Domestic 2008 Weekend 37
September 12-14, 2008
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Burn After Reading | $19,128,001 | - | 2,651 | - | $7,215 | $19,128,001 | 1 | Focus Features |
| 2 | - | The Family That Preys | $17,381,218 | - | 2,070 | - | $8,396 | $17,381,218 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 3 | - | Righteous Kill | $16,288,361 | - | 3,152 | - | $5,167 | $16,288,361 | 1 | Overture Films |
| 4 | - | The Women | $10,115,210 | - | 2,962 | - | $3,414 | $10,115,210 | 1 | Picturehouse |
| 5 | 2 | Tropic Thunder | $4,183,405 | -42.1% | 2,927 | -519 | $1,429 | $102,974,069 | 5 | DreamWorks |
| 6 | 4 | The House Bunny | $4,154,427 | -24.6% | 2,763 | +27 | $1,503 | $42,008,459 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | 3 | The Dark Knight | $4,128,153 | -25.1% | 2,191 | -384 | $1,884 | $517,792,764 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | 1 | Bangkok Dangerous | $2,592,656 | -66.7% | 2,654 | +4 | $976 | $12,723,787 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 9 | 5 | Traitor | $2,131,639 | -50.1% | 2,014 | -94 | $1,058 | $20,734,170 | 3 | Overture Films |
| 10 | 7 | Death Race | $2,056,415 | -44.6% | 2,007 | -579 | $1,024 | $33,232,495 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 11 | 6 | Babylon A.D. | $1,864,585 | -55.4% | 2,062 | -1,363 | $904 | $20,415,057 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 12 | 9 | Mamma Mia! | $1,827,985 | -36% | 1,517 | -387 | $1,205 | $139,401,320 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 13 | 8 | Disaster Movie | $1,565,854 | -48.3% | 1,802 | -840 | $868 | $12,655,988 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 14 | 16 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $1,495,243 | +11.7% | 698 | -15 | $2,142 | $10,003,617 | 5 | Summit Entertainment |
| 15 | 11 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $1,264,481 | -40.2% | 726 | +8 | $1,741 | $18,020,252 | 5 | - |
| 16 | 17 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $1,127,360 | -8% | 751 | -54 | $1,501 | $98,076,533 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 17 | 10 | Pineapple Express | $1,101,252 | -51.2% | 1,030 | -772 | $1,069 | $86,034,248 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 18 | 12 | Mirrors | $896,265 | -49.9% | 1,008 | -551 | $889 | $29,137,157 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 19 | 13 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | $881,447 | -47.9% | 1,005 | -947 | $877 | $33,919,298 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 20 | 14 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | $678,720 | -54.1% | 750 | -665 | $904 | $101,596,445 | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 21 | 15 | The Longshots | $598,972 | -56.5% | 858 | -808 | $698 | $10,712,886 | 4 | - |
| 22 | 22 | WALL·E | $540,926 | -30.1% | 504 | -382 | $1,073 | $220,090,317 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 23 | 20 | Step Brothers | $416,581 | -51.8% | 454 | -392 | $917 | $100,125,730 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 24 | 41 | Get Smart | $394,793 | +246.9% | 306 | +191 | $1,290 | $129,030,585 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 18 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | $388,182 | -60.2% | 645 | -490 | $601 | $43,504,854 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | 26 | Kung Fu Panda | $336,219 | -13.4% | 370 | -41 | $908 | $214,637,586 | 15 | DreamWorks |
| 27 | 24 | Elegy | $266,657 | -44.6% | 136 | -6 | $1,960 | $2,776,475 | 6 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 28 | 23 | Bottle Shock | $219,117 | -57.1% | 250 | -151 | $876 | $3,647,982 | 6 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 29 | 30 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $202,903 | -27.4% | 263 | -41 | $771 | $316,489,033 | 17 | Paramount Pictures |
