Domestic 2008 Week 39
September 26-October 2, 2008
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Eagle Eye | $36,904,704 | - | 3,510 | - | $10,514 | $36,904,704 | 1 | DreamWorks |
| 2 | - | Nights in Rodanthe | $17,719,924 | - | 2,704 | - | $6,553 | $17,719,924 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | 1 | Lakeview Terrace | $8,939,232 | -52.2% | 2,467 | +3 | $3,623 | $27,640,028 | 2 | Screen Gems |
| 4 | - | Fireproof | $8,422,707 | - | 839 | - | $10,038 | $8,422,707 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 5 | 2 | Burn After Reading | $8,186,852 | -42.6% | 2,649 | -8 | $3,090 | $47,557,974 | 3 | Focus Features |
| 6 | 5 | Igor | $6,495,303 | -26.5% | 2,341 | +2 | $2,774 | $15,334,092 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 7 | 3 | My Best Friend's Girl | $5,319,172 | -50.4% | 2,636 | +32 | $2,017 | $16,047,683 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 8 | 4 | Righteous Kill | $5,084,234 | -48.6% | 3,011 | -141 | $1,688 | $36,086,081 | 3 | Overture Films |
| 9 | - | Miracle at St. Anna | $4,593,390 | - | 1,185 | - | $3,876 | $4,593,390 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 10 | 6 | The Family That Preys | $3,966,122 | -54.8% | 1,604 | -466 | $2,472 | $33,601,778 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 11 | 8 | Ghost Town | $3,765,803 | -40.1% | 1,512 | +7 | $2,490 | $10,056,850 | 2 | DreamWorks |
| 12 | 7 | The Women | $3,765,192 | -49.9% | 2,642 | -353 | $1,425 | $25,191,281 | 3 | Picturehouse |
| 13 | 9 | The Dark Knight | $2,192,911 | -42.8% | 1,406 | -499 | $1,559 | $525,003,174 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | - | Choke | $1,808,334 | - | 435 | - | $4,157 | $1,808,334 | 1 | - |
| 15 | 11 | The House Bunny | $1,563,719 | -50.9% | 1,918 | -757 | $815 | $47,674,260 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 16 | 10 | Tropic Thunder | $1,561,854 | -53.2% | 1,354 | -979 | $1,153 | $109,145,569 | 8 | DreamWorks |
| 17 | 14 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $908,223 | -30.3% | 443 | -194 | $2,050 | $20,653,997 | 7 | - |
| 18 | 12 | Mamma Mia! | $821,260 | -44.2% | 717 | -404 | $1,145 | $142,439,445 | 11 | Universal Pictures |
| 19 | 31 | The Duchess | $789,864 | +195.9% | 55 | +48 | $14,361 | $1,056,796 | 2 | Paramount Vantage |
| 20 | 18 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $657,011 | -29.9% | 510 | -165 | $1,288 | $99,923,156 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 21 | 19 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $640,561 | -29.2% | 431 | -231 | $1,486 | $11,774,584 | 7 | Summit Entertainment |
| 22 | 13 | Death Race | $549,990 | -59.1% | 667 | -573 | $824 | $35,778,640 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 23 | 15 | Traitor | $359,468 | -71.5% | 596 | -811 | $603 | $23,046,973 | 6 | Overture Films |
| 24 | 26 | WALL·E | $327,140 | -17.7% | 308 | -127 | $1,062 | $220,917,577 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 25 | 25 | Get Smart | $318,500 | -23% | 301 | -5 | $1,058 | $129,893,066 | 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | 22 | Mirrors | $317,792 | -45% | 362 | -222 | $877 | $30,293,634 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 27 | 58 | Forever Strong | $317,643 | +680.6% | 259 | +211 | $1,226 | $360,333 | 2 | Crane Movie Company |
| 28 | 17 | Babylon A.D. | $290,925 | -70.5% | 423 | -590 | $687 | $22,230,697 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 29 | 20 | Disaster Movie | $285,619 | -63.5% | 402 | -569 | $710 | $14,007,182 | 5 | Lionsgate |
| 30 | 16 | Bangkok Dangerous | $273,813 | -76.9% | 396 | -953 | $691 | $15,149,926 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 31 | - | The Lucky Ones | $266,967 | - | 425 | - | $628 | $266,967 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 32 | 29 | Kung Fu Panda | $250,789 | -16.2% | 294 | -44 | $853 | $215,251,220 | 17 | DreamWorks |
