Domestic 2008 Weekend 36
September 5-7, 2008
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Bangkok Dangerous | $7,783,266 | - | 2,650 | - | $2,937 | $7,783,266 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 2 | 1 | Tropic Thunder | $7,230,710 | -37.2% | 3,446 | -27 | $2,098 | $96,541,629 | 4 | DreamWorks |
| 3 | 3 | The Dark Knight | $5,515,119 | -36% | 2,575 | -175 | $2,141 | $511,997,658 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | 4 | The House Bunny | $5,512,870 | -33.7% | 2,736 | +22 | $2,014 | $36,611,667 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | 5 | Traitor | $4,274,297 | -45.7% | 2,108 | +54 | $2,027 | $17,265,872 | 2 | Overture Films |
| 6 | 2 | Babylon A.D. | $4,180,570 | -55.9% | 3,425 | +35 | $1,220 | $17,378,536 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 7 | 6 | Death Race | $3,710,915 | -41.1% | 2,586 | +49 | $1,435 | $29,909,125 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | 7 | Disaster Movie | $3,031,307 | -48.1% | 2,642 | - | $1,147 | $10,602,140 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 9 | 8 | Mamma Mia! | $2,855,945 | -32.2% | 1,904 | -64 | $1,499 | $136,440,050 | 8 | Universal Pictures |
| 10 | 9 | Pineapple Express | $2,255,875 | -36.2% | 1,802 | -245 | $1,251 | $84,013,748 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | 10 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $2,115,668 | -24.9% | 718 | +26 | $2,946 | $16,026,700 | 4 | - |
| 12 | 11 | Mirrors | $1,789,531 | -35% | 1,559 | -261 | $1,147 | $27,733,739 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 13 | 12 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | $1,692,345 | -37.6% | 1,952 | -492 | $866 | $32,752,889 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | 13 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | $1,478,630 | -43.8% | 1,415 | -298 | $1,044 | $100,570,825 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 15 | 14 | The Longshots | $1,376,544 | -40.4% | 1,666 | -423 | $826 | $9,893,428 | 3 | - |
| 16 | 18 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $1,338,605 | -11.3% | 713 | +83 | $1,877 | $8,324,987 | 4 | Summit Entertainment |
| 17 | 16 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $1,225,237 | -30.9% | 805 | +4 | $1,522 | $96,679,668 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 18 | 19 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | $975,346 | -32.1% | 1,135 | -117 | $859 | $42,832,311 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 19 | 15 | College | $952,640 | -55.8% | 2,124 | +1 | $448 | $4,107,146 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 20 | 20 | Step Brothers | $864,173 | -36.3% | 846 | -190 | $1,021 | $99,415,157 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 21 | 17 | Hamlet 2 | $826,531 | -51.3% | 1,575 | -22 | $524 | $4,359,680 | 3 | Focus Features |
| 22 | 21 | WALL·E | $774,300 | -34.2% | 886 | -269 | $873 | $219,398,090 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 23 | 26 | Bottle Shock | $511,222 | -6.6% | 401 | +106 | $1,274 | $3,256,134 | 5 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 24 | 25 | Elegy | $481,331 | -22.9% | 142 | +3 | $3,389 | $2,340,785 | 5 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 25 | 23 | Hancock | $479,603 | -27.8% | 417 | -48 | $1,150 | $227,946,274 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 26 | 24 | Kung Fu Panda | $388,218 | -38.7% | 411 | -49 | $944 | $214,227,690 | 14 | DreamWorks |
| 27 | 30 | Transsiberian | $335,249 | +18.9% | 154 | +73 | $2,176 | $1,312,068 | 8 | First Look International |
| 28 | 28 | Tell No One | $290,887 | -22.1% | 112 | +10 | $2,597 | $4,760,618 | 10 | Music Box Films |
