Box Office Performance for Original Screenplay Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Juno	Comedy	PG-13	$117,418,446	17,066,635	$117,418,449
2	10,000 B.C.	Adventure	PG-13	$93,644,301	13,611,090	$93,644,299
3	The Bucket List	Comedy	PG-13	$92,405,475	13,431,028	$92,405,473
4	Cloverfield	Action	PG-13	$80,048,433	11,634,947	$80,048,435
5	27 Dresses	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$76,758,772	11,156,798	$76,758,770
6	Vantage Point	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$72,266,306	10,503,824	$72,266,309
7	Fool's Gold	Adventure	PG-13	$69,592,615	10,115,206	$69,592,617
8	Forgetting Sarah Marshall	Comedy	R	$44,732,340	6,501,794	$44,732,343
9	College Road Trip	Comedy	G	$43,480,349	6,319,818	$43,480,348
10	Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins	Comedy	PG-13	$42,168,445	6,129,134	$42,168,442
11	Meet the Spartans	Comedy	PG-13	$38,232,624	5,557,067	$38,232,621
12	First Sunday	Comedy	PG-13	$37,931,869	5,513,353	$37,931,869
13	Semi-Pro	Comedy	R	$33,472,850	4,865,240	$33,472,851
14	Baby Mama	Comedy	PG-13	$32,062,480	4,660,244	$32,062,479
15	Definitely, Maybe	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,973,840	4,647,360	$31,973,837
16	Drillbit Taylor	Comedy	PG-13	$31,164,888	4,529,780	$31,164,886
17	Leatherheads	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$30,332,745	4,408,829	$30,332,744
18	Untraceable	Thriller/Suspense	R	$28,687,835	4,169,743	$28,687,832
19	Superhero Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$25,263,751	3,672,057	$25,263,752
20	Street Kings	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,133,327	3,653,100	$25,133,328
21	Never Back Down	Action	PG-13	$24,569,276	3,571,116	$24,569,278
22	Enchanted	Romantic Comedy	PG	$17,126,485	2,489,315	$17,126,487
23	88 Minutes	Drama	R	$15,368,925	2,233,855	$15,368,922
24	Made of Honor	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$14,756,850	2,144,891	$14,756,850
25	Under the Same Moon	Drama	PG-13	$12,102,872	1,759,138	$12,102,869
26	The Visitor	Comedy	PG-13	$11,576,256	1,682,595	$11,576,254
27	Be Kind Rewind	Comedy	PG-13	$11,169,531	1,623,478	$11,169,529
28	Doomsday	Action	R	$10,955,425	1,592,358	$10,955,423
29	Penelope	Drama	PG	$9,956,977	1,447,235	$9,956,977
30	Michael Clayton	Drama	R	$9,892,860	1,437,916	$9,892,862
31	Smart People	Romantic Comedy	R	$8,943,977	1,299,997	$8,943,979
32	Over Her Dead Body	Comedy	PG-13	$7,563,670	1,099,371	$7,563,672
33	In Bruges	Comedy	R	$7,488,507	1,088,446	$7,488,508
34	How She Move	Drama	PG-13	$7,070,641	1,027,709	$7,070,638
35	The Orphanage	Horror	R	$6,925,824	1,006,660	$6,925,821
36	Strange Wilderness	Comedy	R	$6,575,282	955,710	$6,575,285
37	Roman de Gare	Drama	R	$5,968,495	867,514	$5,968,496
38	Run, Fat Boy, Run	Comedy	PG-13	$5,926,110	861,353	$5,926,109
39	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Comedy	R	$5,893,907	856,673	$5,893,910
40	The Savages	Drama	R	$4,919,815	715,089	$4,919,812
41	Witless Protection	Comedy	PG-13	$4,131,640	600,529	$4,131,640
42	Deception	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,000,654	581,490	$4,000,651
