Domestic 2008 Week 47
November 21-27, 2008
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Twilight | $93,362,477 | - | 3,425 | - | $27,259 | $93,362,477 | 1 | Summit Entertainment |
| 2 | 1 | Quantum of Solace | $40,502,141 | -50.7% | 3,501 | +50 | $11,568 | $122,584,982 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 3 | - | Bolt | $40,267,838 | - | 3,654 | - | $11,020 | $40,267,838 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | 2 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $23,411,586 | -40.8% | 3,709 | -356 | $6,312 | $144,859,040 | 3 | DreamWorks |
| 5 | - | Four Christmases | $14,984,642 | - | 3,200 | - | $4,682 | $14,984,642 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | 3 | Role Models | $11,688,245 | -18.7% | 2,195 | -603 | $5,324 | $52,589,640 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 7 | - | Transporter 3 | $6,167,306 | - | 2,626 | - | $2,348 | $6,167,306 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 8 | - | Australia | $5,203,733 | - | 2,617 | - | $1,988 | $5,203,733 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 9 | 5 | Changeling | $3,672,510 | -34.3% | 1,010 | -886 | $3,636 | $32,642,392 | 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 10 | 4 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $2,874,688 | -54.4% | 1,385 | -1,817 | $2,075 | $87,689,626 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 11 | 20 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $2,492,769 | +297.4% | 582 | +544 | $4,283 | $3,473,308 | 3 | Miramax |
| 12 | 6 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $2,264,931 | -47.7% | 437 | -1,773 | $5,182 | $29,915,381 | 4 | The Weinstein Company |
| 13 | 7 | The Secret Life of Bees | $1,717,177 | -44.3% | 476 | -973 | $3,607 | $36,090,981 | 6 | - |
| 14 | 23 | Slumdog Millionaire | $1,575,890 | +184.1% | 49 | +39 | $32,161 | $2,198,335 | 3 | - |
| 15 | 13 | Fireproof | $1,269,950 | -23.6% | 480 | -382 | $2,645 | $31,875,084 | 9 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 16 | 8 | Soul Men | $1,209,175 | -59.3% | 335 | -1,713 | $3,609 | $11,197,415 | 3 | - |
| 17 | 14 | Rachel Getting Married | $1,020,295 | -24.8% | 300 | -91 | $3,400 | $8,272,064 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 18 | 11 | Eagle Eye | $912,201 | -49.3% | 325 | -889 | $2,806 | $99,985,041 | 9 | DreamWorks |
| 19 | 10 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $672,548 | -63.6% | 317 | -1,300 | $2,121 | $91,818,623 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 20 | 9 | Saw V | $613,753 | -73.5% | 177 | -1,825 | $3,467 | $56,538,634 | 5 | Lionsgate |
| 21 | 18 | The Dark Knight | $589,782 | -13.9% | 322 | -24 | $1,831 | $529,915,623 | 19 | Warner Bros. |
| 22 | - | Milk | $487,628 | - | 34 | - | $14,342 | $487,628 | 1 | Focus Features |
| 23 | 12 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $484,825 | -72.3% | 123 | -1,464 | $3,941 | $13,280,671 | 4 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 24 | 25 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $477,142 | -1.6% | 202 | +59 | $2,362 | $2,352,218 | 7 | Miramax |
| 25 | 26 | Synecdoche, New York | $467,089 | +5.3% | 111 | +31 | $4,208 | $1,702,039 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 26 | - | Yuvvraaj | $343,707 | - | 77 | - | $4,463 | $343,707 | 1 | Eros Worldwide |
| 27 | 15 | Body of Lies | $331,009 | -63.7% | 106 | -519 | $3,122 | $38,815,308 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | 17 | Friendship | $326,649 | -57.3% | 73 | -1 | $4,474 | $1,091,903 | 2 | Yash Raj Films |