| 29 | 31 | Frozen River | $282,428 | +10% | 91 | +22 | $3,103 | $1,153,521 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 30 | 27 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $279,520 | -29.5% | 304 | +1 | $919 | $316,202,690 | 16 | Paramount Pictures |
| 31 | 32 | Man on Wire | $208,522 | -11.6% | 92 | +1 | $2,266 | $1,802,569 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 32 | 29 | Space Chimps | $207,845 | -39.3% | 324 | -77 | $641 | $29,180,298 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 33 | - | Everybody Wants to Be Italian | $197,861 | - | 98 | - | $2,018 | $197,861 | 1 | Roadside Attractions |
| 34 | 34 | Brideshead Revisited | $184,475 | -15.6% | 283 | +51 | $651 | $6,223,822 | 7 | Miramax |
| 35 | - | Mera Pind: My Home | $176,976 | - | 19 | - | $9,314 | $176,976 | 1 | Adlabs Films |
| 36 | 22 | The Rocker | $154,928 | -84% | 409 | -2,375 | $378 | $6,156,842 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 37 | 35 | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | $144,305 | -13.2% | 217 | +13 | $665 | $75,602,005 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 38 | 37 | Swing Vote | $137,811 | -12.5% | 232 | +47 | $594 | $15,913,759 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 39 | 33 | Iron Man | $126,734 | -43.3% | 205 | -15 | $618 | $318,006,770 | 19 | Paramount Pictures |
| 40 | 36 | Wanted | $116,985 | -26% | 180 | -6 | $649 | $134,168,655 | 11 | Universal Pictures |
| 41 | 39 | Get Smart | $113,803 | -14.2% | 115 | -3 | $989 | $128,603,482 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 42 | 40 | You Don't Mess with the Zohan | $109,517 | -13.8% | 267 | +74 | $410 | $100,018,837 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 43 | 45 | Henry Poole Is Here | $86,970 | +22.5% | 157 | +55 | $553 | $1,749,146 | 4 | Overture Films |
| 44 | 41 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $85,523 | -13.2% | 45 | -1 | $1,900 | $18,696,054 | 49 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 45 | 44 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $77,740 | +9.1% | 14 | +1 | $5,552 | $4,536,417 | 30 | 3D Entertainment |
| 46 | 48 | I Served the King of England | $64,234 | +20.7% | 17 | +9 | $3,778 | $149,403 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 47 | 52 | Kit Kittredge: An American Girl | $55,502 | +30.3% | 127 | +27 | $437 | $17,533,514 | 12 | Picturehouse |
| 48 | 61 | Beer for My Horses | $49,566 | +88.8% | 75 | +46 | $660 | $504,041 | 5 | Roadside Attractions |
| 49 | 46 | Sex and the City | $46,272 | -33.3% | 84 | -23 | $550 | $152,595,674 | 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 50 | 51 | Trouble the Water | $41,900 | -3.4% | 9 | +1 | $4,655 | $146,384 | 3 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 51 | - | A Secret | $37,135 | - | 3 | - | $12,378 | $37,135 | 1 | Strand Releasing |
| 52 | 42 | The X Files: I Want to Believe | $36,792 | -57.9% | 78 | -16 | $471 | $20,895,448 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 53 | 64 | A Girl Cut in Two | $33,087 | +32.4% | 8 | +1 | $4,135 | $135,967 | 4 | IFC Films |
| 54 | - | Ping Pong Playa | $30,797 | - | 9 | - | $3,421 | $30,797 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 55 | 67 | Sixty Six 2008 Re-release | $28,702 | +27.8% | 17 | +8 | $1,688 | $156,739 | 6 | First Independent Pictures |
| 56 | 49 | The Wackness | $28,232 | -39.9% | 41 | -10 | $688 | $1,943,535 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 57 | 58 | American Teen | $27,167 | -20.9% | 66 | -8 | $411 | $899,362 | 7 | Paramount Vantage |
