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The year 2008 involved many major film events. The Dark Knight was the year's highest-grossing film, while Slumdog Millionaire won the Academy Award for Best Picture. This would also be the last year in which no films grossed at least $1 billion at the box office until 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic prevented multiple theatrically released films.

Evaluation of the year[]

2008 has been widely considered to be a very significant year for cinema.

The entertainment agency website IGN described 2008 as "one of the biggest years ever for movies." It stated, "2008 was the year when the comic book movie genre not only hits its zenith, but also gained critical respectability thanks to The Dark Knight. Animated films also proved a huge draw for filmgoers, with Pixar's WALL-E becoming not only the highest grossing toon but also the most lauded. Things got off on the right foot with the monster movie madness of Cloverfield. Marvel got down to business laying the groundwork for their superhero team-up The Avengers with the blockbuster hit Iron Man and their respectable attempt at rebooting The Incredible Hulk. The games-to-film genre took a hit this year, with only Max Payne proving to be a worthy adaptation of the source material. We also saw the highly anticipated big-screen returns of iconic characters like Batman, James Bond, and Indiana Jones – some were more successful than others."^[1]

The film industry and review website IndieWire described 2008 as "a stellar year for movies" that "gave us tons of unforgettable classics" such as The Wrestler, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days and Che.^[2]

Highest-grossing films[]

The top 10 films released in 2008 by worldwide gross are as follows:^[3]

Highest-grossing films of 2008
Rank	Title	Distributor	Worldwide gross
1	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	$997,000,000^[4]
2	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Paramount	$790,653,942
3	Kung Fu Panda	Paramount	$631,744,560
4	Hancock	Sony Pictures	$629,443,428
5	Mamma Mia!	Universal	$609,841,637
6	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Paramount	$603,900,354
7	Quantum of Solace	Sony Pictures	$589,580,482
8	Iron Man	Paramount	$585,796,247
9	WALL-E	Disney	$521,311,860
10	The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian	Disney	$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.^[5] 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,^[4] and an IMAX reissue^[6] in 2009 saw it become the fourth film to gross $1 billion at the global box office.^[7]^[8] 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
	22	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.
	23	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 Elliot 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 2008 Best Narrative Feature – Let the Right One In 2008 Best Documentary – Pray the Devil Back to Hell
	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
	1	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.^[9]
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.^[5]
	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
December	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		Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards	62nd BAFTA Awards February 8, 2009	81st Academy Awards February 22, 2009
Category/Organization	14th Critics' Choice Awards January 8, 2009	Drama	Musical or Comedy		62nd BAFTA Awards February 8, 2009	81st Academy Awards February 22, 2009
Best Film	Slumdog Millionaire		Vicky Cristina Barcelona	Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director	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			Simon Beaufoy Slumdog Millionaire
Best Screenplay, Original	Simon Beaufoy Slumdog Millionaire			Dustin Lance Black Milk	Martin McDonagh In Bruges	Dustin Lance Black Milk
Best Animated Film	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 films[]

The list of films released in 2008, arranged by country, are as follows:

Births[]

January 24 – Chlaui Malayao, Filipina child actress
March 14 – Abby Ryder Fortson, American actress
June 3 – Harshaali Malhotra, Indian actress

Deaths[]

