 | 16 | Frost/Nixon | $58,416 | -6.2% | +254.6% | 39 | $1,497 | $1,056,166 | 13 | Universal Pictures |
| 17 | 18 | Doubt | $51,933 | -1.8% | - | 15 | $3,462 | $665,982 | 6 | Miramax |
| 18 | - | The Wrestler | $46,928 | - | - | 4 | $11,732 | $46,928 | 1 | - |
| 19 | 17 | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | $46,622 | -16.1% | - | 83 | $561 | $1,067,838 | 6 | Yash Raj Films |
| 20 | 19 | Delgo | $45,862 | +3.6% | - | 2,160 | $21 | $642,069 | 6 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 21 | 21 | The Polar Express 2008 IMAX Release | $34,905 | -1.9% | +46.5% | 26 | $1,342 | $835,455 | 27 | Warner Bros. |
| 22 | 20 | Changeling | $33,395 | -10.7% | -38.3% | 393 | $84 | $35,263,847 | 55 | Universal Pictures |
| 23 | 22 | Gran Torino | $28,928 | -3.1% | - | 6 | $4,821 | $364,370 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 24 | 23 | Eagle Eye | $22,679 | +4.8% | +170.9% | 320 | $70 | $100,704,708 | 83 | DreamWorks |
| 25 | 24 | The Reader | $18,942 | +2.2% | +194.4% | 8 | $2,367 | $237,378 | 8 | The Weinstein Company |
| 26 | 25 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $17,883 | +1% | -38.9% | 163 | $109 | $31,099,637 | 48 | The Weinstein Company |
| 27 | 26 | The Secret Life of Bees | $15,607 | -1.1% | -41.7% | 271 | $57 | $37,255,176 | 62 | - |
| 28 | 27 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $9,784 | -20.1% | -45.9% | 144 | $67 | $3,045,982 | 69 | Miramax |
| 29 | 28 | The Dark Knight | $8,865 | -5% | -49.4% | 205 | $43 | $530,750,228 | 153 | Warner Bros. |
| 30 | 30 | RocknRolla | $6,192 | +14% | +77.4% | 123 | $50 | $5,681,379 | 71 | Warner Bros. |
| 31 | 32 | Burn After Reading | $5,563 | +16.3% | -2.4% | 57 | $97 | $60,317,315 | 97 | Focus Features |
| 32 | 35 | Religulous | $4,964 | +54% | -4.7% | 42 | $118 | $13,006,962 | 78 | Lionsgate |
| 33 | 29 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $4,680 | -17.1% | +36.2% | 28 | $167 | $22,580,524 | 125 | - |
| 34 | 31 | Max Payne | $4,537 | -8.1% | -18.7% | 121 | $37 | $40,603,063 | 62 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 35 | 34 | Body of Lies | $3,997 | -8.6% | -19.1% | 37 | $108 | $39,027,824 | 69 | Warner Bros. |
| 36 | 33 | Soul Men | $3,712 | -15.4% | -63.7% | 95 | $39 | $11,979,432 | 41 | - |
| 37 | 36 | Igor | $3,674 | +20.5% | -9.3% | 118 | $31 | $19,398,566 | 90 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 38 | 37 | Deep Sea | $3,591 | +31.2% | -2.5% | 10 | $359 | $37,095,505 | 1,021 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | 39 | Appaloosa | $3,525 | +48% | -22.6% | 65 | $54 | $20,039,243 | 90 | Warner Bros. |
| 40 | 41 | City of Ember | $2,673 | +80.2% | +39.2% | 63 | $42 | $7,812,749 | 69 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 41 | 40 | Were the World Mine | $2,363 | +43.8% | +99.1% | 4 | $590 | $76,888 | 48 | - |
| 42 | 38 | Nobel Son | $2,352 | -12.3% | -94.9% | 99 | $23 | $537,650 | 13 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 43 | - | Hounddog | $1,725 | - | - | 2 | $862 | $131,961 | 90 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 44 | 42 | Nights in Rodanthe | $1,062 | -8.8% | -55.9% | 23 | $46 | $41,576,905 | 83 | Warner Bros. |
| 45 | 43 | Righteous Kill | $764 | -5.2% | -82.4% | 36 | $21 | $40,078,672 | 97 | Overture Films |
| 46 | 44 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $585 | -7.3% | -66.2% | 16 | $36 | $13,415,803 | 48 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 47 | 45 | Eden | $371 | -19.9% | +31.1% | 3 | $123 | $14,070 | 34 | Liberation Entertainment |
| 48 | 47 | House | $323 | +34.6% | +617.8% | 11 | $29 | $574,273 | 41 | Roadside Attractions |
| 49 | 49 | Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom | $299 | +247.7% | -70.3% | 2 | $149 | $532,517 | 55 | - |
| 50 | 46 | Call + Response | $164 | -37.4% | -94.1% | 1 | $164 | $207,624 | 69 | Fair Trade Pictures |
| 51 | 48 | Lola Montès | $87 | -1.1% | - | 1 | $87 | $86,413 | 69 | Rialto Pictures |
| 52 | 50 | I.O.U.S.A. | $40 | -37.5% | -78.7% | 1 | $40 | $810,086 | 118 | Roadside Attractions |
