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The year 2008 involved many major movie events. Its highest-grossing films included Kung Fu Panda, The Dark Knight, WALL-E and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Contents
1 Highest-grossing films
2 Events
3 Awards
4 2008 wide-release films
4.1 January–March
4.2 April–June
4.3 July–September
4.4 October–December
5 Notable deaths
6 Film debuts
7 See also
8 Sources
9 References
Highest-grossing films
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dark Knight | Warner Bros. | $997,000,000[2] |
| 2 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Paramount | $786,636,033 |
| 3 | Kung Fu Panda | $631,744,560 | |
| 4 | Hancock | Columbia | $624,386,746 |
| 5 | Mamma Mia! | Universal | $609,841,637 |
| 6 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | Paramount | $603,900,354 |
| 7 | Quantum of Solace | MGM / Columbia | $586,090,727 |
| 8 | Iron Man | Paramount | $585,174,222 |
| 9 | WALL-E | Disney | $533,281,433 |
| 10 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | $419,665,568 |
On August 4, The Dark Knight reached a $400 million domestic gross in a record time of 18 days. The previous record was held by Shrek 2, which reached it in 43 days.[3] On August 31, after 45 days in release, The Dark Knight reached $500 million domestically, becoming only the second film in history after Titanic to cross the half-billion-dollar domestic milestone, as well as the first film of the 2000s decade. Worldwide, it grossed $997 million on its initial release,[2] and an IMAX reissue[4] in 2009 saw it become the fourth film to gross $1 billion at the global box office.[5][6] For 2008, the top ten films consisted of three superhero films, three animated films, three action films and one musical film. Mamma Mia! became the highest-grossing film in UK history until it was surpassed by Avatar in 2010. In the domestic box office, 2008 came very close in passing 2007 as the highest-grossing year, falling short by just $30 million. "
Events
| Month | Day | Event |
January | 7 | Due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America Strike, NBC and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association scrap plans to hold its 65th Golden Globe Awards ceremony and instead hold a press conference announcing the winners |
| 13 | The 65th Golden Globe Awards winners were announced. | |
| 16 | The 61st BAFTA Awards nominations were announced with Atonement the leading film with 14 nominations closely followed by No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood, both with 7 nominations | |
| 17 - 27 | The 26th Sundance Film Festival is opened with the world premiere of Martin McDonagh's In Bruges and screens over 120 films. The Grand Jury and Audience Award prizes are awarded to Frozen River and The Wackness respectively. The festival is closed by the world premiere of Bernard Shakey's CSNY/Déjà Vu | |
| 22 | The 80th Academy Awards nominations were announced with No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood the leading films with 8 nominations each, closely followed by Atonement and Michael Clayton, both with 7 The Oscar nominated actor Heath Ledger, 28, is found dead at his home in Manhattan, New York City, from an accidental prescription pills overdose | |
| 23 - 3 | The 37th Rotterdam International Film Festival is opened with the world premiere of Lucía Cedrón's narrative feature-film debut Lamb of God (Cordero de Dios). | |
| 26 | The 60th Directors Guild of America Award dinner is held in the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles. The Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film prize is awarded to Joel and Ethan Coen | |
| 27 | The 14th Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony is held in the Shrine Exposition Center, Los Angeles. | |
February | 7 - 17 | The 58th Berlin International Film Festival is opened with the world premiere of Martin Scorsese's Shine A Light and screens over 350 films. The Golden Bear prize is awarded to Elite Squad. The Silver Bear prizes are awarded to Paul Thomas Anderson, Best Director, Reza Naji, Best Actor and Sally Hawkins, Best Actress. The festival is closed by the international premiere of Michel Gondry's Be Kind Rewind |
| 8 | The 35th Annie Awards ceremony is held in the UCLA's Royce Hall, Los Angeles. The Best Animated Feature prize is awarded to Ratatouille | |
| 9 | The 60th Writers Guild of America Awards are announced in a brief statement. The Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay prizes are awarded to Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men) and Diablo Cody (Juno), respectively | |
| 10 | The 61st BAFTA Awards ceremony is held in the Royal Opera House, London. Anthony Hopkins is honoured with the Academy Fellowship. | |
| 12 | The members of the WGA agree a three-year deal with the AMPTP and vote to end the 3-month 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America Strike | |
| 23 | The 28th Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony is held in Santa Monica, California. The 23rd Independent Spirit Awards ceremony is broadcast. The Best Film award is given to Juno. The Best Actor and Best Actress awards are given to Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ellen Page respectively | |
| 24 | The 80th Academy Awards ceremony is held in the Kodak Theater, Hollywood. | |
March | 3 | The 28th Genie Awards |
| 9 | The 13th Empire Awards is held in the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England. | |
| 13 - 21 | 7th Tiburon International Film Festival | |
April | 4 - 13 | 10th Sarasota Film Festival |
| 23 - 4 | 7th Tribeca Film Festival
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| 24 - 8 | 51st San Francisco International Film Festival | |
May | ? - ? | 8th Silver Lake Film Festival |
| 14 - 25 | Entre les murs wins the Palme d'Or while Gomorrah receives the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. | |
| 22 - 15 | 34th Seattle International Film Festival | |
| 26 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull earns $126 million in the United States and Canada, becoming the highest-grossing debut of 2008 and the second-highest-grossing for a Memorial Day weekend debut behind Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. | |
June | 1 | The 2008 MTV Movie Awards winners were announced A massive fire destroys portions of facilities at Universal Studios in Universal City near Los Angeles, California. |
| 14 - 22 | 11th Shanghai International Film Festival | |
| 18 | Iron Man becomes the first movie of 2008 to earn $300 million in the United States and Canada. | |
| 18 - 29 | 62nd Edinburgh International Film Festival. The festival launches a new sidebar celebrating the spirit of discovery, including selections Bigga Than Ben, Blood Car, Crack Willow, Spike, Strange Girls, and The Third Pint.[7] | |
July | 17 - 26 | 8th Era New Horizons Film Festival |
August | 4 | The Dark Knight reached $400 million in record time at 18 days. The previous record was held by Shrek 2, which reached it in 43 days.[3] |
| 6 - 16 | 61st Locarno International Film Festival | |
| 21 - 1 | 32nd Montreal World Film Festival | |