43	Charlie Bartlett	Comedy	R	$3,950,294	574,171	$3,950,296
44	The Band's Visit	Comedy	PG-13	$2,852,892	414,665	$2,852,895
45	Bee Movie	Comedy	PG	$2,416,909	351,295	$2,416,910
46	The Game Plan	Comedy	PG	$1,608,219	233,753	$1,608,221
47	Race	Action	Not Rated	$1,367,024	198,695	$1,367,022
48	Taare Zameen Par	Drama	Not Rated	$1,223,869	177,888	$1,223,869
49	Priceless	Comedy	PG-13	$1,116,790	162,324	$1,116,789
50	4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days	Drama	Not Rated	$1,113,859	161,898	$1,113,858
51	Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium	Comedy	G	$1,050,579	152,700	$1,050,576
52	You, Me and Us	Drama	Not Rated	$1,028,191	149,446	$1,028,188
53	Caramel	Romantic Comedy	PG	$974,120	141,587	$974,119
54	Cassandra's Dream	Drama	PG-13	$973,018	141,427	$973,018
55	L'Âge des ténèbres	Comedy	Not Rated	$941,618	136,863	$941,617
56	Flawless	Drama	PG-13	$918,500	133,503	$918,501
57	Dan in Real Life	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$729,388	106,016	$729,390
58	Fred Claus	Comedy	PG	$705,661	102,567	$705,661
59	The Year My Parents Went on Vacation	Drama		$702,289	102,077	$702,290
60	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead	Drama	R	$661,340	96,125	$661,340
61	Bonneville	Drama	PG	$488,393	70,987	$488,391
62	Hitman	Action	R	$480,250	69,804	$480,252
63	My Blueberry Nights	Drama	PG-13	$472,087	68,617	$472,085
64	La Ligne Brisée	Drama		$466,309	67,777	$466,306
65	Paranoid Park	Drama	R	$459,230	66,749	$459,233
66	The Hammer	Comedy	R	$442,638	64,337	$442,639
67	Bella	Drama	PG-13	$430,396	62,558	$430,399
68	Tashan	Action		$428,923	62,343	$428,920
69	The Perfect Holiday	Romantic Comedy	PG	$406,902	59,143	$406,904
70	Then She Found Me	Romantic Comedy	R	$353,750	51,417	$353,749
71	Teeth	Comedy	R	$344,655	50,095	$344,654
72	This Christmas	Drama	PG-13	$340,706	49,521	$340,704
73	Tout est Parfait	Drama		$336,569	48,920	$336,570
74	Awake	Thriller/Suspense	R	$318,338	46,270	$318,338
75	Honeydripper	Drama	PG-13	$263,221	38,259	$263,222
76	Lars and the Real Girl	Comedy	PG-13	$262,541	38,160	$262,541
77	The Signal	Horror	R	$251,150	36,504	$251,148
78	Chaos Theory	Comedy	PG-13	$237,958	34,587	$237,959
79	Margot at the Wedding	Drama	R	$230,490	33,501	$230,487
80	The Darjeeling Limited	Adventure	R	$211,267	30,707	$211,264
81	CJ7	Comedy	PG	$206,678	30,040	$206,675
82	The Flight of the Red Balloon	Drama		$189,543	27,550	$189,544
83	Sleepwalking	Drama	R	$166,057	24,136	$166,056
84	Shelter	Drama	R	$135,762	19,733	$135,763
85	Jellyfish	Drama		$118,620	17,241	$118,618
86	The Grand	Comedy	R	$114,669	16,667	$114,669
87	Pathology	Thriller/Suspense	R	$108,662	15,794	$108,663
88	Little Chenier	Drama	R	$87,939	12,782	$87,940
89	Me & You, Us, Forever	Drama		$84,093	12,223	$84,094
90	Chop Shop	Drama		$79,740	11,590	$79,739
91	Cover	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$79,436	11,546	$79,436
92	Christmas in Wonderland	Comedy	PG	$78,566	11,419	$78,563
93	The Witnesses	Drama		$74,230	10,789	$74,228
94	Love Songs	Musical		$71,066	10,329	$71,064
95	Redbelt	Action	R	$68,646	9,978	$68,649
96	Still Life	Drama		$68,236	9,918	$68,236