| 33 | 24 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | $231,488 | -50.9% | 315 | -373 | $734 | $34,786,432 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 34 | 27 | Appaloosa | $221,155 | -33.7% | 14 | - | $15,796 | $554,857 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 35 | 32 | Tell No One | $206,045 | -16.2% | 98 | -1 | $2,102 | $5,541,403 | 14 | Music Box Films |
| 36 | 33 | Space Chimps | $195,446 | -7.1% | 283 | -20 | $690 | $29,840,971 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 37 | 39 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $176,522 | +6.5% | 204 | -2 | $865 | $316,884,872 | 20 | Paramount Pictures |
| 38 | 21 | Pineapple Express | $174,611 | -74.8% | 236 | -314 | $739 | $87,341,380 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 39 | 30 | Elegy | $163,980 | -41.2% | 101 | -33 | $1,623 | $3,309,385 | 8 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 40 | 42 | Towelhead | $163,961 | +83.6% | 100 | +82 | $1,639 | $326,701 | 3 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 41 | 38 | Man on Wire | $150,486 | -14.5% | 81 | -12 | $1,857 | $2,439,934 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 42 | 56 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $130,608 | +199.4% | 4 | -1 | $32,652 | $26,091,526 | 158 | IMAX |
| 43 | 28 | The Longshots | $125,047 | -60% | 227 | -275 | $550 | $11,261,442 | 6 | - |
| 44 | 36 | Frozen River | $124,290 | -33.3% | 76 | -20 | $1,635 | $1,937,564 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 45 | 35 | Transsiberian | $119,574 | -39.9% | 82 | -42 | $1,458 | $1,970,467 | 11 | First Look International |
| 46 | 41 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $98,869 | +3.3% | 30 | - | $3,295 | $19,105,879 | 52 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 47 | 60 | Deep Sea | $83,124 | +116.7% | 8 | - | $10,390 | $36,429,098 | 135 | Warner Bros. |
| 48 | 37 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | $82,188 | -55.3% | 160 | -170 | $513 | $43,880,385 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 49 | 44 | Iron Man | $73,383 | -7.9% | 121 | -3 | $606 | $318,313,199 | 22 | Paramount Pictures |
| 50 | 40 | Bottle Shock | $69,624 | -55.7% | 61 | -73 | $1,141 | $3,959,868 | 9 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 51 | 45 | Battle in Seattle | $68,391 | -3.6% | 22 | +12 | $3,108 | $139,324 | 2 | Redwood Palms Pictures |
| 52 | 43 | I Served the King of England | $56,814 | -35.2% | 30 | -8 | $1,893 | $428,672 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 53 | 51 | Trouble the Water | $48,252 | -5.7% | 14 | - | $3,446 | $300,636 | 6 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 54 | 47 | A Secret | $47,171 | -22.7% | 7 | -1 | $6,738 | $224,485 | 4 | Strand Releasing |
| 55 | 54 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $43,793 | -8.7% | 10 | -3 | $4,379 | $4,760,695 | 33 | 3D Entertainment |
| 56 | - | Humboldt County | $39,353 | - | 9 | - | $4,372 | $39,353 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 57 | - | All Roads Lead Home | $39,232 | - | 46 | - | $852 | $39,231 | 1 | Waldo West Productions |
| 58 | 65 | U2 3D | $38,620 | +29.9% | 13 | -2 | $2,970 | $9,540,141 | 37 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 59 | - | The Legend of Drona | $38,318 | - | 90 | - | $425 | $38,318 | 1 | Eros Worldwide |
| 60 | 46 | The Rocker | $33,648 | -49% | 79 | -49 | $425 | $6,390,303 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 61 | 61 | Space Station 3D | $31,216 | -16.5% | 21 | +1 | $1,486 | $76,646,847 | 337 | IMAX |
| 62 | 75 | A Thousand Years of Good Prayers | $29,615 | +104.3% | 6 | +4 | $4,935 | $44,113 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 63 | 62 | The Children of Huang Shi | $27,320 | -14.7% | 22 | -2 | $1,241 | $977,789 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 64 | 52 | Beer for My Horses | $26,209 | -47.9% | 54 | -20 | $485 | $622,663 | 8 | Roadside Attractions |