| 58 | 66 | The Children of Huang Shi | $26,989 | +12.8% | 22 | -3 | $1,226 | $870,912 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 59 | 53 | Meet Dave | $26,392 | -36.8% | 46 | -12 | $573 | $11,743,315 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 60 | 55 | Brick Lane | $23,892 | -35.2% | 29 | -2 | $823 | $955,487 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 61 | 54 | I.O.U.S.A. | $23,269 | -37.7% | 18 | -3 | $1,292 | $706,056 | 3 | Roadside Attractions |
| 62 | 57 | Deep Sea | $22,243 | -37.5% | 8 | - | $2,780 | $36,258,516 | 132 | Warner Bros. |
| 63 | 72 | The Visitor | $22,036 | +61.5% | 58 | +30 | $379 | $9,359,138 | 22 | Overture Films |
| 64 | 63 | When Did You Last See Your Father? | $21,590 | -14% | 23 | -10 | $938 | $943,426 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 65 | 59 | U2 3D | $21,526 | -31.9% | 10 | +3 | $2,152 | $9,442,761 | 33 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 66 | 71 | The Edge of Heaven | $20,742 | +19.2% | 12 | +3 | $1,728 | $705,629 | 16 | Strand Releasing |
| 67 | 79 | Momma's Man | $18,823 | +105.6% | 9 | +6 | $2,091 | $50,089 | 3 | Kino International |
| 68 | 38 | Goal II: Living the Dream | $18,311 | -87.8% | 29 | -70 | $631 | $216,204 | 2 | Arenas Entertainment |
| 69 | 74 | Encounters at the End of the World | $17,772 | +49.4% | 24 | +9 | $740 | $861,707 | 13 | THINKFilm |
| 70 | 76 | Up the Yangtze | $17,058 | +71.4% | 10 | +2 | $1,705 | $745,842 | 20 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 71 | 69 | The Last Mistress | $16,181 | -20.5% | 20 | - | $809 | $742,042 | 11 | IFC Films |
| 72 | 60 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $15,997 | -48.4% | 3 | - | $5,332 | $25,852,675 | 155 | IMAX |
| 73 | 68 | Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! | $15,491 | -26.5% | 5 | +2 | $3,098 | $46,315 | 2 | TLA Releasing |
| 74 | 75 | Gonzo | $14,008 | +26.2% | 18 | +3 | $778 | $1,168,623 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 75 | - | Hallam Foe | $13,490 | - | 2 | - | $6,745 | $13,490 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 76 | - | Jake's Corner | $12,522 | - | 8 | - | $1,565 | $12,522 | 1 | Emerging Pictures |
| 77 | 62 | Space Station 3D | $12,358 | -52.1% | 16 | +5 | $772 | $76,525,604 | 334 | IMAX |
| 78 | 97 | The Grocer's Son | $11,756 | +412.7% | 5 | +3 | $2,351 | $205,008 | 14 | Film Movement |
| 79 | 56 | The Happening | $11,660 | -67.9% | 17 | -8 | $685 | $64,501,694 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 80 | 83 | Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan | $11,503 | +51.5% | 24 | +8 | $479 | $5,701,643 | 14 | Picturehouse |
| 81 | 70 | In Search of a Midnight Kiss | $10,857 | -38.2% | 7 | +1 | $1,551 | $112,459 | 6 | IFC Films |
| 82 | 65 | Roving Mars | $10,679 | -56.1% | 5 | - | $2,135 | $9,582,019 | 137 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 83 | - | Shoot the Piano Player | $10,466 | - | 1 | - | $10,466 | $10,466 | 1 | Janus Films |
| 84 | 73 | Roman de gare | $9,729 | -22.5% | 11 | -4 | $884 | $1,839,353 | 20 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 85 | 103 | A Jihad for Love | $9,495 | +481.1% | 2 | - | $4,747 | $95,700 | 16 | First Run |
| 86 | - | The Pool | $7,736 | - | 1 | - | $7,736 | $10,827 | 1 | Vitagraph Films |
| 87 | 88 | America the Beautiful | $7,529 | +32.8% | 5 | - | $1,505 | $62,361 | 18 | First Independent Pictures |
| 88 | - | Save Me | $6,992 | - | 1 | - | $6,992 | $6,992 | 1 | First Run |
| 89 | 99 | Before the Rains | $6,495 | +200.3% | 5 | +3 | $1,299 | $1,025,607 | 18 | Roadside Attractions |
| 90 | 84 | Sky Kids | $6,036 | -19.6% | 2 | - | $3,018 | $42,068 | 4 | Dark Coast Pictures |
