2008 in film

Evaluation of the year

Highest-grossing films

Box office records

• In the domestic box office, 2008 came very close in passing 2007 as the highest-grossing year, falling short by just $30 million.
• 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. 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 to cross that milestone. Worldwide, it grossed $997 million on its initial release, and an IMAX reissue in 2009 saw it become the fourth film to gross $1 billion at the global box office. It also surpassed Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as the highest-grossing film ever distributed by Warner Bros. until it was surpassed by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 in 2011.
• Mamma Mia! became the highest-grossing film in UK history until it was surpassed by Avatar in 2010.
• Slumdog Millionaire set several records. At the worldwide box office, it became the most successful British independent film of all time. At the UK box office, it became the highest-grossing British independent film, the highest-grossing British film without US studio investment, and the biggest ever weekly "increase for a UK saturation release" ''.''

  Events

Awards

2008 films

By country/region

• List of American films of 2008
• List of Argentine films of 2008
• List of Australian films of 2008
• List of Bangladeshi films of 2008
• List of Bengali films of 2008
• List of Bollywood films of 2008
• List of Brazilian films of 2008
• List of British films of 2008
• List of Canadian films of 2008
• List of Chinese films of 2008
• List of French films of 2008
• List of Hindi films of 2008
• List of Hong Kong films of 2008
• List of Italian films of 2008
• List of Japanese films of 2008
• List of Mexican films of the 2000s
• List of Pakistani films of 2008
• List of Russian films of 2008
• List of South Korean films of 2008
• List of Spanish films of 2008
• List of Kannada films of 2008
• List of Malayalam films of 2008
• List of Tamil films of 2008
• List of Telugu films of 2008
• List of Turkish films of 2008

  By genre/medium

• List of action films of 2008
• List of animated feature films of 2008
• List of avant-garde films of 2008
• List of crime films of 2008
• List of comedy films of 2008
• List of drama films of 2008
• List of horror films of 2008
• List of science fiction films of 2008
• List of thriller films of 2008
• List of western films of 2008

  Births

• January 3 – Raegan Revord, American actress
• January 24 – Chlaui Malayao, Filipina child actress
• March 12 – Cameron Crovetti, American actor
• March 14 – Abby Ryder Fortson, American actress
• June 3 – Harshaali Malhotra, Indian actress
• June 10 – Helena Zengel, German actress
• June 14 – Giulia Benite, Brazilian actress
• July 15 – Iain Armitage, American actor
• July 17 – Jensen Gering, American actor
• July 31 – Banks Repeta, American actor
• August 1 – Emma Berman, American actress
• August 5
• *Izzy G., American actress
• *Hudson Meek, American actor
• August 31 – Milo Machado-Graner, French actor
• September 18 – Jackson Robert Scott, American actor
• October 15 - Colin O'Brien, American actor
• November 2 - Sunny Sandler, American actress
• November 23
• *Asher Blinkoff, American actor
• *Chloe Coleman, American actress
• December 22 – Madeleine McGraw, American actress
• *December 31 - Evie Templeton, British actress

  Deaths