Domestic Release Schedule
| Release | Distributor | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| November 26, 2008 | ||
 Four Christmases
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Reese Witherspoon, Vince Vaughn, Mary Steenburgen, Robert Duvall 1 hr 28 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 Australia
Adventure
Drama
Romance
War
Western
With: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Shea Adams, Eddie Baroo 2 hr 45 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 Transporter 3
Action
Adventure
Thriller
With: Jason Statham, Robert Knepper, Natalya Rudakova, François Berléand 1 hr 44 min | Lionsgate | Wide |
 Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
Comedy
Crime
Drama
With: Abhay Deol, Paresh Rawal, Nitu Chandra, Archana Puran Singh 2 hr 5 min | UTV Motion Pictures | Limited |
 | Focus Features | Limited |
 | Monterey Media | Limited |
| November 28, 2008 | ||
 Rome & Jewel
Drama
Musical
With: Nate Parker, Lindsey Haun, Allen Maldonado, Elijah Kelley 1 hr 31 min | Emerging Pictures | Limited |
| December 5, 2008 | ||
 Punisher: War Zone
Action
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Julie Benz, Doug Hutchison 1 hr 43 min | Lionsgate | Wide |
 Nobel Son
Comedy
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Alan Rickman, Bryan Greenberg, Shawn Hatosy, Mary Steenburgen 1 hr 50 min | Freestyle Releasing | Wide |
 Cadillac Records
Biography
Drama
Music
With: Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Beyoncé, Columbus Short 1 hr 49 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Drama
War
With: Asa Butterfield, David Thewlis, Rupert Friend, Zac Mattoon O'Brien 1 hr 34 min | Miramax | Wide |
 Don Carlo
Drama
Music
With: Ferruccio Furlanetto, Dalibor Jenis, Stuart Neill, Diogenes Randes 3 hr 20 min | Emerging Pictures | Limited |
 Frost/Nixon
Biography
Drama
History
With: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Sam Rockwell 2 hr 2 min | Universal Pictures | Limited |
 Hunger
Biography
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Michael Fassbender, Liam Cunningham, Stuart Graham, Laine Megaw 1 hr 36 min | IFC Films | Limited |
 | Regent Releasing | Limited |
 A Good Day to Be Black & Sexy
Drama
Romance
With: Kathryn Taylor Smith, Brandon Valley Jones, Chonte Harris, Marcuis Harris 1 hr 32 min | Magnolia Pictures | Limited |
 The Black Balloon
Drama
Romance
With: Rhys Wakefield, Luke Ford, Toni Collette, Erik Thomson 1 hr 37 min | NeoClassics Films | Limited |
 Extreme Movie
Comedy
With: Frankie Muniz, Michael Cera, Ashley Schneider, Patrick J. Adams 1 hr 26 min | - | Limited |
| December 10, 2008 | ||
 The Reader
Drama
Mystery
Romance
With: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz, Jeanette Hain 2 hr 4 min | The Weinstein Company | Limited |
 | Oscilloscope | Limited |
| December 12, 2008 | ||
 The Day the Earth Stood Still
Adventure
Drama
Sci-Fi
Thriller
IMAX With: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Jaden Smith 1 hr 44 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 Delgo
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Family
Fantasy
Romance
With: Freddie Prinze Jr., Val Kilmer, Anne Bancroft, Chris Kattan 1 hr 34 min | Freestyle Releasing | Wide |
 Nothing Like the Holidays
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: John Leguizamo, Freddy Rodríguez, Debra Messing, Alfred Molina 1 hr 38 min | Overture Films | Wide |
 Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Comedy
Drama
Music
Romance
With: Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma, Vinay Pathak, M.K. Raina 2 hr 47 min | Yash Raj Films | Limited |
 Dark Streets
Drama
Thriller
With: Noel Arthur, Sybil Azur, Pat Crawford Brown, Tim Langhorne Brown 1 hr 23 min | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | Limited |
 | Miramax | Limited |
 | Warner Bros. | Limited |
  Che: Part One/Che: Part Two
Biography
Drama
History
War
With: Julia Ormond, Benicio Del Toro, Oscar Isaac, Pablo Guevara 4 hr 29 min | IFC Films | Limited |
