Box Office Performance for R Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Sex and the City	Comedy	R	$152,647,258	21,260,064	$152,647,260
2	Wanted	Action	R	$134,508,551	18,733,781	$134,508,548
3	Tropic Thunder	Comedy	R	$110,515,313	15,392,105	$110,515,314
4	Step Brothers	Comedy	R	$100,468,793	13,992,868	$100,468,792
5	The Pineapple Express	Comedy	R	$87,341,380	12,164,538	$87,341,383
6	Role Models	Comedy	R	$66,703,740	9,290,214	$66,703,737
7	The Happening	Thriller/Suspense	R	$64,506,874	8,984,244	$64,506,872
8	Forgetting Sarah Marshall	Comedy	R	$63,172,463	8,798,393	$63,172,462
9	Burn After Reading	Black Comedy	R	$60,355,347	8,406,037	$60,355,346
10	Saw V	Horror	R	$56,746,769	7,903,450	$56,746,771
11	The Strangers	Thriller/Suspense	R	$52,597,610	7,325,572	$52,597,607
12	Rambo	Action	R	$42,754,105	5,954,611	$42,754,107
13	Righteous Kill	Thriller/Suspense	R	$40,081,410	5,582,369	$40,081,409
14	There Will Be Blood	Drama	R	$39,795,491	5,542,547	$39,795,487
15	Body of Lies	Thriller/Suspense	R	$39,315,385	5,475,680	$39,315,382
16	Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay	Comedy	R	$38,108,728	5,307,622	$38,108,726
17	Atonement	Drama	R	$37,979,097	5,289,568	$37,979,098
18	Death Race	Action	R	$36,316,032	5,057,943	$36,316,031
19	Changeling	Thriller/Suspense	R	$35,707,327	4,973,165	$35,707,325
20	Semi-Pro	Comedy	R	$33,479,698	4,662,911	$33,479,701
21	No Country for Old Men	Action	R	$33,205,061	4,624,660	$33,205,059
22	Quarantine	Horror	R	$31,691,811	4,413,901	$31,691,809
23	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Comedy	R	$31,300,810	4,359,444	$31,300,808
24	Mirrors	Horror	R	$30,691,439	4,274,574	$30,691,441
25	The Bank Job	Thriller/Suspense	R	$30,060,660	4,186,721	$30,060,657
26	Untraceable	Thriller/Suspense	R	$28,687,835	3,995,520	$28,687,834
27	Slumdog Millionaire	Drama	R	$28,676,598	3,993,955	$28,676,597
28	Street Kings	Thriller/Suspense	R	$26,418,667	3,679,480	$26,418,666
29	Charlie Wilson's War	Drama	R	$24,957,785	3,476,015	$24,957,788
30	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Musical	R	$22,288,215	3,104,208	$22,288,213
31	Appaloosa	Western	R	$20,080,574	2,796,737	$20,080,572
32	My Best Friend's Girl	Comedy	R	$19,219,250	2,676,776	$19,219,252
33	The Ruins	Horror	R	$17,432,844	2,427,973	$17,432,846
34	Milk	Drama	R	$17,157,994	2,389,693	$17,157,996
35	88 Minutes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,930,884	2,358,062	$16,930,885
36	Pride and Glory	Drama	R	$15,740,721	2,192,301	$15,740,721
37	Bangkok Dangerous	Action	R	$15,279,680	2,128,089	$15,279,679
38	Religulous	Documentary	R	$13,011,160	1,812,139	$13,011,158
39	Soul Men	Comedy	R	$12,024,598	1,674,735	$12,024,597
40	Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem	Action	R	$11,311,743	1,575,452	$11,311,745
41	Doomsday	Action	R	$11,008,770	1,533,255	$11,008,771
42	Stop-Loss	Drama	R	$10,915,744	1,520,299	$10,915,747
43	Rachel Getting Married	Drama	R	$10,307,424	1,435,574	$10,307,421
44	Michael Clayton	Drama	R	$9,866,490	1,374,163	$9,866,490
45	Gran Torino	Drama	R	$9,820,554	1,367,765	$9,820,553
46	Smart People	Romantic Comedy	R	$9,511,289	1,324,692	$9,511,289
47	Sex Drive	Comedy	R	$8,402,485	1,170,263	$8,402,488
48	Cadillac Records	Drama	R	$8,134,217	1,132,899	$8,134,215
49	Punisher: War Zone	Action	R	$8,050,977	1,121,306	$8,050,977
50	Miracle at St. Anna	Drama	R	$7,916,887	1,102,631	$7,916,891
51	In Bruges	Comedy	R	$7,800,825	1,086,466	$7,800,826
52	The Orphanage	Horror	R	$6,821,123	950,017	$6,821,122
53	Strange Wilderness	Comedy	R	$6,575,282	915,777	$6,575,279
54	Frost/Nixon	Drama	R	$6,291,176	876,208	$6,291,173
55	Mongol	Drama	R	$5,705,761	794,674	$5,705,759
56	RocknRolla	Action	R	$5,700,626	793,959	$5,700,626
57	Shine a Light	Documentary	R	$5,505,267	766,750	$5,505,265
58	The Counterfeiters	Drama	R	$5,488,570	764,425	$5,488,572
