Box Office Performance for Horror Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Saw V	Horror	R	$56,746,769	7,903,450	$62,358,221
2	I am Legend	Horror	PG-13	$50,263,436	7,000,479	$55,233,779
3	Prom Night	Horror	PG-13	$43,869,350	6,109,937	$48,207,403
4	Quarantine	Horror	R	$31,691,811	4,413,901	$34,825,679
5	Mirrors	Horror	R	$30,691,439	4,274,574	$33,726,389
6	One Missed Call	Horror	PG-13	$26,890,041	3,745,131	$29,549,084
7	Shutter	Horror	PG-13	$25,928,550	3,611,219	$28,492,518
8	The Ruins	Horror	R	$17,432,844	2,427,973	$19,156,707
9	El orfanato	Horror	R	$6,821,123	950,017	$7,495,634
10	Låt den rätte komma in	Horror	R	$1,483,912	206,673	$1,630,650
11	Diary of the Dead	Horror	R	$952,620	132,677	$1,046,822
12	House	Horror	R	$575,048	80,090	$631,910
13	The Mist	Horror	R	$287,853	40,091	$316,318
14	The Signal	Horror	R	$251,150	34,979	$275,984
15	My Name is Bruce	Horror	R	$173,066	24,104	$190,181
16	Fears of the Dark	Horror	Not Rated	$77,876	10,846	$85,575
17	La terza madre	Horror	Not Rated	$54,947	7,653	$60,382
18	Cthulhu	Horror	R	$15,513	2,161	$17,050
19	Splinter	Horror		$14,154	1,971	$15,551
20	Rogue	Horror	R	$10,452	1,456	$11,488
21	Frontière(s)	Horror	NC-17	$9,913	1,381	$10,896
22	Eden Lake	Horror	R	$7,321	1,020	$8,048
23	American Zombie	Horror	Not Rated	$3,126	435	$3,432
24	Shrooms	Horror	Not Rated	$2,863	399	$3,148
25	Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher	Horror	R	$1,677	234	$1,846
Total Gross of All Movies				$294,256,854
Total Tickets Sold					40,982,851
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$323,354,694

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.