Domestic 2008 Week 42
October 17-23, 2008
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Max Payne | $22,063,971 | - | 3,376 | - | $6,535 | $22,063,971 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | - | W. | $13,418,501 | - | 2,030 | - | $6,610 | $13,418,501 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 3 | 1 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $13,366,260 | -41.5% | 3,239 | +21 | $4,126 | $71,226,395 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | - | The Secret Life of Bees | $13,273,191 | - | 1,591 | - | $8,342 | $13,273,191 | 1 | - |
| 5 | 3 | Body of Lies | $9,224,295 | -47.6% | 2,714 | +4 | $3,398 | $26,824,964 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | 4 | Eagle Eye | $8,859,295 | -38.9% | 3,326 | -288 | $2,663 | $82,851,402 | 4 | DreamWorks |
| 7 | 2 | Quarantine | $7,833,071 | -57.4% | 2,463 | +2 | $3,180 | $26,220,003 | 2 | Screen Gems |
| 8 | - | Sex Drive | $5,030,489 | - | 2,421 | - | $2,077 | $5,030,489 | 1 | Summit Entertainment |
| 9 | 5 | Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist | $4,714,964 | -44.5% | 2,241 | -180 | $2,103 | $27,522,455 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 10 | 6 | Nights in Rodanthe | $3,688,224 | -42.9% | 2,115 | -460 | $1,743 | $37,900,254 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | 10 | Fireproof | $3,423,158 | -20.7% | 905 | +30 | $3,782 | $21,472,997 | 4 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 12 | 9 | The Duchess | $2,958,549 | -37.2% | 1,207 | - | $2,451 | $9,965,860 | 5 | Paramount Vantage |
| 13 | 8 | Appaloosa | $2,873,152 | -39.5% | 1,265 | -25 | $2,271 | $15,170,238 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | 7 | The Express | $2,838,260 | -52.9% | 2,810 | +2 | $1,010 | $8,861,020 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 15 | 11 | City of Ember | $2,200,072 | -47.6% | 2,023 | +1 | $1,087 | $6,396,070 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 16 | 13 | Religulous | $1,996,445 | -36% | 540 | -28 | $3,697 | $9,618,549 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 17 | 14 | Burn After Reading | $1,507,971 | -48.7% | 708 | -698 | $2,129 | $57,529,344 | 6 | Focus Features |
| 18 | 12 | Lakeview Terrace | $1,459,110 | -58.6% | 1,157 | -1,061 | $1,261 | $38,533,988 | 5 | Screen Gems |
| 19 | 26 | Rachel Getting Married | $874,446 | +41.7% | 69 | +42 | $12,673 | $1,909,847 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 20 | 19 | The Dark Knight | $582,082 | -25.5% | 290 | -85 | $2,007 | $527,526,286 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 21 | 17 | An American Carol | $474,000 | -55.1% | 599 | -1,022 | $791 | $6,900,000 | 3 | Vivendi Entertainment |
| 22 | 16 | The Family That Preys | $447,503 | -59% | 325 | -214 | $1,376 | $37,105,289 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 23 | 27 | WALL·E | $435,039 | -24.4% | 321 | -49 | $1,355 | $222,196,875 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 24 | 28 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $329,345 | -19.4% | 276 | -9 | $1,193 | $100,899,525 | 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 18 | Igor | $299,258 | -62.2% | 543 | -652 | $551 | $18,604,897 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 26 | 22 | Righteous Kill | $279,352 | -60.8% | 381 | -362 | $733 | $39,314,150 | 6 | Overture Films |
| 27 | 24 | Ghost Town | $270,053 | -60.5% | 252 | -323 | $1,071 | $12,950,976 | 5 | DreamWorks |
| 28 | - | What Just Happened | $265,021 | - | 36 | - | $7,361 | $265,021 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 29 | 29 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $258,178 | -31.8% | 109 | -42 | $2,368 | $21,830,064 | 10 | - |
| 30 | 31 | Mamma Mia! | $253,035 | -15.2% | 219 | -60 | $1,155 | $143,413,015 | 14 | Universal Pictures |
| 31 | 21 | My Best Friend's Girl | $219,549 | -70% | 206 | -385 | $1,065 | $19,219,250 | 5 | Lionsgate |
