Domestic 2008 Weekend 38
September 19-21, 2008
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Lakeview Terrace | $15,004,672 | - | 2,464 | - | $6,089 | $15,004,672 | 1 | Screen Gems |
| 2 | 1 | Burn After Reading | $11,028,257 | -42.3% | 2,657 | +6 | $4,150 | $36,135,221 | 2 | Focus Features |
| 3 | - | My Best Friend's Girl | $8,265,357 | - | 2,604 | - | $3,174 | $8,265,357 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 4 | - | Igor | $7,803,347 | - | 2,339 | - | $3,336 | $7,803,347 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 5 | 3 | Righteous Kill | $7,424,479 | -54.4% | 3,152 | - | $2,355 | $28,534,233 | 2 | Overture Films |
| 6 | 2 | The Family That Preys | $7,271,899 | -58.2% | 2,070 | - | $3,512 | $28,128,159 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 7 | 4 | The Women | $5,417,780 | -46.4% | 2,995 | +33 | $1,808 | $19,321,012 | 2 | Picturehouse |
| 8 | - | Ghost Town | $5,012,315 | - | 1,505 | - | $3,330 | $5,012,315 | 1 | DreamWorks |
| 9 | 7 | The Dark Knight | $2,915,174 | -29.4% | 1,905 | -286 | $1,530 | $521,890,027 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 6 | The House Bunny | $2,662,650 | -35.9% | 2,675 | -88 | $995 | $45,587,131 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | 5 | Tropic Thunder | $2,556,241 | -38.9% | 2,333 | -594 | $1,095 | $106,805,722 | 6 | DreamWorks |
| 12 | 12 | Mamma Mia! | $1,046,575 | -42.7% | 1,121 | -396 | $933 | $141,192,290 | 10 | Universal Pictures |
| 13 | 10 | Death Race | $1,036,105 | -49.6% | 1,240 | -767 | $835 | $34,918,855 | 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 14 | 15 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $951,512 | -24.8% | 637 | -89 | $1,493 | $19,394,888 | 6 | - |
| 15 | 9 | Traitor | $946,744 | -55.6% | 1,407 | -607 | $672 | $22,372,692 | 4 | Overture Films |
| 16 | 8 | Bangkok Dangerous | $844,608 | -67.4% | 1,349 | -1,305 | $626 | $14,535,371 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 17 | 14 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $776,759 | -48.1% | 662 | -36 | $1,173 | $11,005,828 | 6 | Summit Entertainment |
| 18 | 16 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $768,325 | -31.8% | 675 | -76 | $1,138 | $99,096,933 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 19 | 11 | Babylon A.D. | $754,936 | -59.5% | 1,013 | -1,049 | $745 | $21,709,956 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 20 | 13 | Disaster Movie | $660,627 | -57.8% | 971 | -831 | $680 | $13,600,376 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 21 | 17 | Pineapple Express | $500,726 | -54.5% | 550 | -480 | $910 | $86,974,352 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 22 | 18 | Mirrors | $455,368 | -49.2% | 584 | -424 | $779 | $29,853,320 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 23 | 20 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | $399,855 | -41.1% | 494 | -256 | $809 | $102,176,165 | 8 | Universal Pictures |
| 24 | 19 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | $393,460 | -55.4% | 688 | -317 | $571 | $34,477,361 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 24 | Get Smart | $312,051 | -21% | 306 | - | $1,019 | $129,472,725 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | 22 | WALL·E | $310,469 | -42.6% | 435 | -69 | $713 | $220,503,606 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 27 | 21 | The Longshots | $264,765 | -55.8% | 502 | -356 | $527 | $11,088,628 | 5 | - |
| 28 | - | Appaloosa | $248,847 | - | 14 | - | $17,774 | $248,847 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 29 | 26 | Kung Fu Panda | $248,524 | -26.1% | 338 | -32 | $735 | $214,949,523 | 16 | DreamWorks |
| 30 | 27 | Elegy | $203,570 | -23.7% | 134 | -2 | $1,519 | $3,070,308 | 7 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 31 | 23 | Step Brothers | $202,214 | -51.5% | 258 | -196 | $783 | $100,468,793 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 32 | - | The Duchess | $190,426 | - | 7 | - | $27,203 | $190,426 | 1 | Paramount Vantage |
