Top Grossing Drama Movies in December 2008
| Rank | Title | Language | Domestic | Worldwide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |  EN | $127,509,326 | $335,802,786 |
| 2 | Gran Torino | EN | $148,095,302 | $269,958,228 |
| 3 | Marley & Me | EN | $143,153,751 | $255,743,968 |
| 4 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | EN | $79,366,978 | $233,093,859 |
| 5 | Valkyrie | EN | $83,077,833 | $201,545,517 |
| 6 | Seven Pounds | EN | $69,951,824 | $169,748,929 |
| 7 | The Reader |  ES | $34,194,407 | $108,902,486 |
| 8 | Revolutionary Road | EN | $22,911,480 | $75,981,180 |
| 9 | Doubt | EN | $33,446,470 | $51,699,984 |
| 10 | Defiance | EN | $28,644,813 | $51,262,751 |
| 11 | If You Are the One |  CN | - | $45,521,453 |
| 12 | The Wrestler | EN | $26,238,243 | $44,734,660 |
| 13 | Scandal Makers |  KR | - | $41,745,790 |
| 14 | The Spirit | EN | $19,806,188 | $39,164,441 |
| 15 | Che |  IR | $748,555 | $34,209,066 |
| 16 | Last Chance Harvey | EN | $14,889,042 | $32,568,427 |
| 17 | Frost/Nixon | EN | $18,622,031 | $27,426,335 |
| 18 | A Frozen Flower | KR | - | $18,980,744 |
| 19 | 252: Signal of Life |  JP | - | $18,489,379 |
| 20 | Forever Enthralled | CN | - | $17,773,395 |
| 21 | Hipsters |  RU | - | $17,101,695 |
| 22 | The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch |  FR | $10,352 | $17,068,748 |
| 23 | The Secret of the Grain | FR | $86,356 | $14,776,783 |
| 24 | Buddenbrooks |  DE | - | $12,627,016 |
| 25 | Waltz with Bashir |  IL | $2,283,849 | $11,179,372 |
| 26 | Punisher: War Zone | EN | $8,050,977 | $10,161,493 |
| 27 | Cadillac Records | EN | $8,195,551 | $8,883,644 |
| 28 | Nothing Like the Holidays | EN | $7,503,736 | $7,519,490 |
| 29 | Anything for Her | FR | - | $6,548,942 |
| 30 | As God Commands |  IT | - | $4,516,607 |
| 31 | Echte Wiener - Die Sackbauer-Saga | DE | - | $3,464,221 |
| 32 | Hunger |  TH | $154,084 | $3,185,113 |
| 33 | The Silent Army |  NL | - | $2,920,058 |
| 34 | Moscow, Belgium | NL | - | $2,842,635 |
| 35 | The Black Balloon | EN | - | $2,136,663 |
| 36 | Good | EN | $27,276 | $1,552,024 |
| 37 | Dean Spanley | EN | - | $1,455,824 |
| 38 | Amália |  PT | - | $1,209,841 |
| 39 | Wendy and Lucy | EN | $865,695 | $1,192,995 |
| 40 | Dil Kabaddi |  IN | - | $1,162,680 |
| 41 | Romantic Island | KR | - | $732,067 |
| 42 | Free Style | EN | $141,108 | $716,355 |
| 43 | The Apprentice | FR | - | $692,242 |
| 44 | Fear Me Not |  DK | - | $592,494 |
| 45 | Timecrimes | ES | $39,127 | $553,198 |
| 46 | Nobel Son | EN | $540,382 | $550,782 |
| 47 | While She Was Out | EN | - | $498,088 |
| 48 | Nothing But the Truth | EN | - | $409,832 |
| 49 | My Prison Yard | ES | - | $395,442 |
| 50 | Stone of Destiny | EN | - | $347,045 |
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