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	1	Peter Caffrey	58	UK	Actor	I Went Down Taffin
	2	George MacDonald Fraser	82	UK	Screenwriter	Octopussy The Three Musketeers
	2	Brice Mack	90	US	Background Artist	Fantasia Alice in Wonderland
	10	Vampira	86	US	Actress	Plan 9 from Outer Space Sex Kittens Go to College
	15	Brad Renfro	25	US	Actor	Ghost World The Client
	18	Lois Nettleton	80	US	Actress	Period of Adjustment Butterfly
	19	Suzanne Pleshette	70	US	Actress	The Birds Support Your Local Gunfighter
	22	Heath Ledger	28	Australia	Actor	The Dark Knight Brokeback Mountain
	22	Kevin Stoney	87	UK	Actor	Strongroom The Blood Beast Terror
	25	Christopher Allport	60	US	Actor	To Live and Die in L.A. The Lincoln Conspiracy
	25	Louisa Horton	87	US	Actress	All My Sons Swashbuckler
February	2	Barry Morse	89	Canada	Actor	Kings of the Sun The Changeling
	3	Charles Fawcett	92	UK	Actor	War and Peace The 300 Spartans
	4	Augusta Dabney	89	US	Actress	That Night! The Paper
	6	John Alvin	59	US	Poster Artist	Star Wars E.T. the Extra Terrestrial
	7	Tamara Desni	94	Germany-UK	Actress	Fire Over England Blue Smoke
	8	Eva Dahlbeck	87	Sweden	Actress	Secrets of Women A Lesson in Love
	8	Jane Lumb	65	UK	Actress	A Hard Day's Night Carry On Cleo
	9	Robert DoQui	73	US	Actor	RoboCop Nashville
	10	Roy Scheider	75	US	Actor	Jaws The French Connection
	11	James Quinn	88	UK	Producer	Herostratus Overlord
	12	Oscar Brodney	100	US	Screenwriter	Harvey The Glenn Miller Story
	12	David Groh	68	US	Actor	The Return of Superfly The Stoned Age
	13	Kon Ichikawa	92	Japan	Director	The Burmese Harp Tokyo Olympiad
	13	Lionel Mark Smith	62	US	Actor	Magnolia Spartan
	14	Perry Lopez	76	US	Actor	Chinatown Kelly's Heroes
	19	Mary Barclay	91	UK	Actress	A Touch of Class Rasputin the Mad Monk
	19	David Watkin	82	UK	Cinematographer	Out of Africa Chariots of Fire
	22	Dennis Letts	73	US	Actor	Cast Away A Perfect World
	28	John Bliss	77	US	Actor	Intolerable Cruelty Art School Confidential
	29	Gayne Rescher	83	US	Cinematographer	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan The Day After
March	4	Leonard Rosenman	83	US	Composer	Barry Lyndon Bound for Glory
	6	Alex Sharp	86	US	Stuntman, Actor	The Goonies Planet of the Apes
	7	Kay Callard	84	Canada	Actress	West of Suez The Flying Scot
	16	Ivan Dixon	76	US	Actor, Director	A Patch of Blue A Raisin in the Sun
	18	Anthony Minghella	54	UK	Director, Screenwriter, Producer	The English Patient Cold Mountain
	19	Arthur C. Clarke	90	Sri Lanka	Writer, Actor	2001: A Space Odyssey 2010
	19	Paul Scofield	86	UK	Actor	A Man for All Seasons Quiz Show
	24	Rafael Azcona	81	Spain	Screenwriter	Belle Époque La Grande Bouffe
	24	Richard Widmark	93	US	Actor	Kiss of Death Judgment at Nuremberg
	25	Art Aragon	80	US	Actor	Fat City To Hell and Back
	25	Tony Church	77	UK	Actor	Tess Krull
	25	Abby Mann	80	US	Screenwriter	Judgment at Nuremberg A Child Is Waiting
	31	Jules Dassin	96	US	Director	The Naked City Never on Sunday
April	1	Floyd Simmons	84	US	Actor	Written on the Wind South Pacific
	5	Charlton Heston	84	US	Actor	Ben-Hur The Ten Commandments
	8	Stanley Kamel	65	US	Actor	Domino Inland Empire
	11	Willoughby Goddard	81	UK	Actor	Young Sherlock Holmes Jabberwocky
	14	Ollie Johnston	95	US	Animator	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs The Jungle Book
	14	June Travis	93	US	Actress	Ceiling Zero The Case of the Black Cat
	15	Hazel Court	93	UK	Actress	The Raven Omen III: The Final Conflict
	18	Kay Linaker	94	US	Actress	The Murder of Dr. Harrigan Charlie Chan in Rio
	18	Joy Page	83	US	Actress	Casablanca The Bullfighter and the Lady
	23	Dave Atkins	67	UK	Actor	Hellraiser Plunkett & Macleane
	24	Tristram Cary	82	UK	Composer	The Ladykillers Quatermass and the Pit
