Weekend Domestic Box Office December 5, 2008
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Four Christmases | $16,755,478 | -46% | 3,335 | $5,024 | $69,418,170 | 12 | |
| 2 | (3) | Twilight | $13,046,722 | -50% | 3,620 | $3,604 | $138,402,068 | 17 | |
| 3 | (2) | Bolt | $9,796,149 | -63% | 3,516 | $2,786 | $79,381,422 | 17 | |
| 4 | (5) | Australia | $7,050,261 | -52% | 2,721 | $2,591 | $30,919,097 | 12 | |
| 5 | (4) | Quantum of Solace | $6,752,390 | -64% | 3,423 | $1,973 | $151,620,134 | 24 | |
| 6 | (6) | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $5,079,120 | -64% | 3,317 | $1,531 | $165,653,852 | 31 | |
| 7 | (7) | Transporter 3 | $4,668,898 | -61% | 2,626 | $1,778 | $25,549,454 | 12 | |
| 8 | (new) | Punisher: War Zone | $4,271,451 | 2,508 | $1,703 | $4,271,451 | 3 | ||
| 9 | (new) | Cadillac Records | $3,445,559 | 687 | $5,015 | $3,445,559 | 3 | ||
| 10 | (8) | Role Models | $2,574,460 | -50% | 1,907 | $1,350 | $61,617,805 | 31 | |
| 11 | (10) | Milk | $1,834,914 | +26% | 99 | $18,534 | $4,284,465 | 12 | |
| 12 | (11) | Slumdog Millionaire | $1,402,176 | +4% | 78 | $17,977 | $5,339,510 | 26 | |
| 13 | (9) | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $1,031,036 | -39% | 678 | $1,521 | $6,657,280 | 31 | |
| 14 | (12) | Changeling | $501,070 | -58% | 681 | $736 | $34,683,447 | 45 | |
| 15 | (18) | Babine | $362,255 | -19% | 73 | $4,962 | $1,056,082 | 10 | |
| 16 | (new) | Nobel Son | $333,912 | 893 | $374 | $333,912 | 3 | ||
| 17 | (15) | $285,331 | 170 | $1,678 | $9,226,246 | 66 | |||
| 18 | (19) | Fireproof | $251,459 | -42% | 499 | $504 | $32,678,691 | 73 | |
| 19 | (13) | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $244,722 | -77% | 632 | $387 | $89,132,272 | 45 | |
| 20 | (16) | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $226,098 | -57% | 275 | $822 | $30,839,277 | 38 | |
| 21 | (14) | The Secret Life of Bees | $217,469 | -61% | 432 | $503 | $36,994,417 | 52 | |
| 22 | (20) | The Dark Knight | $187,418 | -45% | 269 | $697 | $530,540,885 | 143 | |
| 23 | (new) | Frost/Nixon | $180,708 | 3 | $60,236 | $180,708 | 3 | ||
| 24 | (22) | Synecdoche, New York | $163,627 | -43% | 115 | $1,423 | $2,244,636 | 45 | |
| 25 | (28) | The Polar Express | $155,991 | -1% | 26 | $6,000 | $179,556,315 | 1,489 | |
| 26 | (25) | I've Loved You So Long | $144,675 | -32% | 51 | $2,837 | $1,750,871 | 45 | |
| 27 | (21) | $141,162 | 202 | $699 | $2,861,186 | 59 | |||
| 28 | (17) | Soul Men | $133,421 | -71% | 233 | $573 | $11,874,010 | 31 | |
| 29 | (23) | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $114,523 | -55% | 248 | $462 | $92,231,434 | 66 | |
| 30 | (24) | Eagle Eye | $113,174 | -54% | 205 | $552 | $100,404,599 | 73 | |
| 31 | (29) | $104,312 | 50 | $2,086 | $1,000,653 | 45 | |||
| 32 | (26) | A Christmas Tale | $91,283 | -43% | 44 | $2,075 | $619,310 | 24 | |
| 33 | (32) | Igor | $65,509 | -41% | 162 | $404 | $19,327,987 | 80 | |
| 34 | (37) | Max Payne | $55,578 | -32% | 145 | $383 | $40,521,670 | 52 | |
| 35 | (63) | Pride and Glory | $54,637 | +343% | 180 | $304 | $15,709,385 | 45 | |
| 36 | (48) | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $50,253 | +21% | 21 | $2,393 | $20,046,097 | 430 | |
