Canadian box-office comparison 2008

See introductory post here.

These are the Canadian and North American box-office totals for films that played in 2008, as of their last appearance in the Canadian top ten. Click on the years for 2005, 2006 and 2007.

Since Canada has about 9.7% of the combined Canadian-American population, red indicates the films that made over 10.7% of their money in Canada, orange the films that attracted about the same proportion of Canadians as Americans, and green the ones that made less than 8.7% of their money north of the border.

Jan 6 | 13 | 20 | 27 | Feb 3 | 10 | 17 | 24 | Mar 2 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 30 | Apr 6 | 13 | 20 | 27 | May 4 | 11 | 18 | 25 | Jun 1 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 29 | Jul 6 | 13 | 20 | 27 | Aug 3 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 31 | Sep 7 | 14 | 21 | 28 | Oct 5 | 12 | 19 | 26 | Nov 2 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 30 | Dec 7 | 14 | 21 | 28

Passchendaele — CDN $4,040,000 — N.AM $4,040,000 — 100%
Cruising Bar 2 — CDN $1,560,000 — N.AM $1,560,000 — 100%
Dans une galaxie près de chez vous 2 — CDN $902,450 — N.AM $902,450 — 100%
Babine — CDN $689,698 — N.AM $689,698 — 100%
The American Trap — CDN $261,295 — N.AM $261,295 — 100%
Singh is Kinng — CDN $223,801 — N.AM $223,801 — 100%
Sarkar Raj — CDN $65,970 — N.AM $65,970 — 100%
Run Fat Boy Run — CDN $1,170,000 — N.AM $5,447,000 — 21.5%
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay — CDN $7,220,000 — N.AM $36,955,000 — 19.5%
The Golden Compass — CDN $9,730,000 — N.AM $65,521,000 — 14.9%
Blindness — CDN $278,272 — N.AM $2,002,000 — 13.9%
Death Race — CDN $4,430,000 — N.AM $33,193,000 — 13.3%
Never Back Down — CDN $2,810,000 — N.AM $21,249,499 — 13.2%
Body of Lies — CDN $5,010,000 — N.AM $38,272,000 — 13.1%
Quantum of Solace — CDN $20,940,000 — N.AM $161,200,412 — 13.0%
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 — CDN $4,970,000 — N.AM $38,257,000 — 13.0%
Mamma Mia! — CDN $17,950,000 — N.AM $139,318,000 — 12.9%
Zack and Miri Make a Porno — CDN $3,770,000 — N.AM $29,256,029 — 12.9%
Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist — CDN $3,800,000 — N.AM $29,522,000 — 12.9%
The Other Boleyn Girl — CDN $2,710,000 — N.AM $22,515,000 — 12.0%
Bangkok Dangerous — CDN $1,490,000 — N.AM $12,531,000 — 11.9%
Be Kind Rewind — CDN $471,946 — N.AM $4,050,655 — 11.7%
P.S. I Love You — CDN $5,880,000 — N.AM $50,461,000 — 11.7%
The Love Guru — CDN $3,410,000 — N.AM $29,331,000 — 11.6%
My Best Friend’s Girl — CDN $2,050,000 — N.AM $17,628,000 — 11.6%
Changeling — CDN $3,870,000 — N.AM $33,849,632 — 11.4%
Burn after Reading — CDN $6,230,000 — N.AM $55,177,399 — 11.3%
Rambo — CDN $4,550,000 — N.AM $40,110,000 — 11.3%
Religulous — CDN $758,856 — N.AM $6,732,631 — 11.3%
21 — CDN $8,990,000 — N.AM $80,418,000 — 11.2%
Journey to the Center of the Earth — CDN $9,650,000 — N.AM $88,110,000 — 11.0%
Step Up 2: The Streets — CDN $5,810,000 — N.AM $53,004,000 — 11.0%
Semi-Pro — CDN $3,240,000 — N.AM $29,766,552 — 10.9%
Sex Drive — CDN $392,668 — N.AM $3,607,164 — 10.9%
Sex and the City — CDN $15,450,000 — N.AM $144,864,000 — 10.7%
Tropic Thunder — CDN $11,420,000 — N.AM $106,805,722 — 10.7%
Step Brothers — CDN $9,600,000 — N.AM $90,888,000 — 10.6%
88 Minutes — CDN $1,630,000 — N.AM $15,424,000 — 10.6%
