December 5-7, 2008
Weekend
<<Last Weekend <Last Year View Index Next Year> Next Weekend>> TW LW Title (click to view) Studio Weekend Gross % Change Theater Count / Change Average Total Gross Budget* Week # 1
1
Four Christmases
WB (NL)
$16,755,478
-46.1%
3,335
+25
$5,024
$69,418,170
$80
2
2
3
Twilight
Sum.
$13,046,722
-50.5%
3,620
+195
$3,604
$138,402,068
$37
3
3
2
Bolt
BV
$9,796,149
-63.1%
3,516
-138
$2,786
$79,381,422
$150
3
4
5
Australia
Fox
$7,050,261
-52.4%
2,721
+79
$2,591
$30,919,097
$130
2
5
4
Quantum of Solace
Sony
$6,752,390
-64.1%
3,423
-78
$1,973
$151,620,134
$200
4
6
6
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
P/DW
$5,079,120
-64.3%
3,317
-392
$1,531
$165,653,852
$150
5
7
7
Transporter 3
LGF
$4,668,898
-61.3%
2,626
-
$1,778
$25,549,454
-
2
8
N
Punisher: War Zone
LGF
$4,271,451
-
2,508
-
$1,703
$4,271,451
$35
1
9
N
Cadillac Records
Sony
$3,445,559
-
687
-
$5,015
$3,445,559
$12
1
10
8
Role Models
Uni.
$2,574,460
-51.3%
1,907
-288
$1,350
$61,617,805
$28
5
11
10
Milk
Focus
$1,834,914
+26.2%
99
+63
$18,534
$4,284,465
$20
2
12
11
Slumdog Millionaire
FoxS
$1,402,176
+4.2%
78
+29
$17,977
$5,339,510
$15
4
13
9
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Mira.
$1,031,036
-39.2%
678
+96
$1,521
$6,657,280
-
5
14
12
Changeling
Uni.
$501,070
-58.5%
681
-329
$736
$34,683,447
$55
7
15
N
Nobel Son
Free
$333,912
-
893
-
$374
$333,912
-
1
16
15
Rachel Getting Married
SPC
$285,331
-46.2%
170
-46
$1,678
$9,226,246
-
10
17
18
Fireproof
Gold.
$251,459
-41.8%
499
+13
$504
$32,678,691
$0.5
11
18
13
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
BV
$244,722
-76.9%
632
-753
$387
$89,132,272
$11
7
19
16
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Wein.
$226,098
-56.9%
275
-162
$822
$30,839,277
$24
6
20
14
The Secret Life of Bees
FoxS
$217,469
-61.3%
432
-58
$503
$36,994,417
$11
8
21
19
The Dark Knight
WB
$187,418
-45.4%
269
-36
$697
$530,540,885
$185
21
22
N
Frost/Nixon
Uni.
$180,708
-
3
-
$60,236
$180,708
$25
1
23
21
Synecdoche, New York
SPC
$163,627
-42.8%
115
-4
$1,423
$2,244,636
$20
7
24
27
The Polar Express (IMAX re-issue 2008)
WB
$156,463
-0.9%
26
+5
$6,018
$448,919
-
3
25
24
I've Loved You So Long
SPC
$144,675
-31.7%
51
-1
$2,837
$1,750,871
-
7
26
20
Happy-Go-Lucky
Mira.
$141,162
-51.2%
202
-
$699
$2,861,186
-
9
27
17
Soul Men
MGM/W
$133,421
-70.7%
233
-102
$573
$11,874,010
-
5
28
22
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
BV
$114,523
-54.9%
248
-69
$462
$92,231,434
-
10
29
23
Eagle Eye
P/DW
$113,174
-54.3%
205
-120
$552
$100,404,599
$80
11
30
28
Let the Right One In (2008)
Magn.
