Week Domestic Box Office December 5, 2008
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Four Christmases | $22,038,812 | -42% | 3,335 | $6,608 | $74,701,504 | 16 | |
| 2 | (2) | Twilight | $16,739,349 | -48% | 3,620 | $4,624 | $142,094,695 | 21 | |
| 3 | (3) | Bolt | $11,799,450 | -60% | 3,516 | $3,356 | $81,384,723 | 21 | |
| 4 | (5) | Australia | $9,729,140 | -48% | 2,721 | $3,576 | $33,597,976 | 16 | |
| 5 | (4) | Quantum of Solace | $8,999,966 | -60% | 3,423 | $2,629 | $153,867,710 | 28 | |
| 6 | (6) | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $6,181,431 | -61% | 3,317 | $1,864 | $166,756,163 | 35 | |
| 7 | (7) | Transporter 3 | $6,145,303 | -58% | 2,626 | $2,340 | $27,025,859 | 16 | |
| 8 | (new) | Punisher: War Zone | $5,627,529 | 2,508 | $2,244 | $5,627,529 | 7 | ||
| 9 | (new) | Cadillac Records | $4,324,085 | 687 | $6,294 | $4,324,085 | 7 | ||
| 10 | (8) | Role Models | $3,546,495 | -45% | 1,907 | $1,860 | $62,589,840 | 35 | |
| 11 | (10) | Milk | $2,542,787 | +30% | 99 | $25,685 | $4,992,338 | 16 | |
| 12 | (11) | Slumdog Millionaire | $1,935,912 | +11% | 78 | $24,819 | $5,873,246 | 30 | |
| 13 | (9) | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $1,451,353 | -33% | 678 | $2,141 | $7,077,597 | 35 | |
| 14 | (12) | Changeling | $722,390 | -53% | 681 | $1,061 | $34,904,767 | 49 | |
| 15 | (new) | Nobel Son | $513,331 | 893 | $575 | $513,331 | 7 | ||
| 16 | (17) | Rachel Getting Married | $398,636 | -40% | 170 | $2,345 | $9,339,551 | 70 | |
| 17 | (18) | Fireproof | $363,467 | -34% | 499 | $728 | $32,790,699 | 77 | |
| 18 | (14) | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $333,961 | -52% | 275 | $1,214 | $30,947,140 | 42 | |
| 19 | (16) | The Secret Life of Bees | $317,658 | -54% | 432 | $735 | $37,094,606 | 56 | |
| 20 | (13) | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $313,277 | -74% | 632 | $496 | $89,200,827 | 49 | |
| 21 | (20) | The Dark Knight | $257,906 | -41% | 269 | $959 | $530,611,373 | 147 | |
| 22 | (new) | Frost/Nixon | $247,459 | 3 | $82,486 | $247,459 | 7 | ||
| 23 | (22) | Synecdoche, New York | $244,616 | -30% | 115 | $2,127 | $2,325,625 | 49 | |
| 24 | (27) | The Polar Express | $228,756 | +13% | 26 | $8,798 | $179,629,080 | 1,493 | |
| 25 | (25) | I've Loved You So Long | $209,166 | -26% | 51 | $4,101 | $1,815,362 | 49 | |
| 26 | (21) | Happy-Go-Lucky | $207,586 | -44% | 202 | $1,028 | $2,927,610 | 63 | |
| 27 | (19) | Soul Men | $176,355 | -68% | 233 | $757 | $11,916,944 | 35 | |
| 28 | (28) | Let the Right One In | $160,008 | -18% | 50 | $3,200 | $1,056,349 | 49 | |
| 29 | (24) | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $150,491 | -50% | 248 | $607 | $92,267,402 | 70 | |
| 30 | (23) | Eagle Eye | $150,144 | -51% | 205 | $732 | $100,441,569 | 77 | |
| 31 | (26) | A Christmas Tale | $129,184 | -38% | 44 | $2,936 | $657,211 | 28 | |
| 32 | (62) | Pride and Glory | $85,973 | +381% | 180 | $478 | $15,740,721 | 49 | |
| 33 | (33) | Igor | $81,088 | -38% | 162 | $501 | $19,343,566 | 84 | |
| 34 | (38) | Max Payne | $77,723 | -28% | 145 | $536 | $40,543,815 | 56 | |
| 35 | (44) | The Duchess | $69,921 | +6% | 135 | $518 | $13,848,978 | 84 | |
| 36 | (35) | Burn After Reading | $69,526 | -40% | 78 | $891 | $60,269,099 | 91 | |
| 37 | (32) | WALL-E | $61,727 | -54% | 166 | $372 | $223,719,052 | 168 | |