| 37 | (30) | WALL-E | $46,898 | -60% | 166 | $283 | $223,704,223 | 164 | |
| 38 | (35) | Burn After Reading | $45,414 | -48% | 78 | $582 | $60,244,987 | 87 | |
| 39 | (44) | The Duchess | $44,684 | -4% | 135 | $331 | $13,823,741 | 80 | |
| 40 | (31) | Saw V | $42,029 | -63% | 115 | $365 | $56,729,973 | 45 | |
| 41 | (39) | Appaloosa | $40,323 | -40% | 104 | $388 | $19,991,616 | 80 | |
| 42 | (36) | Body of Lies | $37,443 | -56% | 44 | $851 | $38,970,379 | 59 | |
| 43 | (40) | $35,630 | 59 | $604 | $12,953,375 | 68 | |||
| 44 | (27) | Yuvvraaj | $34,336 | -78% | 77 | $446 | $565,440 | 17 | |
| 45 | (45) | JCVD | $33,234 | -28% | 22 | $1,511 | $337,038 | 31 | |
| 46 | (34) | Dostana | $30,919 | -68% | 34 | $909 | $1,235,028 | 24 | |
| 47 | (42) | City of Ember | $27,861 | -49% | 83 | $336 | $7,781,625 | 59 | |
| 48 | (new) | Don Carlo | $27,834 | 5 | $5,567 | $27,834 | 3 | ||
| 49 | (50) | RocknRolla | $25,069 | -34% | 36 | $696 | $5,622,796 | 61 | |
| 50 | (46) | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $23,467 | -46% | 12 | $1,956 | $22,512,805 | 115 | |
| 51 | (55) | Space Station | $21,779 | -17% | 6 | $3,630 | $77,089,897 | 2,425 | |
| 52 | (51) | Magnificent Desolation | $20,976 | -38% | 7 | $2,997 | $26,666,743 | 1,172 | |
| 53 | (33) | Righteous Kill | $20,908 | -80% | 89 | $235 | $40,054,627 | 87 | |
| 54 | (43) | Deep Sea 3-D | $18,587 | -62% | 10 | $1,859 | $37,052,922 | 1,011 | |
| 55 | (60) | My Name is Bruce | $17,214 | +30% | 1 | $17,214 | $154,342 | 38 | |
| 56 | (49) | Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D | $16,859 | -57% | 10 | $1,686 | $5,163,693 | 297 | |
| 57 | (53) | Fly Me To the Moon | $15,525 | -48% | 15 | $1,035 | $12,372,652 | 115 | |
| 58 | (52) | Nights in Rodanthe | $15,423 | -51% | 45 | $343 | $41,556,584 | 73 | |
| 59 | (54) | Passchendaele | $14,560 | -48% | 29 | $502 | $4,382,555 | 45 | |
| 60 | (67) | Repo! The Genetic Opera | $13,083 | +20% | 11 | $1,189 | $140,244 | 31 | |
| 61 | (61) | $10,003 | 6 | $1,667 | $533,250 | 94 | |||
| 62 | (70) | Were the World Mine | $9,784 | +27% | 3 | $3,261 | $50,323 | 38 | |
| 63 | (47) | Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! | $9,059 | -79% | 24 | $377 | $80,037 | 10 | |
| 64 | (57) | Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom | $9,015 | -55% | 5 | $1,803 | $526,259 | 45 | |
| 65 | (56) | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $8,531 | -58% | 41 | $208 | $101,702,060 | 150 | |
| 66 | (58) | The Secrets | $8,372 | -57% | 5 | $1,674 | $37,029 | 12 | |
| 67 | (68) | Roving Mars | $7,964 | -8% | 7 | $1,138 | $9,791,194 | 1,046 | |
| 68 | (62) | $7,728 | 5 | $1,546 | $2,895,073 | 136 | |||
| 69 | (59) | What Just Happened | $7,316 | -52% | 17 | $430 | $1,080,914 | 52 | |
| 70 | (new) | A Good Day to be Black and Sexy | $6,141 | 1 | $6,141 | $6,141 | 3 | ||
| 71 | (69) | $5,947 | 4 | $1,487 | $6,119,226 | 159 | |||
| 72 | (66) | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $5,771 | -47% | 3 | $1,924 | $49,933 | 19 | |
| 73 | (-) | Call+Response | $5,543 | 2 | $2,772 | $183,468 | 59 | ||
| 74 | (77) | Ashes of Time (Redux Version) | $5,411 | +21% | 11 | $492 | $159,892 | 59 | |