$104,312
-23.1%
50
+9
$2,086
$1,000,653
-
7
31
25
A Christmas Tale
IFC
$91,283
-43.3%
44
+1
$2,075
$619,310
-
4
32
31
Igor
MGM
$65,509
-40.7%
162
-17
$404
$19,327,987
$25
12
33
36
Max Payne
Fox
$55,578
-31.5%
145
-14
$383
$40,521,670
$35
8
34
62
Pride & Glory
WB (NL)
$54,637
+343.0%
180
+150
$304
$15,709,385
$30
7
35
48
Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure (IMAX)
NGE
$50,253
+21.5%
21
-
$2,393
$20,046,097
-
62
36
29
WALL-E
BV
$46,898
-59.8%
166
-24
$283
$223,704,223
$180
24
37
34
Burn After Reading
Focus
$45,414
-47.7%
78
-19
$582
$60,244,987
$37
13
38
44
The Duchess
ParV
$44,684
-3.9%
135
+57
$331
$13,823,741
-
12
39
30
Saw V
LGF
$42,029
-63.2%
115
-62
$365
$56,729,973
$10.8
7
40
38
Appaloosa
WB (NL)
$40,323
-39.8%
104
-6
$388
$19,991,616
$20
12
41
45
Santa Vs. the Snowman - Season 7 (IMAX)
Imax
$39,677
-10.7%
18
+2
$2,204
$146,626
-
6
42
35
Body of Lies
WB
$37,443
-55.9%
44
-36
$851
$38,970,379
$70
9
43
39
Religulous
LGF
$35,630
-42.9%
59
-2
$604
$12,953,375
$2.5
10
44
26
Yuvvraaj
Eros
$34,336
-78.3%
77
-
$446
$565,440
-
3
45
43
JCVD
PArch
$33,234
-28.7%
21
-4
$1,583
$337,038
-
5
46
33
Dostana
Yash
$30,919
-67.5%
34
-24
$909
$1,235,028
-
4
47
37
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
Free
$28,101
-59.6%
45
-78
$624
$13,396,776
-
6
48
41
City of Ember
Fox
$27,861
-48.9%
83
-28
$336
$7,781,625
$55
9
49
N
Don Carlo at La Scala
Emr.
$27,834
-
5
-
$5,567
$27,834
-
1
50
50
RockNRolla
WB
$25,069
-34.3%
36
-4
$696
$5,622,796
-
9
51
46
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
MGM/W
$23,467
-46.0%
12
-6
$1,956
$22,512,805
-
17
52
32
Righteous Kill
Over.
$20,908
-80.2%
89
-108
$235
$40,054,627
$60
13
53
42
Deep Sea 3-D (IMAX)
WB
$18,587
-62.1%
10
+1
$1,859
$37,052,922
-
145
54
54
Space Station 3-D (IMAX)
Imax
$18,420
-34.5%
8
+1
$2,303
$77,134,876
-
347
55
51
Magnificent Desolation (IMAX)
Imax
$17,479
-48.6%
7
+4
$2,497
$26,661,354
-
168
56
59
My Name Is Bruce
Imag.
$17,214
+29.6%
1
-
$17,214
$154,342
-
6
57
49
Dolphins and Whales: Tribes of the Ocean 3D
3D
$16,859
-57.1%
10
-
$1,686
$5,163,693
-
43
58
53
Fly Me to the Moon
Sum.
$15,525
-48.0%
15
-
$1,035
$12,357,127
$25
17
59
52
Nights in Rodanthe
WB
$15,423
-51.0%
45
-28
$343
$41,556,584
-
11
60
66
Repo: The Genetic Opera
LGF
$13,083
+20.4%
11
+5
$1,189
$140,244
-
5
61
60
A Secret
Strand
$10,033
-23.2%
6
-
$1,672
$533,250
-
14
62
69
Were the World Mine
SpkP
$9,784
+26.8%
3
+1
$3,261
$50,323
-
6
63
47
Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye
UTV
$9,059
-78.6%
24
-21
$377
$80,037
-
2
64
56
Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom
Logo
$9,015
-55.2%
5
+1
$1,803
$526,259
-
7
65
55
Journey to the Center of the Earth
WB (NL)
$8,531
-58.5%
41
-10
$208
$101,702,060
$60
22
66
57
The Secrets
Mont.
$8,372
-57.1%
5
-2
$1,674
$37,275
-
2
67
67
Roving Mars (IMAX)
BV
$7,964
-7.9%
7
+1
$1,138
$9,791,194
-
150
68
61
Man on Wire
Magn.
$7,728
-37.5%
5
-3
$1,546
$2,895,073
-
20
69
58
What Just Happened?
Magn.
$7,316
-52.0%
17
-8
$430
$1,080,914
-
8
70
N
A Good Day to Be Black and Sexy
Magn.
$6,141
-
1
-
$6,141
$6,141
-
1
71
68
Tell No One
MBox
$5,947
-25.0%
4
-2
$1,487
$6,119,226
-
23
72
65
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
Kino
$5,771
-47.3%
3
-
$1,924
$49,933
-
3
73
-
Call + Response
FTrd.
