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Box Office Performance for Original Screenplay Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Adventure	PG-13	$317,101,119	44,164,501	$348,457,913
2	Hancock	Action	PG-13	$227,946,274	31,747,392	$250,486,923
3	WALL-E	Adventure	G	$223,806,889	31,170,876	$245,938,212
4	Kung Fu Panda	Adventure	PG	$215,434,591	30,004,818	$236,738,014
5	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Comedy	PG	$177,016,810	24,654,152	$194,521,259
6	Juno	Comedy	PG-13	$143,495,265	19,985,413	$157,684,909
7	Four Christmases	Comedy	PG-13	$118,189,834	16,460,980	$129,877,132
8	Tropic Thunder	Comedy	R	$110,515,313	15,392,105	$121,443,708
9	Bolt	Comedy	PG	$109,917,145	15,308,795	$120,786,393
10	Eagle Eye	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$101,401,695	14,122,799	$111,428,884
11	Step Brothers	Comedy	R	$100,468,793	13,992,868	$110,403,729
12	You Don't Mess With the Zohan	Comedy	PG-13	$100,018,837	13,930,200	$109,909,278
13	10,000 B.C.	Adventure	PG-13	$94,784,201	13,201,142	$104,157,010
14	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Comedy	PG	$93,778,953	13,061,136	$103,052,363
15	The Bucket List	Comedy	PG-13	$92,588,080	12,895,276	$101,743,728
16	The Pineapple Express	Comedy	R	$87,341,380	12,164,538	$95,978,205
17	Bedtime Stories	Comedy	PG	$85,539,168	11,913,533	$93,997,775
18	What Happens in Vegas...	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$80,277,646	11,180,731	$88,215,968
19	Cloverfield	Action	PG-13	$80,048,433	11,148,807	$87,964,087
20	National Treasure: The Book of Secrets	Adventure	PG	$77,018,263	10,726,778	$84,634,278
21	27 Dresses	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$76,808,654	10,697,584	$84,403,938
22	Vantage Point	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$72,266,306	10,064,945	$79,412,416
23	Fool's Gold	Adventure	PG-13	$70,231,041	9,781,482	$77,175,893
24	Role Models	Comedy	R	$66,703,740	9,290,214	$73,299,788
25	The Happening	Thriller/Suspense	R	$64,506,874	8,984,244	$70,885,685
26	Forgetting Sarah Marshall	Comedy	R	$63,172,463	8,798,393	$69,419,321
27	Baby Mama	Comedy	PG-13	$60,494,212	8,425,378	$66,476,232
28	Burn After Reading	Black Comedy	R	$60,355,347	8,406,037	$66,323,632
29	Seven Pounds	Drama	PG-13	$60,147,298	8,377,061	$66,095,011
30	Step Up 2 the Streets	Drama	PG-13	$58,017,783	8,080,471	$63,754,916
31	Saw V	Horror	R	$56,746,769	7,903,450	$62,358,221
32	The Strangers	Thriller/Suspense	R	$52,597,610	7,325,572	$57,798,763
33	The House Bunny	Comedy	PG-13	$48,237,389	6,718,299	$53,007,379
34	Australia	Drama	PG-13	$46,686,713	6,502,328	$51,303,368
35	Made of Honor	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$46,012,734	6,408,459	$50,562,742
36	College Road Trip	Comedy	G	$45,610,425	6,352,427	$50,120,649
37	Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins	Comedy	PG-13	$42,436,517	5,910,378	$46,632,882
38	Righteous Kill	Thriller/Suspense	R	$40,081,410	5,582,369	$44,044,891
39	Lakeview Terrace	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$39,263,506	5,468,455	$43,146,110
