Week Domestic Box Office December 12, 2008
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $38,476,884 | 3,560 | $10,808 | $38,476,884 | 7 | ||
| 2 | (1) | Four Christmases | $17,707,948 | -20% | 3,540 | $5,002 | $92,409,452 | 23 | |
| 3 | (2) | Twilight | $11,139,204 | -33% | 3,649 | $3,053 | $153,233,899 | 28 | |
| 4 | (3) | Bolt | $9,368,480 | -21% | 3,133 | $2,990 | $90,753,203 | 28 | |
| 5 | (4) | Australia | $6,024,361 | -38% | 2,703 | $2,229 | $39,622,337 | 23 | |
| 6 | (5) | Quantum of Solace | $5,280,820 | -41% | 2,635 | $2,004 | $159,148,530 | 35 | |
| 7 | (new) | Nothing Like the Holidays | $4,621,164 | 1,671 | $2,766 | $4,621,164 | 7 | ||
| 8 | (6) | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $4,066,296 | -34% | 2,768 | $1,469 | $170,822,459 | 42 | |
| 9 | (11) | Milk | $3,688,545 | +45% | 328 | $11,246 | $8,680,883 | 23 | |
| 10 | (7) | Transporter 3 | $3,361,497 | -45% | 2,541 | $1,323 | $30,387,356 | 23 | |
| 11 | (12) | Slumdog Millionaire | $3,110,504 | +61% | 169 | $18,405 | $8,983,750 | 37 | |
| 12 | (10) | Role Models | $2,358,750 | -33% | 1,325 | $1,780 | $64,948,590 | 42 | |
| 13 | (8) | Punisher: War Zone | $2,126,635 | -62% | 2,508 | $848 | $7,754,164 | 14 | |
| 14 | (9) | Cadillac Records | $2,115,417 | -51% | 688 | $3,075 | $6,439,502 | 14 | |
| 15 | (new) | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | $1,105,202 | 83 | $13,316 | $1,105,202 | 7 | ||
| 16 | (13) | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $1,027,362 | -29% | 679 | $1,513 | $8,104,959 | 42 | |
| 17 | (22) | Frost/Nixon | $865,751 | +250% | 39 | $22,199 | $1,113,210 | 14 | |
| 18 | (new) | Doubt | $718,600 | 15 | $47,907 | $718,600 | 7 | ||
| 19 | (new) | Delgo | $694,782 | 2,160 | $322 | $694,782 | 7 | ||
| 20 | (new) | Gran Torino | $391,639 | 6 | $65,273 | $391,639 | 7 | ||
| 21 | (14) | Changeling | $390,585 | -46% | 393 | $994 | $35,295,352 | 56 | |
| 22 | (24) | The Polar Express | $348,082 | +52% | 26 | $13,388 | $179,977,162 | 1,500 | |
| 23 | (16) | Rachel Getting Married | $315,252 | -21% | 151 | $2,088 | $9,654,803 | 77 | |
| 24 | (30) | Eagle Eye | $285,811 | +90% | 320 | $893 | $100,727,380 | 84 | |
| 25 | (66) | The Reader | $244,531 | +1,952% | 8 | $30,566 | $256,450 | 9 | |
| 26 | (17) | Fireproof | $216,625 | -40% | 346 | $626 | $33,007,324 | 84 | |
| 27 | (19) | The Secret Life of Bees | $176,052 | -45% | 271 | $650 | $37,270,658 | 63 | |
| 28 | (18) | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $169,560 | -49% | 163 | $1,040 | $31,116,700 | 49 | |
| 29 | (23) | Synecdoche, New York | $168,426 | -31% | 97 | $1,736 | $2,494,051 | 56 | |
| 30 | (25) | I've Loved You So Long | $154,021 | -26% | 46 | $3,348 | $1,969,383 | 56 | |
| 31 | (21) | The Dark Knight | $148,449 | -42% | 205 | $724 | $530,759,822 | 154 | |
| 32 | (20) | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $147,484 | -53% | 260 | $567 | $89,348,311 | 56 | |
| 33 | (26) | Happy-Go-Lucky | $129,440 | -38% | 144 | $899 | $3,057,050 | 70 | |