$5,543
-
2
-
$2,772
$186,367
-
9
74
74
Ashes of Time Redux
SPC
$5,411
+20.8%
11
+3
$492
$159,892
-
9
75
77
Hounddog
Emp.
$5,388
+40.9%
3
+1
$1,796
$128,092
-
12
76
-
Gardens of the Night
CityL
$4,904
-
1
-
$4,904
$10,029
-
4
77
71
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
MGM
$4,740
-13.5%
26
-3
$182
$2,775,593
$28
10
78
72
U2 3D
NGE
$4,644
-13.7%
3
+1
$1,548
$9,640,827
-
46
79
90
Stranded: I Have Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains
Zeit.
$4,353
+136.2%
4
+2
$1,088
$52,001
-
7
80
-
Save Me
FRun
$4,011
-
1
-
$4,011
$79,530
-
13
81
63
I Served the King of England
SPC
$3,953
-67.2%
7
-2
$565
$609,094
-
15
82
-
August Evening
Maya
$3,866
-
2
-
$1,933
$71,361
-
14
83
70
I Can't Think Straight
Reg.
$3,380
-49.0%
3
-
$1,127
$30,629
-
3
84
73
A Girl Cut in Two
IFC
$3,156
-36.6%
10
+2
$316
$400,129
-
17
85
91
Trouble the Water
Zeit.
$3,032
+67.0%
5
+2
$606
$477,452
-
16
86
76
How About You
Strand
$2,974
-24.5%
1
-
$2,974
$27,020
-
4
87
N
Ciao
Reg.
$2,672
-
1
-
$2,672
$2,672
-
1
88
88
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Bal.
$2,637
+23.4%
1
-1
$2,637
$29,798
-
5
89
80
Frozen River
SPC
$2,597
-18.6%
6
-
$433
$2,291,511
-
19
90
75
Familiar Strangers
Caval.
$2,516
-36.3%
4
+1
$629
$28,883
-
4
91
98
One Day You'll Understand
Kino
$2,467
+127.4%
3
-
$822
$82,804
-
6
92
-
Amexicano
Maya
$2,245
-
1
-
$2,245
$6,882
-
3
93
79
Fear(s) of the Dark
IFC
$2,210
-31.8%
6
+2
$368
$72,903
-
7
94
84
Ballast
Allu.
$2,053
-32.1%
4
-1
$513
$76,211
-
10
95
N
Hunger (2008)
IFC
$1,980
-
1
-
$1,980
$1,980
-
1
96
97
FLOW: For Love of Water
Osci.
$1,900
+72.7%
6
+2
$317
$141,869
-
27
97
-
Eden (2008)
LibE
$1,852
-
2
-
$926
$10,074
-
4
98
81
I.O.U.S.A.
RAtt.
$1,712
-44.9%
3
-2
$571
$807,806
-
16
99
96
Breakfast with Scot
Reg.
$1,666
+49.7%
1
-
$1,666
$40,123
-
9
100
-
Battle in Seattle
RedP
$1,118
-
4
-
$280
$224,169
-
12
101
-
Yella
CGld
$870
-
1
-
$870
$30,309
-
22
102
94
The Wild Child (re-issue)
FDesk
$831
-31.4%
1
-
$831
$19,780
-
5
103
78
The Dukes
CAV
$800
-78.4%
2
-3
$400
$26,157
-
4
104
100
Lake City
Scre.
$782
-8.9%
2
+1
$391
$12,065
-
3
105
95
The First Basket
L/Z
$655
-44.0%
1
-1
$655
$20,170
-
6
106
101
House (2008)
RAtt.
$648
+0.9%
2
-
$324
$570,790
-
5
107
93
The Matador (2008)
CityL
$636
-53.6%
1
-
$636
$16,485
-
6
108
-
whaledreamers
Mont.
$612
-
1
-
$612
$10,584
-
11
109
86
Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, The Mistress and the Tangerine
Zeit.
$514
-80.8%
1
-
$514
$86,816
-
24
110
92
The Alphabet Killer
Anch.
$435
-69.7%
1
-1
$435
$27,814
-
5
111
-
A Man Named Pearl
Tent.
$400
-
1
-
$400
$201,603
-
67
112
82
The Flyboys
DCoa.
$350
-88.6%
1
-
$350
$142,524
-
17
113
85
Antarctica
Reg.
$297
-89.6%
1
-
$297
$7,675
-
9
114
-
Momma's Man
Kino
$250
-
2
-
$125
$95,226
-
16
115
103
The Other End of the Line
MGM
$215
-62.7%
1
-1
$215
$115,504
-
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