Box Office Performance for Horror Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	I am Legend	Horror	PG-13	$61,896,512	8,996,586	$61,896,512
2	Prom Night	Horror	PG-13	$42,822,000	6,224,128	$42,822,001
3	One Missed Call	Horror	PG-13	$26,884,212	3,907,589	$26,884,212
4	Shutter	Horror	PG-13	$25,719,543	3,738,306	$25,719,545
5	The Ruins	Horror	R	$16,974,428	2,467,213	$16,974,425
6	The Orphanage	Horror	R	$6,925,824	1,006,660	$6,925,821
7	Diary of the Dead	Horror	R	$952,620	138,462	$952,619
8	The Mist	Horror	R	$295,897	43,008	$295,895
9	The Signal	Horror	R	$251,150	36,504	$251,148
10	Rogue	Horror	R	$10,452	1,519	$10,451
11	Frontière(s)	Horror	NC-17	$9,900	1,439	$9,900
12	American Zombie	Horror		$3,126	454	$3,124
13	Shrooms	Horror		$2,863	416	$2,862
Total Gross of All Movies				$182,748,527
Total Tickets Sold					26,562,284
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$182,748,514

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.