Domestic 2008 Week 40
October 3-9, 2008
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $35,030,233 | - | 3,215 | - | $10,895 | $35,030,233 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | 1 | Eagle Eye | $22,591,513 | -38.8% | 3,516 | +6 | $6,425 | $59,496,217 | 2 | DreamWorks |
| 3 | - | Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist | $14,310,234 | - | 2,421 | - | $5,910 | $14,310,234 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 4 | 2 | Nights in Rodanthe | $10,035,976 | -43.4% | 2,702 | -2 | $3,714 | $27,755,900 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | 34 | Appaloosa | $6,991,447 | +3,061.3% | 1,045 | +1,031 | $6,690 | $7,546,304 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | 3 | Lakeview Terrace | $5,907,057 | -33.9% | 2,574 | +107 | $2,294 | $33,547,085 | 3 | Screen Gems |
| 7 | 5 | Burn After Reading | $5,523,778 | -32.5% | 2,397 | -252 | $2,304 | $53,081,752 | 4 | Focus Features |
| 8 | 4 | Fireproof | $5,312,061 | -36.9% | 852 | +13 | $6,234 | $13,734,768 | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 9 | - | An American Carol | $4,576,000 | - | 1,639 | - | $2,791 | $4,576,000 | 1 | Vivendi Entertainment |
| 10 | 71 | Religulous | $4,482,743 | +23,505.8% | 502 | +500 | $8,929 | $4,501,733 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 11 | - | Flash of Genius | $2,877,010 | - | 1,098 | - | $2,620 | $2,877,010 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 12 | - | Blindness | $2,586,666 | - | 1,690 | - | $1,530 | $2,586,666 | 1 | Miramax |
| 13 | 9 | Miracle at St. Anna | $2,368,389 | -48.4% | 1,185 | - | $1,998 | $6,961,779 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 14 | 8 | Righteous Kill | $2,235,331 | -56% | 1,789 | -1,222 | $1,249 | $38,321,412 | 4 | Overture Films |
| 15 | 7 | My Best Friend's Girl | $2,220,687 | -58.3% | 1,702 | -934 | $1,304 | $18,268,370 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 16 | 6 | Igor | $2,179,352 | -66.4% | 2,332 | -9 | $934 | $17,513,444 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 17 | - | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | $2,018,026 | - | 1,750 | - | $1,153 | $2,018,026 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 18 | 10 | The Family That Preys | $1,963,344 | -50.5% | 933 | -671 | $2,104 | $35,565,122 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 19 | 11 | Ghost Town | $1,940,969 | -48.5% | 1,456 | -56 | $1,333 | $11,997,819 | 3 | DreamWorks |
| 20 | 19 | The Duchess | $1,241,424 | +57.2% | 127 | +72 | $9,774 | $2,298,220 | 3 | Paramount Vantage |
| 21 | 13 | The Dark Knight | $1,159,412 | -47.1% | 663 | -743 | $1,748 | $526,162,586 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 22 | 12 | The Women | $1,067,846 | -71.6% | 1,139 | -1,503 | $937 | $26,259,127 | 4 | Picturehouse |
| 23 | 14 | Choke | $748,307 | -58.6% | 432 | -3 | $1,732 | $2,556,641 | 2 | - |
| 24 | 17 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $539,198 | -40.6% | 221 | -222 | $2,439 | $21,193,195 | 8 | - |
| 25 | 15 | The House Bunny | $451,736 | -71.1% | 695 | -1,223 | $649 | $48,125,996 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 26 | 16 | Tropic Thunder | $435,428 | -72.1% | 485 | -869 | $897 | $109,580,997 | 9 | DreamWorks |
| 27 | 18 | Mamma Mia! | $422,030 | -48.6% | 382 | -335 | $1,104 | $142,861,475 | 12 | Universal Pictures |
| 28 | - | Rachel Getting Married | $418,118 | - | 9 | - | $46,457 | $418,118 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 29 | 24 | WALL·E | $268,850 | -17.8% | 226 | -82 | $1,189 | $221,186,427 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 30 | 59 | The Legend of Drona | $257,873 | +573% | 90 | - | $2,865 | $296,191 | 2 | Eros Worldwide |
