How much of the Week 36, 2008 Action box office came from the US and Canada?

$15.3M of the $63.4M total, or 24%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 2 films of the 3 report no domestic figure.

Action box office · Week 36 · Aug 31–Sep 6, 2008

Action Box Office, Week 36 of 2008: Action Releases of Aug 31–Sep 6

Bangkok Dangerous (2008) is the highest-grossing action movie released in week 36 of 2008 (Aug 31–Sep 6), with $42.5M worldwide, ahead of The Divine Weapon (2008) at $20M and Gurren Lagann the Movie: Childhood’s End (2008) at $957.6K. 3 action films released that week report a worldwide gross, $63.4M in all, 24% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 16% on Week 35, 2008, whose releases took $75.9M.

week 36 releases with a gross: 3
combined worldwide: $63.4M
Bangkok Dangerous (2008), the #1: $42.5M
vs Week 35, 2008: −16%

#1 of 3

#1 action movie of Week 36, 2008

Bangkok Dangerous (2008)

2008 · Action, Thriller

$42.5M worldwide · 67% of the chart's total

$15.3M US & Canada · 36% $27.2M elsewhere · 64%

Top 3

What Were the Biggest Action Hits of Week 36 of 2008?

Bangkok Dangerous (2008) leads with $42.5M, 67% of the total. The top 3 together took $63.4M, almost all of what the 3 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.

Number 1

$42.5M Bangkok Dangerous (2008)
$15.3M US & Canada · 36% $27.2M elsewhere · 64%
Number 2

$20M The Divine Weapon (2008)
No US & Canada figure reported
Number 3

$957.6K Gurren Lagann the Movie: Childhood’s End (2008)
No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Action Release of Week 36 of 2008, Ranked by Worldwide Gross

Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 36 of 2008 (Aug 31–Sep 6).

1
Bangkok Dangerous (2008) Sep 5, 2008 · English · Action, Thriller, Crime $42.5M worldwide

Sep 5, 2008 US and Canada: $15.3M Rest of the world: $27.2M Worldwide: $42.5M
2
The Divine Weapon (2008) Sep 4, 2008 · Korean · History, Adventure, Action $20M worldwide

Sep 4, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $20M
3
Gurren Lagann the Movie: Childhood’s End (2008) Sep 6, 2008 · Japanese · Animation, Comedy, Action $957.6K worldwide

Sep 6, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $957.6K

Weeks around it

How Does Week 36 Compare With the Weeks Around It?

Week 36 releases took $63.4M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 31 (Jul 27–Aug 2) with $409.6M, led by The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008).

Earlier years

How Does Week 36 of 2008 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 36, 2005 earned the most: $111.8M from 5 films, led by Transporter 2 (2005). Week 36, 2008 took $63.4M.

Week	Films	Worldwide	Change	Biggest film
Week 36, 1999 Aug 29–Sep 4 1 film	1	$11.8M	–	Chill Factor (1999) $11.8M
Week 36, 2000 Aug 27–Sep 2 2 films · +34%	2	$15.8M	+34%	Highlander: Endgame (2000) $15.8M
Week 36, 2001 Sep 2–8 3 films · +106%	3	$32.6M	+106%	The Musketeer (2001) $32.5M
Week 36, 2002 Sep 1–7 No films	0	–	–	–
Week 36, 2003 Aug 31–Sep 6 2 films	2	$11.7M	–	The Order (2003) $11.6M
Week 36, 2004 Aug 29–Sep 4 4 films · +793%	4	$104.3M	+793%	Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004) $81.4M
Week 36, 2005 Aug 28–Sep 3 5 films · +7%	5	$111.8M	+7%	Transporter 2 (2005) $89.1M
Week 36, 2006 Sep 3–9 6 films · −21%	6	$88.6M	−21%	The Covenant (2006) $37.6M
Week 36, 2007 Sep 2–8 6 films · +12%	6	$99.5M	+12%	3:10 to Yuma (2007) $70M
Week 36, 2008 Aug 31–Sep 6 3 films · −36%	3	$63.4M	−36%	Bangkok Dangerous (2008) $42.5M

Action Box Office in 2008, Week by Week

50 weeks of 2008 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 29 (Jul 13–19) with $1.1B, led by The Dark Knight (2008).

FAQ

Action Box Office Week 36 of 2008: Questions & Answers

The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 3 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing action movie in week 36 of 2008 (Aug 31–Sep 6)?

Bangkok Dangerous (2008) leads with $42.5M worldwide, $15.3M of it in the US & Canada. Next come The Divine Weapon (2008) at $20M and Gurren Lagann the Movie: Childhood’s End (2008) at $957.6K.

How much did action movies released in week 36 of 2008 (Aug 31–Sep 6) earn?

3 action films released in week 36 of 2008 (Aug 31–Sep 6) report a worldwide gross, $63.4M in all, or $21.1M per film on average. Week 35, 2008 releases took $75.9M.

How many action movies released in week 36 of 2008 (Aug 31–Sep 6) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Bangkok Dangerous (2008), earned $42.5M.

How is the week 36, 2008 action box office chart ranked and where do the numbers come from?

Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 36 of 2008 (Aug 31–Sep 6). The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.

How often is the week 36, 2008 action box office chart updated?

Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.