| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Merry Widow | - | - | - | $9,583,297 | 534 | $20,744,247 | Jan 16 | Gaumont | false |
| 2 | I Am Legend | - | - | - | $7,690,231 | 625 | $25,045,319 | Dec 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Charlie Wilson's War | - | - | - | $6,856,750 | 301 | $4,826,312 | Jan 16 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 4 | Into the Wild | - | - | - | $6,273,749 | 246 | $13,570,398 | Jan 9 | Pathé | false |
| 5 | The Fox and the Child | - | - | - | $6,205,941 | 703 | $20,686,126 | Nov 28 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 6 | The Golden Compass | - | - | - | $5,589,187 | 776 | $25,517,238 | Dec 5 | Metropolitan Filmexport | false |
| 7 | Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem | - | - | - | $5,141,554 | 426 | $5,711,339 | Jan 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 8 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | - | - | - | $4,370,029 | 369 | $9,344,714 | Jan 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 9 | Enchanted | - | - | - | $4,199,040 | 660 | $23,285,573 | Nov 28 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 10 | Alvin and the Chipmunks | - | - | - | $3,563,387 | 393 | $9,043,325 | Dec 19 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 11 | Hitman | - | - | - | $3,473,166 | 425 | $6,953,533 | Dec 26 | EuropaCorp | false |
| 12 | It's a Free World... | - | - | - | $3,210,704 | 178 | $4,120,202 | Jan 2 | Diaphana Distribution | false |
| 13 | Bee Movie | - | - | - | $2,831,860 | 803 | $11,678,354 | Dec 12 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 14 | No Country for Old Men | - | - | - | $2,799,111 | 356 | $9,057,277 | Jan 23 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 15 | Surviving with Wolves | - | - | - | $2,786,244 | 250 | $5,876,215 | Jan 16 | Bac Films | false |
| 16 | The Secret of the Grain | - | - | - | $2,345,113 | 179 | $8,620,554 | Dec 12 | Pathé | false |
| 17 | 1408 | - | - | - | $2,319,982 | 200 | $3,008,068 | Jan 16 | TFM Distribution | false |
| 18 | Atonement | - | - | - | $2,290,659 | 227 | $2,691,000 | Jan 9 | StudioCanal | false |
| 19 | 30 Days of Night | - | - | - | $1,931,959 | 200 | $1,942,095 | Jan 9 | SND Films | false |
| 20 | The Band's Visit | - | - | - | $1,610,862 | 145 | $3,867,736 | Dec 19 | Sophie Dulac Distribution | false |
| 21 | Gone Baby Gone | - | - | - | $1,591,617 | 91 | $2,781,336 | Dec 26 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 22 | Actresses | - | - | - | $1,284,470 | 190 | $2,415,120 | Dec 26 | Mars Distribution | false |
| 23 | Lust, Caution | - | - | - | $1,192,446 | 153 | $1,735,655 | Jan 16 | UGC Distribution | false |
| 24 | We Own the Night | - | - | - | $1,059,643 | 570 | $7,702,066 | Nov 28 | Wild Bunch Distribution | false |
| 25 | Rendition | - | - | - | $1,039,623 | 240 | $1,039,623 | Jan 9 | Metropolitan Filmexport | false |
| 26 | Trick or Treaters | - | - | - | $1,028,018 | 171 | $4,211,384 | Dec 19 | Gébéka Films | false |
| 27 | Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure | - | - | - | $1,010,296 | 503 | $4,241,498 | Dec 5 | Pathé | false |
| 28 | Good Luck Chuck | - | - | - | $898,336 | 69 | $1,504,052 | Dec 26 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 29 | The Key | - | - | - | $878,741 | 194 | $2,822,570 | Dec 19 | SND Films | false |
| 30 | American Gangster | - | - | - | $721,757 | 379 | $10,753,130 | Nov 14 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 31 | Four Minutes | - | - | - | $679,661 | 85 | $1,348,693 | Jan 16 | EuropaCorp | false |
| 32 | Live! | - | - | - | $641,647 | 98 | $1,090,492 | Jan 23 | Pretty Pictures | false |
| 33 | My Blueberry Nights | - | - | - | $633,761 | 232 | $3,300,000 | Nov 28 | StudioCanal | false |
| 34 | Death Sentence | - | - | - | $614,966 | 105 | $637,702 | Jan 16 | Metropolitan Filmexport | false |
| 35 | Big City | - | - | - | $595,209 | 390 | $2,688,659 | Dec 12 | Gaumont | false |
| 36 | L'auberge rouge | - | - | - | $488,940 | 582 | $6,509,058 | Dec 5 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 37 | Frontier(s) | - | - | - | $470,259 | 92 | $861,484 | Jan 23 | EuropaCorp | false |
| 38 | Shattered | - | - | - | $440,129 | 83 | $440,129 | Jan 2 | TFM Distribution | false |
| 39 | Perfect Match... | - | - | - | $427,618 | 167 | $2,713,655 | Dec 12 | - | false |
| 40 | Dante 01 | - | - | - | $388,218 | 119 | $388,218 | Jan 2 | Wild Bunch Distribution | false |
| 41 | Shall We Kiss? | - | - | - | $345,302 | 156 | $1,673,943 | Dec 12 | TFM Distribution | false |
| 42 | Didine | - | - | - | $331,700 | 98 | $711,750 | Jan 23 | Pyramide Distribution | false |
| 43 | The Killer | - | - | - | $331,592 | 92 | $331,592 | Jan 9 | UGC Distribution | false |
