Domestic 2008 Week 48
November 28-December 4, 2008
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Four Christmases | $37,678,050 | +151.4% | 3,310 | +110 | $11,383 | $52,662,692 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | 1 | Twilight | $31,992,869 | -65.7% | 3,425 | - | $9,340 | $125,355,346 | 2 | Summit Entertainment |
| 3 | 3 | Bolt | $29,317,435 | -27.2% | 3,654 | - | $8,023 | $69,585,273 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | 2 | Quantum of Solace | $22,282,762 | -45% | 3,501 | - | $6,364 | $144,867,744 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | 8 | Australia | $18,665,103 | +258.7% | 2,642 | +25 | $7,064 | $23,868,836 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | 4 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $15,715,692 | -32.9% | 3,709 | - | $4,237 | $160,574,732 | 4 | DreamWorks |
| 7 | 7 | Transporter 3 | $14,713,250 | +138.6% | 2,626 | - | $5,602 | $20,880,556 | 2 | Lionsgate Films |
| 8 | 6 | Role Models | $6,546,525 | -44% | 2,195 | - | $2,982 | $59,043,345 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | 11 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $2,152,936 | -13.6% | 582 | - | $3,699 | $5,626,244 | 4 | Miramax |
| 10 | 22 | Milk | $1,961,923 | +302.3% | 36 | +2 | $54,497 | $2,449,551 | 2 | Focus Features |
| 11 | 14 | Slumdog Millionaire | $1,738,999 | +10.4% | 49 | - | $35,489 | $3,937,334 | 4 | - |
| 12 | 9 | Changeling | $1,539,985 | -58.1% | 1,010 | - | $1,524 | $34,182,377 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 13 | 10 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $1,197,924 | -58.3% | 1,385 | - | $864 | $88,887,550 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 14 | 12 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $697,798 | -69.2% | 437 | - | $1,596 | $30,613,179 | 5 | The Weinstein Company |
| 15 | 13 | The Secret Life of Bees | $685,967 | -60.1% | 490 | +14 | $1,399 | $36,776,948 | 7 | - |
| 16 | 17 | Rachel Getting Married | $668,851 | -34.4% | 216 | -84 | $3,096 | $8,940,915 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 17 | 15 | Fireproof | $552,148 | -56.5% | 486 | +6 | $1,136 | $32,427,232 | 10 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 18 | 16 | Soul Men | $543,174 | -55.1% | 335 | - | $1,621 | $11,740,589 | 4 | - |
| 19 | 21 | The Dark Knight | $437,844 | -25.8% | 305 | -17 | $1,435 | $530,353,467 | 20 | Warner Bros. |
| 20 | 25 | Synecdoche, New York | $378,970 | -18.9% | 119 | +8 | $3,184 | $2,081,009 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 21 | 24 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $367,806 | -22.9% | 202 | - | $1,820 | $2,720,024 | 8 | Miramax |
| 22 | 18 | Eagle Eye | $306,384 | -66.4% | 325 | - | $942 | $100,291,425 | 10 | DreamWorks |
| 23 | 19 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $298,288 | -55.6% | 317 | - | $940 | $92,116,911 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 24 | 29 | I've Loved You So Long | $282,932 | +4.1% | 52 | +15 | $5,441 | $1,606,196 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 25 | 31 | A Christmas Tale | $207,392 | -8.7% | 43 | +7 | $4,823 | $528,027 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 26 | 45 | The Polar Express 2008 IMAX Release | $203,342 | +128.2% | 19 | +7 | $10,702 | $292,456 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 27 | 34 | Let the Right One In | $195,196 | -0.3% | 41 | +2 | $4,760 | $896,341 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 28 | 26 | Yuvvraaj | $187,397 | -45.5% | 77 | - | $2,433 | $531,104 | 2 | Eros Worldwide |
| 29 | 39 | Righteous Kill | $155,370 | +4.1% | 197 | - | $788 | $40,033,719 | 12 | Overture Films |
| 30 | 20 | Saw V | $149,310 | -75.7% | 177 | - | $843 | $56,687,944 | 6 | Lionsgate Films |
| 31 | 33 | WALL·E | $132,964 | -35% | 190 | - | $699 | $223,657,325 | 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 32 | 46 | Igor | $130,241 | +73.5% | 179 | - | $727 | $19,262,478 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 33 | 27 | Body of Lies | $117,628 | -64.5% | 80 | -26 | $1,470 | $38,932,936 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 34 | 37 | Burn After Reading | $116,685 | -29.7% | 97 | - | $1,202 | $60,199,573 | 12 | Focus Features |