	29	Julie Ege	64	Norway	Actress	On Her Majesty's Secret Service Up Pompeii
May	1	Bernard Archard	91	UK	Actor	The Day of the Jackal Krull
	1	Terry Duggan	76	UK	Actor, Wrangler	2001: A Space Odyssey Beautiful Thing
	2	Beverlee McKinsey	72	US	Actress	They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Bronco Billy
	4	Fred Haines	72	US	Screenwriter, Director	Ulysses Steppenwolf
	12	Robert Russell	71	UK	Actor	Bedazzled Witchfinder General
	12	Claudio Undari	73	Italy	Actor	Sabata Everything Happens to Me
	13	Jill Adams	77	UK	Actress	The Green Man Private's Progress
	13	John Phillip Law	70	US	Actor	Barbarella Danger: Diabolik
	14	John Forbes-Robertson	80	UK	Actor	The Vampire Lovers The Vault of Horror
	15	Alexander Courage	88	US	Composer, Orchestrator	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Star Trek
	16	Sandy Howard	80	US	Director, Producer	Howdy Doody Captain Kangaroo
	18	Joseph Pevney	96	US	Director	Female on the Beach Tammy and the Bachelor
	22	Harry Lange	77	Germany	Production Designer	Return of the Jedi 2001: A Space Odyssey
	24	Dick Martin	86	US	Actor	The Glass Bottom Boat Air Bud: Golden Receiver
	26	Sydney Pollack	73	US	Actor, Director, Producer	Out of Africa Tootsie
	28	Earle Hagen	88	US	Composer, Orchestrator	Call Me Madam Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
	29	Harvey Korman	81	US	Actor	Blazing Saddles Dracula: Dead and Loving It
June	2	Bo Diddley	79	US	Actor, Musician	Trading Places Blues Brothers 2000
	2	Mel Ferrer	90	US	Actor, Director	Scaramouche Lili
	7	Dino Risi	91	Italy	Director, Writer	The Easy Life Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
	11	Jean Desailly	87	France	Actor	La Peau Douce Le Professionnel
	15	Stan Winston	62	US	Makeup Artist	Jurassic Park Aliens
	17	Henry Beckman	86	Spain	Actor	Breakfast at Tiffany's Marnie
	17	Cyd Charisse	86	US	Actress, Dancer	The Band Wagon Silk Stockings
	18	Jean Delannoy	100	France	Director	La Symphonie Pastorale Les amitiés particulières
	22	George Carlin	71	US	Actor, Comedian	Outrageous Fortune Cars
	22	Dody Goodman	93	US	Actress	Grease Splash
	23	John Furlong	75	US	Actor	Blazing Saddles All the President's Men
	24	William Vince	45	Canada	Producer	Capote Crash
	26	Lilyan Chauvin	82	France	Actress	Lost, Lonely and Vicious Silent Night, Deadly Night
	29	Don S. Davis	67	US	Actor	Con Air Cliffhanger
July	2	Elizabeth Spriggs	78	UK	Actress	Sense and Sensibility Paradise Road
	4	Evelyn Keyes	91	US	Actress	Gone with the Wind Here Comes Mr. Jordan
	6	Nonna Mordyukova	82	Russia	Actress	Commissar The Diamond Arm
	7	Bruce Conner	74	US	Director	A Movie Marilyn Times Five
	9	Charles H. Joffe	78	US	Producer	Annie Hall Manhattan
	22	Patrick Connor	81	UK	Actor	Brazil Lifeforce
	22	Estelle Getty	84	US	Actress	Stuart Little Mannequin
	27	Youssef Chahine	82	Egypt	Director	Sira` Fi al-Wadi Le Chaos
	27	Marisa Merlini	84	Italy	Actress	Pane, Amore e Fantasia The Traffic Policeman
	29	Luther Davis	91	US	Screenwriter	Kiss Them for Me Lady in a Cage
August	1	Gertan Klauber	76	UK	Actor	Carry On Spying Carry On Cleo
	7	Bernie Brillstein	77	US	Producer	The Blues Brothers Ghostbusters
	9	Bernie Mac	50	US	Actor	Ocean's Eleven Transformers
	10	Isaac Hayes	65	US	Actor, Songwriter	Shaft Escape from New York
	11	George Furth	75	US	Actor	The Cannonball Run Blazing Saddles
	11	Terence Rigby	71	UK	Actor	Get Carter Tomorrow Never Dies
	15	Molly McClure	89	US	Actress	Mrs. Doubtfire City Slickers
	24	Peter Sutton	65	British	Sound Mixer	The Empire Strikes Back Labyrinth
	25	Marpessa Dawn	74	US	Actor	Black Orpheus Le Bal du Comte d'Orgel
	25	Rita Quigley	85	US	Actress	Whispering Footsteps The Howards of Virginia