| 34 | (28) | Let the Right One In | $120,875 | -24% | 51 | $2,370 | $1,177,224 | 56 | |
| 35 | (-) | Che Part 1 The Argentine | $117,338 | 2 | $58,669 | $117,338 | 105 | ||
| 36 | (29) | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $102,486 | -32% | 173 | $592 | $92,369,888 | 77 | |
| 37 | (-) | Santa vs. The Snowman | $89,049 | 13 | $6,850 | $10,073,978 | 2,235 | ||
| 38 | (31) | A Christmas Tale | $86,306 | -33% | 43 | $2,007 | $743,517 | 35 | |
| 39 | (new) | The Wrestler | $85,506 | 4 | $21,377 | $85,506 | 2 | ||
| 40 | (43) | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $84,442 | +68% | 21 | $4,021 | $20,130,594 | 441 | |
| 41 | (27) | Soul Men | $66,523 | -62% | 95 | $700 | $11,983,467 | 42 | |
| 42 | (34) | Max Payne | $63,705 | -18% | 121 | $526 | $40,607,520 | 63 | |
| 43 | (48) | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $61,569 | +74% | 28 | $2,199 | $22,586,222 | 126 | |
| 44 | (33) | Igor | $58,548 | -28% | 118 | $496 | $19,402,114 | 91 | |
| 45 | (36) | Burn After Reading | $53,478 | -23% | 57 | $938 | $60,322,577 | 98 | |
| 46 | (45) | RocknRolla | $50,646 | +30% | 123 | $412 | $5,687,324 | 72 | |
| 47 | (42) | JCVD | $44,751 | -13% | 26 | $1,721 | $400,233 | 42 | |
| 48 | (37) | WALL-E | $43,284 | -30% | 123 | $352 | $223,762,336 | 175 | |
| 49 | (54) | Space Station | $41,139 | +62% | 5 | $8,228 | $77,134,684 | 2,436 | |
| 50 | (40) | Body of Lies | $40,684 | -30% | 37 | $1,100 | $39,032,061 | 70 | |
| 51 | (41) | Religulous | $37,151 | 42 | $885 | $13,011,160 | 79 | ||
| 52 | (44) | Magnificent Desolation | $33,685 | -17% | 5 | $6,737 | $26,720,234 | 1,183 | |
| 53 | (50) | Deep Sea 3-D | $33,060 | +3% | 10 | $3,306 | $37,099,475 | 1,022 | |
| 54 | (38) | Appaloosa | $30,049 | -51% | 65 | $462 | $20,042,063 | 91 | |
| 55 | (52) | Fly Me To the Moon | $27,692 | -3% | 12 | $2,308 | $12,413,329 | 126 | |
| 56 | (74) | Wendy and Lucy | $27,573 | +288% | 2 | $13,787 | $34,646 | 9 | |
| 57 | (56) | Passchendaele | $25,799 | +8% | 26 | $992 | $4,417,638 | 56 | |
| 58 | (61) | Were the World Mine | $23,835 | +60% | 4 | $5,959 | $79,308 | 49 | |
| 59 | (47) | City of Ember | $23,716 | -35% | 63 | $376 | $7,814,232 | 70 | |
| 60 | (93) | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $18,712 | +436% | 5 | $3,742 | $49,362 | 42 | |
| 61 | (58) | My Name is Bruce | $18,238 | +3% | 2 | $9,119 | $173,066 | 49 | |
| 62 | (15) | Nobel Son | $16,603 | -97% | 99 | $168 | $539,572 | 14 | |
| 63 | (59) | Roving Mars | $16,121 | -7% | 6 | $2,687 | $9,816,732 | 1,057 | |
| 64 | (60) | Call+Response | $15,489 | +1% | 1 | $15,489 | $208,806 | 70 | |
| 65 | (57) | Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D | $12,703 | -40% | 10 | $1,270 | $5,180,611 | 308 | |
| 66 | (62) | A Secret | $12,695 | -9% | 7 | $1,814 | $549,845 | 105 | |
| 67 | (83) | Frozen River | $12,021 | +123% | 13 | $925 | $2,306,336 | 140 | |
| 68 | (55) | Nights in Rodanthe | $11,450 | -54% | 23 | $498 | $41,577,723 | 84 | |
