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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

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

RankMovieGenreMPAA2008 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Twilight Drama PG-13 $176,922,850 24,641,065 $176,922,847
2 Horton Hears a Who Adventure G $154,529,439 21,522,206 $154,529,439
3 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Adventure PG $141,621,490 19,724,442 $141,621,494
4 Marley & Me Comedy PG $106,664,046 14,855,717 $106,664,048
5 Journey to the Center of the Earth Adventure PG $101,704,370 14,164,954 $101,704,370
6 21 Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $81,159,365 11,303,533 $81,159,367
7 Jumper Adventure PG-13 $80,172,128 11,166,035 $80,172,131
8 Yes Man Comedy PG-13 $79,507,388 11,073,452 $79,507,385
9 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Drama PG-13 $79,297,086 11,044,162 $79,297,083
10 The Spiderwick Chronicles Adventure PG $71,195,053 9,915,746 $71,195,056
11 The Forbidden Kingdom Action PG-13 $52,075,270 7,252,823 $52,075,269
12 I am Legend Horror PG-13 $50,263,436 7,000,479 $50,263,439
13 Nim's Island Adventure PG $48,006,762 6,686,179 $48,006,765
14 The Tale of Despereaux Adventure G $43,661,775 6,081,027 $43,661,774
15 Nights in Rodanthe Drama PG-13 $41,802,381 5,822,059 $41,802,384
16 There Will Be Blood Drama R $39,795,491 5,542,547 $39,795,487
17 Body of Lies Thriller/Suspense R $39,315,385 5,475,680 $39,315,382
18 Atonement Drama R $37,979,097 5,289,568 $37,979,098
19 The Secret Life of Bees Drama PG-13 $37,525,311 5,226,366 $37,525,308
20 No Country for Old Men Action R $33,205,061 4,624,660 $33,205,059
21 Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Drama PG-13 $31,487,293 4,385,417 $31,487,294
22 The Other Boleyn Girl Drama PG-13 $26,814,957 3,734,674 $26,814,959
23 P.S., I Love You Romantic Comedy PG-13 $25,794,246 3,592,513 $25,794,243
24 Charlie Wilson's War Drama R $24,957,785 3,476,015 $24,957,788
25 Babylon A.D. Action PG-13 $22,532,572 3,138,241 $22,532,570
26 Appaloosa Western R $20,080,574 2,796,737 $20,080,572
27 The Ruins Horror R $17,432,844 2,427,973 $17,432,846
28 The Duchess Drama PG-13 $13,848,978 1,928,827 $13,848,978
29 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Comedy PG-13 $12,313,694 1,714,999 $12,313,693
30 His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass Adventure PG-13 $11,332,392 1,578,328 $11,332,395
31 The Express Drama PG $9,793,406 1,363,984 $9,793,405
32 The Kite Runner Drama PG-13 $9,372,753 1,305,397 $9,372,750
33 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Drama PG-13 $8,854,137 1,233,167 $8,854,139
34 Sex Drive Comedy R $8,402,485 1,170,263 $8,402,488
35 Miracle at St. Anna Drama R $7,916,887 1,102,631 $7,916,891
36 City of Ember Adventure PG $7,862,312 1,095,030 $7,862,315
37 Brideshead Revisited Drama PG-13 $6,432,256 895,857 $6,432,253
38 Tell No One Thriller/Suspense Not Rated $6,137,968 854,870 $6,137,967
39 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Drama PG-13 $5,107,379 711,334 $5,107,378
40 Elegy Drama R $3,577,210 498,219 $3,577,212
41 The Reader Drama R $3,553,578 494,927 $3,553,576
42 Blindness Thriller/Suspense R $3,073,392 428,049 $3,073,392
43 Choke Comedy R $2,926,565 407,600 $2,926,568
44 How to Lose Friends & Alienate People Comedy R $2,775,593 386,573 $2,775,594
45 The Polar Express Adventure G $1,862,997 259,470 $1,862,995
