Box Office Performance for Action Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Dark Knight	Action	PG-13	$531,001,578	73,955,652	$531,001,581
2	Iron Man	Action	PG-13	$318,412,101	44,347,089	$318,412,099
3	Hancock	Action	PG-13	$227,946,274	31,747,392	$227,946,275
4	Quantum of Solace	Action	PG-13	$166,820,413	23,234,041	$166,820,414
5	Wanted	Action	R	$134,508,551	18,733,781	$134,508,548
6	Cloverfield	Action	PG-13	$80,048,433	11,148,807	$80,048,434
7	Hellboy 2: The Golden Army	Action	PG-13	$75,986,503	10,583,078	$75,986,500
8	The Forbidden Kingdom	Action	PG-13	$52,075,270	7,252,823	$52,075,269
9	Speed Racer	Action	PG	$43,945,766	6,120,580	$43,945,764
10	Rambo	Action	R	$42,754,105	5,954,611	$42,754,107
11	Max Payne	Action	PG-13	$40,677,229	5,665,352	$40,677,227
12	Death Race	Action	R	$36,316,032	5,057,943	$36,316,031
13	No Country for Old Men	Action	R	$33,205,061	4,624,660	$33,205,059
14	Transporter 3	Action	PG-13	$31,715,062	4,417,140	$31,715,065
15	Never Back Down	Action	PG-13	$24,850,922	3,461,131	$24,850,921
16	Babylon A.D.	Action	PG-13	$22,532,572	3,138,241	$22,532,570
17	The X-Files: I Want to Believe	Action	PG-13	$20,982,478	2,922,351	$20,982,480
18	The Spirit	Action	PG-13	$17,743,738	2,471,273	$17,743,740
19	Bangkok Dangerous	Action	R	$15,279,680	2,128,089	$15,279,679
20	Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem	Action	R	$11,311,743	1,575,452	$11,311,745
21	Doomsday	Action	R	$11,008,770	1,533,255	$11,008,771
22	Punisher: War Zone	Action	R	$8,050,977	1,121,306	$8,050,977
23	RocknRolla	Action	R	$5,700,626	793,959	$5,700,626
24	In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale	Action	PG-13	$4,775,656	665,133	$4,775,655
25	Singh is Kinng	Action	Not Rated	$2,523,511	351,464	$2,523,512
26	Redbelt	Action	R	$2,344,847	326,580	$2,344,844
27	Race	Action	Not Rated	$1,367,024	190,393	$1,367,022
28	Tashan	Action	Not Rated	$457,380	63,702	$457,380
29	JCVD	Action	R	$448,991	62,534	$448,994
30	Hitman	Action	R	$438,996	61,142	$439,000
31	OSS 117	Action	Not Rated	$303,328	42,246	$303,326
32	Hell Ride	Action	R	$213,608	29,750	$213,605
33	Ashes of Time Redux	Action	R	$173,526	24,168	$173,526
34	Beaufort	Action	Not Rated	$102,342	14,254	$102,344
35	Sukiyaki Western Django	Action	R	$50,659	7,056	$50,662
36	Elite Squad	Action	R	$8,744	1,218	$8,745
37	Vexville	Action	Not Rated	$4,070	567	$4,071
38	Flash Point (2007, Hong Kong)	Action	Not Rated	$3,271	456	$3,274
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,966,089,837
Total Tickets Sold					273,828,669
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,966,089,843

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2008. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2008. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2007 will most likely earn money in 2007 and 2008. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.