| 31 | 20 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $238,374 | -63.7% | 210 | -300 | $1,135 | $100,161,530 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | 22 | Death Race | $216,690 | -60.6% | 266 | -401 | $814 | $35,995,330 | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 33 | 25 | Get Smart | $198,298 | -37.7% | 265 | -36 | $748 | $130,091,364 | 16 | Warner Bros. |
| 34 | 32 | Kung Fu Panda | $183,371 | -26.9% | 250 | -44 | $733 | $215,434,591 | 18 | DreamWorks |
| 35 | 21 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $179,620 | -72% | 178 | -253 | $1,009 | $11,954,204 | 8 | Summit Entertainment |
| 36 | 26 | Mirrors | $160,009 | -49.6% | 203 | -159 | $788 | $30,453,643 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 37 | 23 | Traitor | $137,473 | -61.8% | 188 | -408 | $731 | $23,184,446 | 7 | Overture Films |
| 38 | 35 | Tell No One | $133,049 | -35.4% | 77 | -21 | $1,727 | $5,674,452 | 15 | Music Box Films |
| 39 | 28 | Babylon A.D. | $131,017 | -55% | 155 | -268 | $845 | $22,361,714 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 40 | 36 | Space Chimps | $127,709 | -34.7% | 232 | -51 | $550 | $29,968,680 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 41 | 66 | Swing Vote | $113,780 | +366.1% | 176 | +97 | $646 | $16,253,658 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 42 | 41 | Man on Wire | $106,918 | -29% | 65 | -16 | $1,644 | $2,546,852 | 11 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 43 | 27 | Forever Strong | $105,397 | -66.8% | 65 | -194 | $1,621 | $463,730 | 3 | Crane Movie Company |
| 44 | 39 | Elegy | $102,115 | -37.7% | 70 | -31 | $1,458 | $3,411,500 | 9 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 45 | 37 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $94,581 | -46.4% | 128 | -76 | $738 | $316,979,453 | 21 | Paramount Pictures |
| 46 | 33 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | $85,083 | -63.2% | 166 | -149 | $512 | $34,871,515 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 47 | 44 | Frozen River | $83,172 | -33.1% | 57 | -19 | $1,459 | $2,020,736 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 48 | 45 | Transsiberian | $76,278 | -36.2% | 58 | -24 | $1,315 | $2,046,745 | 12 | First Look International |
| 49 | 29 | Disaster Movie | $76,107 | -73.4% | 140 | -262 | $543 | $14,083,289 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 50 | 47 | Deep Sea | $73,664 | -11.4% | 10 | +2 | $7,366 | $36,502,762 | 136 | Warner Bros. |
| 51 | 30 | Bangkok Dangerous | $65,880 | -75.9% | 103 | -293 | $639 | $15,215,806 | 5 | Lionsgate |
| 52 | 46 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $63,005 | -36.3% | 30 | - | $2,100 | $19,168,884 | 53 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 53 | - | Allah Made Me Funny: Live in Concert | $62,577 | - | 14 | - | $4,469 | $62,577 | 1 | N/A |
| 54 | 42 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $62,391 | -52.2% | 6 | +2 | $10,398 | $26,153,917 | 159 | IMAX |
| 55 | - | RocknRolla | $58,885 | - | 7 | - | $8,412 | $58,885 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 56 | 43 | The Longshots | $46,891 | -62.5% | 102 | -125 | $459 | $11,308,333 | 7 | - |
| 57 | 61 | Space Station 3D | $44,663 | +43.1% | 6 | -15 | $7,443 | $76,691,510 | 338 | IMAX |
| 58 | 54 | A Secret | $43,838 | -7.1% | 8 | +1 | $5,479 | $268,323 | 5 | Strand Releasing |
| 59 | 63 | The Children of Huang Shi | $41,628 | +52.4% | 40 | +18 | $1,040 | $1,019,417 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 60 | 50 | Bottle Shock | $39,718 | -43% | 30 | -31 | $1,323 | $3,999,586 | 10 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 61 | 51 | Battle in Seattle | $39,651 | -42% | 36 | +14 | $1,101 | $178,975 | 3 | Redwood Palms Pictures |
