Domestic 2008 Week 37
September 12-18, 2008
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Burn After Reading | $25,106,964 | - | 2,651 | - | $9,470 | $25,106,964 | 1 | Focus Features |
| 2 | - | Righteous Kill | $21,109,754 | - | 3,152 | - | $6,697 | $21,109,754 | 1 | Overture Films |
| 3 | - | The Family That Preys | $20,856,260 | - | 2,070 | - | $10,075 | $20,856,260 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 4 | - | The Women | $13,903,232 | - | 2,962 | - | $4,693 | $13,903,232 | 1 | Picturehouse |
| 5 | 2 | Tropic Thunder | $5,458,817 | -42.4% | 2,927 | -519 | $1,864 | $104,249,481 | 6 | DreamWorks |
| 6 | 3 | The Dark Knight | $5,310,242 | -26.1% | 2,191 | -384 | $2,423 | $518,974,853 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | 4 | The House Bunny | $5,070,449 | -24.9% | 2,763 | +27 | $1,835 | $42,924,481 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 8 | 1 | Bangkok Dangerous | $3,559,632 | -64.9% | 2,654 | +4 | $1,341 | $13,690,763 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 9 | 5 | Traitor | $2,823,417 | -49.7% | 2,014 | -94 | $1,401 | $21,425,948 | 4 | Overture Films |
| 10 | 7 | Death Race | $2,706,670 | -45.6% | 2,007 | -579 | $1,348 | $33,882,750 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 11 | 8 | Mamma Mia! | $2,572,380 | -35.5% | 1,517 | -387 | $1,695 | $140,145,715 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 12 | 6 | Babylon A.D. | $2,404,548 | -55.1% | 2,062 | -1,363 | $1,166 | $20,955,020 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 13 | 9 | Disaster Movie | $1,849,615 | -47.4% | 1,802 | -840 | $1,026 | $12,939,749 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 14 | 16 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $1,720,695 | +13.1% | 698 | -15 | $2,465 | $10,229,069 | 5 | Summit Entertainment |
| 15 | 11 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $1,687,605 | -40.7% | 726 | +8 | $2,324 | $18,443,376 | 5 | - |
| 16 | 10 | Pineapple Express | $1,540,630 | -51.5% | 1,030 | -772 | $1,495 | $86,473,626 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 17 | 17 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $1,379,435 | -7.7% | 751 | -54 | $1,836 | $98,328,608 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 18 | 12 | Mirrors | $1,157,060 | -49.6% | 1,008 | -551 | $1,147 | $29,397,952 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 19 | 13 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | $1,046,050 | -47.1% | 1,005 | -947 | $1,040 | $34,083,901 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 20 | 14 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | $858,585 | -53% | 750 | -665 | $1,144 | $101,776,310 | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 21 | 15 | The Longshots | $709,949 | -55.5% | 858 | -808 | $827 | $10,823,863 | 4 | - |
| 22 | 22 | WALL·E | $643,746 | -30.5% | 504 | -382 | $1,277 | $220,193,137 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 23 | 20 | Step Brothers | $557,430 | -51.9% | 454 | -392 | $1,227 | $100,266,579 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 24 | 42 | Get Smart | $524,882 | +259.2% | 306 | +191 | $1,715 | $129,160,674 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 19 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | $497,458 | -60.5% | 645 | -490 | $771 | $43,614,130 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | 26 | Kung Fu Panda | $399,632 | -13.5% | 370 | -41 | $1,080 | $214,700,999 | 15 | DreamWorks |
| 27 | 29 | Frozen River | $379,533 | +0.9% | 86 | -5 | $4,413 | $1,626,816 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 28 | 24 | Elegy | $356,920 | -45.1% | 136 | -6 | $2,624 | $2,866,738 | 6 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 29 | 23 | Bottle Shock | $304,040 | -55.5% | 250 | -151 | $1,216 | $3,732,905 | 7 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 30 | 30 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $256,453 | -29.3% | 263 | -41 | $975 | $316,542,583 | 18 | Paramount Pictures |
