Domestic 2008 Week 51
December 19-25, 2008
| Rank | Release | Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes Man | $33,141,514 | $18,262,471 | 55.1% | $14,879,043 | 44.9% | 3,434 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | Seven Pounds | $25,559,411 | $14,851,136 | 58.1% | $10,708,275 | 41.9% | 2,758 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 3 | The Tale of Despereaux | $18,515,460 | $10,103,675 | 54.6% | $8,411,785 | 45.4% | 3,104 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 4 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $17,305,501 | $9,890,105 | 57.2% | $7,415,396 | 42.8% | 2,402 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | Marley & Me | $14,380,980 | - | - | - | - | 3,480 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | Four Christmases | $14,339,223 | $7,701,375 | 53.7% | $6,637,848 | 46.3% | 2,510 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $11,871,831 | - | - | - | - | 2,988 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 8 | Bedtime Stories | $10,578,817 | - | - | - | - | 3,681 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | Twilight | $9,348,867 | $5,189,319 | 55.5% | $4,159,548 | 44.5% | 1,849 | 5 | Summit Entertainment |
| 10 | Valkyrie | $8,493,972 | - | - | - | - | 2,711 | 1 | United Artists |
| 11 | Bolt | $8,292,555 | $4,146,856 | 50% | $4,145,699 | 50% | 1,923 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 12 | Slumdog Millionaire | $6,190,775 | $3,053,760 | 49.3% | $3,137,015 | 50.7% | 614 | 7 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 13 | The Spirit | $3,842,223 | - | - | - | - | 2,509 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 14 | Quantum of Solace | $3,753,655 | $2,051,882 | 54.7% | $1,701,773 | 45.3% | 891 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 15 | Australia | $3,582,003 | $2,174,188 | 60.7% | $1,407,815 | 39.3% | 711 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 16 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $3,116,904 | $1,569,610 | 50.4% | $1,547,294 | 49.6% | 808 | 7 | DreamWorks |
| 17 | Milk | $3,090,064 | $1,729,156 | 56% | $1,360,908 | 44% | 311 | 5 | Focus Features |
| 18 | Doubt | $2,426,521 | $680,948 | 28.1% | $1,745,573 | 71.9% | 1,267 | 2 | Miramax |
| 19 | Nothing Like the Holidays | $2,102,731 | $1,305,439 | 62.1% | $797,292 | 37.9% | 439 | 2 | Overture Films |
| 20 | Gran Torino | $1,506,404 | $468,221 | 31.1% | $1,038,183 | 68.9% | 84 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 21 | Transporter 3 | $1,097,687 | $682,033 | 62.1% | $415,654 | 37.9% | 1,007 | 5 | Lionsgate |
| 22 | Role Models | $1,085,135 | $645,395 | 59.5% | $439,740 | 40.5% | 225 | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 23 | Frost/Nixon | $1,071,030 | $378,052 | 35.3% | $692,978 | 64.7% | 205 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 24 | Cadillac Records | $1,002,420 | $606,748 | 60.5% | $395,672 | 39.5% | 180 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 25 | Ghajini | $620,675 | - | - | - | - | 83 | 1 | Adlabs Films |
| 26 | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | $581,674 | $326,641 | 56.2% | $255,033 | 43.8% | 82 | 2 | Yash Raj Films |
| 27 | The Polar Express 2008 IMAX Release | $501,552 | $260,441 | 51.9% | $241,111 | 48.1% | 26 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $468,057 | $274,481 | 58.6% | $193,576 | 41.4% | 96 | 7 | Miramax |
| 29 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $435,542 | $225,706 | 51.8% | $209,836 | 48.2% | 283 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 30 | The Wrestler | $434,595 | $202,714 | 46.6% | $231,881 | 53.4% | 18 | 2 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 31 | The Reader | $323,227 | $92,790 | 28.7% | $230,437 | 71.3% | 116 | 3 | The Weinstein Company |
| 32 | Punisher: War Zone | $296,813 | $193,995 | 65.4% | $102,818 | 34.6% | 385 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 33 | Rachel Getting Married | $231,140 | $130,230 | 56.3% | $100,910 | 43.7% | 115 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 34 | Eagle Eye | $225,855 | $129,410 | 57.3% | $96,445 | 42.7% | 205 | 13 | DreamWorks |
