Domestic 2008 Week 49
December 5-11, 2008
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Four Christmases | $22,038,812 | -41.5% | 3,335 | +25 | $6,608 | $74,701,504 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | 2 | Twilight | $16,739,349 | -47.7% | 3,620 | +195 | $4,624 | $142,094,695 | 3 | Summit Entertainment |
| 3 | 3 | Bolt | $11,799,450 | -59.8% | 3,516 | -138 | $3,355 | $81,384,723 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | 5 | Australia | $9,729,140 | -47.9% | 2,721 | +79 | $3,575 | $33,597,976 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | 4 | Quantum of Solace | $8,999,966 | -59.6% | 3,423 | -78 | $2,629 | $153,867,710 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 6 | 6 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $6,181,431 | -60.7% | 3,317 | -392 | $1,863 | $166,756,163 | 5 | DreamWorks |
| 7 | 7 | Transporter 3 | $6,145,303 | -58.2% | 2,626 | - | $2,340 | $27,025,859 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 8 | - | Punisher: War Zone | $5,627,529 | - | 2,508 | - | $2,243 | $5,627,529 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 9 | - | Cadillac Records | $4,324,085 | - | 687 | - | $6,294 | $4,324,085 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 10 | 8 | Role Models | $3,546,495 | -45.8% | 1,907 | -288 | $1,859 | $62,589,840 | 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 11 | 10 | Milk | $2,542,787 | +29.6% | 99 | +63 | $25,684 | $4,992,338 | 3 | Focus Features |
| 12 | 11 | Slumdog Millionaire | $1,935,912 | +11.3% | 78 | +29 | $24,819 | $5,873,246 | 5 | - |
| 13 | 9 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $1,451,353 | -32.6% | 678 | +96 | $2,140 | $7,077,597 | 5 | Miramax |
| 14 | 12 | Changeling | $722,390 | -53.1% | 681 | -329 | $1,060 | $34,904,767 | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 15 | - | Nobel Son | $513,331 | - | 893 | - | $574 | $513,331 | 1 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 16 | 16 | Rachel Getting Married | $398,636 | -40.4% | 170 | -46 | $2,344 | $9,339,551 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 17 | 17 | Fireproof | $363,467 | -34.2% | 499 | +13 | $728 | $32,790,699 | 11 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 18 | 14 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $333,961 | -52.1% | 275 | -162 | $1,214 | $30,947,140 | 6 | The Weinstein Company |
| 19 | 15 | The Secret Life of Bees | $317,658 | -53.7% | 432 | -58 | $735 | $37,094,606 | 8 | - |
| 20 | 13 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $313,277 | -73.8% | 632 | -753 | $495 | $89,200,827 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 21 | 19 | The Dark Knight | $257,906 | -41.1% | 269 | -36 | $958 | $530,611,373 | 21 | Warner Bros. |
| 22 | - | Frost/Nixon | $247,459 | - | 3 | - | $82,486 | $247,459 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 23 | 20 | Synecdoche, New York | $244,616 | -35.5% | 115 | -4 | $2,127 | $2,325,625 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 24 | 26 | The Polar Express 2008 IMAX Release | $230,371 | +13.3% | 26 | +7 | $8,860 | $522,827 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 24 | I've Loved You So Long | $209,166 | -26.1% | 51 | -1 | $4,101 | $1,815,362 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 26 | 21 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $207,586 | -43.6% | 202 | - | $1,027 | $2,927,610 | 9 | Miramax |