| 65 | 64 | Kit Kittredge: An American Girl | $25,590 | -16.6% | 53 | -31 | $482 | $17,646,941 | 15 | Picturehouse |
| 66 | 49 | Swing Vote | $24,412 | -58.2% | 79 | -44 | $309 | $16,139,878 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 67 | 50 | When Did You Last See Your Father? | $23,878 | -57.9% | 21 | -18 | $1,137 | $1,061,655 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 68 | 48 | The Wackness | $23,683 | -60.3% | 20 | -22 | $1,184 | $2,066,053 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 69 | 57 | A Girl Cut in Two | $22,811 | -44.6% | 14 | -2 | $1,629 | $257,263 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 70 | 59 | Flow: For Love of Water | $22,492 | -41.6% | 11 | +1 | $2,044 | $88,366 | 28 | Oscilloscope |
| 71 | - | Religulous | $18,990 | - | 2 | - | $9,495 | $18,990 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 72 | 86 | The Legend of God's Gun | $18,594 | +59.4% | 3 | +1 | $6,198 | $151,217 | 11 | Indican Pictures |
| 73 | 91 | Roving Mars | $15,849 | +44.4% | 5 | - | $3,169 | $9,620,378 | 140 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 74 | 55 | Hamlet 2 | $15,816 | -64.2% | 29 | -27 | $545 | $4,886,216 | 6 | Focus Features |
| 75 | - | Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story | $15,724 | - | 3 | - | $5,241 | $15,724 | 1 | InterPositive Media |
| 76 | 74 | Meet Dave | $13,756 | -19.8% | 27 | -1 | $509 | $11,796,432 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 77 | 67 | Brick Lane | $13,556 | -50.8% | 12 | -11 | $1,129 | $1,071,550 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 78 | 71 | Hounddog | $13,553 | -29.6% | 4 | -7 | $3,388 | $32,816 | 2 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 79 | 80 | Encounters at the End of the World | $12,568 | -3.2% | 21 | +2 | $598 | $918,596 | 17 | THINKFilm |
| 80 | 78 | August Evening | $12,299 | -10.6% | 3 | +2 | $4,099 | $30,604 | 4 | Maya Entertainment |
| 81 | 68 | The X Files: I Want to Believe | $12,238 | -51.9% | 33 | -17 | $370 | $20,978,778 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 82 | 69 | Greetings from the Shore | $11,718 | -48.5% | 7 | -3 | $1,674 | $91,939 | 3 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 83 | 76 | The Visitor | $10,671 | -26.3% | 14 | -13 | $762 | $9,418,606 | 25 | Overture Films |
| 84 | 63 | College | $10,616 | -66.5% | 30 | -40 | $353 | $4,676,714 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 85 | 66 | Sky Kids | $9,372 | -67.9% | 6 | -11 | $1,562 | $119,887 | 7 | Dark Coast Pictures |
| 86 | 72 | Emma Smith: My Story | $9,360 | -49.8% | 4 | -7 | $2,340 | $881,787 | 25 | Candlelight Media Group |
| 87 | 94 | Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! | $8,872 | -1.8% | 4 | -1 | $2,218 | $89,801 | 5 | TLA Releasing |
| 88 | 92 | The Pool | $8,623 | -13.6% | 6 | - | $1,437 | $49,424 | 5 | Vitagraph Films |
| 89 | 87 | The Last Mistress | $8,011 | -30.9% | 9 | -12 | $890 | $783,533 | 14 | IFC Films |
| 90 | - | La Traviata | $7,863 | - | 2 | - | $3,931 | $185,488 | 33 | Emerging Pictures |
| 91 | 95 | Up the Yangtze | $7,457 | -15.5% | 5 | -4 | $1,491 | $777,295 | 23 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 92 | 77 | Enlighten Up! | $7,252 | -48.8% | 1 | - | $7,252 | $33,226 | 3 | Balcony Releasing |
| 93 | 83 | Hallam Foe | $7,099 | -44.2% | 5 | -1 | $1,419 | $50,601 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 94 | 119 | Tuya's Marriage | $6,905 | +467.4% | 2 | - | $3,452 | $78,016 | 26 | Music Box Films |
| 95 | 70 | Sixty Six 2008 Re-release | $6,828 | -65.1% | 6 | -9 | $1,138 | $212,798 | 9 | First Independent Pictures |
| 96 | 73 | In Search of a Midnight Kiss | $5,708 | -68.3% | 8 | -3 | $713 | $150,813 | 9 | IFC Films |
| 97 | 85 | Henry Poole Is Here | $5,344 | -56% | 33 | -20 | $161 | $1,822,620 | 7 | Overture Films |
