Domestic 2008 Weekend 49
December 5-7, 2008
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Four Christmases | $16,755,478 | -46.1% | 3,335 | +25 | $5,024 | $69,418,170 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | 3 | Twilight | $13,046,722 | -50.5% | 3,620 | +195 | $3,604 | $138,402,068 | 3 | Summit Entertainment |
| 3 | 2 | Bolt | $9,796,149 | -63.1% | 3,516 | -138 | $2,786 | $79,381,422 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | 5 | Australia | $7,050,261 | -52.4% | 2,721 | +79 | $2,591 | $30,919,097 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | 4 | Quantum of Solace | $6,752,390 | -64.1% | 3,423 | -78 | $1,972 | $151,620,134 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 6 | 6 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $5,079,120 | -64.3% | 3,317 | -392 | $1,531 | $165,653,852 | 5 | DreamWorks |
| 7 | 7 | Transporter 3 | $4,668,898 | -61.3% | 2,626 | - | $1,777 | $25,549,454 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 8 | - | Punisher: War Zone | $4,271,451 | - | 2,508 | - | $1,703 | $4,271,451 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 9 | - | Cadillac Records | $3,445,559 | - | 687 | - | $5,015 | $3,445,559 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 10 | 8 | Role Models | $2,574,460 | -51.3% | 1,907 | -288 | $1,350 | $61,617,805 | 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 11 | 10 | Milk | $1,834,914 | +26.2% | 99 | +63 | $18,534 | $4,284,465 | 2 | Focus Features |
| 12 | 11 | Slumdog Millionaire | $1,402,176 | +4.2% | 78 | +29 | $17,976 | $5,339,510 | 4 | - |
| 13 | 9 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $1,031,036 | -39.2% | 678 | +96 | $1,520 | $6,657,280 | 5 | Miramax |
| 14 | 12 | Changeling | $501,070 | -58.5% | 681 | -329 | $735 | $34,683,447 | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 15 | - | Nobel Son | $333,912 | - | 893 | - | $373 | $333,912 | 1 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 16 | 15 | Rachel Getting Married | $285,331 | -46.2% | 170 | -46 | $1,678 | $9,226,246 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 17 | 18 | Fireproof | $251,459 | -41.8% | 499 | +13 | $503 | $32,678,691 | 11 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 18 | 13 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $244,722 | -76.9% | 632 | -753 | $387 | $89,132,272 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 19 | 16 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $226,098 | -56.9% | 275 | -162 | $822 | $30,839,277 | 6 | The Weinstein Company |
| 20 | 14 | The Secret Life of Bees | $217,469 | -61.3% | 432 | -58 | $503 | $36,994,417 | 8 | - |
| 21 | 19 | The Dark Knight | $187,418 | -45.4% | 269 | -36 | $696 | $530,540,885 | 21 | Warner Bros. |
| 22 | - | Frost/Nixon | $180,708 | - | 3 | - | $60,236 | $180,708 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 23 | 21 | Synecdoche, New York | $163,627 | -42.8% | 115 | -4 | $1,422 | $2,244,636 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 24 | 27 | The Polar Express 2008 IMAX Release | $156,463 | -0.9% | 26 | +5 | $6,017 | $448,919 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 24 | I've Loved You So Long | $144,675 | -31.7% | 51 | -1 | $2,836 | $1,750,871 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 26 | 20 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $141,162 | -51.2% | 202 | - | $698 | $2,861,186 | 9 | Miramax |
| 27 | 17 | Soul Men | $133,421 | -70.7% | 233 | -102 | $572 | $11,874,010 | 5 | - |
| 28 | 22 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $114,523 | -54.9% | 248 | -69 | $461 | $92,231,434 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 29 | 23 | Eagle Eye | $113,174 | -54.3% | 205 | -120 | $552 | $100,404,599 | 11 | DreamWorks |
| 30 | 28 | Let the Right One In | $104,312 | -23.1% | 50 | +9 | $2,086 | $1,000,653 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 31 | 25 | A Christmas Tale | $91,283 | -43.3% | 44 | +1 | $2,074 | $619,310 | 4 | IFC Films |
| 32 | 31 | Igor | $65,509 | -40.7% | 162 | -17 | $404 | $19,327,987 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 33 | 36 | Max Payne | $55,578 | -31.5% | 145 | -14 | $383 | $40,521,670 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 34 | 62 | Pride and Glory | $54,637 | +343% | 180 | +150 | $303 | $15,709,385 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 35 | 48 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $50,253 | +21.5% | 21 | - | $2,393 | $20,046,097 | 62 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 36 | 29 | WALL·E | $46,898 | -59.8% | 166 | -24 | $282 | $223,704,223 | 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 37 | 34 | Burn After Reading | $45,414 | -47.7% | 78 | -19 | $582 | $60,244,987 | 13 | Focus Features |