| 69 | (-) | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $10,319 | 16 | $645 | $13,417,997 | 49 | ||
| 70 | (67) | Man on Wire | $8,364 | -27% | 4 | $2,091 | $2,907,238 | 147 | |
| 71 | (65) | The Secrets | $8,275 | -31% | 6 | $1,379 | $49,187 | 23 | |
| 72 | (46) | Righteous Kill | $7,611 | -80% | 36 | $211 | $40,079,415 | 98 | |
| 73 | (new) | Timecrimes | $7,023 | 2 | $3,512 | $7,023 | 7 | ||
| 74 | (69) | What Just Happened | $6,788 | -36% | 12 | $566 | $1,090,947 | 63 | |
| 75 | (73) | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $6,287 | -23% | 3 | $2,096 | $58,637 | 30 | |
| 76 | (85) | The Girl Cut in Two | $5,903 | +19% | 8 | $738 | $407,820 | 126 | |
| 77 | (78) | I Served the King of England | $5,368 | -12% | 3 | $1,789 | $616,578 | 112 | |
| 78 | (106) | The Matador | $5,079 | +455% | 2 | $2,540 | $21,816 | 49 | |
| 79 | (75) | Ashes of Time (Redux Version) | $5,068 | -28% | 14 | $362 | $166,629 | 70 | |
| 80 | (76) | Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains | $5,032 | -26% | 4 | $1,258 | $59,709 | 58 | |
| 81 | (72) | Tell No One | $4,950 | -42% | 5 | $990 | $6,126,737 | 170 | |
| 82 | (77) | Trouble the Water | $4,635 | -24% | 5 | $927 | $486,120 | 119 | |
| 83 | (89) | How About You | $4,626 | +10% | 7 | $661 | $32,868 | 35 | |
| 84 | (80) | U2 3D | $4,043 | -31% | 2 | $2,022 | $9,646,082 | 331 | |
| 85 | (82) | Hounddog | $3,869 | -29% | 2 | $1,935 | $132,016 | 91 | |
| 86 | (87) | Ciao | $3,622 | -17% | 1 | $3,622 | $7,990 | 14 | |
| 87 | (107) | House | $3,586 | +307% | 11 | $326 | $574,609 | 42 | |
| 88 | (new) | Where God Left His Shoes | $3,447 | 2 | $1,724 | $3,447 | 7 | ||
| 89 | (84) | I Can't Think Straight | $2,710 | -47% | 3 | $903 | $35,108 | 28 | |
| 90 | (90) | Fears of the Dark | $2,454 | -40% | 4 | $614 | $77,259 | 58 | |
| 91 | (63) | Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom | $2,379 | -82% | 2 | $1,190 | $532,878 | 56 | |
| 92 | (-) | Monsieur Verdoux | $2,273 | 1 | $2,273 | $40,072 | 22,533 | ||
| 93 | (88) | August Evening | $1,922 | -56% | 2 | $961 | $73,760 | 105 | |
| 94 | (102) | Breakfast with Scot | $1,520 | -35% | 1 | $1,520 | $42,331 | 70 | |
| 95 | (109) | The Singing Revolution | $1,399 | +85% | 3 | $466 | $398,830 | 378 | |
| 96 | (99) | I.O.U.S.A. | $1,307 | -53% | 5 | $261 | $810,196 | 119 | |
| 97 | (114) | Louise Bourgeois | $1,181 | +130% | 1 | $1,181 | $87,997 | 177 | |
| 98 | (-) | Lola Montes (1955) (Re-Release) | $1,079 | 1 | $1,079 | $86,565 | 70 | ||
| 99 | (98) | The Grocer's Son | $963 | -66% | 1 | $963 | $276,454 | 196 | |
| 100 | (95) | Familiar Strangers | $853 | -74% | 2 | $427 | $30,552 | 35 | |
| 101 | (new) | $9.99 | $781 | 1 | $781 | $781 | 0 | ||
| 102 | (-) | Maria Bethania: Music is Perfume | $670 | 1 | $670 | $1,858 | 154 | ||
| 103 | (113) | The Flyboys | $666 | +17% | 1 | $666 | $143,408 | 126 | |
| 104 | (81) | Gardens of the Night | $505 | -91% | 1 | $505 | $11,436 | 42 | |
| 105 | (79) | Save Me | $476 | -92% | 1 | $476 | $81,945 | 105 | |
