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

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Twilight	Drama	PG-13	$176,922,850	24,641,065	$194,418,003
2	Quantum of Solace	Action	PG-13	$166,820,413	23,234,041	$183,316,583
3	Horton Hears a Who	Adventure	G	$154,529,439	21,522,206	$169,810,205
4	The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian	Adventure	PG	$141,621,490	19,724,442	$155,625,847
5	Marley & Me	Comedy	PG	$106,664,046	14,855,717	$117,211,607
6	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Adventure	PG	$101,704,370	14,164,954	$111,761,487
7	21	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$81,159,365	11,303,533	$89,184,875
8	Jumper	Adventure	PG-13	$80,172,128	11,166,035	$88,100,016
9	Yes Man	Comedy	PG-13	$79,507,388	11,073,452	$87,369,536
10	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Drama	PG-13	$79,297,086	11,044,162	$87,138,438
11	The Spiderwick Chronicles	Adventure	PG	$71,195,053	9,915,746	$78,235,236
12	The Forbidden Kingdom	Action	PG-13	$52,075,270	7,252,823	$57,224,773
13	I am Legend	Horror	PG-13	$50,263,436	7,000,479	$55,233,779
14	Nim's Island	Adventure	PG	$48,006,762	6,686,179	$52,753,952
15	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Adventure	PG-13	$44,089,964	6,140,664	$48,449,839
16	The Tale of Despereaux	Adventure	G	$43,661,775	6,081,027	$47,979,303
17	Rambo	Action	R	$42,754,105	5,954,611	$46,981,881
18	Nights in Rodanthe	Drama	PG-13	$41,802,381	5,822,059	$45,936,046
19	There Will Be Blood	Drama	R	$39,795,491	5,542,547	$43,730,696
20	Body of Lies	Thriller/Suspense	R	$39,315,385	5,475,680	$43,203,115
21	Atonement	Drama	R	$37,979,097	5,289,568	$41,734,692
22	The Secret Life of Bees	Drama	PG-13	$37,525,311	5,226,366	$41,236,028
23	No Country for Old Men	Action	R	$33,205,061	4,624,660	$36,488,567
24	Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist	Drama	PG-13	$31,487,293	4,385,417	$34,600,940
25	The Other Boleyn Girl	Drama	PG-13	$26,814,957	3,734,674	$29,466,578
26	P.S., I Love You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$25,794,246	3,592,513	$28,344,928
27	Babylon A.D.	Action	PG-13	$22,532,572	3,138,241	$24,760,721
28	Appaloosa	Western	R	$20,080,574	2,796,737	$22,066,255
29	The Ruins	Horror	R	$17,432,844	2,427,973	$19,156,707
30	The Duchess	Drama	PG-13	$13,848,978	1,928,827	$15,218,445
31	Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day	Comedy	PG-13	$12,313,694	1,714,999	$13,531,342
32	His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass	Adventure	PG-13	$11,332,392	1,578,328	$12,453,008
33	The Express	Drama	PG	$9,793,406	1,363,984	$10,761,834
34	The Kite Runner	Drama	PG-13	$9,372,753	1,305,397	$10,299,582
35	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Drama	PG-13	$8,854,137	1,233,167	$9,729,688
36	Sex Drive	Comedy	R	$8,402,485	1,170,263	$9,233,375
37	Miracle at St. Anna	Drama	R	$7,916,887	1,102,631	$8,699,759
38	City of Ember	Adventure	PG	$7,862,312	1,095,030	$8,639,787
39	Brideshead Revisited	Drama	PG-13	$6,432,256	895,857	$7,068,312
40	Ne Le Dis � Personne	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$6,137,968	854,870	$6,744,924
41	Le Scaphandre et le Papillon	Drama	PG-13	$5,107,379	711,334	$5,612,425
42	Elegy	Drama	R	$3,577,210	498,219	$3,930,948
43	The Reader	Drama	R	$3,553,578	494,927	$3,904,974
44	Blindness	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,073,392	428,049	$3,377,307
45	Choke	Comedy	R	$2,926,565	407,600	$3,215,964
46	How to Lose Friends & Alienate People	Comedy	R	$2,775,593	386,573	$3,050,061
47	The Polar Express	Adventure	G	$1,862,997	259,470	$2,047,218
48	Married Life	Drama	PG-13	$1,506,998	209,888	$1,656,016
49	Revolutionary Road	Drama	R	$1,375,749	191,608	$1,511,787
