Domestic 2008 Week 51
December 19-25, 2008
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Yes Man | $33,141,514 | - | 3,434 | - | $9,650 | $33,141,514 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | - | Seven Pounds | $25,559,411 | - | 2,758 | - | $9,267 | $25,559,411 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 3 | - | The Tale of Despereaux | $18,515,460 | - | 3,104 | - | $5,965 | $18,561,965 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 4 | 1 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $17,305,501 | -55% | 2,402 | -1,158 | $7,204 | $55,782,385 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | - | Marley & Me | $14,380,980 | - | 3,480 | - | $4,132 | $14,380,980 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | 2 | Four Christmases | $14,339,223 | -19% | 2,510 | -1,030 | $5,712 | $106,748,675 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | - | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $11,871,831 | - | 2,988 | - | $3,973 | $11,871,831 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 8 | - | Bedtime Stories | $10,578,817 | - | 3,681 | - | $2,873 | $10,578,817 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | 3 | Twilight | $9,348,867 | -16.1% | 1,849 | -1,800 | $5,056 | $162,582,765 | 5 | Summit Entertainment |
| 10 | - | Valkyrie | $8,493,972 | - | 2,711 | - | $3,133 | $8,493,972 | 1 | United Artists |
| 11 | 4 | Bolt | $8,292,555 | -11.5% | 1,923 | -1,210 | $4,312 | $99,045,758 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 12 | 11 | Slumdog Millionaire | $6,190,775 | +99% | 614 | +445 | $10,082 | $15,174,525 | 7 | - |
| 13 | - | The Spirit | $3,842,223 | - | 2,509 | - | $1,531 | $3,842,223 | 1 | Lionsgate Films |
| 14 | 6 | Quantum of Solace | $3,753,655 | -28.9% | 891 | -1,744 | $4,212 | $162,902,185 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 15 | 5 | Australia | $3,582,003 | -40.5% | 711 | -1,992 | $5,037 | $43,204,340 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 16 | 8 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $3,116,904 | -23.3% | 808 | -1,960 | $3,857 | $173,939,363 | 7 | DreamWorks |
| 17 | 9 | Milk | $3,090,064 | -16.2% | 311 | -17 | $9,935 | $11,770,947 | 5 | Focus Features |
| 18 | 18 | Doubt | $2,426,521 | +237.7% | 1,267 | +1,252 | $1,915 | $3,145,021 | 2 | Miramax |
| 19 | 7 | Nothing Like the Holidays | $2,102,731 | -54.5% | 439 | -1,232 | $4,789 | $6,721,805 | 2 | Overture Films |
| 20 | 20 | Gran Torino | $1,506,404 | +284.6% | 84 | +78 | $17,933 | $1,898,043 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 21 | 10 | Transporter 3 | $1,097,687 | -67.3% | 1,007 | -1,534 | $1,090 | $31,485,043 | 5 | Lionsgate Films |
| 22 | 12 | Role Models | $1,085,135 | -54% | 225 | -1,103 | $4,822 | $66,033,725 | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 23 | 17 | Frost/Nixon | $1,071,030 | +23.7% | 205 | +166 | $5,224 | $2,184,240 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 24 | 14 | Cadillac Records | $1,002,420 | -52.6% | 180 | -508 | $5,569 | $7,441,922 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 25 | - | Ghajini | $620,675 | - | 83 | - | $7,478 | $620,675 | 1 | Adlabs Films |
| 26 | 15 | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | $581,674 | -47.4% | 82 | -1 | $7,093 | $1,686,876 | 2 | Yash Raj Films |
| 27 | 22 | The Polar Express 2008 IMAX Release | $501,552 | +43.7% | 26 | - | $19,290 | $1,373,356 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | 16 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $468,057 | -54.4% | 96 | -583 | $4,875 | $8,573,016 | 7 | Miramax |
| 29 | 36 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $435,542 | +325% | 283 | +110 | $1,539 | $92,805,430 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 30 | 39 | The Wrestler | $434,595 | +408.3% | 18 | +14 | $24,144 | $520,101 | 2 | - |
| 31 | 25 | The Reader | $323,227 | +32.2% | 116 | +108 | $2,786 | $579,677 | 3 | The Weinstein Company |
| 32 | 13 | Punisher: War Zone | $296,813 | -86% | 385 | -2,123 | $770 | $8,050,977 | 3 | Lionsgate Films |
