Domestic Box Office For Dec 31, 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 | 1 | Marley & Me | $6,883,821 | -5.9% | - | 3,480 | $1,978 | $72,444,071 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | 2 | Bedtime Stories | $5,694,378 | -13.5% | - | 3,681 | $1,546 | $56,700,912 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | 3 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $4,283,152 | -8% | - | 2,988 | $1,433 | $52,666,148 | 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | 4 | Valkyrie | $3,488,155 | -8.7% | - | 2,711 | $1,286 | $40,901,858 | 7 | United Artists |
| 5 | 5 | Yes Man | $2,752,113 | -24.4% | +42.2% | 3,434 | $801 | $60,029,690 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | 6 | Seven Pounds | $2,236,321 | -8.2% | +53.1% | 2,758 | $810 | $45,938,985 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | 7 | The Tale of Despereaux | $1,895,270 | -21.3% | +24.6% | 3,107 | $610 | $34,019,390 | 13 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | 11 | Doubt | $1,221,155 | +15.4% | +1,000.8% | 1,267 | $963 | $11,810,755 | 20 | Miramax |
| 9 | 8 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $1,112,419 | -15.9% | -4.4% | 2,402 | $463 | $67,286,845 | 20 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 10 | 13 | Slumdog Millionaire | $908,690 | -2.6% | +40.6% | 614 | $1,479 | $22,227,362 | 50 | - |
| 11 | 14 | Four Christmases | $867,310 | +4.4% | -28.6% | 2,510 | $345 | $114,136,302 | 36 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | 10 | Bolt | $858,823 | -22.4% | +3.4% | 1,923 | $446 | $105,380,479 | 41 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 13 | 9 | Twilight | $747,807 | -42.3% | +45.2% | 1,849 | $404 | $170,672,976 | 41 | Summit Entertainment |
| 14 | 15 | Gran Torino | $587,653 | +8.3% | +460% | 84 | $6,995 | $5,881,093 | 20 | Warner Bros. |
| 15 | 12 | The Spirit | $559,196 | -45.4% | - | 2,509 | $222 | $13,067,406 | 7 | Lionsgate |
| 16 | 19 | Australia | $352,091 | +33.6% | +10.8% | 711 | $495 | $45,135,608 | 36 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 17 | 17 | Quantum of Solace | $317,896 | -1.2% | -16.9% | 891 | $356 | $165,258,802 | 48 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 18 | 20 | Frost/Nixon | $313,866 | +22.8% | +257.8% | 205 | $1,531 | $4,369,220 | 27 | Universal Pictures |
| 19 | 16 | Milk | $307,869 | -18.1% | +15.4% | 311 | $989 | $14,594,325 | 36 | Focus Features |
| 20 | 18 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $254,620 | -15.3% | -27.4% | 808 | $315 | $175,687,934 | 55 | DreamWorks |
| 21 | 21 | The Reader | $149,935 | +5.9% | +540.6% | 116 | $1,292 | $1,674,727 | 22 | The Weinstein Company |
| 22 | 22 | Ghajini | $86,898 | -31.1% | -47% | 83 | $1,046 | $1,708,947 | 8 | Adlabs Films |
| 23 | 23 | The Wrestler | $65,621 | -33.2% | +115% | 18 | $3,645 | $1,169,379 | 15 | - |
| 24 | 27 | Nothing Like the Holidays | $37,148 | -16.6% | -80.6% | 439 | $84 | $7,163,279 | 20 | Overture Films |
| 25 | 25 | Cadillac Records | $36,587 | -23.1% | -67.9% | 180 | $203 | $7,844,196 | 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 26 | 32 | Last Chance Harvey | $36,027 | +74.9% | - | 6 | $6,004 | $208,007 | 7 | Overture Films |
| 27 | 26 | Revolutionary Road | $35,287 | -21.9% | - | 3 | $11,762 | $313,469 | 6 | Paramount Vantage |
| 28 | 35 | Changeling | $28,500 | +72.2% | +77.8% | 114 | $250 | $35,598,217 | 69 | Universal Pictures |
| 29 | 24 | Role Models | $28,125 | -41.9% | -62.6% | 225 | $125 | $66,367,815 | 55 | Universal Pictures |
| 30 | - | Defiance | $25,237 | - | - | 2 | $12,618 | $25,237 | 1 | Paramount Vantage |
| 31 | 28 | Eagle Eye | $22,872 | -29% | +81.6% | 205 | $111 | $101,198,986 | 97 | DreamWorks |
| 32 | 29 | The Polar Express 2008 IMAX Release | $20,556 | -32.1% | -64.9% | 26 | $790 | $1,618,248 | 41 | Warner Bros. |
| 33 | 31 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $16,432 | -28.7% | -69.5% | 96 | $171 | $8,721,222 | 55 | Miramax |
| 34 | 30 | Transporter 3 | $14,063 | -40.9% | -86% | 135 | $104 | $31,675,631 | 36 | Lionsgate |
| 35 | 34 | Body of Lies | $13,670 | -21.4% | +893.5% | 182 | $75 | $39,203,583 | 83 | Warner Bros. |
| 36 | 33 | Deep Sea | $12,569 | -36.9% | +1,364.9% | 8 | $1,571 | $37,246,319 | 1,035 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | 36 | The Secret Life of Bees | $9,533 | -30.4% | +8.5% | 77 | $123 | $37,443,851 | 76 | - |
| 38 | 37 | Nights in Rodanthe | $9,058 | -17% | +53% | 115 | $78 | $41,745,871 | 97 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | 38 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $8,797 | -16.7% | -28.6% | 47 | $187 | $3,220,611 | 83 | Miramax |
| 40 | 39 | The Dark Knight | $7,112 | -30% | +31.4% | 74 | $96 | $530,924,926 | 167 | Warner Bros. |
| 41 | 40 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $6,650 | -8.3% | -56.9% | 25 | $266 | $22,772,748 | 139 | - |
| 42 | 41 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $2,332 | -57.9% | -41.5% | 46 | $50 | $31,213,743 | 62 | The Weinstein Company |
| 43 | 42 | Soul Men | $2,226 | -32.7% | +26% | 10 | $222 | $12,017,328 | 55 | - |
| 44 | 44 | Appaloosa | $1,601 | +3% | -22.8% | 18 | $88 | $20,072,553 | 104 | Warner Bros. |
| 45 | 43 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $1,294 | -59.3% | -31.2% | 26 | $49 | $13,482,372 | 62 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 46 | 45 | Igor | $367 | -53.5% | -79.5% | 46 | $7 | $19,445,931 | 104 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 47 | 46 | Lola Montès | $313 | +9.8% | - | 2 | $156 | $88,937 | 83 | Rialto Pictures |
| 48 | 47 | Were the World Mine | $190 | +35.7% | -55.1% | 1 | $190 | $86,666 | 62 | - |
