Domestic 2008 Weekend 50
December 12-14, 2008
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $30,480,153 | - | 3,560 | - | $8,561 | $30,480,153 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | 1 | Four Christmases | $13,074,470 | -22% | 3,540 | +205 | $3,693 | $87,775,974 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | 2 | Twilight | $7,951,131 | -39.1% | 3,649 | +29 | $2,178 | $150,045,826 | 4 | Summit Entertainment |
| 4 | 3 | Bolt | $7,464,282 | -23.8% | 3,133 | -383 | $2,382 | $88,849,005 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | 4 | Australia | $4,169,277 | -40.9% | 2,703 | -18 | $1,542 | $37,767,253 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | 5 | Quantum of Solace | $3,715,522 | -45% | 2,635 | -788 | $1,410 | $157,583,232 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | - | Nothing Like the Holidays | $3,531,664 | - | 1,671 | - | $2,113 | $3,531,664 | 1 | Overture Films |
| 8 | 6 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $3,181,231 | -37.4% | 2,768 | -549 | $1,149 | $169,937,394 | 6 | DreamWorks |
| 9 | 11 | Milk | $2,598,638 | +41.6% | 328 | +229 | $7,922 | $7,590,976 | 3 | Focus Features |
| 10 | 7 | Transporter 3 | $2,351,229 | -49.6% | 2,541 | -85 | $925 | $29,377,088 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 11 | 12 | Slumdog Millionaire | $2,175,518 | +55.2% | 169 | +91 | $12,872 | $8,048,764 | 5 | - |
| 12 | 9 | Cadillac Records | $1,585,407 | -54% | 688 | +1 | $2,304 | $5,909,492 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 13 | 10 | Role Models | $1,543,625 | -40% | 1,328 | -579 | $1,162 | $64,133,465 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 14 | 8 | Punisher: War Zone | $1,383,898 | -67.6% | 2,508 | - | $551 | $7,011,427 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 15 | - | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | $920,995 | - | 83 | - | $11,096 | $920,995 | 1 | Yash Raj Films |
| 16 | 13 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $685,465 | -33.5% | 679 | +1 | $1,009 | $7,763,062 | 6 | Miramax |
| 17 | 22 | Frost/Nixon | $626,377 | +246.6% | 39 | +36 | $16,060 | $873,836 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 18 | - | Delgo | $511,920 | - | 2,160 | - | $237 | $511,920 | 1 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 19 | - | Doubt | $507,226 | - | 15 | - | $33,815 | $507,226 | 1 | Miramax |
| 20 | - | Gran Torino | $271,720 | - | 6 | - | $45,286 | $271,720 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 21 | 14 | Changeling | $256,840 | -48.7% | 393 | -288 | $653 | $35,161,607 | 8 | Universal Pictures |
| 22 | 16 | Rachel Getting Married | $221,323 | -22.4% | 151 | -19 | $1,465 | $9,560,874 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 23 | 24 | The Polar Express 2008 IMAX Release | $212,812 | +36% | 26 | - | $8,185 | $735,639 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 24 | 29 | Eagle Eye | $198,135 | +75.1% | 320 | +115 | $619 | $100,639,704 | 12 | DreamWorks |
| 25 | - | The Reader | $168,051 | - | 8 | - | $21,006 | $179,970 | 1 | The Weinstein Company |
| 26 | 17 | Fireproof | $147,543 | -41.3% | 346 | -153 | $426 | $32,938,242 | 12 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 27 | 20 | The Secret Life of Bees | $114,061 | -47.6% | 271 | -161 | $420 | $37,208,667 | 9 | - |
| 28 | 21 | The Dark Knight | $112,253 | -40.1% | 205 | -64 | $547 | $530,723,626 | 22 | Warner Bros. |
| 29 | 23 | Synecdoche, New York | $104,777 | -36% | 97 | -18 | $1,080 | $2,430,402 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 30 | 25 | I've Loved You So Long | $102,590 | -29.1% | 46 | -5 | $2,230 | $1,917,952 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 31 | 18 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $101,527 | -58.5% | 260 | -372 | $390 | $89,302,354 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 32 | 19 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $100,786 | -55.4% | 163 | -112 | $618 | $31,047,926 | 7 | The Weinstein Company |
| 33 | 26 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $86,872 | -38.5% | 144 | -58 | $603 | $3,014,482 | 10 | Miramax |