| Reporting movies: 105 | $122,888,113 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $38,476,884 | 3,560 | $38,476,884 |
| 2 | Four Christmases | $17,707,948 | 3,540 | $92,409,452 |
| 3 | Twilight | $11,139,204 | 3,649 | $153,233,899 |
| 4 | Bolt | $9,368,480 | 3,133 | $90,753,203 |
| 5 | Australia | $6,024,361 | 2,703 | $39,622,337 |
| 6 | Quantum of Solace | $5,280,820 | 2,635 | $159,148,530 |
| 7 | Nothing Like the Holidays | $4,621,164 | 1,671 | $4,621,164 |
| 8 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $4,066,296 | 2,768 | $170,822,459 |
| 9 | Milk | $3,688,545 | 328 | $8,680,883 |
| 10 | Transporter 3 | $3,361,497 | 2,541 | $30,387,356 |
| 11 | Slumdog Millionaire | $3,110,504 | 169 | $8,983,750 |
| 12 | Role Models | $2,358,750 | 1,325 | $64,948,590 |
| 13 | Punisher: War Zone | $2,126,635 | 2,508 | $7,754,164 |
| 14 | Cadillac Records | $2,115,417 | 688 | $6,439,502 |
| 15 | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | $1,105,202 | 83 | $1,105,202 |
| 16 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $1,027,362 | 679 | $8,104,959 |
| 17 | Frost/Nixon | $865,751 | 39 | $1,113,210 |
| 18 | Doubt | $718,600 | 15 | $718,600 |
| 19 | Delgo | $694,782 | 2,160 | $694,782 |
| 20 | Gran Torino | $391,639 | 6 | $391,639 |
| 21 | Changeling | $390,585 | 393 | $35,295,352 |
| 22 | The Polar Express | $348,082 | 26 | $179,977,162 |
| 23 | Rachel Getting Married | $315,252 | 151 | $9,654,803 |
| 24 | Eagle Eye | $285,811 | 320 | $100,727,380 |
| 25 | The Reader | $244,531 | 8 | $256,450 |
| 26 | Fireproof | $216,625 | 346 | $33,007,324 |
| 27 | The Secret Life of Bees | $176,052 | 271 | $37,270,658 |
| 28 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $169,560 | 163 | $31,116,700 |
| 29 | Synecdoche, New York | $168,426 | 97 | $2,494,051 |
| 30 | I've Loved You So Long | $154,021 | 46 | $1,969,383 |
| 31 | The Dark Knight | $148,449 | 205 | $530,759,822 |
| 32 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $147,484 | 260 | $89,348,311 |
| 33 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $129,440 | 144 | $3,057,050 |
| 34 | Let the Right One In | $120,875 | 51 | $1,177,224 |
| 35 | Che Part 1 The Argentine | $117,338 | 2 | $117,338 |
| 36 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $102,486 | 173 | $92,369,888 |
| 37 | Santa vs. The Snowman | $89,049 | 13 | $10,073,978 |
| 38 | A Christmas Tale | $86,306 | 43 | $743,517 |
| 39 | The Wrestler | $85,506 | 4 | $85,506 |
| 40 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $84,442 | 21 | $20,130,594 |
| 41 | Soul Men | $66,523 | 95 | $11,983,467 |
| 42 | Max Payne | $63,705 | 121 | $40,607,520 |
| 43 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $61,569 | 28 | $22,586,222 |
| 44 | Igor | $58,548 | 118 | $19,402,114 |
| 45 | Burn After Reading | $53,478 | 57 | $60,322,577 |
| 46 | RocknRolla | $50,646 | 123 | $5,687,324 |
| 47 | JCVD | $44,751 | 26 | $400,233 |
| 48 | WALL-E | $43,284 | 123 | $223,762,336 |
| 49 | Space Station | $41,139 | 5 | $77,134,684 |
| 50 | Body of Lies | $40,684 | 37 | $39,032,061 |
