Domestic 2008 Week 38
September 19-25, 2008
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Lakeview Terrace | $18,700,796 | - | 2,464 | - | $7,589 | $18,700,796 | 1 | Screen Gems |
| 2 | 1 | Burn After Reading | $14,264,158 | -43.2% | 2,657 | +6 | $5,368 | $39,371,122 | 2 | Focus Features |
| 3 | - | My Best Friend's Girl | $10,728,511 | - | 2,604 | - | $4,120 | $10,728,511 | 1 | Lionsgate Films |
| 4 | 2 | Righteous Kill | $9,892,093 | -53.1% | 3,152 | - | $3,138 | $31,001,847 | 2 | Overture Films |
| 5 | - | Igor | $8,838,789 | - | 2,339 | - | $3,778 | $8,838,789 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 6 | 3 | The Family That Preys | $8,779,396 | -57.9% | 2,070 | - | $4,241 | $29,635,656 | 2 | Lionsgate Films |
| 7 | 4 | The Women | $7,522,857 | -45.9% | 2,995 | +33 | $2,511 | $21,426,089 | 2 | Picturehouse |
| 8 | - | Ghost Town | $6,291,047 | - | 1,505 | - | $4,180 | $6,291,047 | 1 | DreamWorks |
| 9 | 6 | The Dark Knight | $3,835,410 | -27.8% | 1,905 | -286 | $2,013 | $522,810,263 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 5 | Tropic Thunder | $3,334,234 | -38.9% | 2,333 | -594 | $1,429 | $107,583,715 | 7 | DreamWorks |
| 11 | 7 | The House Bunny | $3,186,060 | -37.2% | 2,675 | -88 | $1,191 | $46,110,541 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 12 | 11 | Mamma Mia! | $1,472,470 | -42.8% | 1,121 | -396 | $1,313 | $141,618,185 | 10 | Universal Pictures |
| 13 | 10 | Death Race | $1,345,900 | -50.3% | 1,240 | -767 | $1,085 | $35,228,650 | 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 14 | 15 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $1,302,398 | -22.8% | 637 | -89 | $2,044 | $19,745,774 | 6 | - |
| 15 | 9 | Traitor | $1,261,557 | -55.3% | 1,407 | -607 | $896 | $22,687,505 | 5 | Overture Films |
| 16 | 8 | Bangkok Dangerous | $1,185,350 | -66.7% | 1,349 | -1,305 | $878 | $14,876,113 | 3 | Lionsgate Films |
| 17 | 12 | Babylon A.D. | $984,752 | -59% | 1,013 | -1,049 | $972 | $21,939,772 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 18 | 17 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $937,537 | -32% | 675 | -76 | $1,388 | $99,266,145 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 19 | 14 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $904,954 | -47.4% | 662 | -36 | $1,367 | $11,134,023 | 6 | Summit Entertainment |
| 20 | 13 | Disaster Movie | $781,814 | -57.7% | 971 | -831 | $805 | $13,721,563 | 4 | Lionsgate Films |
| 21 | 16 | Pineapple Express | $693,143 | -55% | 550 | -480 | $1,260 | $87,166,769 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 22 | 18 | Mirrors | $577,890 | -50.1% | 584 | -424 | $989 | $29,975,842 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 23 | 20 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | $501,200 | -41.6% | 494 | -256 | $1,014 | $102,277,510 | 8 | Universal Pictures |
| 24 | 19 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | $471,043 | -55% | 688 | -317 | $684 | $34,554,944 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 24 | Get Smart | $413,892 | -21.1% | 306 | - | $1,352 | $129,574,566 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | 22 | WALL·E | $397,300 | -38.3% | 435 | -69 | $913 | $220,590,437 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 27 | - | Appaloosa | $333,702 | - | 14 | - | $23,835 | $333,702 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | 21 | The Longshots | $312,532 | -56% | 502 | -356 | $622 | $11,136,395 | 5 | - |
| 29 | 26 | Kung Fu Panda | $299,432 | -25.1% | 338 | -32 | $885 | $215,000,431 | 16 | DreamWorks |
| 30 | 28 | Elegy | $278,667 | -21.9% | 134 | -2 | $2,079 | $3,145,405 | 7 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 31 | - | The Duchess | $266,932 | - | 7 | - | $38,133 | $266,932 | 1 | Paramount Vantage |
| 32 | 31 | Tell No One | $246,008 | +7.5% | 99 | - | $2,484 | $5,335,358 | 13 | Music Box Films |