| 32 | 15 | Flash of Genius | $200,240 | -83.6% | 225 | -873 | $889 | $4,295,905 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 33 | 34 | RocknRolla | $199,076 | -5.8% | 22 | +15 | $9,048 | $469,289 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 34 | - | Morning Light | $163,802 | - | 55 | - | $2,978 | $163,802 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 35 | 39 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $150,306 | +37.3% | 9 | +5 | $16,700 | $259,747 | 2 | Miramax |
| 36 | 23 | Miracle at St. Anna | $137,488 | -80.3% | 147 | -474 | $935 | $7,796,487 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 37 | 60 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | $131,034 | +236.6% | 234 | +158 | $559 | $35,041,472 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 30 | The Women | $125,546 | -61% | 155 | -190 | $809 | $26,706,392 | 6 | Picturehouse |
| 39 | 35 | Tropic Thunder | $121,376 | -41% | 179 | -71 | $678 | $109,908,244 | 11 | DreamWorks |
| 40 | 42 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $101,923 | +0.4% | 30 | - | $3,397 | $19,372,345 | 55 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 41 | 33 | Choke | $87,123 | -60.4% | 64 | -53 | $1,361 | $2,863,533 | 4 | - |
| 42 | 37 | Tell No One | $85,704 | -25.4% | 66 | -17 | $1,298 | $5,875,072 | 17 | Music Box Films |
| 43 | 32 | Billy: The Early Years | $77,172 | -71.4% | 118 | -164 | $654 | $347,328 | 2 | Rocky Mountain Pictures |
| 44 | 50 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $75,148 | +3.6% | 7 | - | $10,735 | $26,301,607 | 161 | IMAX |
| 45 | 63 | Disaster Movie | $73,435 | +114.9% | 111 | +50 | $661 | $14,190,901 | 8 | Lionsgate |
| 46 | 47 | Call + Response | $65,890 | -19.2% | 9 | -8 | $7,321 | $147,412 | 2 | Fair Trade Pictures |
| 47 | 44 | Deep Sea | $63,205 | -28.6% | 10 | - | $6,320 | $36,654,541 | 138 | Warner Bros. |
| 48 | 45 | Man on Wire | $61,688 | -26.4% | 38 | -17 | $1,623 | $2,692,352 | 13 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 49 | 40 | Get Smart | $61,369 | -43.2% | 71 | -22 | $864 | $130,260,872 | 18 | Warner Bros. |
| 50 | 46 | Forever Strong | $61,247 | -26.3% | 22 | -12 | $2,783 | $608,026 | 5 | Crane Movie Company |
| 51 | 56 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $60,170 | +22.2% | 11 | - | $5,470 | $4,900,943 | 36 | 3D Entertainment |
| 52 | 43 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $58,293 | -34.3% | 53 | -22 | $1,099 | $12,101,214 | 10 | Summit Entertainment |
| 53 | 49 | Mirrors | $58,243 | -23.6% | 68 | -41 | $856 | $30,588,099 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 54 | 48 | Babylon A.D. | $56,451 | -30.4% | 86 | -4 | $656 | $22,499,232 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 55 | 68 | Bangkok Dangerous | $55,708 | +109.3% | 104 | +48 | $535 | $15,298,133 | 7 | Lionsgate |
| 56 | 57 | Space Station 3D | $52,512 | +9% | 5 | -1 | $10,502 | $76,792,219 | 340 | IMAX |
| 57 | 25 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | $52,101 | -92.2% | 122 | -1,551 | $427 | $2,742,103 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 58 | 51 | Elegy | $50,431 | -22.8% | 37 | -18 | $1,363 | $3,527,283 | 11 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 59 | 54 | Frozen River | $49,554 | -14.2% | 50 | -1 | $991 | $2,128,024 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 60 | 52 | Traitor | $48,656 | -23.2% | 82 | -9 | $593 | $23,296,459 | 9 | Overture Films |
| 61 | 53 | Space Chimps | $32,414 | -44.7% | 72 | -29 | $450 | $30,059,667 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 62 | 71 | Trouble the Water | $30,247 | +32.4% | 15 | +5 | $2,016 | $391,564 | 9 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 63 | 55 | Transsiberian | $29,143 | -45.9% | 22 | -22 | $1,324 | $2,129,789 | 14 | First Look International |
| 64 | 96 | Haunted Castle | $27,747 | +388.2% | 2 | - | $13,873 | $13,607,447 | 400 | - |