| 27 | 18 | Soul Men | $176,355 | -67.5% | 233 | -102 | $756 | $11,916,944 | 5 | - |
| 28 | 27 | Let the Right One In | $160,008 | -18% | 50 | +9 | $3,200 | $1,056,349 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 29 | 23 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $150,491 | -49.5% | 248 | -69 | $606 | $92,267,402 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 30 | 22 | Eagle Eye | $150,144 | -51% | 205 | -120 | $732 | $100,441,569 | 11 | DreamWorks |
| 31 | 25 | A Christmas Tale | $129,184 | -37.7% | 44 | +1 | $2,936 | $656,211 | 4 | IFC Films |
| 32 | 60 | Pride and Glory | $85,973 | +381.5% | 180 | +150 | $477 | $15,740,721 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 33 | 32 | Igor | $81,088 | -37.7% | 162 | -17 | $500 | $19,343,566 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 34 | 37 | Max Payne | $77,723 | -28.4% | 145 | -14 | $536 | $40,543,815 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 35 | 45 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2008 Re-release | $73,295 | +15% | 18 | +2 | $4,071 | $180,244 | 6 | IMAX |
| 36 | 43 | The Duchess | $69,921 | +6.4% | 135 | +57 | $517 | $13,848,978 | 12 | Paramount Vantage |
| 37 | 34 | Burn After Reading | $69,526 | -40.4% | 78 | -19 | $891 | $60,269,099 | 13 | Focus Features |
| 38 | 31 | WALL·E | $61,727 | -53.6% | 166 | -24 | $371 | $223,719,052 | 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 39 | 39 | Appaloosa | $60,721 | -32% | 104 | -6 | $583 | $20,012,014 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 40 | 30 | Saw V | $58,825 | -60.6% | 115 | -62 | $511 | $56,746,769 | 7 | Lionsgate |
| 41 | 33 | Body of Lies | $58,441 | -50.3% | 44 | -36 | $1,328 | $38,991,377 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 42 | 38 | Religulous | $56,264 | -37.7% | 59 | -2 | $953 | $12,974,009 | 11 | Lionsgate |
| 43 | 42 | JCVD | $51,646 | -29.7% | 20 | -5 | $2,582 | $355,450 | 5 | - |
| 44 | 35 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $50,308 | -55.4% | 21 | - | $2,395 | $20,046,152 | 62 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 45 | 54 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $44,035 | +24.6% | 15 | - | $2,935 | $12,385,637 | 17 | Summit Entertainment |
| 46 | 52 | Space Station 3D | $41,531 | -15% | 8 | +1 | $5,191 | $77,157,988 | 347 | IMAX |
| 47 | 36 | Friendship | $39,801 | -64.5% | 34 | -24 | $1,170 | $1,243,910 | 4 | Yash Raj Films |
| 48 | 28 | Yuvvraaj | $38,986 | -79.2% | 77 | - | $506 | $570,090 | 3 | Eros Worldwide |
| 49 | 50 | RocknRolla | $38,951 | -27% | 36 | -4 | $1,081 | $5,636,678 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 50 | 29 | Righteous Kill | $38,085 | -75.5% | 89 | -108 | $427 | $40,071,804 | 13 | Overture Films |
| 51 | 44 | City of Ember | $36,752 | -43% | 83 | -28 | $442 | $7,790,516 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 52 | 48 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $35,688 | -36.2% | 7 | +4 | $5,098 | $26,679,563 | 168 | IMAX |
| 53 | 49 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $35,315 | -35.3% | 12 | -6 | $2,942 | $22,524,653 | 17 | - |
| 54 | 40 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $35,069 | -60.2% | 45 | -78 | $779 | $13,403,744 | 6 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 55 | 46 | Deep Sea | $32,080 | -47.8% | 10 | +1 | $3,208 | $37,066,415 | 145 | Warner Bros. |
| 56 | - | Don Carlo | $27,834 | - | 5 | - | $5,566 | $27,834 | 1 | Emerging Pictures |
