Domestic Box Office For Dec 18, 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 | $1,775,857 | -1.6% | - | 3,560 | $498 | $38,476,884 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | 2 | Four Christmases | $1,192,493 | +2.3% | -11.8% | 3,540 | $336 | $92,409,452 | 23 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | 3 | Twilight | $913,235 | +16% | -0.9% | 3,649 | $250 | $153,233,899 | 28 | Summit Entertainment |
| 4 | 4 | Bolt | $560,639 | +21.7% | +14.4% | 3,133 | $178 | $90,753,203 | 28 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | 5 | Australia | $464,209 | +1.4% | -29.8% | 2,703 | $171 | $39,622,337 | 23 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | 6 | Quantum of Solace | $408,850 | +5.2% | -29.4% | 2,635 | $155 | $159,148,530 | 35 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | 8 | Nothing Like the Holidays | $264,565 | -0.9% | - | 1,671 | $158 | $4,619,074 | 7 | Overture Films |
| 8 | 7 | Milk | $264,258 | -4.6% | +45.3% | 328 | $805 | $8,680,883 | 23 | Focus Features |
| 9 | 11 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $259,392 | +16.6% | -1.6% | 2,768 | $93 | $170,822,459 | 42 | DreamWorks |
| 10 | 9 | Transporter 3 | $259,281 | +5.3% | -26.3% | 2,541 | $102 | $30,387,356 | 23 | Lionsgate |
| 11 | 10 | Slumdog Millionaire | $245,564 | +0.3% | +73.6% | 169 | $1,453 | $8,983,750 | 37 | - |
| 12 | 12 | Role Models | $205,775 | +0.3% | -17.2% | 1,328 | $154 | $64,948,590 | 42 | Universal Pictures |
| 13 | 13 | Punisher: War Zone | $185,960 | +3.3% | -36.9% | 2,508 | $74 | $7,754,164 | 14 | Lionsgate |
| 14 | 14 | Cadillac Records | $125,686 | -5.2% | -32.8% | 688 | $182 | $6,439,502 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 15 | 15 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $95,315 | +6.7% | -12% | 679 | $140 | $8,104,959 | 42 | Miramax |
| 16 | 16 | Frost/Nixon | $57,044 | -2.3% | +262.5% | 39 | $1,462 | $1,113,210 | 14 | Universal Pictures |
| 17 | 20 | Delgo | $52,713 | +14.9% | - | 2,160 | $24 | $694,782 | 7 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 18 | 17 | Doubt | $52,618 | +1.3% | - | 15 | $3,507 | $718,600 | 7 | Miramax |
| 19 | 18 | The Wrestler | $38,578 | -17.8% | - | 4 | $9,644 | $85,506 | 2 | - |
| 20 | 19 | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | $37,364 | -19.9% | - | 83 | $450 | $1,105,202 | 7 | Yash Raj Films |
| 21 | 21 | The Polar Express 2008 IMAX Release | $36,349 | +4.1% | +60.5% | 26 | $1,398 | $871,804 | 28 | Warner Bros. |
| 22 | 22 | Changeling | $31,505 | -5.7% | -45.9% | 393 | $80 | $35,295,352 | 56 | Universal Pictures |
| 23 | 23 | Gran Torino | $27,269 | -5.7% | - | 6 | $4,544 | $391,639 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 24 | 24 | Eagle Eye | $22,672 | <0.1% | +121% | 320 | $70 | $100,727,380 | 84 | DreamWorks |
| 25 | 25 | The Reader | $19,072 | +0.7% | +247.7% | 8 | $2,384 | $256,450 | 9 | The Weinstein Company |
| 26 | 26 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $17,063 | -4.6% | -36.2% | 163 | $104 | $31,116,700 | 49 | The Weinstein Company |
| 27 | 27 | The Secret Life of Bees | $15,482 | -0.8% | -43.6% | 271 | $57 | $37,270,658 | 63 | - |
| 28 | 28 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $11,068 | +13.1% | -40.8% | 144 | $76 | $3,057,050 | 70 | Miramax |
| 29 | 29 | The Dark Knight | $9,594 | +8.2% | -43.6% | 205 | $46 | $530,759,822 | 154 | Warner Bros. |
| 30 | 30 | RocknRolla | $5,945 | -4% | +79.2% | 123 | $48 | $5,687,324 | 72 | Warner Bros. |
| 31 | 33 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $5,698 | +21.8% | +150.7% | 28 | $203 | $22,586,222 | 126 | - |
| 32 | 31 | Burn After Reading | $5,262 | -5.4% | -11% | 57 | $92 | $60,322,577 | 98 | Focus Features |
| 33 | 34 | Max Payne | $4,457 | -1.8% | -19.6% | 121 | $36 | $40,607,520 | 63 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 34 | 35 | Body of Lies | $4,237 | +6% | -29.8% | 37 | $114 | $39,032,061 | 70 | Warner Bros. |
| 35 | 32 | Religulous | $4,198 | -15.4% | -15.3% | 42 | $99 | $13,011,160 | 79 | Lionsgate |
| 36 | 36 | Soul Men | $4,035 | +8.7% | -64.7% | 95 | $42 | $11,983,467 | 42 | - |
| 37 | 38 | Deep Sea | $3,970 | +10.6% | +20.1% | 10 | $397 | $37,099,475 | 1,022 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 37 | Igor | $3,548 | -3.4% | -7% | 118 | $30 | $19,402,114 | 91 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 39 | 39 | Appaloosa | $2,820 | -20% | -47.9% | 65 | $43 | $20,042,063 | 91 | Warner Bros. |
| 40 | 41 | Were the World Mine | $2,420 | +2.4% | +72.2% | 4 | $605 | $79,308 | 49 | - |
| 41 | 46 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $2,194 | +275% | +22.2% | 16 | $137 | $13,417,997 | 49 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 42 | 42 | Nobel Son | $1,922 | -18.3% | -95.6% | 99 | $19 | $539,572 | 14 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 43 | 40 | City of Ember | $1,483 | -44.5% | -13% | 63 | $23 | $7,814,232 | 70 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 44 | 44 | Nights in Rodanthe | $818 | -23% | -72.4% | 23 | $35 | $41,577,723 | 84 | Warner Bros. |
| 45 | 45 | Righteous Kill | $743 | -2.7% | -81.8% | 36 | $20 | $40,079,415 | 98 | Overture Films |
| 46 | 49 | Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom | $361 | +20.7% | -71.5% | 2 | $180 | $532,878 | 56 | - |
| 47 | 48 | House | $336 | +4% | +380% | 11 | $30 | $574,609 | 42 | Roadside Attractions |
| 48 | 47 | Eden | $275 | -25.9% | -30.7% | 3 | $91 | $14,345 | 35 | Liberation Entertainment |
| 49 | 51 | Lola Montès | $152 | +74.7% | - | 1 | $152 | $86,565 | 70 | Rialto Pictures |
| 50 | 52 | I.O.U.S.A. | $110 | +175% | -75.2% | 1 | $110 | $810,196 | 119 | Roadside Attractions |