| 51 | Religulous | $37,151 | 42 | $13,011,160 |
| 52 | Magnificent Desolation | $33,685 | 5 | $26,720,234 |
| 53 | Deep Sea 3-D | $33,060 | 10 | $37,099,475 |
| 54 | Appaloosa | $30,049 | 65 | $20,042,063 |
| 55 | Fly Me To the Moon | $27,692 | 12 | $12,413,329 |
| 56 | Wendy and Lucy | $27,573 | 2 | $34,646 |
| 57 | Passchendaele | $25,799 | 26 | $4,417,638 |
| 58 | Were the World Mine | $23,835 | 4 | $79,308 |
| 59 | City of Ember | $23,716 | 63 | $7,814,232 |
| 60 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $18,712 | 5 | $49,362 |
| 61 | My Name is Bruce | $18,238 | 2 | $173,066 |
| 62 | Nobel Son | $16,603 | 99 | $539,572 |
| 63 | Roving Mars | $16,121 | 6 | $9,816,732 |
| 64 | Call+Response | $15,489 | 1 | $208,806 |
| 65 | Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D | $12,703 | 10 | $5,180,611 |
| 66 | A Secret | $12,695 | 7 | $549,845 |
| 67 | Frozen River | $12,021 | 13 | $2,306,336 |
| 68 | Nights in Rodanthe | $11,450 | 23 | $41,577,723 |
| 69 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $10,319 | 16 | $13,417,997 |
| 70 | Man on Wire | $8,364 | 4 | $2,907,238 |
| 71 | The Secrets | $8,275 | 6 | $49,187 |
| 72 | Righteous Kill | $7,611 | 36 | $40,079,415 |
| 73 | Timecrimes | $7,023 | 2 | $7,023 |
| 74 | What Just Happened | $6,788 | 12 | $1,090,947 |
| 75 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $6,287 | 3 | $58,637 |
| 76 | The Girl Cut in Two | $5,903 | 8 | $407,820 |
| 77 | I Served the King of England | $5,368 | 3 | $616,578 |
| 78 | The Matador | $5,079 | 2 | $21,816 |
| 79 | Ashes of Time (Redux Version) | $5,068 | 14 | $166,629 |
| 80 | Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains | $5,032 | 4 | $59,709 |
| 81 | Tell No One | $4,950 | 5 | $6,126,737 |
| 82 | Trouble the Water | $4,635 | 5 | $486,120 |
| 83 | How About You | $4,626 | 7 | $32,868 |
| 84 | U2 3D | $4,043 | 2 | $9,646,082 |
| 85 | Hounddog | $3,869 | 2 | $132,016 |
| 86 | Ciao | $3,622 | 1 | $7,990 |
| 87 | House | $3,586 | 11 | $574,609 |
| 88 | Where God Left His Shoes | $3,447 | 2 | $3,447 |
| 89 | I Can't Think Straight | $2,710 | 3 | $35,108 |
| 90 | Fears of the Dark | $2,454 | 4 | $77,259 |
| 91 | Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom | $2,379 | 2 | $532,878 |
| 92 | Monsieur Verdoux | $2,273 | 1 | $40,072 |
| 93 | August Evening | $1,922 | 2 | $73,760 |
| 94 | Breakfast with Scot | $1,520 | 1 | $42,331 |
| 95 | The Singing Revolution | $1,399 | 3 | $398,830 |
| 96 | I.O.U.S.A. | $1,307 | 5 | $810,196 |
| 97 | Louise Bourgeois | $1,181 | 1 | $87,997 |
| 98 | Lola Montes (1955) (Re-Release) | $1,079 | 1 | $86,565 |
| 99 | The Grocer's Son | $963 | 1 | $276,454 |
| 100 | Familiar Strangers | $853 | 2 | $30,552 |
| 101 | $9.99 | $781 | 1 | $781 |
| 102 | Maria Bethania: Music is Perfume | $670 | 1 | $1,858 |
| 103 | The Flyboys | $666 | 1 | $143,408 |
| 104 | Gardens of the Night | $505 | 1 | $11,436 |
| 105 | Save Me | $476 | 1 | $81,945 |
| Reporting: 105 | $122,888,113 | total | ||