| 38 | (40) | Appaloosa | $60,721 | -32% | 104 | $584 | $20,012,014 | 84 | |
| 39 | (31) | Saw V | $58,825 | -61% | 115 | $512 | $56,746,769 | 49 | |
| 40 | (34) | Body of Lies | $58,441 | -50% | 44 | $1,328 | $38,991,377 | 63 | |
| 41 | (39) | Religulous | $56,264 | -38% | 59 | $954 | $12,974,009 | 72 | |
| 42 | (43) | JCVD | $51,678 | -29% | 22 | $2,349 | $355,482 | 35 | |
| 43 | (36) | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $50,308 | -55% | 21 | $2,396 | $20,046,152 | 434 | |
| 44 | (46) | Magnificent Desolation | $40,782 | -36% | 7 | $5,826 | $26,686,549 | 1,176 | |
| 45 | (50) | RocknRolla | $38,951 | -27% | 36 | $1,082 | $5,636,678 | 65 | |
| 46 | (30) | Righteous Kill | $38,085 | -75% | 89 | $428 | $40,071,804 | 91 | |
| 47 | (45) | City of Ember | $36,752 | -43% | 83 | $443 | $7,790,516 | 63 | |
| 48 | (49) | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $35,315 | -35% | 12 | $2,943 | $22,524,653 | 119 | |
| 49 | (29) | Yuvvraaj | $34,336 | -82% | 77 | $446 | $565,440 | 21 | |
| 50 | (47) | Deep Sea 3-D | $32,080 | -48% | 10 | $3,208 | $37,066,415 | 1,015 | |
| 51 | (37) | Dostana | $30,919 | -72% | 34 | $909 | $1,235,028 | 28 | |
| 52 | (53) | Fly Me To the Moon | $28,510 | -44% | 15 | $1,901 | $12,385,637 | 119 | |
| 53 | (new) | Don Carlo | $27,834 | 5 | $5,567 | $27,834 | 7 | ||
| 54 | (51) | Space Station | $25,427 | -52% | 6 | $4,238 | $77,093,545 | 2,429 | |
| 55 | (54) | Nights in Rodanthe | $25,112 | -44% | 45 | $558 | $41,566,273 | 77 | |
| 56 | (55) | Passchendaele | $23,844 | -42% | 29 | $822 | $4,391,839 | 49 | |
| 57 | (48) | Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D | $21,074 | -66% | 10 | $2,107 | $5,167,908 | 301 | |
| 58 | (56) | My Name is Bruce | $17,700 | -42% | 1 | $17,700 | $154,828 | 42 | |
| 59 | (68) | Roving Mars | $17,381 | +12% | 7 | $2,483 | $9,800,611 | 1,050 | |
| 60 | (-) | Call+Response | $15,392 | 2 | $7,696 | $193,317 | 63 | ||
| 61 | (61) | Were the World Mine | $14,934 | -20% | 3 | $4,978 | $55,473 | 42 | |
| 62 | (67) | A Secret | $13,903 | -18% | 6 | $2,317 | $537,150 | 98 | |
| 63 | (58) | Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom | $13,255 | -48% | 5 | $2,651 | $530,499 | 49 | |
| 64 | (69) | Repo! The Genetic Opera | $13,083 | +2% | 11 | $1,189 | $140,244 | 35 | |
| 65 | (57) | The Secrets | $12,009 | -55% | 5 | $2,402 | $40,912 | 16 | |
| 66 | (new) | The Reader | $11,919 | 1 | $11,919 | $11,919 | 2 | ||
| 67 | (66) | Man on Wire | $11,529 | -33% | 5 | $2,306 | $2,898,874 | 140 | |
| 68 | (59) | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $10,841 | -55% | 41 | $264 | $101,704,370 | 154 | |
| 69 | (60) | What Just Happened | $10,561 | -51% | 17 | $621 | $1,084,159 | 56 | |
| 70 | (52) | Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! | $9,059 | -83% | 24 | $377 | $80,037 | 14 | |
| 71 | (new) | A Good Day to be Black and Sexy | $8,629 | 1 | $8,629 | $8,629 | 7 | ||
| 72 | (70) | Tell No One | $8,508 | -11% | 4 | $2,127 | $6,121,787 | 163 | |
| 73 | (63) | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $8,188 | -53% | 3 | $2,729 | $52,350 | 23 | |
| 74 | (new) | Wendy and Lucy | $7,100 | 1 | $7,100 | $7,100 | 2 | ||
| 75 | (79) | Ashes of Time (Redux Version) | $7,080 | +24% | 11 | $644 | $161,561 | 63 | |
