16 Mandarin films of 2008 ranked by box office. #1: Red Cliff ($250.1 million).
| # | Film | Lead | Director | Budget | Box office | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Cliff | John Woo | $80 million | $250.1 million | 3.13x | |
| 2 | If You Are the One | Feng Xiaogang | $53.7 million | |||
| 3 | The Admiral | Andrei Kravchuk | $20 million | $39.1 million | 1.96x | |
| 4 | Kung Fu Dunk | Chu Yen-ping | $10 million | $22.9 million | 2.29x | |
| 5 | Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon | Daniel Lee | $20 million | $22.1 million | 1.11x | |
| 6 | Forever Enthralled | Chen Kaige | $15 million | $17.8 million | 1.18x | |
| 7 | An Empress and the Warriors | Ching Siu-tung | $9.3 million | |||
| 8 | The Butterfly Lovers | Jingle Ma | $5.5 million | |||
| 9 | The Equation of Love and Death | Cao Baoping | $1.5 million | $1.9 million | 1.27x | |
| 10 | The Underdog Knight | Ding Sheng | $1.2 million | |||
| 11 | 1895 | Hung Chih-yu | TWD 60 million | $1 million | ||
| 12 | 24 City | Jia Zhangke | $396,044 | |||
| 13 | The Luckiest Man | Lam Tze-Chung | $280,187 | |||
| Painted Skin | Gordon Chan | ¥80 million | ¥227 million | 2.84x | ||
| Storm Rider Clash of the Evils | Dante Lam | CN¥21.8 million | ||||
| Money No Enough 2 | Jack Neo | SGD 4.8 million |
Figures are shown in the currency they were reported in (Wikipedia, Wikidata or TMDB); no conversion.