| 33 | 23 | Rachel Getting Married | $231,140 | -26.7% | 115 | -36 | $2,009 | $9,885,943 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 34 | 24 | Eagle Eye | $225,855 | -21% | 205 | -115 | $1,101 | $100,953,235 | 13 | DreamWorks |
| 35 | 21 | Changeling | $170,075 | -56.5% | 114 | -279 | $1,491 | $35,465,537 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 36 | 30 | I've Loved You So Long | $131,906 | -14.4% | 52 | +6 | $2,536 | $2,101,289 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 37 | 32 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $131,118 | -11.1% | 295 | +35 | $444 | $89,479,429 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 38 | 43 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $129,586 | +110.5% | 25 | -3 | $5,183 | $22,715,808 | 19 | - |
| 39 | 34 | Let the Right One In | $109,899 | -9.1% | 53 | +2 | $2,073 | $1,287,123 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 40 | 38 | A Christmas Tale | $93,786 | +8.7% | 48 | +5 | $1,953 | $837,303 | 6 | IFC Films |
| 41 | 26 | Fireproof | $93,730 | -56.7% | 160 | -186 | $585 | $33,101,054 | 13 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 42 | 69 | Nights in Rodanthe | $91,483 | +699% | 115 | +92 | $795 | $41,669,206 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 43 | 33 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $90,090 | -30.4% | 47 | -97 | $1,916 | $3,147,140 | 11 | Miramax |
| 44 | 29 | Synecdoche, New York | $87,653 | -48% | 56 | -41 | $1,565 | $2,581,704 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 45 | 27 | The Secret Life of Bees | $87,250 | -50.4% | 77 | -194 | $1,133 | $37,357,908 | 10 | - |
| 46 | 31 | The Dark Knight | $86,344 | -41.8% | 74 | -131 | $1,166 | $530,846,166 | 23 | Warner Bros. |
| 47 | 37 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2008 Re-release | $82,250 | -6.1% | 18 | - | $4,569 | $350,072 | 8 | IMAX |
| 48 | 40 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $72,245 | -14.4% | 21 | - | $3,440 | $20,202,839 | 64 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 49 | 49 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $71,182 | +70.7% | 4 | -1 | $17,795 | $26,792,437 | 170 | IMAX |
| 50 | 52 | Space Station 3D | $63,232 | +73.5% | 5 | -3 | $12,646 | $77,257,662 | 349 | IMAX |
| 51 | 28 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $60,638 | -64.2% | 46 | -117 | $1,318 | $31,177,338 | 8 | The Weinstein Company |
| 52 | 65 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $39,105 | +174.4% | 73 | +57 | $535 | $13,457,102 | 8 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 53 | 42 | Max Payne | $37,960 | -40.4% | 27 | -94 | $1,405 | $40,645,480 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 54 | - | Last Chance Harvey | $35,674 | - | 6 | - | $5,945 | $35,674 | 1 | Overture Films |
| 55 | 53 | Deep Sea | $35,672 | +7.9% | 8 | -2 | $4,459 | $37,135,147 | 147 | Warner Bros. |
| 56 | 50 | Body of Lies | $32,943 | -19% | 182 | +145 | $181 | $39,065,004 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 57 | 45 | Burn After Reading | $32,770 | -38.7% | 44 | -13 | $744 | $60,355,347 | 15 | Focus Features |
| 58 | 44 | Igor | $31,218 | -46.7% | 46 | -72 | $678 | $19,433,332 | 14 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 59 | 55 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $30,313 | +9.5% | 13 | +1 | $2,331 | $12,443,642 | 19 | Summit Entertainment |
| 60 | 56 | Wendy and Lucy | $28,887 | +5.3% | 6 | +4 | $4,814 | $63,533 | 3 | Oscilloscope |
| 61 | 47 | JCVD | $24,104 | -46.2% | 15 | -5 | $1,606 | $424,337 | 7 | - |
| 62 | 41 | Soul Men | $21,964 | -67% | 10 | -85 | $2,196 | $12,005,431 | 7 | - |
| 63 | 48 | WALL·E | $21,096 | -51.3% | 33 | -90 | $639 | $223,783,432 | 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 64 | 54 | Appaloosa | $17,849 | -40.6% | 18 | -47 | $991 | $20,059,912 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 65 | 59 | City of Ember | $17,139 | -27.7% | 25 | -38 | $685 | $7,831,371 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 66 | 46 | RocknRolla | $13,302 | -73.7% | 39 | -84 | $341 | $5,700,626 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 67 | 70 | Man on Wire | $13,005 | +55.5% | 6 | +2 | $2,167 | $2,920,243 | 22 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 68 | 73 | Timecrimes | $12,175 | +73.4% | 7 | +5 | $1,739 | $19,198 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 69 | 67 | A Secret | $11,840 | -6.7% | 7 | - | $1,691 | $561,685 | 16 | Strand Releasing |
