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	$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 Sold					251,655,753
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.