International Box Office For October 2008
| Rank | Release | Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $63,185,666 | 43 | $162,349,761 | Oct 22 | - |
| 2 | Eagle Eye | $58,073,083 | 53 | $76,625,826 | Sep 25 | - |
| 3 | Mamma Mia! | $54,938,368 | 49 | $465,711,574 | Jun 27 | - |
| 4 | WALL·E | $43,459,230 | 49 | $297,503,696 | Jun 26 | - |
| 5 | Burn After Reading | $43,301,822 | 28 | $103,364,722 | Sep 19 | - |
| 6 | Admiral | $34,021,084 | 4 | $39,143,985 | Oct 8 | - |
| 7 | Suspect X | $33,431,410 | 2 | $54,846,110 | Oct 4 | - |
| 8 | Painted Skin | $29,798,929 | 5 | $37,579,689 | Sep 25 | - |
| 9 | Tropic Thunder | $26,991,702 | 47 | $77,557,336 | Aug 14 | - |
| 10 | Righteous Kill | $26,293,956 | 18 | $38,379,289 | Sep 10 | - |
| 11 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $25,203,005 | 25 | $73,192,591 | Sep 19 | - |
| 12 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $23,482,007 | 35 | $140,290,781 | Jul 10 | - |
| 13 | Wanted | $21,257,319 | 38 | $206,923,539 | Jun 26 | - |
| 14 | Max Payne | $19,768,482 | 48 | $44,727,512 | Oct 15 | - |
| 15 | Mirrors | $19,359,883 | 36 | $46,797,168 | Aug 13 | - |
| 16 | Nights in Rodanthe | $18,797,060 | 41 | $42,524,687 | Mar 5 | - |
| 17 | The House Bunny | $17,408,981 | 35 | $22,194,266 | Sep 18 | - |
| 18 | Ponyo | $17,356,071 | 323 | $186,660,538 | Jul 19 | - |
| 19 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $16,350,186 | 16 | $54,767,204 | Sep 30 | - |
| 20 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | $16,124,571 | 9 | $26,461,085 | Sep 25 | - |
| 21 | Departures | $13,344,787 | 5 | $68,434,177 | Sep 13 | - |
| 22 | Taken | $13,175,195 | 21 | $81,829,579 | Feb 27 | - |
| 23 | Death Race | $12,991,122 | 30 | $39,361,483 | Aug 21 | - |
| 24 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | $11,482,583 | 9 | $16,373,045 | Oct 3 | - |
| 25 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $10,939,908 | 12 | $31,370,407 | Sep 12 | - |
| 26 | The Class | $9,951,734 | 13 | $25,099,786 | Sep 24 | - |
| 27 | Babylon A.D. | $9,924,226 | 42 | $49,576,628 | Aug 20 | - |
| 28 | Saw V | $9,841,268 | 36 | $57,117,290 | Oct 23 | - |
| 29 | Body of Lies | $9,650,000 | 57 | $76,506,231 | Oct 9 | - |
| 30 | Disaster Movie | $9,590,881 | 16 | $20,625,923 | Aug 29 | - |
| 31 | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | $8,183,308 | 29 | $84,401,560 | Jul 10 | - |
| 32 | The Dark Knight | $8,051,156 | 62 | $470,500,000 | Jul 16 | - |
| 33 | Paco and the Magical Book | $7,942,030 | 1 | $22,679,633 | Sep 13 | - |
| 34 | You Don't Mess with the Zohan | $7,914,988 | 42 | $99,917,174 | Jun 5 | - |
| 35 | Connected | $7,676,540 | 5 | $9,839,605 | Sep 25 | - |
| 36 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | $7,648,395 | 55 | $300,958,054 | Jul 30 | - |
| 37 | Kidnap | $7,601,003 | 18 | $7,601,003 | Oct 2 | - |
| 38 | Paris 36 | $7,029,690 | 3 | $11,974,783 | Sep 24 | - |
