Domestic 2008 Week 52
December 26-January 1, 2009
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Marley & Me | $68,019,303 | +373% | 3,480 | - | $19,545 | $82,400,283 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | 8 | Bedtime Stories | $54,459,012 | +414.8% | 3,681 | - | $14,794 | $65,037,829 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | 7 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $48,734,007 | +310.5% | 2,988 | - | $16,309 | $60,605,838 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | 10 | Valkyrie | $38,155,332 | +349.2% | 2,711 | - | $14,074 | $46,649,304 | 2 | United Artists |
| 5 | 1 | Yes Man | $32,455,397 | -2.1% | 3,434 | - | $9,451 | $65,596,911 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | 2 | Seven Pounds | $24,519,369 | -4.1% | 2,758 | - | $8,890 | $50,078,780 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | 3 | The Tale of Despereaux | $18,207,020 | -1.7% | 3,107 | +3 | $5,860 | $36,722,480 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | 4 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $13,592,173 | -21.5% | 2,402 | - | $5,658 | $69,374,558 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 9 | 13 | The Spirit | $10,641,617 | +177% | 2,509 | - | $4,241 | $14,483,840 | 2 | Lionsgate Films |
| 10 | 18 | Doubt | $10,559,467 | +335.2% | 1,267 | - | $8,334 | $13,704,588 | 3 | Miramax |
| 11 | 9 | Twilight | $9,691,442 | +3.7% | 1,849 | - | $5,241 | $172,274,208 | 6 | Summit Entertainment |
| 12 | 12 | Slumdog Millionaire | $8,811,304 | +42.3% | 614 | - | $14,350 | $23,985,829 | 8 | - |
| 13 | 6 | Four Christmases | $8,629,769 | -39.8% | 2,510 | - | $3,438 | $115,378,444 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | 11 | Bolt | $7,579,443 | -8.6% | 1,923 | - | $3,941 | $106,625,201 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 15 | 20 | Gran Torino | $4,986,088 | +231% | 84 | - | $59,358 | $6,884,131 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | 17 | Milk | $3,498,537 | +13.2% | 311 | - | $11,249 | $15,269,484 | 6 | Focus Features |
| 17 | 14 | Quantum of Solace | $2,788,173 | -25.7% | 891 | - | $3,129 | $165,690,358 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 18 | 23 | Frost/Nixon | $2,706,452 | +152.7% | 205 | - | $13,202 | $4,890,692 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 19 | 15 | Australia | $2,319,204 | -35.3% | 711 | - | $3,261 | $45,523,544 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 20 | 16 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $2,119,050 | -32% | 808 | - | $2,622 | $176,058,413 | 8 | DreamWorks |
| 21 | 31 | The Reader | $1,375,429 | +325.5% | 116 | - | $11,857 | $1,955,106 | 4 | The Weinstein Company |
| 22 | 25 | Ghajini | $1,283,932 | +106.9% | 83 | - | $15,469 | $1,904,607 | 2 | Adlabs Films |
| 23 | 30 | The Wrestler | $804,127 | +85% | 18 | - | $44,673 | $1,324,228 | 3 | - |
| 24 | 29 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $653,187 | +50% | 283 | - | $2,308 | $93,458,617 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 25 | 19 | Nothing Like the Holidays | $528,012 | -74.9% | 439 | - | $1,202 | $7,249,817 | 3 | Overture Films |
| 26 | 37 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $501,443 | +282.4% | 295 | - | $1,699 | $89,980,872 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 27 | 24 | Cadillac Records | $486,440 | -51.5% | 180 | - | $2,702 | $7,928,362 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 28 | 22 | Role Models | $422,965 | -61% | 225 | - | $1,879 | $66,456,690 | 8 | Universal Pictures |
