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	$348,457,913
2	WALL-E	Adventure	G	$223,806,889	31,170,876	$245,938,212
3	Kung Fu Panda	Adventure	PG	$215,434,591	30,004,818	$236,738,014
4	Horton Hears a Who	Adventure	G	$154,529,439	21,522,206	$169,810,205
5	The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian	Adventure	PG	$141,621,490	19,724,442	$155,625,847
6	The Incredible Hulk	Adventure	PG-13	$134,806,913	18,775,336	$148,137,401
7	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	Adventure	PG-13	$102,491,776	14,274,621	$112,626,760
8	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Adventure	PG	$101,704,370	14,164,954	$111,761,487
9	10,000 B.C.	Adventure	PG-13	$94,784,201	13,201,142	$104,157,010
10	Jumper	Adventure	PG-13	$80,172,128	11,166,035	$88,100,016
11	National Treasure: The Book of Secrets	Adventure	PG	$77,018,263	10,726,778	$84,634,278
12	The Day the Earth Stood Still	Adventure	PG-13	$74,424,256	10,365,495	$81,783,756
13	The Spiderwick Chronicles	Adventure	PG	$71,195,053	9,915,746	$78,235,236
14	Fool's Gold	Adventure	PG-13	$70,231,041	9,781,482	$77,175,893
15	Nim's Island	Adventure	PG	$48,006,762	6,686,179	$52,753,952
16	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Adventure	PG-13	$44,089,964	6,140,664	$48,449,839
17	The Tale of Despereaux	Adventure	G	$43,661,775	6,081,027	$47,979,303
18	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Adventure	PG	$35,161,554	4,897,152	$38,638,529
19	Space Chimps	Adventure	G	$30,105,968	4,193,032	$33,083,022
20	Fly Me To the Moon	Adventure	G	$12,564,415	1,749,919	$13,806,861
21	His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass	Adventure	PG-13	$11,332,392	1,578,328	$12,453,008
22	City of Ember	Adventure	PG	$7,862,312	1,095,030	$8,639,787
23	The Fall	Adventure	R	$2,273,751	316,678	$2,498,589
24	The Polar Express	Adventure	G	$1,862,997	259,470	$2,047,218
25	Beowulf	Adventure	PG-13	$1,075,379	149,774	$1,181,717
26	Ast�rix aux Jeux Olympiques	Adventure	Not Rated	$999,811	139,249	$1,098,675
27	Delgo	Adventure	PG	$694,782	96,766	$763,484
28	Heroes	Adventure	R	$655,538	91,301	$720,365
29	Santa vs. The Snowman	Adventure	Not Rated	$623,811	86,882	$685,499
30	Drona	Adventure	Not Rated	$475,104	66,170	$522,081
31	The Darjeeling Limited	Adventure	R	$204,055	28,420	$224,234
32	Haunted Castle	Adventure	PG	$165,100	22,994	$181,423
33	The Flyboys	Adventure	PG-13	$144,110	20,071	$158,360
34	Roadside Romeo	Adventure	Not Rated	$55,202	7,688	$60,658
35	A Plumm Summer	Adventure	PG	$53,752	7,486	$59,065
36	Blue Gap Boy'z	Adventure	Not Rated	$51,576	7,183	$56,674
37	Passage to Zarahemla	Adventure	PG-13	$47,935	6,676	$52,674
38	Mission Istaanbul	Adventure	Not Rated	$29,269	4,076	$32,160
39	Last Stop for Paul	Adventure	PG-13	$11,340	1,579	$12,458
40	One Piece: Episode of Alabaster - Sabaku no Ojou to Kaizoku Tachi	Adventure	Not Rated	$6,587	917	$7,235
41	Solar Flare	Adventure	PG-13	$4,098	571	$4,505
42	Camille	Adventure	PG-13	$3,849	536	$4,229
43	The Holy Mountain	Adventure	Not Rated	$3,755	523	$4,126
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,101,548,472
Total Tickets Sold					292,694,773
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,309,361,759

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.