| 38 | 44 | The Duchess | $44,684 | -3.9% | 135 | +57 | $330 | $13,823,741 | 12 | Paramount Vantage |
| 39 | 30 | Saw V | $42,029 | -63.2% | 115 | -62 | $365 | $56,729,973 | 7 | Lionsgate |
| 40 | 38 | Appaloosa | $40,323 | -39.8% | 104 | -6 | $387 | $19,991,616 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 41 | 45 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2008 Re-release | $39,677 | -10.7% | 18 | +2 | $2,204 | $146,626 | 6 | IMAX |
| 42 | 35 | Body of Lies | $37,443 | -55.9% | 44 | -36 | $850 | $38,970,379 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 43 | 39 | Religulous | $35,630 | -42.9% | 59 | -2 | $603 | $12,953,375 | 10 | Lionsgate |
| 44 | 26 | Yuvvraaj | $34,336 | -78.3% | 77 | - | $445 | $565,440 | 3 | Eros Worldwide |
| 45 | 43 | JCVD | $33,234 | -28.7% | 21 | -4 | $1,582 | $337,038 | 5 | - |
| 46 | 33 | Friendship | $30,919 | -67.5% | 34 | -24 | $909 | $1,235,028 | 4 | Yash Raj Films |
| 47 | 37 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $28,101 | -59.6% | 45 | -78 | $624 | $13,396,776 | 6 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 48 | 41 | City of Ember | $27,861 | -48.9% | 83 | -28 | $335 | $7,781,625 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 49 | - | Don Carlo | $27,834 | - | 5 | - | $5,566 | $27,834 | 1 | Emerging Pictures |
| 50 | 50 | RocknRolla | $25,069 | -34.3% | 36 | -4 | $696 | $5,622,796 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 51 | 46 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $23,467 | -46% | 12 | -6 | $1,955 | $22,512,805 | 17 | - |
| 52 | 32 | Righteous Kill | $20,908 | -80.2% | 89 | -108 | $234 | $40,054,627 | 13 | Overture Films |
| 53 | 42 | Deep Sea | $18,587 | -62.1% | 10 | +1 | $1,858 | $37,052,922 | 145 | Warner Bros. |
| 54 | 54 | Space Station 3D | $18,420 | -34.5% | 8 | +1 | $2,302 | $77,134,876 | 347 | IMAX |
| 55 | 51 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $17,479 | -48.6% | 7 | +4 | $2,497 | $26,661,354 | 168 | IMAX |
| 56 | 59 | My Name Is Bruce | $17,214 | +29.6% | 1 | - | $17,214 | $154,342 | 6 | Image Entertainment |
| 57 | 49 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $16,859 | -57.1% | 10 | - | $1,685 | $5,163,693 | 43 | 3D Entertainment |
| 58 | 53 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $15,525 | -48% | 15 | - | $1,035 | $12,357,127 | 17 | Summit Entertainment |
| 59 | 52 | Nights in Rodanthe | $15,423 | -51% | 45 | -28 | $342 | $41,556,584 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 60 | 66 | Repo! The Genetic Opera | $13,083 | +20.4% | 11 | +5 | $1,189 | $140,244 | 5 | Lionsgate |
| 61 | 60 | A Secret | $10,033 | -23.2% | 6 | - | $1,672 | $533,250 | 14 | Strand Releasing |
| 62 | 69 | Were the World Mine | $9,784 | +26.8% | 3 | +1 | $3,261 | $50,323 | 6 | - |
| 63 | 47 | Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! | $9,059 | -78.6% | 24 | -21 | $377 | $80,037 | 2 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 64 | 56 | Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom | $9,015 | -55.2% | 5 | +1 | $1,803 | $526,259 | 7 | - |
| 65 | 55 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $8,531 | -58.5% | 41 | -10 | $208 | $101,702,060 | 22 | Warner Bros. |
| 66 | 57 | The Secrets | $8,372 | -57.1% | 5 | -2 | $1,674 | $37,275 | 2 | Monterey Media |
| 67 | 67 | Roving Mars | $7,964 | -7.9% | 7 | +1 | $1,137 | $9,791,194 | 150 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 68 | 61 | Man on Wire | $7,728 | -37.5% | 5 | -3 | $1,545 | $2,895,073 | 20 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 69 | 58 | What Just Happened | $7,316 | -52% | 17 | -8 | $430 | $1,080,914 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 70 | - | A Good Day to Be Black & Sexy | $6,141 | - | 1 | - | $6,141 | $6,141 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 71 | 68 | Tell No One | $5,947 | -25% | 4 | -2 | $1,486 | $6,119,226 | 23 | Music Box Films |
| 72 | 65 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $5,771 | -47.3% | 3 | - | $1,923 | $49,933 | 3 | Kino International |
| 73 | - | Call + Response | $5,543 | - | 2 | - | $2,771 | $186,367 | 9 | Fair Trade Pictures |