| 98 | 88 | Save Me | $5,290 | -52.9% | 2 | - | $2,645 | $33,559 | 4 | First Run |
| 99 | 84 | Moving Midway | $4,776 | -61.4% | 3 | -1 | $1,592 | $27,991 | 3 | First Run |
| 100 | 90 | The Edge of Heaven | $4,661 | -57.6% | 5 | -3 | $932 | $735,780 | 20 | Strand Releasing |
| 101 | 97 | Loins of Punjab Presents | $4,503 | -47.7% | 3 | -1 | $1,501 | $30,501 | 3 | Emerging Pictures |
| 102 | 79 | Gonzo | $4,401 | -67.8% | 6 | -10 | $733 | $1,216,832 | 13 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 103 | - | The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela | $4,360 | - | 2 | - | $2,180 | $4,360 | 1 | Regent Releasing |
| 104 | 109 | Elsa & Fred | $4,030 | -18.2% | 6 | - | $671 | $189,024 | 14 | Mitropoulos Films |
| 105 | 101 | Baghead | $3,630 | -52.4% | 14 | -2 | $259 | $135,255 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 106 | - | Ballast | $3,593 | - | 1 | - | $3,593 | $3,593 | 1 | Alluvial Film Company |
| 107 | 108 | Elite Squad | $3,244 | -41% | 1 | - | $3,244 | $8,744 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 108 | - | Whaledreamers | $3,109 | - | 6 | - | $518 | $3,109 | 1 | Monterey Media |
| 109 | 82 | Walking on Dead Fish | $2,932 | -77% | 1 | - | $2,932 | $15,668 | 2 | Variance Films |
| 110 | 118 | Dare Not Walk Alone | $2,885 | +55.9% | 2 | +1 | $1,442 | $39,643 | 23 | Indican Pictures |
| 111 | 106 | I.O.U.S.A. | $2,758 | -53.3% | 4 | - | $689 | $734,887 | 6 | Roadside Attractions |
| 112 | 98 | A Man Named Pearl | $2,447 | -70.5% | 5 | -4 | $489 | $178,827 | 57 | Tentmakers Entertainment |
| 113 | 126 | Cthulhu | $2,293 | +328.6% | 2 | +1 | $1,146 | $13,393 | 6 | Regent Releasing |
| 114 | 114 | Days and Clouds | $2,121 | -24.4% | 2 | +1 | $1,060 | $99,641 | 12 | Film Movement |
| 115 | 96 | Momma's Man | $2,048 | -76.5% | 1 | -4 | $2,048 | $74,593 | 6 | Kino International |
| 116 | 89 | The Grocer's Son | $1,974 | -82.3% | 2 | -3 | $987 | $243,767 | 17 | Film Movement |
| 117 | - | XXY | $1,914 | - | 1 | - | $1,914 | $44,275 | 22 | Film Movement |
| 118 | - | Louise Bourgeois | $1,664 | - | 2 | - | $832 | $67,657 | 15 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 119 | 120 | What We Do Is Secret | $1,648 | +40% | 2 | -1 | $824 | $56,969 | 8 | - |
| 120 | 104 | The Fall | $1,585 | -74.7% | 6 | - | $264 | $2,258,264 | 21 | Roadside Attractions |
| 121 | 81 | Ping Pong Playa | $1,542 | -88% | 2 | -7 | $771 | $77,315 | 4 | IFC Films |
| 122 | 116 | Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | $1,467 | -28.9% | 1 | -6 | $1,467 | $59,192 | 12 | THINKFilm |
| 123 | - | A Lawyer Walks Into a Bar... | $1,103 | - | 1 | - | $1,103 | $3,757 | 31 | Indican Pictures |
| 124 | 100 | Love and Honor | $1,066 | -86.2% | 1 | -2 | $1,066 | $57,533 | 22 | Eleven Arts |
| 125 | 117 | Kabluey | $935 | -52% | 3 | - | $311 | $81,345 | 13 | Regent Releasing |
| 126 | 135 | Monsieur Verdoux | $878 | +778% | 2 | +1 | $439 | $31,004 | 29 | The Film Desk |
| 127 | - | Maria Stuarda at La Scala | $862 | - | 1 | - | $862 | $83,090 | 29 | Emerging Pictures |
| 128 | 105 | Chris & Don: A Love Story | $815 | -86.9% | 1 | -6 | $815 | $211,799 | 16 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 129 | 107 | OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies | $788 | -86% | 1 | -3 | $788 | $301,178 | 21 | Music Box Films |
| 130 | 125 | Am Limit | $774 | -9.3% | 1 | - | $774 | $18,254 | 16 | First Run |
| 131 | 122 | Girls Rock! | $577 | -47.6% | 1 | - | $577 | $159,294 | 30 | Shadow Distribution |
| 132 | - | Ripple Effect | $552 | - | 2 | - | $276 | $14,059 | 15 | Monterey Media |
| 133 | - | Bab'Aziz: The Prince That Contemplated His Soul | $507 | - | 1 | - | $507 | $85,095 | 34 | Typecast Releasing |
| 134 | 111 | Everybody Wants to Be Italian | $452 | -88.7% | 1 | -7 | $452 | $345,313 | 4 | Roadside Attractions |
| 135 | - | I Can No Longer Hear the Guitar | $104 | - | 1 | - | $104 | $12,616 | 32 | The Film Desk |