| 29 | 32 | I've Loved You So Long | $271,697 | +20.5% | 37 | +6 | $7,343 | $1,323,264 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 30 | 19 | Appaloosa | $263,601 | -58.8% | 127 | -610 | $2,075 | $19,862,031 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 31 | 39 | A Christmas Tale | $227,173 | +143.1% | 36 | +29 | $6,310 | $320,635 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 32 | 16 | Max Payne | $207,171 | -74.3% | 161 | -684 | $1,286 | $40,357,479 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 33 | 31 | WALL·E | $204,570 | -11.7% | 190 | -33 | $1,076 | $223,524,361 | 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 34 | 33 | Let the Right One In | $195,788 | +3.4% | 39 | +13 | $5,020 | $701,145 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 35 | 21 | W. | $181,154 | -69.3% | 55 | -450 | $3,293 | $25,460,822 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 36 | 28 | Religulous | $178,254 | -45.8% | 61 | -177 | $2,922 | $12,827,371 | 9 | Lionsgate |
| 37 | 30 | Burn After Reading | $165,903 | -36.7% | 97 | -110 | $1,710 | $60,082,888 | 11 | Focus Features |
| 38 | 27 | The Duchess | $161,072 | -53.1% | 78 | -192 | $2,065 | $13,713,359 | 10 | Paramount Vantage |
| 39 | 45 | Righteous Kill | $149,278 | +119.5% | 197 | +89 | $757 | $39,878,349 | 11 | Overture Films |
| 40 | 29 | Nights in Rodanthe | $136,331 | -52% | 86 | -228 | $1,585 | $41,496,631 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 41 | 24 | RocknRolla | $124,897 | -75.9% | 52 | -496 | $2,401 | $5,544,346 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 42 | 38 | JCVD | $94,457 | -13.2% | 26 | -2 | $3,632 | $230,287 | 3 | - |
| 43 | 35 | City of Ember | $93,351 | -23.4% | 110 | -61 | $848 | $7,689,292 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 44 | 22 | Pride and Glory | $92,041 | -84.2% | 33 | -542 | $2,789 | $15,636,891 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 45 | - | The Polar Express 2008 IMAX Release | $89,114 | - | 12 | - | $7,426 | $89,114 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 46 | 46 | Igor | $75,071 | +28.4% | 179 | +101 | $419 | $19,132,237 | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 47 | 50 | Sex Drive | $69,197 | +42.3% | 52 | -10 | $1,330 | $8,385,044 | 6 | Summit Entertainment |
| 48 | 47 | Deep Sea | $65,426 | +13.1% | 9 | -1 | $7,269 | $36,972,835 | 143 | Warner Bros. |
| 49 | 42 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $61,986 | -27.3% | 21 | - | $2,951 | $19,883,001 | 60 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 50 | 43 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $61,053 | -27.2% | 18 | -21 | $3,391 | $22,434,750 | 15 | - |
| 51 | 40 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $60,982 | -33.9% | 63 | -86 | $967 | $101,669,389 | 20 | Warner Bros. |
| 52 | 52 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $60,083 | +36.5% | 7 | +2 | $8,583 | $26,587,972 | 166 | IMAX |
| 53 | 56 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $56,229 | +96.2% | 16 | -11 | $3,514 | $12,306,257 | 15 | Summit Entertainment |
| 54 | 41 | Space Station 3D | $51,665 | -40.2% | 8 | +1 | $6,458 | $77,067,610 | 345 | IMAX |
| 55 | 44 | What Just Happened | $35,906 | -55.1% | 42 | -20 | $854 | $1,052,222 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 56 | 51 | Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom | $27,911 | -38.1% | 4 | -3 | $6,977 | $491,820 | 5 | - |
| 57 | - | Were the World Mine | $26,654 | - | 3 | - | $8,884 | $29,248 | 4 | - |