| 76 | (94) | Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains | $6,792 | +89% | 4 | $1,698 | $54,677 | 51 | |
| 77 | (87) | Trouble the Water | $6,101 | +49% | 5 | $1,220 | $481,485 | 112 | |
| 78 | (64) | I Served the King of England | $6,069 | -65% | 7 | $867 | $611,210 | 105 | |
| 79 | (-) | Save Me | $5,950 | 1 | $5,950 | $81,469 | 98 | ||
| 80 | (75) | U2 3D | $5,856 | -6% | 2 | $2,928 | $9,642,039 | 324 | |
| 81 | (76) | Gardens of the Night | $5,806 | -5% | 1 | $5,806 | $10,931 | 35 | |
| 82 | (92) | Hounddog | $5,443 | +42% | 3 | $1,814 | $128,147 | 84 | |
| 83 | (72) | Frozen River | $5,401 | -29% | 6 | $900 | $2,294,315 | 133 | |
| 84 | (73) | I Can't Think Straight | $5,149 | -28% | 3 | $1,716 | $32,398 | 21 | |
| 85 | (74) | The Girl Cut in Two | $4,944 | -29% | 13 | $380 | $401,917 | 119 | |
| 86 | (71) | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | $4,740 | -43% | 26 | $182 | $2,775,593 | 70 | |
| 87 | (new) | Ciao | $4,368 | 1 | $4,368 | $4,368 | 7 | ||
| 88 | (-) | August Evening | $4,343 | 2 | $2,172 | $71,838 | 98 | ||
| 89 | (77) | How About You | $4,196 | -30% | 1 | $4,196 | $28,242 | 28 | |
| 90 | (80) | Fears of the Dark | $4,112 | -26% | 6 | $685 | $74,805 | 51 | |
| 91 | (105) | One Day You'll Understand | $3,662 | +158% | 3 | $1,221 | $83,999 | 42 | |
| 92 | (new) | Hunger | $3,561 | 1 | $3,561 | $3,561 | 7 | ||
| 93 | (91) | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $3,489 | -9% | 1 | $3,489 | $30,650 | 35 | |
| 94 | (86) | Ballast | $3,398 | -18% | 4 | $850 | $84,980 | 72 | |
| 95 | (85) | Familiar Strangers | $3,302 | -28% | 4 | $826 | $29,669 | 28 | |
| 96 | (new) | Amexicano | $3,176 | 1 | $3,176 | $7,813 | 7 | ||
| 97 | (-) | Eden | $3,170 | 2 | $1,585 | $11,392 | 28 | ||
| 98 | (81) | The Grocer's Son | $2,842 | -47% | 1 | $2,842 | $275,491 | 189 | |
| 99 | (84) | I.O.U.S.A. | $2,795 | -40% | 2 | $1,398 | $808,889 | 112 | |
| 100 | (78) | Blue Gap Boy'z | $2,737 | -53% | 2 | $1,369 | $51,748 | 35 | |
| 101 | (98) | FLOW: For Love of Water | $2,600 | +28% | 6 | $433 | $142,569 | 266 | |
| 102 | (103) | Breakfast with Scot | $2,354 | +53% | 1 | $2,354 | $40,811 | 63 | |
| 103 | (-) | Battle in Seattle | $2,236 | 4 | $559 | $223,537 | 84 | ||
| 104 | (100) | Lake City | $1,177 | -39% | 2 | $589 | $12,460 | 21 | |
| 105 | (102) | The First Basket | $925 | -45% | 1 | $925 | $20,440 | 44 | |
| 106 | (89) | The Matador | $915 | -77% | 1 | $915 | $16,737 | 42 | |
| 107 | (107) | House | $881 | -11% | 2 | $441 | $571,023 | 35 | |
| 108 | (82) | The Dukes | $800 | -84% | 2 | $400 | $26,157 | 28 | |
| 109 | (106) | The Singing Revolution | $756 | -42% | 1 | $756 | $397,431 | 371 | |
| 110 | (101) | The Alphabet Killer | $672 | -65% | 1 | $672 | $28,051 | 35 | |
| 111 | (-) | Whaledreamers | $612 | 1 | $612 | $10,584 | 77 | ||
| 112 | (104) | The Wild Child | $598 | -61% | 1 | $598 | $20,376 | 13,974 | |
| 113 | (93) | The Flyboys | $568 | -85% | 1 | $568 | $142,742 | 119 | |
| 114 | (90) | Louise Bourgeois | $514 | -87% | 1 | $514 | $86,816 | 170 | |
| 115 | (83) | Antarctica | $501 | -90% | 1 | $501 | $7,879 | 105 | |
| 116 | (-) | A Man Named Pearl | $400 | 1 | $400 | $201,603 | 469 | ||
| 117 | (108) | The Other End of the Line | $215 | -74% | 1 | $215 | $115,504 | 42 | |