| 44 | The Heartbreak Kid | - | - | - | $325,791 | 320 | $5,145,918 | Nov 28 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 45 | Surf's Up | - | - | - | $300,286 | 628 | $13,062,666 | Oct 24 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 46 | Animals in Love | - | - | - | $243,911 | 400 | $952,312 | Dec 19 | TFM Distribution | false |
| 47 | Garage | - | - | - | $237,572 | 47 | $330,757 | Jan 9 | MK2 Diffusion | false |
| 48 | The Edge of Heaven | - | - | - | $215,798 | 185 | $3,882,526 | Nov 14 | Pyramide Distribution | false |
| 49 | The Island 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | $183,970 | 19 | $426,079 | Jan 9 | Rézo Films | false |
| 50 | XXY | - | - | - | $182,398 | 36 | $355,783 | Dec 26 | Pyramide Distribution | false |
| 51 | California Dreamin' | - | - | - | $180,061 | 30 | $180,061 | Jan 2 | Bodega Films | false |
| 52 | Death at a Funeral | - | - | - | $168,299 | 49 | $2,174,809 | Sep 19 | SND Films | false |
| 53 | Eastern Promises | - | - | - | $152,392 | 284 | $6,811,877 | Nov 7 | Metropolitan Filmexport | false |
| 54 | It Had to be You | - | - | - | $139,888 | 198 | $1,028,576 | Dec 19 | StudioCanal | false |
| 55 | Smiley Face | - | - | - | $138,026 | 30 | $169,984 | Jan 16 | Memento Films | false |
| 56 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | - | - | - | $117,075 | 171 | $1,130,370 | Dec 12 | StudioCanal | false |
| 57 | Love in the Time of Cholera | - | - | - | $110,551 | 85 | $423,158 | Dec 26 | Metropolitan Filmexport | false |
| 58 | I'm Not There | - | - | - | $94,388 | 79 | $1,038,905 | Dec 5 | Diaphana Distribution | false |
| 59 | Eye in the Sky | - | - | - | $87,287 | 13 | $87,287 | Jan 2 | - | false |
| 60 | Triangle | - | - | - | $77,204 | 12 | $77,204 | Jan 16 | Wild Side Films | false |
| 61 | Razzle Dazzle | - | - | - | $69,582 | 27 | $69,582 | Jan 9 | La Fabrique de Films | false |
| 62 | Shotgun Stories | - | - | - | $69,384 | 8 | $69,384 | Jan 2 | ASC Distribution | false |
| 63 | The Red Cockatoo 2007 Re-release | - | - | - | $54,754 | 15 | $54,754 | Jan 2 | CTV International | false |
| 64 | The Year My Parents Went on Vacation | - | - | - | $54,486 | 41 | $183,735 | Dec 26 | Haut et Court | false |
| 65 | Once | - | - | - | $50,612 | 55 | $715,687 | Nov 14 | SND Films | false |
| 66 | The Return | - | - | - | $43,549 | 37 | $163,363 | Dec 26 | UGC Distribution | false |
| 67 | Calle Santa Fe | - | - | - | $43,339 | 17 | $203,828 | Dec 5 | Ad Vitam Distribution | false |
| 68 | Faut que ça danse! | - | - | - | $42,640 | 188 | $2,469,001 | Nov 14 | UGC Distribution | false |
| 69 | Vitus | - | - | - | $37,096 | 32 | $37,096 | Jan 9 | Océan Films | false |
| 70 | The King and the Clown 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | $35,258 | 6 | $73,003 | Jan 23 | Équation | false |
| 71 | Day Watch 2007 Re-release | - | - | - | $34,775 | 11 | $39,750 | Jan 23 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 72 | Eden Log | - | - | - | $32,090 | 59 | $157,350 | Dec 26 | Bac Films | false |
| 73 | A Bigger Splash | - | - | - | $27,886 | 2 | $34,501 | Jan 16 | - | false |
| 74 | Death Note 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | $25,145 | 5 | $25,145 | Jan 9 | Eurozoom | false |
| 75 | L'homme qui marche | - | - | - | $24,667 | 13 | $24,667 | Jan 9 | Shellac Distribution | false |
| 76 | Night Train | - | - | - | $19,627 | 8 | $34,324 | Jan 23 | Ad Vitam Distribution | false |
| 77 | Les yeux bandés | - | - | - | $14,240 | 6 | $14,240 | Jan 9 | Epicentre Films | false |
| 78 | Serpico 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | $12,033 | 3 | $29,963 | Jan 9 | Les Acacias | false |
| 79 | Pat and Mike 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | $11,884 | 1 | $11,884 | Jan 2 | - | false |
| 80 | Julius Caesar 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | $10,831 | 1 | $10,831 | Jan 16 | - | false |
| 81 | I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK | - | - | - | $10,457 | 8 | $75,167 | Dec 12 | Wild Side Films | false |
| 82 | Fireworks Wednesday | - | - | - | $10,379 | 5 | $29,362 | Dec 26 | Les Films du Paradoxe | false |
| 83 | Fred Claus | - | - | - | $8,870 | 15 | $62,447 | Dec 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 84 | Gate of Hell | - | - | - | $7,375 | 1 | $7,375 | Jan 9 | - | false |
| 85 | Body Rice | - | - | - | $5,436 | 2 | $5,436 | Jan 16 | Alma Films | false |
| 86 | Victor/Victoria 2007 Re-release | - | - | - | $4,758 | 1 | $13,593 | Dec 26 | - | false |
| 87 | The Schoolgirl's Diary | - | - | - | $3,435 | 3 | $15,770 | Dec 26 | Pretty Pictures | false |
| 88 | Sub | - | - | - | $549 | 1 | $549 | Jan 9 | - | false |