| 70 | - | Gomorrah | $10,405 | - | 1 | - | $10,405 | $10,405 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 71 | 66 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $9,240 | -27.3% | 10 | - | $924 | $5,189,851 | 45 | 3D Entertainment |
| 72 | 35 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $8,377 | -92.3% | - | - | - | $117,338 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 73 | 63 | Roving Mars | $7,819 | -51.5% | 6 | - | $1,303 | $9,824,551 | 152 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 74 | 80 | Ashes of Time | $5,972 | +17.8% | 14 | - | $426 | $172,601 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 75 | 81 | Tell No One | $5,525 | +11.6% | 6 | +1 | $920 | $6,132,262 | 26 | Music Box Films |
| 76 | 71 | The Secrets | $5,289 | -36.1% | 5 | -1 | $1,057 | $54,476 | 5 | Monterey Media |
| 77 | 58 | Were the World Mine | $5,190 | -78.2% | 2 | -2 | $2,595 | $84,498 | 8 | - |
| 78 | - | The Secret of the Grain | $5,065 | - | 1 | - | $5,065 | $5,065 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 79 | 86 | Ciao | $4,495 | +24.1% | 3 | +2 | $1,498 | $12,485 | 3 | Regent Releasing |
| 80 | 60 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $4,045 | -78.4% | 4 | -1 | $1,011 | $53,407 | 7 | Balcony Releasing |
| 81 | - | Waltz with Bashir | $3,892 | - | 3 | - | $1,297 | $3,892 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 82 | - | The Wild Child | $3,500 | - | 2 | - | $1,750 | $23,876 | 7 | The Film Desk |
| 83 | 84 | U2 3D | $3,212 | -20.6% | 1 | -1 | $3,212 | $9,649,294 | 49 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 84 | - | Antarctica | $2,400 | - | 1 | - | $2,400 | $10,279 | 17 | Regent Releasing |
| 85 | 68 | Frozen River | $2,385 | -80.2% | 4 | -9 | $596 | $2,308,721 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 86 | 72 | Righteous Kill | $1,995 | -73.8% | 15 | -21 | $133 | $40,081,410 | 15 | Overture Films |
| 87 | 76 | A Girl Cut in Two | $1,838 | -68.9% | 9 | -2 | $204 | $409,658 | 19 | IFC Films |
| 88 | 90 | I Can't Think Straight | $1,451 | -46.5% | 2 | -1 | $725 | $36,559 | 5 | Regent Releasing |
| 89 | 75 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $1,309 | -79.2% | 1 | -2 | $1,309 | $59,946 | 6 | Kino International |
| 90 | 104 | Sky Kids | $1,272 | +91% | 1 | - | $1,272 | $144,680 | 19 | Dark Coast Pictures |
| 91 | 105 | Galapagos | $1,210 | +93.3% | 1 | - | $1,210 | $17,482,332 | 478 | IMAX |
| 92 | 96 | Breakfast with Scot | $1,052 | -30.8% | 1 | - | $1,052 | $43,383 | 11 | Regent Releasing |
| 93 | - | Box Elder | $990 | - | 2 | - | $495 | $44,442 | 43 | N/A |
| 94 | 77 | I Served the King of England | $825 | -84.6% | 3 | - | $275 | $617,403 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 95 | 57 | Nobel Son | $810 | -96.9% | 3 | -96 | $270 | $540,382 | 3 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 96 | 107 | Save Me | $706 | +48.3% | 1 | - | $706 | $82,651 | 16 | First Run |
| 97 | 91 | Fear(s) of the Dark | $617 | -74.9% | 3 | -1 | $205 | $77,876 | 10 | IFC Films |
| 98 | 78 | Stranded | $467 | -91.2% | 1 | -3 | $467 | $60,442 | 10 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 99 | 88 | Where God Left His Shoes | $464 | -86.5% | 2 | +1 | $232 | $3,911 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 100 | 82 | Trouble the Water | $462 | -90% | 1 | -4 | $462 | $486,582 | 18 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 101 | 87 | House | $439 | -87.8% | 1 | -10 | $439 | $575,048 | 7 | Roadside Attractions |
| 102 | 83 | How About You | $318 | -93.1% | 1 | -6 | $318 | $33,186 | 6 | Strand Releasing |
| 103 | - | House of the Sleeping Beauties | $136 | - | 1 | - | $136 | $3,387 | 6 | First Run |