| 29 | - | Revolutionary Road | $389,788 | - | 3 | - | $129,929 | $389,788 | 1 | Paramount Vantage |
| 30 | 34 | Eagle Eye | $301,856 | +33.7% | 205 | - | $1,472 | $101,255,091 | 14 | DreamWorks |
| 31 | 26 | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | $281,286 | -51.6% | 54 | -28 | $5,209 | $1,968,162 | 3 | Yash Raj Films |
| 32 | 49 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $278,546 | +291.3% | 3 | -1 | $92,848 | $27,070,983 | 171 | IMAX |
| 33 | 27 | The Polar Express 2008 IMAX Release | $267,461 | -46.7% | 26 | - | $10,286 | $1,640,817 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 34 | 33 | Rachel Getting Married | $254,748 | +10.2% | 65 | -50 | $3,919 | $10,140,691 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 35 | 21 | Transporter 3 | $230,019 | -79% | 135 | -872 | $1,703 | $31,715,062 | 6 | Lionsgate Films |
| 36 | 54 | Last Chance Harvey | $213,067 | +497.3% | 6 | - | $35,511 | $248,741 | 2 | Overture Films |
| 37 | 28 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $185,276 | -60.4% | 96 | - | $1,929 | $8,758,292 | 8 | Miramax |
| 38 | 56 | Body of Lies | $168,758 | +412.3% | 182 | - | $927 | $39,233,762 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | 36 | I've Loved You So Long | $165,312 | +25.3% | 43 | -9 | $3,844 | $2,266,601 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 40 | 81 | Waltz with Bashir | $162,985 | +4,087.7% | 5 | +2 | $32,597 | $166,877 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 41 | 35 | Changeling | $161,860 | -4.8% | 114 | - | $1,419 | $35,627,287 | 10 | Universal Pictures |
| 42 | 48 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $133,035 | +84.1% | 21 | - | $6,335 | $20,335,874 | 65 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 43 | 55 | Deep Sea | $128,316 | +259.7% | 8 | - | $16,039 | $37,263,463 | 148 | Warner Bros. |
| 44 | 40 | A Christmas Tale | $113,993 | +21.5% | 52 | +4 | $2,192 | $951,296 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 45 | 45 | The Secret Life of Bees | $105,359 | +20.8% | 77 | - | $1,368 | $37,463,267 | 11 | - |
| 46 | 39 | Let the Right One In | $104,777 | -4.7% | 36 | -17 | $2,910 | $1,391,900 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 47 | 41 | Fireproof | $98,684 | +5.3% | 85 | -75 | $1,160 | $33,199,738 | 14 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 48 | 43 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $93,060 | +3.3% | 47 | - | $1,980 | $3,240,200 | 12 | Miramax |
| 49 | 42 | Nights in Rodanthe | $91,004 | -0.5% | 115 | - | $791 | $41,760,210 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 50 | 46 | The Dark Knight | $90,272 | +4.5% | 74 | - | $1,219 | $530,936,438 | 24 | Warner Bros. |
| 51 | 59 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $87,611 | +189% | 12 | -1 | $7,300 | $12,531,253 | 20 | Summit Entertainment |
| 52 | 44 | Synecdoche, New York | $79,320 | -9.5% | 38 | -18 | $2,087 | $2,661,024 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 53 | - | Defiance | $77,101 | - | 2 | - | $38,550 | $77,101 | 1 | Paramount Vantage |
| 54 | 38 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $74,460 | -42.5% | 25 | - | $2,978 | $22,790,268 | 20 | - |
| 55 | 47 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2008 Re-release | $67,326 | -18.1% | 18 | - | $3,740 | $417,398 | 9 | IMAX |
| 56 | 72 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $65,648 | +683.7% | 2 | - | $32,824 | $182,986 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 57 | 51 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $55,955 | -7.7% | 46 | - | $1,216 | $31,233,293 | 9 | The Weinstein Company |
