| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | - | - | - | $11,513,057 | 578 | $16,949,456 | Dec 12 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 2 | Twilight | - | - | - | $3,605,132 | 321 | $27,353,149 | Dec 19 | Paris Filmes | false |
| 3 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | - | - | - | $1,828,232 | 232 | $6,544,622 | Jul 11 | PlayArte Pictures | false |
| 4 | Marley & Me | - | - | - | $1,669,264 | 172 | $6,314,657 | Dec 25 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 5 | Seven Pounds | - | - | - | $1,551,843 | 215 | $4,651,219 | Dec 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 6 | Burn After Reading | - | - | - | $1,379,760 | 105 | $2,168,745 | Nov 28 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 7 | Body of Lies | - | - | - | $1,110,812 | 101 | $1,625,422 | Nov 28 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 8 | Quantum of Solace | - | - | - | $801,784 | 433 | $7,483,199 | Nov 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 9 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | - | - | - | $672,423 | 85 | $2,533,455 | Nov 14 | Imagem Filmes | false |
| 10 | Transporter 3 | - | - | - | $595,534 | 100 | $634,790 | Dec 12 | Imagem Filmes | false |
| 11 | Inkheart | - | - | - | $542,108 | 176 | $1,239,242 | Dec 25 | PlayArte Pictures | false |
| 12 | College | - | - | - | $523,811 | 135 | $562,200 | Dec 5 | California Filmes | false |
| 13 | Between the Sheets | - | - | - | $463,955 | 115 | $469,130 | Dec 5 | Imagem Filmes | false |
| 14 | Max Payne | - | - | - | $368,832 | 107 | $1,042,018 | Nov 21 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 15 | The Strangers | - | - | - | $293,461 | 108 | $1,001,403 | Nov 21 | Paris Filmes | false |
| 16 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | - | - | - | $240,251 | 223 | $1,683,313 | Oct 10 | PlayArte Pictures | false |
| 17 | Romance | - | - | - | $231,045 | 88 | $874,629 | Nov 14 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 18 | Deception | - | - | - | $211,035 | 45 | $213,100 | Dec 5 | Paris Filmes | false |
| 19 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | - | - | - | $186,075 | 20 | $327,032 | Dec 12 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 20 | Once Upon a Time in Rio | - | - | - | $180,272 | 60 | $487,258 | Nov 20 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 21 | Dan in Real Life | - | - | - | $157,526 | 60 | $889,878 | Oct 31 | Europa Filmes | false |
| 22 | The Duchess | - | - | - | $155,308 | 40 | $440,790 | Nov 21 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 23 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | - | - | - | $142,701 | 276 | $5,578,999 | Oct 24 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 24 | Gomorrah | - | - | - | $130,059 | 32 | $181,576 | Dec 19 | Paris Filmes | false |
| 25 | My Best Friend's Girl | - | - | - | $101,568 | 150 | $1,985,004 | Oct 17 | Imagem Filmes | false |
| 26 | Last Stop 174 | - | - | - | $101,522 | 137 | $1,632,444 | Oct 24 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 27 | Be Kind Rewind | - | - | - | $100,678 | 11 | $212,242 | Dec 12 | Europa Filmes | false |
| 28 | Good | - | - | - | $79,581 | 26 | $202,903 | Dec 25 | Imagem Filmes | false |
| 29 | Traitor | - | - | - | $79,456 | 41 | $226,627 | Nov 14 | PlayArte Pictures | false |
| 30 | Scar | - | - | - | $67,644 | 23 | $129,576 | Nov 21 | PlayArte Pictures | false |
| 31 | Blindness | - | - | - | $63,982 | 96 | $4,051,714 | Sep 12 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 32 | A Guerra dos Rocha | - | - | - | $53,521 | 92 | $1,111,745 | Oct 10 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 33 | REC | - | - | - | $46,092 | 106 | $605,899 | Nov 14 | California Filmes | false |
| 34 | Appaloosa | - | - | - | $31,318 | 8 | $67,477 | Dec 5 | PlayArte Pictures | false |
| 35 | The Neighbor | - | - | - | $26,422 | 15 | $45,354 | Nov 21 | - | false |
| 36 | Step Brothers | - | - | - | $24,549 | 50 | $219,207 | Oct 24 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 37 | December | - | - | - | $24,209 | 18 | $88,401 | Nov 21 | Europa Filmes | false |
| 38 | Café de los maestros | - | - | - | $19,846 | 12 | $90,473 | Dec 25 | VideoFilmes | false |
