Domestic Box Office For Dec 23, 2008
Data as of Dec 22, 1:55 PST
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Yes Man | $3,403,394 | -5.7% | - | 3,434 | $991 | $25,276,186 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | 2 | The Tale of Despereaux | $2,483,145 | - | - | 3,104 | $799 | $15,069,965 | 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | 3 | Seven Pounds | $2,189,232 | -5.3% | - | 2,758 | $793 | $19,351,147 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 4 | 4 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $1,701,041 | -4.6% | -18.2% | 3,560 | $477 | $51,850,169 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | 5 | Four Christmases | $1,618,266 | +3.2% | +37.3% | 3,515 | $460 | $103,297,497 | 28 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | 7 | Bolt | $1,330,524 | +1.7% | +190.9% | 2,968 | $448 | $97,538,409 | 33 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | 6 | Twilight | $1,299,727 | -4% | +67.8% | 2,991 | $434 | $161,076,207 | 33 | Summit Entertainment |
| 8 | 8 | Slumdog Millionaire | $592,638 | +7.2% | +155.5% | 589 | $1,006 | $13,182,886 | 42 | - |
| 9 | 9 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $530,468 | +3% | +146.6% | 2,007 | $264 | $173,437,661 | 47 | DreamWorks |
| 10 | 10 | Quantum of Solace | $491,922 | +5.9% | +21.4% | 1,874 | $262 | $162,156,684 | 40 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | 11 | Australia | $441,709 | +4.5% | -11.3% | 2,212 | $199 | $42,661,061 | 28 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 12 | 12 | Milk | $291,799 | -4.5% | +3.2% | 356 | $819 | $11,007,484 | 28 | Focus Features |
| 13 | 13 | Nothing Like the Holidays | $221,664 | +3.7% | -22.4% | 1,671 | $132 | $6,360,012 | 12 | Overture Films |
| 14 | 14 | Role Models | $146,520 | -7.5% | -26.3% | 792 | $185 | $65,898,860 | 47 | Universal Pictures |
| 15 | 15 | Transporter 3 | $136,216 | +0.8% | -48.9% | 1,007 | $135 | $31,340,737 | 28 | Lionsgate |
| 16 | 16 | Doubt | $106,339 | -1.3% | +101% | 39 | $2,726 | $1,613,610 | 12 | Miramax |
| 17 | 17 | Cadillac Records | $101,887 | +7.5% | -20.3% | 701 | $145 | $7,242,931 | 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 18 | 18 | Gran Torino | $83,549 | -3% | +179.8% | 19 | $4,397 | $1,029,554 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 19 | 19 | The Polar Express 2008 IMAX Release | $83,496 | -0.4% | +134.8% | 26 | $3,211 | $1,299,582 | 33 | Warner Bros. |
| 20 | 20 | Frost/Nixon | $67,178 | +0.3% | +7.9% | 39 | $1,722 | $1,625,426 | 19 | Universal Pictures |
| 21 | 21 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $60,792 | +4.4% | -26.4% | 403 | $150 | $8,498,469 | 47 | Miramax |
| 22 | 22 | Punisher: War Zone | $37,228 | -3.5% | -80.7% | 385 | $96 | $8,023,969 | 19 | Lionsgate |
| 23 | 23 | The Wrestler | $32,911 | -2.7% | - | 4 | $8,227 | $354,949 | 7 | - |
| 24 | 24 | Eagle Eye | $27,396 | +1.4% | +26.6% | 254 | $107 | $100,911,214 | 89 | DreamWorks |
| 25 | 25 | Changeling | $20,700 | <0.1% | -44.7% | 229 | $90 | $35,438,677 | 61 | Universal Pictures |
| 26 | 27 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $16,324 | +7.4% | +189.3% | 163 | $100 | $22,690,467 | 131 | - |
| 27 | 26 | The Reader | $15,554 | -7.9% | -16% | 8 | $1,944 | $381,682 | 14 | The Weinstein Company |
| 28 | 30 | The Secret Life of Bees | $11,734 | +5.5% | -25.6% | 141 | $83 | $37,342,998 | 68 | - |
| 29 | 29 | Nights in Rodanthe | $11,387 | +1% | +878.3% | 204 | $55 | $41,656,007 | 89 | Warner Bros. |
| 30 | 28 | The Dark Knight | $10,823 | -5% | +16% | 157 | $68 | $530,833,780 | 159 | Warner Bros. |
| 31 | 31 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $10,551 | +13.6% | -13.8% | 84 | $125 | $3,121,511 | 75 | Miramax |
| 32 | 33 | Deep Sea | $8,925 | +15.6% | +226.1% | 10 | $892 | $37,133,855 | 1,027 | Warner Bros. |
| 33 | 32 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $7,889 | -12.7% | -55.5% | 87 | $90 | $31,169,936 | 54 | The Weinstein Company |
| 34 | 35 | Igor | $4,812 | +7.3% | +57.9% | 82 | $58 | $19,429,791 | 96 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 35 | 36 | Burn After Reading | $4,186 | +4.6% | -12.5% | 44 | $95 | $60,347,078 | 103 | Focus Features |
| 36 | 34 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $4,027 | -13.1% | +538.2% | 73 | $55 | $13,451,074 | 54 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 37 | 38 | Body of Lies | $2,547 | +9% | -41.7% | 24 | $106 | $39,048,336 | 75 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 39 | Soul Men | $2,398 | +12.1% | -45.4% | 95 | $25 | $12,002,760 | 47 | - |
| 39 | 37 | Appaloosa | $2,137 | -10% | -10.3% | 33 | $64 | $20,056,476 | 96 | Warner Bros. |
| 40 | 40 | RocknRolla | $2,104 | +11% | -61.3% | 39 | $53 | $5,698,401 | 77 | Warner Bros. |
| 41 | 41 | Were the World Mine | $566 | -13.2% | -65.6% | 3 | $188 | $83,682 | 54 | - |
| 42 | 42 | Righteous Kill | $210 | +27.3% | -73.9% | 15 | $14 | $40,081,410 | 103 | Overture Films |
| 43 | 43 | Nobel Son | $66 | +1.5% | -97.5% | 3 | $22 | $540,249 | 19 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 44 | 44 | House | $32 | -33.3% | -86.7% | 1 | $32 | $575,020 | 47 | Roadside Attractions |
