#1 of 3 2008 · Action, Adventure
$195.7M worldwide · 63% of the chart's total
Tropic Thunder (2008) is the highest-grossing adventure movie released in week 33 of 2008 (Aug 10–16), with $195.7M worldwide, ahead of Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) at $68.3M and Fly Me to the Moon 3D (2008) at $46.7M. 3 adventure films released that week report a worldwide gross, $310.6M in all, 51% of it from the US & Canada. One film crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is 27.2 times the total of Week 32, 2008, whose releases took $11.4M.
#1 of 3 2008 · Action, Adventure
$195.7M worldwide · 63% of the chart's total
Tropic Thunder (2008) leads with $195.7M, 63% of the total. The top 3 together took $310.6M, 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.
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Number 3 US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world
Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 33 of 2008 (Aug 10–16).
Aug 13, 2008 US and Canada: $110.5M Rest of the world: $85.2M Worldwide: $195.7M
Aug 15, 2008 US and Canada: $13.8M Rest of the world: $32.8M Worldwide: $46.7M Of the top 3, Tropic Thunder (2008) earned the biggest share at home (56% in the US & Canada), while Fly Me to the Moon 3D (2008) made 70% of its gross abroad. Across all 3 films, $159.5M (51%) came from the US & Canada.
Week 33 releases took $310.6M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 28 (Jul 6–12) with $463.9M, led by Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008).
Of these 10 years, Week 33, 2008 earned the most: $310.6M from 3 films, led by Tropic Thunder (2008).
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 33, 1999 Aug 8–14 2 films | 2 | $25.2M | – | Himalaya (1999) $20.9M |
| Week 33, 2000 Aug 6–12 No films | 0 | – | – | – |
| Week 33, 2001 Aug 12–18 2 films | 2 | $86.3M | – | Rat Race (2001) $85.5M |
| Week 33, 2002 Aug 11–17 1 film · −96% | 1 | $3.6M | −96% | Beyblade the Movie: Fierce Battle (2002) $3.6M |
| Week 33, 2003 Aug 10–16 2 films · +356% | 2 | $16.2M | +356% | Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost (2003) $11.1M |
| Week 33, 2004 Aug 8–14 2 films · +96% | 2 | $31.7M | +96% | Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie (2004) $29.3M |
| Week 33, 2005 Aug 7–13 1 film · −88% | 1 | $3.9M | −88% | Shadowless Sword (2005) $3.9M |
| Week 33, 2006 Aug 13–19 No films | 0 | – | – | – |
| Week 33, 2007 Aug 12–18 3 films | 3 | $25.6M | – | The Last Legion (2007) $25.3M |
| Week 33, 2008 Aug 10–16 3 films · +1114% | 3 | $310.6M | +1114% | Tropic Thunder (2008) $195.7M |
43 weeks of 2008 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 46 (Nov 9–15) with $801.4M, led by Quantum of Solace (2008).
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.
Tropic Thunder (2008) leads with $195.7M worldwide, $110.5M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) at $68.3M and Fly Me to the Moon 3D (2008) at $46.7M.
3 adventure films released in week 33 of 2008 (Aug 10–16) report a worldwide gross, $310.6M in all, or $103.5M per film on average. Week 32, 2008 releases took $11.4M.
None. 1 film crossed $100 million, led by Tropic Thunder (2008) with $195.7M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 33 of 2008 (Aug 10–16). 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.
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.