Box Office Performance for PG-13 Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Dark Knight	Action	PG-13	$531,001,578	73,955,652	$583,510,094
2	Iron Man	Action	PG-13	$318,412,101	44,347,089	$349,898,532
3	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Adventure	PG-13	$317,101,119	44,164,501	$348,457,913
4	Hancock	Action	PG-13	$227,946,274	31,747,392	$250,486,923
5	Twilight	Drama	PG-13	$176,922,850	24,641,065	$194,418,003
6	Quantum of Solace	Action	PG-13	$166,820,413	23,234,041	$183,316,583
7	Mamma Mia!	Musical	PG-13	$144,130,063	20,073,825	$158,382,479
8	Juno	Comedy	PG-13	$143,495,265	19,985,413	$157,684,909
9	The Incredible Hulk	Adventure	PG-13	$134,806,913	18,775,336	$148,137,401
10	Get Smart	Comedy	PG-13	$130,319,208	18,150,308	$143,205,930
11	Four Christmases	Comedy	PG-13	$118,189,834	16,460,980	$129,877,132
12	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	Adventure	PG-13	$102,491,776	14,274,621	$112,626,760
13	Eagle Eye	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$101,401,695	14,122,799	$111,428,884
14	You Don't Mess With the Zohan	Comedy	PG-13	$100,018,837	13,930,200	$109,909,278
15	10,000 B.C.	Adventure	PG-13	$94,784,201	13,201,142	$104,157,010
16	The Bucket List	Comedy	PG-13	$92,588,080	12,895,276	$101,743,728
17	21	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$81,159,365	11,303,533	$89,184,875
18	What Happens in Vegas...	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$80,277,646	11,180,731	$88,215,968
19	Jumper	Adventure	PG-13	$80,172,128	11,166,035	$88,100,016
20	Cloverfield	Action	PG-13	$80,048,433	11,148,807	$87,964,087
21	Yes Man	Comedy	PG-13	$79,507,388	11,073,452	$87,369,536
22	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Drama	PG-13	$79,297,086	11,044,162	$87,138,438
23	27 Dresses	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$76,808,654	10,697,584	$84,403,938
24	Hellboy 2: The Golden Army	Action	PG-13	$75,986,503	10,583,078	$83,500,485
25	The Day the Earth Stood Still	Adventure	PG-13	$74,424,256	10,365,495	$81,783,756
26	Vantage Point	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$72,266,306	10,064,945	$79,412,416
27	Fool's Gold	Adventure	PG-13	$70,231,041	9,781,482	$77,175,893
28	Valkyrie	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$60,733,921	8,458,763	$66,739,640
29	Baby Mama	Comedy	PG-13	$60,494,212	8,425,378	$66,476,232
30	Seven Pounds	Drama	PG-13	$60,147,298	8,377,061	$66,095,011
31	Step Up 2 the Streets	Drama	PG-13	$58,017,783	8,080,471	$63,754,916
32	The Forbidden Kingdom	Action	PG-13	$52,075,270	7,252,823	$57,224,773
33	I am Legend	Horror	PG-13	$50,263,436	7,000,479	$55,233,779
34	The House Bunny	Comedy	PG-13	$48,237,389	6,718,299	$53,007,379
35	Australia	Drama	PG-13	$46,686,713	6,502,328	$51,303,368
36	Made of Honor	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$46,012,734	6,408,459	$50,562,742
37	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Adventure	PG-13	$44,089,964	6,140,664	$48,449,839
38	Prom Night	Horror	PG-13	$43,869,350	6,109,937	$48,207,403
39	Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins	Comedy	PG-13	$42,436,517	5,910,378	$46,632,882
40	Meet the Browns	Comedy	PG-13	$41,975,388	5,846,154	$46,126,155
41	Nights in Rodanthe	Drama	PG-13	$41,802,381	5,822,059	$45,936,046
42	Max Payne	Action	PG-13	$40,677,229	5,665,352	$44,699,627
43	Lakeview Terrace	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$39,263,506	5,468,455	$43,146,110
44	Meet the Spartans	Comedy	PG-13	$38,233,676	5,325,025	$42,014,447
45	First Sunday	Comedy	PG-13	$37,931,869	5,282,990	$41,682,791
46	The Secret Life of Bees	Drama	PG-13	$37,525,311	5,226,366	$41,236,028
47	The Family That Preys	Comedy	PG-13	$37,105,289	5,167,868	$40,774,479
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	Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist	Drama	PG-13	$31,487,293	4,385,417	$34,600,940
53	The Eye	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$31,418,697	4,375,863	$34,525,559