| 30 | 32 | Space Chimps | $193,704 | -6.8% | 278 | -46 | $696 | $29,406,206 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 31 | 27 | Transsiberian | $167,052 | -50.2% | 154 | - | $1,084 | $1,590,791 | 9 | First Look International |
| 32 | 28 | Tell No One | $166,727 | -42.7% | 99 | -13 | $1,684 | $5,027,201 | 11 | Music Box Films |
| 33 | 29 | Frozen River | $162,044 | -42.6% | 86 | -5 | $1,884 | $1,409,327 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 34 | 31 | Man on Wire | $157,692 | -24.4% | 93 | +1 | $1,695 | $2,050,689 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 35 | - | Proud American | $135,000 | - | 750 | - | $180 | $135,000 | 1 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 36 | 19 | College | $115,543 | -87.9% | 418 | -1,706 | $276 | $4,600,628 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 37 | 21 | Hamlet 2 | $110,532 | -86.6% | 168 | -1,407 | $657 | $4,784,111 | 4 | Focus Features |
| 38 | 37 | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | $103,830 | -28% | 161 | -56 | $644 | $75,754,670 | 10 | Universal Pictures |
| 39 | 39 | Iron Man | $94,816 | -25.2% | 156 | -49 | $607 | $318,134,740 | 20 | Paramount Pictures |
| 40 | 36 | The Rocker | $82,761 | -46.6% | 150 | -259 | $551 | $6,272,545 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 41 | 40 | Wanted | $82,485 | -29.5% | 146 | -34 | $564 | $134,294,280 | 12 | Universal Pictures |
| 42 | 46 | I Served the King of England | $80,719 | +25.7% | 36 | +19 | $2,242 | $256,006 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 43 | 38 | Swing Vote | $68,868 | -50% | 159 | -73 | $433 | $16,029,327 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 44 | 45 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $66,784 | -14.1% | 14 | - | $4,770 | $4,642,161 | 31 | 3D Entertainment |
| 45 | 44 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $60,265 | -29.5% | 45 | - | $1,339 | $18,866,633 | 50 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 46 | 33 | Everybody Wants to Be Italian | $58,213 | -70.6% | 73 | -25 | $797 | $322,099 | 2 | Roadside Attractions |
| 47 | - | Towelhead | $52,823 | - | 4 | - | $13,205 | $52,823 | 1 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 48 | 34 | Brideshead Revisited | $51,289 | -72.2% | 123 | -160 | $416 | $6,359,742 | 8 | Miramax |
| 49 | 60 | Brick Lane | $42,506 | +77.9% | 48 | +19 | $885 | $1,010,010 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 50 | - | Greetings from the Shore | $40,527 | - | 31 | - | $1,307 | $40,527 | 1 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 51 | 51 | A Secret | $40,351 | +8.7% | 4 | +1 | $10,087 | $98,226 | 2 | Strand Releasing |
| 52 | 47 | Kit Kittredge: An American Girl | $39,049 | -29.6% | 96 | -31 | $406 | $17,583,757 | 13 | Picturehouse |
| 53 | 53 | A Girl Cut in Two | $30,333 | -8.3% | 14 | +6 | $2,166 | $179,953 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 54 | 91 | Surfer, Dude | $29,758 | +398.4% | 69 | +68 | $431 | $36,547 | 2 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 55 | 50 | Trouble the Water | $24,691 | -41.1% | 9 | - | $2,743 | $187,638 | 4 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 56 | 62 | Deep Sea | $24,566 | +10.4% | 8 | - | $3,070 | $36,293,423 | 133 | Warner Bros. |
| 57 | 48 | Beer for My Horses | $23,937 | -51.7% | 41 | -34 | $583 | $541,041 | 6 | Roadside Attractions |
| 58 | 52 | The X Files: I Want to Believe | $23,652 | -35.7% | 65 | -13 | $363 | $20,933,100 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 59 | 58 | The Children of Huang Shi | $22,973 | -14.9% | 25 | +3 | $918 | $907,928 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 60 | 43 | Henry Poole Is Here | $22,805 | -73.8% | 89 | -68 | $256 | $1,797,617 | 5 | Overture Films |
