Weekend Domestic Box Office December 19, 2008
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Yes Man | $18,262,471 | 3,434 | $5,318 | $18,262,471 | 3 | ||
| 2 | (new) | Seven Pounds | $14,851,136 | 2,758 | $5,385 | $14,851,136 | 3 | ||
| 3 | (new) | The Tale of Despereaux | $10,103,675 | 3,104 | $3,255 | $10,103,675 | 3 | ||
| 4 | (1) | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $9,890,105 | -68% | 3,560 | $2,778 | $48,366,989 | 10 | |
| 5 | (2) | Four Christmases | $7,701,375 | -41% | 3,515 | $2,191 | $100,110,827 | 26 | |
| 6 | (3) | Twilight | $5,189,319 | -35% | 2,991 | $1,735 | $158,423,218 | 31 | |
| 7 | (4) | Bolt | $4,146,856 | -44% | 2,968 | $1,397 | $94,900,059 | 31 | |
| 8 | (11) | Slumdog Millionaire | $3,053,760 | +40% | 589 | $5,185 | $12,037,510 | 40 | |
| 9 | (5) | Australia | $2,174,188 | -48% | 2,212 | $983 | $41,796,525 | 26 | |
| 10 | (6) | Quantum of Solace | $2,051,882 | -45% | 1,874 | $1,095 | $161,200,412 | 38 | |
| 11 | (9) | Milk | $1,729,156 | -33% | 356 | $4,857 | $10,410,039 | 26 | |
| 12 | (8) | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $1,569,610 | -51% | 2,007 | $782 | $172,392,069 | 45 | |
| 13 | (7) | Nothing Like the Holidays | $1,305,439 | -63% | 1,671 | $781 | $5,924,513 | 10 | |
| 14 | (10) | Transporter 3 | $682,033 | -71% | 1,007 | $677 | $31,069,389 | 26 | |
| 15 | (19) | Doubt | $680,948 | +34% | 39 | $17,460 | $1,399,548 | 10 | |
| 16 | (13) | Role Models | $645,395 | -58% | 792 | $815 | $65,593,985 | 45 | |
| 17 | (12) | Cadillac Records | $606,748 | -62% | 701 | $866 | $7,046,250 | 17 | |
| 18 | (20) | Gran Torino | $468,221 | +72% | 19 | $24,643 | $859,860 | 10 | |
| 19 | (17) | Frost/Nixon | $378,052 | -40% | 39 | $9,694 | $1,491,262 | 17 | |
| 20 | (15) | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | $326,641 | -65% | 102 | $3,202 | $1,431,843 | 10 | |
| 21 | (16) | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $274,481 | -60% | 403 | $681 | $8,379,440 | 45 | |
| 22 | (23) | The Polar Express | $261,549 | +23% | 26 | $10,060 | $180,238,711 | 1,503 | |
| 23 | (35) | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $225,706 | +218% | 315 | $717 | $92,595,594 | 80 | |
| 24 | (new) | The Wrestler | $202,714 | 4 | $50,679 | $288,220 | 5 | ||
| 25 | (14) | Punisher: War Zone | $193,995 | -86% | 385 | $504 | $7,948,159 | 17 | |
| 26 | (22) | Rachel Getting Married | $130,230 | -41% | 115 | $1,132 | $9,785,033 | 80 | |
| 27 | (24) | Eagle Eye | $129,410 | -35% | 254 | $509 | $100,856,790 | 87 | |
| 28 | (21) | Changeling | $101,905 | -60% | 229 | $445 | $35,397,257 | 59 | |
| 29 | (25) | The Reader | $92,790 | -45% | 8 | $11,599 | $349,240 | 12 | |
| 30 | (30) | I've Loved You So Long | $83,284 | -19% | 52 | $1,602 | $2,052,667 | 59 | |
| 31 | (41) | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $72,723 | +80% | 163 | $446 | $22,658,945 | 129 | |
| 32 | (34) | Let the Right One In | $68,656 | -10% | 53 | $1,295 | $1,245,880 | 59 | |
| 33 | (31) | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $56,436 | -44% | 161 | $351 | $89,404,747 | 59 | |
| 34 | (26) | Fireproof | $56,163 | -62% | 160 | $351 | $33,063,487 | 87 | |
| 35 | (66) | Nights in Rodanthe | $55,622 | +628% | 204 | $273 | $41,633,345 | 87 | |
| 36 | (29) | Synecdoche, New York | $53,622 | -49% | 56 | $958 | $2,547,673 | 59 | |