| 33 | 32 | Tell No One | $178,845 | +7.3% | 99 | - | $1,806 | $5,268,195 | 12 | Music Box Films |
| 34 | 30 | Space Chimps | $178,712 | -7.7% | 303 | +25 | $589 | $29,613,818 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 35 | 31 | Transsiberian | $146,253 | -12.5% | 124 | -30 | $1,179 | $1,798,213 | 10 | First Look International |
| 36 | 25 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | $143,344 | -63.1% | 330 | -315 | $434 | $43,757,474 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | 33 | Frozen River | $133,494 | -17.6% | 96 | +10 | $1,390 | $1,760,310 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 38 | 29 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $127,737 | -37% | 206 | -57 | $620 | $316,670,320 | 18 | Paramount Pictures |
| 39 | 34 | Man on Wire | $119,484 | -24.2% | 93 | - | $1,284 | $2,232,828 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 40 | 28 | Bottle Shock | $113,301 | -48.3% | 134 | -116 | $845 | $3,846,206 | 7 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 41 | 47 | Towelhead | $64,365 | +21.9% | 18 | +14 | $3,575 | $137,817 | 2 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 42 | 42 | I Served the King of England | $60,972 | -24.5% | 38 | +2 | $1,604 | $345,126 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 43 | 39 | Iron Man | $59,037 | -37.7% | 124 | -32 | $476 | $318,219,154 | 21 | Paramount Pictures |
| 44 | 45 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $56,991 | -5.4% | 45 | - | $1,266 | $18,968,324 | 51 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 45 | 40 | The Rocker | $48,669 | -41.2% | 128 | -22 | $380 | $6,339,401 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 46 | - | Battle in Seattle | $46,903 | - | 8 | - | $5,862 | $46,903 | 1 | Redwood Palms Pictures |
| 47 | 43 | Swing Vote | $41,452 | -39.8% | 123 | -36 | $337 | $16,098,516 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 48 | 51 | A Secret | $41,422 | +2.7% | 8 | +4 | $5,177 | $157,702 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 49 | 57 | Beer for My Horses | $40,365 | +68.6% | 74 | +33 | $545 | $586,545 | 7 | Roadside Attractions |
| 50 | 68 | The Wackness | $39,893 | +134.9% | 42 | +21 | $949 | $2,022,846 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 51 | 55 | Trouble the Water | $37,375 | +51.4% | 14 | +5 | $2,669 | $238,591 | 5 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 52 | 64 | When Did You Last See Your Father? | $36,624 | +100.2% | 39 | +10 | $939 | $1,017,623 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 53 | 44 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $34,279 | -48.7% | 13 | -1 | $2,636 | $4,703,190 | 32 | 3D Entertainment |
| 54 | 37 | Hamlet 2 | $31,252 | -71.7% | 56 | -112 | $558 | $4,857,521 | 5 | Focus Features |
| 55 | 48 | Brideshead Revisited | $30,551 | -40.4% | 75 | -48 | $407 | $6,414,563 | 9 | Miramax |
| 56 | 53 | A Girl Cut in Two | $28,839 | -4.9% | 16 | +2 | $1,802 | $222,089 | 6 | IFC Films |
| 57 | 36 | College | $25,084 | -78.3% | 70 | -348 | $358 | $4,659,477 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 58 | 69 | Flow: For Love of Water | $24,876 | +49.8% | 10 | +8 | $2,487 | $52,249 | 27 | Oscilloscope |
| 59 | 52 | Kit Kittredge: An American Girl | $24,126 | -38.2% | 84 | -12 | $287 | $17,614,805 | 14 | Picturehouse |
| 60 | 63 | U2 3D | $22,965 | +25% | 6 | - | $3,827 | $9,494,745 | 35 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 61 | 56 | Deep Sea | $22,550 | -8.2% | 8 | - | $2,818 | $36,330,157 | 134 | Warner Bros. |
| 62 | 59 | The Children of Huang Shi | $21,596 | -6% | 24 | -1 | $899 | $940,035 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 63 | 62 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $21,124 | +13.4% | 5 | +3 | $4,224 | $25,938,423 | 157 | IMAX |
