British 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 | $4,096,411 | - | 465 | - | $8,809 | $4,096,411 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 2 | 1 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $3,621,457 | -60.9% | 510 | -5 | $7,100 | $14,702,672 | 2 | Paramount Pictures International |
| 3 | 2 | Four Christmases | $1,682,228 | -27.2% | 419 | -7 | $4,014 | $9,913,725 | 3 | Entertainment Film Distributors |
| 4 | - | Inkheart | $1,042,132 | - | 410 | - | $2,541 | $1,042,132 | 1 | Entertainment Film Distributors |
| 5 | - | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | $600,687 | - | 60 | - | $10,011 | $600,687 | 1 | Yash Raj Films |
| 6 | 3 | Transporter 3 | $595,478 | -57.7% | 318 | -4 | $1,872 | $2,724,209 | 2 | Icon Film Distribution |
| 7 | 5 | Changeling | $567,315 | -46.5% | 359 | +9 | $1,580 | $5,259,001 | 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) |
| 8 | 4 | Quantum of Solace | $488,311 | -54.5% | 365 | -63 | $1,337 | $78,131,775 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 9 | 6 | Body of Lies | $134,586 | -64.8% | 155 | -141 | $868 | $4,103,012 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 7 | Lakeview Terrace | $111,483 | -66.6% | 164 | -38 | $679 | $636,628 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | 9 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $72,508 | -55.2% | 256 | -131 | $283 | $33,697,332 | 8 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 12 | - | Dean Spanley 2008 Re-release | $63,852 | - | 55 | - | $1,160 | $63,852 | 1 | Icon Film Distribution |
| 13 | 10 | The Children | $48,290 | -66.5% | 83 | -49 | $581 | $296,587 | 2 | Vertigo Films |
| 14 | 8 | My Best Friend's Girl | $46,533 | -74.8% | 80 | -172 | $581 | $3,003,241 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 15 | 14 | Waltz with Bashir | $45,420 | -38.4% | 26 | -11 | $1,746 | $701,947 | 4 | Artificial Eye |
| 16 | 12 | The Secret Life of Bees | $37,243 | -66% | 57 | -12 | $653 | $213,999 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 17 | 11 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $33,131 | -72.9% | 65 | -76 | $509 | $3,623,264 | 5 | Entertainment Film Distributors |
| 18 | - | A.R.O.G | $29,157 | - | 3 | - | $9,719 | $29,157 | 1 | Maxximum Film und Kunst GmbH |
| 19 | 27 | Mamma Mia! | $26,663 | +59.9% | 23 | -11 | $1,159 | $132,175,287 | 23 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) |
| 20 | 20 | The Nightmare Before Christmas 2009 3D Release | $26,125 | -15.2% | 19 | +5 | $1,375 | $135,641 | 3 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 21 | 19 | Burn After Reading | $22,047 | -42.6% | 14 | -13 | $1,574 | $12,578,914 | 9 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) |
| 22 | - | Lemon Tree | $20,606 | - | 9 | - | $2,289 | $20,606 | 1 | Unanimous Pictures |
| 23 | 13 | What Just Happened | $16,310 | -80.3% | 25 | -102 | $652 | $576,096 | 3 | Pathé |
| 24 | 17 | Friendship | $15,709 | -69.8% | 22 | -7 | $714 | $1,422,757 | 5 | Yash Raj Films |
| 25 | 15 | Quarantine | $14,740 | -79.7% | 61 | -74 | $241 | $1,496,671 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 26 | 23 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | $14,064 | -35.4% | 12 | -3 | $1,172 | $545,008 | 5 | Momentum Pictures |
| 27 | 25 | Kisses | $13,783 | -33.9% | 12 | - | $1,148 | $192,012 | 4 | Element Films |
| 28 | - | North Face | $12,081 | - | 3 | - | $4,027 | $12,081 | 1 | - |
| 29 | - | White Christmas 2008 Re-release | $11,183 | - | 11 | - | $1,016 | $11,183 | 1 | Park Circus |
| 30 | 22 | Easy Virtue | $10,916 | -58.2% | 11 | -24 | $992 | $1,922,857 | 6 | Pathé |
| 31 | 42 | The Dark Knight | $10,272 | +107.1% | 6 | +4 | $1,712 | $88,830,233 | 21 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | 21 | Julia | $9,772 | -64.7% | 7 | -10 | $1,396 | $58,170 | 2 | Chelsea Films |
| 33 | 26 | Summer | $9,327 | -52.2% | 11 | -2 | $847 | $41,840 | 2 | Vertigo Films |
| 34 | 16 | Ghost Town | $8,232 | -84.7% | 19 | -91 | $433 | $10,274,745 | 8 | Paramount Pictures International |
| 35 | 32 | I've Loved You So Long | $7,697 | -29.1% | 7 | -1 | $1,099 | $1,720,206 | 12 | Lionsgate |