| 27 - 6 | 65th Venice International Film Festival | |
September | 4 - 13 | 33rd Toronto International Film Festival |
| 15 -20 | 33rd Polish Film Festival in Gdynia | |
| 18 - 27 | 56th San Sebastián International Film Festival | |
| 23 -30 | 6th Bangkok International Film Festival | |
October | 1 - 12 | 16th Raindance Film Festival |
| 15 - 30 | 52nd London Film Festival | |
| 18 - 26 | 21st Tokyo International Film Festival | |
November | 18 - 28 | 32nd Cairo International Film Festival |
December | 5 - 14 | 10th Jakarta International Film Festival |
| 4 - 14 | 23rd Mar del Plata International Film Festival |
Awards
| Category/Organization | 14th Critics' Choice Awards January 8, 2009 | 66th Golden Globe Awards January 11, 2009 | 15th Screen Actors Guild Awards January 25, 2009 | 62nd BAFTA Awards February 8, 2009 | 81st Academy Awards February 22, 2009 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | Musical or Comedy | |||||
| Best Film | Slumdog Millionaire | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | N/A | Slumdog Millionaire | ||
| Best Director | Danny Boyle Slumdog Millionaire | N/A | Danny Boyle Slumdog Millionaire | |||
| Best Actor | Sean Penn Milk | Mickey Rourke The Wrestler | Colin Farrell In Bruges | Sean Penn Milk | Mickey Rourke The Wrestler | Sean Penn Milk |
| Best Actress | Anne Hathaway Rachel Getting Married Meryl Streep Doubt | Kate Winslet Revolutionary Road | Sally Hawkins Happy-Go-Lucky | Meryl Streep Doubt | Kate Winslet The Reader | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Heath Ledger The Dark Knight | |||||
| Best Supporting Actress | Kate Winslet The Reader | Penélope Cruz Vicky Cristina Barcelona | ||||
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Simon Beaufoy Slumdog Millionaire | N/A | Simon Beaufoy Slumdog Millionaire | |||
| Best Screenplay, Original | N/A | Martin McDonagh In Bruges | Dustin Lance Black Milk | |||
| Best Animated Film | WALL•E | N/A | WALL•E | |||
| Best Original Score | Slumdog Millionaire A. R. Rahman | N/A | Slumdog Millionaire A. R. Rahman | |||
| Best Original Song | "The Wrestler" The Wrestler | N/A | N/A | "Jai Ho" Slumdog Millionaire | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | Waltz with Bashir | N/A | I've Loved You So Long | Departures | ||
2008 wide-release films
January–March
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J A N U A R Y | 4 | One Missed Call | Warner Bros. Pictures / Alcon Entertainment / Kadokawa Pictures | Shannyn Sossamon, Edward Burns, Ana Claudia Talancón, Azura Skye, Ray Wise, Margaret Cho | |
| 11 | First Sunday | Screen Gems / Cube Vision | Ice Cube, Katt Williams, Tracy Morgan, Loretta Devine, Michael Beach, Keith David, Regina Hall | ||
| In the Name of the King | Freestyle Releasing / Boll KG / Brightlight Pictures | Jason Statham, Leelee Sobieski, Ron Perlman, John Rhys-Davies, Claire Forlani, Matthew Lillard, Kristanna Loken, Brian J. White | |||
| The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie | Universal Pictures / Big Idea Productions | Mike Nawrocki, Phil Vischer, Cam Clarke, Yuri Lowenthal | |||
| 18 | 27 Dresses | Fox 2000 Pictures / Spyglass Entertainment | Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Åkerman, Judy Greer, Edward Burns | ||
| Cassandra's Dream | The Weinstein Company | Woody Allen (director); Hayley Atwell, Colin Farrell, Sally Hawkins, Ewan McGregor, Tom Wilkinson | |||
| Cloverfield | Paramount Pictures / Bad Robot | Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel, Odette Yustman, Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas | |||
| Mad Money | Overture Films / Millennium Films | Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, Katie Holmes, Ted Danson, Stephen Root, Christopher McDonald, Roger Cross | |||
| Teeth | Roadside Attractions | Mitchell Lichtenstein (director); Jess Weixler, John Hensley, John Pais, Hale Appleman, Ashley Springer, Lenny Von Dohlen | |||
| 25 | How She Move | Paramount Vantage / MTV Films | Kevin Duhaney, Shawn Desman, Kardinal Offishall, Djanet Sears, Mýa | ||
| Meet the Spartans | 20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises | Sean Maguire, Ken Davitian, Carmen Electra, Kevin Sorbo, Jareb Dauplaise, Travis Van Winkle, Diedrich Bader | |||
| Minutemen | Salty Pictures | Jason Dolley, Luke Benward | |||
| Rambo | Lionsgate / The Weinstein Company / Millennium Films / Equity Pictures | Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Paul Schulze, Matthew Marsden, Graham McTavish, Ken Howard, Jake La Botz | |||
| Untraceable | Screen Gems / Lakeshore Entertainment | Diane Lane, Colin Hanks, Billy Burke, Joseph Michael Cross, Mary Beth Hurt | |||
| 30 | Asterix at the Olympic Games | Pathé | |||
F E B R U A R Y | 1 | Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert | Walt Disney Pictures | Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, Kenny Ortega, Billy Ray Cyrus | |
| Over Her Dead Body | New Line Cinema / Gold Circle Films | Eva Longoria, Paul Rudd, Lake Bell, Lindsay Sloane, Jason Biggs | |||
| Strange Wilderness | Paramount Pictures / Level 1 Entertainment / Happy Madison Productions | Steve Zahn, Allen Covert, Jonah Hill, Kevin Heffernan, Ashley Scott, Peter Dante, Harry Hamlin, Robert Patrick | |||
| The Eye | Lionsgate / Paramount Vantage | Jessica Alba, Alessandro Nivola, Parker Posey, Rade Šerbedžija | |||
| 8 | Fool's Gold | Warner Bros. Pictures | Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Donald Sutherland, Tiffany Grant, Ray Winstone, Kevin Hart, Ewen Bremner, Brian Hooks, David Roberts, Alexis Dziena, Rohan Nichol, Adam LeFevre | ||
| Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins | Universal Pictures / Spyglass Entertainment | Martin Lawrence, Margaret Avery, Joy Bryant, Louis C.K., Michael Clarke Duncan, Mike Epps, Mo'Nique, Nicole Ari Parker, Cedric the Entertainer, James Earl Jones | |||
| 14 | Definitely, Maybe | Universal Pictures / Working Title Films | Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher, Derek Luke, Abigail Breslin, Elizabeth Banks, Rachel Weisz | ||
| Jumper | 20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises | Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Rachel Bilson, Jamie Bell, Diane Lane, Michael Rooker, Jesse James, Tom Hulce, Kristen Stewart, Teddy Dunn, AnnaSophia Robb, Max Thieriot, Barbara Garrick, Shawn Roberts, Meredith Henderson, Nathalie Cox, Tony Nappo, Clark Beasley Jr. | |||
| Step Up 2: The Streets | Touchstone Pictures / Summit Entertainment | Robert Hoffman, Briana Evigan, Channing Tatum, Cassie Ventura | |||
| The Spiderwick Chronicles | Paramount Pictures / Nickelodeon Movies | Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, Joan Plowright, David Strathairn | |||
| 22 | Be Kind Rewind | New Line Cinema / Partizan Films | Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow, Melonie Diaz, Chandler Parker, Quinton Aaron, Gio Perez, Marcus Carl Franklin, Irv Gooch, Blake Hightower, Amir Ali Said, Karolina Wydra, Marc Alan Austen, Kid Creole, Jon Glaser, P. J. Byrne, Marceline Hugot, John Tormey, Matt Walsh, Paul Dinello, Sigourney Weaver | ||
