Domestic 2008 Week 36
September 5-11, 2008
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Bangkok Dangerous | $10,131,131 | - | 2,650 | - | $3,823 | $10,131,131 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 2 | 1 | Tropic Thunder | $9,479,745 | -44.2% | 3,446 | -27 | $2,750 | $98,790,664 | 5 | DreamWorks |
| 3 | 3 | The Dark Knight | $7,182,072 | -43.9% | 2,575 | -175 | $2,789 | $513,664,611 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | 4 | The House Bunny | $6,755,235 | -41.5% | 2,736 | +22 | $2,469 | $37,854,032 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | 5 | Traitor | $5,610,956 | -51.2% | 2,108 | +54 | $2,661 | $18,602,531 | 3 | Overture Films |
| 6 | 2 | Babylon A.D. | $5,352,506 | -59.4% | 3,425 | +35 | $1,562 | $18,550,472 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 7 | 6 | Death Race | $4,977,870 | -46.8% | 2,586 | +49 | $1,924 | $31,176,080 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | 8 | Mamma Mia! | $3,989,230 | -38.6% | 1,904 | -64 | $2,095 | $137,573,335 | 8 | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | 7 | Disaster Movie | $3,519,301 | -53.5% | 2,642 | - | $1,332 | $11,090,134 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 10 | 9 | Pineapple Express | $3,175,123 | -40.9% | 1,802 | -245 | $1,761 | $84,932,996 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | 11 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $2,844,739 | -31.1% | 718 | +26 | $3,962 | $16,755,771 | 4 | - |
| 12 | 12 | Mirrors | $2,296,684 | -40.7% | 1,559 | -261 | $1,473 | $28,240,892 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 13 | 10 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | $1,977,307 | -52.4% | 1,952 | -492 | $1,012 | $33,037,851 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | 13 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | $1,825,530 | -52.7% | 1,415 | -298 | $1,290 | $100,917,725 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 15 | 14 | The Longshots | $1,597,030 | -52.6% | 1,666 | -423 | $958 | $10,113,914 | 3 | - |
| 16 | 18 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $1,521,992 | -32.5% | 713 | +83 | $2,134 | $8,508,374 | 4 | Summit Entertainment |
| 17 | 16 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $1,494,742 | -44.1% | 805 | +4 | $1,856 | $96,949,173 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 18 | 15 | College | $1,330,579 | -57.8% | 2,124 | +1 | $626 | $4,485,085 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 19 | 19 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | $1,259,707 | -42.3% | 1,135 | -117 | $1,109 | $43,116,672 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 20 | 20 | Step Brothers | $1,158,165 | -41.6% | 846 | -190 | $1,368 | $99,709,149 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 21 | 17 | Hamlet 2 | $1,140,430 | -54.5% | 1,575 | -22 | $724 | $4,673,579 | 3 | Focus Features |
| 22 | 21 | WALL·E | $925,601 | -49.3% | 886 | -269 | $1,044 | $219,549,391 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 23 | 26 | Bottle Shock | $683,953 | -18.4% | 401 | +106 | $1,705 | $3,428,865 | 6 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 24 | 23 | Elegy | $650,364 | -30.1% | 142 | +3 | $4,580 | $2,509,818 | 5 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 25 | 24 | Hancock | $479,603 | -47.8% | 417 | -48 | $1,150 | $227,946,274 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 26 | 25 | Kung Fu Panda | $461,895 | -47.6% | 411 | -49 | $1,123 | $214,301,367 | 14 | DreamWorks |
| 27 | 30 | Transsiberian | $446,920 | +6.5% | 154 | +73 | $2,902 | $1,423,739 | 8 | First Look International |
| 28 | 28 | Tell No One | $390,743 | -30.2% | 112 | +10 | $3,488 | $4,860,474 | 11 | Music Box Films |