54	Leatherheads	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,373,938	4,369,629	$34,476,373
55	The Women	Comedy	PG-13	$26,902,075	3,746,807	$29,562,307
56	One Missed Call	Horror	PG-13	$26,890,041	3,745,131	$29,549,084
57	The Other Boleyn Girl	Drama	PG-13	$26,814,957	3,734,674	$29,466,578
58	Shutter	Horror	PG-13	$25,928,550	3,611,219	$28,492,518
59	Superhero Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$25,874,034	3,603,626	$28,432,609
60	P.S., I Love You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$25,794,246	3,592,513	$28,344,928
61	W.	Drama	PG-13	$25,534,493	3,556,336	$28,059,491
62	Never Back Down	Action	PG-13	$24,850,922	3,461,131	$27,308,324
63	Traitor	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$23,530,831	3,277,275	$25,857,700
64	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	Comedy	PG-13	$22,830,692	3,179,762	$25,088,322
65	Babylon A.D.	Action	PG-13	$22,532,572	3,138,241	$24,760,721
66	The X-Files: I Want to Believe	Action	PG-13	$20,982,478	2,922,351	$23,057,349
67	Mad Money	Comedy	PG-13	$20,668,843	2,878,669	$22,712,698
68	Doubt	Drama	PG-13	$18,705,481	2,605,220	$20,555,186
69	The Spirit	Action	PG-13	$17,743,738	2,471,273	$19,498,344
70	Swing Vote	Comedy	PG-13	$16,289,867	2,268,784	$17,900,706
71	Disaster Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$14,190,901	1,976,449	$15,594,183
72	The Duchess	Drama	PG-13	$13,848,978	1,928,827	$15,218,445
73	The Great Debaters	Drama	PG-13	$13,791,114	1,920,768	$15,154,860
74	The Haunting of Molly Hartley	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$13,442,412	1,872,202	$14,771,674
75	Ghost Town	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$13,367,624	1,861,786	$14,689,492
76	La misma luna	Drama	PG-13	$12,590,147	1,753,502	$13,835,131
77	Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day	Comedy	PG-13	$12,313,694	1,714,999	$13,531,342
78	His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass	Adventure	PG-13	$11,332,392	1,578,328	$12,453,008
79	Be Kind Rewind	Comedy	PG-13	$11,175,164	1,556,430	$12,280,233
80	The Visitor	Comedy	PG-13	$9,427,026	1,312,956	$10,359,223
81	The Kite Runner	Drama	PG-13	$9,372,753	1,305,397	$10,299,582
82	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Drama	PG-13	$8,854,137	1,233,167	$9,729,688
83	Over Her Dead Body	Comedy	PG-13	$7,570,127	1,054,335	$8,318,703
84	Nothing Like the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$7,405,784	1,031,446	$8,138,109
85	How She Move	Drama	PG-13	$7,070,641	984,769	$7,769,827
86	An American Carol	Comedy	PG-13	$7,013,191	976,768	$7,706,700
87	Brideshead Revisited	Drama	PG-13	$6,432,256	895,857	$7,068,312
88	The Rocker	Comedy	PG-13	$6,409,528	892,692	$7,043,340
89	Run, Fatboy, Run	Comedy	PG-13	$6,003,262	836,109	$6,596,900
90	Le Scaphandre et le Papillon	Drama	PG-13	$5,107,379	711,334	$5,612,425
91	In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale	Action	PG-13	$4,775,656	665,133	$5,247,899
92	Flash of Genius	Drama	PG-13	$4,442,377	618,715	$4,881,661
93	Persepolis	Drama	PG-13	$4,280,031	596,105	$4,703,268
94	Witless Protection	Comedy	PG-13	$4,151,836	578,250	$4,562,393
95	Bottle Shock	Drama	PG-13	$4,048,523	563,861	$4,448,863
96	Bikur Ha-Tizmoret	Comedy	PG-13	$3,053,823	425,324	$3,355,806
97	Man on Wire	Documentary	PG-13	$2,942,990	409,887	$3,234,008
98	Hors de Prix	Comedy	PG-13	$2,164,670	301,486	$2,378,725
99	Son of Rambow: A Home Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$1,785,505	248,678	$1,962,069
100	Married Life	Drama	PG-13	$1,506,998	209,888	$1,656,016
101	Race	Action	PG-13	$1,367,024	190,393	$1,502,201
102	Flawless	Drama	PG-13	$1,200,234	167,164	$1,318,924
103	Brick Lane	Drama	PG-13	$1,094,998	152,507	$1,203,280
104	Beowulf	Adventure	PG-13	$1,075,379	149,774	$1,181,717
105	And When Did You Last See Your Father?	Drama	PG-13	$1,071,240	149,198	$1,177,172
106	Before the Rains	Drama	PG-13	$1,037,128	144,447	$1,139,687
107	Cassandra's Dream	Drama	PG-13	$973,018	135,518	$1,069,237
108	American Teen	Documentary	PG-13	$942,441	131,259	$1,035,634