40	Meet the Spartans	Comedy	PG-13	$38,233,676	5,325,025	$42,014,447
41	Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay	Comedy	R	$38,108,728	5,307,622	$41,877,138
42	First Sunday	Comedy	PG-13	$37,931,869	5,282,990	$41,682,791
43	The Family That Preys	Comedy	PG-13	$37,105,289	5,167,868	$40,774,479
44	Changeling	Thriller/Suspense	R	$35,707,327	4,973,165	$39,238,272
45	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Adventure	PG	$35,161,554	4,897,152	$38,638,529
46	Semi-Pro	Comedy	R	$33,479,698	4,662,911	$36,790,368
47	Fireproof	Drama	PG	$33,256,544	4,631,831	$36,545,147
48	Drillbit Taylor	Comedy	PG-13	$32,862,104	4,576,895	$36,111,702
49	Definitely, Maybe	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$32,241,649	4,490,480	$35,429,887
50	The Love Guru	Comedy	PG-13	$32,235,793	4,489,665	$35,423,457
51	Transporter 3	Action	PG-13	$31,715,062	4,417,140	$34,851,235
52	Quarantine	Horror	R	$31,691,811	4,413,901	$34,825,679
53	Leatherheads	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,373,938	4,369,629	$34,476,373
54	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Comedy	R	$31,300,810	4,359,444	$34,396,013
55	Space Chimps	Adventure	G	$30,105,968	4,193,032	$33,083,022
56	Untraceable	Thriller/Suspense	R	$28,687,835	3,995,520	$31,524,653
57	Slumdog Millionaire	Drama	R	$28,676,598	3,993,955	$31,512,305
58	The Women	Comedy	PG-13	$26,902,075	3,746,807	$29,562,307
59	Street Kings	Thriller/Suspense	R	$26,418,667	3,679,480	$29,031,097
60	Superhero Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$25,874,034	3,603,626	$28,432,609
61	Never Back Down	Action	PG-13	$24,850,922	3,461,131	$27,308,324
62	Traitor	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$23,530,831	3,277,275	$25,857,700
63	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	Comedy	PG-13	$22,830,692	3,179,762	$25,088,322
64	Igor	Comedy	PG	$19,447,221	2,708,527	$21,370,278
65	My Best Friend's Girl	Comedy	R	$19,219,250	2,676,776	$21,119,763
66	88 Minutes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,930,884	2,358,062	$18,605,109
67	Swing Vote	Comedy	PG-13	$16,289,867	2,268,784	$17,900,706
68	Pride and Glory	Drama	R	$15,740,721	2,192,301	$17,297,255
69	Disaster Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$14,190,901	1,976,449	$15,594,183
70	Enchanted	Romantic Comedy	PG	$13,793,851	1,921,149	$15,157,866
71	The Haunting of Molly Hartley	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$13,442,412	1,872,202	$14,771,674
72	Ghost Town	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$13,367,624	1,861,786	$14,689,492
73	La misma luna	Drama	PG-13	$12,590,147	1,753,502	$13,835,131
74	Fly Me To the Moon	Adventure	G	$12,564,415	1,749,919	$13,806,861
75	Soul Men	Comedy	R	$12,021,938	1,674,365	$13,210,740
76	Meet Dave	Comedy	PG	$11,803,254	1,643,907	$12,970,426
77	Be Kind Rewind	Comedy	PG-13	$11,175,164	1,556,430	$12,280,233
78	Doomsday	Action	R	$11,008,770	1,533,255	$12,097,382
79	Rachel Getting Married	Drama	R	$10,307,424	1,435,574	$11,326,679
80	Penelope	Drama	PG	$10,011,996	1,394,428	$11,002,037
81	Michael Clayton	Drama	R	$9,866,490	1,374,163	$10,842,146
