Domestic 2008 Week 50
December 12-18, 2008
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $38,476,884 | - | 3,560 | - | $10,808 | $38,476,884 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | 1 | Four Christmases | $17,707,948 | -19.7% | 3,540 | +205 | $5,002 | $92,409,452 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | 2 | Twilight | $11,139,204 | -33.5% | 3,649 | +29 | $3,052 | $153,233,899 | 4 | Summit Entertainment |
| 4 | 3 | Bolt | $9,368,480 | -20.6% | 3,133 | -383 | $2,990 | $90,753,203 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | 4 | Australia | $6,024,361 | -38.1% | 2,703 | -18 | $2,228 | $39,622,337 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | 5 | Quantum of Solace | $5,280,820 | -41.3% | 2,635 | -788 | $2,004 | $159,148,530 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | - | Nothing Like the Holidays | $4,619,074 | - | 1,671 | - | $2,764 | $4,619,074 | 1 | Overture Films |
| 8 | 6 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $4,066,296 | -34.2% | 2,768 | -549 | $1,469 | $170,822,459 | 6 | DreamWorks |
| 9 | 11 | Milk | $3,688,545 | +45.1% | 328 | +229 | $11,245 | $8,680,883 | 4 | Focus Features |
| 10 | 7 | Transporter 3 | $3,361,497 | -45.3% | 2,541 | -85 | $1,322 | $30,387,356 | 4 | Lionsgate Films |
| 11 | 12 | Slumdog Millionaire | $3,110,504 | +60.7% | 169 | +91 | $18,405 | $8,983,750 | 6 | - |
| 12 | 10 | Role Models | $2,358,750 | -33.5% | 1,328 | -579 | $1,776 | $64,948,590 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 13 | 8 | Punisher: War Zone | $2,126,635 | -62.2% | 2,508 | - | $847 | $7,754,164 | 2 | Lionsgate Films |
| 14 | 9 | Cadillac Records | $2,115,417 | -51.1% | 688 | +1 | $3,074 | $6,439,502 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 15 | - | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | $1,105,202 | - | 83 | - | $13,315 | $1,105,202 | 1 | Yash Raj Films |
| 16 | 13 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $1,027,362 | -29.2% | 679 | +1 | $1,513 | $8,104,959 | 6 | Miramax |
| 17 | 22 | Frost/Nixon | $865,751 | +249.9% | 39 | +36 | $22,198 | $1,113,210 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 18 | - | Doubt | $718,600 | - | 15 | - | $47,906 | $718,600 | 1 | Miramax |
| 19 | - | Delgo | $694,782 | - | 2,160 | - | $321 | $694,782 | 1 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 20 | - | Gran Torino | $391,639 | - | 6 | - | $65,273 | $391,639 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 21 | 14 | Changeling | $390,585 | -45.9% | 393 | -288 | $993 | $35,295,352 | 8 | Universal Pictures |
| 22 | 24 | The Polar Express 2008 IMAX Release | $348,977 | +51.5% | 26 | - | $13,422 | $871,804 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 23 | 16 | Rachel Getting Married | $315,252 | -20.9% | 151 | -19 | $2,087 | $9,654,803 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 24 | 30 | Eagle Eye | $285,811 | +90.4% | 320 | +115 | $893 | $100,727,380 | 12 | DreamWorks |
| 25 | 66 | The Reader | $244,531 | +1,951.6% | 8 | +7 | $30,566 | $256,450 | 2 | The Weinstein Company |
| 26 | 17 | Fireproof | $216,625 | -40.4% | 346 | -153 | $626 | $33,007,324 | 12 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 27 | 19 | The Secret Life of Bees | $176,052 | -44.6% | 271 | -161 | $649 | $37,270,658 | 9 | - |
| 28 | 18 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $169,560 | -49.2% | 163 | -112 | $1,040 | $31,116,700 | 7 | The Weinstein Company |
| 29 | 23 | Synecdoche, New York | $168,426 | -31.1% | 97 | -18 | $1,736 | $2,494,051 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 30 | 25 | I've Loved You So Long | $154,021 | -26.4% | 46 | -5 | $3,348 | $1,969,383 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 31 | 21 | The Dark Knight | $148,449 | -42.4% | 205 | -64 | $724 | $530,759,822 | 22 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | 20 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $147,484 | -52.9% | 260 | -372 | $567 | $89,348,311 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 33 | 26 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $129,440 | -37.6% | 144 | -58 | $898 | $3,057,050 | 10 | Miramax |