| 58 | 72 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2008 Re-release | $24,462 | +124.6% | 6 | +1 | $4,077 | $43,193 | 4 | IMAX |
| 59 | 61 | My Name Is Bruce | $23,978 | -0.9% | 4 | - | $5,994 | $106,625 | 4 | Image Entertainment |
| 60 | 92 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $23,038 | +397.8% | 3 | - | $7,679 | $27,666 | 2 | Kino International |
| 61 | 58 | Man on Wire | $22,558 | -9.2% | 12 | -3 | $1,879 | $2,870,170 | 18 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 62 | 96 | Lola Montès | $20,736 | +421.5% | 1 | -2 | $20,736 | $85,486 | 7 | Rialto Pictures |
| 63 | 53 | Tell No One | $20,283 | -43% | 16 | -14 | $1,267 | $6,103,728 | 22 | Music Box Films |
| 64 | 62 | Roving Mars | $20,108 | -11.7% | 6 | - | $3,351 | $9,767,732 | 148 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 65 | - | I Can't Think Straight | $20,057 | - | 3 | - | $6,685 | $20,057 | 1 | Regent Releasing |
| 66 | 54 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $19,765 | -40% | 11 | -29 | $1,796 | $5,085,433 | 41 | 3D Entertainment |
| 67 | 74 | I Served the King of England | $19,401 | +110.7% | 14 | -2 | $1,385 | $587,648 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 68 | - | Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! | $19,108 | - | 45 | - | $424 | $19,108 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 69 | 59 | A Secret | $18,335 | -25.4% | 7 | - | $2,619 | $506,208 | 12 | Strand Releasing |
| 70 | 63 | The Longshots | $16,115 | -20.3% | 32 | -4 | $503 | $11,511,323 | 14 | - |
| 71 | 48 | Traitor | $13,946 | -74.6% | 39 | -85 | $357 | $23,530,831 | 14 | Overture Films |
| 72 | 57 | Repo! The Genetic Opera | $13,800 | -51% | 6 | -2 | $2,300 | $113,788 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 73 | 78 | The Dukes | $12,019 | +43.6% | 11 | +7 | $1,092 | $20,390 | 2 | - |
| 74 | 60 | Frozen River | $11,199 | -53.8% | 15 | -11 | $746 | $2,281,347 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 75 | - | Lake City | $10,115 | - | 1 | - | $10,115 | $10,115 | 1 | Screen Media Films |
| 76 | 73 | A Girl Cut in Two | $9,322 | -2.9% | 10 | -2 | $932 | $390,000 | 15 | IFC Films |
| 77 | 75 | How About You | $8,939 | -2.3% | 1 | - | $8,939 | $18,085 | 2 | Strand Releasing |
| 78 | 68 | Familiar Strangers | $8,454 | -36.4% | 3 | +1 | $2,818 | $21,750 | 2 | Cavalier Films |
| 79 | - | The Betrayal | $8,094 | - | 1 | - | $8,094 | $8,094 | 1 | The Cinema Guild |
| 80 | 80 | U2 3D | $7,263 | -13% | 6 | - | $1,210 | $9,629,933 | 45 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 81 | 86 | The Beautiful Truth | $6,074 | +18.5% | 1 | -1 | $6,074 | $11,199 | 2 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 82 | 37 | House | $5,829 | -95% | 14 | -220 | $416 | $569,150 | 3 | Roadside Attractions |
| 83 | 67 | One Day You'll Understand | $5,615 | -58.9% | 6 | -1 | $935 | $78,915 | 4 | Kino International |
| 84 | 76 | Trouble the Water | $4,985 | -43% | 4 | -4 | $1,246 | $469,028 | 14 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 85 | 83 | Fear(s) of the Dark | $4,709 | -30.8% | 3 | -1 | $1,569 | $65,163 | 6 | IFC Films |
| 86 | - | Special 2008 Re-release | $4,512 | - | 1 | - | $4,512 | $4,512 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 87 | 103 | Sky Kids | $3,850 | +65.4% | 1 | -1 | $3,850 | $138,399 | 15 | Dark Coast Pictures |
| 88 | 69 | Ashes of Time | $3,797 | -68.9% | 7 | -8 | $542 | $148,751 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 89 | 79 | The First Basket | $3,745 | -55.2% | 3 | - | $1,248 | $17,826 | 5 | - |