82	Gran Torino	Drama	R	$9,820,554	1,367,765	$10,791,666
83	Smart People	Romantic Comedy	R	$9,511,289	1,324,692	$10,451,820
84	The Visitor	Comedy	PG-13	$9,427,026	1,312,956	$10,359,223
85	In Bruges	Comedy	R	$7,800,825	1,086,466	$8,572,217
86	Over Her Dead Body	Comedy	PG-13	$7,570,127	1,054,335	$8,318,703
87	Nothing Like the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$7,405,784	1,031,446	$8,138,109
88	How She Move	Drama	PG-13	$7,070,641	984,769	$7,769,827
89	An American Carol	Comedy	PG-13	$7,013,191	976,768	$7,706,700
90	El orfanato	Horror	R	$6,821,123	950,017	$7,495,634
91	Strange Wilderness	Comedy	R	$6,575,282	915,777	$7,225,481
92	The Rocker	Comedy	PG-13	$6,409,528	892,692	$7,043,340
93	Run, Fatboy, Run	Comedy	PG-13	$6,003,262	836,109	$6,596,900
94	RocknRolla	Action	R	$5,700,626	793,959	$6,264,337
95	Hamlet 2	Comedy	R	$4,886,216	680,531	$5,369,390
96	College	Comedy	R	$4,694,491	653,829	$5,158,711
97	The Savages	Drama	R	$4,654,390	648,244	$5,114,645
98	Deception	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,598,506	640,460	$5,053,229
99	Passchendaele	Drama	Not Rated	$4,435,251	617,723	$4,873,834
100	Witless Protection	Comedy	PG-13	$4,151,836	578,250	$4,562,393
101	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Comedy	R	$4,072,431	567,191	$4,475,137
102	Charlie Bartlett	Comedy	R	$3,950,294	550,180	$4,340,920
103	Then She Found Me	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,735,717	520,295	$4,105,128
104	Happy-Go-Lucky	Comedy	R	$3,310,429	461,063	$3,637,787
105	Bikur Ha-Tizmoret	Comedy	PG-13	$3,053,823	425,324	$3,355,806
106	Synecdoche, New York	Drama	R	$2,705,849	376,859	$2,973,418
107	Singh is Kinng	Action	Not Rated	$2,523,511	351,464	$2,773,051
108	Il y a longtemps que je t'aime	Drama	Not Rated	$2,355,979	328,131	$2,588,954
109	Redbelt	Action	R	$2,344,847	326,580	$2,576,716
110	Frozen River	Drama	R	$2,309,148	321,608	$2,537,487
111	Transsiberian	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,203,641	306,914	$2,421,551
112	Hors de Prix	Comedy	PG-13	$2,164,670	301,486	$2,378,725
113	Bee Movie	Comedy	PG	$2,112,935	294,281	$2,321,877
114	The Wackness	Comedy	R	$2,077,046	289,282	$2,282,435
115	Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi	Drama	Not Rated	$2,040,699	284,220	$2,242,496
116	Roman de Gare	Drama	R	$1,852,764	258,045	$2,035,975
117	Henry Poole Is Here	Comedy	PG	$1,835,293	255,612	$2,016,779
118	Son of Rambow: A Home Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$1,785,505	248,678	$1,962,069
119	Talento de Barrio	Drama	R	$1,667,294	232,214	$1,832,168
120	The Game Plan	Comedy	PG	$1,608,219	223,986	$1,767,250
121	Låt den rätte komma in	Horror	R	$1,483,912	206,673	$1,630,650
122	Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,470,856	204,855	$1,616,306
123	Race	Action	PG-13	$1,367,024	190,393	$1,502,201
124	The Wrestler	Drama	R	$1,324,228	184,433	$1,455,176
125	Dostana	Musical	Not Rated	$1,235,028	172,009	$1,357,151
126	Flawless	Drama	PG-13	$1,200,234	167,164	$1,318,924
127	4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile	Drama	Not Rated	$1,124,397	156,601	$1,235,582