| 61 | 55 | Sixty Six 2008 Re-release | $18,849 | -34.3% | 12 | -5 | $1,570 | $182,359 | 7 | First Independent Pictures |
| 62 | 72 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $18,636 | +16.5% | 2 | -1 | $9,318 | $25,892,618 | 156 | IMAX |
| 63 | 65 | U2 3D | $18,371 | -14.7% | 6 | -4 | $3,061 | $9,467,019 | 34 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 64 | 64 | When Did You Last See Your Father? | $18,292 | -15.3% | 29 | +6 | $630 | $972,748 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 65 | 49 | Sex and the City | $17,653 | -61.8% | 46 | -38 | $383 | $152,637,269 | 16 | Warner Bros. |
| 66 | 77 | Space Station 3D | $17,155 | +38.8% | 15 | -1 | $1,143 | $76,559,290 | 335 | IMAX |
| 67 | 54 | Ping Pong Playa | $17,034 | -44.7% | 14 | +5 | $1,216 | $55,185 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 68 | 56 | The Wackness | $16,981 | -39.9% | 21 | -20 | $808 | $1,974,831 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 69 | - | Flow: For Love of Water | $16,610 | - | 2 | - | $8,305 | $21,736 | 26 | Oscilloscope |
| 70 | 57 | American Teen | $15,909 | -41.4% | 39 | -27 | $407 | $927,177 | 8 | Paramount Vantage |
| 71 | 78 | The Grocer's Son | $15,198 | +29.3% | 6 | +1 | $2,533 | $225,147 | 15 | Film Movement |
| 72 | - | Loins of Punjab Presents | $14,850 | - | 4 | - | $3,712 | $14,850 | 1 | Emerging Pictures |
| 73 | 59 | Meet Dave | $13,817 | -47.6% | 30 | -16 | $460 | $11,762,847 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 74 | 69 | Encounters at the End of the World | $13,331 | -25% | 21 | -3 | $634 | $884,681 | 14 | THINKFilm |
| 75 | 63 | The Visitor | $12,766 | -42.1% | 35 | -23 | $364 | $9,384,279 | 23 | Overture Films |
| 76 | 97 | Sukiyaki Western Django | $12,495 | +164.9% | 3 | +2 | $4,165 | $34,671 | 3 | First Look International |
| 77 | 73 | Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! | $12,224 | -21.1% | 7 | +2 | $1,746 | $65,491 | 3 | TLA Releasing |
| 78 | - | Enlighten Up! | $11,799 | - | 1 | - | $11,799 | $11,799 | 1 | Balcony Releasing |
| 79 | 74 | Gonzo | $11,529 | -17.7% | 9 | -9 | $1,281 | $1,191,747 | 11 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 80 | 86 | The Pool | $11,135 | +43.9% | 5 | +4 | $2,227 | $26,336 | 2 | Vitagraph Films |
| 81 | 75 | Hallam Foe | $7,987 | -40.8% | 3 | +1 | $2,662 | $26,772 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 82 | 70 | Up the Yangtze | $7,744 | -54.6% | 6 | -4 | $1,290 | $759,187 | 21 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 83 | 84 | Roman de gare | $7,084 | -27.2% | 11 | - | $644 | $1,851,114 | 21 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 84 | 81 | In Search of a Midnight Kiss | $7,081 | -34.8% | 9 | +2 | $786 | $124,259 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 85 | 98 | Young@Heart | $6,984 | +61.7% | 17 | +4 | $410 | $3,948,739 | 23 | - |
| 86 | 71 | The Last Mistress | $6,643 | -58.9% | 19 | -1 | $349 | $758,473 | 12 | IFC Films |
| 87 | - | Moving Midway | $6,539 | - | 2 | - | $3,269 | $6,539 | 1 | First Run |
| 88 | 82 | Roving Mars | $5,748 | -46.2% | 5 | - | $1,149 | $9,590,128 | 138 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 89 | 90 | Sky Kids | $4,881 | -19.1% | 2 | - | $2,440 | $50,024 | 5 | Dark Coast Pictures |
| 90 | 61 | I.O.U.S.A. | $4,816 | -79.3% | 5 | -13 | $963 | $723,541 | 4 | Roadside Attractions |
| 91 | 66 | The Edge of Heaven | $4,688 | -77.4% | 7 | -5 | $669 | $718,474 | 17 | Strand Releasing |
| 92 | 67 | Momma's Man | $4,673 | -75.2% | 6 | -3 | $778 | $61,803 | 4 | Kino International |
| 93 | 68 | Goal II: Living the Dream | $4,165 | -77.3% | 11 | -18 | $378 | $224,152 | 3 | Arenas Entertainment |
| 94 | 119 | Cthulhu | $3,944 | +796.4% | 3 | +2 | $1,314 | $8,645 | 4 | Regent Releasing |