50	Into the Wild	Drama	R	$1,295,247	180,397	$1,423,332
51	Brick Lane	Drama	PG-13	$1,094,998	152,507	$1,203,280
52	What Just Happened	Comedy	R	$1,090,947	151,942	$1,198,822
53	Beowulf	Adventure	PG-13	$1,075,379	149,774	$1,181,717
54	And When Did You Last See Your Father?	Drama	PG-13	$1,071,240	149,198	$1,177,172
55	Une vieille ma�tresse	Drama	Not Rated	$785,671	109,425	$863,363
56	Fugitive Pieces	Drama	R	$634,379	88,354	$697,113
57	Obsluhoval jsem anglick�ho kr�le	Black Comedy	R	$617,228	85,965	$678,264
58	Un secret	Drama	Not Rated	$578,051	80,508	$635,208
59	House	Horror	R	$575,048	80,090	$631,910
60	Savage Grace	Drama	Not Rated	$434,417	60,504	$477,377
61	Starting Out in the Evening	Drama	PG-13	$422,075	58,785	$463,814
62	Snow Angels	Drama	R	$402,858	56,108	$442,692
63	Towelhead	Drama	R	$372,124	51,828	$408,923
64	Cidade dos Homens	Drama	R	$307,076	42,768	$337,440
65	Life Before Her Eyes	Drama	R	$303,439	42,262	$333,447
66	The Mist	Horror	R	$287,853	40,091	$316,318
67	Ne touchez pas la hache	Drama	Not Rated	$278,601	38,802	$306,148
68	Mio Fratello � Figlio Unico	Drama	R	$255,620	35,602	$280,900
69	C'est pas moi, je le jure!	Comedy	Not Rated	$235,027	32,734	$258,271
70	Ben X	Drama	Not Rated	$193,137	26,899	$212,233
71	Youth Without Youth	Thriller/Suspense	R	$110,516	15,392	$121,443
72	Boy A	Drama	R	$106,368	14,814	$116,882
73	Beaufort	Action	Not Rated	$102,342	14,254	$112,464
74	Lola Montes	Drama	Not Rated	$90,774	12,643	$99,753
75	Plus tard	Drama	Not Rated	$84,787	11,809	$93,173
76	Love Comes Lately	Drama	Not Rated	$76,872	10,706	$84,470
77	A Thousand Years of Good Prayers	Drama	Not Rated	$76,806	10,697	$84,399
78	The Stone Angel	Drama	R	$75,139	10,465	$82,569
79	Midnight Meat Train	Thriller/Suspense	R	$73,548	10,243	$80,817
80	Se jie	Drama	NC-17	$69,253	9,645	$76,099
81	Mister Foe	Drama	R	$60,641	8,446	$66,639
82	Passage to Zarahemla	Adventure	PG-13	$47,935	6,676	$52,674
83	XXY	Drama	Not Rated	$46,011	6,408	$50,559
84	Breakfast with Scot	Drama	PG-13	$43,383	6,042	$47,671
85	How About You	Drama	Not Rated	$39,763	5,538	$43,695
86	I Can't Think Straight	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$38,589	5,375	$42,409
87	Control	Drama	R	$35,106	4,889	$38,574
88	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Western	R	$30,501	4,248	$33,517
89	While She Was Out	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,784	4,148	$32,728
90	The World Unseen	Drama	PG-13	$17,808	2,480	$19,567
91	Cthulhu	Horror	R	$15,513	2,161	$17,050
92	All Hat	Comedy	R	$15,198	2,117	$16,703
93	My Mexican Shivah	Comedy	Not Rated	$13,042	1,816	$14,328
94	The Tracey Fragments	Drama	R	$12,459	1,735	$13,689
95	Caos Calmo	Drama		$11,434	1,592	$12,561
96	Gomorra	Drama	Not Rated	$5,532	770	$6,075
97	La Question Humaine	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$5,309	739	$5,831
98	The Oxford Murders	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,803	669	$5,278
99	Red	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$4,643	647	$5,105
100	Romulus, My Father	Drama	R	$4,283	597	$4,710
101	The Holy Mountain	Adventure	Not Rated	$3,755	523	$4,126
102	Das Haus der schlafenden Sch�nen	Drama	Not Rated	$3,387	472	$3,724
103	Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher	Horror	R	$1,677	234	$1,846
104	Ice Blues: A Donald Strachey Mystery	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,377	192	$1,515
105	$9.99	Comedy	R	$478	67	$529
106	Rome & Jewel	Drama	Not Rated	$470	65	$513
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,035,906,582
Total Tickets Sold					283,552,449
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,237,228,823

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.