| 75 | (80) | Hounddog | $5,388 | +41% | 3 | $1,796 | $128,092 | 80 | |
| 76 | (-) | Gardens of the Night | $4,904 | 1 | $4,904 | $10,029 | 31 | ||
| 77 | (72) | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | $4,740 | -13% | 26 | $182 | $2,775,593 | 66 | |
| 78 | (73) | U2 3D | $4,644 | -14% | 3 | $1,548 | $9,640,827 | 320 | |
| 79 | (97) | Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains | $4,353 | +136% | 4 | $1,088 | $52,001 | 47 | |
| 80 | (-) | $4,011 | 1 | $4,011 | $79,530 | 94 | |||
| 81 | (64) | $3,953 | 7 | $565 | $609,094 | 101 | |||
| 82 | (-) | $3,866 | 2 | $1,933 | $71,361 | 94 | |||
| 83 | (71) | I Can't Think Straight | $3,380 | -49% | 3 | $1,127 | $30,629 | 17 | |
| 84 | (75) | $3,156 | 13 | $243 | $400,129 | 115 | |||
| 85 | (98) | $3,032 | 5 | $606 | $477,452 | 108 | |||
| 86 | (79) | How About You | $2,974 | -24% | 1 | $2,974 | $27,020 | 24 | |
| 87 | (new) | Ciao | $2,672 | 1 | $2,672 | $2,672 | 3 | ||
| 88 | (92) | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $2,637 | +23% | 1 | $2,637 | $29,798 | 31 | |
| 89 | (83) | $2,597 | 6 | $433 | $2,291,511 | 129 | |||
| 90 | (78) | Familiar Strangers | $2,516 | -36% | 4 | $629 | $28,883 | 24 | |
| 91 | (103) | One Day You'll Understand | $2,467 | +127% | 3 | $822 | $82,804 | 38 | |
| 92 | (new) | Amexicano | $2,245 | 1 | $2,245 | $6,882 | 3 | ||
| 93 | (74) | $2,225 | 1 | $2,225 | $274,874 | 185 | |||
| 94 | (82) | Fears of the Dark | $2,210 | -32% | 6 | $368 | $72,903 | 47 | |
| 95 | (76) | Blue Gap Boy'z | $2,121 | -57% | 2 | $1,061 | $51,576 | 31 | |
| 96 | (89) | $2,053 | 4 | $513 | $83,635 | 68 | |||
| 97 | (new) | Hunger | $1,980 | 1 | $1,980 | $1,980 | 3 | ||
| 98 | (94) | FLOW: For Love of Water | $1,900 | -6% | 6 | $317 | $141,869 | 262 | |
| 99 | (-) | Eden | $1,852 | 2 | $926 | $10,074 | 24 | ||
| 100 | (84) | I.O.U.S.A. | $1,712 | -45% | 2 | $856 | $807,806 | 108 | |
| 101 | (102) | Breakfast with Scot | $1,666 | +50% | 1 | $1,666 | $40,123 | 59 | |
| 102 | (new) | Staub | $1,412 | 1 | $1,412 | $2,072 | 3 | ||
| 103 | (-) | Battle in Seattle | $1,118 | 4 | $280 | $222,419 | 80 | ||
| 104 | (-) | $870 | 1 | $870 | $30,309 | 206 | |||
| 105 | (100) | The Wild Child | $831 | -31% | 1 | $831 | $19,780 | 13,970 | |
| 106 | (81) | The Dukes | $800 | -78% | 2 | $400 | $26,157 | 24 | |
| 107 | (106) | Lake City | $782 | -9% | 2 | $391 | $12,065 | 17 | |
| 108 | (104) | The Singing Revolution | $688 | -28% | 1 | $688 | $397,363 | 367 | |
| 109 | (101) | $655 | 1 | $655 | $20,170 | 40 | |||
| 110 | (107) | House | $648 | +3% | 2 | $324 | $570,790 | 31 | |
| 111 | (93) | The Matador | $636 | -69% | 1 | $636 | $16,485 | 38 | |
| 112 | (-) | Whaledreamers | $612 | 1 | $612 | $10,584 | 73 | ||
| 113 | (87) | The Restless | $564 | -81% | 1 | $564 | $5,976 | 17 | |
| 114 | (90) | $514 | 1 | $514 | $86,816 | 166 | |||
| 115 | (99) | The Alphabet Killer | $435 | -70% | 1 | $435 | $27,814 | 31 | |
| 116 | (-) | A Man Named Pearl | $400 | 1 | $400 | $201,603 | 465 | ||
| 117 | (85) | The Flyboys | $350 | -89% | 1 | $350 | $142,524 | 115 | |
| 118 | (88) | Antarctica | $297 | -90% | 1 | $297 | $7,675 | 101 | |
| 119 | (109) | The Other End of the Line | $215 | -63% | 1 | $215 | $115,504 | 38 | |