| 37 | (36) | A Christmas Tale | $52,393 | -15% | 48 | $1,092 | $795,910 | 38 | |
| 38 | (28) | The Dark Knight | $51,743 | -54% | 157 | $330 | $530,811,565 | 157 | |
| 39 | (27) | The Secret Life of Bees | $49,479 | -57% | 141 | $351 | $37,320,137 | 66 | |
| 40 | (33) | Happy-Go-Lucky | $44,621 | -49% | 84 | $531 | $3,101,671 | 73 | |
| 41 | (32) | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $36,307 | -64% | 87 | $417 | $31,153,007 | 52 | |
| 42 | (42) | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $31,138 | -23% | 21 | $1,483 | $20,161,732 | 444 | |
| 43 | (44) | Santa vs. The Snowman | $29,809 | -4% | 13 | $2,293 | $10,103,787 | 2,238 | |
| 44 | (39) | Max Payne | $24,590 | -46% | 69 | $356 | $40,632,110 | 66 | |
| 45 | (63) | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $24,415 | +137% | 73 | $334 | $13,442,412 | 52 | |
| 46 | (50) | Magnificent Desolation | $22,834 | +17% | 4 | $5,709 | $26,743,068 | 1,186 | |
| 47 | (111) | Space Station | $20,842 | +104,110% | 2 | $10,421 | $77,155,526 | 2,439 | |
| 48 | (40) | Igor | $18,382 | -60% | 82 | $224 | $19,420,496 | 94 | |
| 49 | (51) | Deep Sea 3-D | $17,732 | -7% | 10 | $1,773 | $37,117,207 | 1,025 | |
| 50 | (43) | Burn After Reading | $16,314 | -50% | 44 | $371 | $60,338,891 | 101 | |
| 51 | (54) | Wendy and Lucy | $16,004 | -12% | 6 | $2,667 | $50,650 | 12 | |
| 52 | (38) | Soul Men | $14,756 | -70% | 95 | $155 | $11,998,223 | 45 | |
| 53 | (47) | JCVD | $13,290 | -52% | 15 | $886 | $413,523 | 45 | |
| 54 | (48) | Body of Lies | $11,391 | -53% | 24 | $475 | $39,043,452 | 73 | |
| 55 | (45) | WALL-E | $11,074 | -64% | 62 | $179 | $223,773,410 | 178 | |
| 56 | (58) | Fly Me To the Moon | $10,095 | -32% | 12 | $841 | $12,423,424 | 129 | |
| 57 | (52) | Appaloosa | $9,902 | -47% | 33 | $300 | $20,051,965 | 94 | |
| 58 | (55) | City of Ember | $8,921 | -47% | 40 | $223 | $7,823,153 | 73 | |
| 59 | (73) | Timecrimes | $7,864 | +81% | 7 | $1,123 | $14,887 | 10 | |
| 60 | (64) | A Secret | $7,721 | -21% | 7 | $1,103 | $557,566 | 108 | |
| 61 | (62) | Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D | $7,700 | -27% | 10 | $770 | $5,188,311 | 311 | |
| 62 | (46) | RocknRolla | $7,077 | -75% | 39 | $181 | $5,694,401 | 75 | |
| 63 | (70) | Man on Wire | $5,917 | +2% | 6 | $986 | $2,913,155 | 150 | |
| 64 | (new) | Gomorrah | $5,532 | 1 | $5,532 | $5,532 | 3 | ||
| 65 | (68) | Roving Mars | $4,407 | -35% | 6 | $735 | $9,821,139 | 1,060 | |
| 66 | (67) | Passchendaele | $3,930 | -49% | 12 | $328 | $4,421,568 | 59 | |
| 67 | (79) | Ashes of Time (Redux Version) | $3,799 | +21% | 14 | $271 | $170,428 | 73 | |
| 68 | (76) | Tell No One | $3,556 | +9% | 6 | $593 | $6,130,293 | 173 | |
| 69 | (new) | Nothing But the Truth | $3,500 | 2 | $1,750 | $3,500 | 3 | ||
| 70 | (57) | Were the World Mine | $3,156 | -80% | 2 | $1,578 | $82,464 | 52 | |
| 71 | (69) | The Secrets | $3,039 | -54% | 5 | $608 | $52,226 | 26 | |
| 72 | (83) | Ciao | $2,733 | -6% | 3 | $911 | $10,723 | 17 | |
| 73 | (60) | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $2,524 | -81% | 4 | $631 | $51,886 | 45 | |
| 74 | (-) | The Wild Child | $2,362 | 2 | $1,181 | $22,738 | 13,984 | ||
| 75 | (80) | U2 3D | $1,847 | -38% | 1 | $1,847 | $9,647,929 | 334 | |
| 76 | (82) | The Girl Cut in Two | $1,838 | -37% | 9 | $204 | $409,658 | 129 | |
