#1 of 4 2008 · Action, Adventure
$585.8M worldwide · 100% of the chart's total
Iron Man (2008) is the highest-grossing thriller movie released in week 18 of 2008 (Apr 27–May 3), with $585.8M worldwide, ahead of From Within (2008) at $228K and Cactus (2008) at $151.2K. 4 thriller films released that week report a worldwide gross, $586.2M in all, 54% of it from the US & Canada. One film crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is 25.5 times the total of Week 17, 2008, whose releases took $23M.
#1 of 4 2008 · Action, Adventure
$585.8M worldwide · 100% of the chart's total
Iron Man (2008) leads with $585.8M, 100% of the total. The top 4 together took $586.2M, almost all of what the 4 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Number 4 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 18 of 2008 (Apr 27–May 3).
May 2, 2008 US and Canada: $319M Rest of the world: $266.8M Worldwide: $585.8M
Apr 30, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $228K
May 1, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $151.2K
May 2, 2008 US and Canada: $1.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.1K Week 18 releases took $586.2M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 18 (Apr 27–May 3) with $586.2M, led by Iron Man (2008).
Of these 10 years, Week 18, 2007 earned the most: $891.9M from 3 films, led by Spider-Man 3 (2007). Week 18, 2008 took $586.2M.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 18, 1999 Apr 25–May 1 2 films | 2 | $216.6M | – | Entrapment (1999) $212.4M |
| Week 18, 2000 Apr 23–29 2 films · −69% | 2 | $68.1M | −69% | Frequency (2000) $68.1M |
| Week 18, 2001 Apr 29–May 5 2 films · +551% | 2 | $443.5M | +551% | The Mummy Returns (2001) $443.3M |
| Week 18, 2002 Apr 28–May 4 No films | 0 | – | – | – |
| Week 18, 2003 Apr 27–May 3 5 films | 5 | $415.9M | – | X2: X-Men United (2003) $407.7M |
| Week 18, 2004 Apr 25–May 1 4 films · −93% | 4 | $31.1M | −93% | Godsend (2004) $30.1M |
| Week 18, 2005 Apr 24–30 4 films · +136% | 4 | $73.4M | +136% | xXx: State of the Union (2005) $71.4M |
| Week 18, 2006 Apr 30–May 6 5 films · +485% | 5 | $429.5M | +485% | Mission: Impossible III (2006) $398.5M |
| Week 18, 2007 Apr 29–May 5 3 films · +108% | 3 | $891.9M | +108% | Spider-Man 3 (2007) $891.7M |
| Week 18, 2008 Apr 27–May 3 4 films · −34% | 4 | $586.2M | −34% | Iron Man (2008) $585.8M |
51 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 4 films as the chart.
Iron Man (2008) leads with $585.8M worldwide, $319M of it in the US & Canada. Next come From Within (2008) at $228K and Cactus (2008) at $151.2K.
4 thriller films released in week 18 of 2008 (Apr 27–May 3) report a worldwide gross, $586.2M in all, or $146.5M per film on average. Week 17, 2008 releases took $23M.
None. 1 film crossed $100 million, led by Iron Man (2008) with $585.8M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 18 of 2008 (Apr 27–May 3). 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.