| 35 | 49 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $112,843 | +82% | 21 | - | $5,373 | $19,995,844 | 61 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 36 | 28 | Friendship | $112,206 | -65.6% | 58 | -15 | $1,934 | $1,204,109 | 3 | Yash Raj Films |
| 37 | 32 | Max Payne | $108,613 | -47.6% | 159 | -2 | $683 | $40,466,092 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 38 | 36 | Religulous | $90,374 | -49.3% | 61 | - | $1,481 | $12,917,745 | 10 | Lionsgate Films |
| 39 | 30 | Appaloosa | $89,262 | -66.1% | 110 | -17 | $811 | $19,951,293 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 40 | 23 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $88,004 | -81.8% | 123 | - | $715 | $13,368,675 | 5 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 41 | 35 | W. | $73,671 | -59.3% | 55 | - | $1,339 | $25,534,493 | 7 | Lionsgate Films |
| 42 | 42 | JCVD | $73,517 | -22.2% | 25 | -1 | $2,940 | $303,804 | 4 | - |
| 43 | 38 | The Duchess | $65,698 | -59.2% | 78 | - | $842 | $13,779,057 | 11 | Paramount Vantage |
| 44 | 43 | City of Ember | $64,472 | -30.9% | 111 | +1 | $580 | $7,753,764 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 45 | 58 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2008 Re-release | $63,756 | +160.6% | 16 | +10 | $3,984 | $106,949 | 5 | IMAX |
| 46 | 48 | Deep Sea | $61,500 | -6% | 9 | - | $6,833 | $37,034,335 | 144 | Warner Bros. |
| 47 | 66 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $61,401 | +210.7% | 42 | +31 | $1,461 | $5,146,834 | 42 | 3D Entertainment |
| 48 | 52 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $55,903 | -7% | 3 | -4 | $18,634 | $26,643,875 | 167 | IMAX |
| 49 | 50 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $54,588 | -10.6% | 18 | - | $3,032 | $22,489,338 | 16 | - |
| 50 | 41 | RocknRolla | $53,381 | -57.3% | 40 | -12 | $1,334 | $5,597,727 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 51 | 68 | Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! | $51,870 | +171.5% | 45 | - | $1,152 | $70,978 | 2 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 52 | 54 | Space Station 3D | $48,847 | -5.5% | 7 | -1 | $6,978 | $77,116,456 | 346 | IMAX |
| 53 | 40 | Nights in Rodanthe | $44,530 | -67.3% | 73 | -13 | $610 | $41,541,161 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 54 | 53 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $35,345 | -37.1% | 15 | -1 | $2,356 | $12,357,127 | 16 | Summit Entertainment |
| 55 | 59 | My Name Is Bruce | $30,503 | +27.2% | 1 | -3 | $30,503 | $137,128 | 5 | Image Entertainment |
| 56 | 98 | The Secrets | $26,481 | +993.4% | 7 | - | $3,783 | $28,903 | 2 | Monterey Media |
| 57 | 56 | Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom | $25,424 | -8.9% | 4 | - | $6,356 | $517,244 | 6 | - |
| 58 | 51 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $24,140 | -60.4% | 51 | -12 | $473 | $101,693,529 | 21 | Warner Bros. |
| 59 | 55 | What Just Happened | $21,376 | -40.5% | 25 | -17 | $855 | $1,073,598 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 60 | 44 | Pride and Glory | $17,857 | -80.6% | 30 | -3 | $595 | $15,654,748 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 61 | 67 | I Served the King of England | $17,493 | -9.8% | 9 | -5 | $1,943 | $605,142 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 62 | 47 | Sex Drive | $17,441 | -74.8% | 52 | - | $335 | $8,402,485 | 7 | Summit Entertainment |
| 63 | 61 | Man on Wire | $17,175 | -23.9% | 8 | -4 | $2,146 | $2,887,345 | 19 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 64 | 69 | A Secret | $17,009 | -7.2% | 6 | -1 | $2,834 | $523,217 | 13 | Strand Releasing |
| 65 | 60 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $16,496 | -28.4% | 3 | - | $5,498 | $44,162 | 3 | Kino International |
| 66 | 64 | Roving Mars | $15,498 | -22.9% | 6 | - | $2,583 | $9,783,230 | 149 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 67 | 72 | Repo! The Genetic Opera | $13,373 | -3.1% | 6 | - | $2,228 | $127,161 | 4 | Lionsgate Films |
| 68 | 57 | Were the World Mine | $11,291 | -57.6% | 2 | -1 | $5,645 | $40,539 | 5 | - |
