Domestic 2008 Weekend 51
December 19-21, 2008
| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release | Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | $26,845,975 | +95% | 30.3% | 10 | Yes Man | $18,262,471 | 68% | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | 5 | $17,509,766 | +230.3% | 19.8% | 3 | Seven Pounds | $14,851,136 | 84.8% | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 3 | 1 | $12,097,804 | -65.1% | 13.7% | 4 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $9,890,105 | 81.8% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 4 | 10 | $11,229,027 | +362.7% | 12.7% | 4 | The Tale of Despereaux | $10,103,675 | 90% | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | 3 | $5,199,414 | -34.7% | 5.9% | 2 | Twilight | $5,189,319 | 99.8% | 5 | Summit Entertainment |
| 6 | 4 | $4,444,479 | -42.1% | 5% | 5 | Bolt | $4,146,856 | 93.3% | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | 11 | $3,305,953 | +44.4% | 3.7% | 3 | Slumdog Millionaire | $3,053,760 | 92.4% | 6 | - |
| 8 | 9 | $1,745,470 | -33.7% | 2% | 2 | Milk | $1,729,156 | 99.1% | 4 | Focus Features |
| 9 | 8 | $1,699,020 | -49.7% | 1.9% | 2 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $1,569,610 | 92.4% | 7 | DreamWorks |
| 10 | 7 | $1,307,059 | -63% | 1.5% | 2 | Nothing Like the Holidays | $1,305,439 | 99.9% | 2 | Overture Films |
| 11 | 12 | $1,000,050 | -21.8% | 1.1% | 3 | Doubt | $680,948 | 68.1% | 2 | Miramax |
| 12 | 6 | $876,028 | -76.7% | 1% | 2 | Transporter 3 | $682,033 | 77.9% | 4 | Lionsgate Films |
| 13 | 13 | $326,641 | -64.5% | 0.4% | 1 | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | $326,641 | 100% | 2 | Yash Raj Films |
| 14 | 15 | $273,056 | -38.5% | 0.3% | 6 | Rachel Getting Married | $130,230 | 47.7% | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 15 | 16 | $129,097 | -52% | 0.1% | 2 | The Reader | $92,790 | 71.9% | 2 | The Weinstein Company |
| 16 | 20 | $87,479 | -3.3% | <0.1% | 2 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $72,723 | 83.1% | 19 | - |
| 17 | 21 | $85,436 | +12.2% | <0.1% | 3 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2008 Re-release | $40,944 | 47.9% | 8 | IMAX |
| 18 | 19 | $82,437 | -10.3% | <0.1% | 3 | Let the Right One In | $68,656 | 83.3% | 9 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 19 | 18 | $60,844 | -53.5% | <0.1% | 5 | A Christmas Tale | $52,393 | 86.1% | 6 | IFC Films |
| 20 | 17 | $56,163 | -64.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Fireproof | $56,163 | 100% | 13 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 21 | 23 | $32,985 | -23.9% | <0.1% | 2 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $31,138 | 94.4% | 64 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 22 | 14 | $24,961 | -95.4% | <0.1% | 2 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $24,415 | 97.8% | 8 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 23 | 22 | $18,382 | -59.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Igor | $18,382 | 100% | 14 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 24 | 26 | $16,004 | -12.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Wendy and Lucy | $16,004 | 100% | 2 | Oscilloscope |
| 25 | 24 | $13,290 | -51.6% | <0.1% | 1 | JCVD | $13,290 | 100% | 7 | - |
| 27 | 30 | $7,700 | -27.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $7,700 | 100% | 45 | 3D Entertainment |
| 28 | 32 | $5,370 | -17.1% | <0.1% | 4 | Ciao | $2,733 | 50.9% | 3 | Regent Releasing |
| 29 | 37 | $3,556 | +8.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Tell No One | $3,556 | 100% | 25 | Music Box Films |
| 30 | 27 | $3,155 | -80.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Were the World Mine | $3,155 | 100% | 8 | - |
| 31 | 31 | $3,039 | -53.7% | <0.1% | 1 | The Secrets | $3,039 | 100% | 4 | Monterey Media |
| 32 | 29 | $2,524 | -80.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $2,524 | 100% | 7 | Balcony Releasing |
| 33 | 43 | $2,362 | +92.5% | <0.1% | 1 | The Wild Child | $2,362 | 100% | 7 | The Film Desk |
| 34 | 33 | $709 | -88.1% | <0.1% | 2 | Stranded | $467 | 65.9% | 9 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 35 | 46 | $702 | +142.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Sky Kids | $702 | 100% | 19 | Dark Coast Pictures |
| 36 | 34 | $615 | -87.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $615 | 100% | 5 | Kino International |
| 38 | 36 | $331 | -90.3% | <0.1% | 1 | House | $331 | 100% | 7 | Roadside Attractions |