| 29 | 31 | Frozen River | $376,190 | -0.6% | 91 | +22 | $4,133 | $1,247,283 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 30 | 27 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $362,960 | -38.1% | 304 | +1 | $1,193 | $316,286,130 | 17 | Paramount Pictures |
| 31 | 32 | Man on Wire | $298,950 | -19.1% | 92 | +1 | $3,249 | $1,892,997 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 32 | 33 | Brideshead Revisited | $269,106 | -23.6% | 283 | +51 | $950 | $6,308,453 | 7 | Miramax |
| 33 | - | Everybody Wants to Be Italian | $263,886 | - | 98 | - | $2,692 | $263,886 | 1 | Roadside Attractions |
| 34 | 29 | Space Chimps | $240,049 | -47% | 324 | -77 | $740 | $29,212,502 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 35 | 37 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $195,837 | -12.4% | 44 | - | $4,450 | $18,806,368 | 49 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 36 | 35 | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | $193,140 | -22.7% | 217 | +13 | $890 | $75,650,840 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 37 | 22 | The Rocker | $187,870 | -86% | 409 | -2,375 | $459 | $6,189,784 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 38 | 38 | Swing Vote | $184,511 | -16.4% | 232 | +47 | $795 | $15,960,459 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 39 | - | Mera Pind: My Home | $176,976 | - | 19 | - | $9,314 | $176,976 | 1 | Adlabs Films |
| 40 | 36 | Wanted | $160,125 | -30% | 180 | -6 | $889 | $134,211,795 | 11 | Universal Pictures |
| 41 | 34 | Iron Man | $159,888 | -48.3% | 205 | -15 | $779 | $318,039,924 | 19 | Paramount Pictures |
| 42 | 40 | Get Smart | $146,113 | -25.4% | 115 | -3 | $1,270 | $128,635,792 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 43 | 46 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $116,700 | +9.2% | 14 | +1 | $8,335 | $4,575,287 | 30 | 3D Entertainment |
| 44 | 42 | Henry Poole Is Here | $112,636 | +1.5% | 157 | +55 | $717 | $1,774,812 | 4 | Overture Films |
| 45 | 41 | You Don't Mess with the Zohan | $109,517 | -36.2% | 267 | +74 | $410 | $100,018,837 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 46 | 48 | I Served the King of England | $90,118 | +5.8% | 17 | +9 | $5,301 | $175,287 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 47 | 43 | Sex and the City | $70,214 | -35.8% | 84 | -23 | $835 | $152,619,616 | 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 48 | 51 | Kit Kittredge: An American Girl | $66,696 | -4.3% | 127 | +27 | $525 | $17,544,708 | 12 | Picturehouse |
| 49 | 66 | Beer for My Horses | $62,629 | +74.3% | 75 | +46 | $835 | $517,104 | 5 | Roadside Attractions |
| 50 | 52 | Trouble the Water | $58,463 | -7.3% | 9 | +1 | $6,495 | $162,947 | 3 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 51 | - | A Secret | $57,875 | - | 3 | - | $19,291 | $57,875 | 1 | Strand Releasing |
| 52 | 44 | The X Files: I Want to Believe | $50,792 | -53.2% | 78 | -16 | $651 | $20,909,448 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 53 | 63 | A Girl Cut in Two | $46,740 | +19.6% | 8 | +1 | $5,842 | $149,620 | 4 | IFC Films |
| 54 | 49 | The Wackness | $42,547 | -43.1% | 41 | -10 | $1,037 | $1,957,950 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 55 | 65 | The Children of Huang Shi | $41,032 | +12.5% | 22 | -3 | $1,865 | $884,955 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 56 | 57 | American Teen | $39,073 | -27.1% | 66 | -8 | $592 | $911,268 | 7 | Paramount Vantage |
| 57 | - | Ping Pong Playa | $38,151 | - | 9 | - | $4,239 | $38,151 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 58 | 54 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $37,304 | -35.6% | 3 | - | $12,434 | $25,873,982 | 155 | IMAX |