| 64 | 89 | Sky Kids | $20,144 | +312.7% | 17 | +15 | $1,184 | $101,473 | 6 | Dark Coast Pictures |
| 65 | 66 | Space Station 3D | $19,600 | +14.3% | 20 | +5 | $980 | $76,597,835 | 336 | IMAX |
| 66 | 49 | Brick Lane | $18,950 | -55.4% | 23 | -25 | $823 | $1,049,379 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 67 | 58 | The X Files: I Want to Believe | $18,642 | -21.2% | 50 | -15 | $372 | $20,959,743 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 68 | 61 | Sixty Six 2008 Re-release | $15,874 | -15.8% | 15 | +3 | $1,058 | $202,270 | 8 | First Independent Pictures |
| 69 | 50 | Greetings from the Shore | $15,235 | -62.4% | 10 | -21 | $1,523 | $72,691 | 2 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 70 | 73 | Meet Dave | $13,808 | <0.1% | 28 | -2 | $493 | $11,779,331 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 71 | - | Hounddog | $13,744 | - | 11 | - | $1,249 | $13,744 | 1 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 72 | 84 | In Search of a Midnight Kiss | $12,750 | +80.1% | 11 | +2 | $1,159 | $139,857 | 8 | IFC Films |
| 73 | 128 | August Evening | $11,033 | +3,391.5% | 1 | - | $11,033 | $15,576 | 3 | Maya Entertainment |
| 74 | - | Walking on Dead Fish | $10,524 | - | 1 | - | $10,524 | $10,524 | 1 | Variance Films |
| 75 | - | A Thousand Years of Good Prayers | $10,321 | - | 2 | - | $5,160 | $10,321 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 76 | 67 | Ping Pong Playa | $10,072 | -40.9% | 9 | -5 | $1,119 | $72,997 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 77 | - | The Legend of God's Gun | $9,794 | - | 2 | - | $4,897 | $130,755 | 10 | Indican Pictures |
| 78 | 75 | The Visitor | $9,166 | -28.2% | 27 | -8 | $339 | $9,402,630 | 24 | Overture Films |
| 79 | 60 | Henry Poole Is Here | $9,077 | -60.2% | 53 | -36 | $171 | $1,814,207 | 6 | Overture Films |
| 80 | 81 | Hallam Foe | $9,073 | +13.6% | 6 | +3 | $1,512 | $39,848 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 81 | 78 | Enlighten Up! | $8,598 | -27.1% | 1 | - | $8,598 | $20,397 | 2 | Balcony Releasing |
| 82 | 87 | Moving Midway | $8,584 | +31.3% | 4 | +2 | $2,146 | $19,438 | 2 | First Run |
| 83 | 79 | Gonzo | $8,505 | -26.2% | 11 | +2 | $773 | $1,207,278 | 12 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 84 | 71 | The Grocer's Son | $7,983 | -47.5% | 5 | -1 | $1,596 | $238,622 | 16 | Film Movement |
| 85 | 96 | Save Me | $7,779 | +126.1% | 2 | +1 | $3,889 | $24,819 | 3 | First Run |
| 86 | 91 | The Edge of Heaven | $7,145 | +52.4% | 8 | +1 | $893 | $727,265 | 18 | Strand Releasing |
| 87 | 72 | Loins of Punjab Presents | $7,067 | -52.4% | 4 | - | $1,766 | $24,462 | 2 | Emerging Pictures |
| 88 | 86 | The Last Mistress | $6,989 | +5.2% | 19 | - | $367 | $770,910 | 13 | IFC Films |
| 89 | 74 | Encounters at the End of the World | $6,983 | -47.6% | 14 | -7 | $498 | $900,034 | 15 | THINKFilm |
| 90 | 80 | The Pool | $6,918 | -37.9% | 6 | +1 | $1,153 | $37,733 | 3 | Vitagraph Films |
| 91 | 88 | Roving Mars | $6,598 | +14.8% | 5 | - | $1,319 | $9,600,153 | 139 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 92 | 77 | Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! | $6,288 | -48.6% | 5 | -2 | $1,257 | $78,186 | 4 | TLA Releasing |
| 93 | 82 | Up the Yangtze | $6,229 | -19.6% | 9 | +3 | $692 | $767,238 | 22 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 94 | 101 | A Man Named Pearl | $6,223 | +182.7% | 9 | +3 | $691 | $174,308 | 56 | Tentmakers Entertainment |
| 95 | - | Take Out | $6,210 | - | 5 | - | $1,242 | $66,892 | 16 | - |
| 96 | 92 | Momma's Man | $6,044 | +29.3% | 5 | -1 | $1,208 | $69,892 | 5 | Kino International |
| 97 | 118 | Emma Smith: My Story | $5,745 | +550.6% | 5 | +3 | $1,149 | $859,508 | 24 | Candlelight Media Group |
| 98 | 76 | Sukiyaki Western Django | $5,615 | -55.1% | 4 | +1 | $1,403 | $48,034 | 4 | First Look International |