| 31 | 28 | Tell No One | $228,876 | -41.4% | 99 | -13 | $2,311 | $5,089,350 | 12 | Music Box Films |
| 32 | 27 | Transsiberian | $228,221 | -48.9% | 154 | - | $1,481 | $1,651,960 | 9 | First Look International |
| 33 | 34 | Space Chimps | $222,604 | -7.3% | 278 | -46 | $800 | $29,435,106 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 34 | 31 | Man on Wire | $220,347 | -26.3% | 93 | +1 | $2,369 | $2,113,344 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 35 | 21 | Hamlet 2 | $152,690 | -86.6% | 168 | -1,407 | $908 | $4,826,269 | 4 | Focus Features |
| 36 | 18 | College | $149,308 | -88.8% | 418 | -1,706 | $357 | $4,634,393 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 37 | 36 | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | $140,945 | -27% | 161 | -56 | $875 | $75,791,785 | 10 | Universal Pictures |
| 38 | - | Proud American | $130,998 | - | 750 | - | $174 | $130,998 | 1 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 39 | 41 | Iron Man | $120,193 | -24.8% | 156 | -49 | $770 | $318,160,117 | 20 | Paramount Pictures |
| 40 | 40 | Wanted | $115,330 | -28% | 146 | -34 | $789 | $134,327,125 | 12 | Universal Pictures |
| 41 | 46 | I Served the King of England | $108,867 | +20.8% | 37 | +20 | $2,942 | $284,154 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 42 | 35 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $104,965 | -46.4% | 31 | -13 | $3,385 | $18,911,333 | 50 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 43 | 37 | The Rocker | $100,948 | -46.3% | 150 | -259 | $672 | $6,290,732 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 44 | 38 | Swing Vote | $96,605 | -47.6% | 159 | -73 | $607 | $16,057,064 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 45 | 43 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $93,534 | -19.9% | 14 | - | $6,681 | $4,668,911 | 31 | 3D Entertainment |
| 46 | 33 | Everybody Wants to Be Italian | $76,965 | -70.8% | 73 | -25 | $1,054 | $340,851 | 2 | Roadside Attractions |
| 47 | 32 | Brideshead Revisited | $75,559 | -71.9% | 123 | -160 | $614 | $6,384,012 | 8 | Miramax |
| 48 | - | Towelhead | $73,452 | - | 4 | - | $18,363 | $73,452 | 1 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 49 | 60 | Brick Lane | $62,925 | +75.2% | 48 | +19 | $1,310 | $1,030,429 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 50 | 51 | A Secret | $58,405 | +0.9% | 4 | +1 | $14,601 | $116,280 | 2 | Strand Releasing |
| 51 | - | Greetings from the Shore | $57,456 | - | 31 | - | $1,853 | $57,456 | 1 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 52 | 48 | Kit Kittredge: An American Girl | $45,971 | -31.1% | 96 | -31 | $478 | $17,590,679 | 13 | Picturehouse |
| 53 | 98 | Surfer, Dude | $44,974 | +562.5% | 67 | +66 | $671 | $51,763 | 2 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 54 | 53 | A Girl Cut in Two | $43,630 | -6.7% | 14 | +6 | $3,116 | $193,250 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 55 | 58 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $43,317 | +16.1% | 2 | -1 | $21,658 | $25,917,299 | 156 | IMAX |
| 56 | 64 | Deep Sea | $38,750 | +18.9% | 8 | - | $4,843 | $36,307,607 | 133 | Warner Bros. |
| 57 | 50 | Trouble the Water | $38,269 | -34.5% | 9 | - | $4,252 | $201,216 | 4 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 58 | 91 | Sky Kids | $36,186 | +297.2% | 17 | +15 | $2,128 | $81,329 | 5 | Dark Coast Pictures |
| 59 | 67 | Space Station 3D | $36,100 | +25% | 15 | -1 | $2,406 | $76,578,235 | 335 | IMAX |
