List of 2008 box office number-one films in the United States

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This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 2008. [1]

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Number-one films

#Weekend end dateFilmGrossNotesRef
1January 6, 2008 National Treasure: Book of Secrets $20,062,684 [2]
2January 13, 2008 The Bucket List $19,392,416The Bucket List reached #1 after two weekends of limited release. [3]
3January 20, 2008 Cloverfield $40,058,229Cloverfield broke Star Wars (Special Edition) 's record ($35.9 million) for the highest weekend debut in January, Black Hawk Down 's record ($28.6 million) for the highest Martin Luther King Jr. Day long-weekend debut, and Titanic 's record ($30.0 million) for the highest Martin Luther King Jr. Day long-weekend gross ever. [4] [5]
4January 27, 2008 Meet the Spartans $18,505,530 [6]
5February 3, 2008 Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert $31,117,834Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert broke When a Stranger Calls ' record ($21.6 million) for the highest Super Bowl weekend debut, and Borat 's record ($26.4 million) for highest opening weekend for a film opening in less than 1,000 theaters. [7]
6February 10, 2008 Fool's Gold $21,589,295 [8]
7February 17, 2008 Jumper $27,354,808 [9] [10]
8February 24, 2008 Vantage Point $22,874,936 [11]
9March 2, 2008 Semi-Pro $15,075,114 [12]
10March 9, 2008 10,000 BC $35,867,488 [13]
11March 16, 2008 Horton Hears a Who! $45,012,998 [14]
12March 23, 2008$24,590,596 [15] [16]
13March 30, 2008 21 $24,105,943 [17]
14April 6, 2008$15,337,418 [18]
15April 13, 2008 Prom Night $20,804,941 [19]
16April 20, 2008 The Forbidden Kingdom $21,401,121 [20]
17April 27, 2008 Baby Mama $17,407,110 [21]
18May 4, 2008 Iron Man $98,618,668 [22]
19May 11, 2008$51,190,629 [23]
20May 18, 2008 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian $55,034,805 [24]
21May 26, 2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull $100,137,835 [25] [26]
22June 1, 2008 Sex and the City $57,038,404Sex and the City broke Hitch 's record ($43.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a romantic comedy and The Village 's record ($50.7 million) for highest weekend debut for a film featuring a female protagonist. [27]
23June 8, 2008 Kung Fu Panda $60,239,130 [28]
24June 15, 2008 The Incredible Hulk $55,414,050 [29]
25June 22, 2008 Get Smart $38,683,480 [30]
26June 29, 2008 WALL-E $63,087,526 [31]
27July 6, 2008 Hancock $62,603,879 [32]
28July 13, 2008 Hellboy II: The Golden Army $34,539,115 [33]
29July 20, 2008 The Dark Knight $158,411,483The Dark Knight's $18.5 million gross from midnight showings broke Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith 's record ($16.9 million) for the highest midnight opening ever. Its $67.1 million gross on opening day broke Spider-Man 3 's record ($59.8 million) for the highest single-day tally of all time. It also broke Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 's record ($135.6 million) for the highest weekend debut in July, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 's record ($102.6 million) for the highest opening for a Warner Bros. film, and Spider-Man 3's records ($151.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in the summer, for a PG-13 rated film, a superhero film, and of all-time. The Dark Knight had the highest weekend debut of 2008. In second place, Mamma Mia! 's $27.8 million broke Hairspray 's record ($27.4 million) for the highest weekend debut for a Broadway adaptation. [34]
30July 27, 2008$75,166,466The Dark Knight broke Shrek 2 's record ($72.1 million) for the highest second weekend gross of all time. [35]
31August 3, 2008$42,664,219 [36]
32August 10, 2008$26,117,030The Dark Knight became the first film since The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King to hold the top spot at the box office for four consecutive weekends. It also became the first film since The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to top the box office in its fourth weekend as well as the first film since The Passion of the Christ to top the box office for four weekends. [37]
33August 17, 2008 Tropic Thunder $25,812,796 [38]
34August 24, 2008$16,272,195 [39]
35August 31, 2008$11,518,611Tropic Thunder and The Dark Knight became the first two films to win at least three consecutive weekends in a row since The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and Black Hawk Down . [40] [41]
36September 7, 2008 Bangkok Dangerous $7,783,266 [42]
37September 14, 2008 Burn After Reading $19,128,001 [43]
38September 21, 2008 Lakeview Terrace $15,004,672 [44]
39September 28, 2008 Eagle Eye $29,150,721 [45]
40October 5, 2008 Beverly Hills Chihuahua $29,300,465 [46]
41October 12, 2008$17,502,077 [47] [48]
42October 19, 2008 Max Payne $17,639,849 [49]
43October 26, 2008 High School Musical 3: Senior Year $42,030,184High School Musical 3: Senior Year broke The Lion King 's record ($40.9 million) for the highest weekend debut for a musical film and Enchanted 's record ($34.4 million) for highest weekend opening for a live-action musical film. [50]
44November 2, 2008$15,316,072 [51]
45November 9, 2008 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa $63,106,589 [52]
46November 16, 2008 Quantum of Solace $67,528,882 [53]
47November 23, 2008 Twilight $69,637,740Twilight broke Van Helsing 's record ($51.7 million) for the highest weekend debut for a vampire film and Sex and the City 's record ($57.0 million) for highest weekend debut for a film featuring a female protagonist. It also broke Deep Impact 's record ($41.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a female directed film. [54]
48November 30, 2008 Four Christmases $31,069,826 [55]
49December 7, 2008$16,755,478 [56]
50December 14, 2008 The Day the Earth Stood Still $30,480,153 [57]
51December 21, 2008 Yes Man $18,262,471 [58]
52December 28, 2008 Marley & Me $36,357,586Marley & Me's opening day gross of $14.3 million broke Ali 's record ($10.2 million) for the highest Christmas Day opening of all time. [59]

