Week Domestic Box Office January 2, 2009
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Marley & Me | $29,959,888 | -56% | 3,505 | $8,548 | $112,360,171 | 15 | |
| 2 | (3) | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $24,274,042 | -50% | 2,988 | $8,124 | $84,879,880 | 15 | |
| 3 | (2) | Bedtime Stories | $23,592,144 | -57% | 3,684 | $6,404 | $88,629,973 | 15 | |
| 4 | (4) | Valkyrie | $18,198,079 | -52% | 2,778 | $6,551 | $64,847,383 | 15 | |
| 5 | (5) | Yes Man | $17,658,776 | -46% | 3,434 | $5,142 | $83,255,687 | 21 | |
| 6 | (6) | Seven Pounds | $12,851,676 | -48% | 2,758 | $4,660 | $62,930,456 | 21 | |
| 7 | (7) | The Tale of Despereaux | $8,128,385 | -55% | 3,091 | $2,630 | $44,850,865 | 21 | |
| 8 | (10) | Doubt | $6,733,716 | -36% | 1,287 | $5,232 | $20,438,304 | 28 | |
| 9 | (8) | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $6,405,051 | -53% | 2,337 | $2,741 | $75,779,609 | 28 | |
| 10 | (12) | Slumdog Millionaire | $6,359,026 | -28% | 612 | $10,391 | $30,344,855 | 58 | |
| 11 | (11) | Twilight | $6,332,582 | -35% | 1,888 | $3,354 | $178,606,790 | 49 | |
| 12 | (9) | The Spirit | $4,403,869 | -59% | 2,509 | $1,755 | $18,887,709 | 15 | |
| 13 | (15) | Gran Torino | $4,155,999 | -17% | 84 | $49,476 | $11,040,130 | 28 | |
| 14 | (14) | Bolt | $3,811,209 | -50% | 1,729 | $2,204 | $110,436,410 | 49 | |
| 15 | (13) | Four Christmases | $3,457,503 | -60% | 2,307 | $1,499 | $118,835,947 | 44 | |
| 16 | (16) | Milk | $2,598,461 | -26% | 309 | $8,409 | $17,867,945 | 44 | |
| 17 | (21) | The Reader | $2,208,605 | +61% | 398 | $5,549 | $4,163,711 | 30 | |
| 18 | (18) | Frost/Nixon | $1,848,862 | -32% | 205 | $9,019 | $6,739,554 | 35 | |
| 19 | (19) | Australia | $1,623,348 | -30% | 768 | $2,114 | $47,146,892 | 44 | |
| 20 | (17) | Quantum of Solace | $1,465,145 | -47% | 891 | $1,644 | $167,155,503 | 56 | |
| 21 | (29) | Revolutionary Road | $1,340,522 | +244% | 38 | $35,277 | $1,730,310 | 14 | |
| 22 | (20) | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $1,117,778 | -47% | 707 | $1,581 | $177,176,191 | 63 | |
| 23 | (23) | The Wrestler | $649,793 | -19% | 18 | $36,100 | $1,974,021 | 23 | |
| 24 | (24) | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $392,341 | -40% | 263 | $1,492 | $93,850,958 | 98 | |
| 25 | (28) | Role Models | $346,845 | -18% | 270 | $1,285 | $66,803,535 | 63 | |
| 26 | (22) | Ghajini | $340,216 | -74% | 83 | $4,099 | $2,244,823 | 14 | |
| 27 | (26) | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $292,499 | -42% | 295 | $992 | $90,273,371 | 77 | |
| 28 | (33) | Rachel Getting Married | $238,474 | -6% | 67 | $3,559 | $10,379,165 | 98 | |
| 29 | (27) | Cadillac Records | $209,638 | -57% | 180 | $1,165 | $8,138,000 | 35 | |
| 30 | (25) | Nothing Like the Holidays | $206,340 | -61% | 308 | $670 | $7,456,157 | 28 | |
| 31 | (30) | Eagle Eye | $185,652 | -38% | 195 | $952 | $101,440,743 | 105 | |
| 32 | (51) | Defiance | $163,733 | +112% | 2 | $81,867 | $240,834 | 9 | |
| 33 | (38) | I've Loved You So Long | $143,488 | -13% | 42 | $3,416 | $2,410,089 | 77 | |
| 34 | (35) | Last Chance Harvey | $141,413 | -34% | 6 | $23,569 | $390,154 | 15 | |