| 39 | Cape No. 7 | $6,930,684 | 1 | $18,013,804 | Aug 22 | - |
| 40 | 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End | $6,670,528 | 4 | $38,231,562 | Aug 30 | - |
| 41 | Iron Man | $6,526,433 | 57 | $266,762,121 | Apr 30 | - |
| 42 | Mesrine: Killer Instinct | $6,474,783 | 7 | $30,503,743 | Oct 22 | - |
| 43 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $6,455,116 | 20 | $27,904,432 | Jan 30 | - |
| 44 | Krabat and the Legend of the Satanic Mill | $6,438,029 | 2 | $13,042,251 | Oct 9 | - |
| 45 | Go Fast | $6,058,672 | 3 | $6,198,016 | Oct 1 | - |
| 46 | Sex and the City | $5,993,909 | 55 | $262,606,383 | May 28 | - |
| 47 | Step Brothers | $5,958,265 | 20 | $27,638,849 | Aug 7 | - |
| 48 | P.S. I Love You | $5,916,732 | 31 | $103,139,531 | Dec 20 | - |
| 49 | The Duchess | $5,870,536 | 16 | $29,457,347 | Sep 5 | - |
| 50 | Space Chimps | $5,794,070 | 16 | $34,778,309 | Jul 17 | - |
| 51 | Ikigami | $5,774,220 | 2 | $7,133,161 | Sep 27 | - |
| 52 | Open Season 2 | $5,537,712 | 4 | $8,716,950 | Sep 24 | - |
| 53 | The Women | $5,532,775 | 15 | $23,105,471 | Sep 12 | - |
| 54 | A French Gigolo | $5,496,819 | 3 | $6,003,708 | Oct 1 | - |
| 55 | Farewell Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown | $5,470,232 | 1 | $7,119,993 | Oct 4 | - |
| 56 | My Best Friend's Girl | $5,453,443 | 16 | $22,403,252 | Sep 18 | - |
| 57 | Igor | $5,226,094 | 7 | $11,218,902 | Oct 3 | - |
| 58 | The Forbidden Kingdom | $5,166,069 | 12 | $75,904,732 | Apr 16 | - |
| 59 | The Legend of Drona | $5,001,300 | 17 | $5,001,300 | Sep 26 | - |
| 60 | Crime Is Our Business | $4,880,469 | 2 | $9,866,501 | Oct 15 | - |
| 61 | No Problem | $4,784,729 | 1 | $4,837,672 | Oct 10 | - |
| 62 | Hancock | $4,374,300 | 71 | $396,440,497 | Jul 2 | - |
| 63 | Anubis en het Pad der 7 Zonden | $4,302,904 | 2 | $6,763,406 | Oct 8 | - |
| 64 | Ghost Town | $4,271,960 | 5 | $13,706,868 | Oct 24 | - |
| 65 | Butterfly Lovers | $4,149,713 | 5 | $5,461,411 | Oct 9 | - |
| 66 | My Wife Got Married | $3,897,618 | 1 | $8,789,900 | Oct 23 | - |
| 67 | Coluche | $3,812,149 | 3 | $4,472,288 | Oct 15 | - |
| 68 | Karzzzz | $3,774,190 | - | $4,063,843 | Oct 16 | - |
| 69 | Kung Fu Panda | $3,772,440 | 55 | $416,309,969 | Jun 5 | - |
| 70 | Modern Boy | $3,647,100 | 1 | $3,839,780 | Oct 2 | - |
| 71 | Father of Four: Home Field Advantage | $3,611,598 | 1 | $4,914,301 | Oct 3 | - |
| 72 | Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar | $3,544,388 | 2 | $8,623,057 | Oct 16 | - |
| 73 | Brideshead Revisited | $3,488,125 | 10 | $7,018,930 | Sep 18 | - |
| 74 | Get Smart | $3,194,873 | 40 | $100,366,245 | Jun 19 | - |
| 75 | Cold Prey 2 | $3,114,242 | 1 | $3,380,797 | Oct 10 | - |
| 76 | City of Ember | $3,062,813 | 10 | $10,056,677 | Oct 9 | - |
| 77 | Hello | $3,046,765 | 7 | $3,412,084 | Oct 10 | - |
| 78 | Journey to Saturn | $3,009,222 | 1 | $4,917,227 | Sep 26 | - |