| Charlie Bartlett | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Sidney Kimmel Entertainment | Robert Downey Jr., Hope Davis, Anton Yelchin, Kat Dennings | |||
| U2 3D ‡ | National Geographic Entertainment / 3ality Digital | Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr. | |||
| Vantage Point | Columbia Pictures / Relativity Media / Original Film | Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt, Zoe Saldana | |||
| Witless Protection | Lionsgate / Parallel Entertainment | Larry the Cable Guy, Ivana Miličević, Peter Stormare, Eric Roberts, Jenny McCarthy, Yaphet Kotto | |||
| 29 | Penelope | Summit Entertainment / Stone Village Pictures / Type A Films | Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Catherine O'Hara, Reese Witherspoon, Richard E. Grant | ||
| Semi-Pro | New Line Cinema | Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, André 3000, Maura Tierney, Will Arnett, David Koechner, Andrew Daly | |||
| The Other Boleyn Girl | Columbia Pictures / Focus Features / BBC Films / Relativity Media | Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess, Kristin Scott Thomas | |||
M A R C H | 7 | 10,000 BC | Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures / Centropolis Entertainment | Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis | |
| College Road Trip | Walt Disney Pictures | Raven-Symoné, Martin Lawrence, Brenda Song, Donny Osmond | |||
| Married Life | Sony Pictures Classics | Ira Sachs (director); Chris Cooper, Patricia Clarkson, Pierce Brosnan, Rachel McAdams | |||
| Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day | Focus Features | Bharat Nalluri (director); Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Ciarán Hinds, Lee Pace | |||
| Paranoid Park | IFC Films | Gus Van Sant (director); Gabe Nevins, Taylor Momsen, Jake Miller, Daniel Liu, Lauren McKinney, Scott Patrick Green | |||
| Snow Angels | Warner Independent Pictures | David Gordon Green (director/screenplay); Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Michael Angarano, Olivia Thirlby, Amy Sedaris, Connor Paolo | |||
| The Bank Job | Lionsgate / Mosaic Media Group / Relativity Media / Omnilab Media | Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Richard Lintern, David Suchet | |||
| 14 | Horton Hears a Who! | 20th Century Fox Animation / Blue Sky Studios | Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Jesse McCartney, Amy Poehler, Isla Fisher, Will Arnett, Dan Fogler, Jaime Pressly | ||
| Doomsday | Rogue Pictures / Intrepid Pictures / Crystal Sky Pictures | Malcolm McDowell, Bob Hoskins, Rhona Mitra, Neil Marshall | |||
| Funny Games | Warner Independent Pictures | Michael Haneke (director); Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, Brady Corbet, Devon Gearhart | |||
| Never Back Down | Summit Entertainment / Mandalay Independent Productions | Sean Faris, Amber Heard, Djimon Hounsou, Cam Gigandet, Evan Peters | |||
| Sleepwalking | Overture Films | William Maher (director); AnnaSophia Robb, Nick Stahl, Charlize Theron, Dennis Hooper, Woody Harrelson | |||
| 21 | Drillbit Taylor | Paramount Pictures | Owen Wilson, Troy Gentile, Nate Hartley, David Dorfman, Alex Frost, Josh Peck | ||
| The Grand | Anchor Bay Entertainment | Zak Penn (director); Woody Harrelson, Cheryl Hines, David Cross, Chris Parnell, Richard Kind, Dennis Farina, Werner Herzog, Ray Romano | |||
| Meet the Browns | Lionsgate / Tyler Perry Studios | Tyler Perry, Angela Bassett, Sofía Vergara, David Mann, Tamela Mann | |||
| Shutter | 20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises | Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor, John Hensley | |||
| Under the Same Moon | Fox Searchlight Pictures / The Weinstein Company | Patricia Riggen (director); Adrián Alonso, Kate del Castillo, Eugenio Derbez, America Ferrera, Jesse Garcia | |||
| 28 | 21 | Columbia Pictures / Relativity Media | Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, Laurence Fishburne, Aaron Yoo | ||
| Chapter 27 | Peace Arch Entertainment | Jared Leto, Judah Friedlander, Lindsay Lohan | |||
| Run Fatboy Run | New Line Cinema / Picturehouse / Material Entertainment | Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton, Dylan Moran, Hank Azaria | |||
| Stop-Loss | Paramount Pictures / MTV Films | Ryan Phillippe, Channing Tatum, Abbie Cornish, Joseph Gordon-Levitt | |||
| Superhero Movie | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Dimension Films | Drake Bell, Sara Paxton, Leslie Nielsen, Kevin Hart, Christopher McDonald | |||
April–June
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A P R I L | 4 | Leatherheads | Universal Pictures | George Clooney, Renée Zellweger, John Krasinski, Jonathan Price, Stephen Root | |
| Nim's Island | 20th Century Fox / Walden Media | Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler | |||
| The Ruins | Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures / Spyglass Entertainment / Red Hour Films | Jonathan Tucker, Jena Malone, Shawn Ashmore, Laura Ramsey, Joe Anderson | |||
| 11 | Never Forever | Arts Alliance America | Vera Farmiga, Ha Jung-woo, David Lee McInnis, Jackson Pace | ||
| Prom Night | Screen Gems / Original Film / Newmarket Films | Brittany Snow, Scott Porter, Johnathon Schaech, Idris Elba, Jessalyn Gilsig, Linden Ashby, Jessica Stroup | |||
| Smart People | Miramax Films / Groundswell Entertainment | Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church, Ellen Page | |||
| Street Kings | Fox Searchlight Pictures / Regency Enterprises | Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Chris Evans, Naomie Harris, The Game | |||
| The Visitor ‡ | Overture Films / Groundswell Entertainment / Participant Productions | Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira, Hiam Abbass | |||
| 18 | 88 Minutes | TriStar Pictures / Millennium Films / Emmett/Furla Films | Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Benjamin McKenzie, Leelee Sobieski, Deborah Kara Unger, Amy Brenneman | ||
| Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed | Rocky Mountain Pictures | Ben Stein | |||
| The Forbidden Kingdom | Lionsgate / The Weinstein Company / Casey Silver Productions / Relativity Media | Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Michael Angarano, Collin Chou, Liu Yi Fei, Li Bingbing | |||
| Forgetting Sarah Marshall | Universal Pictures | Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, Russell Brand, Bill Hader, Liz Cackowski, Jonah Hill, Paul Rudd | |||
| 25 | Baby Mama | Universal Pictures / Relativity Media | Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear, Steve Martin, Sigourney Weaver, Romany Malco, Dax Shepard, Maura Tierney, Holland Taylor, Will Forte | ||
| Deception | 20th Century Fox | Ewan McGregor, Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Maggie Q | |||
| Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay | New Line Cinema / Mandate Pictures | Kal Penn, John Cho, Rob Corddry, Paula Garcés, Neil Patrick Harris, Ed Helms | |||
| Son of Rambow ‡ | Paramount Vantage | Bill Milner, Will Poulter, Jessica Hynes, Eric Sykes | |||
M A Y | 2 | Iron Man | Paramount Pictures / Marvel Studios | Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Leslie Bibb, Samuel L. Jackson, Jon Favreau | |