| 35 | (36) | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $140,677 | -24% | 93 | $1,513 | $8,898,969 | 63 | |
| 36 | (41) | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $134,533 | +1% | 21 | $6,406 | $20,470,407 | 462 | |
| 37 | (45) | Let the Right One In | $131,665 | +26% | 37 | $3,559 | $1,523,565 | 77 | |
| 38 | (37) | Body of Lies | $115,125 | -32% | 182 | $633 | $39,348,887 | 91 | |
| 39 | (40) | Changeling | $112,515 | -30% | 125 | $900 | $35,739,802 | 77 | |
| 40 | (47) | Happy-Go-Lucky | $104,381 | +12% | 59 | $1,769 | $3,344,581 | 91 | |
| 41 | (54) | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $101,453 | +81% | 102 | $995 | $31,334,746 | 70 | |
| 42 | (44) | The Secret Life of Bees | $88,725 | -16% | 84 | $1,056 | $37,551,992 | 84 | |
| 43 | (31) | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | $86,126 | -69% | 45 | $1,914 | $2,054,288 | 28 | |
| 44 | (-) | Magnificent Desolation | $82,219 | 2 | $41,110 | $27,153,202 | 1,204 | ||
| 45 | (49) | The Dark Knight | $82,176 | -9% | 75 | $1,096 | $531,018,614 | 175 | |
| 46 | (46) | Fireproof | $75,655 | -23% | 87 | $870 | $33,275,393 | 105 | |
| 47 | (53) | Che Part 1 The Argentine | $73,109 | +11% | 2 | $36,555 | $256,095 | 126 | |
| 48 | (-) | Space Station | $72,900 | 3 | $24,300 | $77,300,711 | 2,457 | ||
| 49 | (50) | Synecdoche, New York | $71,534 | -10% | 39 | $1,834 | $2,732,558 | 77 | |
| 50 | (42) | Deep Sea 3-D | $67,081 | -48% | 8 | $8,385 | $37,330,544 | 1,043 | |
| 51 | (32) | The Polar Express | $66,132 | -75% | 18 | $3,674 | $180,812,667 | 1,521 | |
| 52 | (48) | Nights in Rodanthe | $58,838 | -35% | 85 | $692 | $41,819,048 | 105 | |
| 53 | (-) | Fly Me To the Moon | $58,388 | 12 | $4,866 | $12,589,641 | 147 | ||
| 54 | (43) | A Christmas Tale | $58,225 | -49% | 34 | $1,713 | $1,009,521 | 56 | |
| 55 | (52) | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $57,137 | -23% | 25 | $2,285 | $22,847,405 | 147 | |
| 56 | (66) | Igor | $55,050 | +296% | 34 | $1,619 | $19,502,271 | 112 | |
| 57 | (55) | Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D | $39,248 | +34% | 10 | $3,925 | $5,258,479 | 329 | |
| 58 | (57) | Wendy and Lucy | $37,307 | +74% | 4 | $9,327 | $123,698 | 30 | |
| 59 | (39) | Waltz with Bashir | $23,353 | -86% | 5 | $4,671 | $190,230 | 15 | |
| 60 | (-) | Santa vs. The Snowman | $19,622 | 12 | $1,635 | $10,241,688 | 2,256 | ||
| 61 | (56) | Roving Mars | $18,366 | -31% | 6 | $3,061 | $9,869,412 | 1,078 | |
| 62 | (59) | Max Payne | $15,295 | -25% | 27 | $566 | $40,681,066 | 84 | |
| 63 | (60) | The Secret of the Grain | $15,132 | -21% | 1 | $15,132 | $40,365 | 161 | |
| 64 | (68) | Man on Wire | $14,685 | +24% | 5 | $2,937 | $2,946,756 | 168 | |
| 65 | (70) | Good | $12,118 | +192% | 2 | $6,059 | $16,261 | 9 | |
| 66 | (65) | U2 3D | $12,025 | -16% | 4 | $3,006 | $9,675,637 | 352 | |
| 67 | (58) | City of Ember | $11,916 | -43% | 23 | $518 | $7,864,106 | 91 | |
| 68 | (64) | Appaloosa | $10,259 | -33% | 15 | $684 | $20,085,555 | 112 | |
| 69 | (-) | Passchendaele | $8,542 | 6 | $1,424 | $4,440,263 | 77 | ||
| 70 | (62) | WALL-E | $8,423 | -48% | 23 | $366 | $223,808,164 | 196 | |
