Domestic 2008 Week 52
December 26-January 1, 2009
| Rank | Release | Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marley & Me | $68,019,303 | $36,357,586 | 53.4% | $31,661,717 | 46.6% | 3,480 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | Bedtime Stories | $54,459,012 | $27,450,296 | 50.4% | $27,008,716 | 49.6% | 3,681 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $48,734,007 | $26,853,816 | 55.1% | $21,880,191 | 44.9% | 2,988 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | Valkyrie | $38,155,332 | $21,027,007 | 55.1% | $17,128,325 | 44.9% | 2,711 | 2 | United Artists |
| 5 | Yes Man | $32,455,397 | $16,657,046 | 51.3% | $15,798,351 | 48.7% | 3,434 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | Seven Pounds | $24,519,369 | $13,203,236 | 53.8% | $11,316,133 | 46.2% | 2,758 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | The Tale of Despereaux | $18,207,020 | $8,932,625 | 49.1% | $9,274,395 | 50.9% | 3,107 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $13,592,173 | $7,697,799 | 56.6% | $5,894,374 | 43.4% | 2,402 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 9 | The Spirit | $10,641,617 | $6,463,278 | 60.7% | $4,178,339 | 39.3% | 2,509 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 10 | Doubt | $10,559,467 | $5,339,742 | 50.6% | $5,219,725 | 49.4% | 1,267 | 3 | Miramax |
| 11 | Twilight | $9,691,442 | $4,742,432 | 48.9% | $4,949,010 | 51.1% | 1,849 | 6 | Summit Entertainment |
| 12 | Slumdog Millionaire | $8,811,304 | $4,301,870 | 48.8% | $4,509,434 | 51.2% | 614 | 8 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 13 | Four Christmases | $8,629,769 | $4,840,221 | 56.1% | $3,789,548 | 43.9% | 2,510 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | Bolt | $7,579,443 | $3,377,761 | 44.6% | $4,201,682 | 55.4% | 1,923 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 15 | Gran Torino | $4,986,088 | $2,322,781 | 46.6% | $2,663,307 | 53.4% | 84 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | Milk | $3,498,537 | $1,762,638 | 50.4% | $1,735,899 | 49.6% | 311 | 6 | Focus Features |
| 17 | Quantum of Solace | $2,788,173 | $1,400,474 | 50.2% | $1,387,699 | 49.8% | 891 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 18 | Frost/Nixon | $2,706,452 | $1,355,186 | 50.1% | $1,351,266 | 49.9% | 205 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 19 | Australia | $2,319,204 | $1,079,248 | 46.5% | $1,239,956 | 53.5% | 711 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 20 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $2,119,050 | $923,018 | 43.6% | $1,196,032 | 56.4% | 808 | 8 | DreamWorks |
| 21 | The Reader | $1,375,429 | $664,013 | 48.3% | $711,416 | 51.7% | 116 | 4 | The Weinstein Company |
| 22 | Ghajini | $1,283,932 | $766,859 | 59.7% | $517,073 | 40.3% | 83 | 2 | Adlabs Films |
| 23 | The Wrestler | $804,127 | $387,530 | 48.2% | $416,597 | 51.8% | 18 | 3 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 24 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $653,187 | $312,652 | 47.9% | $340,535 | 52.1% | 283 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 25 | Nothing Like the Holidays | $528,012 | $314,033 | 59.5% | $213,979 | 40.5% | 439 | 3 | Overture Films |
| 26 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $501,443 | $216,072 | 43.1% | $285,371 | 56.9% | 295 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 27 | Cadillac Records | $486,440 | $270,365 | 55.6% | $216,075 | 44.4% | 180 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 28 | Role Models | $422,965 | $204,715 | 48.4% | $218,250 | 51.6% | 225 | 8 | Universal Pictures |
| 29 | Revolutionary Road | $389,788 | $189,911 | 48.7% | $199,877 | 51.3% | 3 | 1 | Paramount Vantage |
| 30 | Eagle Eye | $301,856 | $158,602 | 52.5% | $143,254 | 47.5% | 205 | 14 | DreamWorks |