| Made of Honor | Columbia Pictures / Relativity Media / Original Film | Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Sydney Pollack, Kevin McKidd, Kelly Carlson | |||
| Redbelt ‡ | Sony Pictures Classics | Chiwetel Ejiofor, Emily Mortimer, Tim Allen, Alice Braga, Joe Mantegna, Randy Couture, Ricky Jay | |||
| 9 | Speed Racer | Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures / Silver Pictures | Emile Hirsch, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Christina Ricci, Matthew Fox | ||
| What Happens in Vegas | 20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises | Ashton Kutcher, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Miller, Rob Corddry, Dennis Farina, Zach Galifianakis | |||
| The Fall | Roadside Attractions | Lee Pace, Justine Waddell | |||
| 16 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Walt Disney Pictures / Walden Media | Andrew Adamson (director), Georgie Henley, William Moseley, Skandar Keynes, Anna Popplewell, Ben Barnes, Tilda Swinton, Eddie Izzard, David Walliams | ||
| 22 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Paramount Pictures / Lucasfilm | Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent | ||
| 30 | Sex and the City | New Line Cinema / HBO Films | Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Chris Noth, Mario Cantone, David Eigenberg, Willie Garson | ||
| The Strangers | Rogue Pictures / Intrepid Pictures | Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman, Gemma Ward | |||
J U N E | 6 | Kung Fu Panda | Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Animation | Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Ian McShane, David Cross, Michael Clarke Duncan, James Hong, Randall Duk Kim | |
| You Don't Mess with the Zohan | Columbia Pictures / Relativity Media / Happy Madison Productions | Adam Sandler, John Turturro, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nick Swardson | |||
| 13 | The Happening | 20th Century Fox / UTV Motion Pictures / Spyglass Entertainment | Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Betty Buckley, Alan Ruck | ||
| The Incredible Hulk | Universal Pictures / Marvel Studios | Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt | |||
| Quid Pro Quo | Magnolia Pictures | Nick Stahl, Vera Farmiga, Jacob Pitts, Pablo Schreiber, Joshua Leonard, James Frain, Aimee Mullins, Kate Burton | |||
| 20 | Get Smart | Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures | Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Alan Arkin, Ken Davitian, Dwayne Johnson, Terence Stamp, David Koechner, Masi Oka, Nate Torrence, Bill Murray, James Caan, Dalip Singh | ||
| The Love Guru | Paramount Pictures / Spyglass Entertainment | Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, Ben Kingsley, John Oliver, Verne Troyer, Romany Malco | |||
| Kit Kittredge: An American Girl ‡ | Picturehouse / HBO Films | Abigail Breslin, Chris O'Donnell, Julia Ormond, Joan Cusack, Stanley Tucci, Jane Krakowski, Glenne Headly, Wallace Shawn, Max Thieriot, Willow Smith | |||
| 27 | WALL-E | Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios | Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Sigourney Weaver, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy, MacInTalk | ||
| Wanted | Universal Pictures / Spyglass Entertainment / Relativity Media | Morgan Freeman, James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Thomas Kretschmann, Common, Marc Warren, Chris Pratt | |||
July–September
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J U L Y | 2 | Hancock | Columbia Pictures / Relativity Media / Overbrook Entertainment / Weed Road Pictures / Blue Light | Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman | |
| 11 | Garden Party | Roadside Attractions | Willa Holland, Vinessa Shaw | ||
| Hellboy II: The Golden Army | Universal Pictures / Relativity Media | Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, Jeffrey Tambor, Luke Gross, Anna Walton, John Hurt | |||
| Journey to the Center of the Earth | New Line Cinema / Walden Media | Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, Anita Briem | |||
| Meet Dave | 20th Century Fox | Eddie Murphy, Gabrielle Union, Elizabeth Banks | |||
| The Stone Angel | Alliance Atlantis | Ellen Burstyn, Ellen Page, Cole Hauser, Christine Horne, Kevin Zegers, Dylan Baker | |||
| 18 | The Dark Knight | Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures / DC Comics / Syncopy | Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Morgan Freeman, Eric Roberts, Cillian Murphy, Jonathan Sadowski, Johnathon Schaech | ||
| Mamma Mia! | Universal Pictures / Relativity Media | Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Amanda Seyfried, Dominic Cooper, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård | |||
| Space Chimps | 20th Century Fox / Starz Animation / Vanguard Animation | Andy Samberg, Jeff Daniels, Cheryl Hines, Kenan Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Patrick Warburton, Kristin Chenoweth, Omid Abtahi, Patrick Breen, Jane Lynch, Kath Soucie, Carlos Alazraqui, Zack Shada | |||
| 23 | Boy A | The Weinstein Company | Andrew Garfield, Peter Mullan, Katie Lyons | ||
| 25 | Brideshead Revisited ‡ | Miramax Films | Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon, Matthew Goode, Hayley Atwell, Ben Whishaw | ||
| Step Brothers | Columbia Pictures / Relativity Media | Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Richard Jenkins, Mary Steenburgen | |||
| The X-Files: I Want to Believe | 20th Century Fox | David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet, Mitch Pileggi, Xzibit, Billy Connolly, Callum Keith Rennie, Adam Godley | |||
A U G U S T | 1 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | Universal Pictures / Relativity Media | Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello, Michelle Yeoh, John Hannah, Luke Ford, Isabella Leong, Russell Wong | |
| Swing Vote | Touchstone Pictures | Kevin Costner, Paula Patton, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, George Lopez, Dennis Hopper, Nathan Lane | |||
| 6 | Pineapple Express | Columbia Pictures / Relativity Media | Seth Rogen, James Franco, Danny R. McBride, Gary Cole, Craig Robinson, Kevin Corrigan, Rosie Perez, Amber Heard, Ed Begley, Jr., James Remar | ||
| The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | Warner Bros. Pictures / Alcon Entertainment | Amber Tamblyn, Blake Lively, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, Jesse Williams, Kyle Schmid, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Rachel Nichols | |||
| 8 | Beer For My Horses | Roadside Attractions | Toby Keith, Rodney Carrington, Ted Nugent, Tom Skerritt, Claire Forlani, Barry Corbin, Greg Serano, Willie Nelson, Gina Gershon | ||
| What We Do Is Secret | Peace Arch Entertainment | Shane West, Bijou Phillips, Rick Gonzalez, Noah Segan, Ray Park | |||
| 13 | Tropic Thunder | Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures / Red Hour Films | Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Steve Coogan, Brandon T. Jackson, Nick Nolte, Tom Cruise, Danny McBride, Jay Baruchel | ||
| 15 | Fly Me to the Moon | Summit Entertainment / nWave Pictures | Nicollette Sheridan, Tim Curry, Christopher Lloyd, Robert Patrick, Kelly Ripa, Adrienne Barbeau, Ed Begley, Jr., Buzz Aldrin | ||