| 65 | 64 | Ashes of Time | $27,517 | -15.2% | 9 | +4 | $3,057 | $59,961 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 66 | 61 | A Secret | $26,790 | -28.1% | 6 | -5 | $4,465 | $332,378 | 7 | Strand Releasing |
| 67 | 67 | Bottle Shock | $21,654 | -20.6% | 19 | -9 | $1,139 | $4,048,523 | 12 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 68 | 65 | I Served the King of England | $18,654 | -41.5% | 28 | +4 | $666 | $506,049 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 69 | - | The Elephant King | $17,957 | - | 1 | - | $17,957 | $17,957 | 1 | Unison Films |
| 70 | 69 | A Girl Cut in Two | $17,864 | -27.3% | 15 | +3 | $1,190 | $328,161 | 10 | IFC Films |
| 71 | 87 | Battle in Seattle | $17,394 | +103.2% | 9 | -1 | $1,932 | $204,929 | 5 | Redwood Palms Pictures |
| 72 | 72 | Lola Montès | $15,967 | -23.6% | 3 | - | $5,322 | $36,877 | 2 | Rialto Pictures |
| 73 | 66 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | $15,027 | -47.7% | 22 | -21 | $683 | $43,959,882 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 74 | 77 | Hounddog | $14,640 | -13.4% | 5 | - | $2,928 | $80,626 | 5 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 75 | 58 | Talento de barrio | $14,630 | -67.8% | 15 | -5 | $975 | $60,040 | 2 | Maya Entertainment |
| 76 | 78 | Roving Mars | $13,944 | +6.4% | 5 | +1 | $2,788 | $9,665,901 | 143 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 77 | 75 | U2 3D | $12,486 | -27.2% | 13 | - | $960 | $9,584,189 | 40 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 78 | 89 | Good Dick | $11,280 | +35.6% | 2 | +1 | $5,640 | $19,601 | 2 | Abramorama |
| 79 | - | Saving Marriage | $11,257 | - | 2 | - | $5,628 | $11,207 | 1 | Regent Releasing |
| 80 | 107 | Frontrunners | $10,035 | +221.3% | 1 | - | $10,035 | $13,158 | 2 | Oscilloscope |
| 81 | 73 | The Longshots | $9,964 | -47.9% | 19 | -23 | $524 | $11,337,422 | 9 | - |
| 82 | 82 | Ballast | $9,647 | +3.2% | 3 | +2 | $3,215 | $37,249 | 4 | Alluvial Film Company |
| 83 | 79 | Gonzo | $9,001 | -31.1% | 9 | -3 | $1,000 | $1,241,954 | 16 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 84 | 137 | When Did You Last See Your Father? | $8,202 | +2,035.9% | 5 | +2 | $1,640 | $1,077,273 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 85 | 83 | The Pool | $8,037 | -12% | 5 | - | $1,607 | $71,837 | 8 | Vitagraph Films |
| 86 | 81 | Beer for My Horses | $7,535 | -34.6% | 8 | -19 | $941 | $661,828 | 11 | Roadside Attractions |
| 87 | 93 | Flow: For Love of Water | $7,408 | +18% | 6 | - | $1,234 | $112,379 | 31 | Oscilloscope |
| 88 | 97 | The Grocer's Son | $7,248 | +32.6% | 2 | +1 | $3,624 | $256,482 | 20 | Film Movement |
| 89 | 99 | Encounters at the End of the World | $6,953 | +54.4% | 6 | -3 | $1,158 | $935,766 | 20 | THINKFilm |
| 90 | 117 | Brick Lane | $6,927 | +263.1% | 2 | -2 | $3,463 | $1,083,340 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 91 | 70 | The Legend of God's Gun | $6,780 | -71.4% | 2 | -1 | $3,390 | $192,453 | 14 | Indican Pictures |
| 92 | - | Filth and Wisdom | $6,710 | - | 1 | - | $6,710 | $6,774 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 93 | 85 | Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story | $6,185 | -30.9% | 6 | -1 | $1,030 | $47,078 | 4 | InterPositive Media |
| 94 | - | The Order of Myths | $5,810 | - | 3 | - | $1,936 | $43,229 | 13 | The Cinema Guild |
| 95 | 91 | Humboldt County | $4,839 | -38.6% | 4 | -2 | $1,209 | $75,669 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 96 | - | Tuya's Marriage | $4,499 | - | 2 | - | $2,249 | $83,790 | 29 | Music Box Films |
| 97 | 111 | In Search of a Midnight Kiss | $4,316 | +61.5% | 6 | - | $719 | $162,135 | 12 | IFC Films |
| 98 | 115 | A Man Named Pearl | $4,313 | +106% | 4 | +1 | $1,078 | $189,704 | 60 | Tentmakers Entertainment |
| 99 | 135 | The Fall | $4,232 | +516% | 1 | - | $4,232 | $2,264,789 | 24 | Roadside Attractions |
| 100 | 86 | August Evening | $4,048 | -54% | 4 | +2 | $1,012 | $47,719 | 7 | Maya Entertainment |
| 101 | 88 | Henry Poole Is Here | $3,585 | -57.4% | 14 | -24 | $256 | $1,836,515 | 10 | Overture Films |