 Where God Left His Shoes
Drama
With: John Leguizamo, Leonor Varela, David Castro, Samantha M. Rose 1 hr 36 min | IFC Films | Limited |
 Timecrimes
Horror
Mystery
Sci-Fi
Thriller
With: Karra Elejalde, Candela Fernández, Bárbara Goenaga, Nacho Vigalondo 1 hr 32 min | Magnolia Pictures | Limited |
 $9.99
Animation
Drama
Fantasy
With: Geoffrey Rush, Anthony LaPaglia, Samuel Johnson, Barry Otto 1 hr 18 min | Regent Releasing | Limited |
 What Doesn't Kill You
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Ethan Hawke, Mark Ruffalo, Brian Goodman, Amanda Peet 1 hr 40 min | Yari Film Group Releasing | Limited |
 While She Was Out
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Kim Basinger, Lukas Haas, Craig Sheffer, Jamie Starr 1 hr 26 min | Anchor Bay Films | Limited |
| December 17, 2008 | ||
 The Wrestler
Drama
Sport
With: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Mark Margolis 1 hr 49 min | - | Limited |
| December 19, 2008 | ||
 Yes Man
Comedy
Romance
With: Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper, John Michael Higgins 1 hr 44 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 The Tale of Despereaux
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Family
Fantasy
With: Matthew Broderick, Emma Watson, Dustin Hoffman, Tracey Ullman 1 hr 33 min | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 Seven Pounds
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
With: Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Michael Ealy 2 hr 3 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 Gomorrah
Crime
Drama
With: Gianfelice Imparato, Salvatore Abbruzzese, Toni Servillo, Simone Sacchettino 2 hr 17 min | IFC Films | Limited |
 Moscow, Belgium
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Barbara Sarafian, Jurgen Delnaet, Johan Heldenbergh, Anemone Valcke 1 hr 42 min | NeoClassics Films | Limited |
 The Class
Drama
With: François Bégaudeau, Agame Malembo-Emene, Angélica Sancio, Arthur Fogel 2 hr 8 min | Sony Pictures Classics | Limited |
| December 24, 2008 | ||
 Ghajini
Action
Drama
Mystery
Romance
Thriller
With: Aamir Khan, Asin Thottumkal, Jiah Khan, Aamir Naik 3 hr 6 min | Adlabs Films | Limited |
 The Secret of the Grain
Drama
With: Habib Boufares, Hafsia Herzi, Farida Benkhetache, Abdelhamid Aktouche 2 hr 31 min | IFC Films | Limited |
| December 25, 2008 | ||
 Bedtime Stories
Adventure
Comedy
Family
Fantasy
Romance
Sci-Fi
With: Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Courteney Cox, Guy Pearce 1 hr 39 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Drama
Fantasy
Romance
With: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Julia Ormond 2 hr 46 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 Valkyrie
Drama
History
Thriller
War
With: Tom Cruise, Bill Nighy, Carice van Houten, Kenneth Branagh 2 hr 1 min | United Artists | Wide |
 The Spirit
Action
Crime
Fantasy
Thriller
With: Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Jaime King 1 hr 43 min | Lionsgate | Wide |
| Miramax | Wide |
 Last Chance Harvey
Drama
Romance
With: Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Kathy Baker, Eileen Atkins 1 hr 33 min | Overture Films | Limited |
 Waltz with Bashir
Animation
Biography
Documentary
Drama
History
Mystery
War
With: Ari Folman, Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag, Ori Sivan 1 hr 30 min | Sony Pictures Classics | Limited |
| December 26, 2008 | ||
 Slumdog Millionaire
Crime
Drama
Romance
With: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Saurabh Shukla, Anil Kapoor 2 hr | - | Wide |
 Revolutionary Road
Drama
Romance
With: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Christopher Fitzgerald, Jonathan Roumie 1 hr 59 min | Paramount Vantage | Limited |
| December 31, 2008 | ||
 Defiance
Action
Drama
History
Thriller
War
With: Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos 2 hr 17 min | Paramount Vantage | Limited |
 Good
Drama
Romance
War
With: Viggo Mortensen, Jason Isaacs, Jodie Whittaker, Steven Mackintosh 1 hr 32 min | THINKFilm | Limited |