| 79 | Wild Child | $2,876,064 | 11 | $21,972,336 | Aug 14 | - |
| 80 | Bangkok Dangerous | $2,807,174 | 22 | $27,189,257 | Aug 22 | - |
| 81 | Appaloosa | $2,730,466 | 7 | $7,454,457 | Sep 25 | - |
| 82 | Priklyucheniya Alyonushki i Eryomy | $2,682,117 | 2 | $4,131,440 | Oct 16 | - |
| 83 | Go Go 70s | $2,652,191 | 1 | $2,940,780 | Oct 2 | - |
| 84 | Blindness | $2,600,869 | 1,314 | $16,493,228 | Sep 12 | - |
| 85 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | $2,559,759 | 39 | $33,121,290 | Aug 14 | - |
| 86 | Pineapple Express | $2,519,896 | 17 | $14,283,463 | Aug 7 | - |
| 87 | Lakeview Terrace | $2,500,780 | 13 | $5,391,496 | Sep 18 | - |
| 88 | Tear This Heart Out | $2,413,730 | 3 | $10,028,510 | Sep 12 | - |
| 89 | Heroes | $2,409,836 | 17 | $3,574,237 | Oct 23 | - |
| 90 | The Holy Man 2 | $2,397,237 | 1 | $2,363,683 | Oct 3 | - |
| 91 | Swiadectwo | $2,337,596 | 1 | $4,345,426 | Oct 17 | - |
| 92 | The Homeless Student | $2,257,444 | 1 | $6,474,087 | Oct 25 | - |
| 93 | Der Mondbär | $2,187,792 | 2 | $5,326,070 | Oct 16 | - |
| 94 | The Mist | $2,122,758 | 16 | $31,698,758 | Nov 22 | - |
| 95 | The Strangers | $2,110,792 | 14 | $29,793,535 | May 29 | - |
| 96 | Let it Rain | $2,064,256 | 2 | $10,022,522 | Sep 17 | - |
| 97 | Crush and Blush | $2,029,502 | 1 | $2,628,300 | Oct 16 | - |
| 98 | Ichi | $2,016,804 | 1 | $4,382,564 | Oct 25 | - |
| 99 | Radeloos | $1,959,530 | - | $2,457,532 | Oct 2 | - |
| 100 | North Face | $1,859,305 | 3 | $216,283 | Oct 9 | - |
| 101 | Mag-ingat ka sa... Kulam | $1,738,549 | 1 | $1,783,109 | Oct 1 | - |
| 102 | U-900 | $1,682,709 | 3 | $1,829,812 | Oct 9 | - |
| 103 | Shameless | $1,543,973 | 1 | $3,313,253 | Oct 9 | - |
| 104 | Nim's Island | $1,543,225 | 19 | $52,069,580 | Apr 3 | - |
| 105 | The Other Boleyn Girl | $1,532,207 | 26 | $50,898,909 | Feb 28 | - |
| 106 | Welcome to the Sticks | $1,505,667 | 9 | $245,144,417 | Feb 27 | - |
| 107 | The Love Guru | $1,440,327 | 9 | $8,618,942 | Jul 10 | - |
| 108 | Meet Dave | $1,433,340 | 37 | $38,846,825 | Jul 9 | - |
| 109 | Rallybrudar | $1,427,324 | 1 | $2,278,570 | Oct 10 | - |
| 110 | Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging | $1,421,903 | 5 | $14,924,919 | Jul 25 | - |
| 111 | Loft | $1,417,138 | 1 | $9,168,516 | Oct 22 | - |
| 112 | Miracle at St. Anna | $1,343,616 | 1 | $1,404,716 | Oct 3 | - |
| 113 | Senario The Movie: Episode 1 | $1,332,848 | - | $1,332,848 | Oct 2 | - |
| 114 | The Divine Weapon | $1,319,621 | 1 | $19,991,573 | Sep 4 | - |
| 115 | 24 Hours to Die | $1,297,891 | 1 | $2,733,790 | Sep 25 | - |
| 116 | Sunshine Barry and the Disco Worms | $1,292,545 | 3 | $370,642 | Oct 10 | - |
| 117 | The Bank Job | $1,167,107 | 13 | $34,762,136 | Feb 28 | - |
| 118 | Under the Salt | $1,166,832 | 1 | $1,577,437 | Oct 17 | - |
| 119 | Bride Flight | $1,149,642 | 2 | $3,672,134 | Oct 15 | - |
