Box Office Performance for Fantasy 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	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	Adventure	PG-13	$102,491,776	14,274,621	$102,491,779
5	Bedtime Stories	Comedy	PG	$85,539,168	11,913,533	$85,539,167
6	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Drama	PG-13	$79,297,086	11,044,162	$79,297,083
7	The Spiderwick Chronicles	Adventure	PG	$71,195,053	9,915,746	$71,195,056
8	The Forbidden Kingdom	Action	PG-13	$52,075,270	7,252,823	$52,075,269
9	Nim's Island	Adventure	PG	$48,006,762	6,686,179	$48,006,765
10	The Eye	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$31,418,697	4,375,863	$31,418,696
11	One Missed Call	Horror	PG-13	$26,890,041	3,745,131	$26,890,041
12	The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep	Drama	PG	$18,731,137	2,608,793	$18,731,134
13	Enchanted	Romantic Comedy	PG	$13,793,851	1,921,149	$13,793,850
14	The Haunting of Molly Hartley	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$13,442,412	1,872,202	$13,442,410
15	Ghost Town	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$13,367,624	1,861,786	$13,367,623
16	His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass	Adventure	PG-13	$11,332,392	1,578,328	$11,332,395
17	City of Ember	Adventure	PG	$7,862,312	1,095,030	$7,862,315
18	Over Her Dead Body	Comedy	PG-13	$7,570,127	1,054,335	$7,570,125
19	An American Carol	Comedy	PG-13	$7,013,191	976,768	$7,013,194
20	In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale	Action	PG-13	$4,775,656	665,133	$4,775,655
21	The Fall	Adventure	R	$2,273,751	316,678	$2,273,748
22	August Rush	Drama	PG	$1,490,945	207,653	$1,490,949
23	Let the Right One In	Horror	R	$1,483,912	206,673	$1,483,912
24	Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D	Musical	PG	$1,109,053	154,464	$1,109,052
25	Beowulf	Adventure	PG-13	$1,075,379	149,774	$1,075,377
26	Babine	Drama	Not Rated	$1,056,082	147,087	$1,056,085
27	Asterix at the Olympic Games	Adventure	Not Rated	$999,811	139,249	$999,808
28	Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium	Comedy	G	$964,396	134,317	$964,396
29	Diary of the Dead	Horror	R	$952,620	132,677	$952,621
30	Santa vs. The Snowman	Adventure	Not Rated	$623,811	86,882	$623,813
31	Drona	Adventure	Not Rated	$475,104	66,170	$475,101
32	The Flight of the Red Balloon	Drama	Not Rated	$459,364	63,978	$459,362
33	Bhoothnath	Drama	Not Rated	$449,776	62,643	$449,777
34	Teeth	Comedy	R	$346,692	48,286	$346,693
35	Ashes of Time Redux	Action	R	$173,526	24,168	$173,526
36	Haunted Castle	Adventure	PG	$165,100	22,994	$165,097
37	Mother of Tears	Horror	Not Rated	$54,947	7,653	$54,949
38	Passage to Zarahemla	Adventure	PG-13	$47,935	6,676	$47,934
39	The Cry	Thriller/Suspense	R	$21,427	2,984	$21,425
40	My Mexican Shivah	Comedy	Not Rated	$13,042	1,816	$13,039
41	Otto; Or, Up with Dead People	Drama	Not Rated	$7,733	1,077	$7,733
42	Special	Drama	R	$7,202	1,003	$7,202
43	One Piece: The Desert Princess and the Pirates Adventures in Alabasta	Adventure	Not Rated	$6,587	917	$6,584
44	The Restless	Drama		$5,976	832	$5,974
45	The Holy Mountain	Adventure	Not Rated	$3,755	523	$3,755
46	American Zombie	Horror	Not Rated	$3,126	435	$3,123
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,082,147,386
Total Tickets Sold					150,716,904
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,082,147,371

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.