#1 of 30 2008 · Comedy
$36.7M worldwide · 23% of the chart's total
Natale a Rio (2008) is the highest-grossing Italian-language movie released in 2008, with $36.7M worldwide, ahead of Sorry if I Love You (2008) at $23.2M and Grande, grosso e… Verdone (2008) at $21.9M. 30 Italian-language films released in 2008 report a worldwide gross, $158.3M in all, <1% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 7% on 2007, whose releases took $170.6M. By genre, Comedy leads with $140.5M across 13 Italian releases.
#1 of 30 2008 · Comedy
$36.7M worldwide · 23% of the chart's total
Natale a Rio (2008) leads with $36.7M, 23% of the total. The top 5 together took $106.8M, 68% of what all 30 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 2008.
Dec 19, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $36.7M
Jan 25, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.2M
Mar 7, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.9M
Mar 28, 2008 US and Canada: $255.6K Rest of the world: $12.6M Worldwide: $12.9M
Jan 11, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12.1M
Feb 14, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.8M
Aug 3, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.5M
Mar 19, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.2M
Aug 31, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.9M
Dec 12, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.5M
Nov 28, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.1M
Oct 31, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.8M
Nov 25, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6M
Apr 24, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.4M
May 19, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.3M
Oct 28, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1M
Nov 21, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $734.7K
Jul 16, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $732K
Nov 7, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $529.4K
Jan 18, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $524.5K
Nov 7, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $428.8K
Feb 12, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $283.5K
Mar 7, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $184.8K
Feb 29, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $166.8K
Aug 28, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $125.9K
Jan 25, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $116.5K
Aug 9, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.2K
Jul 12, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.1K
Jan 25, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.3K None of the 30 films reached $100M. 24 films, 80% of the list, earned under $10M. Each band shows its films and its share of the $158.3M total.
December releases took the most, $41.2M from 2 films, led by Natale a Rio (2008). July was the quietest month ($736.1K). Each column is a release month and links to that month's chart.
Of these 10 years, 2007 earned the most: $170.6M from 35 films, led by Natale in crociera (2007). 2008 took $158.3M.
| Year | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 3 films | 3 | $627K | – | Last Night (1999) $591.2K |
| 2000 4 films · +2296% | 4 | $15M | +2296% | Malena (2000) $14.5M |
| 2001 14 films · ±0% | 14 | $15M | ±0% | Bread and Tulips (2001) $9.7M |
| 2002 17 films · +408% | 17 | $76.1M | +408% | The Legend of Al, John and Jack (2002) $23M |
| 2003 14 films · −87% | 14 | $9.8M | −87% | Caterina in the Big City (2003) $4.4M |
| 2004 23 films · +742% | 23 | $82.7M | +742% | Christmas in Love (2004) $22.7M |
| 2005 27 films · +25% | 27 | $103.7M | +25% | I Love You in Every Language in the World (2005) $23.9M |
| 2006 25 films · −3% | 25 | $100.5M | −3% | Natale a New York (2006) $30.4M |
| 2007 35 films · +70% | 35 | $170.6M | +70% | Natale in crociera (2007) $37.4M |
| 2008 30 films · −7% | 30 | $158.3M | −7% | Natale a Rio (2008) $36.7M |
Comedy took $140.5M across 13 films, 89% of the total, ahead of Drama ($45.7M) and Romance ($21.3M). A film counts once for each of its genres.
Every year from 1945 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2010 leads with $191.2M, led by The Santa Claus Gang (2010).
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 30 films as the chart.
Natale a Rio (2008) leads with $36.7M worldwide. Next come Sorry if I Love You (2008) at $23.2M and Grande, grosso e… Verdone (2008) at $21.9M.
30 Italian-language films released in 2008 report a worldwide gross, $158.3M in all, or $5.3M per film on average. 2007 releases took $170.6M.
None. The biggest, Natale a Rio (2008), earned $36.7M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in 2008. 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, and so are films whose stored language is most likely wrong.
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.