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 2008 by Calendar Gross [60]

RankTitleStudio(s)Actor(s)Director(s)Gross
1. The Dark Knight Warner Bros. Pictures Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Morgan Freeman Christopher Nolan $530,924,926
2. Iron Man Paramount Pictures Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Shaun Toub and Gwyneth Paltrow Jon Favreau $318,313,199
3. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent and Shia LaBeouf Steven Spielberg $317,101,119
4. Hancock Columbia Pictures Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman and Eddie Marsan Peter Berg $227,860,802
5. WALL-E Walt Disney Studios voices of Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy and Sigourney Weaver Andrew Stanton $223,797,414
6. Kung Fu Panda Paramount Pictures voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, Randall Duk Kim, James Hong, Dan Fogler, Michael Clarke Duncan and Jackie Chan John Stevenson and Mark Osborne $215,434,591
7. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, Bernie Mac, Alec Baldwin, Sherri Shepherd, will.i.am, Elisa Gabrielli, Tom McGrath, John DiMaggio, Chris Miller, Christopher Knights and Conrad Vernon Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath$175,687,934
8. Twilight Summit Entertainment Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli and Taylor Lautner Catherine Hardwicke $170,672,975
9. Quantum of Solace Columbia Pictures Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Gemma Arterton, Giancarlo Giannini, Jeffrey Wright and Judi Dench Marc Forster $165,258,802
10. Horton Hears a Who! 20th Century Fox voices of Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett, Will Arnett, Seth Rogen, Dan Fogler, Isla Fisher, Jonah Hill, Amy Poehler and Charles Osgood Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino $154,529,439

In-Year Release

Highest-grossing films of 2008 by In-year release [61]
RankTitleStudioDomestic Gross
1. The Dark Knight DC Comics / Warner Bros. / Syncopy Inc. $533,345,358
2. Iron Man Marvel Studios / Paramount Pictures $319,412,101
3. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Paramount Pictures$317,101,119
4. Hancock Columbia Pictures $227,946,274
5. WALL-E Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios $223,808,164
6. Kung Fu Panda DreamWorks Animation / Paramount Pictures$215,434,591
7. Twilight Summit Entertainment $192,769,854
8. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa DreamWorks Animation / Paramount Pictures$180,010,950
9. Quantum of Solace Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Columbia Pictures$168,368,427
10. Horton Hears a Who! Blue Sky Studios / 20th Century Fox $154,529,439


Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 2008
G WALL-E
PG Kung Fu Panda
PG-13 The Dark Knight
R Sex and the City

See also

References

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