| 35 | Changeling | $170,075 | $101,905 | 59.9% | $68,170 | 40.1% | 114 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 36 | I've Loved You So Long | $131,906 | $83,284 | 63.1% | $48,622 | 36.9% | 52 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 37 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $131,118 | $56,436 | 43% | $74,682 | 57% | 295 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 38 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $129,586 | $72,723 | 56.1% | $56,863 | 43.9% | 25 | 19 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 39 | Let the Right One In | $109,899 | $68,656 | 62.5% | $41,243 | 37.5% | 53 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 40 | A Christmas Tale | $93,786 | $52,393 | 55.9% | $41,393 | 44.1% | 48 | 6 | IFC Films |
| 41 | Fireproof | $93,730 | $56,163 | 59.9% | $37,567 | 40.1% | 160 | 13 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 42 | Nights in Rodanthe | $91,483 | $55,622 | 60.8% | $35,861 | 39.2% | 115 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 43 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $90,090 | $44,621 | 49.5% | $45,469 | 50.5% | 47 | 11 | Miramax |
| 44 | Synecdoche, New York | $87,653 | $53,622 | 61.2% | $34,031 | 38.8% | 56 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 45 | The Secret Life of Bees | $87,250 | $49,479 | 56.7% | $37,771 | 43.3% | 77 | 10 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 46 | The Dark Knight | $86,344 | $51,743 | 59.9% | $34,601 | 40.1% | 74 | 23 | Warner Bros. |
| 47 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2008 Re-release | $82,250 | $40,944 | 49.8% | $41,306 | 50.2% | 18 | 8 | IMAX |
| 48 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $72,245 | $31,138 | 43.1% | $41,107 | 56.9% | 21 | 64 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 49 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $71,182 | $22,834 | 32.1% | $48,348 | 67.9% | 4 | 170 | IMAX |
| 50 | Space Station 3D | $63,232 | $21,658 | 34.2% | $41,574 | 65.8% | 5 | 349 | IMAX |
| 51 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $60,638 | $36,307 | 59.9% | $24,331 | 40.1% | 46 | 8 | The Weinstein Company |
| 52 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $39,105 | $24,415 | 62.4% | $14,690 | 37.6% | 73 | 8 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 53 | Max Payne | $37,960 | $24,590 | 64.8% | $13,370 | 35.2% | 27 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 54 | Last Chance Harvey | $35,674 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | Overture Films |
| 55 | Deep Sea | $35,672 | $17,732 | 49.7% | $17,940 | 50.3% | 8 | 147 | Warner Bros. |
| 56 | Body of Lies | $32,943 | $11,391 | 34.6% | $21,552 | 65.4% | 182 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 57 | Burn After Reading | $32,770 | $16,314 | 49.8% | $16,456 | 50.2% | 44 | 15 | Focus Features |
| 58 | Igor | $31,218 | $18,382 | 58.9% | $12,836 | 41.1% | 46 | 14 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 59 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $30,313 | $10,095 | 33.3% | $20,218 | 66.7% | 13 | 19 | Summit Entertainment |
| 60 | Wendy and Lucy | $28,887 | $16,004 | 55.4% | $12,883 | 44.6% | 6 | 3 | Oscilloscope |
| 61 | JCVD | $24,104 | $13,290 | 55.1% | $10,814 | 44.9% | 15 | 7 | Peace Arch Entertainment Group |
| 62 | Soul Men | $21,964 | $14,756 | 67.2% | $7,208 | 32.8% | 10 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 63 | WALL·E | $21,096 | $11,074 | 52.5% | $10,022 | 47.5% | 33 | 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 64 | Appaloosa | $17,849 | $9,902 | 55.5% | $7,947 | 44.5% | 18 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 65 | City of Ember | $17,139 | $8,921 | 52% | $8,218 | 48% | 25 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 66 | RocknRolla | $13,302 | $7,077 | 53.2% | $6,225 | 46.8% | 39 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 67 | Man on Wire | $13,005 | $5,917 | 45.5% | $7,088 | 54.5% | 6 | 22 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 68 | Timecrimes | $12,175 | $7,864 | 64.6% | $4,311 | 35.4% | 7 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 69 | A Secret | $11,840 | $7,721 | 65.2% | $4,119 | 34.8% | 7 | 16 | Strand Releasing |