| 77 | (72) | Righteous Kill | $1,620 | -65% | 15 | $108 | $40,081,035 | 101 | |
| 78 | (65) | Frozen River | $1,471 | -84% | 4 | $368 | $2,307,807 | 143 | |
| 79 | (-) | Antarctica | $1,302 | 1 | $1,302 | $9,181 | 115 | ||
| 80 | (107) | The Flyboys | $702 | +142% | 1 | $702 | $144,110 | 129 | |
| 81 | (88) | I Can't Think Straight | $686 | -68% | 2 | $343 | $35,794 | 31 | |
| 82 | (77) | I Served the King of England | $650 | -80% | 3 | $217 | $617,228 | 115 | |
| 83 | (96) | Breakfast with Scot | $649 | -33% | 1 | $649 | $42,980 | 73 | |
| 84 | (89) | Fears of the Dark | $617 | -67% | 3 | $206 | $77,876 | 61 | |
| 85 | (75) | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $615 | -85% | 1 | $615 | $59,252 | 33 | |
| 86 | (84) | Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains | $467 | -83% | 1 | $467 | $60,442 | 61 | |
| 87 | (81) | Where God Left His Shoes | $464 | -84% | 2 | $232 | $3,911 | 10 | |
| 88 | (106) | Save Me | $424 | -11% | 1 | $424 | $82,369 | 108 | |
| 89 | (86) | House | $331 | -86% | 1 | $331 | $574,940 | 45 | |
| 90 | (85) | Trouble the Water | $242 | -91% | 1 | $242 | $486,527 | 122 | |
| 91 | (78) | How About You | $145 | -95% | 1 | $145 | $33,013 | 38 | |
| 92 | (-) | House of the Sleeping Beauties | $136 | 1 | $136 | $3,387 | 38 | ||
| Reporting movies: 92 | $88,501,351 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes Man | $18,262,471 | 3,434 | $18,262,471 |
| 2 | Seven Pounds | $14,851,136 | 2,758 | $14,851,136 |
| 3 | The Tale of Despereaux | $10,103,675 | 3,104 | $10,103,675 |
| 4 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $9,890,105 | 3,560 | $48,366,989 |
| 5 | Four Christmases | $7,701,375 | 3,515 | $100,110,827 |
| 6 | Twilight | $5,189,319 | 2,991 | $158,423,218 |
| 7 | Bolt | $4,146,856 | 2,968 | $94,900,059 |
| 8 | Slumdog Millionaire | $3,053,760 | 589 | $12,037,510 |
| 9 | Australia | $2,174,188 | 2,212 | $41,796,525 |
| 10 | Quantum of Solace | $2,051,882 | 1,874 | $161,200,412 |
| 11 | Milk | $1,729,156 | 356 | $10,410,039 |
| 12 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $1,569,610 | 2,007 | $172,392,069 |
| 13 | Nothing Like the Holidays | $1,305,439 | 1,671 | $5,924,513 |
| 14 | Transporter 3 | $682,033 | 1,007 | $31,069,389 |
| 15 | Doubt | $680,948 | 39 | $1,399,548 |
| 16 | Role Models | $645,395 | 792 | $65,593,985 |
| 17 | Cadillac Records | $606,748 | 701 | $7,046,250 |
| 18 | Gran Torino | $468,221 | 19 | $859,860 |
| 19 | Frost/Nixon | $378,052 | 39 | $1,491,262 |
| 20 | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | $326,641 | 102 | $1,431,843 |
| 21 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $274,481 | 403 | $8,379,440 |
| 22 | The Polar Express | $261,549 | 26 | $180,238,711 |
| 23 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $225,706 | 315 | $92,595,594 |
| 24 | The Wrestler | $202,714 | 4 | $288,220 |
| 25 | Punisher: War Zone | $193,995 | 385 | $7,948,159 |
| 26 | Rachel Getting Married | $130,230 | 115 | $9,785,033 |
| 27 | Eagle Eye | $129,410 | 254 | $100,856,790 |
| 28 | Changeling | $101,905 | 229 | $35,397,257 |
| 29 | The Reader | $92,790 | 8 | $349,240 |
| 30 | I've Loved You So Long | $83,284 | 52 | $2,052,667 |
| 31 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $72,723 | 163 | $22,658,945 |
| 32 | Let the Right One In | $68,656 | 53 | $1,245,880 |