| 33 | 33 | Space Chimps | $210,419 | -5.5% | 303 | +25 | $694 | $29,645,525 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 34 | 23 | Step Brothers | $202,214 | -63.7% | 258 | -196 | $783 | $100,468,793 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 35 | 32 | Transsiberian | $198,933 | -12.8% | 124 | -30 | $1,604 | $1,850,893 | 10 | First Look International |
| 36 | 27 | Frozen River | $186,458 | -50.9% | 96 | +10 | $1,942 | $1,813,274 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 37 | 25 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | $184,067 | -63% | 330 | -315 | $557 | $43,798,197 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 34 | Man on Wire | $176,104 | -20.1% | 93 | - | $1,893 | $2,289,448 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 39 | 30 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $165,767 | -35.4% | 206 | -57 | $804 | $316,708,350 | 19 | Paramount Pictures |
| 40 | 29 | Bottle Shock | $157,339 | -48.3% | 134 | -116 | $1,174 | $3,890,244 | 8 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 41 | 42 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $95,677 | -8.8% | 30 | -1 | $3,189 | $19,007,010 | 51 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 42 | 48 | Towelhead | $89,288 | +21.6% | 18 | +14 | $4,960 | $162,740 | 2 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 43 | 41 | I Served the King of England | $87,704 | -19.4% | 38 | +1 | $2,308 | $371,858 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 44 | 39 | Iron Man | $79,699 | -33.7% | 124 | -32 | $642 | $318,239,816 | 21 | Paramount Pictures |
| 45 | - | Battle in Seattle | $70,933 | - | 10 | - | $7,093 | $70,933 | 1 | Redwood Palms Pictures |
| 46 | 43 | The Rocker | $65,923 | -34.7% | 128 | -22 | $515 | $6,356,655 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 47 | 50 | A Secret | $61,034 | +4.5% | 8 | +4 | $7,629 | $177,314 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 48 | 66 | The Wackness | $59,725 | +137.9% | 42 | +21 | $1,422 | $2,042,678 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 49 | 44 | Swing Vote | $58,402 | -39.5% | 123 | -36 | $474 | $16,115,466 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 50 | 65 | When Did You Last See Your Father? | $56,778 | +113.9% | 39 | +10 | $1,455 | $1,037,777 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 51 | 57 | Trouble the Water | $51,168 | +33.7% | 14 | +5 | $3,654 | $252,384 | 5 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 52 | 63 | Beer for My Horses | $50,274 | +72.9% | 74 | +33 | $679 | $596,454 | 7 | Roadside Attractions |
| 53 | 47 | Brideshead Revisited | $48,244 | -36.2% | 75 | -48 | $643 | $6,432,256 | 9 | Miramax |
| 54 | 45 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $47,991 | -48.7% | 13 | -1 | $3,691 | $4,716,902 | 32 | 3D Entertainment |
| 55 | 35 | Hamlet 2 | $44,131 | -71.1% | 56 | -112 | $788 | $4,870,400 | 5 | Focus Features |
| 56 | 55 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $43,619 | +0.7% | 5 | +3 | $8,723 | $25,960,918 | 157 | IMAX |
| 57 | 54 | A Girl Cut in Two | $41,202 | -5.6% | 16 | +2 | $2,575 | $234,452 | 6 | IFC Films |
| 58 | - | Forever Strong | $40,691 | - | 48 | - | $847 | $40,691 | 1 | Crane Movie Company |
| 59 | 71 | Flow: For Love of Water | $38,501 | +73.1% | 10 | +8 | $3,850 | $65,874 | 27 | Oscilloscope |
| 60 | 56 | Deep Sea | $38,367 | -1% | 8 | - | $4,795 | $36,345,974 | 134 | Warner Bros. |
| 61 | 59 | Space Station 3D | $37,396 | +3.6% | 20 | +5 | $1,869 | $76,615,632 | 336 | IMAX |
| 62 | 60 | The Children of Huang Shi | $32,030 | -4.3% | 24 | -1 | $1,334 | $950,469 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 63 | 36 | College | $31,705 | -78.8% | 70 | -348 | $452 | $4,666,098 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 64 | 52 | Kit Kittredge: An American Girl | $30,672 | -33.3% | 84 | -12 | $365 | $17,621,351 | 14 | Picturehouse |
