Domestic 2008 Weekend 52
December 26-28, 2008
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Marley & Me | $36,357,586 | - | 3,480 | - | $10,447 | $50,738,566 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | - | Bedtime Stories | $27,450,296 | - | 3,681 | - | $7,457 | $38,029,113 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | - | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $26,853,816 | - | 2,988 | - | $8,987 | $38,725,647 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | - | Valkyrie | $21,027,007 | - | 2,711 | - | $7,756 | $29,520,979 | 1 | United Artists |
| 5 | 1 | Yes Man | $16,657,046 | -8.8% | 3,434 | - | $4,850 | $49,798,560 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | 2 | Seven Pounds | $13,203,236 | -11.1% | 2,758 | - | $4,787 | $38,762,647 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | 3 | The Tale of Despereaux | $8,932,625 | -11.6% | 3,107 | +3 | $2,875 | $27,448,085 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | 4 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $7,697,799 | -22.2% | 2,402 | -1,158 | $3,204 | $63,480,184 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 9 | - | The Spirit | $6,463,278 | - | 2,509 | - | $2,576 | $10,305,501 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 10 | 15 | Doubt | $5,339,742 | +684.2% | 1,267 | +1,228 | $4,214 | $8,484,863 | 3 | Miramax |
| 11 | 5 | Four Christmases | $4,840,221 | -37.2% | 2,510 | -1,005 | $1,928 | $111,588,896 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | 6 | Twilight | $4,742,432 | -8.6% | 1,849 | -1,142 | $2,564 | $167,325,198 | 6 | Summit Entertainment |
| 13 | 8 | Slumdog Millionaire | $4,301,870 | +40.9% | 614 | +25 | $7,006 | $19,476,395 | 7 | - |
| 14 | 7 | Bolt | $3,377,761 | -18.5% | 1,923 | -1,045 | $1,756 | $102,423,519 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 15 | 18 | Gran Torino | $2,322,781 | +396.1% | 84 | +65 | $27,652 | $4,220,824 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | 11 | Milk | $1,762,638 | +1.9% | 311 | -45 | $5,667 | $13,533,585 | 5 | Focus Features |
| 17 | 10 | Quantum of Solace | $1,400,474 | -31.7% | 891 | -983 | $1,571 | $164,302,659 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 18 | 19 | Frost/Nixon | $1,355,186 | +258.5% | 205 | +166 | $6,610 | $3,539,426 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 19 | 9 | Australia | $1,079,248 | -50.4% | 711 | -1,501 | $1,517 | $44,283,588 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 20 | 12 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $923,018 | -41.2% | 808 | -1,199 | $1,142 | $174,862,381 | 8 | DreamWorks |
| 21 | - | Ghajini | $766,859 | - | 83 | - | $9,239 | $1,387,534 | 1 | Adlabs Films |
| 22 | 29 | The Reader | $664,013 | +615.6% | 116 | +108 | $5,724 | $1,243,690 | 3 | The Weinstein Company |
| 23 | 24 | The Wrestler | $387,530 | +91.2% | 18 | +14 | $21,529 | $907,631 | 2 | - |
| 24 | 13 | Nothing Like the Holidays | $314,033 | -75.9% | 439 | -1,232 | $715 | $7,035,838 | 3 | Overture Films |
| 25 | 23 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $312,652 | +38.5% | 283 | -32 | $1,104 | $93,118,082 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 26 | 17 | Cadillac Records | $270,365 | -55.4% | 180 | -521 | $1,502 | $7,712,287 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 27 | 33 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $216,072 | +282.9% | 295 | +134 | $732 | $89,695,501 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 28 | 16 | Role Models | $204,715 | -68.3% | 225 | -567 | $909 | $66,238,440 | 8 | Universal Pictures |
| 29 | - | Revolutionary Road | $189,911 | - | 3 | - | $63,303 | $189,911 | 1 | Paramount Vantage |
| 30 | 27 | Eagle Eye | $158,602 | +22.6% | 205 | -49 | $773 | $101,111,837 | 14 | DreamWorks |
| 31 | 22 | The Polar Express 2008 IMAX Release | $158,092 | -39.3% | 26 | - | $6,080 | $1,531,448 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | 20 | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | $156,871 | -52% | 54 | -28 | $2,905 | $1,843,747 | 3 | Yash Raj Films |
| 33 | 46 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $136,565 | +498.1% | 3 | -1 | $45,521 | $26,929,002 | 171 | IMAX |
| 34 | 26 | Rachel Getting Married | $131,440 | +0.9% | 65 | -50 | $2,022 | $10,017,383 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 35 | 14 | Transporter 3 | $128,930 | -81.1% | 135 | -872 | $955 | $31,613,973 | 5 | Lionsgate |
| 36 | - | Last Chance Harvey | $97,260 | - | 6 | - | $16,210 | $132,934 | 1 | Overture Films |
| 37 | 54 | Body of Lies | $90,631 | +695.6% | 182 | +158 | $497 | $39,155,635 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 21 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $87,901 | -68% | 96 | -307 | $915 | $8,660,917 | 8 | Miramax |
| 39 | 30 | I've Loved You So Long | $86,322 | +3.6% | 43 | -9 | $2,007 | $2,187,611 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 40 | 28 | Changeling | $72,380 | -29% | 114 | -115 | $634 | $35,537,807 | 10 | Universal Pictures |