| 70 | Gomorrah | $10,405 | $5,532 | 53.2% | $4,873 | 46.8% | 1 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 71 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $9,240 | $7,700 | 83.3% | $1,540 | 16.7% | 10 | 45 | 3D Entertainment |
| 72 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $8,377 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | IFC Films |
| 73 | Roving Mars | $7,819 | $4,407 | 56.4% | $3,412 | 43.6% | 6 | 152 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 74 | Ashes of Time | $5,972 | $3,799 | 63.6% | $2,173 | 36.4% | 14 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 75 | Tell No One | $5,525 | $3,556 | 64.4% | $1,969 | 35.6% | 6 | 26 | Music Box Films |
| 76 | The Secrets | $5,289 | $3,039 | 57.5% | $2,250 | 42.5% | 5 | 5 | Monterey Media |
| 77 | Were the World Mine | $5,190 | $3,155 | 60.8% | $2,035 | 39.2% | 2 | 8 | SPEAK Productions |
| 78 | The Secret of the Grain | $5,065 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 79 | Ciao | $4,495 | $2,733 | 60.8% | $1,762 | 39.2% | 3 | 3 | Regent Releasing |
| 80 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $4,045 | $2,524 | 62.4% | $1,521 | 37.6% | 4 | 7 | Balcony Releasing |
| 81 | Waltz with Bashir | $3,892 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 82 | The Wild Child | $3,500 | $2,362 | 67.5% | $1,138 | 32.5% | 2 | 7 | The Film Desk |
| 83 | U2 3D | $3,212 | $1,847 | 57.5% | $1,365 | 42.5% | 1 | 49 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 84 | Antarctica | $2,400 | $1,302 | 54.2% | $1,098 | 45.8% | 1 | 17 | Regent Releasing |
| 85 | Frozen River | $2,385 | $1,471 | 61.7% | $914 | 38.3% | 4 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 86 | Righteous Kill | $1,995 | $1,620 | 81.2% | $375 | 18.8% | 15 | 15 | Overture Films |
| 87 | A Girl Cut in Two | $1,838 | $1,838 | 100% | $0 | - | 9 | 19 | IFC Films |
| 88 | I Can't Think Straight | $1,451 | $686 | 47.3% | $765 | 52.7% | 2 | 5 | Regent Releasing |
| 89 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $1,309 | $615 | 47% | $694 | 53% | 1 | 6 | Kino International |
| 90 | Sky Kids | $1,272 | $702 | 55.2% | $570 | 44.8% | 1 | 19 | Dark Coast Pictures |
| 91 | Galapagos | $1,210 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 478 | IMAX |
| 92 | Breakfast with Scot | $1,052 | $649 | 61.7% | $403 | 38.3% | 1 | 11 | Regent Releasing |
| 93 | Box Elder | $990 | $990 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 43 | N/A |
| 94 | I Served the King of England | $825 | $650 | 78.8% | $175 | 21.2% | 3 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 95 | Nobel Son | $810 | $546 | 67.4% | $264 | 32.6% | 3 | 3 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 96 | Save Me | $706 | $424 | 60.1% | $282 | 39.9% | 1 | 16 | First Run |
| 97 | Fear(s) of the Dark | $617 | $617 | 100% | $0 | - | 3 | 10 | IFC Films |
| 98 | Stranded | $467 | $467 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 10 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 99 | Where God Left His Shoes | $464 | $464 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 100 | Trouble the Water | $462 | $242 | 52.4% | $220 | 47.6% | 1 | 18 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 101 | House | $439 | $331 | 75.4% | $108 | 24.6% | 1 | 7 | Roadside Attractions |
| 102 | How About You | $318 | $145 | 45.6% | $173 | 54.4% | 1 | 6 | Strand Releasing |
| 103 | House of the Sleeping Beauties | $136 | $136 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 6 | First Run |
| - | Lola Montès | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Rialto Pictures |
| - | Monsieur Verdoux | - | - | - | - | - | - | 41 | The Film Desk |
| - | Moving Midway | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | First Run |
| - | The Order of Myths | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | The Cinema Guild |