| Mirrors | 20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises | Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton, Amy Smart | |||
| Wild Child | Universal Pictures / StudioCanal / Working Title Films | Emma Roberts, Alex Pettyfer, Natasha Richardson | |||
| Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Warner Bros. Pictures / Lucasfilm | Matt Lanter, Dee Bradley Baker, Tom Kane, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Anthony Daniels, Ashley Eckstein, James Arnold Taylor, Ian Abercrombie, Nika Futterman, Matthew Wood, Kevin Michael Richardson | |||
| Vicky Cristina Barcelona | The Weinstein Company | Scarlett Johansson, Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Rebecca Hall, Chris Messina, Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Dunn | |||
| 20 | The Rocker | 20th Century Fox | Rainn Wilson, Christina Applegate, Teddy Geiger, Josh Gad, Will Arnett, Emma Stone, Jeff Garlin, Jane Lynch | ||
| 22 | Death Race | Universal Pictures / Relativity Media | Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane, Tyrese Gibson, Jacob Vargas, Frederick Koehler, Robin Shou | ||
| The House Bunny | Columbia Pictures / Relativity Media / Happy Madison Productions | Anna Faris, Emma Stone, Colin Hanks, Katharine McPhee, Rumer Willis, Kat Dennings, Beverly D'Angelo, Kiely Williams, Hugh Hefner | |||
| The Longshots | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Dimension Films | Ice Cube, Keke Palmer, Matt Craven | |||
| Hamlet 2 ‡ | Focus Features | Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Amy Poehler, David Arquette, Elisabeth Shue, Melonie Diaz | |||
| 27 | Traitor | Overture Films | Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Saïd Taghmaoui, Jeff Daniels, Neal McDonough | ||
| 29 | Babylon A.D. | 20th Century Fox | Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Mélanie Thierry, Gérard Depardieu, Charlotte Rampling | ||
| College | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Drake Bell, Andrew Caldwell, Ryan Pinkston, Kevin Covais, Nick Zano | |||
| Disaster Movie | Lionsgate | Carmen Electra, Kim Kardashian, Matt Lanter, Vanessa Minnillo, Nicole Parker, Crista Flanagan | |||
| Goal II: Living the Dream | Walt Disney Pictures | Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Anna Friel, Stephen Dillane, Leonor Varela | |||
S E P T E M B E R | 5 | Bangkok Dangerous | Lionsgate / Virtual Studios / Saturn Films | Nicolas Cage, Chakrit Yamnam, Charlie Yeung | |
| 12 | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Miramax Films | |||
| Burn After Reading | Focus Features / StudioCanal / Relativity Media / Working Title Films | George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Richard Jenkins, Brad Pitt | |||
| The Family That Preys | Lionsgate | Alfre Woodard, Sanaa Lathan, Rockmond Dunbar, KaDee Strickland, Cole Hauser, Robin Givens, Kathy Bates | |||
| Proud American | Slowhand Cinema | Jonathan Banks, Dennis Haskins, Ken Howard, Marc McClure, Kimberlin Brown | |||
| Righteous Kill | Universal Pictures / Overture Films | Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, 50 Cent, Carla Gugino, Donnie Wahlberg, Brian Dennehy, John Leguizamo | |||
| Towelhead ‡ | Warner Independent Pictures | Aaron Eckhart, Toni Collette, Maria Bello, Peter Macdissi, Summer Bishil, Lynn Collins | |||
| The Women | Picturehouse | Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith, Carrie Fisher, Cloris Leachman, Debi Mazar, Bette Midler | |||
| 13 | Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers | Shochiku | Hiroshi Nagano, Susumu Kurobe, Kohji Moritsugu, Jiro Dan, Keiji Takamine, Takeshi Tsuruno | ||
| 19 | Appaloosa ‡ | New Line Cinema | Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, Renée Zellweger, Jeremy Irons, Lance Henriksen | ||
| The Duchess ‡ | Paramount Vantage | Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Dominic Cooper, Hayley Atwell | |||
| Ghost Town | DreamWorks Pictures / Spyglass Entertainment | Ricky Gervais, Téa Leoni, Greg Kinnear, Billy Campbell, Kristen Wiig, Alan Ruck | |||
| Igor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / The Weinstein Company | John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Jennifer Coolidge, Arsenio Hall, Dana Snyder, Eddie Izzard, Jay Leno, Molly Shannon, Christian Slater | |||
| Lakeview Terrace | Screen Gems / Overbrook Entertainment | Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington, Jay Hernandez | |||
| My Best Friend's Girl | Lionsgate | Dane Cook, Kate Hudson, Jason Biggs, Lizzy Caplan, Alec Baldwin, Diora Baird | |||
| 26 | Eagle Eye | DreamWorks Pictures | Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis, Anthony Mackie, Billy Bob Thornton | ||
| Fireproof | Samuel Goldwyn Films | Kirk Cameron, Erin Bethea, Ken Bevel, Stephen Dervan, Jason McLeod, Alex Kendrick | |||
| Forever Strong | Crane Movie Company | Gary Cole, Sean Faris, Arielle Kebbel, Penn Badgley, Sean Astin, Neal McDonough | |||
| Miracle at St. Anna | Touchstone Pictures | Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, Matteo Sciabordi, John Leguizamo | |||
| Nights in Rodanthe | Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures | Richard Gere, Diane Lane, James Franco, Scott Glenn, Christopher Meloni, Viola Davis, Mae Whitman | |||
October–December
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
O C T O B E R | 3 | An American Carol | Vivendi Entertainment | Kevin Farley, Kelsey Grammer, Jon Voight, Dennis Hopper, Leslie Nielsen, Jillian Murray | |
| Beverly Hills Chihuahua | Walt Disney Pictures | Drew Barrymore, George Lopez, Eddie "Piolín" Sotelo, Andy García, Plácido Domingo, Edward James Olmos, Paul Rodriguez, Cheech Marin | |||
| Blindness | Miramax Films | Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Alice Braga, Yūsuke Iseya, Yoshino Kimura, Don McKellar, Danny Glover | |||
| Flash of Genius | Universal Pictures / Spyglass Entertainment | Greg Kinnear, Dermot Mulroney, Lauren Graham | |||
| How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Jeff Bridges, Megan Fox, Danny Huston, Gillian Anderson | |||
| Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist | Columbia Pictures | Michael Cera, Kat Dennings, Alexis Dziena, Aaron Yoo, Rafi Gavron | |||
| Religulous ‡ | Lionsgate | Bill Maher | |||
| 8 | RocknRolla ‡ | Warner Bros. Pictures | Gerard Butler, Thandie Newton, Jeremy Piven, Idris Elba, Tom Wilkinson, Ludacris | ||
| 10 | Body of Lies | Warner Bros. Pictures / Scott Free Productions | Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe | ||
| City of Ember | 20th Century Fox / Walden Media / Playtone | Bill Murray, Tim Robbins, Saoirse Ronan, Toby Jones, Harry Treadaway, Martin Landau | |||
| The Express | Universal Pictures / Relativity Media | Dennis Quaid, Rob Brown, Charles S. Dutton | |||
| Quarantine | Screen Gems | Jennifer Carpenter, Steve Harris, Columbus Short, Jay Hernandez, Johnathon Schaech | |||
| 12 | Flick | ||||
| 17 | Max Payne | 20th Century Fox | Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges, Ludacris, Kate Burton, Donal Logue, Nelly Furtado, Amaury Nolasco, Chris O'Donnell | ||