| 71 | (-) | Antarctica | $8,167 | 1 | $8,167 | $18,446 | 133 | ||
| 72 | (72) | How About You | $7,879 | +119% | 4 | $1,970 | $44,657 | 56 | |
| 73 | (67) | A Secret | $5,393 | -55% | 3 | $1,798 | $579,181 | 126 | |
| 74 | (69) | Ciao | $3,957 | -46% | 3 | $1,319 | $23,763 | 35 | |
| 75 | (61) | Soul Men | $3,384 | -79% | 9 | $376 | $12,025,322 | 63 | |
| 76 | (-) | Sixty Six | $2,841 | 1 | $2,841 | $223,906 | 161 | ||
| 77 | (78) | Timecrimes | $2,680 | +77% | 3 | $893 | $23,389 | 28 | |
| 78 | (77) | Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains | $2,506 | +50% | 3 | $835 | $64,619 | 79 | |
| 79 | (74) | Were the World Mine | $2,288 | -14% | 3 | $763 | $89,444 | 70 | |
| 80 | (71) | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $1,302 | -68% | 4 | $326 | $63,973 | 51 | |
| 81 | (-) | Yiddish Theater: A Love Story | $838 | 1 | $838 | $38,449 | 415 | ||
| 82 | (75) | The Secrets | $835 | -65% | 2 | $418 | $57,700 | 44 | |
| 83 | (73) | Lola Montes (1955) (Re-Release) | $788 | -77% | 1 | $788 | $90,774 | 91 | |
| 84 | (-) | August Evening | $734 | 1 | $734 | $74,494 | 126 | ||
| 85 | (81) | Ashes of Time (Redux Version) | $270 | -59% | 2 | $135 | $173,526 | 91 | |
| Reporting movies: 85 | $194,018,895 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marley & Me | $29,959,888 | 3,505 | $112,360,171 |
| 2 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $24,274,042 | 2,988 | $84,879,880 |
| 3 | Bedtime Stories | $23,592,144 | 3,684 | $88,629,973 |
| 4 | Valkyrie | $18,198,079 | 2,778 | $64,847,383 |
| 5 | Yes Man | $17,658,776 | 3,434 | $83,255,687 |
| 6 | Seven Pounds | $12,851,676 | 2,758 | $62,930,456 |
| 7 | The Tale of Despereaux | $8,128,385 | 3,091 | $44,850,865 |
| 8 | Doubt | $6,733,716 | 1,287 | $20,438,304 |
| 9 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $6,405,051 | 2,337 | $75,779,609 |
| 10 | Slumdog Millionaire | $6,359,026 | 612 | $30,344,855 |
| 11 | Twilight | $6,332,582 | 1,888 | $178,606,790 |
| 12 | The Spirit | $4,403,869 | 2,509 | $18,887,709 |
| 13 | Gran Torino | $4,155,999 | 84 | $11,040,130 |
| 14 | Bolt | $3,811,209 | 1,729 | $110,436,410 |
| 15 | Four Christmases | $3,457,503 | 2,307 | $118,835,947 |
| 16 | Milk | $2,598,461 | 309 | $17,867,945 |
| 17 | The Reader | $2,208,605 | 398 | $4,163,711 |
| 18 | Frost/Nixon | $1,848,862 | 205 | $6,739,554 |
| 19 | Australia | $1,623,348 | 768 | $47,146,892 |
| 20 | Quantum of Solace | $1,465,145 | 891 | $167,155,503 |
| 21 | Revolutionary Road | $1,340,522 | 38 | $1,730,310 |
| 22 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $1,117,778 | 707 | $177,176,191 |
| 23 | The Wrestler | $649,793 | 18 | $1,974,021 |
| 24 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $392,341 | 263 | $93,850,958 |
| 25 | Role Models | $346,845 | 270 | $66,803,535 |
| 26 | Ghajini | $340,216 | 83 | $2,244,823 |
| 27 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $292,499 | 295 | $90,273,371 |
| 28 | Rachel Getting Married | $238,474 | 67 | $10,379,165 |
| 29 | Cadillac Records | $209,638 | 180 | $8,138,000 |
| 30 | Nothing Like the Holidays | $206,340 | 308 | $7,456,157 |