46 Married Life Drama PG-13 $1,506,998 209,888 $1,506,996
47 Revolutionary Road Drama R $1,375,749 191,608 $1,375,745
48 Into the Wild Drama R $1,295,247 180,397 $1,295,250
49 Brick Lane Drama PG-13 $1,094,998 152,507 $1,095,000
50 What Just Happened Comedy R $1,090,947 151,942 $1,090,944
51 Beowulf Adventure PG-13 $1,075,379 149,774 $1,075,377
52 And When Did You Last See Your Father? Drama PG-13 $1,071,240 149,198 $1,071,242
53 The Last Mistress Drama Not Rated $785,671 109,425 $785,672
54 Fugitive Pieces Drama R $634,379 88,354 $634,382
55 I Served the King of England Black Comedy R $617,228 85,965 $617,229
56 A Secret Drama Not Rated $578,051 80,508 $578,047
57 House Horror R $575,048 80,090 $575,046
58 Savage Grace Drama Not Rated $434,417 60,504 $434,419
59 Starting Out in the Evening Drama PG-13 $422,075 58,785 $422,076
60 Snow Angels Drama R $402,858 56,108 $402,855
61 Towelhead Drama R $372,124 51,828 $372,125
62 Life Before Her Eyes Drama R $303,439 42,262 $303,441
63 The Mist Horror R $287,853 40,091 $287,853
64 The Duchess of Langeais Drama Not Rated $278,601 38,802 $278,598
65 My Brother Is an Only Child Drama R $255,620 35,602 $255,622
66 C'est pas moi, je le jure! Comedy Not Rated $235,027 32,734 $235,030
67 Ben X Drama Not Rated $193,137 26,899 $193,135
68 Youth Without Youth Thriller/Suspense R $110,516 15,392 $110,515
69 Boy A Drama R $106,368 14,814 $106,365
70 Beaufort Action Not Rated $102,342 14,254 $102,344
71 Lola Montes Drama Not Rated $90,774 12,643 $90,777
72 One Day You'll Understand Drama Not Rated $84,787 11,809 $84,789
73 Love Comes Lately Drama Not Rated $76,872 10,706 $76,869
74 A Thousand Years of Good Prayers Drama Not Rated $76,806 10,697 $76,804
75 The Stone Angel Drama R $75,139 10,465 $75,139
76 Midnight Meat Train Thriller/Suspense R $73,548 10,243 $73,545
77 Lust, Caution Drama NC-17 $69,253 9,645 $69,251
78 Mister Foe Drama R $60,641 8,446 $60,642
79 Passage to Zarahemla Adventure PG-13 $47,935 6,676 $47,934
80 XXY Drama Not Rated $46,011 6,408 $46,009
81 Breakfast with Scot Drama PG-13 $43,383 6,042 $43,382
82 How About You Drama Not Rated $39,763 5,538 $39,763
83 I Can't Think Straight Romantic Comedy PG-13 $38,589 5,375 $38,593
84 Control Drama R $35,106 4,889 $35,103
85 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Western R $30,501 4,248 $30,501
86 While She Was Out Thriller/Suspense R $29,784 4,148 $29,783
87 The World Unseen Drama PG-13 $17,808 2,480 $17,806
88 Cthulhu Horror R $15,513 2,161 $15,516
89 All Hat Comedy R $15,198 2,117 $15,200
90 My Mexican Shivah Comedy Not Rated $13,042 1,816 $13,039
91 The Tracey Fragments Drama R $12,459 1,735 $12,457
92 Quiet Chaos Drama   $11,434 1,592 $11,431
93 Gomorrah Drama Not Rated $5,532 770 $5,529
94 Heartbeat Detector Thriller/Suspense Not Rated $5,309 739 $5,306
95 Red Thriller/Suspense Not Rated $4,643 647 $4,645
96 Romulus, My Father Drama R $4,283 597 $4,286
97 The Holy Mountain Adventure Not Rated $3,755 523 $3,755
98 House of the Sleeping Beauties Drama Not Rated $3,387 472 $3,389
99 Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher Horror R $1,677 234 $1,680
100 Ice Blues: A Donald Strachey Mystery Thriller/Suspense R $1,377 192 $1,379
101 $9.99 Comedy R $781 109 $783
102 Rome & Jewel Drama Not Rated $470 65 $467
Total Gross of All Movies$1,806,888,309
Total Tickets Sold251,655,753
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$1,806,888,307

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.