| 60 | 55 | The Children of Huang Shi | $33,484 | -18.4% | 25 | +3 | $1,339 | $918,439 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 61 | 52 | The X Files: I Want to Believe | $31,653 | -37.7% | 65 | -13 | $486 | $20,941,101 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 62 | 44 | Henry Poole Is Here | $30,318 | -73.1% | 89 | -68 | $340 | $1,805,130 | 5 | Overture Films |
| 63 | 49 | Beer for My Horses | $29,076 | -53.6% | 41 | -34 | $709 | $546,180 | 6 | Roadside Attractions |
| 64 | 47 | Sex and the City | $27,642 | -60.6% | 46 | -38 | $600 | $152,647,258 | 16 | Warner Bros. |
| 65 | 63 | When Did You Last See Your Father? | $26,543 | -18.6% | 29 | +6 | $915 | $980,999 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 66 | 54 | The Wackness | $25,103 | -41% | 21 | -20 | $1,195 | $1,982,953 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 67 | 57 | Ping Pong Playa | $24,774 | -35.1% | 13 | +4 | $1,905 | $62,925 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 68 | 56 | American Teen | $23,729 | -39.3% | 39 | -27 | $608 | $934,997 | 8 | Paramount Vantage |
| 69 | 69 | U2 3D | $23,132 | -15.6% | 6 | -4 | $3,855 | $9,471,780 | 35 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 70 | 61 | Sixty Six 2008 Re-release | $22,886 | -35.5% | 13 | -4 | $1,760 | $186,396 | 7 | First Independent Pictures |
| 71 | - | Flow: For Love of Water | $22,247 | - | 2 | - | $11,123 | $27,374 | 26 | Oscilloscope |
| 72 | 62 | The Visitor | $21,951 | -36.2% | 35 | -23 | $627 | $9,393,464 | 23 | Overture Films |
| 73 | 68 | Encounters at the End of the World | $21,701 | -20.8% | 25 | -1 | $868 | $893,051 | 15 | THINKFilm |
| 74 | 78 | The Grocer's Son | $20,690 | +23.9% | 6 | +1 | $3,448 | $230,639 | 15 | Film Movement |
| 75 | 97 | Sukiyaki Western Django | $20,243 | +186.6% | 3 | +2 | $6,747 | $42,419 | 3 | First Look International |
| 76 | 74 | Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! | $18,631 | -17% | 7 | +2 | $2,661 | $71,898 | 3 | TLA Releasing |
| 77 | 72 | Gonzo | $18,555 | -27.5% | 11 | -9 | $1,686 | $1,198,773 | 11 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 78 | 93 | Young@Heart | $17,900 | +127% | 17 | +4 | $1,052 | $3,959,655 | 24 | - |
| 79 | - | Loins of Punjab Presents | $17,395 | - | 4 | - | $4,348 | $17,395 | 1 | Emerging Pictures |
| 80 | 65 | Meet Dave | $16,493 | -48.6% | 30 | -16 | $549 | $11,765,523 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 81 | 87 | The Pool | $15,614 | +28.9% | 5 | +4 | $3,122 | $30,815 | 3 | Vitagraph Films |
| 82 | 70 | The Last Mistress | $12,091 | -53.4% | 23 | -1 | $525 | $763,921 | 12 | IFC Films |
| 83 | 77 | Hallam Foe | $11,990 | -36.2% | 3 | +1 | $3,996 | $30,775 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 84 | - | Enlighten Up! | $11,799 | - | 1 | - | $11,799 | $11,799 | 1 | Balcony Releasing |
| 85 | - | Moving Midway | $10,854 | - | 2 | - | $5,427 | $10,854 | 1 | First Run |
| 86 | 81 | In Search of a Midnight Kiss | $9,929 | -36.3% | 10 | +4 | $992 | $127,107 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 87 | 73 | Up the Yangtze | $9,566 | -57.8% | 7 | -6 | $1,366 | $761,009 | 21 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 88 | 85 | Roving Mars | $9,175 | -29.6% | 5 | - | $1,835 | $9,593,555 | 138 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 89 | 82 | Roman de gare | $8,734 | -39.4% | 11 | - | $794 | $1,852,764 | 21 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 90 | 59 | I.O.U.S.A. | $7,500 | -79.1% | 5 | -13 | $1,500 | $726,225 | 4 | Roadside Attractions |
| 91 | 71 | Momma's Man | $6,718 | -74% | 6 | -3 | $1,119 | $63,848 | 4 | Kino International |
| 92 | 66 | The Edge of Heaven | $6,334 | -78.1% | 7 | -5 | $904 | $720,120 | 18 | Strand Releasing |
| 93 | 88 | Beautiful Losers | $6,225 | -43.7% | 2 | - | $3,112 | $53,159 | 6 | Sidetrack Films |
| 94 | 89 | Save Me | $6,113 | -44.1% | 1 | - | $6,113 | $17,040 | 2 | First Run |