	31	Ken Campbell	66	UK	Actor, Writer	A Fish Called Wanda Creep
	31	Jerry Reed	71	US	Actor, Singer, Songwriter	Smokey and the Bandit The Waterboy
September	1	Michael Pate	88	Australia	Actor, Director	Thunder on the Hill The Court Jester
	2	Bill Melendez	91	Mexico	Animator, Director	Bambi Fantasia
	6	Anita Page	98	US	Actress	Our Dancing Daughters The Broadway Melody
	8	Celia Gregory	58	UK	Actress	The Baby of Mâcon Agatha
	18	Florestano Vancini	82	Italy	Director, Writer	The Assassination of Matteotti Blow Hot, Blow Cold
	19	David Jones	74	UK	Director	Betrayal 84 Charing Cross Road
	20	William Fox	97	UK	Actor	Omen III: The Final Conflict The Lavender Hill Mob
	26	Paul Newman	83	US	Actor, Director	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Road to Perdition
	29	Louis Guss	90	US	Actor	The Godfather Highlander
October	1	Robert Arthur	87	US	Actor	Ace in the Hole Yellow Sky
	5	Kim Chan	90	US	Actor, Producer	The Fifth Element The Devil's Advocate
	5	Ken Ogata	71	Japan	Actor	The Pillow Book Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
	7	Peter Copley	93	UK	Actor	The Sword and the Rose The Elusive Pimpernel
	8	Bob Friend	70	UK	Actor	Mission Impossible Quicksand
	8	Eileen Herlie	90	UK	Actress	The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan Hamlet
	11	Neal Hefti	85	US	Composer	Batman The Odd Couple
	11	Mark Shivas	70	UK	Producer	The Witches Jude
	11	Gil Stratton	86	US	Actor	Stalag 17 Girl Crazy
	13	Guillaume Depardieu	37	France	Actor	Tous les matins du monde Pola X
	15	Edie Adams	81	US	Actress	The Apartment It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
	15	Nathan Davis	91	US	Actor	Thief Risky Business
	18	Xie Jin	84	China	Director	Hibiscus Town Legend of Tianyun Mountain
	19	Rudy Ray Moore	81	US	Actor	Dolemite The Human Tornado
	24	Milton Katselas	75	US	Director	Butterflies Are Free 40 Carats
	27	Roy Stewart	83	UK	Actor	Carry On Up the Jungle Twins of Evil
	31	Jonathan Bates	68	UK	Supervising Sound Editor	Gandhi A Fish Called Wanda
	31	John Daly	71	UK	Producer	The Terminator Platoon
November	1	Yma Sumac	85	Peru	Singer, Actress	Secret of the Incas Omar Khayyam
	5	Michael Crichton	66	US	Writer, Director	Jurassic Park Congo
	5	Michael Higgins	88	US	Actor	Death Becomes Her The Conversation
	17	Ennio de Concini	84	Italy	Screenwriter	War and Peace Black Sunday
	19	John Michael Hayes	89	US	Screenwriter	Rear Window To Catch a Thief
	20	June Vincent	89	US	Actress	Black Angel Shed No Tears
	26	De'Angelo Wilson	29	US	Actor	8 Mile Antwone Fisher
December	1	Paul Benedict	70	US	Actor	This Is Spinal Tap Waiting for Guffman
	5	Nina Foch	84	Netherlands–US	Actress	An American in Paris Scaramouche
	5	Beverly Garland	82	US	Actress	D.O.A. Gunslinger
	8	Robert Prosky	77	US	Actor	Outrageous Fortune Dead Man Walking
	8	Bob Spiers	63	UK	Director, Producer	Spice World That Darn Cat
	12	Van Johnson	92	US	Actor	The Caine Mutiny A Guy Named Joe
	16	Sam Bottoms	53	US	Actor, Producer, Soundtrack	Apocalypse Now The Outlaw Josey Wales
	16	Richard Coleman	78	France	Actor	Ben-Hur The Dam Busters
	18	Majel Barrett-Roddenberry	76	US	Actress	Mommy Star Trek
	18	John Costelloe	47	US	Actor	Die Hard 2 Doubt Kazaam
	18	Jack Douglas	81	UK	Actor	Carry On Abroad Carry On Columbus
	20	Robert Mulligan	83	US	Director	Fear Strikes Out To Kill a Mockingbird
	24	Harold Pinter	78	UK	Writer, Actor, Director	Sleuth The French Lieutenant's Woman
	25	Eartha Kitt	81	US	Actress, Singer	The Emperor's New Groove Holes
	25	Ann Savage	87	US	Actress	Detour Apology for Murder
	30	Bernie Hamilton	80	US	Actor	The Swimmer Carmen Jones
	31	Brad Sullivan	77	US	Actor	The Untouchables The Sting
	31	Donald E. Westlake	75	Mexico	Writer	Payback The Grifters

