Box Office Performance for Adventure Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Adventure	PG-13	$317,101,119	44,164,501	$317,101,117
2	Kung Fu Panda	Adventure	PG	$215,434,591	30,004,818	$215,434,593
3	Horton Hears a Who	Adventure	G	$154,529,439	21,522,206	$154,529,439
4	The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian	Adventure	PG	$141,621,490	19,724,442	$141,621,494
5	The Incredible Hulk	Adventure	PG-13	$134,806,913	18,775,336	$134,806,912
6	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	Adventure	PG-13	$102,491,776	14,274,621	$102,491,779
7	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Adventure	PG	$101,704,370	14,164,954	$101,704,370
8	10,000 B.C.	Adventure	PG-13	$94,784,201	13,201,142	$94,784,200
9	Jumper	Adventure	PG-13	$80,172,128	11,166,035	$80,172,131
10	National Treasure: The Book of Secrets	Adventure	PG	$77,018,263	10,726,778	$77,018,266
11	The Day the Earth Stood Still	Adventure	PG-13	$74,424,256	10,365,495	$74,424,254
12	The Spiderwick Chronicles	Adventure	PG	$71,195,053	9,915,746	$71,195,056
13	Fool's Gold	Adventure	PG-13	$70,231,041	9,781,482	$70,231,041
14	Nim's Island	Adventure	PG	$48,006,762	6,686,179	$48,006,765
15	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Adventure	PG-13	$44,089,964	6,140,664	$44,089,968
16	The Tale of Despereaux	Adventure	G	$43,661,775	6,081,027	$43,661,774
17	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Adventure	PG	$35,161,554	4,897,152	$35,161,551
18	Space Chimps	Adventure	G	$30,105,968	4,193,032	$30,105,970
19	Fly Me To the Moon	Adventure	G	$12,564,415	1,749,919	$12,564,418
20	His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass	Adventure	PG-13	$11,332,392	1,578,328	$11,332,395
21	City of Ember	Adventure	PG	$7,862,312	1,095,030	$7,862,315
22	The Fall	Adventure	R	$2,273,751	316,678	$2,273,748
23	The Polar Express	Adventure	G	$1,862,997	259,470	$1,862,995
24	Beowulf	Adventure	PG-13	$1,075,379	149,774	$1,075,377
25	Asterix at the Olympic Games	Adventure	Not Rated	$999,811	139,249	$999,808
26	Delgo	Adventure	PG	$694,782	96,766	$694,780
27	Heroes	Adventure	R	$655,538	91,301	$655,541
28	Santa vs. The Snowman	Adventure	Not Rated	$623,811	86,882	$623,813
29	Drona	Adventure	Not Rated	$475,104	66,170	$475,101
30	The Darjeeling Limited	Adventure	R	$204,055	28,420	$204,056
31	Haunted Castle	Adventure	PG	$165,100	22,994	$165,097
32	The Flyboys	Adventure	PG-13	$144,110	20,071	$144,110
33	Roadside Romeo	Adventure	Not Rated	$55,202	7,688	$55,200
34	A Plumm Summer	Adventure	PG	$53,752	7,486	$53,749
35	Blue Gap Boy'z	Adventure	Not Rated	$51,576	7,183	$51,574
36	Passage to Zarahemla	Adventure	PG-13	$47,935	6,676	$47,934
37	Mission Istaanbul	Adventure	Not Rated	$29,269	4,076	$29,266
38	Last Stop for Paul	Adventure	PG-13	$11,340	1,579	$11,337
39	One Piece: The Desert Princess and the Pirates Adventures in Alabasta	Adventure	Not Rated	$6,587	917	$6,584
40	Solar Flare	Adventure	PG-13	$4,098	571	$4,100
41	Camille	Adventure	PG-13	$3,849	536	$3,848
42	The Holy Mountain	Adventure	Not Rated	$3,755	523	$3,755
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,877,741,583
Total Tickets Sold					261,523,897
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,877,741,580

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.