| 34 | 28 | Let the Right One In | $120,875 | -24.5% | 51 | +1 | $2,370 | $1,177,224 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 35 | - | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $108,961 | - | 2 | - | $54,480 | $108,961 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 36 | 29 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $102,486 | -31.9% | 173 | -75 | $592 | $92,369,888 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 37 | 35 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2008 Re-release | $87,578 | +19.5% | 18 | - | $4,865 | $267,822 | 7 | IMAX |
| 38 | 31 | A Christmas Tale | $86,306 | -33.2% | 43 | -1 | $2,007 | $743,517 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 39 | - | The Wrestler | $85,506 | - | 4 | - | $21,376 | $85,506 | 1 | - |
| 40 | 44 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $84,442 | +67.9% | 21 | - | $4,021 | $20,130,594 | 63 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 41 | 27 | Soul Men | $66,523 | -62.3% | 95 | -138 | $700 | $11,983,467 | 6 | - |
| 42 | 34 | Max Payne | $63,705 | -18% | 121 | -24 | $526 | $40,607,520 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 43 | 53 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $61,569 | +74.3% | 28 | +16 | $2,198 | $22,586,222 | 18 | - |
| 44 | 33 | Igor | $58,548 | -27.8% | 118 | -44 | $496 | $19,402,114 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 45 | 37 | Burn After Reading | $53,478 | -23.1% | 57 | -21 | $938 | $60,322,577 | 14 | Focus Features |
| 46 | 49 | RocknRolla | $50,646 | +30% | 123 | +87 | $411 | $5,687,324 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 47 | 43 | JCVD | $44,783 | -13.3% | 20 | - | $2,239 | $400,233 | 6 | - |
| 48 | 38 | WALL·E | $43,284 | -29.9% | 123 | -43 | $351 | $223,762,336 | 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 49 | 52 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $41,692 | +16.8% | 5 | -2 | $8,338 | $26,721,255 | 169 | IMAX |
| 50 | 41 | Body of Lies | $40,684 | -30.4% | 37 | -7 | $1,099 | $39,032,061 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 51 | 42 | Religulous | $37,151 | -34% | 42 | -17 | $884 | $13,011,160 | 12 | Lionsgate Films |
| 52 | 46 | Space Station 3D | $36,443 | -12.3% | 8 | - | $4,555 | $77,194,430 | 348 | IMAX |
| 53 | 55 | Deep Sea | $33,060 | +3.1% | 10 | - | $3,306 | $37,099,475 | 146 | Warner Bros. |
| 54 | 39 | Appaloosa | $30,049 | -50.5% | 65 | -39 | $462 | $20,042,063 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 55 | 45 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $27,692 | -37.1% | 12 | -3 | $2,307 | $12,413,329 | 18 | Summit Entertainment |
| 56 | 76 | Wendy and Lucy | $27,421 | +279.5% | 2 | - | $13,710 | $34,646 | 2 | Oscilloscope |
| 57 | 15 | Nobel Son | $26,241 | -94.9% | 99 | -794 | $265 | $539,572 | 2 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 58 | 62 | Were the World Mine | $23,835 | +59.6% | 4 | +1 | $5,958 | $79,308 | 7 | - |
| 59 | 51 | City of Ember | $23,716 | -35.5% | 63 | -20 | $376 | $7,814,232 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 60 | 94 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $18,712 | +436.3% | 5 | +4 | $3,742 | $49,362 | 6 | Balcony Releasing |
| 61 | 60 | My Name Is Bruce | $18,238 | +3% | 2 | +1 | $9,119 | $173,066 | 7 | Image Entertainment |
| 62 | - | Dark Streets | $16,815 | - | 18 | - | $934 | $16,815 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 63 | 61 | Roving Mars | $16,121 | -7.2% | 6 | -1 | $2,686 | $9,816,732 | 151 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 64 | 67 | Call + Response | $14,904 | +25.3% | 1 | -1 | $14,904 | $207,624 | 10 | Fair Trade Pictures |
| 65 | 54 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $14,253 | -59.4% | 16 | -29 | $890 | $13,417,997 | 7 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 66 | 58 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $12,703 | -39.7% | 10 | - | $1,270 | $5,180,611 | 44 | 3D Entertainment |
| 67 | 63 | A Secret | $12,695 | -8.9% | 7 | +1 | $1,813 | $549,845 | 15 | Strand Releasing |
| 68 | 84 | Frozen River | $12,021 | +122.6% | 13 | +7 | $924 | $2,306,336 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 69 | 57 | Nights in Rodanthe | $11,450 | -54.4% | 23 | -22 | $497 | $41,577,723 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 70 | 68 | Man on Wire | $8,364 | -27.5% | 4 | -1 | $2,091 | $2,907,238 | 21 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 71 | 65 | The Secrets | $8,275 | -31.1% | 6 | +1 | $1,379 | $49,187 | 4 | Monterey Media |