97	Romance and Cigarettes	Comedy	R	$67,403	9,797	$67,403
98	Lions for Lambs	Drama	R	$63,519	9,232	$63,516
99	Summer Palace	Drama		$62,707	9,114	$62,704
100	Alice's House	Drama		$61,678	8,965	$61,679
101	Meet Bill	Comedy	R	$59,108	8,591	$59,106
102	Deal	Drama	PG-13	$57,180	8,311	$57,180
103	The Violin	Drama		$54,059	7,857	$54,056
104	Bab'Aziz	Drama		$53,997	7,848	$53,994
105	Boarding Gate	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,440	7,331	$50,437
106	L'auberge rouge	Comedy		$50,304	7,312	$50,307
107	Haunted Castle	Adventure	PG	$41,726	6,065	$41,727
108	Constantine's Sword	Documentary		$39,281	5,709	$39,278
109	Blonde and Blonder	Comedy		$38,848	5,647	$38,851
110	Holly	Drama	R	$38,551	5,603	$38,549
111	Irina Palm	Drama	R	$33,872	4,923	$33,870
112	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$30,575	4,444	$30,575
113	Shotgun Stories	Drama	PG-13	$29,922	4,349	$29,921
114	The Hottie and the Nottie	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$27,696	4,026	$27,699
115	The Air I Breathe	Drama	R	$25,775	3,746	$25,772
116	The Walker	Drama	R	$24,964	3,628	$24,961
117	Sex and Death 101	Comedy	R	$23,563	3,425	$23,564
118	On Broadway	Drama		$23,095	3,357	$23,096
119	Water Lilies	Drama		$21,573	3,136	$21,576
120	Grace Is Gone	Drama	PG	$18,835	2,738	$18,837
121	Kiss the Bride	Romantic Comedy	R	$17,781	2,584	$17,778
122	Mister Lonely	Comedy		$16,769	2,437	$16,767
123	David & Layla	Romantic Comedy		$15,427	2,242	$15,425
124	Military Intelligence and You!	Black Comedy		$14,251	2,071	$14,248
125	Woman on the Beach	Comedy		$14,208	2,065	$14,207
126	Day Zero	Drama	R	$13,800	2,006	$13,801
127	Never Forever	Drama		$13,720	1,994	$13,719
128	Blind Mountain	Drama		$12,719	1,849	$12,721
129	Tuya's Marriage	Drama		$12,547	1,824	$12,549
130	Backseat	Drama		$12,343	1,794	$12,343
131	Last Stop for Paul	Adventure	PG-13	$11,340	1,648	$11,338
132	Outsourced	Comedy	PG-13	$11,340	1,648	$11,338
133	Lost in Beijing	Drama		$10,827	1,574	$10,829
134	Rogue	Horror	R	$10,452	1,519	$10,451
135	I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With	Comedy		$5,970	868	$5,972
136	Anamorph	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,912	859	$5,910
137	Skid Marks	Comedy		$5,729	833	$5,731
138	The Willow Tree	Drama		$5,120	744	$5,119
139	Tre	Drama		$4,759	692	$4,761
140	Vexville	Action		$4,070	592	$4,073
141	Vivere	Drama	R	$3,437	500	$3,440
142	Nina's Heavenly Delights	Comedy	PG	$3,188	463	$3,185
143	American Zombie	Horror		$3,126	454	$3,124
144	Shrooms	Horror		$2,863	416	$2,862
145	White Rainbow	Drama	PG-13	$2,074	301	$2,071
146	Times and Winds	Drama		$2,044	297	$2,043
147	Fat Girls	Comedy	R	$2,000	291	$2,002
148	Jack and Jill vs. the World	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$1,964	285	$1,961
149	Looking for Cheyenne	Drama	R	$808	117	$805
150	How to Rob a Bank	Comedy		$711	103	$709
151	Guta-yubalja-deul	Drama		$249	36	$248
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,294,188,165
Total Tickets Sold					188,108,736
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,294,188,104

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.