| Reporting movies: 117 | $107,746,416 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Four Christmases | $22,038,812 | 3,335 | $74,701,504 |
| 2 | Twilight | $16,739,349 | 3,620 | $142,094,695 |
| 3 | Bolt | $11,799,450 | 3,516 | $81,384,723 |
| 4 | Australia | $9,729,140 | 2,721 | $33,597,976 |
| 5 | Quantum of Solace | $8,999,966 | 3,423 | $153,867,710 |
| 6 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $6,181,431 | 3,317 | $166,756,163 |
| 7 | Transporter 3 | $6,145,303 | 2,626 | $27,025,859 |
| 8 | Punisher: War Zone | $5,627,529 | 2,508 | $5,627,529 |
| 9 | Cadillac Records | $4,324,085 | 687 | $4,324,085 |
| 10 | Role Models | $3,546,495 | 1,907 | $62,589,840 |
| 11 | Milk | $2,542,787 | 99 | $4,992,338 |
| 12 | Slumdog Millionaire | $1,935,912 | 78 | $5,873,246 |
| 13 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $1,451,353 | 678 | $7,077,597 |
| 14 | Changeling | $722,390 | 681 | $34,904,767 |
| 15 | Nobel Son | $513,331 | 893 | $513,331 |
| 16 | Rachel Getting Married | $398,636 | 170 | $9,339,551 |
| 17 | Fireproof | $363,467 | 499 | $32,790,699 |
| 18 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $333,961 | 275 | $30,947,140 |
| 19 | The Secret Life of Bees | $317,658 | 432 | $37,094,606 |
| 20 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $313,277 | 632 | $89,200,827 |
| 21 | The Dark Knight | $257,906 | 269 | $530,611,373 |
| 22 | Frost/Nixon | $247,459 | 3 | $247,459 |
| 23 | Synecdoche, New York | $244,616 | 115 | $2,325,625 |
| 24 | The Polar Express | $228,756 | 26 | $179,629,080 |
| 25 | I've Loved You So Long | $209,166 | 51 | $1,815,362 |
| 26 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $207,586 | 202 | $2,927,610 |
| 27 | Soul Men | $176,355 | 233 | $11,916,944 |
| 28 | Let the Right One In | $160,008 | 50 | $1,056,349 |
| 29 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $150,491 | 248 | $92,267,402 |
| 30 | Eagle Eye | $150,144 | 205 | $100,441,569 |
| 31 | A Christmas Tale | $129,184 | 44 | $657,211 |
| 32 | Pride and Glory | $85,973 | 180 | $15,740,721 |
| 33 | Igor | $81,088 | 162 | $19,343,566 |
| 34 | Max Payne | $77,723 | 145 | $40,543,815 |
| 35 | The Duchess | $69,921 | 135 | $13,848,978 |
| 36 | Burn After Reading | $69,526 | 78 | $60,269,099 |
| 37 | WALL-E | $61,727 | 166 | $223,719,052 |
| 38 | Appaloosa | $60,721 | 104 | $20,012,014 |
| 39 | Saw V | $58,825 | 115 | $56,746,769 |
| 40 | Body of Lies | $58,441 | 44 | $38,991,377 |
| 41 | Religulous | $56,264 | 59 | $12,974,009 |
| 42 | JCVD | $51,678 | 22 | $355,482 |
| 43 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $50,308 | 21 | $20,046,152 |
| 44 | Magnificent Desolation | $40,782 | 7 | $26,686,549 |
| 45 | RocknRolla | $38,951 | 36 | $5,636,678 |
| 46 | Righteous Kill | $38,085 | 89 | $40,071,804 |
| 47 | City of Ember | $36,752 | 83 | $7,790,516 |
| 48 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $35,315 | 12 | $22,524,653 |
| 49 | Yuvvraaj | $34,336 | 77 | $565,440 |
| 50 | Deep Sea 3-D | $32,080 | 10 | $37,066,415 |
| 51 | Dostana | $30,919 | 34 | $1,235,028 |
| 52 | Fly Me To the Moon | $28,510 | 15 | $12,385,637 |
| 53 | Don Carlo | $27,834 | 5 | $27,834 |
| 54 | Space Station | $25,427 | 6 | $77,093,545 |
| 55 | Nights in Rodanthe | $25,112 | 45 | $41,566,273 |
| 56 | Passchendaele | $23,844 | 29 | $4,391,839 |