| 72 | 50 | Righteous Kill | $7,611 | -80% | 36 | -53 | $211 | $40,079,415 | 14 | Overture Films |
| 73 | - | Timecrimes | $7,023 | - | 2 | - | $3,511 | $7,023 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 74 | 70 | What Just Happened | $6,788 | -35.7% | 12 | -5 | $565 | $1,090,947 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 75 | 74 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $6,287 | -23.2% | 3 | - | $2,095 | $58,637 | 5 | Kino International |
| 76 | 87 | A Girl Cut in Two | $5,903 | +19.4% | 11 | -2 | $536 | $407,820 | 18 | IFC Films |
| 77 | 80 | I Served the King of England | $5,368 | -11.6% | 3 | -4 | $1,789 | $616,578 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 78 | 79 | Stranded | $5,298 | -24.6% | 4 | - | $1,324 | $59,709 | 9 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 79 | 109 | The Matador | $5,079 | +472% | 2 | +1 | $2,539 | $21,816 | 7 | City Lights Pictures |
| 80 | 77 | Ashes of Time | $5,068 | -28.4% | 14 | +3 | $362 | $166,629 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 81 | 73 | Tell No One | $4,950 | -41.8% | 5 | +1 | $990 | $6,126,737 | 25 | Music Box Films |
| 82 | 78 | Trouble the Water | $4,635 | -34.4% | 5 | - | $927 | $486,120 | 17 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 83 | 90 | How About You | $4,626 | +10.2% | 7 | +6 | $660 | $32,868 | 5 | Strand Releasing |
| 84 | 82 | U2 3D | $4,043 | -31% | 2 | - | $2,021 | $9,646,082 | 48 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 85 | 85 | Hounddog | $3,869 | -28.2% | 2 | -1 | $1,934 | $131,961 | 13 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 86 | 88 | Ciao | $3,622 | -17.1% | 1 | - | $3,622 | $7,990 | 2 | Regent Releasing |
| 87 | 110 | House | $3,586 | +307% | 11 | +9 | $326 | $574,609 | 6 | Roadside Attractions |
| 88 | - | Where God Left His Shoes | $3,447 | - | 1 | - | $3,447 | $3,447 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 89 | 98 | Eden | $2,953 | -6.8% | 3 | +1 | $984 | $14,345 | 5 | Liberation Entertainment |
| 90 | 86 | I Can't Think Straight | $2,710 | -47.4% | 3 | - | $903 | $35,108 | 4 | Regent Releasing |
| 91 | 91 | Fear(s) of the Dark | $2,454 | -40.3% | 4 | -2 | $613 | $77,259 | 9 | IFC Films |
| 92 | 64 | Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom | $2,379 | -82.1% | 2 | -3 | $1,189 | $532,878 | 8 | - |
| 93 | - | Monsieur Verdoux | $2,273 | - | 1 | - | $2,273 | $40,072 | 40 | The Film Desk |
| 94 | 89 | August Evening | $1,922 | -55.7% | 2 | - | $961 | $73,760 | 15 | Maya Entertainment |
| 95 | 111 | The Alphabet Killer | $1,732 | +157.4% | 2 | +1 | $866 | $29,784 | 6 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 96 | 101 | Breakfast with Scot | $1,520 | -35.4% | 1 | - | $1,520 | $42,331 | 10 | Regent Releasing |
| 97 | 96 | Familiar Strangers | $1,390 | -57.9% | 2 | -2 | $695 | $31,059 | 5 | Cavalier Films |
| 98 | 99 | I.O.U.S.A. | $1,307 | -53.2% | 1 | -2 | $1,307 | $810,196 | 17 | Roadside Attractions |
| 99 | 115 | Louise Bourgeois | $1,181 | +129.8% | 1 | - | $1,181 | $87,997 | 26 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 100 | - | Lola Montès | $1,079 | - | 1 | - | $1,079 | $86,565 | 10 | Rialto Pictures |
| 101 | 92 | One Day You'll Understand | $1,029 | -71.9% | 3 | - | $343 | $85,028 | 7 | Kino International |
| 102 | 97 | Amexicano | $842 | -73.5% | 1 | - | $842 | $8,655 | 13 | Maya Entertainment |
| 103 | - | $9.99 | $781 | - | 1 | - | $781 | $781 | 1 | Regent Releasing |
| 104 | 114 | Sky Kids | $666 | +17.3% | 1 | - | $666 | $143,408 | 18 | Dark Coast Pictures |
| 105 | 119 | Galapagos | $626 | +234.8% | 1 | - | $626 | $17,481,122 | 477 | IMAX |
| 106 | 83 | Gardens of the Night | $505 | -91.3% | 1 | - | $505 | $11,436 | 6 | City Lights Pictures |
| 107 | 81 | Save Me | $476 | -92% | 1 | - | $476 | $82,369 | 15 | First Run |
| 108 | 105 | Lake City | $307 | -73.9% | 1 | -1 | $307 | $12,767 | 4 | Screen Media Films |
| 109 | 113 | Momma's Man | $75 | -86.8% | 1 | -1 | $75 | $95,619 | 17 | Kino International |
