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Monday, May 12, 2008

Box Office Performance for Paramount Pictures Movies in 2008

RankMovieGenreMPAA2008 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Iron Man Action PG-13 $104,250,000 15,152,616 $104,249,998
2 Cloverfield Action PG-13 $80,048,433 11,634,947 $80,048,435
3 The Spiderwick Chronicles Adventure PG $71,148,699 10,341,381 $71,148,701
4 There Will Be Blood Drama R $39,907,597 5,800,523 $39,907,598
5 Drillbit Taylor Comedy PG-13 $31,164,888 4,529,780 $31,164,886
6 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Musical R $25,984,477 3,776,814 $25,984,480
7 The Ruins Horror R $16,939,323 2,462,111 $16,939,324
8 Stop-Loss Drama R $10,851,448 1,577,245 $10,851,446
9 The Kite Runner Drama PG-13 $10,403,395 1,512,121 $10,403,392
10 Strange Wilderness Comedy R $6,575,282 955,710 $6,575,285
11 Bee Movie Comedy PG $2,416,909 351,295 $2,416,910
12 Beowulf Adventure PG-13 $1,115,061 162,073 $1,115,062
13 Son of Rambow: A Home Movie Comedy   $53,789 7,818 $53,788
Total Gross of All Movies$400,859,301
Total Tickets Sold58,264,434
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$400,859,306

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.