Rank |
Date |
Movie |
Theater Average |
Gross |
Theaters |
1 |
Dec 26, 2008 |
Revolutionary Road |
$63,304 |
$189,911 |
3 |
2 |
Dec 5, 2008 |
Frost/Nixon |
$60,236 |
$180,708 |
3 |
3 |
Dec 19, 2008 |
The Wrestler |
$50,679 |
$202,714 |
4 |
4 |
Oct 3, 2008 |
Paris |
$49,954 |
$49,954 |
1 |
5 |
Feb 1, 2008 |
Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Wo… |
$45,561 |
$31,117,834 |
683 |
6 |
Dec 12, 2008 |
Gran Torino |
$45,287 |
$271,720 |
6 |
7 |
Jun 20, 2008 |
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl |
$44,059 |
$220,297 |
5 |
8 |
Nov 28, 2008 |
Milk |
$40,385 |
$1,453,844 |
36 |
9 |
Apr 4, 2008 |
La misma luna |
$40,248 |
$1,730,661 |
43 |
10 |
Jul 18, 2008 |
The Dark Knight |
$36,283 |
$158,411,483 |
4,366 |
11 |
Nov 14, 2008 |
Slumdog Millionaire |
$36,002 |
$360,018 |
10 |
12 |
Jan 2, 2009 |
Gran Torino |
$34,957 |
$2,936,423 |
84 |
13 |
Dec 12, 2008 |
Doubt |
$33,815 |
$507,226 |
15 |
14 |
Oct 24, 2008 |
Changeling |
$32,601 |
$489,015 |
15 |
15 |
Oct 3, 2008 |
Rachel Getting Married |
$32,597 |
$293,369 |
9 |
16 |
Dec 12, 2008 |
Che, Part 1: The Argentine |
$30,535 |
$61,070 |
2 |
17 |
Oct 24, 2008 |
Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom |
$30,171 |
$150,854 |
5 |
18 |
Nov 21, 2008 |
Slumdog Millionaire |
$29,619 |
$947,795 |
32 |
19 |
Dec 26, 2008 |
Gran Torino |
$27,652 |
$2,322,781 |
84 |
20 |
Nov 28, 2008 |
Slumdog Millionaire |
$27,470 |
$1,346,039 |
49 |
21 |
Sep 19, 2008 |
The Duchess |
$27,204 |
$190,426 |
7 |
22 |
Jun 6, 2008 |
Mongol |
$27,065 |
$135,326 |
5 |
23 |
Jan 2, 2009 |
Revolutionary Road |
$25,946 |
$985,961 |
38 |
24 |
Jan 25, 2008 |
4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile |
$25,856 |
$51,712 |
2 |
25 |
Jul 25, 2008 |
Man on Wire |
$25,696 |
$51,392 |
2 |
26 |
May 2, 2008 |
Iron Man |
$24,877 |
$102,118,668 |
4,105 |
27 |
Dec 19, 2008 |
Gran Torino |
$24,643 |
$468,221 |
19 |
28 |
Jan 2, 2009 |
The Wrestler |
$24,323 |
$437,815 |
18 |
29 |
May 23, 2008 |
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull |
$23,507 |
$100,137,835 |
4,260 |
30 |
Jul 4, 2008 |
The Wackness |
$23,067 |
$138,401 |
6 |
31 |
Jun 13, 2008 |
Mongol |
$22,442 |
$112,212 |
5 |
32 |
Apr 11, 2008 |
The Visitor |
$21,622 |
$86,488 |
4 |
33 |
Dec 26, 2008 |
The Wrestler |
$21,529 |
$387,530 |
18 |
34 |
Jun 27, 2008 |
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl |
$21,404 |
$107,019 |
5 |
35 |
Jul 4, 2008 |
Ne le dis à personne |
$21,213 |
$169,707 |
8 |
36 |
Dec 12, 2008 |
The Reader |
$21,006 |
$168,051 |
8 |
37 |
Oct 10, 2008 |
RocknRolla |
$20,672 |
$144,701 |
7 |
38 |
Nov 21, 2008 |
Twilight |
$20,368 |
$69,637,740 |
3,419 |
39 |
Nov 14, 2008 |
Quantum of Solace |
$19,568 |
$67,528,882 |
3,451 |
40 |
Oct 24, 2008 |
Synecdoche, New York |
$19,133 |
$172,194 |
9 |
41 |
May 23, 2008 |
Auf der anderen Seite |
$18,593 |
$18,593 |
1 |
42 |
Dec 5, 2008 |
Milk |
$18,534 |
$1,834,914 |
99 |
43 |
Jun 20, 2008 |
Encounters at the End of the World |
$18,519 |
$18,519 |
1 |
44 |
Oct 10, 2008 |
Happy-Go-Lucky |
$18,467 |
$73,867 |
4 |
45 |
Dec 5, 2008 |
Slumdog Millionaire |
$17,977 |
$1,402,176 |
78 |
46 |
Sep 19, 2008 |
Appaloosa |
$17,775 |
$248,847 |
14 |
47 |
Jan 2, 2009 |
Che, Part 1: The Argentine |
$17,742 |
$35,484 |
2 |
48 |
Jun 13, 2008 |
Encounters at the End of the World |
$17,730 |
$17,730 |
1 |
49 |
May 23, 2008 |
War, Inc. |
$17,668 |
$35,336 |
2 |
50 |
Apr 4, 2008 |
Le voyage du ballon rouge |