| 102 | 90 | A Thousand Years of Good Prayers | $3,532 | -55.9% | 2 | -3 | $1,766 | $74,651 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 103 | - | America the Beautiful | $3,257 | - | 1 | - | $3,257 | $72,234 | 24 | First Independent Pictures |
| 104 | 101 | Days and Clouds | $3,239 | -21.6% | 2 | +1 | $1,619 | $107,013 | 15 | Film Movement |
| 105 | - | Who Does She Think She Is? | $3,081 | - | 1 | - | $3,081 | $3,081 | 1 | Artistic License |
| 106 | 139 | Monsieur Verdoux | $3,067 | +1,281.5% | 2 | +1 | $1,533 | $34,887 | 32 | The Film Desk |
| 107 | 130 | Moving Midway | $2,699 | +207.4% | 4 | +3 | $674 | $37,255 | 6 | First Run |
| 108 | 76 | Save Me | $2,577 | -84.9% | 3 | -2 | $859 | $63,401 | 7 | First Run |
| 109 | - | Tru Loved | $2,548 | - | 2 | - | $1,274 | $2,548 | 1 | Regent Releasing |
| 110 | 94 | Hallam Foe | $2,388 | -59.4% | 3 | -1 | $796 | $60,641 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 111 | 119 | Dare Not Walk Alone | $2,238 | +21.2% | 2 | - | $1,119 | $48,565 | 26 | Indican Pictures |
| 112 | 118 | Choose Connor | $2,120 | +13.1% | 2 | +1 | $1,060 | $3,995 | 2 | Strand Releasing |
| 113 | - | Fear(s) of the Dark | $1,818 | - | 1 | - | $1,818 | $1,818 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 114 | - | Flashbacks of a Fool | $1,664 | - | 2 | - | $832 | $1,664 | 1 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 115 | - | Stranded | $1,413 | - | 1 | - | $1,413 | $1,413 | 1 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 116 | 84 | Towelhead | $1,390 | -84.5% | 4 | -3 | $347 | $372,124 | 6 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 117 | 74 | Breakfast with Scot | $1,214 | -93% | 3 | -3 | $404 | $18,498 | 2 | Regent Releasing |
| 118 | 125 | I.O.U.S.A. | $1,201 | +2.9% | 3 | +2 | $400 | $742,121 | 9 | Roadside Attractions |
| 119 | 116 | Sky Kids | $1,200 | -40.3% | 1 | -1 | $1,200 | $127,836 | 10 | Dark Coast Pictures |
| 120 | 112 | Sixty Six 2008 Re-release | $1,084 | -55.7% | 2 | - | $542 | $219,290 | 12 | First Independent Pictures |
| 121 | 103 | Momma's Man | $1,076 | -71.5% | 1 | -3 | $1,076 | $83,822 | 9 | Kino International |
| 122 | - | Box Elder | $950 | - | 1 | - | $950 | $39,138 | 34 | N/A |
| 123 | 129 | Baghead | $897 | -1% | 3 | +1 | $299 | $137,787 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 124 | 132 | Up the Yangtze | $885 | +3.8% | 1 | - | $885 | $782,790 | 26 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 125 | 120 | Bab'Aziz: The Prince That Contemplated His Soul | $881 | -48.9% | 1 | - | $881 | $88,515 | 37 | Typecast Releasing |
| 126 | 113 | The Wackness | $840 | -64.5% | 3 | - | $280 | $2,077,116 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 127 | 109 | Fraude: México 2006 | $821 | -70.8% | 4 | -1 | $205 | $3,637 | 2 | Maya Entertainment |
| 128 | - | Aida | $784 | - | 1 | - | $784 | $212,449 | 46 | Emerging Pictures |
| 129 | 138 | CSNY/Déjà Vu | $753 | +219.1% | 3 | +2 | $251 | $64,913 | 13 | Roadside Attractions |
| 130 | 105 | Louise Bourgeois | $703 | -79.5% | 2 | - | $351 | $76,268 | 18 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 131 | - | Alexandra | $694 | - | 1 | - | $694 | $123,419 | 31 | The Cinema Guild |
| 132 | 136 | OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies | $606 | +0.2% | 1 | - | $606 | $303,543 | 24 | Music Box Films |
| 133 | - | Il trittico dell'amore | $532 | - | 1 | - | $532 | $80,374 | 25 | Emerging Pictures |
| 134 | 127 | Cthulhu | $344 | -65.2% | 2 | +1 | $172 | $15,181 | 9 | Regent Releasing |
| 135 | 122 | What We Do Is Secret | $316 | -78.8% | 1 | - | $316 | $58,776 | 11 | - |
| 136 | 124 | Chris & Don: A Love Story | $274 | -80.9% | 1 | - | $274 | $215,246 | 19 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 137 | 126 | Kabluey | $98 | -90.4% | 1 | - | $98 | $83,165 | 16 | Regent Releasing |
| 138 | 134 | College | $34 | -95.2% | 11 | +8 | $3 | $4,678,919 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