128	Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D	Musical	PG	$1,109,053	154,464	$1,218,721
129	Babine	Drama	Not Rated	$1,056,082	147,087	$1,160,516
130	U Me Aur Hum	Drama	Not Rated	$1,028,191	143,202	$1,129,864
131	Un conte de Noël	Drama	Not Rated	$992,052	138,169	$1,090,153
132	Cassandra's Dream	Drama	PG-13	$973,018	135,518	$1,069,237
133	Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium	Comedy	G	$964,396	134,317	$1,059,761
134	Diary of the Dead	Horror	R	$952,620	132,677	$1,046,822
135	L'âge des ténèbres	Comedy	Not Rated	$941,618	131,145	$1,034,734
136	My Blueberry Nights	Drama	PG-13	$866,778	120,721	$952,489
137	O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias	Drama	PG	$807,117	112,412	$886,931
138	Auf der anderen Seite	Drama	Not Rated	$742,349	103,391	$815,755
139	Dan in Real Life	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$735,810	102,481	$808,575
140	Forever Strong	Drama	PG-13	$719,556	100,217	$790,712
141	Un été sans point ni coup sûr	Drama	Not Rated	$712,036	99,169	$782,443
142	Bachna Ae Haseeno	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$702,166	97,795	$771,603
143	Delgo	Adventure	PG	$694,782	96,766	$763,484
144	Beer for My Horses	Comedy	PG-13	$666,045	92,764	$731,908
145	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead	Drama	R	$661,340	92,109	$726,740
146	Heroes	Adventure	R	$655,538	91,301	$720,365
147	Fred Claus	Comedy	PG	$609,342	84,867	$669,601
148	Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na	Comedy	Not Rated	$600,922	83,694	$660,346
149	War, Inc.	Black Comedy	R	$578,527	80,575	$635,737
150	Taare Zameen Par	Drama	PG	$560,672	78,088	$616,114
151	Reprise	Drama	R	$554,826	77,274	$609,692
152	Maman est chez le coiffeur	Drama	Not Rated	$552,984	77,017	$607,664
153	Nobel Son	Thriller/Suspense	R	$539,572	75,149	$592,926
154	Bonneville	Drama	PG	$488,393	68,021	$536,686
155	Paranoid Park	Drama	R	$486,021	67,691	$534,082
156	Kismat Konnection	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$479,759	66,819	$527,202
157	Drona	Adventure	Not Rated	$475,104	66,170	$522,081
158	La Ligne Brisée	Drama	Not Rated	$466,309	64,946	$512,424
159	Bella	Drama	PG-13	$462,020	64,348	$507,706
160	Le voyage du ballon rouge	Drama	Not Rated	$459,364	63,978	$504,786
161	Tashan	Action	Not Rated	$457,380	63,702	$502,609
162	Bhoothnath	Drama	Not Rated	$449,776	62,643	$494,253
163	JCVD	Action	R	$448,991	62,534	$493,393
164	JCVD	Action	R	$448,991	62,534	$493,393
165	The Hammer	Comedy	R	$442,638	61,649	$486,411
166	Hitman	Action	R	$438,996	61,142	$482,410
167	La fille coupée en deux	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$409,658	57,055	$450,164
168	Le Piege Americain	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$407,447	56,747	$447,734
169	The Promotion	Comedy	R	$406,252	56,581	$446,424
170	Everybody Wants To Be Italian	Comedy	R	$351,416	48,944	$386,168
171	Last Chance Harvey	Drama	PG-13	$350,947	48,878	$385,647
172	Teeth	Comedy	R	$346,692	48,286	$380,977
173	Jellyfish	Drama	Not Rated	$341,221	47,524	$374,964