| The Secret Life of Bees | Fox Searchlight Pictures / Overbrook Entertainment | Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys, Paul Bettany, Jennifer Hudson, Sophie Okonedo, Hilarie Burton | |||
| Sex Drive | Summit Entertainment | Josh Zuckerman, James Marsden, Seth Green, Clark Duke, Amanda Crew | |||
| W. | Lionsgate | Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, James Cromwell, Ellen Burstyn, Rob Corddry, Jeffrey Wright, Thandie Newton, Ioan Gruffudd, Scott Glenn | |||
| 24 | Changeling ‡ | Universal Pictures / Imagine Entertainment | Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Geoff Pierson, Jeffrey Donovan, Jason Butler Harner, Colm Feore, Amy Ryan | ||
| High School Musical 3: Senior Year | Walt Disney Pictures | Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, Olesya Rulin, Chris Warren Jr., Ryne Sanborn, Kaycee Stroh, Alyson Reed | |||
| Passengers | TriStar Pictures / Mandate Pictures | Anne Hathaway, Patrick Wilson, Andre Braugher, Clea DuVall, Chelah Horsdal, David Morse, Dianne Wiest, William B. Davis, Ryan Robbins, Don Thompson, Stacy Grant | |||
| Pride and Glory | New Line Cinema | Edward Norton, Colin Farrell, Jon Voight, Noah Emmerich | |||
| Saw V | Lionsgate / Twisted Pictures | Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Julie Benz, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell | |||
| 31 | The Other End of the Line | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Hyde Park Entertainment | James Dodson (director); Jesse Metcalfe, Shriya Saran, Anupam Kher, Tara Sharma, Larry Miller, Sara Foster, Resh Ballam | ||
| The Haunting of Molly Hartley | Freestyle Releasing | Chace Crawford, Haley Bennett, AnnaLynne McCord, Shannon Marie Woodward | |||
| Zack and Miri Make a Porno | The Weinstein Company | Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Jason Mewes, Jeff Anderson, Craig Robinson, Traci Lords, Brandon Routh | |||
N O V E M B E R | 7 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas ‡ | Miramax Films | Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis, Rupert Friend, Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon | |
| Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Animation / PDI/DreamWorks | Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith, David Schwimmer, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, Bernie Mac, Sherri Shepherd, Alec Baldwin, will.i.am | |||
| Role Models | Universal Pictures / Relativity Media | Paul Rudd, Seann William Scott, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Elizabeth Banks, Jane Lynch | |||
| Soul Men | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Dimension Films | Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Sean Hayes, Sharon Leal, Jennifer Coolidge, Isaac Hayes | |||
| 12 | Slumdog Millionaire ‡ | Fox Searchlight Pictures / Warner Bros. Pictures | Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Irrfan Khan, Anil Kapoor | ||
| 14 | Quantum of Solace | Columbia Pictures | Daniel Craig, Mathieu Amalric, Olga Kurylenko, Gemma Arterton, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo Giannini | ||
| 21 | Bolt | Walt Disney Pictures / Walt Disney Animation Studios | John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Susie Essman, Mark Walton, Malcolm McDowell, Nick Swardson, Diedrich Bader, Chloë Grace Moretz, Greg Germann, James Lipton, Randy Savage, Kari Wahlgren | ||
| Twilight | Summit Entertainment | Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, Ashley Greene | |||
| 26 | Australia | 20th Century Fox | Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Bryan Brown | ||
| Four Christmases | New Line Cinema / Spyglass Entertainment | Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Sissy Spacek, Mary Steenburgen, Kristin Chenoweth, Robert Duvall, Jon Voight, Jon Favreau, Tim McGraw | |||
| Transporter 3 | Lionsgate | Jason Statham, François Berléand, Robert Knepper | |||
| Milk ‡ | Focus Features | Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, James Franco, Emile Hirsch, Joseph Cross, Alison Pill, Diego Luna, Victor Garber | |||
D E C E M B E R | 5 | Cadillac Records | TriStar Pictures | Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Mos Def, Beyoncé Knowles, Gabrielle Union, Columbus Short, Cedric the Entertainer, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Eamonn Walker | |
| Frost/Nixon ‡ | Universal Pictures / Imagine Entertainment / Working Title Films / StudioCanal / | Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Oliver Platt, Sam Rockwell, Matthew Macfadyen, Toby Jones, Rebecca Hall, Patty McCormack, Andy Milder | |||
| Nobel Son | Freestyle Releasing | Alan Rickman, Bryan Greenberg, Shawn Hatosy, Mary Steenburgen, Bill Pullman, Eliza Dushku, Danny DeVito, Ted Danson, Tracey Walter | |||
| Punisher: War Zone | Lionsgate | Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Julie Benz, Wayne Knight, Dash Mihok, Colin Salmon, Doug Hutchison | |||
| 10 | The Reader ‡ | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet, David Kross, Alexandra Maria Lara, Lena Olin | ||
| 12 | Che ‡ | IFC | Benicio del Toro, Rodrigo Santoro, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Franka Potente, Julia Ormond, Lou Diamond Phillips, Demián Bichir | ||
| The Day the Earth Stood Still | 20th Century Fox | Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Jaden Smith, John Cleese, Kyle Chandler | |||
| Delgo | Freestyle Releasing | Freddie Prinze, Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, Anne Bancroft, Chris Kattan, Val Kilmer, Malcolm McDowell, Louis Gossett, Jr., Michael Clarke Duncan, Eric Idle, Burt Reynolds | |||
Doubt ‡ | Miramax Films | Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis | |||
Gran Torino ‡ | Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures | Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Ahhey Her | |||
| Nothing like the Holidays | Overture Films | John Leguizamo, Debra Messing, Freddy Rodriguez, Alfred Molina, Jay Hernandez, Luis Guzmán | |||
Adulthood ‡ | Lionsgate | Noel Clarke, Ben Drew, Danny Dyer | |||
| 17 | The Wrestler ‡ | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Mickey Rourke, Ernest Miller, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Todd Barry | ||
| 19 | Seven Pounds | Columbia Pictures / Relativity Media / Overbrook Entertainment / Escape Artists | Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Michael Ealy, Barry Pepper | ||
| The Tale of Despereaux | Universal Pictures / Relativity Media | Matthew Broderick, Emma Watson, Dustin Hoffman, Tracey Ullman, William H. Macy, Kevin Kline, Stanley Tucci, Robbie Coltrane, Ciarán Hinds, Frances Conroy, Tony Hale, Richard Jenkins, Frank Langella, Christopher Lloyd, Charles Shaughnessy, Sigourney Weaver | |||
| Yes Man | Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures | Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Terence Stamp, Bradley Cooper, Rhys Darby, Danny Masterson | |||
| 25 | Bedtime Stories | Walt Disney Pictures | Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Teresa Palmer, Courteney Cox, Lucy Lawless, Russell Brand, Richard Griffiths, Aisha Tyler, Jonathan Pryce | ||