| 62 | 53 | Trouble the Water | $37,841 | -21.6% | 13 | -1 | $2,910 | $338,477 | 7 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 63 | 48 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | $35,718 | -56.5% | 80 | -80 | $446 | $43,916,103 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 64 | 40 | Towelhead | $35,047 | -78.6% | 38 | -62 | $922 | $361,748 | 4 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 65 | 55 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $30,839 | -29.6% | 7 | -3 | $4,405 | $4,791,534 | 34 | 3D Entertainment |
| 66 | 69 | A Girl Cut in Two | $28,476 | +24.8% | 13 | -1 | $2,190 | $285,739 | 8 | IFC Films |
| 67 | 52 | I Served the King of England | $26,845 | -52.7% | 17 | -13 | $1,579 | $455,517 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 68 | 56 | Humboldt County | $23,602 | -40% | 9 | - | $2,622 | $62,955 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 69 | 64 | Beer for My Horses | $20,109 | -23.3% | 37 | -17 | $543 | $642,772 | 9 | Roadside Attractions |
| 70 | 62 | A Thousand Years of Good Prayers | $18,997 | -35.9% | 7 | +1 | $2,713 | $63,110 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 71 | 73 | Roving Mars | $18,477 | +16.6% | 4 | -1 | $4,619 | $9,638,855 | 141 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 72 | 78 | Hounddog | $16,266 | +20% | 5 | +1 | $3,253 | $49,081 | 3 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 73 | 75 | Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story | $16,214 | +3.1% | 4 | +1 | $4,053 | $31,938 | 2 | InterPositive Media |
| 74 | 60 | The Rocker | $16,053 | -52.3% | 28 | -51 | $573 | $6,406,356 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 75 | 106 | Ballast | $14,657 | +307.9% | 1 | - | $14,657 | $18,250 | 2 | Alluvial Film Company |
| 76 | 58 | U2 3D | $14,405 | -62.7% | 13 | - | $1,108 | $9,554,546 | 38 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 77 | 65 | Kit Kittredge: An American Girl | $11,032 | -56.9% | 31 | -22 | $355 | $17,657,973 | 16 | Picturehouse |
| 78 | 72 | The Legend of God's Gun | $10,744 | -42.2% | 2 | -1 | $5,372 | $161,961 | 12 | Indican Pictures |
| 79 | - | The Pleasure of Being Robbed | $10,687 | - | 1 | - | $10,687 | $10,687 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 80 | 70 | Flow: For Love of Water | $10,327 | -54.1% | 6 | -5 | $1,721 | $98,693 | 29 | Oscilloscope |
| 81 | 98 | Save Me | $10,147 | +91.8% | 5 | +3 | $2,029 | $43,706 | 5 | First Run |
| 82 | 83 | The Visitor | $8,483 | -20.5% | 16 | +2 | $530 | $9,427,089 | 26 | Overture Films |
| 83 | - | Haunted Castle | $7,826 | - | 2 | - | $3,913 | $13,574,016 | 398 | - |
| 84 | - | Six in Paris | $7,765 | - | 1 | - | $7,765 | $7,765 | 1 | New Yorker Films |
| 85 | 68 | The Wackness | $7,551 | -68.1% | 13 | -7 | $580 | $2,073,912 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 86 | 67 | When Did You Last See Your Father? | $7,032 | -70.6% | 9 | -12 | $781 | $1,068,687 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 87 | 76 | Meet Dave | $6,822 | -50.4% | 16 | -11 | $426 | $11,803,254 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 88 | 109 | Walking on Dead Fish | $6,591 | +124.8% | 3 | +2 | $2,197 | $22,259 | 3 | Variance Films |
| 89 | 79 | Encounters at the End of the World | $5,713 | -54.5% | 6 | -15 | $952 | $924,309 | 18 | THINKFilm |
| 90 | 99 | Moving Midway | $5,687 | +19.1% | 4 | +1 | $1,421 | $33,678 | 4 | First Run |
| 91 | 88 | The Pool | $5,246 | -39.2% | 2 | -4 | $2,623 | $54,760 | 6 | Vitagraph Films |
| 92 | 111 | I.O.U.S.A. | $4,866 | +76.4% | 3 | -1 | $1,622 | $739,753 | 7 | Roadside Attractions |
| 93 | 110 | Dare Not Walk Alone | $4,838 | +67.7% | 2 | - | $2,419 | $44,481 | 24 | Indican Pictures |
| 94 | 85 | Sky Kids | $4,739 | -49.4% | 6 | - | $789 | $124,626 | 8 | Dark Coast Pictures |
| 95 | 57 | All Roads Lead Home | $4,675 | -88.1% | 13 | -33 | $359 | $43,907 | 2 | Waldo West Productions |