| 58 | 52 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $31,065 | -20.6% | 26 | -47 | $1,194 | $13,488,167 | 9 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 59 | 50 | Space Station 3D | $30,711 | -51.4% | 2 | -3 | $15,355 | $77,288,373 | 350 | IMAX |
| 60 | 71 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $29,380 | +218% | 10 | - | $2,938 | $5,219,231 | 46 | 3D Entertainment |
| 61 | 73 | Roving Mars | $26,495 | +238.9% | 6 | - | $4,415 | $9,851,046 | 153 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 62 | 60 | Wendy and Lucy | $22,858 | -20.9% | 4 | -2 | $5,714 | $85,004 | 4 | Oscilloscope |
| 63 | 65 | City of Ember | $20,819 | +21.5% | 25 | - | $832 | $7,852,190 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 64 | 53 | Max Payne | $20,291 | -46.5% | 27 | - | $751 | $40,665,771 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 65 | 78 | The Secret of the Grain | $20,168 | +298.2% | 1 | - | $20,168 | $25,233 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 66 | 62 | Soul Men | $16,507 | -24.8% | 10 | - | $1,650 | $12,021,938 | 8 | - |
| 67 | 63 | WALL·E | $16,309 | -22.7% | 33 | - | $494 | $223,799,741 | 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 68 | 61 | JCVD | $15,868 | -34.2% | 8 | -7 | $1,983 | $440,205 | 8 | - |
| 69 | 64 | Appaloosa | $15,384 | -13.8% | 18 | - | $854 | $20,075,296 | 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 70 | 83 | U2 3D | $14,318 | +345.8% | 4 | +3 | $3,579 | $9,663,612 | 50 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 71 | 58 | Igor | $13,889 | -55.5% | 46 | - | $301 | $19,447,221 | 15 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 72 | 75 | Tell No One | $13,352 | +141.7% | 7 | +1 | $1,907 | $6,145,614 | 27 | Music Box Films |
| 73 | 69 | A Secret | $12,103 | +2.2% | 6 | -1 | $2,017 | $573,788 | 17 | Strand Releasing |
| 74 | 67 | Man on Wire | $11,828 | -9.1% | 5 | -1 | $2,365 | $2,932,071 | 23 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 75 | 79 | Ciao | $7,321 | +62.9% | 2 | -1 | $3,660 | $19,806 | 4 | Regent Releasing |
| 76 | - | The Order of Myths | $6,168 | - | 1 | - | $6,168 | $62,645 | 23 | The Cinema Guild |
| 77 | - | Good | $4,053 | - | 2 | - | $2,026 | $4,053 | 1 | THINKFilm |
| 78 | 102 | How About You | $3,592 | +1,029.6% | 2 | +1 | $1,796 | $36,778 | 7 | Strand Releasing |
| 79 | - | Lola Montès | $3,001 | - | 2 | - | $1,500 | $89,566 | 12 | Rialto Pictures |
| 80 | 77 | Were the World Mine | $2,658 | -48.8% | 1 | -1 | $2,658 | $87,156 | 9 | - |
| 81 | 76 | The Secrets | $2,389 | -54.8% | 2 | -3 | $1,194 | $56,865 | 6 | Monterey Media |
| 82 | 88 | I Can't Think Straight | $2,030 | +39.9% | 1 | -1 | $2,030 | $38,589 | 6 | Regent Releasing |
| 83 | 98 | Stranded | $1,671 | +257.8% | 1 | - | $1,671 | $62,113 | 11 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 84 | 68 | Timecrimes | $1,511 | -87.6% | 1 | -6 | $1,511 | $20,709 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 85 | 85 | Frozen River | $1,237 | -48.1% | 1 | -3 | $1,237 | $2,309,958 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 86 | - | Moving Midway | $1,146 | - | 1 | - | $1,146 | $40,864 | 16 | First Run |
| 87 | 82 | The Wild Child | $1,097 | -68.7% | 1 | -1 | $1,097 | $24,973 | 8 | The Film Desk |
| 88 | - | Monsieur Verdoux | $937 | - | 1 | - | $937 | $41,009 | 42 | The Film Desk |
| 89 | 74 | Ashes of Time | $655 | -89% | 2 | -12 | $327 | $173,256 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
