US Weekend Box-Office Summary

Week of 28 November 2008

No.1 Four Christmases - 2008 Gross $46.1M
No.2 Bolt - 2008 Gross $66.8M
No.3 Twilight - 2008 Gross $120M
No.4 Quantum of Solace - 2008 $141M
No.5 Australia - 2008 Gross $20M
No.6 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa -2008 Gross $159M
No.7 Transporter 3 -2008 Gross $18.2M
No.8 Role Models - 2008 Gross $57.8M
No.9 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - 2008 Gross $5.17M
No.10 Milk -2008 Gross $1.94M

Four Christmases is a Christmas-themed romantic comedy movie about a couple who go see all four of their divorced parents in one day. Four Christmases is directed by Seth Gordon

It stars Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon as a San Francisco, California, couple pressured into visiting all four of their divorced parents' homes on Christmas Day.

The Associated Press said the movie "began with some promise" then segued into "noisy joylessness that sets the tone for the whole movie". Four Christmases Rated PG-13 for some sexual humor and language.

Box Office Summary Week of 7 November 2008

No.1 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa - 2008 Gross $63.1M

No.2 Role Models - 2008 Gross $19.2M

No.3 High School Musical 3: Senior Year - 2008 Gross $75.6M
No.4 Changeling - 2008 Gross $20.6M
No.5 Zack and Miri Make a Porno - 2008 Gross $20.7M
No.6 Soul Men - 2008 Gross $5.4M
No.7 Saw V - 2008 Gross $52.2M
No.8 The Haunting of Molly Hartley - 2008 Gross $10.1M
No.9 The Secret Life of Bees - 2008 Gross $29.9M
No.10 Eagle Eye - 2008 Gross $96.3M


Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is the 2008 sequel to the 2005 movie, Madagascar. It was produced by DreamWorks Animation and was released on November 7, 2008. It was written by Etan Cohen. On its opening day, the movie grossed $17,555,027 from 4,056 theaters with an $4,328 average. As of November 12, 2008, it has achieved a domestic gross of $79.9 million and a worldwide gross of $120.1. The movie was distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is Rated PG for some mild crude humor by The Motion Picture Association of America.

Summary Week of 24 October 2008

No.1 High School Musical 3: Senior Year - 2008 Gross $42M
No.2 Saw V - 2008 Gross $30.1M
No.3 Max Payne - 2008 Gross $29.9M
No.4 Beverly Hills Chihuahua - 2008 Gross $78.1M
No.5 Pride and Glory - 2008 Gross $6.26M
No.6 The Secret Life of Bees - 2008 Gross $19.3M
No.7 W. - 2008 Gross $18.5M
No.8 Eagle Eye - 2008 Gross $87.9M
No.9 Body of Lies - 2008 Gross $30.9M
No.10 Quarantine - 2008 Gross $28.8M


The Secret Life of Bees is a 2008 drama movie, adapted from the novel of the same name by Sue Monk Kidd. The first trailer became available on August 19, 2008. It is available on Yahoo! Movies. The movie was directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. Rated PG-13 for thematic material and some violence by MPAA.

The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life is shaped by her blurred memory of the afternoon of her mother's accidental death. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father and when Lily's black "stand-in mother," Rosaleen, insults three racists in town, they escape to Tiburon, South Carolina, a town that holds the secret to her mother's past.

Taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters, Lily is introduced to their mesmerizing world of bees and honey, is forced to confront her own dark past and learns what it means to be a family.

Summary Week of 3 October 2008

No.1 Beverly Hills Chihuahua - 2008 Gross $29.3M

No.2 Eagle Eye - 2008 Gross $54.6M

No.3 Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist - 2008 Gross $11.3M

No.4 Nights in Rodanthe - 2008 Gross $25.1M

No.5 Appaloosa - 2008 Gross $5.61M

No.6 Lakeview Terrace - 2008 Gross $32.2M

No.7 Burn After Reading - 2008 Gross $51.7M

No.8 Fireproof - 2008 Gross $12.4M

No.9 An American Carol - 2008 Gross $3.66M

No.10 Religulous - 2008 Gross $3.43M

Beverly Hills Chihuahua is a comedy-drama movie by Walt Disney Pictures directed by Raja Gosnell. Beverly Hills Chihuahua made $8,001,448 on its Friday opening day, rose 56.00% on Saturday to $12,482,375, and dropped 29.37% on Sunday to $8,816,642. Rated PG for some mild thematic elements.

Summary Week of 12 September 2008

No. 1 Burn After Reading - 2008 Gross $19.1M

No. 2 The Family That Preys - 2008 Gross $17.4M

No. 3 Righteous Kill - 2008 Gross $16.3M

No. 4 The Women - 2008/I Gross $10.1M

No. 5 Tropic Thunder - 2008 Gross $103M

No. 6 The House Bunny - 2008 Gross $42M

No. 7 The Dark Knight - 2008 Gross $518M

No. 8 Bangkok Dangerous - 2008 Gross $12.7M

No. 9 Traitor - 2008 Gross $20.7M

No. 10 Death Race - 2008 Gross $33.2M

Burn After Reading is a dark comedy movie written, produced and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. The movie had its premiere on August 27, 2008 when it opened the 2008 Venice Film Festival. It is rated R for pervasive language, some sexual content and violence.

Summary Week Of 29 August 2008

USA Weekend Box-Office Summary week of 29 August 2008

No.1 Tropic Thunder 2008 - Gross $86.6M MPAA: Rated R for pervasive language including sexual references, violent content and drug material.









No.2 Babylon A.D. 2008 - Gross $11.5M MPAA: Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, language and some sexuality.









No.3 The Dark Knight 2008 - Gross $505M MPAA: Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and some menace.









No.4 The House Bunny 2008 - Gross $29.7M MPAA: Rated PG-13 for sex-related humor, partial nudity and brief strong language.









No.5 Traitor 2008 - Gross $11.5M MPAA: Rated PG-13 for intense violent sequences, thematic material and brief language.










No.6 Death Race 2008 - Gross $24.7M MPAA: Rated R for strong violence and language.









No.7 Disaster Movie 2008 - Gross $6.95M MPAA: Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, language, drug references and comic violence.









No.8 Mamma Mia! 2008 - Gross $133M MPAA: Rated PG-13 for some sex-related comments.









No.9 Pineapple Express 2008 - Gross $80.8M MPAA: Rated R for pervasive language, drug use, sexual references and violence.









No.10 Star Wars: The Clone Wars 2008 - Gross $30.7M MPAA: Rated PG for sci-fi action violence throughout, brief language and momentary smoking.









The Dark Knight Leads Warner Bros to Almost 1B in Summer Sales, over America’s Labor Day weekend holiday, the latest Batman movie, The Dark Knight became the 2nd movie in Hollywood history to pass the $500 million dollar mark. According to Warner Bros. studios, The Dark Knight has made over $502.4 million from domestic American ticket sales, Warner Bros is the No. 1 studio for the summer of 2008.

The film hit that mark in just over six weeks, half the time it took "Titanic," which reached $500 million in a little more than three months.

Weekend Box Office Jun 13 weekend 2008

Weekend starting 13 June 2008

1. The Incredible Hulk (2008)
2. Kung Fu Panda (2008)
3. The Happening (2008)
4. You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
5. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
6. Sex and the City (2008)
7. Iron Man (2008)
8. The Strangers (2008)
9. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
10. What Happens in Vegas (2008)

Highest total gross is Iron Man (2008)
Highest per-screen average is The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was number 3 Last Week.