| 59 | 53 | I.O.U.S.A. | $35,938 | -39.1% | 18 | -3 | $1,996 | $718,725 | 3 | Roadside Attractions |
| 60 | 58 | Brick Lane | $35,909 | -32.5% | 29 | -2 | $1,238 | $967,504 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 61 | 68 | Sixty Six 2008 Re-release | $35,473 | +7.9% | 17 | +8 | $2,086 | $163,510 | 6 | First Independent Pictures |
| 62 | 72 | The Visitor | $34,411 | +42.9% | 58 | +30 | $593 | $9,371,513 | 22 | Overture Films |
| 63 | 62 | When Did You Last See Your Father? | $32,620 | -17.8% | 23 | -10 | $1,418 | $954,456 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 64 | 55 | Deep Sea | $32,584 | -41.4% | 8 | - | $4,073 | $36,268,857 | 132 | Warner Bros. |
| 65 | 56 | Meet Dave | $32,107 | -41.3% | 46 | -12 | $697 | $11,749,030 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 66 | 70 | The Edge of Heaven | $28,899 | +6% | 12 | +3 | $2,408 | $713,786 | 17 | Strand Releasing |
| 67 | 59 | Space Station 3D | $28,889 | -38.8% | 16 | +5 | $1,805 | $76,542,135 | 334 | IMAX |
| 68 | 73 | Encounters at the End of the World | $27,415 | +32.8% | 26 | +10 | $1,054 | $871,350 | 14 | THINKFilm |
| 69 | 61 | U2 3D | $27,413 | -31.6% | 10 | +5 | $2,741 | $9,448,648 | 34 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 70 | 67 | The Last Mistress | $25,969 | -24.6% | 24 | +3 | $1,082 | $751,935 | 11 | IFC Films |
| 71 | 78 | Momma's Man | $25,864 | +83.4% | 9 | +6 | $2,873 | $57,130 | 3 | Kino International |
| 72 | 75 | Gonzo | $25,603 | +33.3% | 20 | +5 | $1,280 | $1,180,218 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 73 | 74 | Up the Yangtze | $22,659 | +14% | 13 | +2 | $1,743 | $751,443 | 20 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 74 | 69 | Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! | $22,443 | -27.2% | 5 | +2 | $4,488 | $53,267 | 2 | TLA Releasing |
| 75 | 39 | Goal II: Living the Dream | $22,094 | -88.8% | 29 | -70 | $761 | $219,987 | 2 | Arenas Entertainment |
| 76 | - | Shoot the Piano Player | $20,615 | - | 1 | - | $20,615 | $20,615 | 1 | Janus Films |
| 77 | - | Hallam Foe | $18,785 | - | 2 | - | $9,392 | $18,785 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 78 | 98 | The Grocer's Son | $16,697 | +341.4% | 5 | +3 | $3,339 | $209,949 | 14 | Film Movement |
| 79 | 120 | Emma Smith: My Story | $16,014 | +4,114.2% | 8 | +7 | $2,001 | $850,092 | 22 | Candlelight Media Group |
| 80 | 80 | Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan | $15,621 | +16.6% | 24 | +8 | $650 | $5,705,761 | 14 | Picturehouse |
| 81 | 71 | In Search of a Midnight Kiss | $15,576 | -41.2% | 6 | - | $2,596 | $117,178 | 6 | IFC Films |
| 82 | 76 | Roman de gare | $14,406 | -22.9% | 11 | -4 | $1,309 | $1,844,030 | 20 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 83 | 60 | The Happening | $13,903 | -65.9% | 17 | -8 | $817 | $64,503,937 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 84 | 103 | A Jihad for Love | $13,633 | +412.9% | 2 | - | $6,816 | $99,757 | 17 | First Run |
| 85 | 64 | Roving Mars | $13,040 | -64.9% | 5 | - | $2,608 | $9,584,380 | 137 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 86 | - | Jake's Corner | $12,522 | - | 8 | - | $1,565 | $12,522 | 1 | Emerging Pictures |
| 87 | 102 | The Pool | $12,110 | +291.8% | 1 | - | $12,110 | $15,201 | 2 | Vitagraph Films |
| 88 | 84 | Beautiful Losers | $11,050 | -9.4% | 2 | - | $5,525 | $46,924 | 5 | Sidetrack Films |
| 89 | - | Save Me | $10,927 | - | 1 | - | $10,927 | $10,927 | 1 | First Run |
| 90 | 89 | America the Beautiful | $10,338 | +17.2% | 5 | - | $2,067 | $65,170 | 18 | First Independent Pictures |
| 91 | 81 | Sky Kids | $9,111 | -31.4% | 2 | - | $4,555 | $45,143 | 4 | Dark Coast Pictures |
| 92 | 99 | Before the Rains | $8,727 | +134.5% | 5 | +3 | $1,745 | $1,027,839 | 18 | Roadside Attractions |