$17,611 |
$35,222 |
2 |
51 |
Dec 19, 2008 |
Doubt |
$17,460 |
$680,948 |
39 |
52 |
Aug 8, 2008 |
Elegy |
$17,361 |
$104,168 |
6 |
53 |
Jul 18, 2008 |
Transsiberian |
$17,308 |
$34,615 |
2 |
54 |
May 30, 2008 |
Sex and the City |
$17,305 |
$56,848,056 |
3,285 |
55 |
Dec 26, 2008 |
Che, Part 1: The Argentine |
$17,252 |
$34,503 |
2 |
56 |
Jul 25, 2008 |
The Dark Knight |
$17,216 |
$75,166,466 |
4,366 |
57 |
Dec 5, 2008 |
My Name is Bruce |
$17,214 |
$17,214 |
1 |
58 |
Mar 12, 2010 |
U2 3D |
$17,164 |
$17,164 |
1 |
59 |
Jan 2, 2009 |
Last Chance Harvey |
$17,034 |
$102,206 |
6 |
60 |
Jun 27, 2008 |
Une vieille maîtresse |
$16,777 |
$33,554 |
2 |
61 |
May 2, 2008 |
Mister Lonely |
$16,769 |
$16,769 |
1 |
62 |
Oct 10, 2008 |
Rachel Getting Married |
$16,505 |
$445,628 |
27 |
63 |
Oct 31, 2008 |
My Name is Bruce |
$16,432 |
$16,432 |
1 |
64 |
May 16, 2008 |
Reprise |
$16,353 |
$49,060 |
3 |
65 |
Feb 8, 2008 |
In Bruges |
$16,330 |
$457,227 |
28 |
66 |
Dec 26, 2008 |
Last Chance Harvey |
$16,210 |
$97,260 |
6 |
67 |
Apr 3, 2009 |
Enlighten Up! |
$16,161 |
$16,161 |
1 |
68 |
Dec 12, 2008 |
Frost/Nixon |
$16,061 |
$626,377 |
39 |
69 |
Jun 27, 2008 |
Wanted |
$16,040 |
$50,927,085 |
3,175 |
70 |
Oct 17, 2008 |
The Elephant King |
$15,959 |
$15,959 |
1 |
71 |
Apr 25, 2008 |
Up the Yangtze |
$15,851 |
$15,851 |
1 |
72 |
Jun 13, 2008 |
The Incredible Hulk |
$15,810 |
$55,414,050 |
3,505 |
73 |
Jan 25, 2008 |
U2 3D |
$15,808 |
$964,315 |
61 |
74 |
Jun 27, 2008 |
WALL-E |
$15,803 |
$63,087,526 |
3,992 |
75 |
Jul 4, 2008 |
Hancock |
$15,789 |
$62,603,879 |
3,965 |
76 |
Nov 7, 2008 |
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa |
$15,559 |
$63,106,589 |
4,056 |
77 |
Feb 8, 2008 |
Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Wo… |
$14,987 |
$10,295,922 |
687 |
78 |
Mar 7, 2008 |
Paranoid Park |
$14,914 |
$29,828 |
2 |
79 |
Nov 7, 2008 |
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas |
$14,887 |
$253,085 |
17 |
80 |
Oct 31, 2008 |
Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom |
$14,818 |
$74,090 |
5 |
81 |
Jun 6, 2008 |
Kung Fu Panda |
$14,642 |
$60,239,130 |
4,114 |
82 |
Dec 12, 2008 |
Call+Response |
$14,308 |
$14,308 |
1 |
83 |
Jan 9, 2009 |
The Wrestler |
$14,140 |
$848,410 |
60 |
84 |
May 16, 2008 |
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian |
$14,007 |
$55,034,805 |
3,929 |
85 |
Mar 28, 2008 |
Chapter 27 |
$13,910 |
$13,910 |
1 |
86 |
Mar 21, 2008 |
Planet B-Boy |
$13,889 |
$27,778 |
2 |
87 |
Mar 20, 2009 |
Hunger |
$13,838 |
$13,838 |
1 |
88 |
Jun 13, 2008 |
Le fils de l'épicier |
$13,789 |
$13,789 |
1 |
89 |
Aug 1, 2008 |
Transsiberian |
$13,500 |
$27,000 |
2 |
90 |
Nov 28, 2008 |
My Name is Bruce |
$13,284 |
$13,284 |
1 |
91 |
Jul 25, 2008 |
Transsiberian |
$13,280 |
$26,560 |
2 |
92 |
Feb 22, 2008 |
Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D |
$13,257 |
$53,029 |
4 |
93 |
Sep 12, 2008 |
Towelhead |
$13,206 |
$52,823 |
4 |
94 |
Jul 11, 2008 |
Ne le dis à personne |
$13,088 |
$248,674 |
19 |
95 |
Mar 28, 2008 |
The Unforeseen |
$12,877 |
$12,877 |
1 |
96 |
Dec 12, 2008 |
Slumdog Millionaire |
$12,873 |
$2,175,518 |
169 |
97 |
Jan 18, 2008 |
Sanxia haoren |
$12,744 |
$12,744 |
1 |
98 |
Apr 25, 2008 |
Roman de Gare |
$12,742 |
$25,484 |
2 |
99 |
Apr 11, 2008 |
Young @ Heart |
$12,734 |
$50,937 |
4 |
100 |
Nov 7, 2008 |
InSearchOf |
$12,608 |
$12,608 |
1 |
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.