Ghost Town — CDN $980,717 — N.AM $9,239,000 — 10.6%
27 Dresses — CDN $7,660,000 — N.AM $73,108,983 — 10.5%
The House Bunny — CDN $4,760,000 — N.AM $45,587,131 — 10.4%
The Forbidden Kingdom — CDN $5,210,000 — N.AM $50,368,985 — 10.3%
10,000 B.C. — CDN $9,220,000 — N.AM $89,323,000 — 10.3%
The Bank Job — CDN $2,740,000 — N.AM $26,732,000 — 10.2%
Pineapple Express — CDN $8,290,000 — N.AM $84,013,748 — 9.9%
Smart People — CDN $673,485 — N.AM $6,818,000 — 9.9%
Superhero Movie — CDN $2,090,000 — N.AM $21,202,000 — 9.9%
Definitely, Maybe — CDN $2,590,000 — N.AM $26,519,000 — 9.8%
Juno — CDN $13,420,000 — N.AM $137,969,000 — 9.7%
High School Musical 3: Senior Year — CDN $8,460,000 — N.AM $86,864,082 — 9.7%
What Happens in Vegas — CDN $7,350,000 — N.AM $75,755,145 — 9.7%
Forgetting Sarah Marshall — CDN $5,880,000 — N.AM $60,471,000 — 9.7%
Made of Honor — CDN $4,330,000 — N.AM $44,660,000 — 9.7%
Eagle Eye — CDN $9,470,000 — N.AM $98,813,000 — 9.6%
The Dark Knight — CDN $49,770,000 — N.AM $524,465,000 — 9.5%
Role Models — CDN $6,010,000 — N.AM $64,133,465 — 9.4%
Max Payne — CDN $3,350,000 — N.AM $35,550,000 — 9.4%
Punisher: War Zone — CDN $376,131 — N.AM $4,000,000 — 9.4%
Deception — CDN $206,776 — N.AM $2,225,000 — 9.3%
No Country for Old Men — CDN $6,480,000 — N.AM $69,570,000 — 9.3%
Atonement — CDN $3,520,000 — N.AM $37,908,000 — 9.3%
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street — CDN $4,110,000 — N.AM $44,053,400 — 9.3%
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa — CDN $15,810,000 — N.AM $172,392,069 — 9.2%
Twilight — CDN $15,380,000 — N.AM $167,325,198 — 9.2%
Untraceable — CDN $2,240,000 — N.AM $24,320,956 — 9.2%
The Women — CDN $2,220,000 — N.AM $24,079,000 — 9.2%
Righteous Kill — CDN $3,140,000 — N.AM $34,805,000 — 9.0%
The Ruins — CDN $1,210,000 — N.AM $13,413,000 — 9.0%
The X-Files: I Want to Believe — CDN $1,510,000 — N.AM $17,060,000 — 8.9%
Street Kings — CDN $1,750,000 — N.AM $19,879,000 — 8.8%
Jumper — CDN $6,400,000 — N.AM $72,537,000 — 8.8%
Wanted — CDN $11,250,000 — N.AM $128,616,000 — 8.7%
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor — CDN $8,180,000 — N.AM $93,812,000 — 8.7%
Hellboy II: The Golden Army — CDN $6,210,000 — N.AM $71,273,000 — 8.7%
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull — CDN $26,910,000 — N.AM $310,487,614 — 8.7%
College Road Trip — CDN $2,780,000 — N.AM $32,005,000 — 8.7%
The Spiderwick Chronicles — CDN $5,360,000 — N.AM $61,721,000 — 8.7%
Fool’s Gold — CDN $5,120,000 — N.AM $59,073,000 — 8.7%
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep — CDN $2,680,000 — N.AM $30,893,000 — 8.7%
Get Smart — CDN $10,740,000 — N.AM $124,214,000 — 8.6%
You Don’t Mess with the Zohan — CDN $7,210,000 — N.AM $84,055,000 — 8.6%
Babylon A.D. — CDN $1,500,000 — N.AM $17,378,536 — 8.6%
Doomsday — CDN $767,978 — N.AM $8,907,000 — 8.6%
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian — CDN $11,570,000 — N.AM $135,467,000 — 8.5%
The Bucket List — CDN $6,890,000 — N.AM $81,085,000 — 8.5%
Vantage Point — CDN $5,490,000 — N.AM $65,300,000 — 8.4%
Iron Man — CDN $25,280,000 — N.AM $304,788,000 — 8.3%
Cloverfield — CDN $6,330,000 — N.AM $76,040,905 — 8.3%
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — CDN $2,470,000 — N.AM $29,608,000 — 8.3%
Transporter 3 — CDN $2,440,000 — N.AM $29,377,088 — 8.3%
Quarantine — CDN $2,020,000 — N.AM $24,471,512 — 8.3%