| 90 | - | Haunted Castle | $3,706 | - | 1 | - | $3,706 | $13,648,627 | 405 | - |
| 91 | 89 | Eden | $3,478 | -26.7% | 2 | +1 | $1,739 | $8,222 | 2 | Liberation Entertainment |
| 92 | 84 | The Alphabet Killer | $3,037 | -52.5% | 2 | - | $1,518 | $25,453 | 3 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 93 | 109 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | $2,850 | +76.3% | 29 | +24 | $98 | $2,762,531 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 94 | 97 | The World Unseen | $2,788 | -22.3% | 3 | - | $929 | $17,808 | 3 | Regent Releasing |
| 95 | 93 | My Father My Lord | $2,667 | -37.3% | 5 | - | $533 | $203,708 | 28 | Kino International |
| 96 | 95 | Flow: For Love of Water | $2,660 | -35.1% | 5 | - | $532 | $137,944 | 36 | Oscilloscope |
| 97 | 81 | Ballast | $2,575 | -68.2% | 1 | -4 | $2,575 | $70,006 | 9 | Alluvial Film Company |
| 98 | - | The Secrets | $2,422 | - | 7 | - | $346 | $2,422 | 1 | Monterey Media |
| 99 | 88 | I.O.U.S.A. | $2,407 | -50.7% | 5 | -2 | $481 | $801,460 | 14 | Roadside Attractions |
| 100 | 70 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $2,182 | -80.5% | 1 | -2 | $2,182 | $23,316 | 3 | Balcony Releasing |
| 101 | 87 | The Other End of the Line | $2,049 | -58.7% | 2 | -3 | $1,024 | $114,447 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 102 | 98 | Battle in Seattle | $1,706 | -51.1% | 4 | -6 | $426 | $223,051 | 10 | Redwood Palms Pictures |
| 103 | 91 | Hounddog | $1,675 | -64% | 1 | -1 | $1,675 | $118,879 | 10 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 104 | 123 | Whaledreamers | $1,460 | +213.3% | 6 | +4 | $243 | $9,972 | 9 | Monterey Media |
| 105 | 126 | Days and Clouds | $1,327 | +216.7% | 2 | +1 | $663 | $112,102 | 20 | Film Movement |
| 106 | 121 | The Pool | $1,313 | +134.5% | 3 | +1 | $437 | $94,753 | 13 | Vitagraph Films |
| 107 | - | The Matador | $1,198 | - | 1 | - | $1,198 | $11,884 | 4 | City Lights Pictures |
| 108 | 124 | Filth and Wisdom | $1,181 | +158.4% | 2 | +1 | $590 | $22,406 | 6 | IFC Films |
| 109 | 102 | Momma's Man | $1,142 | -57.2% | 3 | -3 | $380 | $94,976 | 14 | Kino International |
| 110 | 118 | A Man Named Pearl | $1,061 | +43.4% | 1 | - | $1,061 | $201,203 | 65 | Tentmakers Entertainment |
| 111 | 111 | Louise Bourgeois | $926 | -32.5% | 1 | -1 | $926 | $82,414 | 23 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 112 | 127 | Tru Loved | $896 | +124.6% | 2 | +1 | $448 | $8,043 | 6 | Regent Releasing |
| 113 | - | Antarctica | $772 | - | 1 | - | $772 | $2,466 | 13 | Regent Releasing |
| 114 | 116 | Breakfast with Scot | $770 | -7% | 1 | - | $770 | $36,919 | 7 | Regent Releasing |
| 115 | 66 | Stranded | $718 | -95.3% | 1 | -6 | $718 | $44,201 | 6 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 116 | 101 | August Evening | $623 | -77.2% | 1 | -3 | $623 | $67,495 | 12 | Maya Entertainment |
| 117 | 119 | Sixty Six 2008 Re-release | $428 | -35.3% | 2 | +1 | $214 | $221,065 | 17 | First Independent Pictures |
| 118 | 120 | Otto; or, Up with Dead People | $240 | -57.7% | 1 | - | $240 | $6,793 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 119 | 108 | America the Beautiful | $153 | -90.8% | 1 | - | $153 | $76,173 | 29 | First Independent Pictures |
| 120 | - | Alexandra | $54 | - | 1 | - | $54 | $124,085 | 36 | The Cinema Guild |
| 121 | - | Cthulhu | $32 | - | 1 | - | $32 | $15,213 | 14 | Regent Releasing |
| 122 | 90 | The Wild Child | $2 | -100% | - | - | - | $17,425 | 3 | The Film Desk |