| 57 | Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D | $21,074 | 10 | $5,167,908 |
| 58 | My Name is Bruce | $17,700 | 1 | $154,828 |
| 59 | Roving Mars | $17,381 | 7 | $9,800,611 |
| 60 | Call+Response | $15,392 | 2 | $193,317 |
| 61 | Were the World Mine | $14,934 | 3 | $55,473 |
| 62 | A Secret | $13,903 | 6 | $537,150 |
| 63 | Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom | $13,255 | 5 | $530,499 |
| 64 | Repo! The Genetic Opera | $13,083 | 11 | $140,244 |
| 65 | The Secrets | $12,009 | 5 | $40,912 |
| 66 | The Reader | $11,919 | 1 | $11,919 |
| 67 | Man on Wire | $11,529 | 5 | $2,898,874 |
| 68 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $10,841 | 41 | $101,704,370 |
| 69 | What Just Happened | $10,561 | 17 | $1,084,159 |
| 70 | Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! | $9,059 | 24 | $80,037 |
| 71 | A Good Day to be Black and Sexy | $8,629 | 1 | $8,629 |
| 72 | Tell No One | $8,508 | 4 | $6,121,787 |
| 73 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $8,188 | 3 | $52,350 |
| 74 | Wendy and Lucy | $7,100 | 1 | $7,100 |
| 75 | Ashes of Time (Redux Version) | $7,080 | 11 | $161,561 |
| 76 | Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains | $6,792 | 4 | $54,677 |
| 77 | Trouble the Water | $6,101 | 5 | $481,485 |
| 78 | I Served the King of England | $6,069 | 7 | $611,210 |
| 79 | Save Me | $5,950 | 1 | $81,469 |
| 80 | U2 3D | $5,856 | 2 | $9,642,039 |
| 81 | Gardens of the Night | $5,806 | 1 | $10,931 |
| 82 | Hounddog | $5,443 | 3 | $128,147 |
| 83 | Frozen River | $5,401 | 6 | $2,294,315 |
| 84 | I Can't Think Straight | $5,149 | 3 | $32,398 |
| 85 | The Girl Cut in Two | $4,944 | 13 | $401,917 |
| 86 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | $4,740 | 26 | $2,775,593 |
| 87 | Ciao | $4,368 | 1 | $4,368 |
| 88 | August Evening | $4,343 | 2 | $71,838 |
| 89 | How About You | $4,196 | 1 | $28,242 |
| 90 | Fears of the Dark | $4,112 | 6 | $74,805 |
| 91 | One Day You'll Understand | $3,662 | 3 | $83,999 |
| 92 | Hunger | $3,561 | 1 | $3,561 |
| 93 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $3,489 | 1 | $30,650 |
| 94 | Ballast | $3,398 | 4 | $84,980 |
| 95 | Familiar Strangers | $3,302 | 4 | $29,669 |
| 96 | Amexicano | $3,176 | 1 | $7,813 |
| 97 | Eden | $3,170 | 2 | $11,392 |
| 98 | The Grocer's Son | $2,842 | 1 | $275,491 |
| 99 | I.O.U.S.A. | $2,795 | 2 | $808,889 |
| 100 | Blue Gap Boy'z | $2,737 | 2 | $51,748 |
| 101 | FLOW: For Love of Water | $2,600 | 6 | $142,569 |
| 102 | Breakfast with Scot | $2,354 | 1 | $40,811 |
| 103 | Battle in Seattle | $2,236 | 4 | $223,537 |
| 104 | Lake City | $1,177 | 2 | $12,460 |
| 105 | The First Basket | $925 | 1 | $20,440 |
| 106 | The Matador | $915 | 1 | $16,737 |
| 107 | House | $881 | 2 | $571,023 |
| 108 | The Dukes | $800 | 2 | $26,157 |
| 109 | The Singing Revolution | $756 | 1 | $397,431 |
| 110 | The Alphabet Killer | $672 | 1 | $28,051 |
| 111 | Whaledreamers | $612 | 1 | $10,584 |
| 112 | The Wild Child | $598 | 1 | $20,376 |
| 113 | The Flyboys | $568 | 1 | $142,742 |
| 114 | Louise Bourgeois | $514 | 1 | $86,816 |
| 115 | Antarctica | $501 | 1 | $7,879 |
| 116 | A Man Named Pearl | $400 | 1 | $201,603 |
| 117 | The Other End of the Line | $215 | 1 | $115,504 |
| Reporting: 117 | $107,746,416 | total | ||