| 31 | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | $281,286 | $156,871 | 55.8% | $124,415 | 44.2% | 54 | 3 | Yash Raj Films |
| 32 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $278,546 | $136,565 | 49% | $141,981 | 51% | 3 | 171 | IMAX |
| 33 | The Polar Express 2008 IMAX Release | $267,461 | $158,092 | 59.1% | $109,369 | 40.9% | 26 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 34 | Rachel Getting Married | $254,748 | $131,440 | 51.6% | $123,308 | 48.4% | 65 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 35 | Transporter 3 | $230,019 | $128,930 | 56% | $101,089 | 44% | 135 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 36 | Last Chance Harvey | $213,067 | $97,260 | 45.6% | $115,807 | 54.4% | 6 | 2 | Overture Films |
| 37 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $185,276 | $87,901 | 47.4% | $97,375 | 52.6% | 96 | 8 | Miramax |
| 38 | Body of Lies | $168,758 | $90,631 | 53.7% | $78,127 | 46.3% | 182 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | I've Loved You So Long | $165,312 | $86,322 | 52.2% | $78,990 | 47.8% | 43 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 40 | Waltz with Bashir | $162,985 | $50,021 | 30.7% | $112,964 | 69.3% | 5 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 41 | Changeling | $161,860 | $72,380 | 44.7% | $89,480 | 55.3% | 114 | 10 | Universal Pictures |
| 42 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $133,035 | $41,872 | 31.5% | $91,163 | 68.5% | 21 | 65 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 43 | Deep Sea | $128,316 | $58,493 | 45.6% | $69,823 | 54.4% | 8 | 148 | Warner Bros. |
| 44 | A Christmas Tale | $113,993 | $63,594 | 55.8% | $50,399 | 44.2% | 52 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 45 | The Secret Life of Bees | $105,359 | $49,862 | 47.3% | $55,497 | 52.7% | 77 | 11 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 46 | Let the Right One In | $104,777 | $51,477 | 49.1% | $53,300 | 50.9% | 36 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 47 | Fireproof | $98,684 | $48,052 | 48.7% | $50,632 | 51.3% | 85 | 14 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 48 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $93,060 | $41,870 | 45% | $51,190 | 55% | 47 | 12 | Miramax |
| 49 | Nights in Rodanthe | $91,004 | $47,036 | 51.7% | $43,968 | 48.3% | 115 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 50 | The Dark Knight | $90,272 | $50,686 | 56.2% | $39,586 | 43.8% | 74 | 24 | Warner Bros. |
| 51 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $87,611 | $44,056 | 50.3% | $43,555 | 49.7% | 12 | 20 | Summit Entertainment |
| 52 | Synecdoche, New York | $79,320 | $36,796 | 46.4% | $42,524 | 53.6% | 38 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 53 | Defiance | $77,101 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | Paramount Vantage |
| 54 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $74,460 | $35,154 | 47.2% | $39,306 | 52.8% | 25 | 20 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 55 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2008 Re-release | $67,326 | $31,167 | 46.3% | $36,159 | 53.7% | 18 | 9 | IMAX |
| 56 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $65,648 | $34,503 | 52.6% | $31,145 | 47.4% | 2 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 57 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $55,955 | $22,700 | 40.6% | $33,255 | 59.4% | 46 | 9 | The Weinstein Company |
| 58 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $31,065 | $17,342 | 55.8% | $13,723 | 44.2% | 26 | 9 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 59 | Space Station 3D | $30,711 | $161 | 0.5% | $30,550 | 99.5% | 2 | 350 | IMAX |
| 60 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $29,380 | $20,154 | 68.6% | $9,226 | 31.4% | 10 | 46 | 3D Entertainment |