| 95 | 95 | Elsa & Fred | $3,518 | -27.9% | 6 | +1 | $586 | $177,621 | 12 | Mitropoulos Films |
| 96 | 88 | Save Me | $3,441 | -50.8% | 1 | - | $3,441 | $14,368 | 2 | First Run |
| 97 | 94 | Beautiful Losers | $3,275 | -39% | 3 | +1 | $1,091 | $50,199 | 6 | Sidetrack Films |
| 98 | 92 | What Happens in Vegas | $2,818 | -49% | 8 | -2 | $352 | $80,276,912 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 99 | 85 | A Jihad for Love | $2,749 | -71% | 1 | -1 | $2,749 | $102,587 | 17 | First Run |
| 100 | 102 | Days and Clouds | $2,686 | -18.5% | 2 | +1 | $1,343 | $93,568 | 10 | Film Movement |
| 101 | 93 | A Man Named Pearl | $2,201 | -59.9% | 6 | +2 | $366 | $166,260 | 55 | Tentmakers Entertainment |
| 102 | 121 | Il trittico dell'amore | $2,051 | +595.3% | 3 | +2 | $683 | $79,018 | 20 | Emerging Pictures |
| 103 | 87 | America the Beautiful | $2,014 | -73.3% | 3 | -2 | $671 | $67,184 | 19 | First Independent Pictures |
| 104 | 79 | The Happening | $1,975 | -83.1% | 11 | -6 | $179 | $64,505,912 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 105 | - | Alexandra | $1,914 | - | 1 | - | $1,914 | $120,835 | 25 | The Cinema Guild |
| 106 | 110 | YPF | $1,908 | +12.2% | 1 | - | $1,908 | $9,359 | 3 | Blowtorch Entertainment |
| 107 | 115 | XXY | $1,792 | +131.8% | 1 | - | $1,792 | $41,593 | 20 | Film Movement |
| 108 | 114 | Chris & Don: A Love Story | $1,571 | +65% | 1 | - | $1,571 | $202,205 | 14 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 109 | 113 | OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies | $1,520 | -1.5% | 2 | +1 | $760 | $292,691 | 19 | Music Box Films |
| 110 | 112 | Kabluey | $1,432 | -7.6% | 4 | +2 | $358 | $77,780 | 11 | Regent Releasing |
| 111 | 89 | Before the Rains | $1,262 | -80.6% | 2 | -3 | $631 | $1,029,101 | 19 | Roadside Attractions |
| 112 | 104 | What We Do Is Secret | $1,179 | -63.1% | 2 | -2 | $589 | $53,389 | 6 | - |
| 113 | 99 | Baghead | $1,104 | -71.6% | 4 | -12 | $276 | $123,392 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 114 | 108 | Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | $1,037 | -48.8% | 4 | +1 | $259 | $54,110 | 10 | THINKFilm |
| 115 | - | The Singing Revolution | $929 | - | 2 | - | $464 | $333,450 | 41 | Abramorama |
| 116 | 105 | The Fall | $910 | -68% | 4 | -1 | $227 | $2,249,618 | 19 | Roadside Attractions |
| 117 | 118 | Monsieur Verdoux | $895 | +58.4% | 1 | -1 | $895 | $30,026 | 27 | The Film Desk |
| 118 | 96 | Emma Smith: My Story | $883 | -81.3% | 2 | -1 | $441 | $850,975 | 23 | Candlelight Media Group |
| 119 | - | Bab'Aziz: The Prince That Contemplated His Soul | $746 | - | 1 | - | $746 | $84,005 | 32 | Typecast Releasing |
| 120 | 126 | Then She Found Me | $655 | +445.8% | 3 | +2 | $218 | $3,735,303 | 21 | THINKFilm |
| 121 | 116 | Dare Not Walk Alone | $642 | -15.3% | 1 | - | $642 | $32,719 | 21 | Indican Pictures |
| 122 | 122 | Girls Rock! | $600 | +116.6% | 1 | -1 | $600 | $157,116 | 28 | Shadow Distribution |
| 123 | - | Six in Paris | $544 | - | 1 | - | $544 | $544 | - | New Yorker Films |
| 124 | 117 | No Regret 2008 Re-release | $494 | -30.1% | 1 | - | $494 | $14,620 | 8 | Regent Releasing |
| 125 | - | Jellyfish | $421 | - | 1 | - | $421 | $338,834 | 24 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 126 | - | The Unforeseen | $396 | - | 1 | - | $396 | $90,287 | 29 | The Cinema Guild |
| 127 | 111 | Ripple Effect | $319 | -79.9% | 2 | - | $159 | $13,329 | 13 | Monterey Media |
| 128 | 103 | August Evening | $316 | -90.4% | 1 | - | $316 | $4,405 | 2 | Maya Entertainment |
| 129 | 120 | Tuya's Marriage | $310 | -29.5% | 1 | - | $310 | $69,522 | 24 | Music Box Films |
| 130 | - | CSNY/Déjà Vu | $309 | - | 2 | - | $154 | $63,619 | 8 | Roadside Attractions |
| 131 | 107 | Constantine's Sword | $231 | -89.9% | 1 | -1 | $231 | $177,045 | 22 | First Run |
