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

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

Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. Weekend end date Film Gross Notes 1 National Treasure: Book of Secrets $20,062,684 2 The Bucket List $19,392,416 The Bucket List reached #1 after two weekends of limited release. 3 Cloverfield $40,058,229 Cloverfield broke Star Wars (Special Edition)s record ($35.9 million) for the highest weekend debut in January, Black Hawk Downs record ($28.6 million) for the highest Martin Luther King Jr. Day long-weekend debut, and Titanics record ($30.0 million) for the highest Martin Luther King Jr. Day long-weekend gross ever. 4 Meet the Spartans $18,505,530 5 Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert $31,117,834 Hannah 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 Borats record ($26.4 million) for highest opening weekend for a film opening in less than 1,000 theaters. 6 Fool's Gold $21,589,295 7 Jumper $27,354,808 8 Vantage Point $22,874,936 9 Semi-Pro $15,075,114 10 10,000 BC $35,867,488 11 Horton Hears a Who! $45,012,998 12 $24,590,596 13 21 $24,105,943 14 $15,337,418 15 Prom Night $20,804,941 16 The Forbidden Kingdom $21,401,121 17 Baby Mama $17,407,110 18 Iron Man $98,618,668 19 $51,190,629 20 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian $55,034,805 21 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull $100,137,835 22 Sex and the City $57,038,404 Sex and the City broke Hitchs record ($43.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a romantic comedy and The Villages record ($50.7 million) for highest weekend debut for a film featuring a female protagonist. 23 Kung Fu Panda $60,239,130 24 The Incredible Hulk $55,414,050 25 Get Smart $38,683,480 26 WALL-E $63,087,526 27 Hancock $62,603,879 28 Hellboy II: The Golden Army $34,539,115 29 The Dark Knight † $158,411,483 The Dark Knight'''s $18.5 million gross from midnight showings broke Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Siths record ($16.9 million) for the highest midnight opening ever. Its $67.1 million gross on opening day broke Spider-Man 3s record ($59.8 million) for the highest single-day tally of all time. It also broke Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chests record ($135.6 million) for the highest weekend debut in July, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fires record ($102.6 million) for the highest opening for a Warner Bros. film, and Spider-Man 3s records ($151.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a summer release, 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 opening weekend broke Hairsprays record ($27.5 million) for the highest weekend debut for a Broadway adaptation. || |- | 30 || || $75,166,466 || The Dark Knight broke Shrek 2s record ($72.1 million) for the highest second weekend gross of all time. || |- | 31 || || $42,664,219 || || |- | 32 || || $26,117,030 || The 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.|| |- | 33 || || rowspan="3" | Tropic Thunder || $25,812,796 || || |- | 34 || || $16,272,195 || || |- | 35 || || $11,518,611 || Tropic 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. || |- | 36 || || Bangkok Dangerous || $7,783,266 || ||

| 37 || || Burn After Reading || $19,128,001 || || |- | 38 || || Lakeview Terrace || $15,004,672 || ||

| 39 || || Eagle Eye || $29,150,721 || || |- | 40 || || rowspan="2" | Beverly Hills Chihuahua || $29,300,465 || || |- | 41 || || $17,502,077 || || |- | 42 || || Max Payne || $17,639,849 || || |- | 43 || || rowspan="2" | High School Musical 3: Senior Year || $42,030,184 || High School Musical 3: Senior Year broke The Lion Kings record ($40.9 million) for the highest weekend debut for a musical film and Enchanteds record ($34.4 million) for highest weekend debut for a live-action musical film. || |- | 44 || || $15,316,072 || || |- | 45 || || Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa || $63,106,589 || || |- | 46 || || Quantum of Solace || $67,528,882 || || |- | 47 || || Twilight || $69,637,740 || Twilight broke Van Helsings record ($51.7 million) for the highest weekend debut for a vampire film and Sex and the Citys record ($57.0 million) for highest weekend debut for a film featuring a female protagonist. It also broke Deep Impacts record ($41.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a female-directed film. || |- | 48 || || rowspan="2" | Four Christmases || $31,069,826 || || |- | 49 || || $16,755,478 || || |- | 50 || || The Day the Earth Stood Still || $30,480,153 || || |- | 51 || || Yes Man || $18,262,471 || || |- | 52 || || Marley & Me || $36,357,586 || Marley & Mes opening day gross of $14.3 million broke Ali''s record ($10.2 million) for the highest Christmas Day opening of all time.

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross Highest-grossing films of 2008 by Calendar Gross Rank Title Studio(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 ManParamount 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 PandaParamount 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 Rank Title Distributor Domestic Gross 1. The Dark Knight Warner Bros. $533,345,358 2. Iron Man 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 $223,808,164 6. Kung Fu Panda Paramount Pictures $215,434,591 7. Twilight Summit Entertainment $192,769,854 8. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Paramount Pictures $180,010,950 9. Quantum of Solace Columbia Pictures $168,368,427 10. Horton Hears a Who! 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 List of American films — American films by year Lists of box office number-one films

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