This is a list of films which placed number-one at the weekend box office in Australia during 2008. Amounts are in Australian dollars.
(N.B.: Seemingly improper dates are due to holiday weekends or other occasions. N/A denotes information that is not available from Urban Cinefile.)
Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. # Weekend end date Film Totalweekendgross Notes 1 I Am Legend $9,513,115 Alvin and the Chipmunks opens at #2 with $3,942,828. 2 $3,539,530 27 Dresses, which would later ascend to #1, opens with $3,497,746. 3 Cloverfield $2,561,831 27 Dresses nearly takes over the #1 spot again, with $2,544,657. 4 27 Dresses $1,553,581 A low box office #1 (due to the Australia Day weekend), with Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Juno close behind. 5 Juno $1,265,737 27 Dresses close to #1 again. 6 Fool's Gold $1,949,609 Fool's Gold opens close to a million stronger than Juno. 7 Jumper $3,408,959 Definitely, Maybe beaten by a margin of close to $2 million. 8 $1,728,693 The Bucket List and Rambo earn over a million also. 9 Meet the Spartans $1,388,526 The Bucket List a close second, with $1,199,630. 10 10,000 BC $2,222,655 Run Fatboy Run a far second, with less than a million intake. 11 Vantage Point $1,129,167 10,000 BC second by just over $50,000. 12 Step Up 2: The Streets $2,581,363 Opening significantly ahead of Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! and Drillbit Taylor. 13 Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! $1,555,540 Beating out Step Up 2 the Streets and action/drama Never Back Down. 14 The Spiderwick Chronicles $1,384,553 Semi-Pro a very close second, with $1,384,266. 15 $996,868 Superhero Movie ($995,151), Prom Night ($926,122) and Nim's Island ($845,212) close behind. 16 Forgetting Sarah Marshall $1,813,214 Street Kings second on $1,535,676. 17 $1,632,851 Street Kings significantly behind at second. 18 Iron Man $6,200,353 Made of Honour (2nd) earns just $1,541,485. 19 $3,375,533 What Happens in Vegas second with $2,439,239. 20 $2,503,835 What Happens in Vegas a closer 2nd; 21 at 3rd. 21 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull $9,733,329 Indiana Jones trumps Iron Man by millions. 22 $5,774,030 What Happens in Vegas beats out Iron Man for second, but still beaten significantly. 23 Sex and the City $8,031,752 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian denied first with $4,354,099. 24 $4,563,023 Prince Caspian 2nd, The Incredible Hulk 3rd. 25 You Don't Mess with the Zohan $4,276,523 Sex and the City at second; Kung Fu Panda opens at third on previews. 26 Kung Fu Panda $5,230,383 Get Smart second with $4,204,813. 27 Hancock $7,601,620 Kung Fu Panda descends to second. 28 Mamma Mia! The Movie $5,432,656 Hancock and Kung Fu Panda second and third. 29 The Dark Knight $11,779,716 Mamma Mia! $7 million under at second. 30 $7,626,120 The X-Files: I Want to Believe opens at third. 31 $4,576,178 Wanted opens at 2nd, The Bank Job at 4th. 32 $2,944,294 Pineapple Express opens at fourth. 33 $1,953,131 Taken opens at #2; Star Wars: The Clone Wars at #4; The Strangers at #7. 34 Tropic Thunder $3,051,215 Baby Mama opens at #5. 35 $1,938,866 Hellboy II: The Golden Army opens at #2 with $1,824,100. 36 $1,190,393 Make It Happen opens at #4; In Bruges at #5; Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay at #6; Son of Rambow at #16. 37 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor $3,509,055 Tropic Thunder down to 2nd; Funny Games opens at #18. 38 WALL-E $3,635,368 Step Brothers opens at #2; Wild Child at #4; Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging at #5. 39 $2,667,221 Eagle Eye opens at #2; Journey to the Center of the Earth at #3; The House Bunny at #7. 40 $2,698,876 Beverly Hills Chihuahua ascends to #3; The Duchess opens at #6; Babylon A.D. at #9; Disaster Movie at #11. 41 Body of Lies $2,104,319 My Best Friend's Girl opens at #8. 42 Burn After Reading $1,819,366 Max Payne opens at #2 with $1,168,949. 43 $1,491,130 Saw V opens at #2 with $1,366,113; How to Lose Friends & Alienate People at #3. 44 $1,134,136 Death Race opens at #2; RocknRolla at #3. 45 Nights in Rodanthe $1,371,546 Traitor opens at #5; Mirrors at #6. 46 $939,903 Sex Drive opens at #3; Dostana at #13. 47 Quantum of Solace $9,729,078 Nights in Rodanthe over $9 million behind #1 at #2; American Teen opens at #18. 48 Australia † $6,373,903 Big Stan opens at #3; Quarantine at #4. 49 $4,105,524 High School Musical 3: Senior Year opens a close second, earning $3,942,732. 50 Twilight $5,413,654 City of Ember opens at #9. 51 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa $3,818,439 Twilight significantly behind at #2; Slumdog Millionaire opens at #7. 52 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button $3,276,799 The Day the Earth Stood Still ran a close second, earning $3,121,708. Bedtime Stories opens at #3; Vicky Cristina Barcelona at #11; Frost/Nixon at #12; I've Loved You So Long at #13.
See also List of Australian films – Australian films by year