| 120 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $1,100,206 | 8 | $15,184,586 | Apr 18 | - |
| 121 | Super Typhoon | $1,097,890 | 1 | $2,291,019 | Oct 24 | - |
| 122 | Roadside Romeo | $1,080,906 | 2 | $1,922,819 | Oct 23 | - |
| 123 | Noah's Ark | $1,072,818 | 1 | $6,837,093 | Jun 29 | - |
| 124 | The Way | $1,035,453 | 3 | $2,448,217 | Oct 17 | - |
| 125 | Transsiberian | $1,006,941 | 2 | $3,720,005 | Oct 24 | - |
| 126 | Goya's Ghosts | $991,386 | 3 | $8,447,456 | Nov 10 | - |
| 127 | The Nanny Diaries | $984,836 | 13 | $21,807,447 | Sep 13 | - |
| 128 | The Rocker | $940,680 | 7 | $2,357,810 | Aug 20 | - |
| 129 | The X Files: I Want to Believe | $937,612 | 46 | $47,386,956 | Jul 23 | - |
| 130 | Puanyai Chomsalad | $934,931 | 1 | $1,801,051 | Oct 23 | - |
| 131 | Deep Sea | $887,439 | 11 | $51,818,148 | Mar 3 | - |
| 132 | Free and Easy 19 | $866,554 | 1 | $3,413,323 | Oct 25 | - |
| 133 | Dan in Real Life | $856,602 | 10 | $20,734,896 | Nov 23 | - |
| 134 | In Bruges | $829,535 | 13 | $25,593,616 | Feb 29 | - |
| 135 | Nepobedimyy | $808,775 | 2 | $1,671,849 | Oct 23 | - |
| 136 | My Mom's New Boyfriend | $792,666 | 7 | $7,942,297 | Apr 30 | - |
| 137 | Young@Heart | $763,632 | 6 | $3,104,813 | Jun 26 | - |
| 138 | Deception | $758,286 | 9 | $13,142,792 | Apr 24 | - |
| 139 | Asterix at the Olympic Games | $734,906 | 27 | $131,856,927 | Jan 25 | - |
| 140 | U2 3D | $727,557 | 9 | $12,367,501 | Feb 22 | - |
| 141 | 88 Minutes | $694,747 | 9 | $15,379,918 | Apr 13 | - |
| 142 | Superhero Movie | $688,102 | 16 | $45,358,118 | Mar 27 | - |
| 143 | Elegy | $662,535 | 9 | $11,312,705 | Apr 18 | - |
| 144 | Seraphine | $649,003 | 4 | $8,263,264 | Oct 1 | - |
| 145 | The Man Who Loves | $635,162 | 1 | $75,987 | Oct 24 | - |
| 146 | Mad Money | $621,950 | 9 | $5,743,320 | Jan 17 | - |
| 147 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $606,622 | 12 | $26,906,397 | Sep 20 | - |
| 148 | Afstiros katallilo | $586,561 | 1 | $1,986,772 | Oct 23 | - |
| 149 | Che: Part One | $585,281 | 11 | $33,222,381 | Sep 5 | - |
| 150 | Albakiara | $570,799 | 1 | $1,031,340 | Oct 24 | - |
| 151 | Mr. Woodcock | $536,974 | 6 | $7,822,365 | Sep 13 | - |
| 152 | Fireflies in the Garden | $517,931 | 4 | $3,322,561 | May 16 | - |
| 153 | Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny | $474,793 | 1 | $5,574,187 | Nov 23 | - |
| 154 | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | $472,509 | 9 | $17,953,381 | Sep 26 | - |
| 155 | Into the Wild | $471,552 | 15 | $37,900,786 | Nov 9 | - |
| 156 | RocknRolla | $466,693 | 18 | $20,039,368 | Sep 5 | - |
| 157 | Big Stan | $441,706 | 4 | $8,742,330 | Jun 12 | - |
| 158 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | $421,752 | 54 | $278,044,078 | May 15 | - |
| 159 | Space Station 3D | $413,696 | 5 | $34,979,928 | Mar 5 | - |
| 160 | Under the Same Moon | $410,630 | 6 | $10,721,244 | Mar 20 | - |