Film debuts[]

Chadwick Boseman – The Express: The Ernie Davis Story
Jessica Chastain – Jolene
Boyd Holbrook – Milk
Felicity Jones – Flashbacks of a Fool
Jennifer Lawrence – Garden Party
Rooney Mara – Dream Boy
T.J. Miller – Cloverfield
Margot Robbie – Vigilante

References[]

^ Movies 2008 Year in Review
^ 10 Best Films of 2008
^ "2008 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Warner Bros. Entertainment Wraps Record-Breaking Year" (Press release). Warner Bros. January 8, 2009. Archived from the original on August 23, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "The Dark Knight Breaks $400 Million in Record Time". 2008-08-05. Archived from the original on 2008-08-25. 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.

[1] Movies 2008 Year in Review

[2] 10 Best Films of 2008

[3] "2008 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 7, 2020.

[warner2009-4] "Warner Bros. Entertainment Wraps Record-Breaking Year" (Press release). Warner Bros. January 8, 2009. Archived from the original on August 23, 2016.

[tdk-5] "The Dark Knight Breaks $400 Million in Record Time". 2008-08-05. Archived from the original on 2008-08-25. Retrieved 2008-08-06.

[IMAX-6] "The Dark Knight Re-Release IMAX Locations". ComingSoon.net. CraveOnline. January 22, 2009. Retrieved January 30, 2014.

[7] Gray, Brandon (February 20, 2009). "Billion Dollar Batman". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 7, 2014.

[8] "All Time Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009.

[9] Adam Dawtrey (2008-04-28). "Edinburgh Launches Cult Film Sidebar". Variety. Retrieved 2010-04-14.

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