| 34 | 30 | Let the Right One In | $76,549 | -26.6% | 53 | +3 | $1,444 | $1,132,898 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 35 | 28 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $70,981 | -38% | 173 | -75 | $410 | $92,338,383 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 36 | 31 | A Christmas Tale | $61,982 | -32.1% | 43 | -1 | $1,441 | $719,193 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 37 | - | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $61,070 | - | 2 | - | $30,535 | $61,070 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 38 | 27 | Soul Men | $49,944 | -62.6% | 95 | -138 | $525 | $11,966,888 | 6 | - |
| 39 | 33 | Max Payne | $45,734 | -17.7% | 121 | -24 | $377 | $40,589,549 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 40 | 32 | Igor | $45,700 | -30.2% | 118 | -44 | $387 | $19,389,266 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 41 | 41 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2008 Re-release | $41,138 | +3.7% | 18 | - | $2,285 | $221,382 | 7 | IMAX |
| 42 | 51 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $40,479 | +72.5% | 28 | +16 | $1,445 | $22,565,132 | 18 | - |
| 43 | 35 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $40,333 | -19.7% | 21 | - | $1,920 | $20,086,485 | 63 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 44 | 37 | Burn After Reading | $32,481 | -28.5% | 57 | -21 | $569 | $60,301,580 | 14 | Focus Features |
| 45 | 36 | WALL·E | $30,820 | -34.3% | 123 | -43 | $250 | $223,749,872 | 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 46 | 50 | RocknRolla | $28,624 | +14.2% | 123 | +87 | $232 | $5,665,302 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 47 | 45 | JCVD | $27,473 | -17.3% | 24 | +3 | $1,144 | $382,923 | 6 | - |
| 48 | 42 | Body of Lies | $24,176 | -35.4% | 37 | -7 | $653 | $39,015,553 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 49 | 43 | Religulous | $21,664 | -39.2% | 42 | -17 | $515 | $12,995,673 | 11 | Lionsgate |
| 50 | 55 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $19,562 | +11.9% | 5 | -2 | $3,912 | $26,699,125 | 169 | IMAX |
| 51 | 53 | Deep Sea | $19,028 | +2.4% | 10 | - | $1,902 | $37,085,443 | 146 | Warner Bros. |
| 52 | 40 | Appaloosa | $18,789 | -53.4% | 65 | -39 | $289 | $20,030,803 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 53 | 56 | My Name Is Bruce | $18,238 | +5.9% | 2 | +1 | $9,119 | $173,066 | 7 | Image Entertainment |
| 54 | - | Wendy and Lucy | $18,218 | - | 2 | - | $9,109 | $25,443 | 1 | Oscilloscope |
| 55 | 48 | City of Ember | $16,760 | -39.8% | 63 | -20 | $266 | $7,807,276 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 56 | 15 | Nobel Son | $16,603 | -95% | 99 | -794 | $167 | $529,934 | 2 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 57 | 62 | Were the World Mine | $15,905 | +62.6% | 4 | +1 | $3,976 | $71,378 | 7 | - |
| 58 | 54 | Space Station 3D | $15,471 | -16% | 8 | - | $1,933 | $77,173,458 | 348 | IMAX |
| 59 | 58 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $14,890 | -4.1% | 12 | -3 | $1,240 | $12,400,527 | 18 | Summit Entertainment |
| 60 | 73 | Call + Response | $14,308 | +158.1% | 2 | - | $7,154 | $207,028 | 10 | Fair Trade Pictures |
| 61 | 88 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $13,020 | +393.7% | 5 | +4 | $2,604 | $43,670 | 6 | Balcony Releasing |
| 62 | - | Dark Streets | $10,958 | - | 18 | - | $608 | $10,958 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 63 | 57 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $10,586 | -37.2% | 10 | - | $1,058 | $5,178,494 | 44 | 3D Entertainment |
| 64 | 47 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $10,298 | -63.4% | 16 | -29 | $643 | $13,414,042 | 7 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 65 | 89 | Frozen River | $8,951 | +244.7% | 13 | +7 | $688 | $2,303,266 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 66 | 59 | Nights in Rodanthe | $7,640 | -50.5% | 23 | -22 | $332 | $41,573,913 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 67 | 67 | Roving Mars | $6,809 | -14.5% | 6 | -1 | $1,134 | $9,807,420 | 151 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 68 | 66 | The Secrets | $6,561 | -21.6% | 6 | +1 | $1,093 | $47,473 | 3 | Monterey Media |