Hancock — CDN $18,000,000 — N.AM $221,726,791 — 8.1%
Australia — CDN $3,350,000 — N.AM $41,796,525 — 8.0%
Stop-Loss — CDN $658,769 — N.AM $8,213,000 — 8.0%
Charlie Wilson’s War — CDN $4,760,000 — N.AM $59,353,790 — 8.0%
I Am Legend — CDN $19,510,000 — N.AM $247,447,000 — 7.9%
The Haunting of Molly Hartley — CDN $808,221 — N.AM $10,235,000 — 7.9%
Kung Fu Panda — CDN $16,130,000 — N.AM $206,506,000 — 7.8%
Nights in Rodanthe — CDN $2,510,000 — N.AM $32,297,101 — 7.8%
Drillbit Taylor — CDN $1,600,000 — N.AM $20,487,226 — 7.8%
Meet the Spartans — CDN $2,640,000 — N.AM $33,950,850 — 7.8%
Saw V — CDN $4,240,000 — N.AM $55,403,000 — 7.7%
Shutter — CDN $1,460,000 — N.AM $18,998,604 — 7.7%
Igor — CDN $1,110,000 — N.AM $14,339,000 — 7.7%
Pride and Glory — CDN $488,370 — N.AM $6,325,000 — 7.7%
WALL·E — CDN $16,040,000 — N.AM $210,206,582 — 7.6%
Nim’s Island — CDN $3,310,000 — N.AM $44,257,000 — 7.5%
The Happening — CDN $4,360,000 — N.AM $59,063,000 — 7.4%
Yes Man — CDN $3,690,000 — N.AM $49,798,560 — 7.4%
Lakeview Terrace — CDN $2,690,000 — N.AM $36,201,729 — 7.4%
Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! — CDN $10,710,000 — N.AM $147,883,000 — 7.2%
Four Christmases — CDN $7,180,000 — N.AM $100,110,827 — 7.2%
Seven Pounds — CDN $2,810,000 — N.AM $38,762,647 — 7.2%
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — CDN $2,780,000 — N.AM $38,725,647 — 7.2%
The Day the Earth Stood Still — CDN $4,490,000 — N.AM $63,480,184 — 7.1%
City of Ember — CDN $222,193 — N.AM $3,129,473 — 7.1%
The Incredible Hulk — CDN $8,080,000 — N.AM $115,508,000 — 7.0%
Mirrors — CDN $1,400,000 — N.AM $20,075,000 — 7.0%
Bolt — CDN $6,450,000 — N.AM $94,900,059 — 6.8%
There Will Be Blood — CDN $2,100,000 — N.AM $31,000,000 — 6.8%
Prom Night — CDN $2,570,000 — N.AM $38,115,000 — 6.7%
The Tale of Despereaux — CDN $1,840,000 — N.AM $27,448,085 — 6.7%
National Treasure: Book of Secrets — CDN $13,840,000 — N.AM $205,421,000 — 6.7%
Milk — CDN $491,881 — N.AM $7,590,976 — 6.5%
W. — CDN $1,220,000 — N.AM $18,749,000 — 6.5%
One Missed Call — CDN $1,340,000 — N.AM $20,493,337 — 6.5%
The Strangers — CDN $2,880,000 — N.AM $45,287,220 — 6.4%
Valkyrie — CDN $1,850,000 — N.AM $29,520,979 — 6.3%
Mad Money — CDN $477,385 — N.AM $7,600,000 — 6.3%
The Eye — CDN $1,330,000 — N.AM $21,418,982 — 6.2%
Disaster Movie — CDN $659,630 — N.AM $10,602,140 — 6.2%
The Spirit — CDN $637,413 — N.AM $10,305,501 — 6.2%
Bedtime Stories — CDN $2,260,000 — N.AM $38,029,113 — 5.9%
Beverly Hills Chihuahua — CDN $4,880,000 — N.AM $84,061,000 — 5.8%
Fly Me to the Moon — CDN $563,916 — N.AM $9,854,000 — 5.7%
Appaloosa — CDN $312,277 — N.AM $5,570,000 — 5.6%
Leatherheads — CDN $1,500,000 — N.AM $26,578,000 — 5.6%
Alvin and the Chipmunks — CDN $11,340,000 — N.AM $204,159,000 — 5.6%
Baby Mama — CDN $2,810,000 — N.AM $52,131,000 — 5.4%
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas — CDN $136,614 — N.AM $2,628,053 — 5.2%
Marley & Me — CDN $2,540,000 — N.AM $50,738,566 — 5.0%
Speed Racer — CDN $2,040,000 — N.AM $40,558,000 — 5.0%
Meet Dave — CDN $252,412 — N.AM $5,251,918 — 4.8%
Traitor — CDN $801,427 — N.AM $17,265,872 — 4.6%
Space Chimps — CDN $322,876 — N.AM $7,350,000 — 4.4%
Swing Vote — CDN $232,071 — N.AM $6,300,000 — 3.7%
Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour — CDN $1,900,000 — N.AM $64,156,981 — 3.0%
The Secret Life of Bees — CDN $245,598 — N.AM $10,527,799 — 2.3%