| 93 | 92 | Young@Heart | $7,884 | +46.5% | 13 | +7 | $606 | $3,941,755 | 23 | - |
| 94 | 91 | A Man Named Pearl | $7,837 | -2.4% | 4 | -4 | $1,959 | $164,059 | 54 | Tentmakers Entertainment |
| 95 | 82 | What Happens in Vegas | $7,551 | -42.1% | 10 | -20 | $755 | $80,274,094 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 96 | 90 | Elsa & Fred | $7,331 | -15.2% | 5 | - | $1,466 | $174,103 | 11 | Mitropoulos Films |
| 97 | 77 | Sukiyaki Western Django | $7,064 | -53.3% | 1 | - | $7,064 | $22,176 | 2 | First Look International |
| 98 | - | Surfer, Dude | $6,789 | - | 1 | - | $6,789 | $6,788 | 1 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 99 | 100 | Baghead | $6,019 | +67.4% | 16 | +9 | $376 | $122,288 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 100 | 88 | Days and Clouds | $5,362 | -39.2% | 1 | -2 | $5,362 | $90,882 | 9 | Film Movement |
| 101 | 79 | What We Do Is Secret | $4,680 | -66.8% | 4 | -3 | $1,170 | $52,210 | 5 | - |
| 102 | 111 | Love and Honor | $4,640 | +370.6% | 2 | +1 | $2,320 | $48,752 | 19 | Eleven Arts |
| 103 | 87 | The Fall | $4,284 | -52.9% | 5 | -6 | $856 | $2,248,708 | 18 | Roadside Attractions |
| 104 | - | August Evening | $4,089 | - | 1 | - | $4,089 | $4,089 | 1 | Maya Entertainment |
| 105 | 86 | The Legend of God's Gun | $3,640 | -61.5% | 2 | -1 | $1,820 | $120,961 | 8 | Indican Pictures |
| 106 | 85 | My Mexican Shivah | $3,402 | -64.7% | 1 | - | $3,402 | $13,042 | 2 | Emerging Pictures |
| 107 | 105 | Aida | $2,734 | +37% | 1 | - | $2,734 | $207,832 | 40 | Emerging Pictures |
| 108 | 96 | YPF | $2,719 | -42.5% | 1 | - | $2,719 | $7,451 | 2 | - |
| 109 | - | Contempt 2008 Re-release | $2,470 | - | 1 | - | $2,470 | $153,619 | 26 | Rialto Pictures |
| 110 | 97 | Constantine's Sword | $2,454 | -42.4% | 2 | -1 | $1,227 | $176,814 | 21 | First Run |
| 111 | 122 | Ripple Effect | $2,200 | +630.9% | 3 | +2 | $733 | $13,010 | 12 | Monterey Media |
| 112 | 83 | Kabluey | $2,181 | -82.9% | 2 | - | $1,090 | $76,348 | 10 | Regent Releasing |
| 113 | - | OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies | $2,122 | - | 1 | - | $2,122 | $291,171 | 18 | Music Box Films |
| 114 | 104 | Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | $2,049 | -14% | 3 | -1 | $683 | $53,073 | 9 | THINKFilm |
| 115 | 94 | Chris & Don: A Love Story | $1,312 | -73.3% | 1 | -2 | $1,312 | $200,634 | 13 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 116 | 121 | Monsieur Verdoux | $1,149 | +248.2% | 2 | - | $574 | $29,131 | 26 | The Film Desk |
| 117 | 110 | XXY | $1,142 | +13.4% | 1 | - | $1,142 | $39,801 | 19 | Film Movement |
| 118 | 101 | No Regret 2008 Re-release | $1,043 | -69.7% | 1 | - | $1,043 | $14,126 | 7 | Regent Releasing |
| 119 | 95 | Dare Not Walk Alone | $1,009 | -79% | 1 | - | $1,009 | $32,077 | 20 | Indican Pictures |
| 120 | - | Il trittico dell'amore | $719 | - | 1 | - | $719 | $76,967 | 19 | Emerging Pictures |
| 121 | 109 | Cthulhu | $707 | -44.6% | 1 | - | $707 | $4,701 | 3 | Regent Releasing |
| 122 | 118 | Haunted Castle | $590 | +32.6% | 1 | - | $590 | $13,566,190 | 394 | - |
| 123 | 106 | Tuya's Marriage | $440 | -76.8% | 1 | - | $440 | $69,212 | 23 | Music Box Films |
| 124 | - | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $409 | - | 1 | - | $409 | $53,135,047 | 516 | IMAX |
| 125 | 112 | Love Comes Lately | $333 | -64.8% | 1 | - | $333 | $76,872 | 13 | Kino International |
| 126 | 116 | Girls Rock! | $294 | -41.2% | 2 | +1 | $147 | $156,516 | 27 | Shadow Distribution |
| 127 | 113 | The Sensation of Sight | $230 | -74.6% | 1 | -1 | $230 | $22,602 | 44 | Monterey Media |
| 128 | - | Then She Found Me | $228 | - | 1 | - | $228 | $3,734,648 | 20 | THINKFilm |
| 129 | - | Galapagos | $158 | - | 1 | - | $158 | $17,478,300 | 463 | IMAX |