| 33 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $56,436 | 161 | $89,404,747 |
| 34 | Fireproof | $56,163 | 160 | $33,063,487 |
| 35 | Nights in Rodanthe | $55,622 | 204 | $41,633,345 |
| 36 | Synecdoche, New York | $53,622 | 56 | $2,547,673 |
| 37 | A Christmas Tale | $52,393 | 48 | $795,910 |
| 38 | The Dark Knight | $51,743 | 157 | $530,811,565 |
| 39 | The Secret Life of Bees | $49,479 | 141 | $37,320,137 |
| 40 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $44,621 | 84 | $3,101,671 |
| 41 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $36,307 | 87 | $31,153,007 |
| 42 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $31,138 | 21 | $20,161,732 |
| 43 | Santa vs. The Snowman | $29,809 | 13 | $10,103,787 |
| 44 | Max Payne | $24,590 | 69 | $40,632,110 |
| 45 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $24,415 | 73 | $13,442,412 |
| 46 | Magnificent Desolation | $22,834 | 4 | $26,743,068 |
| 47 | Space Station | $20,842 | 2 | $77,155,526 |
| 48 | Igor | $18,382 | 82 | $19,420,496 |
| 49 | Deep Sea 3-D | $17,732 | 10 | $37,117,207 |
| 50 | Burn After Reading | $16,314 | 44 | $60,338,891 |
| 51 | Wendy and Lucy | $16,004 | 6 | $50,650 |
| 52 | Soul Men | $14,756 | 95 | $11,998,223 |
| 53 | JCVD | $13,290 | 15 | $413,523 |
| 54 | Body of Lies | $11,391 | 24 | $39,043,452 |
| 55 | WALL-E | $11,074 | 62 | $223,773,410 |
| 56 | Fly Me To the Moon | $10,095 | 12 | $12,423,424 |
| 57 | Appaloosa | $9,902 | 33 | $20,051,965 |
| 58 | City of Ember | $8,921 | 40 | $7,823,153 |
| 59 | Timecrimes | $7,864 | 7 | $14,887 |
| 60 | A Secret | $7,721 | 7 | $557,566 |
| 61 | Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D | $7,700 | 10 | $5,188,311 |
| 62 | RocknRolla | $7,077 | 39 | $5,694,401 |
| 63 | Man on Wire | $5,917 | 6 | $2,913,155 |
| 64 | Gomorrah | $5,532 | 1 | $5,532 |
| 65 | Roving Mars | $4,407 | 6 | $9,821,139 |
| 66 | Passchendaele | $3,930 | 12 | $4,421,568 |
| 67 | Ashes of Time (Redux Version) | $3,799 | 14 | $170,428 |
| 68 | Tell No One | $3,556 | 6 | $6,130,293 |
| 69 | Nothing But the Truth | $3,500 | 2 | $3,500 |
| 70 | Were the World Mine | $3,156 | 2 | $82,464 |
| 71 | The Secrets | $3,039 | 5 | $52,226 |
| 72 | Ciao | $2,733 | 3 | $10,723 |
| 73 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $2,524 | 4 | $51,886 |
| 74 | The Wild Child | $2,362 | 2 | $22,738 |
| 75 | U2 3D | $1,847 | 1 | $9,647,929 |
| 76 | The Girl Cut in Two | $1,838 | 9 | $409,658 |
| 77 | Righteous Kill | $1,620 | 15 | $40,081,035 |
| 78 | Frozen River | $1,471 | 4 | $2,307,807 |
| 79 | Antarctica | $1,302 | 1 | $9,181 |
| 80 | The Flyboys | $702 | 1 | $144,110 |
| 81 | I Can't Think Straight | $686 | 2 | $35,794 |
| 82 | I Served the King of England | $650 | 3 | $617,228 |
| 83 | Breakfast with Scot | $649 | 1 | $42,980 |
| 84 | Fears of the Dark | $617 | 3 | $77,876 |
| 85 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $615 | 1 | $59,252 |
| 86 | Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains | $467 | 1 | $60,442 |
| 87 | Where God Left His Shoes | $464 | 2 | $3,911 |
| 88 | Save Me | $424 | 1 | $82,369 |
| 89 | House | $331 | 1 | $574,940 |
| 90 | Trouble the Water | $242 | 1 | $486,527 |
| 91 | How About You | $145 | 1 | $33,013 |
| 92 | House of the Sleeping Beauties | $136 | 1 | $3,387 |
| Reporting: 92 | $88,501,351 | total | ||