| 99 | 116 | The Fall | $5,581 | +513.3% | 6 | +2 | $930 | $2,255,986 | 20 | Roadside Attractions |
| 100 | 70 | American Teen | $5,499 | -65.4% | 23 | -16 | $239 | $940,496 | 9 | Paramount Vantage |
| 101 | - | Love and Honor | $5,213 | - | 3 | - | $1,737 | $53,965 | 21 | Eleven Arts |
| 102 | 113 | Baghead | $4,781 | +333.1% | 16 | +12 | $298 | $128,785 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 103 | 85 | Young@Heart | $4,385 | -37.2% | 6 | -11 | $730 | $3,964,040 | 24 | - |
| 104 | 108 | Chris & Don: A Love Story | $4,351 | +177% | 6 | +5 | $725 | $209,092 | 15 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 105 | 109 | OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies | $3,930 | +158.6% | 4 | +2 | $982 | $298,701 | 20 | Music Box Films |
| 106 | 90 | I.O.U.S.A. | $3,714 | -22.9% | 4 | -1 | $928 | $729,939 | 5 | Roadside Attractions |
| 107 | 95 | Elsa & Fred | $3,674 | +4.4% | 6 | - | $612 | $183,740 | 13 | Mitropoulos Films |
| 108 | - | Elite Squad | $3,604 | - | 1 | - | $3,604 | $3,604 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 109 | 97 | Beautiful Losers | $3,237 | -1.2% | 2 | -1 | $1,618 | $56,386 | 7 | Sidetrack Films |
| 110 | 46 | Everybody Wants to Be Italian | $3,128 | -94.6% | 8 | -65 | $391 | $343,979 | 3 | Roadside Attractions |
| 111 | - | Amexicano | $2,746 | - | 1 | - | $2,746 | $2,746 | 1 | Maya Entertainment |
| 112 | - | Fraulein | $2,449 | - | 1 | - | $2,449 | $2,449 | 1 | Film Movement |
| 113 | 100 | Days and Clouds | $1,917 | -28.6% | 1 | -1 | $1,917 | $96,633 | 11 | Film Movement |
| 114 | 114 | Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | $1,822 | +75.7% | 6 | +2 | $303 | $57,483 | 11 | THINKFilm |
| 115 | - | Yella | $1,766 | - | 2 | - | $883 | $27,031 | 19 | The Cinema Guild |
| 116 | 99 | A Jihad for Love | $1,493 | -45.7% | 1 | - | $1,493 | $105,033 | 18 | First Run |
| 117 | 121 | Dare Not Walk Alone | $1,203 | +87.4% | 1 | - | $1,203 | $36,110 | 22 | Indican Pictures |
| 118 | 131 | Constantine's Sword | $889 | +284.8% | 1 | - | $889 | $177,934 | 23 | First Run |
| 119 | 94 | Cthulhu | $884 | -77.6% | 1 | -2 | $884 | $11,449 | 5 | Regent Releasing |
| 120 | 125 | Jellyfish | $828 | +96.7% | 2 | +1 | $414 | $340,906 | 25 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 121 | 122 | Girls Rock! | $801 | +33.5% | 1 | - | $801 | $158,417 | 29 | Shadow Distribution |
| 122 | 129 | Tuya's Marriage | $521 | +68.1% | 2 | +1 | $260 | $70,415 | 25 | Music Box Films |
| 123 | - | Am Limit | $477 | - | 1 | - | $477 | $17,104 | 15 | First Run |
| 124 | - | The Sensation of Sight | $452 | - | 1 | - | $452 | $23,054 | 46 | Monterey Media |
| 125 | - | Box Elder | $442 | - | 1 | - | $442 | $38,123 | 29 | N/A |
| 126 | 54 | Surfer, Dude | $369 | -98.8% | 1 | -68 | $369 | $52,132 | 3 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 127 | 35 | Proud American | $359 | -99.7% | 6 | -744 | $59 | $131,357 | 2 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 128 | - | Galapagos | $342 | - | 1 | - | $342 | $17,478,642 | 465 | IMAX |
| 129 | 110 | Kabluey | $328 | -77.1% | 2 | -2 | $164 | $78,790 | 12 | Regent Releasing |
| 130 | 127 | Ripple Effect | $311 | -2.5% | 2 | - | $155 | $13,818 | 14 | Monterey Media |
| 131 | 112 | What We Do Is Secret | $292 | -75.2% | 1 | -1 | $292 | $54,436 | 7 | - |
| 132 | 115 | The Singing Revolution | $251 | -73% | 1 | -1 | $251 | $335,577 | 42 | Abramorama |
| 133 | 103 | America the Beautiful | $242 | -88% | 1 | -2 | $242 | $68,766 | 20 | First Independent Pictures |
| 134 | 105 | Alexandra | $239 | -87.5% | 1 | - | $239 | $121,074 | 26 | The Cinema Guild |
| 135 | - | Beautiful Boxer | $199 | - | 1 | - | $199 | $133,920 | 192 | Regent Releasing |
| 136 | 117 | Monsieur Verdoux | $80 | -91.1% | 1 | - | $80 | $30,106 | 28 | The Film Desk |
| 137 | 130 | CSNY/Déjà Vu | $37 | -88% | 2 | - | $18 | $63,924 | 9 | Roadside Attractions |