| 65 | 69 | U2 3D | $29,741 | +28.6% | 15 | +9 | $1,982 | $9,501,521 | 36 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 66 | 58 | Sky Kids | $29,186 | -19.3% | 17 | - | $1,716 | $110,515 | 6 | Dark Coast Pictures |
| 67 | 49 | Brick Lane | $27,565 | -56.2% | 23 | -25 | $1,198 | $1,057,994 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 68 | 61 | The X Files: I Want to Believe | $25,439 | -19.6% | 50 | -15 | $508 | $20,966,540 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 69 | 51 | Greetings from the Shore | $22,765 | -60.4% | 10 | -21 | $2,276 | $80,221 | 2 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 70 | 70 | Sixty Six 2008 Re-release | $19,574 | -14.5% | 15 | +2 | $1,304 | $205,970 | 8 | First Independent Pictures |
| 71 | - | Hounddog | $19,262 | - | 11 | - | $1,751 | $19,262 | 1 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 72 | 102 | Emma Smith: My Story | $18,664 | +408.4% | 11 | +8 | $1,696 | $872,427 | 24 | Candlelight Media Group |
| 73 | 86 | In Search of a Midnight Kiss | $17,998 | +81.3% | 11 | +1 | $1,636 | $145,105 | 8 | IFC Films |
| 74 | 80 | Meet Dave | $17,153 | +4% | 28 | -2 | $612 | $11,782,676 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 75 | - | A Thousand Years of Good Prayers | $14,498 | - | 2 | - | $7,249 | $14,498 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 76 | 72 | The Visitor | $14,471 | -34.1% | 27 | -8 | $535 | $9,407,935 | 24 | Overture Films |
| 77 | 84 | Enlighten Up! | $14,175 | +20.1% | 1 | - | $14,175 | $25,974 | 2 | Balcony Releasing |
| 78 | 128 | August Evening | $13,762 | +2,931.3% | 1 | - | $13,762 | $18,297 | 3 | Maya Entertainment |
| 79 | 77 | Gonzo | $13,658 | -26.4% | 16 | +5 | $853 | $1,212,431 | 12 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 80 | 73 | Encounters at the End of the World | $12,977 | -40.2% | 19 | -6 | $683 | $906,028 | 16 | THINKFilm |
| 81 | 67 | Ping Pong Playa | $12,848 | -48.1% | 9 | -4 | $1,427 | $75,773 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 82 | - | Walking on Dead Fish | $12,736 | - | 1 | - | $12,736 | $12,736 | 1 | Variance Films |
| 83 | 83 | Hallam Foe | $12,727 | +6.1% | 6 | +3 | $2,121 | $43,502 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 84 | 85 | Moving Midway | $12,361 | +13.9% | 4 | +2 | $3,090 | $23,215 | 2 | First Run |
| 85 | 62 | Henry Poole Is Here | $12,146 | -59.9% | 53 | -36 | $229 | $1,817,276 | 6 | Overture Films |
| 86 | - | The Legend of God's Gun | $11,662 | - | 2 | - | $5,831 | $132,623 | 10 | Indican Pictures |
| 87 | 82 | The Last Mistress | $11,601 | -4.1% | 21 | -2 | $552 | $775,522 | 13 | IFC Films |
| 88 | 94 | Save Me | $11,229 | +83.7% | 2 | +1 | $5,614 | $28,269 | 3 | First Run |
| 89 | 74 | The Grocer's Son | $11,154 | -46.1% | 5 | -1 | $2,230 | $241,793 | 16 | Film Movement |
| 90 | 92 | The Edge of Heaven | $10,999 | +73.7% | 8 | +1 | $1,374 | $731,119 | 19 | Strand Releasing |
| 91 | 88 | Roving Mars | $10,974 | +19.6% | 5 | - | $2,194 | $9,604,529 | 139 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 92 | 81 | The Pool | $9,986 | -36% | 6 | +1 | $1,664 | $40,801 | 4 | Vitagraph Films |
| 93 | - | Take Out | $9,134 | - | 5 | - | $1,826 | $69,816 | 16 | - |
| 94 | 76 | Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! | $9,031 | -51.5% | 5 | -2 | $1,806 | $80,929 | 4 | TLA Releasing |
| 95 | 87 | Up the Yangtze | $8,829 | -7.7% | 9 | +2 | $981 | $769,838 | 22 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 96 | 91 | Momma's Man | $8,697 | +29.5% | 5 | -1 | $1,739 | $72,545 | 5 | Kino International |
| 97 | 79 | Loins of Punjab Presents | $8,603 | -50.5% | 4 | - | $2,150 | $25,998 | 2 | Emerging Pictures |
| 98 | 99 | A Man Named Pearl | $8,295 | +106% | 9 | +3 | $921 | $176,380 | 56 | Tentmakers Entertainment |