| 39 | The House Bunny | - | - | - | $17,720 | 81 | $329,595 | Oct 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 40 | Death Race | - | - | - | $17,034 | 100 | $508,858 | Oct 17 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 41 | The Children's Orchestra | - | - | - | $16,939 | 50 | $174,542 | Nov 7 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 42 | Fireflies in the Garden 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | $13,350 | 41 | $245,532 | Oct 31 | Imagem Filmes | false |
| 43 | Happy Desert | - | - | - | $11,323 | 8 | $25,153 | Nov 28 | Filmes do Estação | false |
| 44 | Lorna's Silence | - | - | - | $10,958 | 10 | $61,957 | Nov 7 | Imovision | false |
| 45 | When Did You Last See Your Father? | - | - | - | $8,630 | 3 | $8,630 | Dec 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 46 | My Name Is Juani 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | $5,015 | 7 | $6,011 | Dec 12 | Paris Filmes | false |
| 47 | Goodbye Bafana | - | - | - | $4,561 | 22 | $70,462 | Oct 10 | Europa Filmes | false |
| 48 | Leonera | - | - | - | $3,879 | 5 | $37,584 | Nov 7 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 49 | Elegy | - | - | - | $3,476 | 20 | $225,689 | Oct 10 | Imagem Filmes | false |
| 50 | Amazon Jack 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | $2,843 | 41 | $224,285 | Nov 28 | Focus Film | false |
| 51 | Rogue | - | - | - | $2,583 | 59 | $166,698 | Oct 24 | PlayArte Pictures | false |
| 52 | Righteous Kill | - | - | - | $1,894 | 141 | $2,748,200 | Oct 10 | California Filmes | false |
| 53 | In Bruges | - | - | - | $1,890 | 29 | $209,155 | Oct 17 | Paris Filmes | false |
| 54 | Quiet Chaos | - | - | - | $1,827 | 6 | $55,275 | Oct 3 | Imovision | false |
| 55 | A Thousand Years of Good Prayers | - | - | - | $1,739 | 3 | $13,578 | Nov 21 | Imovision | false |
| 56 | Panair do Brasil | - | - | - | $1,601 | 4 | $13,413 | Nov 7 | Downtown Filmes | false |
| 57 | Golden Oldies | - | - | - | $1,504 | 150 | $1,856,100 | Sep 19 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 58 | Blame it on Fidel | - | - | - | $1,440 | 8 | $693,000 | Dec 21 | Filmes do Estação | false |
| 59 | Disaster Movie | - | - | - | $1,238 | 192 | $2,906,463 | Oct 3 | Imagem Filmes | false |
| 60 | Under the Same Moon | - | - | - | $1,200 | 6 | $13,749 | Nov 14 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 61 | Cashback | - | - | - | $1,186 | 13 | $32,266 | Nov 7 | Moviemobz Rain | false |
| 62 | The Princess of Nebraska | - | - | - | $793 | 3 | $2,758 | Nov 21 | Imovision | false |
| 63 | The Edge of Heaven | - | - | - | $789 | 15 | $261,601 | Jul 4 | Imovision | false |
| 64 | O Demoninho De Olhos Pretos | - | - | - | $786 | 2 | $786 | Dec 12 | - | false |
| 65 | Evening | - | - | - | $744 | 19 | $361,959 | Jul 25 | Europa Filmes | false |
| 66 | Once Upon a Time... | - | - | - | $673 | 89 | $2,814,242 | Jul 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 67 | The Mystery of Sintra 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | $564 | 4 | $1,307 | Nov 28 | - | false |
| 68 | Climates | - | - | - | $534 | 2 | $14,511 | Nov 7 | Pandora Filmproduktion | false |
| 69 | Comme les autres | - | - | - | $499 | 7 | $93,919 | Sep 26 | Imovision | false |
| 70 | Os Desafinados | - | - | - | $450 | 65 | $839,450 | Aug 29 | Downtown Filmes | false |
| 71 | The Warrior Didi and the Ninja Lili | - | - | - | $294 | 134 | $1,213,704 | Jun 20 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 72 | WALL·E | - | - | - | $267 | 310 | $6,304,500 | Jun 27 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 73 | Standard Operating Procedure | - | - | - | $224 | 5 | $6,001 | Oct 31 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 74 | The Women | - | - | - | $222 | 65 | $435,311 | Sep 26 | California Filmes | false |
| 75 | Over Her Dead Body | - | - | - | $203 | 81 | $490,554 | Sep 19 | Paris Filmes | false |
| 76 | You Don't Mess with the Zohan | - | - | - | $51 | 126 | $3,824,858 | Aug 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 77 | Wanted | - | - | - | $40 | 199 | $4,907,530 | Aug 22 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 78 | Kung Fu Panda | - | - | - | $39 | 404 | $16,379,155 | Jul 4 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 79 | Pindorama: A Verdadeira História dos Sete Anões | - | - | - | $31 | 2 | $4,360 | Nov 21 | - | false |
| 80 | The Pope's Toilet | - | - | - | $19 | 13 | $313,199 | Mar 14 | Imovision | false |
| 81 | O Aborto dos Outros | - | - | - | $9 | 3 | $7,900 | Sep 5 | California Filmes | false |