| 74 | 74 | Ashes of Time | $5,411 | +20.8% | 11 | +3 | $491 | $159,892 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 75 | 77 | Hounddog | $5,388 | +40.9% | 3 | +1 | $1,796 | $128,092 | 12 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 76 | - | Gardens of the Night | $4,904 | - | 1 | - | $4,904 | $10,029 | 5 | City Lights Pictures |
| 77 | 71 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | $4,740 | -13.5% | 26 | -3 | $182 | $2,775,593 | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 78 | 72 | U2 3D | $4,644 | -13.7% | 3 | +1 | $1,548 | $9,640,827 | 46 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 79 | 90 | Stranded | $4,353 | +136.2% | 4 | +2 | $1,088 | $52,001 | 7 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 80 | - | Save Me | $4,011 | - | 1 | - | $4,011 | $79,530 | 14 | First Run |
| 81 | 63 | I Served the King of England | $3,953 | -67.2% | 7 | -2 | $564 | $609,094 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 82 | - | August Evening | $3,866 | - | 2 | - | $1,933 | $71,361 | 14 | Maya Entertainment |
| 83 | 70 | I Can't Think Straight | $3,380 | -49% | 3 | - | $1,126 | $30,629 | 3 | Regent Releasing |
| 84 | 73 | A Girl Cut in Two | $3,156 | -36.6% | 10 | +2 | $315 | $400,129 | 17 | IFC Films |
| 85 | 91 | Trouble the Water | $3,032 | +67% | 5 | +2 | $606 | $477,452 | 16 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 86 | 76 | How About You | $2,974 | -24.5% | 1 | - | $2,974 | $27,020 | 4 | Strand Releasing |
| 87 | - | Ciao | $2,672 | - | 1 | - | $2,672 | $2,672 | 1 | Regent Releasing |
| 88 | 88 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $2,637 | +23.4% | 1 | -1 | $2,637 | $29,798 | 5 | Balcony Releasing |
| 89 | 80 | Frozen River | $2,597 | -18.6% | 6 | - | $432 | $2,291,511 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 90 | 75 | Familiar Strangers | $2,516 | -36.3% | 4 | +1 | $629 | $28,883 | 4 | Cavalier Films |
| 91 | 98 | One Day You'll Understand | $2,467 | +127.4% | 3 | - | $822 | $82,804 | 6 | Kino International |
| 92 | - | Amexicano | $2,245 | - | 1 | - | $2,245 | $6,882 | 12 | Maya Entertainment |
| 93 | 79 | Fear(s) of the Dark | $2,210 | -31.8% | 6 | +2 | $368 | $72,903 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 94 | 84 | Ballast | $2,053 | -32.1% | 4 | -1 | $513 | $76,211 | 10 | Alluvial Film Company |
| 95 | - | Hunger | $1,980 | - | 1 | - | $1,980 | $1,980 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 96 | 97 | Flow: For Love of Water | $1,900 | +72.7% | 6 | +2 | $316 | $141,869 | 38 | Oscilloscope |
| 97 | - | Eden | $1,852 | - | 2 | - | $926 | $10,074 | 4 | Liberation Entertainment |
| 98 | 81 | I.O.U.S.A. | $1,712 | -44.9% | 3 | -2 | $570 | $807,806 | 16 | Roadside Attractions |
| 99 | 96 | Breakfast with Scot | $1,666 | +49.7% | 1 | - | $1,666 | $40,123 | 9 | Regent Releasing |
| 100 | - | Battle in Seattle | $1,118 | - | 4 | - | $279 | $224,169 | 12 | Redwood Palms Pictures |
| 101 | - | Yella | $870 | - | 1 | - | $870 | $30,309 | 30 | The Cinema Guild |
| 102 | 94 | The Wild Child | $831 | -31.4% | 1 | - | $831 | $19,780 | 5 | The Film Desk |
| 103 | 78 | The Dukes | $800 | -78.4% | 2 | -3 | $400 | $26,157 | 4 | - |
| 104 | 100 | Lake City | $782 | -8.9% | 2 | +1 | $391 | $12,065 | 3 | Screen Media Films |
| 105 | 95 | The First Basket | $655 | -44% | 1 | -1 | $655 | $20,170 | 6 | - |
| 106 | 101 | House | $648 | +0.9% | 2 | - | $324 | $570,790 | 5 | Roadside Attractions |
| 107 | 93 | The Matador | $636 | -53.6% | 1 | - | $636 | $16,485 | 6 | City Lights Pictures |
| 108 | - | Whaledreamers | $612 | - | 1 | - | $612 | $10,584 | 11 | Monterey Media |
| 109 | 86 | Louise Bourgeois | $514 | -80.8% | 1 | - | $514 | $86,816 | 24 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 110 | 92 | The Alphabet Killer | $435 | -69.7% | 1 | -1 | $435 | $27,814 | 5 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 111 | - | A Man Named Pearl | $400 | - | 1 | - | $400 | $201,603 | 67 | Tentmakers Entertainment |
| 112 | 82 | Sky Kids | $350 | -88.6% | 1 | - | $350 | $142,524 | 17 | Dark Coast Pictures |
| 113 | 85 | Antarctica | $297 | -89.6% | 1 | - | $297 | $7,675 | 15 | Regent Releasing |
| 114 | - | Momma's Man | $250 | - | 2 | - | $125 | $95,226 | 16 | Kino International |
| 115 | 103 | The Other End of the Line | $215 | -62.7% | 1 | -1 | $215 | $115,504 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