174	Tout est Parfait	Drama	Not Rated	$336,569	46,876	$369,852
175	Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic	Drama	Not Rated	$335,874	46,779	$369,086
176	Kidnap	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$328,573	45,762	$361,062
177	Awake	Thriller/Suspense	R	$295,591	41,169	$324,823
178	Passengers	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$292,437	40,729	$321,352
179	The Perfect Holiday	Romantic Comedy	PG	$280,140	39,017	$307,844
180	Le Fils d'épicier	Drama	Not Rated	$276,454	38,503	$303,789
181	The Lucky Ones	Drama	R	$266,967	37,182	$293,366
182	Honeydripper	Drama	PG-13	$252,103	35,112	$277,034
183	The Signal	Horror	R	$251,150	34,979	$275,984
184	Lars and the Real Girl	Comedy	PG-13	$248,606	34,625	$273,191
185	One Two Three	Comedy	Not Rated	$246,724	34,363	$271,124
186	Chaos Theory	Comedy	PG-13	$240,476	33,492	$264,252
187	The Foot Fist Way	Comedy	R	$234,286	32,630	$257,451
188	Goal! 2: Living the Dream...	Drama	PG-13	$225,067	31,346	$247,320
189	Sixty Six	Comedy	PG-13	$223,526	31,132	$245,631
190	Battle in Seattle	Drama	R	$223,051	31,066	$245,111
191	Hell Ride	Action	R	$213,608	29,750	$234,728
192	CJ7	Comedy	PG	$206,678	28,785	$227,114
193	The Legend of God's Gun	Western	Not Rated	$204,682	28,507	$224,920
194	The Darjeeling Limited	Adventure	R	$204,055	28,420	$224,234
195	La Graine et le Mulet	Drama	Not Rated	$203,490	28,341	$223,610
196	Hofshat Kaits	Drama	Not Rated	$203,304	28,315	$223,405
197	Defiance	Drama	R	$200,614	27,941	$220,454
198	Margot at the Wedding	Drama	R	$191,989	26,739	$210,971
199	Fashion	Musical	Not Rated	$191,442	26,663	$210,371
200	This Christmas	Drama	PG-13	$189,864	26,443	$208,635
201	Elsa & Fred	Romantic Comedy	PG	$189,024	26,326	$207,712
202	Constantine's Sword	Documentary	Not Rated	$179,507	25,001	$197,258
203	Ashes of Time Redux	Action	R	$173,526	24,168	$190,686
204	My Name is Bruce	Horror	R	$173,066	24,104	$190,181
205	In Search of a Midnight Kiss	Drama	Not Rated	$172,177	23,980	$189,202
206	Ce qu'il faut pour vivre	Drama	Not Rated	$170,543	23,753	$187,411
207	Sleepwalking	Drama	R	$168,972	23,534	$185,683
208	Mister Lonely	Comedy	Not Rated	$165,831	23,096	$182,227
209	Haunted Castle	Adventure	PG	$165,100	22,994	$181,423
210	The Flyboys	Adventure	PG-13	$144,110	20,071	$158,360
211	Shelter	Drama	R	$142,666	19,870	$156,774
212	Repo! The Genetic Opera	Musical	R	$140,244	19,533	$154,115
213	Baghead	Drama	R	$140,016	19,501	$153,863
214	Hounddog	Drama	R	$132,016	18,387	$145,073
215	Proud American	Drama	PG	$131,672	18,339	$144,695
216	Alexandra	Drama	Not Rated	$124,085	17,282	$136,355
217	Chop Shop	Drama	Not Rated	$123,731	17,233	$135,968
218	The Grand	Comedy	R	$115,879	16,139	$127,337
219	The Other End of the Line	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$115,504	16,087	$126,926
220	Mere Baap Pahle Aap	Comedy	Not Rated	$113,576	15,818	$124,804
221	Giorni e nuvole		Not Rated	$112,103	15,613	$123,187
222	Parlez-moi de la pluie	Comedy		$111,844	15,577	$122,903
223	Wendy and Lucy	Drama	R	$111,329	15,505	$122,334
224	Pathology	Thriller/Suspense	R	$109,045	15,187	$119,825