| 96 | 134 | Everybody Wants to Be Italian | $4,636 | +925.7% | 2 | +1 | $2,318 | $349,949 | 5 | Roadside Attractions |
| 97 | 118 | Louise Bourgeois | $4,484 | +169.5% | 2 | - | $2,242 | $72,141 | 16 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 98 | 112 | A Man Named Pearl | $4,470 | +82.7% | 8 | +3 | $558 | $183,297 | 58 | Tentmakers Entertainment |
| 99 | 115 | Momma's Man | $4,379 | +113.8% | 2 | +1 | $2,189 | $78,972 | 7 | Kino International |
| 100 | 96 | In Search of a Midnight Kiss | $4,334 | -24.1% | 10 | +2 | $433 | $155,147 | 10 | IFC Films |
| 101 | 80 | August Evening | $4,267 | -65.3% | 3 | - | $1,422 | $34,871 | 5 | Maya Entertainment |
| 102 | 87 | Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! | $3,848 | -56.6% | 2 | -2 | $1,924 | $93,649 | 6 | TLA Releasing |
| 103 | 91 | Up the Yangtze | $3,757 | -49.6% | 2 | -3 | $1,878 | $781,052 | 24 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 104 | 81 | The X Files: I Want to Believe | $3,700 | -69.8% | 11 | -22 | $336 | $20,982,478 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 105 | 102 | Gonzo | $3,066 | -30.3% | 4 | -2 | $766 | $1,219,898 | 14 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 106 | 95 | Sixty Six 2008 Re-release | $2,963 | -56.6% | 4 | -2 | $740 | $215,761 | 10 | First Independent Pictures |
| 107 | 77 | Brick Lane | $2,955 | -78.2% | 4 | -8 | $738 | $1,074,505 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 108 | 100 | The Edge of Heaven | $2,843 | -39% | 3 | -2 | $947 | $738,623 | 21 | Strand Releasing |
| 109 | 82 | Greetings from the Shore | $2,776 | -76.3% | 3 | -4 | $925 | $94,715 | 4 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 110 | 89 | The Last Mistress | $2,138 | -73.3% | 4 | -5 | $534 | $785,671 | 15 | IFC Films |
| 111 | 97 | Henry Poole Is Here | $1,886 | -64.7% | 14 | -19 | $134 | $1,824,506 | 8 | Overture Films |
| 112 | 93 | Hallam Foe | $1,777 | -75% | 2 | -3 | $888 | $52,378 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 113 | 128 | Chris & Don: A Love Story | $1,735 | +112.9% | 2 | +1 | $867 | $213,534 | 17 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 114 | 120 | The Fall | $1,606 | +1.3% | 4 | -2 | $401 | $2,259,870 | 22 | Roadside Attractions |
| 115 | 84 | College | $1,468 | -86.2% | 48 | +18 | $30 | $4,678,182 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 116 | 94 | Tuya's Marriage | $1,275 | -81.5% | 2 | - | $637 | $79,291 | 27 | Music Box Films |
| 117 | 129 | OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies | $1,154 | +46.4% | 1 | - | $1,154 | $302,332 | 22 | Music Box Films |
| 118 | 124 | Love and Honor | $1,105 | +3.7% | 1 | - | $1,105 | $58,638 | 23 | Eleven Arts |
| 119 | 103 | The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela | $854 | -80.4% | 1 | -1 | $854 | $5,214 | 2 | Regent Releasing |
| 120 | 133 | Bab'Aziz: The Prince That Contemplated His Soul | $816 | +60.9% | 1 | - | $816 | $85,911 | 35 | Typecast Releasing |
| 121 | 105 | Baghead | $729 | -79.9% | 5 | -9 | $145 | $135,984 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 122 | 125 | Kabluey | $704 | -24.7% | 1 | -2 | $704 | $82,049 | 14 | Regent Releasing |
| 123 | 108 | Whaledreamers | $696 | -77.6% | 4 | -2 | $174 | $3,805 | 2 | Monterey Media |
| 124 | 123 | A Lawyer Walks Into a Bar... | $669 | -39.3% | 1 | - | $669 | $4,426 | 32 | Indican Pictures |
| 125 | 126 | Monsieur Verdoux | $594 | -32.3% | 1 | -1 | $594 | $31,598 | 30 | The Film Desk |
| 126 | 121 | Ping Pong Playa | $592 | -61.6% | 1 | -1 | $592 | $77,907 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 127 | 113 | Cthulhu | $456 | -80.1% | 1 | -1 | $456 | $13,849 | 7 | Regent Releasing |
| 128 | - | My Father My Lord | $349 | - | 1 | - | $349 | $155,588 | 21 | Kino International |
| 129 | - | Box Elder | $65 | - | 1 | - | $65 | $38,188 | 32 | N/A |
