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Friday, July 25, 2008

Box Office Performance for PG-13 Movies in 2008

RankMovieGenreMPAA2008 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Iron Man Action PG-13 $314,489,281 45,710,651 $314,489,279
2 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Adventure PG-13 $312,809,594 45,466,511 $312,809,596
3 Hancock Action PG-13 $193,228,764 28,085,576 $193,228,763
4 The Dark Knight Action PG-13 $182,904,796 26,584,999 $182,904,793
5 The Incredible Hulk Adventure PG-13 $131,855,725 19,165,076 $131,855,723
6 Get Smart Comedy PG-13 $120,167,090 17,466,147 $120,167,091
7 Juno Comedy PG-13 $117,477,046 17,075,152 $117,477,046
8 You Don't Mess With the Zohan Comedy PG-13 $97,736,720 14,205,919 $97,736,723
9 10,000 B.C. Adventure PG-13 $94,784,201 13,776,773 $94,784,198
10 The Bucket List Comedy PG-13 $92,834,777 13,493,427 $92,834,778
11 Jumper Adventure PG-13 $81,170,146 11,797,986 $81,170,144
12 21 Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $81,159,365 11,796,419 $81,159,363
13 Cloverfield Action PG-13 $80,048,433 11,634,947 $80,048,435
14 What Happens in Vegas... Romantic Comedy PG-13 $79,567,024 11,564,974 $79,567,021
15 27 Dresses Romantic Comedy PG-13 $76,806,312 11,163,708 $76,806,311
16 Vantage Point Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $72,266,306 10,503,824 $72,266,309
17 Fool's Gold Adventure PG-13 $70,231,041 10,208,000 $70,231,040
18 I am Legend Horror PG-13 $61,896,512 8,996,586 $61,896,512
19 Baby Mama Comedy PG-13 $60,281,345 8,761,823 $60,281,342
20 Step Up 2 the Streets Drama PG-13 $58,006,147 8,431,126 $58,006,147
21 Hellboy 2: The Golden Army Action PG-13 $57,699,265 8,386,521 $57,699,264
22 The Forbidden Kingdom Action PG-13 $52,075,270 7,569,080 $52,075,270
23 Made of Honor Romantic Comedy PG-13 $46,012,734 6,687,897 $46,012,731
24 Prom Night Horror PG-13 $43,818,159 6,368,918 $43,818,156
25 Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins Comedy PG-13 $42,168,445 6,129,134 $42,168,442
26 Meet the Browns Comedy PG-13 $41,975,388 6,101,074 $41,975,389
27 Meet the Spartans Comedy PG-13 $38,232,624 5,557,067 $38,232,621
28 First Sunday Comedy PG-13 $37,931,869 5,513,353 $37,931,869
29 Drillbit Taylor Comedy PG-13 $32,862,104 4,776,469 $32,862,107
30 Definitely, Maybe Romantic Comedy PG-13 $31,973,840 4,647,360 $31,973,837
31 Mamma Mia! Musical PG-13 $31,844,365 4,628,541 $31,844,362
32 The Love Guru Comedy PG-13 $31,832,191 4,626,772 $31,832,191
33 The Eye Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $31,397,498 4,563,590 $31,397,499
34 Leatherheads Romantic Comedy PG-13 $31,230,175 4,539,270 $31,230,178
35 P.S., I Love You Drama PG-13 $30,093,955 4,374,121 $30,093,952
36 One Missed Call Horror PG-13 $26,884,212 3,907,589 $26,884,212
37 The Other Boleyn Girl Drama PG-13 $26,814,957 3,897,523 $26,814,958
38 Shutter Horror PG-13 $25,926,543 3,768,393 $25,926,544
39 Superhero Movie Comedy PG-13 $25,872,343 3,760,515 $25,872,343
40 Never Back Down Action PG-13 $24,848,292 3,611,670 $24,848,290
41 Mad Money Comedy PG-13 $20,668,843 3,004,192 $20,668,841
42 The Great Debaters Drama PG-13 $16,969,956 2,466,563 $16,969,953
43 Under the Same Moon Drama PG-13 $12,589,108 1,829,812 $12,589,107
44 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Comedy PG-13 $12,294,036 1,786,924 $12,294,037