225	Les Chansons d'Amour	Musical	Not Rated	$103,970	14,481	$114,255
226	Greetings from the Shore	Drama	R	$94,715	13,192	$104,085
227	Momma's Man	Comedy	Not Rated	$93,045	12,959	$102,247
228	Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul	Drama	Not Rated	$89,672	12,489	$98,538
229	Tuyade Hunshi	Drama	Not Rated	$88,148	12,277	$96,866
230	Little Chenier	Drama	R	$87,939	12,248	$96,637
231	Me & You, Us, Forever	Drama	Not Rated	$84,093	11,712	$92,408
232	Kabluey	Comedy	PG-13	$83,506	11,630	$91,761
233	Save Me	Drama	Not Rated	$82,369	11,472	$90,514
234	Humboldt County	Comedy	R	$82,357	11,470	$90,498
235	Ballast	Drama	Not Rated	$80,203	11,170	$88,131
236	Cover	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$79,436	11,064	$87,295
237	Ping Pong Playa	Drama	PG-13	$77,907	10,851	$85,614
238	Fears of the Dark	Horror	Not Rated	$77,876	10,846	$85,575
239	La Naissance des Pieuvres	Drama	Not Rated	$77,310	10,767	$84,952
240	Sanxia haoren	Drama	Not Rated	$75,985	10,583	$83,500
241	August Evening	Drama	PG-13	$74,494	10,375	$81,859
242	A Four Letter Word	Comedy	Not Rated	$72,349	10,076	$79,500
243	Take Out	Drama	Not Rated	$69,816	9,724	$76,722
244	Kenny	Comedy	PG-13	$69,221	9,641	$76,067
245	Stuck	Thriller/Suspense	R	$67,505	9,402	$74,182
246	Lions for Lambs	Drama	R	$62,708	8,734	$68,911
247	Yihe yuan	Drama	Not Rated	$62,707	8,734	$68,911
248	A Casa de Alice	Drama	Not Rated	$61,678	8,590	$67,775
249	Deal	Drama	PG-13	$61,626	8,583	$67,720
250	Romance and Cigarettes	Comedy	R	$60,905	8,483	$66,931
251	Meet Bill	Comedy	R	$59,108	8,232	$64,950
252	Sodot Ha	Drama	R	$57,509	8,010	$63,199
253	Finding Amanda	Comedy	R	$57,297	7,980	$62,962
254	Roadside Romeo	Adventure	Not Rated	$55,202	7,688	$60,658
255	La terza madre	Horror	Not Rated	$54,947	7,653	$60,382
256	Holly	Drama	R	$54,817	7,635	$60,240
257	El Violin	Drama	Not Rated	$54,633	7,609	$60,035
258	Padre Nuestro	Drama	Not Rated	$54,166	7,544	$59,522
259	Blue Gap Boy'z	Adventure	Not Rated	$51,576	7,183	$56,674
260	Boarding Gate	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,440	7,025	$55,427
261	Paris	Comedy	R	$49,954	6,957	$54,891
262	Undoing	Drama	R	$44,999	6,267	$49,447
263	The Babysitters	Drama	R	$44,852	6,247	$49,289
264	Loins of Punjab Presents	Comedy	Not Rated	$39,891	5,556	$43,837
265	Kráska v nesnázich	Comedy	Not Rated	$38,928	5,422	$42,780
266	Blonde and Blonder	Comedy	PG-13	$38,848	5,411	$42,693
267	Shotgun Stories	Drama	PG-13	$37,116	5,169	$40,783
268	Surfer, Dude	Comedy	R	$36,497	5,083	$40,105
269	Kiss the Bride	Romantic Comedy	R	$32,033	4,461	$35,197
270	Familiar Strangers	Comedy	PG-13	$30,552	4,255	$33,572
271	Jannat	Drama	Not Rated	$30,316	4,222	$33,312
272	Yella	Drama	Not Rated	$30,309	4,221	$33,304
273	Mission Istaanbul	Adventure	Not Rated	$29,269	4,076	$32,160
274	Good Dick	Drama	R	$28,835	4,016	$31,686
275	The Hottie and the Nottie	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$27,696	3,857	$30,432
276	The Dukes	Comedy	PG-13	$26,157	3,643	$28,743
277	The Air I Breathe	Drama	R	$25,775	3,590	$28,325
278	Avant que j'oublie	Drama	Not Rated	$25,209	3,511	$27,702