| 36 | 36 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $7,295 | -17% | 15 | -9 | $486 | $7,157,300 | 14 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 37 | 39 | Gomorrah | $6,957 | -11.4% | 9 | +1 | $773 | $1,333,516 | 10 | Optimum Releasing |
| 38 | 35 | The Flight Before Christmas | $6,725 | -26.8% | 18 | -2 | $373 | $65,286 | 3 | Magma Films |
| 39 | 29 | W. | $6,625 | -52.1% | 7 | -8 | $946 | $1,477,703 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 40 | 30 | Choke | $6,311 | -52.5% | 6 | -7 | $1,051 | $223,270 | 4 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 41 | 18 | Max Payne | $5,290 | -88.7% | 23 | -64 | $230 | $3,595,735 | 5 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 42 | 24 | Hunger | $4,881 | -77.1% | 12 | -28 | $406 | $1,143,299 | 7 | Pathé |
| 43 | 31 | Rivales | $4,798 | -58.8% | 7 | -5 | $685 | $23,277 | 2 | Optimum Releasing |
| 44 | 75 | Conversations with My Gardener | $4,633 | +15,875.9% | 4 | +3 | $1,158 | $34,349 | 4 | - |
| 45 | 33 | Igor | $4,318 | -60.1% | 32 | -103 | $134 | $6,530,411 | 10 | Momentum Pictures |
| 46 | - | The Man from London | $4,270 | - | 1 | - | $4,270 | $4,270 | 1 | Artificial Eye |
| 47 | 45 | The Duchess | $4,200 | +24.1% | 4 | +3 | $1,050 | $11,841,033 | 15 | Pathé |
| 48 | 46 | Patti Smith: Dream of Life | $3,536 | +15.5% | 6 | +1 | $589 | $9,472 | 2 | Verve Pictures |
| 49 | 40 | Lorna's Silence | $2,978 | -59% | 7 | -1 | $425 | $33,051 | 3 | New Wave Films |
| 50 | 68 | The Zone | $2,390 | +622.1% | 4 | +2 | $597 | $56,020 | 9 | Soda Pictures |
| 51 | 41 | Blindness | $2,383 | -59.1% | 4 | -5 | $595 | $138,284 | 4 | Pathé |
| 52 | - | Trade | $1,578 | - | 3 | - | $526 | $1,578 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 53 | 37 | Let it Rain | $1,566 | -81.9% | 3 | -7 | $522 | $233,194 | 6 | Artificial Eye |
| 54 | 48 | Of Time and the City | $1,560 | -39.5% | 2 | -3 | $780 | $339,798 | 7 | British Film Institute (BFI) |
| 55 | 53 | Quiet Chaos | $1,507 | +1.1% | 4 | - | $376 | $109,735 | 8 | New Wave Films |
| 56 | 50 | A Streetcar Named Desire 2008 Re-release | $1,418 | -12.1% | 2 | +1 | $709 | $30,869 | 5 | British Film Institute (BFI) |
| 57 | 60 | Flawless | $701 | -14.3% | 2 | -3 | $350 | $40,811 | 3 | - |
| 58 | 52 | Scar | $634 | -59.9% | 3 | -3 | $211 | $250,238 | 6 | The Works UK Distribution |
| 59 | 61 | Trouble the Water | $625 | -14.4% | 1 | - | $625 | $2,615 | 2 | ICA Films |
| 60 | 55 | City of Ember | $620 | -51.2% | 5 | -10 | $124 | $2,418,700 | 10 | Entertainment Film Distributors |
| 61 | 34 | Yuvvraaj | $589 | -94.5% | 1 | -25 | $589 | $314,876 | 4 | Eros Worldwide |
| 62 | - | Love and Honor | $533 | - | 1 | - | $533 | $533 | 1 | ICA Films |
| 63 | 66 | Man on Wire | $381 | +5% | 1 | - | $381 | $1,581,440 | 20 | Icon Film Distribution |
| 64 | 38 | The Express | $377 | -95.2% | 1 | -75 | $377 | $14,696 | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) |
| 65 | 73 | Love Letters and Live Wires | $284 | +879.3% | 1 | - | $284 | $13,433 | 13 | British Film Institute (BFI) |
| 66 | 58 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $196 | -81.5% | 2 | -3 | $98 | $1,461,241 | 11 | Momentum Pictures |
| 67 | 71 | Jar City | $186 | +162% | 1 | - | $186 | $209,227 | 14 | The Works UK Distribution |
| 68 | 70 | Somers Town | $183 | +157.7% | 1 | - | $183 | $985,880 | 17 | Optimum Releasing |
| 69 | 57 | The Girl in the Park | $129 | -88.5% | 1 | - | $129 | $2,362 | 2 | Unanimous Pictures |
| 70 | 47 | Saw V | $120 | -96.1% | 1 | -8 | $120 | $10,436,769 | 8 | Lionsgate |
| 71 | 62 | The Fall | $101 | -83.9% | 1 | - | $101 | $122,480 | 11 | Momentum Pictures |
| 72 | 56 | The Wave | $100 | -91.6% | 1 | -1 | $100 | $184,430 | 13 | Momentum Pictures |
| 73 | 49 | Caught in the Act | $70 | -96.1% | 1 | -5 | $70 | $4,729 | 2 | - |
| 74 | 44 | Gumnaam: The Mystery | $40 | -98.9% | 1 | -5 | $40 | $9,314 | 2 | - |
| 75 | 63 | Fear(s) of the Dark | $30 | -93.8% | 1 | - | $30 | $13,506 | 8 | - |
| 76 | 69 | Alexandra | $30 | -84.4% | 1 | - | $30 | $27,925 | 12 | Artificial Eye |
| 77 | 64 | The Warlords | $30 | -93% | 1 | -1 | $30 | $78,272 | 6 | - |
