| Rank | Movie Title (click to view) | Studio
| MPAA
Rating | Total Gross / Theaters | Opening / Theaters | Open | Close | | 1 | Sex and the City | WB (NL) | R | $152,647,258 | 3,325 | $57,038,404 | 3,285 | 5/30 | 9/18 | | 2 | Gran Torino | WB | R | $148,095,302 | 3,045 | $271,720 | 6 | 12/12 | 6/18 | | 3 | Slumdog Millionaire | FoxS | R | $141,319,928 | 2,943 | $360,018 | 10 | 11/12 | 5/28 | | 4 | Wanted | Uni. | R | $134,508,551 | 3,185 | $50,927,085 | 3,175 | 6/27 | 9/18 | | 5 | Tropic Thunder | P/DW | R | $110,515,313 | 3,473 | $25,812,796 | 3,319 | 8/13 | 11/13 | | 6 | Step Brothers | Sony | R | $100,468,793 | 3,182 | $30,940,732 | 3,094 | 7/25 | 9/21 | | 7 | Pineapple Express | Sony | R | $87,341,380 | 3,072 | $23,245,025 | 3,072 | 8/6 | - | | 8 | Role Models | Uni. | R | $67,294,270 | 2,798 | $19,167,085 | 2,792 | 11/7 | 1/29 | | 9 | The Happening | Fox | R | $64,506,874 | 2,986 | $30,517,109 | 2,986 | 6/13 | 9/18 | | 10 | Forgetting Sarah Marshall | Uni. | R | $63,172,463 | 2,872 | $17,725,330 | 2,798 | 4/18 | 7/10 | | 11 | Burn After Reading | Focus | R | $60,355,347 | 2,657 | $19,128,001 | 2,651 | 9/12 | 12/25 | | 12 | Saw V | LGF | R | $56,746,769 | 3,084 | $30,053,954 | 3,060 | 10/24 | 12/11 | | 13 | The Strangers | Rog. | R | $52,597,610 | 2,477 | $20,997,985 | 2,466 | 5/30 | 7/24 | | 14 | Rambo | LGF | R | $42,754,105 | 2,764 | $18,203,876 | 2,751 | 1/25 | 3/27 | | 15 | Righteous Kill | Over. | R | $40,081,410 | 3,152 | $16,288,361 | 3,152 | 9/12 | - | | 16 | Body of Lies | WB | R | $39,394,666 | 2,714 | $12,884,416 | 2,710 | 10/10 | 1/15 | | 17 | Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay | WB (NL) | R | $38,108,728 | 2,545 | $14,908,404 | 2,510 | 4/25 | 7/17 | | 18 | Death Race | Uni. | R | $36,316,032 | 2,586 | $12,621,090 | 2,532 | 8/22 | 10/16 | | 19 | Changeling | Uni. | R | $35,739,802 | 1,896 | $489,015 | 15 | 10/24 | 1/8 | | 20 | The Reader | Wein. | R | $34,194,407 | 1,203 | $168,051 | 8 | 12/10 | 5/13 | | 21 | Semi-Pro | NL | R | $33,479,698 | 3,121 | $15,075,114 | 3,121 | 2/29 | 5/1 | | 22 | Milk | Focus | R | $31,841,299 | 882 | $1,453,844 | 36 | 11/26 | 4/16 | | 23 | Quarantine | SGem | R | $31,691,811 | 2,463 | $14,211,321 | 2,461 | 10/10 | 11/16 | | 24 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | Wein. | R | $31,457,946 | 2,735 | $10,065,630 | 2,735 | 10/31 | 1/29 | | 25 | Mirrors | Fox | R | $30,691,439 | 2,664 | $11,161,074 | 2,664 | 8/15 | 11/23 | | 26 | The Bank Job | LGF | R | $30,060,660 | 1,613 | $5,935,256 | 1,603 | 3/7 | 6/5 | | 27 | Untraceable | SGem | R | $28,687,835 | 2,368 | $11,354,069 | 2,368 | 1/25 | - | | 28 | Defiance | ParV | R | $28,644,813 | 1,793 | $123,513 | 2 | 12/31 | 4/30 | | 29 | Street Kings | FoxS | R | $26,418,667 | 2,469 | $12,469,631 | 2,467 | 4/11 | 7/17 | | 30 | The Wrestler | FoxS | R | $26,238,243 | 776 | $202,714 | 4 | 12/17 | 5/14 | | 31 | Revolutionary Road | ParV | R | $22,911,480 | 1,077 | $189,911 | 3 | 12/26 | 4/2 | | 32 | Appaloosa | WB (NL) | R | $20,211,394 | 1,290 | $248,847 | 14 | 9/19 | 1/22 | | 33 | My Best Friend's Girl | LGF | R | $19,219,250 | 2,636 | $8,265,357 | 2,604 | 9/19 | 10/23 | | 34 | Frost/Nixon | Uni. | R | $18,622,031 | 1,105 | $180,708 | 3 | 12/5 | 3/26 | | 35 | The Ruins | P/DW | R | $17,432,844 | 2,814 | $8,003,421 | 2,812 | 4/4 | 6/19 | | 36 | 88 Minutes | Sony | R | $17,213,467 | 2,168 | $6,957,216 | 2,168 | 4/18 | - | | 37 | Pride & Glory | WB (NL) | R | $15,740,721 | 2,585 | $6,262,396 | 2,585 | 10/24 | 12/11 | | 38 | Bangkok Dangerous | LGF | R | $15,298,133 | 2,654 | $7,783,266 | 2,650 | 9/5 | 10/23 | | 39 | Religulous | LGF | R | $13,011,160 | 568 | $3,409,643 | 502 | 10/1 | 12/18 | | 40 | Rachel Getting Married | SPC | R | $12,796,841 | 391 | $293,369 | 9 | 10/3 | 4/23 | | 41 | Soul Men | MGM/W | R | $12,082,391 | 2,048 | $5,401,605 | 2,044 | 11/7 | 2/5 | | 42 | Doomsday | Rog. | R | $11,008,770 | 1,938 | $4,926,565 | 1,936 | 3/14 | 4/10 | | 43 | Stop-Loss | Par. | R | $10,915,744 | 1,305 | $4,555,117 | 1,291 | 3/28 | 6/19 | | 44 | Smart People | Mira. | R | $9,511,289 | 1,119 | $4,092,465 | 1,106 | 4/11 | 6/5 | | 45 | Sex Drive | Sum. | R | $8,402,485 | 2,421 | $3,607,164 | 2,421 | 10/17 | 12/4 | | 46 | Cadillac Records | Sony | R | $8,195,551 | 701 | $3,445,559 | 687 | 12/5 | 1/8 | | 47 | Punisher: War Zone | LGF | R | $8,050,977 | 2,508 | $4,271,451 | 2,508 | 12/5 | 12/24 | | 48 | Miracle at St. Anna | BV | R | $7,919,117 | 1,185 | $3,477,996 | 1,185 | 9/26 | 11/25 | | 49 | In Bruges | Focus | R | $7,800,824 | 232 | $459,575 | 28 | 2/8 | 6/26 | | 50 | Strange Wilderness | ParC | R | $6,575,282 | 1,211 | $3,001,719 | 1,208 | 2/1 | 3/6 | | 51 | Mongol | PicH | R | $5,705,761 | 253 | $135,326 | 5 | 6/6 | 9/11 | | 52 | RockNRolla | WB | R | $5,700,626 | 826 | $144,701 | 7 | 10/8 | 12/25 | | 53 | The Counterfeiters | SPC | R | $5,488,570 | 170 | $87,514 | 8 | 2/22 | 8/28 | | 54 | Hamlet 2 | Focus | R | $4,886,216 | 1,597 | $439,925 | 103 | 8/22 | 10/2 | | 55 | College | MGM | R | $4,694,636 | 2,124 | $2,153,109 | 2,123 | 8/29 | 11/13 | | 56 | Deception (2008) | Fox | R | $4,598,506 | 2,001 | $2,312,146 | 2,001 | 4/25 | 6/26 | | 57 | Charlie Bartlett | MGM | R | $3,951,699 | 1,122 | $1,836,256 | 1,122 | 2/22 | 5/1 | | 58 | Then She Found Me | Think | R | $3,735,717 | 153 | $72,594 | 9 | 4/25 | 9/18 | | 59 | Elegy | Gold. | R | $3,581,642 | 142 | $104,168 | 6 | 8/8 | 11/13 | | 60 | Happy-Go-Lucky | Mira. | R | $3,512,016 | 202 | $73,867 | 4 | 10/10 | 1/22 | | 61 | Blindness | Mira. | R | $3,351,751 | 1,690 | $1,950,260 | 1,690 | 10/3 | 10/16 | | 62 | Synecdoche, New York | SPC | R | $3,083,538 | 119 | $172,194 | 9 | 10/24 | 3/26 | | 63 | Choke | FoxS | R | $2,926,565 | 435 | $1,319,286 | 435 | 9/26 | 11/23 | | 64 | How to Lose Friends and Alienate People | MGM | R | $2,778,752 | 1,750 | $1,430,294 | 1,750 | 10/3 | 12/11 | | 65 | Frozen River | SPC | R | $2,511,476 | 96 | $70,234 | 7 | 8/1 | 3/19 | | 66 | Redbelt | SPC | R | $2,345,941 | 1,379 | $63,361 | 6 | 5/2 | 7/17 | | 67 | Waltz with Bashir | SPC | R | $2,283,849 | 208 | $50,021 | 5 | 12/25 | 5/14 | | 68 | The Fall | RAtt. | R | $2,266,905 | 111 | $79,611 | 9 | 5/9 | 1/7 | | 69 | Transsiberian | First | R | $2,206,405 | 154 | $34,615 | 2 | 7/18 | 11/13 | | 70 | Let the Right One In (2008) | Magn. | R | $2,122,065 | 53 | $49,295 | 4 | 10/24 | 4/30 | | 71 | The Wackness | SPC | R | $2,077,116 | 142 | $138,401 | 6 | 7/3 | 10/23 | | 72 | Roman de Gare | Gold. | R | $1,852,764 | 38 | $25,484 | 2 | 4/25 | 9/18 | | 73 | Funny Games | WIP | R | $1,294,919 | 288 | $544,833 | 286 | 3/14 | 5/1 | | 74 | Gonzo | Magn. | R | $1,252,100 | 59 | $191,942 | 26 | 7/4 | 11/13 | | 75 | What Just Happened? | Magn. | R | $1,090,947 | 88 | $192,508 | 36 | 10/17 | 12/18 | | 76 | The Children of Huang Shi | SPC | R | $1,031,872 | 43 | $42,755 | 7 | 5/23 | 10/16 | | 77 | George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead | TRR | R | $958,961 | 48 | $232,576 | 42 | 2/15 | 5/1 | | 78 | Wendy and Lucy | Osci. | R | $865,695 | 40 | $18,218 | 2 | 12/10 | 4/30 | | 79 | Fugitive Pieces | Gold. | R | $635,783 | 38 | $102,212 | 30 | 5/2 | 8/14 | | 80 | I Served the King of England | SPC | R | $617,403 | 38 | $53,218 | 8 | 8/29 | 12/25 | | 81 | Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - From Hollywood to the Heartland | PicH | R | $603,894 | 962 | $464,170 | 962 | 2/8 | 2/28 | | 82 | War, Inc. | First | R | $580,862 | 33 | $35,336 | 2 | 5/23 | 8/7 | | 83 | House (2008) | RAtt. | R | $575,048 | 363 | $327,445 | 363 | 11/7 | 12/24 | | 84 | Reprise | Mira. | R | $554,826 | 15 | $49,060 | 3 | 5/16 | 7/24 | | 85 | Nobel Son | Free | R | $540,382 | 893 | $333,912 | 893 | 12/5 | 12/24 | | 86 | Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom | Logo | R | $532,878 | 9 | $151,337 | 5 | 10/24 | 12/18 | | 87 | Paranoid Park | IFC | R | $486,767 | 37 | $29,828 | 2 | 3/7 | 6/12 | | 88 | JCVD | PArch | R | $470,691 | 28 | $20,119 | 2 | 11/7 | 1/18 | | 89 | The Stone Angel | Viv. | R | $459,166 | 9 | $31,883 | 7 | 7/11 | 8/14 | | 90 | The Hammer | ICir | R | $443,591 | 34 | $97,137 | 20 | 3/21 | 5/8 | | 91 | The Promotion | TRR | R | $408,709 | 81 | $30,493 | 6 | 6/6 | 7/17 | | 92 | Snow Angels | WIP | R | $402,858 | 47 | $14,247 | 2 | 3/7 | 6/2 | | 93 | Towelhead | WIP | R | $372,124 | 100 | $52,823 | 4 | 9/12 | 10/23 | | 94 | Everybody Wants to Be Italian | RAtt. | R | $351,416 | 98 | $197,861 | 98 | 9/5 | 10/16 | | 95 | Teeth | RAtt. | R | $347,578 | 16 | $29,521 | 4 | 1/18 | 3/7 | | 96 | City of Men | Mira. | R | $325,131 | 75 | $130,579 | 75 | 2/29 | 3/20 | | 97 | The Life Before Her Eyes | Magn. | R | $303,439 | 48 | $20,220 | 8 | 4/18 | 6/29 | | 98 | Taxi to the Dark Side | Think | R | $274,661 | 20 | $10,930 | 2 | 1/18 | 6/1 | | 99 | Surfwise | Magn. | R | $269,994 | 13 | $10,304 | 1 | 5/9 | 8/7 | | 100 | The Lucky Ones | LGF | R | $266,967 | 425 | $183,088 | 425 | 9/26 | 10/2 | | Summary of 197 Movies on Chart: | | Totals: | $2,166,426,975 | - | - | - | - | - | | Averages: | $10,997,091 | - | - | - | - | - |  |
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