| 95 | 96 | Elsa & Fred | $5,963 | -18.7% | 6 | +1 | $993 | $180,066 | 12 | Mitropoulos Films |
| 96 | 121 | Cthulhu | $5,864 | +729.4% | 3 | +2 | $1,954 | $10,565 | 4 | Regent Releasing |
| 97 | 75 | Goal II: Living the Dream | $5,080 | -77% | 11 | -18 | $461 | $225,067 | 3 | Arenas Entertainment |
| 98 | 115 | Chris & Don: A Love Story | $4,107 | +213% | 4 | +3 | $1,026 | $204,741 | 14 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 99 | 94 | A Man Named Pearl | $4,026 | -48.6% | 6 | +2 | $671 | $168,085 | 55 | Tentmakers Entertainment |
| 100 | 100 | Days and Clouds | $3,834 | -28.5% | 2 | +1 | $1,917 | $94,716 | 10 | Film Movement |
| 101 | 84 | A Jihad for Love | $3,702 | -72.8% | 1 | -1 | $3,702 | $103,540 | 18 | First Run |
| 102 | 79 | Emma Smith: My Story | $3,671 | -77.1% | 3 | -5 | $1,223 | $853,763 | 23 | Candlelight Media Group |
| 103 | 113 | OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies | $3,600 | +69.7% | 5 | +4 | $720 | $294,771 | 19 | Music Box Films |
| 104 | 95 | What Happens in Vegas | $3,552 | -53% | 8 | -2 | $444 | $80,277,646 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 105 | 90 | America the Beautiful | $3,354 | -67.6% | 3 | -2 | $1,118 | $68,524 | 19 | First Independent Pictures |
| 106 | 83 | The Happening | $2,937 | -78.9% | 11 | -6 | $267 | $64,506,874 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 107 | 119 | Dare Not Walk Alone | $2,830 | +180.5% | 1 | - | $2,830 | $34,907 | 21 | Indican Pictures |
| 108 | - | The Singing Revolution | $2,805 | - | 2 | - | $1,402 | $335,326 | 41 | Abramorama |
| 109 | 114 | Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | $2,588 | +26.3% | 7 | +4 | $369 | $55,661 | 10 | THINKFilm |
| 110 | 117 | XXY | $2,560 | +124.2% | 1 | - | $2,560 | $42,361 | 20 | Film Movement |
| 111 | 112 | Kabluey | $2,114 | -3.1% | 4 | +2 | $528 | $78,462 | 11 | Regent Releasing |
| 112 | 101 | What We Do Is Secret | $1,934 | -58.7% | 2 | -2 | $967 | $54,144 | 6 | - |
| 113 | - | Alexandra | $1,914 | - | 1 | - | $1,914 | $120,835 | 26 | The Cinema Guild |
| 114 | 108 | YPF | $1,908 | -29.8% | 1 | - | $1,908 | $9,359 | 3 | - |
| 115 | 92 | Before the Rains | $1,816 | -79.2% | 2 | -3 | $908 | $1,029,655 | 19 | Roadside Attractions |
| 116 | 99 | Baghead | $1,716 | -71.5% | 4 | -12 | $429 | $124,004 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 117 | 103 | The Fall | $1,697 | -60.4% | 4 | -1 | $424 | $2,250,405 | 19 | Roadside Attractions |
| 118 | - | Jellyfish | $1,665 | - | 2 | - | $832 | $340,078 | 24 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 119 | - | Bab'Aziz: The Prince That Contemplated His Soul | $1,329 | - | 1 | - | $1,329 | $84,588 | 32 | Typecast Releasing |
| 120 | - | Six in Paris | $1,109 | - | 1 | - | $1,109 | $1,109 | - | New Yorker Films |
| 121 | 126 | Girls Rock! | $1,100 | +274.1% | 1 | -1 | $1,100 | $157,616 | 28 | Shadow Distribution |
| 122 | 128 | Then She Found Me | $1,069 | +368.9% | 3 | +2 | $356 | $3,735,717 | 21 | THINKFilm |
| 123 | 116 | Monsieur Verdoux | $895 | -22.1% | 1 | -1 | $895 | $30,026 | 27 | The Film Desk |
| 124 | 118 | No Regret 2008 Re-release | $751 | -28% | 1 | - | $751 | $14,877 | 8 | Regent Releasing |
| 125 | 123 | Tuya's Marriage | $682 | +55% | 1 | - | $682 | $69,894 | 24 | Music Box Films |
| 126 | - | CSNY/Déjà Vu | $577 | - | 2 | - | $288 | $63,887 | 8 | Roadside Attractions |
| 127 | 111 | Ripple Effect | $497 | -77.4% | 2 | -1 | $248 | $13,507 | 13 | Monterey Media |
| 128 | 104 | August Evening | $454 | -88.9% | 1 | - | $454 | $4,543 | 2 | Maya Entertainment |
| 129 | - | The Unforeseen | $396 | - | 1 | - | $396 | $90,287 | 29 | The Cinema Guild |
| 130 | - | La Rondine | $260 | - | 1 | - | $260 | $49,088 | 18 | Emerging Pictures |
| 131 | 110 | Constantine's Sword | $231 | -90.6% | 1 | -1 | $231 | $177,045 | 22 | First Run |