| 69 | 63 | Tell No One | $9,551 | -52.9% | 6 | -10 | $1,591 | $6,113,279 | 23 | Music Box Films |
| 70 | 93 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | $8,322 | +192% | 29 | - | $286 | $2,770,853 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 71 | 74 | Frozen River | $7,567 | -32.4% | 6 | -9 | $1,261 | $2,288,914 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 72 | 65 | I Can't Think Straight | $7,192 | -64.1% | 2 | -1 | $3,596 | $27,249 | 2 | Regent Releasing |
| 73 | 76 | A Girl Cut in Two | $6,973 | -25.2% | 9 | -1 | $774 | $396,973 | 16 | IFC Films |
| 74 | 80 | U2 3D | $6,250 | -13.9% | 2 | -4 | $3,125 | $9,636,183 | 46 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 75 | 77 | How About You | $5,961 | -33.3% | 1 | - | $5,961 | $24,046 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 76 | 88 | Ashes of Time | $5,730 | +50.9% | 8 | +1 | $716 | $154,481 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 77 | 85 | Fear(s) of the Dark | $5,530 | +17.4% | 4 | +1 | $1,382 | $70,693 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 78 | 84 | Trouble the Water | $5,392 | +8.2% | 3 | -1 | $1,797 | $474,420 | 15 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 79 | 73 | The Dukes | $4,967 | -58.7% | 5 | -6 | $993 | $25,357 | 3 | - |
| 80 | 113 | Antarctica | $4,912 | +536.3% | 1 | - | $4,912 | $7,378 | 14 | Regent Releasing |
| 81 | 99 | I.O.U.S.A. | $4,634 | +92.5% | 5 | - | $926 | $806,094 | 15 | Roadside Attractions |
| 82 | 78 | Familiar Strangers | $4,617 | -45.4% | 3 | - | $1,539 | $26,367 | 3 | Cavalier Films |
| 83 | 97 | Ballast | $4,152 | +61.2% | 5 | +4 | $830 | $74,158 | 10 | Alluvial Film Company |
| 84 | 111 | Louise Bourgeois | $3,888 | +319.9% | 1 | - | $3,888 | $86,302 | 24 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 85 | 100 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $3,845 | +76.2% | 2 | +1 | $1,922 | $27,161 | 4 | Balcony Releasing |
| 86 | 103 | Hounddog | $3,825 | +128.4% | 2 | +1 | $1,912 | $122,704 | 11 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 87 | 87 | Sky Kids | $3,775 | -1.9% | 1 | - | $3,775 | $142,174 | 16 | Dark Coast Pictures |
| 88 | 115 | Stranded | $3,447 | +380.1% | 2 | +1 | $1,723 | $47,798 | 7 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 89 | 79 | The Betrayal | $3,370 | -58.4% | 1 | - | $3,370 | $11,464 | 2 | The Cinema Guild |
| 90 | 107 | The Matador | $3,258 | +172% | 1 | - | $3,258 | $15,822 | 5 | City Lights Pictures |
| 91 | 90 | Haunted Castle | $3,029 | -18.3% | 1 | - | $3,029 | $13,651,656 | 406 | - |
| 92 | - | Call + Response | $2,898 | - | 1 | - | $2,898 | $180,823 | 8 | Fair Trade Pictures |
| 93 | 86 | Special 2008 Re-release | $2,690 | -40.4% | 1 | - | $2,690 | $7,202 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 94 | 96 | Flow: For Love of Water | $2,025 | -23.9% | 4 | -1 | $506 | $139,969 | 37 | Oscilloscope |
| 95 | 92 | The Alphabet Killer | $1,926 | -36.6% | 2 | - | $963 | $27,379 | 4 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 96 | 89 | The First Basket | $1,689 | -54.9% | 2 | -1 | $844 | $19,515 | 6 | - |
| 97 | 114 | Breakfast with Scot | $1,538 | +99.7% | 1 | - | $1,538 | $38,457 | 8 | Regent Releasing |
| 98 | 122 | The Wild Child | $1,522 | +76,000% | 1 | - | $1,522 | $18,949 | 4 | The Film Desk |
| 99 | 83 | One Day You'll Understand | $1,422 | -74.7% | 3 | -3 | $474 | $80,337 | 5 | Kino International |
| 100 | 118 | Otto; or, Up with Dead People | $1,362 | +467.5% | 1 | - | $1,362 | $8,155 | 4 | Strand Releasing |
| 101 | 75 | Lake City | $1,168 | -88.5% | 1 | - | $1,168 | $11,283 | 2 | Screen Media Films |
| 102 | 82 | House | $992 | -83% | 2 | -12 | $496 | $570,142 | 4 | Roadside Attractions |
| 103 | - | Galapagos | $916 | - | 1 | - | $916 | $17,480,309 | 475 | IMAX |
| 104 | 101 | The Other End of the Line | $842 | -58.9% | 2 | - | $421 | $115,289 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 105 | - | Rome & Jewel | $470 | - | 1 | - | $470 | $470 | 1 | Emerging Pictures |
| 106 | - | Box Elder | $466 | - | 1 | - | $466 | $42,352 | 40 | N/A |
| 107 | 106 | The Pool | $349 | -73.4% | 1 | -2 | $349 | $95,102 | 14 | Vitagraph Films |