279	The Walker	Drama	R	$24,732	3,445	$27,181
280	Sex and Death 101	Comedy	R	$23,563	3,282	$25,895
281	On Broadway	Drama	Not Rated	$23,095	3,217	$25,382
282	Ciao		R	$22,944	3,196	$25,216
283	Los Cronocrímenes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,494	3,133	$24,719
284	Filth and Wisdom	Comedy	Not Rated	$22,406	3,121	$24,625
285	The Elephant King	Drama	R	$22,251	3,099	$24,451
286	In Search Of	Drama	Not Rated	$22,094	3,077	$24,278
287	Maldeamores	Drama	R	$22,000	3,064	$24,175
288	Haebyonui Yoin	Comedy	Not Rated	$21,957	3,058	$24,128
289	Expired	Comedy	Not Rated	$21,489	2,993	$23,615
290	Diminished Capacity	Comedy	Not Rated	$21,291	2,965	$23,394
291	Garden Party	Drama	Not Rated	$19,853	2,765	$21,816
292	Holding Trevor	Drama	R	$16,814	2,342	$18,478
293	Day Zero	Drama	R	$16,659	2,320	$18,305
294	Noise	Black Comedy	R	$16,513	2,300	$18,147
295	Antarctica	Romantic Comedy	R	$16,312	2,272	$17,926
296	David & Layla	Romantic Comedy	R	$15,427	2,149	$16,956
297	Never Forever	Drama	R	$14,485	2,017	$15,914
298	Military Intelligence and You!	Black Comedy	Not Rated	$14,251	1,985	$15,662
299	Splinter	Horror		$14,154	1,971	$15,551
300	Ripple Effect	Drama	R	$14,059	1,958	$15,449
301	Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead	Comedy	Not Rated	$13,804	1,923	$15,172
302	Full Grown Men	Comedy	Not Rated	$13,716	1,910	$15,070
303	Grace Is Gone	Drama	PG	$13,467	1,876	$14,802
304	Harold	Comedy	PG-13	$13,229	1,842	$14,533
305	Mang Shan	Drama	Not Rated	$13,164	1,833	$14,462
306	Lake City	Drama	R	$12,686	1,767	$13,942
307	Jake's Corner	Drama	PG	$12,522	1,744	$13,760
308	Shoot on Sight	Drama	R	$12,500	1,741	$13,736
309	Backseat	Drama	Not Rated	$12,343	1,719	$13,563
310	Vice	Drama	R	$12,000	1,671	$13,184
311	The Go-Getter	Drama	R	$11,931	1,662	$13,113
312	Quid Pro Quo	Drama	R	$11,864	1,652	$13,034
313	August	Drama	R	$11,762	1,638	$12,924
314	Gardens of the Night	Drama	R	$11,436	1,593	$12,569
315	Outsourced	Comedy	PG-13	$11,340	1,579	$12,458
316	Last Stop for Paul	Adventure	PG-13	$11,340	1,579	$12,458
317	Dark Streets	Drama	R	$10,958	1,526	$12,040
318	Ping Guo	Drama	Not Rated	$10,827	1,508	$11,898
319	The Pleasure of Being Robbed	Drama	Not Rated	$10,687	1,488	$11,740
320	Rogue	Horror	R	$10,452	1,456	$11,488
321	Lagerfeld Confidential	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,420	1,451	$11,448
322	The Black Balloon	Drama	PG-13	$10,342	1,440	$11,362
323	Frontière(s)	Horror	NC-17	$9,913	1,381	$10,896
324	Live Fast, Die Young	Drama	Not Rated	$9,841	1,371	$10,817
325	Tropa de Elite	Action	R	$8,744	1,218	$9,610
326	A Good Day to be Black and Sexy	Drama	Not Rated	$8,629	1,202	$9,484
327	Amexicano	Drama	PG-13	$8,387	1,168	$9,216
328	Young People Fucking	Comedy	Not Rated	$8,340	1,162	$9,168
329	Tru Loved	Romantic Comedy	R	$8,043	1,120	$8,837
330	Otto; Or, Up with Dead People	Drama	Not Rated	$7,733	1,077	$8,498
331	Little Big Top	Comedy	Not Rated	$7,484	1,042	$8,221
332	Eden Lake	Horror	R	$7,321	1,020	$8,048
333	Jerusalema		R	$7,294	1,016	$8,016
334	Special	Drama	R	$7,202	1,003	$7,914
335	Anamorph	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,873	957	$7,551