| 31 | Eagle Eye | $185,652 | 195 | $101,440,743 |
| 32 | Defiance | $163,733 | 2 | $240,834 |
| 33 | I've Loved You So Long | $143,488 | 42 | $2,410,089 |
| 34 | Last Chance Harvey | $141,413 | 6 | $390,154 |
| 35 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $140,677 | 93 | $8,898,969 |
| 36 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $134,533 | 21 | $20,470,407 |
| 37 | Let the Right One In | $131,665 | 37 | $1,523,565 |
| 38 | Body of Lies | $115,125 | 182 | $39,348,887 |
| 39 | Changeling | $112,515 | 125 | $35,739,802 |
| 40 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $104,381 | 59 | $3,344,581 |
| 41 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $101,453 | 102 | $31,334,746 |
| 42 | The Secret Life of Bees | $88,725 | 84 | $37,551,992 |
| 43 | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | $86,126 | 45 | $2,054,288 |
| 44 | Magnificent Desolation | $82,219 | 2 | $27,153,202 |
| 45 | The Dark Knight | $82,176 | 75 | $531,018,614 |
| 46 | Fireproof | $75,655 | 87 | $33,275,393 |
| 47 | Che Part 1 The Argentine | $73,109 | 2 | $256,095 |
| 48 | Space Station | $72,900 | 3 | $77,300,711 |
| 49 | Synecdoche, New York | $71,534 | 39 | $2,732,558 |
| 50 | Deep Sea 3-D | $67,081 | 8 | $37,330,544 |
| 51 | The Polar Express | $66,132 | 18 | $180,812,667 |
| 52 | Nights in Rodanthe | $58,838 | 85 | $41,819,048 |
| 53 | Fly Me To the Moon | $58,388 | 12 | $12,589,641 |
| 54 | A Christmas Tale | $58,225 | 34 | $1,009,521 |
| 55 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $57,137 | 25 | $22,847,405 |
| 56 | Igor | $55,050 | 34 | $19,502,271 |
| 57 | Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D | $39,248 | 10 | $5,258,479 |
| 58 | Wendy and Lucy | $37,307 | 4 | $123,698 |
| 59 | Waltz with Bashir | $23,353 | 5 | $190,230 |
| 60 | Santa vs. The Snowman | $19,622 | 12 | $10,241,688 |
| 61 | Roving Mars | $18,366 | 6 | $9,869,412 |
| 62 | Max Payne | $15,295 | 27 | $40,681,066 |
| 63 | The Secret of the Grain | $15,132 | 1 | $40,365 |
| 64 | Man on Wire | $14,685 | 5 | $2,946,756 |
| 65 | Good | $12,118 | 2 | $16,261 |
| 66 | U2 3D | $12,025 | 4 | $9,675,637 |
| 67 | City of Ember | $11,916 | 23 | $7,864,106 |
| 68 | Appaloosa | $10,259 | 15 | $20,085,555 |
| 69 | Passchendaele | $8,542 | 6 | $4,440,263 |
| 70 | WALL-E | $8,423 | 23 | $223,808,164 |
| 71 | Antarctica | $8,167 | 1 | $18,446 |
| 72 | How About You | $7,879 | 4 | $44,657 |
| 73 | A Secret | $5,393 | 3 | $579,181 |
| 74 | Ciao | $3,957 | 3 | $23,763 |
| 75 | Soul Men | $3,384 | 9 | $12,025,322 |
| 76 | Sixty Six | $2,841 | 1 | $223,906 |
| 77 | Timecrimes | $2,680 | 3 | $23,389 |
| 78 | Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains | $2,506 | 3 | $64,619 |
| 79 | Were the World Mine | $2,288 | 3 | $89,444 |
| 80 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $1,302 | 4 | $63,973 |
| 81 | Yiddish Theater: A Love Story | $838 | 1 | $38,449 |
| 82 | The Secrets | $835 | 2 | $57,700 |
| 83 | Lola Montes (1955) (Re-Release) | $788 | 1 | $90,774 |
| 84 | August Evening | $734 | 1 | $74,494 |
| 85 | Ashes of Time (Redux Version) | $270 | 2 | $173,526 |
| Reporting: 85 | $194,018,895 | total | ||