| 91 | - | Surfer, Dude | $5,971 | - | 1 | - | $5,971 | $5,971 | 1 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 92 | 78 | What Happens in Vegas | $5,522 | -41.7% | 10 | -20 | $552 | $80,272,065 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 93 | 89 | A Man Named Pearl | $5,493 | +28.5% | 4 | -3 | $1,373 | $161,715 | 54 | Tentmakers Entertainment |
| 94 | 82 | Beautiful Losers | $5,372 | -33.4% | 2 | - | $2,686 | $41,246 | 5 | Sidetrack Films |
| 95 | 91 | Elsa & Fred | $4,880 | +16.7% | 5 | - | $976 | $171,652 | 11 | Mitropoulos Films |
| 96 | - | Emma Smith: My Story | $4,729 | - | 3 | - | $1,576 | $838,807 | 22 | Candlelight Media Group |
| 97 | 77 | Sukiyaki Western Django | $4,716 | -52.2% | 1 | - | $4,716 | $19,828 | 2 | First Look International |
| 98 | 96 | Young@Heart | $4,320 | +51.3% | 13 | +7 | $332 | $3,938,191 | 22 | - |
| 99 | 98 | Baghead | $3,881 | +73.7% | 16 | +9 | $242 | $120,150 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 100 | 111 | Love and Honor | $3,637 | +548.3% | 2 | +1 | $1,818 | $47,749 | 19 | Eleven Arts |
| 101 | 86 | My Mexican Shivah | $3,402 | -44.2% | 1 | - | $3,402 | $13,042 | 2 | Emerging Pictures |
| 102 | 90 | Days and Clouds | $3,297 | -21.6% | 1 | - | $3,297 | $88,817 | 9 | Film Movement |
| 103 | - | August Evening | $3,296 | - | 1 | - | $3,296 | $3,296 | 1 | Maya Entertainment |
| 104 | 81 | What We Do Is Secret | $3,197 | -64% | 4 | -3 | $799 | $50,727 | 5 | - |
| 105 | 87 | The Fall | $2,848 | -52.3% | 5 | -6 | $569 | $2,247,272 | 18 | Roadside Attractions |
| 106 | 85 | The Legend of God's Gun | $2,421 | -62.6% | 2 | -1 | $1,210 | $119,742 | 8 | Indican Pictures |
| 107 | 93 | Constantine's Sword | $2,290 | -30.2% | 2 | -1 | $1,145 | $176,650 | 21 | First Run |
| 108 | 107 | Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | $2,024 | +86.5% | 3 | - | $674 | $53,048 | 9 | THINKFilm |
| 109 | - | Contempt 2008 Re-release | $1,992 | - | 2 | - | $996 | $153,141 | 26 | Rialto Pictures |
| 110 | 94 | YPF | $1,700 | -47.2% | 1 | - | $1,700 | $6,432 | 2 | Blowtorch Entertainment |
| 111 | 120 | Ripple Effect | $1,590 | +1,214% | 2 | +1 | $795 | $12,400 | 12 | Monterey Media |
| 112 | 80 | Kabluey | $1,550 | -82.7% | 2 | - | $775 | $75,717 | 10 | Regent Releasing |
| 113 | - | OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies | $1,543 | - | 1 | - | $1,543 | $290,592 | 18 | Music Box Films |
| 114 | 102 | Chris & Don: A Love Story | $952 | -50.2% | 1 | -2 | $952 | $200,274 | 13 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 115 | 112 | XXY | $773 | +38% | 1 | - | $773 | $39,432 | 19 | Film Movement |
| 116 | 95 | Dare Not Walk Alone | $758 | -75.4% | 1 | - | $758 | $31,826 | 20 | Indican Pictures |
| 117 | 100 | No Regret 2008 Re-release | $707 | -66.6% | 1 | - | $707 | $13,790 | 7 | Regent Releasing |
| 118 | 119 | Monsieur Verdoux | $565 | +182.5% | 2 | - | $282 | $28,547 | 26 | The Film Desk |
| 119 | 109 | Cthulhu | $440 | -35.8% | 1 | - | $440 | $4,434 | 3 | Regent Releasing |
| 120 | 106 | Tuya's Marriage | $440 | -61% | 1 | - | $440 | $69,212 | 23 | Music Box Films |
| 121 | - | Il trittico dell'amore | $295 | - | 1 | - | $295 | $76,543 | 19 | Emerging Pictures |
| 122 | 114 | Girls Rock! | $277 | -44.6% | 2 | +1 | $138 | $156,499 | 27 | Shadow Distribution |
| 123 | 110 | The Sensation of Sight | $230 | -59.8% | 1 | -1 | $230 | $22,602 | 44 | Monterey Media |
| 124 | 113 | Love Comes Lately | $204 | -61.3% | 1 | - | $204 | $76,743 | 13 | Kino International |
| 125 | - | Galapagos | $158 | - | 1 | - | $158 | $17,478,300 | 463 | IMAX |
| 126 | - | Then She Found Me | $120 | - | 1 | - | $120 | $3,734,540 | 20 | THINKFilm |