| Reporting movies: 119 | $82,756,922 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Four Christmases | $16,755,478 | 3,335 | $69,418,170 |
| 2 | Twilight | $13,046,722 | 3,620 | $138,402,068 |
| 3 | Bolt | $9,796,149 | 3,516 | $79,381,422 |
| 4 | Australia | $7,050,261 | 2,721 | $30,919,097 |
| 5 | Quantum of Solace | $6,752,390 | 3,423 | $151,620,134 |
| 6 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $5,079,120 | 3,317 | $165,653,852 |
| 7 | Transporter 3 | $4,668,898 | 2,626 | $25,549,454 |
| 8 | Punisher: War Zone | $4,271,451 | 2,508 | $4,271,451 |
| 9 | Cadillac Records | $3,445,559 | 687 | $3,445,559 |
| 10 | Role Models | $2,574,460 | 1,907 | $61,617,805 |
| 11 | Milk | $1,834,914 | 99 | $4,284,465 |
| 12 | Slumdog Millionaire | $1,402,176 | 78 | $5,339,510 |
| 13 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $1,031,036 | 678 | $6,657,280 |
| 14 | Changeling | $501,070 | 681 | $34,683,447 |
| 15 | Babine | $362,255 | 73 | $1,056,082 |
| 16 | Nobel Son | $333,912 | 893 | $333,912 |
| 17 | $285,331 | 170 | $9,226,246 | |
| 18 | Fireproof | $251,459 | 499 | $32,678,691 |
| 19 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $244,722 | 632 | $89,132,272 |
| 20 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $226,098 | 275 | $30,839,277 |
| 21 | The Secret Life of Bees | $217,469 | 432 | $36,994,417 |
| 22 | The Dark Knight | $187,418 | 269 | $530,540,885 |
| 23 | Frost/Nixon | $180,708 | 3 | $180,708 |
| 24 | Synecdoche, New York | $163,627 | 115 | $2,244,636 |
| 25 | The Polar Express | $155,991 | 26 | $179,556,315 |
| 26 | I've Loved You So Long | $144,675 | 51 | $1,750,871 |
| 27 | $141,162 | 202 | $2,861,186 | |
| 28 | Soul Men | $133,421 | 233 | $11,874,010 |
| 29 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $114,523 | 248 | $92,231,434 |
| 30 | Eagle Eye | $113,174 | 205 | $100,404,599 |
| 31 | $104,312 | 50 | $1,000,653 | |
| 32 | A Christmas Tale | $91,283 | 44 | $619,310 |
| 33 | Igor | $65,509 | 162 | $19,327,987 |
| 34 | Max Payne | $55,578 | 145 | $40,521,670 |
| 35 | Pride and Glory | $54,637 | 180 | $15,709,385 |
| 36 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $50,253 | 21 | $20,046,097 |
| 37 | WALL-E | $46,898 | 166 | $223,704,223 |
| 38 | Burn After Reading | $45,414 | 78 | $60,244,987 |
| 39 | The Duchess | $44,684 | 135 | $13,823,741 |
| 40 | Saw V | $42,029 | 115 | $56,729,973 |
| 41 | Appaloosa | $40,323 | 104 | $19,991,616 |
| 42 | Body of Lies | $37,443 | 44 | $38,970,379 |
| 43 | $35,630 | 59 | $12,953,375 | |
| 44 | Yuvvraaj | $34,336 | 77 | $565,440 |
| 45 | JCVD | $33,234 | 22 | $337,038 |
| 46 | Dostana | $30,919 | 34 | $1,235,028 |
| 47 | City of Ember | $27,861 | 83 | $7,781,625 |
| 48 | Don Carlo | $27,834 | 5 | $27,834 |
| 49 | RocknRolla | $25,069 | 36 | $5,622,796 |
| 50 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $23,467 | 12 | $22,512,805 |
| 51 | Space Station | $21,779 | 6 | $77,089,897 |
| 52 | Magnificent Desolation | $20,976 | 7 | $26,666,743 |
| 53 | Righteous Kill | $20,908 | 89 | $40,054,627 |
| 54 | Deep Sea 3-D | $18,587 | 10 | $37,052,922 |
| 55 | My Name is Bruce | $17,214 | 1 | $154,342 |
