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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Box Office Performance for Horror Movies in 2008

RankMovieGenreMPAA2008 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Saw V Horror R $56,746,769 7,903,450 $56,746,771
2 I am Legend Horror PG-13 $50,263,436 7,000,479 $50,263,439
3 Prom Night Horror PG-13 $43,869,350 6,109,937 $43,869,348
4 Quarantine Horror R $31,691,811 4,413,901 $31,691,809
5 Mirrors Horror R $30,691,439 4,274,574 $30,691,441
6 One Missed Call Horror PG-13 $26,890,041 3,745,131 $26,890,041
7 Shutter Horror PG-13 $25,928,550 3,611,219 $25,928,552
8 The Ruins Horror R $17,432,844 2,427,973 $17,432,846
9 The Orphanage Horror R $6,821,123 950,017 $6,821,122
10 Let the Right One In Horror R $1,483,912 206,673 $1,483,912
11 Diary of the Dead Horror R $952,620 132,677 $952,621
12 House Horror R $575,048 80,090 $575,046
13 The Mist Horror R $287,853 40,091 $287,853
14 The Signal Horror R $251,150 34,979 $251,149
15 My Name is Bruce Horror R $173,066 24,104 $173,067
16 Fears of the Dark Horror Not Rated $77,876 10,846 $77,874
17 Mother of Tears Horror Not Rated $54,947 7,653 $54,949
18 Cthulhu Horror R $15,513 2,161 $15,516
19 Splinter Horror   $14,154 1,971 $14,152
20 Rogue Horror R $10,452 1,456 $10,454
21 Frontière(s) Horror NC-17 $9,913 1,381 $9,916
22 Eden Lake Horror R $7,321 1,020 $7,324
23 American Zombie Horror Not Rated $3,126 435 $3,123
24 Shrooms Horror Not Rated $2,863 399 $2,865
25 Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher Horror R $1,677 234 $1,680
Total Gross of All Movies$294,256,854
Total Tickets Sold40,982,851
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$294,256,870

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.