# 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 | January 6, 2008 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | $20,062,684 | |
| 2 | January 13, 2008 | The Bucket List | $19,392,416 | The Bucket List reached #1 after two weekends of limited release. |
| 3 | January 20, 2008 | Cloverfield | $40,058,229 | Cloverfield 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 | January 27, 2008 | Meet the Spartans | $18,505,530 | |
| 5 | February 3, 2008 | 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 Borat's record ($26.4 million) for highest opening weekend for a film opening in less than 1,000 theaters. |
| 6 | February 10, 2008 | Fool's Gold | $21,589,295 | |
| 7 | February 17, 2008 | Jumper | $27,354,808 | |
| 8 | February 24, 2008 | Vantage Point | $22,874,936 | |
| 9 | March 2, 2008 | Semi-Pro | $15,075,114 | |
| 10 | March 9, 2008 | 10,000 BC | $35,867,488 | |
| 11 | March 16, 2008 | Horton Hears a Who! | $45,012,998 | |
| 12 | March 23, 2008 | Horton Hears a Who! | $24,590,596 | |
| 13 | March 30, 2008 | 21 | $24,105,943 | |
| 14 | April 6, 2008 | 21 | $15,337,418 | |
| 15 | April 13, 2008 | Prom Night | $20,804,941 | |
| 16 | April 20, 2008 | The Forbidden Kingdom | $21,401,121 | |
| 17 | April 27, 2008 | Baby Mama | $17,407,110 | |
| 18 | May 4, 2008 | Iron Man | $98,618,668 | |
| 19 | May 11, 2008 | Iron Man | $51,190,629 | |
| 20 | May 18, 2008 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | $55,034,805 | |
| 21 | May 26, 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $100,137,835 | |
| 22 | June 1, 2008 | Sex and the City | $57,038,404 | Sex 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. |
| 23 | June 8, 2008 | Kung Fu Panda | $60,239,130 | |
| 24 | June 15, 2008 | The Incredible Hulk | $55,414,050 | |
| 25 | June 22, 2008 | Get Smart | $38,683,480 | |
| 26 | June 29, 2008 | WALL-E | $63,087,526 | |
| 27 | July 6, 2008 | Hancock | $62,603,879 | |
| 28 | July 13, 2008 | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | $34,539,115 | |
| 29 | July 20, 2008 | 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 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 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 broke Hairspray's record ($27.4 million) for the highest weekend debut for a Broadway adaptation. |
| 30 | July 27, 2008 | The Dark Knight † | $75,166,466 | The Dark Knight broke Shrek 2's record ($72.1 million) for the highest second weekend gross of all time. |
| 31 | August 3, 2008 | The Dark Knight † | $42,664,219 | |
| 32 | August 10, 2008 | The Dark Knight † | $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 | August 17, 2008 | Tropic Thunder | $25,812,796 | |
| 34 | August 24, 2008 | Tropic Thunder | $16,272,195 | |
| 35 | August 31, 2008 | Tropic Thunder | $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 | September 7, 2008 | Bangkok Dangerous | $7,783,266 | |
| 37 | September 14, 2008 | Burn After Reading | $19,128,001 | |
| 38 | September 21, 2008 | Lakeview Terrace | $15,004,672 | |
| 39 | September 28, 2008 | Eagle Eye | $29,150,721 | |
| 40 | October 5, 2008 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $29,300,465 | |
| 41 | October 12, 2008 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $17,502,077 | |
| 42 | October 19, 2008 | Max Payne | $17,639,849 | |
| 43 | October 26, 2008 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $42,030,184 | High 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. |
| 44 | November 2, 2008 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $15,316,072 | |
| 45 | November 9, 2008 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $63,106,589 | |
| 46 | November 16, 2008 | Quantum of Solace | $67,528,882 | |
| 47 | November 23, 2008 | Twilight | $69,637,740 | Twilight 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. |
| 48 | November 30, 2008 | Four Christmases | $31,069,826 | |
| 49 | December 7, 2008 | Four Christmases | $16,755,478 | |
| 50 | December 14, 2008 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $30,480,153 | |
| 51 | December 21, 2008 | Yes Man | $18,262,471 | |
| 52 | December 28, 2008 | Marley & Me | $36,357,586 | Marley & 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. |

## 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 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 | Paramount Pictures | 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 | Paramount Pictures | 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 | Studio | Domestic 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 |