| 61 | Roving Mars | $26,495 | $10,137 | 38.3% | $16,358 | 61.7% | 6 | 153 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 62 | Wendy and Lucy | $22,858 | $12,004 | 52.5% | $10,854 | 47.5% | 4 | 4 | Oscilloscope |
| 63 | City of Ember | $20,819 | $10,521 | 50.5% | $10,298 | 49.5% | 25 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 64 | Max Payne | $20,291 | $11,414 | 56.2% | $8,877 | 43.8% | 27 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 65 | The Secret of the Grain | $20,168 | $9,850 | 48.8% | $10,318 | 51.2% | 1 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 66 | Soul Men | $16,507 | $3,804 | 23% | $12,703 | 77% | 10 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 67 | WALL·E | $16,309 | $6,802 | 41.7% | $9,507 | 58.3% | 33 | 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 68 | JCVD | $15,868 | $6,626 | 41.8% | $9,242 | 58.2% | 8 | 8 | Peace Arch Entertainment Group |
| 69 | Appaloosa | $15,384 | $7,689 | 50% | $7,695 | 50% | 18 | 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 70 | U2 3D | $14,318 | $9,102 | 63.6% | $5,216 | 36.4% | 4 | 50 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 71 | Igor | $13,889 | $10,964 | 78.9% | $2,925 | 21.1% | 46 | 15 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 72 | Tell No One | $13,352 | $5,706 | 42.7% | $7,646 | 57.3% | 7 | 27 | Music Box Films |
| 73 | A Secret | $12,103 | $6,357 | 52.5% | $5,746 | 47.5% | 6 | 17 | Strand Releasing |
| 74 | Man on Wire | $11,828 | $4,992 | 42.2% | $6,836 | 57.8% | 5 | 23 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 75 | Ciao | $7,321 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | Regent Releasing |
| 76 | The Order of Myths | $6,168 | $3,220 | 52.2% | $2,948 | 47.8% | 1 | 23 | The Cinema Guild |
| 77 | Good | $4,053 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | THINKFilm |
| 78 | How About You | $3,592 | $1,573 | 43.8% | $2,019 | 56.2% | 2 | 7 | Strand Releasing |
| 79 | Lola Montès | $3,001 | $1,586 | 52.8% | $1,415 | 47.2% | 2 | 12 | Rialto Pictures |
| 80 | Were the World Mine | $2,658 | $1,618 | 60.9% | $1,040 | 39.1% | 1 | 9 | SPEAK Productions |
| 81 | The Secrets | $2,389 | $976 | 40.8% | $1,413 | 59.2% | 2 | 6 | Monterey Media |
| 82 | I Can't Think Straight | $2,030 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | Regent Releasing |
| 83 | Stranded | $1,671 | $823 | 49.2% | $848 | 50.8% | 1 | 11 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 84 | Timecrimes | $1,511 | $867 | 57.4% | $644 | 42.6% | 1 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 85 | Frozen River | $1,237 | $427 | 34.5% | $810 | 65.5% | 1 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 86 | Moving Midway | $1,146 | $657 | 57.3% | $489 | 42.7% | 1 | 16 | First Run |
| 87 | The Wild Child | $1,097 | $651 | 59.3% | $446 | 40.7% | 1 | 8 | The Film Desk |
| 88 | Monsieur Verdoux | $937 | $937 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 42 | The Film Desk |
| 89 | Ashes of Time | $655 | $503 | 76.8% | $152 | 23.2% | 2 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| - | Sixty Six 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | First Independent Pictures |
| - | Antarctica | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | Regent Releasing |
| - | Yiddish Theater: A Love Story | - | - | - | - | - | - | 59 | New Love Films |
| - | One Day You'll Understand | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Kino International |
| - | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Kino International |
| - | August Evening | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | Maya Entertainment |
| - | Momma's Man | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | Kino International |