336	Take	Drama	R	$6,627	923	$7,282
337	The Sensation of Sight	Drama	R	$6,558	913	$7,204
338	Ek Vivah Aisa Nhi	Drama	Not Rated	$6,437	897	$7,077
339	It's a Free World...	Drama	Not Rated	$6,389	890	$7,022
340	Bes Vakit	Drama	Not Rated	$6,176	860	$6,785
341	The Restless	Drama		$5,976	832	$6,564
342	Choose Connor	Drama	Not Rated	$5,788	806	$6,359
343	Skid Marks	Comedy	R	$5,729	798	$6,296
344	Fraulein	Drama	Not Rated	$5,715	796	$6,280
345	Christmas on Mars	Musical	Not Rated	$5,692	793	$6,257
346	Insidious	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$5,508	767	$6,052
347	Nights and Weekends	Drama	Not Rated	$5,430	756	$5,965
348	The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela	Drama	R	$5,384	750	$5,918
349	Beed-e majnoon	Drama	Not Rated	$5,120	713	$5,626
350	Tre	Drama	Not Rated	$4,759	663	$5,231
351	I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With	Comedy	Not Rated	$4,658	649	$5,121
352	Sun taam	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$4,629	645	$5,089
353	Solar Flare	Adventure	PG-13	$4,098	571	$4,505
354	Where God Left His Shoes	Drama	Not Rated	$3,911	545	$4,300
355	Camille	Adventure	PG-13	$3,849	536	$4,229
356	Vivere	Drama	R	$3,547	494	$3,898
357	Flash Point (2007, Hong Kong)	Action	Not Rated	$3,271	456	$3,598
358	Wonderful Town	Drama	Not Rated	$3,239	451	$3,558
359	American Zombie	Horror	Not Rated	$3,126	435	$3,432
360	On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,892	403	$3,180
361	Shrooms	Horror	Not Rated	$2,863	399	$3,148
362	Nina's Heavenly Delights	Comedy	PG	$2,852	397	$3,132
363	Lower Learning	Comedy	R	$2,804	391	$3,085
364	Turn the River	Drama	R	$2,722	379	$2,990
365	Polar Opposites	Drama	PG-13	$2,377	331	$2,612
366	13 Months of Sunshine	Drama	Not Rated	$2,237	312	$2,462
367	Murder.com	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,070	288	$2,272
368	Doulos, Le	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$2,025	282	$2,225
369	Jack and Jill vs. the World	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$1,964	274	$2,162
370	Fat Girls	Comedy	R	$1,911	266	$2,099
371	Blonde Ambition	Comedy	PG-13	$1,764	246	$1,941
372	La Leon	Drama	Not Rated	$1,708	238	$1,878
373	White Rainbow	Drama	PG-13	$1,403	195	$1,539
374	Miss Conception	Comedy	R	$1,342	187	$1,475
375	Fall of Hyperion	Thriller/Suspense	PG	$1,093	152	$1,199
376	Flashbacks of a Fool	Drama	R	$1,020	142	$1,120
377	Death at a Funeral	Comedy	R	$744	104	$821
378	Oublier Cheyenne	Drama	R	$722	101	$797
379	How to Rob a Bank	Comedy	Not Rated	$711	99	$781
380	Disfigured	Drama	Not Rated	$586	82	$647
381	L'homme de sa vie	Drama	Not Rated	$424	59	$466
382	Look	Drama	R	$410	57	$450
383	The Rise and Fall of Miss Thang	Drama	Not Rated	$401	56	$442
384	Ha-Buah	Drama	Not Rated	$314	44	$347
385	Niwemang	Comedy	Not Rated	$243	34	$268
Total Gross of All Movies				$4,927,321,783
Total Tickets Sold					686,256,522
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$5,414,563,959

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.

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