Highest-grossing Films
See also: List of 2008 box office number-one films in the United States| Rank | Title | Studio | Director(s) | Worldwide | North America | UK | Australia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dark Knight | Warner Bros. | Christopher Nolan | $1,003,045,358 | $533,345,358 | $89,066,002 | $39,880,001 |
| 2 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Paramount/Lucasfilm | Steven Spielberg | $786,636,033 | $317,101,110 | $79,283,312 | $27,981,873 |
| 3 | Kung Fu Panda | Paramount/DreamWorks | John Wayne Stevenson and Mark Osborne | $631,744,560 | $215,434,591 | $39,405,501 | $24,764,811 |
| 4 | Hancock | Columbia | Peter Berg | $624,386,746 | $227,946,274 | $49,170,891 | $19,636,856 |
| 5 | Mamma Mia! | Universal | Phyllida Lloyd | $609,827,661 | $144,130,063 | $132,342,643 | $29,287,466 |
| 6 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | Paramount/DreamWorks | Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath | $603,900,354 | $180,010,950 | $35,471,617 | $15,093,421 |
| 7 | Quantum of Solace | MGM/Columbia | Marc Forster | $586,090,727 | $168,368,427 | $80,805,643 | $20,645,336 |
| 8 | Iron Man | Paramount/Marvel Studios | Jon Favreau | $585,174,222 | $318,412,101 | $33,822,889 | $18,880,106 |
| 9 | WALL-E | Disney/Pixar | Andrew Stanton | $521,311,860 | $223,808,164 | $41,215,600 | $14,165,390 |
| 10 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Disney/Walden | Andrew Adamson | $419,665,568 | $141,621,490 | $21,581,030 | $13,181,570 |
On August 4, The Dark Knight reached a $400 million domestic gross in a record time of 18 days. The previous record was held by Shrek 2, which reached it in 43 days. On August 31, after 45 days in release, The Dark Knight reached $500 million domestically, becoming only the second film in history after Titanic to cross the half-billion-dollar domestic milestone, as well as the only film of the 2000s decade. For 2008, the top ten films consisted of three superhero films, three animated films, three action films and one musical film. Mamma Mia! became the highest grossing film in UK history until it was surpassed by Avatar in 2010. In the domestic box office, 2008 came very close in passing 2007 as the highest grossing year, falling short by just $30 million.
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