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Saturday, May 17, 2008

Box Office Performance for Based on Book/Short Story Movies in 2008

RankMovieGenreMPAA2008 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Horton Hears a Who Adventure G $150,668,773 21,899,531 $150,668,773
2 21 Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $80,418,000 11,688,663 $80,418,001
3 Jumper Adventure PG-13 $79,489,642 11,553,727 $79,489,642
4 The Spiderwick Chronicles Adventure PG $71,195,053 10,348,118 $71,195,052
5 I am Legend Horror PG-13 $61,896,512 8,996,586 $61,896,512
6 The Forbidden Kingdom Action PG-13 $48,260,000 7,014,535 $48,260,001
7 Nim's Island Adventure PG $44,257,235 6,432,738 $44,257,237
8 There Will Be Blood Drama R $39,907,597 5,800,523 $39,907,598
9 Atonement Drama R $39,743,016 5,776,601 $39,743,015
10 No Country for Old Men Action R $33,205,061 4,826,317 $33,205,061
11 Charlie Wilson's War Drama R $31,910,305 4,638,126 $31,910,307
12 P.S., I Love You Drama PG-13 $30,093,955 4,374,121 $30,093,952
13 The Other Boleyn Girl Drama PG-13 $26,814,957 3,897,523 $26,814,958
14 The Polar Express (IMAX) Adventure Not Rated $18,345,033 2,666,429 $18,345,032
15 The Ruins Horror R $16,974,428 2,467,213 $16,974,425
16 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Comedy PG-13 $12,150,353 1,766,040 $12,150,355
17 His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass Adventure PG-13 $11,308,183 1,643,631 $11,308,181
18 The Kite Runner Drama PG-13 $10,403,395 1,512,121 $10,403,392
19 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Drama PG-13 $5,107,379 742,352 $5,107,382
20 Married Life Drama PG-13 $1,414,195 205,552 $1,414,198
21 Into the Wild Drama R $1,363,057 198,119 $1,363,059
22 Beowulf Adventure PG-13 $1,115,061 162,073 $1,115,062
23 Starting Out in the Evening Drama PG-13 $488,410 70,990 $488,411
24 Snow Angels Drama R $390,867 56,812 $390,867
25 The Mist Horror R $295,897 43,008 $295,895
26 The Duchess of Langeais Drama   $219,490 31,903 $219,493
27 Life Before Her Eyes Drama R $181,458 26,375 $181,460
28 Blade Runner Thriller/Suspense   $167,183 24,300 $167,184
29 My Brother Is an Only Child Drama R $121,159 17,610 $121,157
30 Youth Without Youth Thriller/Suspense R $110,516 16,063 $110,513
31 Fugitive Pieces Drama R $108,000 15,698 $108,002
32 Beaufort Action   $96,936 14,090 $96,939
33 Lust, Caution Drama NC-17 $79,366 11,536 $79,368
34 Control Drama R $70,465 10,242 $70,465
35 Passage to Zarahemla Adventure PG-13 $49,408 7,181 $49,405
36 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Western R $31,926 4,640 $31,923
37 All Hat Comedy   $15,198 2,209 $15,198
38 The Tracey Fragments Drama   $12,459 1,811 $12,460
39 Heartbeat Detector Thriller/Suspense   $5,500 799 $5,497
40 Romulus, My Father Drama R $4,283 623 $4,286
41 XXY Drama   $3,241 471 $3,240
Total Gross of All Movies$818,492,952
Total Tickets Sold118,967,000
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$818,492,960

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.