109	My Blueberry Nights	Drama	PG-13	$866,778	120,721	$952,489
110	Dan in Real Life	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$735,810	102,481	$808,575
111	Forever Strong	Drama	PG-13	$719,556	100,217	$790,712
112	Beer for My Horses	Comedy	PG-13	$666,045	92,764	$731,908
113	2007 Academy Award Nominated Short Films	Multiple Genres	PG-13	$508,695	70,849	$558,999
114	Bella	Drama	PG-13	$462,020	64,348	$507,706
115	Starting Out in the Evening	Drama	PG-13	$422,075	58,785	$463,814
116	Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?	Documentary	PG-13	$384,955	53,615	$423,022
117	Last Chance Harvey	Drama	PG-13	$350,947	48,878	$385,647
118	Bigger, Stronger, Faster*	Documentary	PG-13	$308,575	42,977	$339,089
119	Passengers	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$292,437	40,729	$321,352
120	Honeydripper	Drama	PG-13	$252,103	35,112	$277,034
121	Lars and the Real Girl	Comedy	PG-13	$248,606	34,625	$273,191
122	Chaos Theory	Comedy	PG-13	$240,476	33,492	$264,252
123	La M�me	Drama	PG-13	$230,722	32,134	$253,537
124	Goal! 2: Living the Dream...	Drama	PG-13	$225,067	31,346	$247,320
125	Sixty Six	Comedy	PG-13	$223,526	31,132	$245,631
126	Call+Response	Documentary	PG-13	$207,625	28,917	$228,155
127	This Christmas	Drama	PG-13	$189,864	26,443	$208,635
128	The Flyboys	Adventure	PG-13	$144,110	20,071	$158,360
129	The First Saturday in May	Documentary	PG-13	$124,294	17,311	$136,584
130	The Other End of the Line	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$115,504	16,087	$126,926
131	Trumbo	Documentary	PG-13	$108,280	15,081	$118,989
132	Kabluey	Comedy	PG-13	$83,506	11,630	$91,761
133	Cover	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$79,436	11,064	$87,295
134	Ping Pong Playa	Drama	PG-13	$77,907	10,851	$85,614
135	America the Beautiful	Documentary	R	$76,173	10,609	$83,705
136	August Evening	Drama	PG-13	$74,494	10,375	$81,859
137	Kenny	Comedy	PG-13	$69,221	9,641	$76,067
138	Happy Valley	Documentary	PG-13	$67,665	9,424	$74,355
139	Deal	Drama	PG-13	$61,626	8,583	$67,720
140	War Dance	Documentary	PG-13	$57,525	8,012	$63,215
141	Shoot Down	Documentary	PG-13	$51,408	7,160	$56,492
142	Gunnin' for that #1 Spot	Documentary	PG-13	$50,804	7,076	$55,830
143	Passage to Zarahemla	Adventure	PG-13	$47,935	6,676	$52,674
144	Breakfast with Scot	Drama	PG-13	$43,383	6,042	$47,671
145	Blonde and Blonder	Comedy	PG-13	$38,848	5,411	$42,693
146	I Can't Think Straight	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$38,589	5,375	$42,409
147	Shotgun Stories	Drama	PG-13	$37,116	5,169	$40,783
148	Familiar Strangers	Comedy	PG-13	$30,552	4,255	$33,572
149	Lou Reed's Berlin	Concert/Performance	PG-13	$29,692	4,135	$32,625
150	The Hottie and the Nottie	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$27,696	3,857	$30,432
151	The Dukes	Comedy	PG-13	$26,157	3,643	$28,743
152	Wie man sein leben kocht	Documentary	PG-13	$23,789	3,313	$26,140
153	Walking on Dead Fish	Documentary	PG-13	$20,705	2,884	$22,755
154	Saving Marriage	Documentary	PG-13	$18,720	2,607	$20,569
155	My Kid Could Paint That	Documentary	PG-13	$18,133	2,525	$19,922
156	The World Unseen	Drama	PG-13	$17,808	2,480	$19,567
157	Harold	Comedy	PG-13	$13,229	1,842	$14,533
158	Last Stop for Paul	Adventure	PG-13	$11,340	1,579	$12,458
159	Outsourced	Comedy	PG-13	$11,340	1,579	$12,458
160	Lord, Save Us From Your Followers	Documentary	PG-13	$10,510	1,464	$11,551
161	The Black Balloon	Drama	PG-13	$10,342	1,440	$11,362
162	Amexicano	Drama	PG-13	$8,387	1,168	$9,216
163	Solar Flare	Adventure	PG-13	$4,098	571	$4,505
164	Camille	Adventure	PG-13	$3,849	536	$4,229
165	Polar Opposites	Drama	PG-13	$2,377	331	$2,612
166	Jack and Jill vs. the World	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$1,964	274	$2,162
167	Blonde Ambition	Comedy	PG-13	$1,764	246	$1,941
168	White Rainbow	Drama	PG-13	$1,403	195	$1,539
Total Gross of All Movies				$5,521,306,547
Total Tickets Sold					768,984,199
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$6,067,285,330

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.