#1 of 16 2008 · Drama, Comedy
$41.7M worldwide · 30% of the chart's total
Scandal Makers (2008) is the highest-grossing drama movie released in week 49 of 2008 (Nov 30–Dec 6), with $41.7M worldwide, ahead of Frost/Nixon (2008) at $27.4M and 252: Signal of Life (2008) at $18.5M. 16 drama films released that week report a worldwide gross, $140.2M in all, 25% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 38% on Week 48, 2008, whose releases took $227.5M. By language, English leads with $49.2M across 6 drama releases.
#1 of 16 2008 · Drama, Comedy
$41.7M worldwide · 30% of the chart's total
Scandal Makers (2008) leads with $41.7M, 30% of the total. The top 5 together took $115.6M, 82% of what all 16 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Number 5 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 49 of 2008 (Nov 30–Dec 6).
Dec 3, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $41.7M
Dec 5, 2008 US and Canada: $18.6M Rest of the world: $8.8M Worldwide: $27.4M
Dec 6, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.5M
Dec 5, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.8M
Dec 5, 2008 US and Canada: $8.1M Rest of the world: $2.1M Worldwide: $10.2M
Dec 5, 2008 US and Canada: $8.2M Rest of the world: $688.1K Worldwide: $8.9M
Dec 3, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.5M
Dec 5, 2008 US and Canada: $154.1K Rest of the world: $3M Worldwide: $3.2M
Dec 5, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.1M
Dec 4, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.2M
Dec 5, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.2M
Dec 3, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $692.2K
Dec 5, 2008 US and Canada: $540.4K Rest of the world: $10.4K Worldwide: $550.8K
Dec 4, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $125.8K
Dec 4, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $79.5K
Dec 5, 2008 US and Canada: $49.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $49.5K Of the top 10, Cadillac Records (2008) earned the biggest share at home (92% in the US & Canada), while Hunger (2008) made 95% of its gross abroad. Across all 16 films, $35.6M (25%) came from the US & Canada. 6 films of the top 10 report no US & Canada figure.
None of the 16 films reached $100M. 11 films, 69% of the list, earned under $10M. Each band shows its films and its share of the $140.2M total.
Week 49 releases took $140.2M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 50 (Dec 7–13) with $716.7M, led by Gran Torino (2008).
Of these 10 years, Week 49, 2003 earned the most: $529.3M from 4 films, led by The Last Samurai (2003). Week 49, 2008 took $140.2M.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 49, 1999 Nov 28–Dec 4 4 films | 4 | $13.3M | – | The End of the Affair (1999) $10.8M |
| Week 49, 2000 Nov 26–Dec 2 4 films · −97% | 4 | $463.4K | −97% | Boys Life 3 (2000) $208.5K |
| Week 49, 2001 Dec 2–8 8 films · +2811% | 8 | $13.5M | +2811% | Last Orders (2001) $6.9M |
| Week 49, 2002 Dec 1–7 6 films · +329% | 6 | $57.9M | +329% | Adaptation. (2002) $32.8M |
| Week 49, 2003 Nov 30–Dec 6 4 films · +815% | 4 | $529.3M | +815% | The Last Samurai (2003) $454.6M |
| Week 49, 2004 Nov 28–Dec 4 7 films · −60% | 7 | $210.2M | −60% | Closer (2004) $116.7M |
| Week 49, 2005 Nov 27–Dec 3 6 films · −90% | 6 | $21.8M | −90% | Transamerica (2005) $15.2M |
| Week 49, 2006 Dec 3–9 12 films · +1515% | 12 | $351.6M | +1515% | Blood Diamond (2006) $171.7M |
| Week 49, 2007 Dec 2–8 10 films · +12% | 10 | $394.4M | +12% | Juno (2007) $232.4M |
| Week 49, 2008 Nov 30–Dec 6 16 films · −64% | 16 | $140.2M | −64% | Scandal Makers (2008) $41.7M |
English-language drama films took $49.2M across 6 films, 35% of the total, ahead of Korean-language drama films ($41.7M) and Japanese-language drama films ($18.5M).
53 weeks of 2008 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 29 (Jul 13–19) with $1B, led by The Dark Knight (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 16 films as the chart.
Scandal Makers (2008) leads with $41.7M worldwide. Next come Frost/Nixon (2008) at $27.4M and 252: Signal of Life (2008) at $18.5M.
16 drama films released in week 49 of 2008 (Nov 30–Dec 6) report a worldwide gross, $140.2M in all, or $8.8M per film on average. Week 48, 2008 releases took $227.5M.
None. The biggest, Scandal Makers (2008), earned $41.7M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 49 of 2008 (Nov 30–Dec 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.
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.