| 99 | 75 | Sukiyaki Western Django | $8,240 | -59.3% | 4 | +1 | $2,060 | $50,659 | 4 | First Look International |
| 100 | - | Love and Honor | $7,715 | - | 3 | - | $2,571 | $56,467 | 21 | Eleven Arts |
| 101 | 116 | Baghead | $7,621 | +344.1% | 16 | +12 | $476 | $131,625 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 102 | 68 | American Teen | $7,444 | -68.6% | 23 | -16 | $323 | $942,441 | 9 | Paramount Vantage |
| 103 | 78 | Young@Heart | $7,035 | -60.7% | 6 | -11 | $1,172 | $3,966,690 | 25 | - |
| 104 | 117 | The Fall | $6,274 | +269.7% | 6 | +2 | $1,045 | $2,256,679 | 20 | Roadside Attractions |
| 105 | 98 | Chris & Don: A Love Story | $6,243 | +52% | 7 | +3 | $891 | $210,984 | 15 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 106 | 90 | I.O.U.S.A. | $5,904 | -21.3% | 4 | -1 | $1,476 | $732,129 | 5 | Roadside Attractions |
| 107 | 103 | OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies | $5,619 | +56.1% | 4 | -1 | $1,404 | $300,390 | 20 | Music Box Films |
| 108 | - | Elite Squad | $5,500 | - | 1 | - | $5,500 | $5,500 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 109 | 95 | Elsa & Fred | $4,928 | -17.4% | 6 | - | $821 | $185,313 | 13 | Mitropoulos Films |
| 110 | - | Amexicano | $4,637 | - | 1 | - | $4,637 | $4,637 | 1 | Maya Entertainment |
| 111 | 46 | Everybody Wants to Be Italian | $4,010 | -94.8% | 8 | -65 | $501 | $344,861 | 3 | Roadside Attractions |
| 112 | - | Fraulein | $3,412 | - | 1 | - | $3,412 | $3,412 | 1 | Film Movement |
| 113 | 93 | Beautiful Losers | $3,237 | -48% | 2 | - | $1,618 | $56,386 | 7 | Sidetrack Films |
| 114 | 100 | Days and Clouds | $2,804 | -26.9% | 1 | -1 | $2,804 | $97,520 | 11 | Film Movement |
| 115 | 101 | A Jihad for Love | $2,111 | -43% | 1 | - | $2,111 | $105,651 | 19 | First Run |
| 116 | 109 | Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | $2,064 | -20.2% | 7 | - | $294 | $57,725 | 11 | THINKFilm |
| 117 | 111 | Kabluey | $1,948 | -7.9% | 3 | -1 | $649 | $80,410 | 12 | Regent Releasing |
| 118 | 107 | Dare Not Walk Alone | $1,851 | -34.6% | 1 | - | $1,851 | $36,758 | 22 | Indican Pictures |
| 119 | 125 | Tuya's Marriage | $1,217 | +78.4% | 2 | +1 | $608 | $71,111 | 25 | Music Box Films |
| 120 | 112 | What We Do Is Secret | $1,177 | -39.1% | 3 | +1 | $392 | $55,321 | 7 | - |
| 121 | 118 | Jellyfish | $1,143 | -31.4% | 2 | - | $571 | $341,221 | 25 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 122 | 121 | Girls Rock! | $1,101 | <0.1% | 1 | - | $1,101 | $158,717 | 29 | Shadow Distribution |
| 123 | 131 | Constantine's Sword | $889 | +284.8% | 1 | - | $889 | $177,934 | 23 | First Run |
| 124 | - | The Sensation of Sight | $855 | - | 1 | - | $855 | $23,457 | 46 | Monterey Media |
| 125 | - | Am Limit | $853 | - | 1 | - | $853 | $17,480 | 15 | First Run |
| 126 | 96 | Cthulhu | $535 | -90.9% | 1 | -2 | $535 | $11,876 | 5 | Regent Releasing |
| 127 | 124 | No Regret 2008 Re-release | $470 | -37.4% | 1 | - | $470 | $15,347 | 9 | Regent Releasing |
| 128 | 105 | America the Beautiful | $453 | -86.5% | 1 | -2 | $453 | $68,977 | 20 | First Independent Pictures |
| 129 | - | Box Elder | $442 | - | 1 | - | $442 | $38,123 | 30 | N/A |
| 130 | 108 | The Singing Revolution | $381 | -86.4% | 1 | -1 | $381 | $335,707 | 42 | Abramorama |
| 131 | 53 | Surfer, Dude | $369 | -99.2% | 1 | -66 | $369 | $52,132 | 3 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 132 | 38 | Proud American | $359 | -99.7% | 6 | -744 | $59 | $131,357 | 2 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 133 | - | Galapagos | $343 | - | 1 | - | $343 | $17,478,642 | 465 | IMAX |
| 134 | - | Beautiful Boxer | $199 | - | 1 | - | $199 | $133,920 | 192 | Regent Releasing |
| 135 | 123 | Monsieur Verdoux | $100 | -88.8% | 1 | - | $100 | $30,126 | 28 | The Film Desk |
| 136 | 126 | CSNY/Déjà Vu | $37 | -93.6% | 2 | - | $18 | $63,924 | 9 | Roadside Attractions |