| 69 | 68 | Man on Wire | $5,827 | -24.6% | 4 | -1 | $1,456 | $2,904,701 | 21 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 70 | 69 | What Just Happened | $5,206 | -28.8% | 12 | -5 | $433 | $1,089,365 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 71 | 52 | Righteous Kill | $4,634 | -77.8% | 36 | -53 | $128 | $40,076,438 | 14 | Overture Films |
| 72 | - | Timecrimes | $4,351 | - | 2 | - | $2,175 | $4,351 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 73 | 107 | The Matador | $4,179 | +557.1% | 2 | +1 | $2,089 | $20,916 | 7 | City Lights Pictures |
| 74 | 72 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $3,978 | -31.1% | 3 | - | $1,326 | $56,328 | 4 | Kino International |
| 75 | 71 | Tell No One | $3,269 | -45% | 5 | +1 | $653 | $6,125,056 | 24 | Music Box Films |
| 76 | 81 | I Served the King of England | $3,232 | -18.2% | 3 | -4 | $1,077 | $614,442 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 77 | 74 | Ashes of Time | $3,139 | -42% | 14 | +3 | $224 | $164,700 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 78 | 78 | U2 3D | $2,990 | -35.6% | 3 | - | $996 | $9,645,029 | 47 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 79 | - | Where God Left His Shoes | $2,918 | - | 2 | - | $1,459 | $2,918 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 80 | 84 | A Girl Cut in Two | $2,910 | -7.8% | 8 | -2 | $363 | $404,827 | 18 | IFC Films |
| 81 | 87 | Ciao | $2,896 | +8.4% | 1 | - | $2,896 | $7,264 | 2 | Regent Releasing |
| 82 | 79 | Stranded | $2,712 | -37.7% | 4 | - | $678 | $57,389 | 8 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 83 | 85 | Trouble the Water | $2,561 | -15.5% | 5 | - | $512 | $484,046 | 17 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 84 | 106 | House | $2,427 | +274.5% | 11 | +9 | $220 | $573,450 | 6 | Roadside Attractions |
| 85 | 75 | Hounddog | $2,144 | -60.2% | 2 | -1 | $1,072 | $130,236 | 13 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 86 | 83 | I Can't Think Straight | $2,127 | -37.1% | 3 | - | $709 | $34,525 | 4 | Regent Releasing |
| 87 | 93 | Fear(s) of the Dark | $1,889 | -14.5% | 4 | -2 | $472 | $76,694 | 8 | IFC Films |
| 88 | 110 | The Alphabet Killer | $1,732 | +298.2% | 2 | +1 | $866 | $29,784 | 6 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 89 | 97 | Eden | $1,661 | -10.3% | 3 | +1 | $553 | $13,053 | 5 | Liberation Entertainment |
| 90 | 64 | Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom | $1,535 | -83% | 2 | -3 | $767 | $532,034 | 8 | - |
| 91 | - | Monsieur Verdoux | $1,227 | - | 1 | - | $1,227 | $39,026 | 40 | The Film Desk |
| 92 | 82 | August Evening | $1,197 | -69% | 2 | - | $598 | $73,035 | 15 | Maya Entertainment |
| 93 | 98 | I.O.U.S.A. | $991 | -42.1% | 5 | +2 | $198 | $809,880 | 17 | Roadside Attractions |
| 94 | 99 | Breakfast with Scot | $973 | -41.6% | 1 | - | $973 | $41,784 | 10 | Regent Releasing |
| 95 | 91 | One Day You'll Understand | $788 | -68.1% | 3 | - | $262 | $84,787 | 7 | Kino International |
| 96 | 109 | Louise Bourgeois | $697 | +35.6% | 1 | - | $697 | $87,513 | 25 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 97 | 90 | Familiar Strangers | $672 | -73.3% | 2 | -2 | $336 | $30,341 | 5 | Cavalier Films |
| 98 | - | Lola Montès | $634 | - | 1 | - | $634 | $86,120 | 10 | Rialto Pictures |
| 99 | 92 | Amexicano | $574 | -74.4% | 1 | - | $574 | $8,387 | 13 | Maya Entertainment |
| 100 | - | $9.99 | $478 | - | 1 | - | $478 | $478 | 1 | Regent Releasing |
| 101 | 112 | Sky Kids | $290 | -17.1% | 1 | - | $290 | $143,032 | 18 | Dark Coast Pictures |
| 102 | - | The Order of Myths | $245 | - | 2 | - | $122 | $56,180 | 21 | The Cinema Guild |
| 103 | 104 | Lake City | $226 | -71.1% | 1 | -1 | $226 | $12,686 | 4 | Screen Media Films |
| 104 | 76 | Gardens of the Night | $210 | -95.7% | 1 | - | $210 | $11,141 | 6 | City Lights Pictures |
| 105 | 114 | Momma's Man | $75 | -70% | 1 | -1 | $75 | $95,619 | 17 | Kino International |