45 His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass Adventure PG-13 $11,308,183 1,643,631 $11,308,181
46 Be Kind Rewind Comedy PG-13 $11,169,531 1,623,478 $11,169,529
47 The Kite Runner Drama PG-13 $10,403,395 1,512,121 $10,403,392
48 The Visitor Comedy PG-13 $8,836,990 1,284,446 $8,836,988
49 Over Her Dead Body Comedy PG-13 $7,563,670 1,099,371 $7,563,672
50 How She Move Drama PG-13 $7,070,641 1,027,709 $7,070,638
51 Run, Fat Boy, Run Comedy PG-13 $5,998,971 871,943 $5,998,968
52 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Drama PG-13 $5,107,379 742,352 $5,107,382
53 In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale Action PG-13 $4,775,656 694,136 $4,775,656
54 Persepolis Drama PG-13 $4,280,031 622,098 $4,280,034
55 Witless Protection Comedy PG-13 $4,131,640 600,529 $4,131,640
56 The Band's Visit Comedy PG-13 $3,053,823 443,870 $3,053,826
57 Priceless Comedy PG-13 $2,073,558 301,389 $2,073,556
58 Son of Rambow: A Home Movie Comedy PG-13 $1,742,104 253,213 $1,742,105
59 Married Life Drama PG-13 $1,506,998 219,040 $1,506,995
60 Flawless Drama PG-13 $1,200,234 174,453 $1,200,237
61 Beowulf Adventure PG-13 $1,115,061 162,073 $1,115,062
62 Cassandra's Dream Drama PG-13 $973,018 141,427 $973,018
63 My Blueberry Nights Drama PG-13 $866,778 125,985 $866,777
64 How to Cook Your Life Documentary PG-13 $779,456 113,293 $779,456
65 Dan in Real Life Romantic Comedy PG-13 $729,388 106,016 $729,390
66 And When Did You Last See Your Father? Drama PG-13 $686,545 99,789 $686,548
67 Brick Lane Drama PG-13 $547,649 79,600 $547,648
68 Starting Out in the Evening Drama PG-13 $495,150 71,969 $495,147
69 Bella Drama PG-13 $470,249 68,350 $470,248
70 Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? Documentary PG-13 $384,955 55,953 $384,957
71 This Christmas Drama PG-13 $340,706 49,521 $340,704
72 Honeydripper Drama PG-13 $267,880 38,936 $267,880
73 Lars and the Real Girl Comedy PG-13 $262,541 38,160 $262,541
74 Chaos Theory Comedy PG-13 $237,958 34,587 $237,959
75 La Vie en Rose Drama PG-13 $230,722 33,535 $230,721
76 The First Saturday in May Documentary PG-13 $124,294 18,066 $124,294
77 Trumbo Documentary PG-13 $103,000 14,971 $103,000
78 Cover Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $79,436 11,546 $79,436
79 Happy Valley Documentary PG-13 $67,665 9,835 $67,665
80 Deal Drama PG-13 $61,626 8,957 $61,624
81 War Dance Documentary PG-13 $57,570 8,368 $57,572
82 Shoot Down Documentary PG-13 $51,408 7,472 $51,407
83 Gunnin' for that #1 Spot Documentary PG-13 $50,804 7,384 $50,802
84 Passage to Zarahemla Adventure PG-13 $49,408 7,181 $49,405
85 Shotgun Stories Drama PG-13 $41,108 5,975 $41,108
86 The Hottie and the Nottie Romantic Comedy PG-13 $27,696 4,026 $27,699
87 Kabluey Comedy PG-13 $26,256 3,816 $26,254
88 My Kid Could Paint That Documentary PG-13 $18,133 2,636 $18,136
89 Harold Comedy PG-13 $13,229 1,923 $13,230
90 Last Stop for Paul Adventure PG-13 $11,340 1,648 $11,338
91 Outsourced Comedy PG-13 $11,340 1,648 $11,338
92 Lou Reed's Berlin Concert/Performance PG-13 $8,280 1,203 $8,277
93 Polar Opposites Drama PG-13 $2,377 345 $2,374
94 White Rainbow Drama PG-13 $2,074 301 $2,071
95 Jack and Jill vs. the World Romantic Comedy PG-13 $1,964 285 $1,961
Total Gross of All Movies$3,253,156,665
Total Tickets Sold472,842,531
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$3,253,156,613

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.