| 56 | Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D | $16,859 | 10 | $5,163,693 |
| 57 | Fly Me To the Moon | $15,525 | 15 | $12,372,652 |
| 58 | Nights in Rodanthe | $15,423 | 45 | $41,556,584 |
| 59 | Passchendaele | $14,560 | 29 | $4,382,555 |
| 60 | Repo! The Genetic Opera | $13,083 | 11 | $140,244 |
| 61 | $10,003 | 6 | $533,250 | |
| 62 | Were the World Mine | $9,784 | 3 | $50,323 |
| 63 | Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! | $9,059 | 24 | $80,037 |
| 64 | Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom | $9,015 | 5 | $526,259 |
| 65 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $8,531 | 41 | $101,702,060 |
| 66 | The Secrets | $8,372 | 5 | $37,029 |
| 67 | Roving Mars | $7,964 | 7 | $9,791,194 |
| 68 | $7,728 | 5 | $2,895,073 | |
| 69 | What Just Happened | $7,316 | 17 | $1,080,914 |
| 70 | A Good Day to be Black and Sexy | $6,141 | 1 | $6,141 |
| 71 | $5,947 | 4 | $6,119,226 | |
| 72 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $5,771 | 3 | $49,933 |
| 73 | Call+Response | $5,543 | 2 | $183,468 |
| 74 | Ashes of Time (Redux Version) | $5,411 | 11 | $159,892 |
| 75 | Hounddog | $5,388 | 3 | $128,092 |
| 76 | Gardens of the Night | $4,904 | 1 | $10,029 |
| 77 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | $4,740 | 26 | $2,775,593 |
| 78 | U2 3D | $4,644 | 3 | $9,640,827 |
| 79 | Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains | $4,353 | 4 | $52,001 |
| 80 | $4,011 | 1 | $79,530 | |
| 81 | $3,953 | 7 | $609,094 | |
| 82 | $3,866 | 2 | $71,361 | |
| 83 | I Can't Think Straight | $3,380 | 3 | $30,629 |
| 84 | $3,156 | 13 | $400,129 | |
| 85 | $3,032 | 5 | $477,452 | |
| 86 | How About You | $2,974 | 1 | $27,020 |
| 87 | Ciao | $2,672 | 1 | $2,672 |
| 88 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $2,637 | 1 | $29,798 |
| 89 | $2,597 | 6 | $2,291,511 | |
| 90 | Familiar Strangers | $2,516 | 4 | $28,883 |
| 91 | One Day You'll Understand | $2,467 | 3 | $82,804 |
| 92 | Amexicano | $2,245 | 1 | $6,882 |
| 93 | $2,225 | 1 | $274,874 | |
| 94 | Fears of the Dark | $2,210 | 6 | $72,903 |
| 95 | Blue Gap Boy'z | $2,121 | 2 | $51,576 |
| 96 | $2,053 | 4 | $83,635 | |
| 97 | Hunger | $1,980 | 1 | $1,980 |
| 98 | FLOW: For Love of Water | $1,900 | 6 | $141,869 |
| 99 | Eden | $1,852 | 2 | $10,074 |
| 100 | I.O.U.S.A. | $1,712 | 2 | $807,806 |
| 101 | Breakfast with Scot | $1,666 | 1 | $40,123 |
| 102 | Staub | $1,412 | 1 | $2,072 |
| 103 | Battle in Seattle | $1,118 | 4 | $222,419 |
| 104 | $870 | 1 | $30,309 | |
| 105 | The Wild Child | $831 | 1 | $19,780 |
| 106 | The Dukes | $800 | 2 | $26,157 |
| 107 | Lake City | $782 | 2 | $12,065 |
| 108 | The Singing Revolution | $688 | 1 | $397,363 |
| 109 | $655 | 1 | $20,170 | |
| 110 | House | $648 | 2 | $570,790 |
| 111 | The Matador | $636 | 1 | $16,485 |
| 112 | Whaledreamers | $612 | 1 | $10,584 |
| 113 | The Restless | $564 | 1 | $5,976 |
| 114 | $514 | 1 | $86,816 | |
| 115 | The Alphabet Killer | $435 | 1 | $27,814 |
| 116 | A Man Named Pearl | $400 | 1 | $201,603 |
| 117 | The Flyboys | $350 | 1 | $142,524 |
| 118 | Antarctica | $297 | 1 | $7,675 |
| 119 | The Other End of the Line | $215 | 1 | $115,504 |
| Reporting: 119 | $82,756,922 | total | ||