| 161 | August Rush | $371,431 | 9 | $34,457,864 | Nov 23 | - |
| 162 | Forgetting Sarah Marshall | $361,334 | 19 | $42,000,652 | Apr 17 | - |
| 163 | Let the Right One In | $354,940 | 7 | $9,105,271 | Oct 24 | - |
| 164 | Sex Drive | $333,422 | 8 | $10,353,451 | Oct 16 | - |
| 165 | Redline | $329,606 | 2 | $1,386,357 | Dec 20 | - |
| 166 | Made of Honor | $320,527 | 37 | $59,950,026 | Apr 30 | - |
| 167 | Traitor | $319,516 | 6 | $4,133,342 | Oct 16 | - |
| 168 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $306,279 | 12 | $1,093,663 | Mar 13 | - |
| 169 | Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day | $301,560 | 5 | $4,411,239 | Mar 27 | - |
| 170 | Ladrón que roba a ladrón | $258,796 | 3 | $2,863,835 | Apr 18 | - |
| 171 | The Last Legion | $256,391 | 10 | $19,369,544 | Apr 19 | - |
| 172 | Awake | $228,243 | 12 | $18,308,481 | Jan 10 | - |
| 173 | College Road Trip | $224,964 | 5 | $5,939,249 | Apr 18 | - |
| 174 | Haunted Castle | $222,678 | 3 | $25,441,510 | Sep 20 | - |
| 175 | Rogue | $221,366 | 5 | $4,613,118 | Nov 8 | - |
| 176 | Martian Child | $218,839 | 4 | $1,851,434 | Nov 8 | - |
| 177 | The Edge of Love | $218,325 | 4 | $4,282,874 | Jun 20 | - |
| 178 | Shine a Light | $209,692 | 15 | $10,268,084 | Apr 3 | - |
| 179 | College | $192,879 | 2 | $1,570,847 | Aug 28 | - |
| 180 | The Midnight Meat Train | $189,318 | 7 | $3,449,866 | Jul 31 | - |
| 181 | Passengers | $186,761 | 4 | $5,494,715 | Sep 26 | - |
| 182 | Death at a Funeral | $183,990 | 13 | $38,208,985 | Jul 11 | - |
| 183 | Earth | $183,773 | 13 | $76,963,584 | Oct 10 | - |
| 184 | The Accidental Husband | $176,723 | 7 | $22,707,064 | Feb 29 | - |
| 185 | The Incredible Hulk | $173,951 | 51 | $128,620,638 | Jun 11 | - |
| 186 | Make It Happen | $173,300 | 4 | $9,812,310 | Aug 8 | - |
| 187 | Married Life | $171,487 | 6 | $1,380,325 | Jun 13 | - |
| 188 | Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan | $167,471 | 10 | $20,821,749 | Sep 20 | - |
| 189 | Man on Wire | $157,594 | 5 | $2,296,327 | Aug 1 | - |
| 190 | What Happens in Vegas | $145,000 | 62 | $139,097,916 | May 7 | - |
| 191 | The Flock | $139,964 | 5 | $7,124,755 | Sep 13 | - |
| 192 | The Condemned | $139,461 | 3 | $1,271,152 | May 9 | - |
| 193 | Lovewrecked | $139,146 | 1 | $3,505,963 | Jun 8 | - |
| 194 | The Oxford Murders | $137,964 | 4 | $17,641,824 | Jan 18 | - |
| 195 | Over Her Dead Body | $136,360 | 7 | $13,894,441 | Feb 1 | - |
| 196 | The Hurt Locker | $134,978 | 29 | $32,212,961 | Oct 10 | - |
| 197 | Funny Games | $133,218 | 9 | $6,643,953 | Mar 27 | - |
| 198 | The Nightmare Before Christmas 2008 3D Release | $131,024 | 6 | $1,356,069 | Oct 19 | - |
| 199 | Prom Night | $130,498 | 19 | $13,328,526 | Apr 10 | - |
| 200 | Never Back Down | $129,394 | 11 | $16,776,509 | Mar 27 | - |
Figures are accurate only to the stated territory count unless otherwise noted.