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Warner Bros. Pictures / Paramount Pictures | Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jared Harris, Phyllis Somerville, Elias Koteas, Jason Flemyng, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Elle Fanning | |||
| Last Chance Harvey ‡ | Overture Films | Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Eileen Atkins, Kathy Baker, James Brolin, Richard Schiff, Liane Balaban | |||
| Marley & Me | Fox 2000 Pictures / Regency Enterprises | Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson, Kathleen Turner | |||
| The Spirit | Lionsgate | Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes, Jaime King, Sarah Paulson, Dan Lauria | |||
| Valkyrie | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / United Artists | Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Christian Berkel, Bill Nighy, David Schofield, Terence Stamp, Carice van Houten | |||
| 26 | Revolutionary Road ‡ | Paramount Vantage / DreamWorks Pictures / BBC Films | Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Michael Shannon, Kathryn Hahn, David Harbour, Richard Easton, Zoe Kazan, Jay O. Sanders | ||
| 31 | Defiance ‡ | Paramount Vantage | Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, George MacKay, Alexa Davalos, Mia Wasikowska, Tomas Arana | ||
Notable deaths
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
January | 1 | Peter Caffrey | 58 | UK | Actor |
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| 2 | Brice Mack | 90 | USA | Background Artist |
| |
| 2 | George MacDonald Fraser | 82 | UK | Screenwriter |
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| 10 | Vampira | 86 | Russia | Actress |
| |
| 15 | Brad Renfro | 25 | USA | Actor |
| |
| 18 | Lois Nettleton | 80 | USA | Actress |
| |
| 19 | Suzanne Pleshette | 70 | USA | Actress |
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| 22 | Kevin Stoney | 87 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 22 | Roberto Gari | 88 | USA | Actor | ||
| 22 | Heath Ledger | 28 | Australia | Actor |
| |
| 25 | Christopher Allport | 60 | USA | Actor |
| |
| 25 | Louisa Horton | 87 | USA | Actress |
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February | 2 | Barry Morse | 89 | Canada | Actor |
|
| 3 | Charles Fawcett | 92 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 4 | Augusta Dabney | 89 | USA | Actress |
| |
| 6 | John Alvin | 59 | USA | Poster Artist |
| |
| 7 | Tamara Desni | 94 | Germany-UK | Actress |
| |
| 8 | Eva Dahlbeck | 87 | Sweden | Actress |
| |
| 8 | Jane Lumb | 65 | UK | Actress |
| |
| 9 | Robert DoQui | 73 | USA | Actor |
| |
| 10 | Roy Scheider | 75 | USA | Actor |
| |
| 11 | James Quinn | 88 | UK | Producer |
| |
| 12 | Vernon Chapman | 84 | Canada | Actor |
| |
| 13 | Kon Ichikawa | 92 | Japan | Director |
| |
| 12 | Oscar Brodney | 100 | USA | Screenwriter |
| |
| 12 | David Groh | 68 | USA | Actor |
| |
| 13 | Lionel Mark Smith | 62 | USA | Actor |
| |
| 14 | Perry Lopez | 76 | USA | Actor |
| |
| 18 | Alain Robbe-Grillet | 85 | France | Screenwriter, Director | Last Year at Marienbad | |
| 19 | David Watkin | 82 | UK | Cinematographer |
| |
| 19 | Mary Barclay | 91 | UK | Actress |
| |
| 21 | Ben Chapman | 82 | USA | Actor | Creature from the Black Lagoon | |
| 22 | Dennis Letts | 73 | USA | Actor |
| |
| 28 | John Bliss | 77 | USA | Actor |
| |
| 29 | Gayne Rescher | 83 | USA | Cinematographer |
| |
March | 4 | Leonard Rosenman | 83 | USA | Composer |
|
| 6 | Alex Sharp | 86 | USA | Stuntman, Actor |
| |
| 6 | Gustaw Holoubek | 84 | Poland | Actor | ||
| 7 | Kay Callard | 84 | Canada | Actress |
| |
| 8 | Carol Barnes | 63 | UK | Actress | Shaun of the Dead | |
| 11 | Dave Stevens | 52 | USA | Illustrator, Producer | The Rocketeer | |
| 11 | David Nettheim | 83 | Australia | Actor | Paws | |
| 12 | Erwin Geschonneck | 101 | Germany | Actor | Jacob the Liar | |
| 16 | Ivan Dixon | 76 | USA | Actor, Director |
| |
| 18 | Anthony Minghella | 54 | UK | Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
| |
| 18 | Philip Jones Griffiths | 72 | UK | Photographer | The Deer Hunter | |
| 19 | Arthur C. Clarke | 90 | Sri Lanka | Writer, Actor |
| |
| 19 | Paul Scofield | 86 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 24 | Rafael Azcona | 81 | Spain | Screenwriter |
| |
| 24 | Richard Widmark | 93 | USA | Actor |
| |
| 25 | Tony Church | 77 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 25 | Abby Mann | 80 | USA | Screenwriter |
| |
| 25 | Art Aragon | 80 | USA | Actor |
| |
| 31 | Jules Dassin | 96 | USA | Director |
| |
April | 1 | Floyd Simmons | 84 | USA | Actor |
|
| 3 | Frosty Freeze | 44 | USA | Singer, Actor | Flashdance | |
| 5 | Charlton Heston | 84 | USA | Actor |
| |
| 5 | Alex Grasshoff | 79 | USA | Director | Young Americans | |
| 8 | Stanley Kamel | 65 | USA | Actor |
| |
| 9 | Lloyd Lamble | 94 | Australia | Actor | The Belles of St Trinian's | |
| 11 | Willoughby Goddard | 81 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 14 | Ollie Johnston | 95 | USA | Animator |
| |
| 14 | June Travis | 93 | USA | Actress |
| |
| 15 | Hazel Court | 93 | UK | Actress |
| |
| 18 | Kay Linaker | 94 | USA | Actress |
| |
| 18 | Joy Page | 83 | USA | Actress |
| |
| 20 | Bebe Barron | 82 | USA | Composer | Forbidden Planet | |
| 23 | Dave Atkins | 67 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 24 | Tristram Cary | 82 | UK | Composer |
| |
| 29 | Julie Ege | 64 | Norway | Actress |
| |
| 29 | Lewis Croft | 88 | USA | Actor | The Wizard of Oz | |
May | 1 | Bernard Archard | 91 | UK | Actor |
|
| 1 | Terry Duggan | 76 | UK | Actor, Wrangler |
| |
| 2 | Beverlee McKinsey | 72 | USA | Actress |
| |
| 4 | Fred Haines | 72 | USA | Screenwriter, Director |
| |
| 12 | Claudio Undari | 73 | Italy | Actor |
| |
| 12 | Robert Russell | 71 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 13 | Jill Adams | 77 | UK | Actress |
| |
| 13 | John Phillip Law | 70 | USA | Actor |
| |
| 14 | John Forbes-Robertson | 80 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 15 | Alexander Courage | 88 | USA | Composer, Orchestrator |
| |
| 16 | David Mitton | 69 | UK | Writer, Director |
| |
| 16 | Sandy Howard | 80 | USA | Director, Producer |
| |
| 18 | Irma Córdoba | 94 | Argentina | Actor |
| |
| 18 | Joseph Pevney | 96 | USA | Director |
| |
| 19 | Vijay Tendulkar | 80 | India | Screenwriter |
| |
| 22 | Harry Lange | 77 | Germany | Production Designer |
| |
| 24 | Rob Knox | 18 | UK | Actor | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | |
| 24 | Dick Martin | 86 | USA | Actor |
| |
| 26 | Sydney Pollack | 73 | USA | Actor, Director, Producer |
| |
| 28 | Earle Hagen | 88 | USA | Composer, Orchestrator |
| |
| 29 | Harvey Korman | 81 | USA | Actor |
| |
June | 1 | Ted Manson | 81 | USA | Actor |
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| 2 | Mel Ferrer | 90 | USA | Actor, Director |
| |
| 2 | Bo Diddley | 79 | USA | Actor, Musician |
| |
| 5 | Bruce Purchase | 69 | UK | Actor | Macbeth | |
| 6 | Bobby Anderson | 75 | USA | Actor | It's a Wonderful Life | |
| 7 | Dino Risi | 91 | Italy | Director, Writer |
| |
| 11 | Jean Desailly | 87 | France | Actor |
| |
| 15 | Stan Winston | 62 | USA | Director, Makeup Artist |
| |
| 17 | Henry Beckman | 86 | Spain | Actor |
| |