| 57 | 53 | Nights in Rodanthe | $25,112 | -43.6% | 45 | -28 | $558 | $41,566,273 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 58 | 47 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $21,074 | -65.7% | 10 | -32 | $2,107 | $5,167,908 | 43 | 3D Entertainment |
| 59 | 67 | Repo! The Genetic Opera | $19,589 | +46.5% | 11 | +5 | $1,780 | $146,750 | 5 | Lionsgate |
| 60 | 55 | My Name Is Bruce | $17,700 | -42% | 1 | - | $17,700 | $154,826 | 6 | Image Entertainment |
| 61 | 66 | Roving Mars | $17,381 | +12.1% | 7 | +1 | $2,483 | $9,800,611 | 150 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 62 | 68 | Were the World Mine | $14,934 | +32.3% | 3 | +1 | $4,978 | $55,473 | 6 | - |
| 63 | 64 | A Secret | $13,933 | -18.1% | 6 | - | $2,322 | $537,150 | 14 | Strand Releasing |
| 64 | 57 | Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom | $13,255 | -47.9% | 5 | +1 | $2,651 | $530,499 | 7 | - |
| 65 | 56 | The Secrets | $12,009 | -54.7% | 5 | -2 | $2,401 | $40,912 | 3 | Monterey Media |
| 66 | - | The Reader | $11,919 | - | 1 | - | $11,919 | $11,919 | 1 | The Weinstein Company |
| 67 | 92 | Call + Response | $11,896 | +310.5% | 2 | +1 | $5,948 | $192,720 | 9 | Fair Trade Pictures |
| 68 | 63 | Man on Wire | $11,529 | -32.9% | 5 | -3 | $2,305 | $2,898,874 | 20 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 69 | 58 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $10,841 | -55.1% | 41 | -10 | $264 | $101,704,370 | 22 | Warner Bros. |
| 70 | 59 | What Just Happened | $10,561 | -50.6% | 17 | -8 | $621 | $1,084,159 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 71 | 51 | Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! | $9,059 | -82.5% | 24 | -21 | $377 | $80,037 | 3 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 72 | - | A Good Day to Be Black & Sexy | $8,629 | - | 1 | - | $8,629 | $8,629 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 73 | 69 | Tell No One | $8,508 | -10.9% | 4 | -2 | $2,127 | $6,121,787 | 24 | Music Box Films |
| 74 | 65 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $8,188 | -50.4% | 3 | - | $2,729 | $52,350 | 4 | Kino International |
| 75 | 70 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | $7,389 | -11.2% | 26 | -3 | $284 | $2,778,242 | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 76 | - | Wendy and Lucy | $7,225 | - | 2 | - | $3,612 | $7,225 | 1 | Oscilloscope |
| 77 | 76 | Ashes of Time | $7,080 | +23.6% | 11 | +3 | $643 | $161,561 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 78 | 78 | Trouble the Water | $7,065 | +31% | 5 | +2 | $1,413 | $481,485 | 16 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 79 | 88 | Stranded | $7,029 | +103.9% | 4 | +2 | $1,757 | $54,677 | 8 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 80 | 61 | I Served the King of England | $6,069 | -65.3% | 7 | -2 | $867 | $611,210 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 81 | - | Save Me | $5,950 | - | 1 | - | $5,950 | $81,469 | 14 | First Run |
| 82 | 74 | U2 3D | $5,856 | -6.3% | 2 | - | $2,928 | $9,642,039 | 47 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 83 | - | Gardens of the Night | $5,806 | - | 1 | - | $5,806 | $10,931 | 5 | City Lights Pictures |
| 84 | 71 | Frozen River | $5,401 | -28.6% | 6 | - | $900 | $2,294,315 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 85 | 86 | Hounddog | $5,388 | +40.9% | 3 | +1 | $1,796 | $128,092 | 12 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 86 | 72 | I Can't Think Straight | $5,149 | -28.4% | 3 | +1 | $1,716 | $32,398 | 3 | Regent Releasing |