| 41 | 37 | A Christmas Tale | $63,594 | +21.4% | 47 | -1 | $1,353 | $900,897 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 42 | 49 | Deep Sea | $58,493 | +229.9% | 8 | -2 | $7,311 | $37,193,640 | 148 | Warner Bros. |
| 43 | 32 | Let the Right One In | $51,477 | -25% | 36 | -17 | $1,429 | $1,338,600 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 44 | 38 | The Dark Knight | $50,686 | -2% | 74 | -83 | $684 | $530,896,852 | 24 | Warner Bros. |
| 45 | - | Waltz with Bashir | $50,021 | - | 5 | - | $10,004 | $53,913 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 46 | 39 | The Secret Life of Bees | $49,862 | +0.8% | 77 | -64 | $647 | $37,407,770 | 11 | - |
| 47 | 34 | Fireproof | $48,052 | -14.4% | 85 | -75 | $565 | $33,149,106 | 14 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 48 | 35 | Nights in Rodanthe | $47,036 | -15.4% | 115 | -89 | $409 | $41,716,242 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 49 | 56 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $44,056 | +336.4% | 12 | -1 | $3,671 | $12,487,698 | 20 | Summit Entertainment |
| 50 | 43 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $41,872 | +34.5% | 21 | - | $1,993 | $20,244,711 | 65 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 51 | 40 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $41,870 | -6.2% | 47 | -37 | $890 | $3,189,010 | 12 | Miramax |
| 52 | 36 | Synecdoche, New York | $36,796 | -31.4% | 38 | -18 | $968 | $2,618,500 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 53 | 31 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $35,154 | -51.7% | 25 | -137 | $1,406 | $22,750,962 | 20 | - |
| 54 | - | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $34,503 | - | 2 | - | $17,251 | $151,841 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 55 | 41 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2008 Re-release | $31,167 | -23.9% | 18 | - | $1,731 | $381,239 | 9 | IMAX |
| 56 | 42 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $22,700 | -37.5% | 46 | -41 | $493 | $31,200,038 | 9 | The Weinstein Company |
| 57 | 61 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $20,154 | +161.7% | 10 | - | $2,015 | $5,210,005 | 46 | 3D Entertainment |
| 58 | 45 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $17,342 | -29% | 26 | -47 | $667 | $13,474,444 | 9 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 59 | 51 | Wendy and Lucy | $12,004 | -25% | 4 | -2 | $3,001 | $75,537 | 3 | Oscilloscope |
| 60 | 44 | Max Payne | $11,414 | -53.6% | 27 | -42 | $422 | $40,656,894 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 61 | 48 | Igor | $10,964 | -40.4% | 46 | -36 | $238 | $19,444,296 | 15 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 62 | 58 | City of Ember | $10,521 | +17.9% | 25 | -15 | $420 | $7,841,892 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 63 | 65 | Roving Mars | $10,137 | +130% | 6 | - | $1,689 | $9,834,688 | 153 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 64 | - | The Secret of the Grain | $9,850 | - | 1 | - | $9,850 | $14,915 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 65 | 73 | U2 3D | $9,102 | +392.8% | 4 | +3 | $2,275 | $9,658,396 | 49 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 66 | 57 | Appaloosa | $7,689 | -22.3% | 18 | -15 | $427 | $20,067,601 | 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 67 | 55 | WALL·E | $6,802 | -38.6% | 33 | -29 | $206 | $223,790,234 | 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 68 | 53 | JCVD | $6,626 | -50.1% | 8 | -7 | $828 | $430,963 | 8 | - |
| 69 | 60 | A Secret | $6,357 | -17.7% | 6 | -1 | $1,059 | $568,042 | 17 | Strand Releasing |
| 70 | 67 | Tell No One | $5,706 | +60.5% | 7 | +1 | $815 | $6,137,968 | 26 | Music Box Films |
| 71 | 63 | Man on Wire | $4,992 | -15.6% | 5 | -1 | $998 | $2,925,235 | 23 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 72 | 52 | Soul Men | $3,804 | -74.2% | 10 | -85 | $380 | $12,009,235 | 8 | - |
| 73 | - | The Order of Myths | $3,220 | - | 1 | - | $3,220 | $59,697 | 23 | The Cinema Guild |
| 74 | 68 | Were the World Mine | $1,618 | -48.7% | 1 | -2 | $1,618 | $86,116 | 9 | - |
| 75 | - | Lola Montès | $1,586 | - | 2 | - | $793 | $88,151 | 12 | Rialto Pictures |
| 76 | 91 | How About You | $1,573 | +984.8% | 2 | +1 | $786 | $34,759 | 7 | Strand Releasing |
| 77 | 69 | The Secrets | $976 | -67.9% | 2 | -3 | $488 | $55,452 | 5 | Monterey Media |
| 78 | - | Monsieur Verdoux | $937 | - | 1 | - | $937 | $41,009 | 42 | The Film Desk |
| 79 | 59 | Timecrimes | $867 | -89% | 1 | -6 | $867 | $20,065 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 80 | 86 | Stranded | $823 | +76.2% | 1 | - | $823 | $61,265 | 10 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 81 | - | Moving Midway | $657 | - | 1 | - | $657 | $40,375 | 16 | First Run |
| 82 | 72 | The Wild Child | $651 | -72.4% | 1 | -1 | $651 | $24,527 | 8 | The Film Desk |
| 83 | 66 | Ashes of Time | $503 | -86.8% | 2 | -12 | $251 | $173,104 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 84 | 76 | Frozen River | $427 | -71% | 1 | -3 | $427 | $2,309,148 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 85 | 47 | Space Station 3D | $161 | -99.3% | 2 | -3 | $80 | $77,257,823 | 350 | IMAX |