| 17 | Cyd Charisse | 86 | USA | Actress, Dancer |
| |
| 18 | Jean Delannoy | 100 | France | Director |
| |
| 21 | Kermit Love | 91 | USA | Puppeteer, Costume Designer | The Muppet Movie | |
| 22 | George Carlin | 71 | USA | Actor, Comedian |
| |
| 22 | Dody Goodman | 93 | USA | Actress |
| |
| 23 | John Furlong | 75 | USA | Actor |
| |
| 24 | William Vince | 45 | Canada | Producer |
| |
| 26 | Lilyan Chauvin | 82 | France | Actress |
| |
| 29 | Don S. Davis | 67 | USA | Actor |
| |
July | 2 | Elizabeth Spriggs | 78 | UK | Actress |
|
| 4 | Evelyn Keyes | 91 | USA | Actress |
| |
| 6 | Nonna Mordyukova | 82 | Russia | Actress |
| |
| 7 | Bruce Conner | 74 | USA | Director |
| |
| 9 | Charles H. Joffe | 78 | USA | Producer |
| |
| 11 | Breno Mello | 76 | Brazil | Actor | Black Orpheus | |
| 14 | Hugh Lloyd | 85 | UK | Actor | Quadrophenia | |
| 17 | Paul Sorensen | 82 | USA | Actor |
| |
| 22 | Estelle Getty | 84 | USA | Actress |
| |
| 22 | Patrick Connor | 81 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 25 | Randy Pausch | 47 | USA | Professor, Actor | Star Trek | |
| 25 | Mikhail Pugovkin | 85 | Russia | Actor |
| |
| 27 | Youssef Chahine | 82 | Egypt | Director |
| |
| 27 | Marisa Merlini | 84 | Italy | Actress |
| |
| 29 | Luther Davis | 91 | USA | Screenwriter |
| |
August | 1 | Gertan Klauber | 76 | Actor |
| |
| 7 | Bernie Brillstein | 77 | USA | Producer |
| |
| 9 | Bernie Mac | 50 | USA | Actor |
| |
| 10 | Isaac Hayes | 65 | USA | Actor, Songwriter |
| |
| 11 | George Furth | 75 | USA | Actor |
| |
| 11 | Terence Rigby | 71 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 15 | Molly McClure | 89 | USA | Actress |
| |
| 21 | Fred Crane | 90 | USA | Actor | Gone with the Wind | |
| 24 | Peter Sutton | 65 | British | Sound Mixer |
| |
| 25 | Marpessa Dawn | 74 | USA | Actor |
| |
| 25 | Rita Quigley | 85 | USA | Actress |
| |
| 31 | Ken Campbell | 66 | UK | Actor, Writer |
| |
| 31 | Jerry Reed | 71 | USA | Actor, Singer, Songwriter |
| |
September | 1 | Don LaFontaine | 68 | USA | Voice actor | Prolific and iconic voice-over actor featured in over 5,000 movie trailers |
| 1 | Michael Pate | 88 | Australia | Actor, Director |
| |
| 2 | Bill Melendez | 91 | Mexico | Animator, Director |
| |
| 6 | Anita Page | 98 | USA | Actress |
| |
| 8 | Celia Gregory | 58 | UK | Actress |
| |
| 17 | Humberto Solás | 67 | Cuba | Director | Lucía | |
| 19 | Jun Ichikawa | 59 | Japan | Director | Tony Takitani | |
| 19 | David Jones | 74 | UK | Director |
| |
| 20 | William Fox | 97 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 26 | Paul Newman | 83 | USA | Actor, Director |
| |
| 27 | Mahendra Kapoor | 74 | India | Playback Artist |
| |
| 29 | Louis Guss | 90 | USA | Actor |
| |
October | 1 | Robert Arthur | 87 | USA | Actor |
|
| 5 | Kim Chan | 90 | USA | Actor, Producer |
| |
| 5 | Ken Ogata | 71 | Japan | Actor |
| |
| 7 | Peter Copley | 93 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 8 | Bob Friend | 70 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 8 | Eileen Herlie | 90 | UK | Actress |
| |
| 11 | Neal Hefti | 85 | USA | Composer |
| |
| 11 | Mark Shivas | 70 | UK | Producer |
| |
| 11 | Gil Stratton | 86 | USA | Actor |
| |
| 13 | Guillaume Depardieu | 37 | France | Actor |
| |
| 15 | Edie Adams | 81 | USA | Actress |
| |
| 15 | Nathan Davis | 91 | USA | Actor |
| |
| 18 | Xie Jin | 84 | China | Director |
| |
| 18 | Peter Gordeno | 69 | UK | Actor, Choreographer | Carry On Columbus | |
| 19 | Rudy Ray Moore | 81 | USA | Actor |
| |
| 20 | John Ringham | 80 | UK | Actor | V for Vendetta | |
| 22 | John Axon | 48 | UK | Actor | ||
| 24 | Milton Katselas | 75 | USA | Director |
| |
| 26 | Delmar Watson | 82 | USA | Actor | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | |
| 27 | Roy Stewart | 83 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 31 | John Daly | 71 | UK | Producer |
| |
| 31 | Jonathan Bates | 68 | UK | Supervising Sound Editor |
| |
November | 1 | Yma Sumac | 85 | Peru | Singer, Actress |
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| 5 | Michael Crichton | 66 | USA | Writer, Director |
| |
| 5 | Michael Higgins | 88 | USA | Actor |
| |
| 16 | Reg Varney | 92 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 17 | Ennio de Concini | 84 | Italy | Screenwriter |
| |
| 19 | John Michael Hayes | 89 | USA | Screenwriter |
| |
| 20 | June Vincent | 89 | USA | Actress |
| |
| 26 | De'Angelo Wilson | 29 | USA | Actor |
| |
December | 1 | Paul Benedict | 70 | USA | Actor |
|
| 1 | James Bree | 85 | UK | Actor | On Her Majesty's Secret Service | |
| 5 | Nina Foch | 84 | Netherlands–USA | Actress |
| |
| 5 | Beverly Garland | 82 | USA | Actress |
| |
| 8 | Robert Prosky | 77 | USA | Actor |
| |
| 8 | Bob Spiers | 63 | UK | Director, Producer |
| |
| 11 | Maddie Blaustein | 48 | USA | Actress |
| |
| 12 | Van Johnson | 92 | USA | Actor |
| |
| 16 | Sam Bottoms | 53 | USA | Actor, Producer, Soundtrack |
| |
| 16 | Richard Coleman | 78 | France | Actor |
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| 18 | John Costelloe | 47 | USA | Actor |
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| 18 | Majel Barrett-Roddenberry | 76 | USA | Actress |
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| 18 | Jack Douglas | 81 | UK | Actor |
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| 20 | Robert Mulligan | 83 | USA | Director |
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| 24 | Harold Pinter | 78 | UK | Writer, Actor, Director |
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| 25 | Eartha Kitt | 81 | USA | Actress, Singer |
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| 25 | Ann Savage | 87 | USA | Actress |
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| 27 | Patricia Kneale | 83 | UK | Actress | A for Andromeda | |
| 30 | Bernie Hamilton | 80 | USA | Actor |
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| 31 | Donald E. Westlake | 75 | Mexico | Writer |
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| 31 | Brad Sullivan | 77 | USA | Actor |
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Film debuts
Chadwick Boseman – The Express
Jessica Chastain – Jolene
Jennifer Lawrence – Garden Party
Rooney Mara – Dream Boy
Margot Robbie – Vigilante
See also
- List of '2008 in' articles
Sources
- 2008 release schedule at Box Office Mojo
References
^ "2008 Worldwide Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
^ ab "Warner Bros. Entertainment Wraps Record-Breaking Year" (Press release). Warner Bros. January 8, 2009. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
^ ab "The Dark Knight Breaks $400 Million in Record Time". 2008-08-05. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
^ "The Dark Knight Re-Release IMAX Locations". ComingSoon.net. CraveOnline. January 22, 2009. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
^ Gray, Brandon (February 20, 2009). "Billion Dollar Batman". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
^ "All Time Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009.
^ Adam Dawtrey (2008-04-28). "Edinburgh Launches Cult Film Sidebar". Variety. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
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