| 87 | 73 | A Girl Cut in Two | $4,944 | -29.1% | 13 | +4 | $380 | $401,917 | 17 | IFC Films |
| 88 | - | Ciao | $4,368 | - | 1 | - | $4,368 | $4,368 | 1 | Regent Releasing |
| 89 | - | August Evening | $4,343 | - | 2 | - | $2,171 | $71,838 | 14 | Maya Entertainment |
| 90 | 75 | How About You | $4,196 | -29.6% | 1 | - | $4,196 | $28,242 | 4 | Strand Releasing |
| 91 | 77 | Fear(s) of the Dark | $4,112 | -25.6% | 6 | +2 | $685 | $74,805 | 8 | IFC Films |
| 92 | 99 | One Day You'll Understand | $3,662 | +157.5% | 3 | - | $1,220 | $83,999 | 6 | Kino International |
| 93 | - | Hunger | $3,561 | - | 1 | - | $3,561 | $3,561 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 94 | 85 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $3,489 | -9.3% | 1 | -1 | $3,489 | $30,650 | 5 | Balcony Releasing |
| 95 | 83 | Ballast | $3,398 | -18.2% | 4 | -1 | $849 | $77,556 | 11 | Alluvial Film Company |
| 96 | 82 | Familiar Strangers | $3,302 | -28.5% | 4 | +1 | $825 | $29,669 | 4 | Cavalier Films |
| 97 | - | Amexicano | $3,176 | - | 1 | - | $3,176 | $7,813 | 12 | Maya Entertainment |
| 98 | - | Eden | $3,170 | - | 2 | - | $1,585 | $11,391 | 4 | Liberation Entertainment |
| 99 | 81 | I.O.U.S.A. | $2,795 | -39.7% | 3 | -2 | $931 | $808,889 | 16 | Roadside Attractions |
| 100 | 94 | Flow: For Love of Water | $2,600 | +28.4% | 6 | +2 | $433 | $142,569 | 38 | Oscilloscope |
| 101 | 97 | Breakfast with Scot | $2,354 | +53.1% | 1 | - | $2,354 | $40,811 | 9 | Regent Releasing |
| 102 | 79 | The Dukes | $1,518 | -69.4% | 2 | -3 | $759 | $26,875 | 4 | - |
| 103 | 98 | The Wild Child | $1,427 | -6.2% | 1 | - | $1,427 | $20,376 | 5 | The Film Desk |
| 104 | - | Yella | $1,208 | - | 1 | - | $1,208 | $30,647 | 30 | The Cinema Guild |
| 105 | 101 | Lake City | $1,177 | +0.8% | 2 | +1 | $588 | $12,460 | 3 | Screen Media Films |
| 106 | - | Battle in Seattle | $1,118 | - | 4 | - | $279 | $224,169 | 12 | Redwood Palms Pictures |
| 107 | 106 | Box Elder | $1,100 | +136.1% | 1 | - | $1,100 | $43,452 | 41 | N/A |
| 108 | 96 | The First Basket | $925 | -45.2% | 1 | -1 | $925 | $20,440 | 7 | - |
| 109 | 90 | The Matador | $888 | -72.7% | 1 | - | $888 | $16,737 | 6 | City Lights Pictures |
| 110 | 102 | House | $881 | -11.2% | 2 | - | $440 | $571,023 | 5 | Roadside Attractions |
| 111 | 95 | The Alphabet Killer | $673 | -65.1% | 1 | -1 | $673 | $28,051 | 5 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 112 | - | Whaledreamers | $612 | - | 1 | - | $612 | $10,584 | 11 | Monterey Media |
| 113 | - | Momma's Man | $568 | - | 2 | - | $284 | $95,544 | 16 | Kino International |
| 114 | 87 | Sky Kids | $568 | -85% | 1 | - | $568 | $142,742 | 17 | Dark Coast Pictures |
| 115 | 84 | Louise Bourgeois | $514 | -86.8% | 1 | - | $514 | $86,816 | 25 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 116 | 80 | Antarctica | $501 | -89.8% | 1 | - | $501 | $7,879 | 15 | Regent Releasing |
| 117 | - | A Man Named Pearl | $400 | - | 1 | - | $400 | $201,603 | 67 | Tentmakers Entertainment |
| 118 | 104 | The Other End of the Line | $303 | -64% | 1 | -1 | $303 | $115,592 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 119 | 103 | Galapagos | $187 | -79.6% | 1 | - | $187 | $17,480,496 | 476 | IMAX |
| 120 | - | The Order of Myths | $1 | - | - | - | - | $55,934 | 20 | The Cinema Guild |
