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

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- 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 Sold					118,967,000
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.