59	Hamlet 2	Comedy	R	$4,886,216	680,531	$4,886,213
60	College	Comedy	R	$4,694,491	653,829	$4,694,492
61	The Savages	Drama	R	$4,654,390	648,244	$4,654,392
62	Deception	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,598,506	640,460	$4,598,503
63	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Comedy	R	$4,072,431	567,191	$4,072,431
64	Charlie Bartlett	Comedy	R	$3,950,294	550,180	$3,950,292
65	Then She Found Me	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,735,717	520,295	$3,735,718
66	Elegy	Drama	R	$3,577,210	498,219	$3,577,212
67	The Reader	Drama	R	$3,553,578	494,927	$3,553,576
68	Happy-Go-Lucky	Comedy	R	$3,310,429	461,063	$3,310,432
69	Blindness	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,073,392	428,049	$3,073,392
70	Choke	Comedy	R	$2,926,565	407,600	$2,926,568
71	How to Lose Friends & Alienate People	Comedy	R	$2,775,593	386,573	$2,775,594
72	Synecdoche, New York	Drama	R	$2,705,849	376,859	$2,705,848
73	Redbelt	Action	R	$2,344,847	326,580	$2,344,844
74	Frozen River	Drama	R	$2,309,148	321,608	$2,309,145
75	The Fall	Adventure	R	$2,273,751	316,678	$2,273,748
76	Transsiberian	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,203,641	306,914	$2,203,643
77	The Wackness	Comedy	R	$2,077,046	289,282	$2,077,045
78	Roman de Gare	Drama	R	$1,852,764	258,045	$1,852,763
79	Talento de Barrio	Drama	R	$1,667,294	232,214	$1,667,297
80	Let the Right One In	Horror	R	$1,483,912	206,673	$1,483,912
81	Revolutionary Road	Drama	R	$1,375,749	191,608	$1,375,745
82	The Wrestler	Drama	R	$1,324,228	184,433	$1,324,229
83	Into the Wild	Drama	R	$1,295,247	180,397	$1,295,250
84	Funny Games	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,294,640	180,312	$1,294,640
85	Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson	Documentary	R	$1,252,100	174,387	$1,252,099
86	What Just Happened	Comedy	R	$1,090,947	151,942	$1,090,944
87	The Children of Huang Shi	Drama	R	$1,031,872	143,715	$1,031,874
88	American Gangster	Drama	R	$1,013,910	141,213	$1,013,909
89	Diary of the Dead	Horror	R	$952,620	132,677	$952,621
90	I'm Not There	Drama	R	$874,343	121,775	$874,345
91	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead	Drama	R	$661,340	92,109	$661,343
92	Heroes	Adventure	R	$655,538	91,301	$655,541
93	Fugitive Pieces	Drama	R	$634,379	88,354	$634,382
94	I Served the King of England	Black Comedy	R	$617,228	85,965	$617,229
95	Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland	Documentary	R	$603,894	84,108	$603,895
96	War, Inc.	Black Comedy	R	$578,527	80,575	$578,529
97	House	Horror	R	$575,048	80,090	$575,046
98	Reprise	Drama	R	$554,826	77,274	$554,827
99	Nobel Son	Thriller/Suspense	R	$539,572	75,149	$539,570
100	Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom	Romantic Comedy	R	$532,878	74,217	$532,878
101	Paranoid Park	Drama	R	$486,021	67,691	$486,021
102	JCVD	Action	R	$448,991	62,534	$448,994
103	The Hammer	Comedy	R	$442,638	61,649	$442,640
104	Hitman	Action	R	$438,996	61,142	$439,000
105	The Promotion	Comedy	R	$406,252	56,581	$406,252
106	Snow Angels	Drama	R	$402,858	56,108	$402,855
107	Towelhead	Drama	R	$372,124	51,828	$372,125
108	Everybody Wants To Be Italian	Comedy	R	$351,416	48,944	$351,418
109	Teeth	Comedy	R	$346,692	48,286	$346,693
110	City of Men	Drama	R	$307,076	42,768	$307,074
111	Life Before Her Eyes	Drama	R	$303,439	42,262	$303,441
112	Awake	Thriller/Suspense	R	$295,591	41,169	$295,593
113	The Mist	Horror	R	$287,853	40,091	$287,853
114	Taxi to the Dark Side	Documentary	R	$274,661	38,254	$274,664
115	Surfwise	Documentary	R	$269,994	37,604	$269,997
116	The Lucky Ones	Drama	R	$266,967	37,182	$266,967
117	My Brother Is an Only Child	Drama	R	$255,620	35,602	$255,622
118	The Signal	Horror	R	$251,150	34,979	$251,149
119	The Foot Fist Way	Comedy	R	$234,286	32,630	$234,283
120	Standard Operating Procedure	Documentary	R	$228,830	31,870	$228,827
121	Battle in Seattle	Drama	R	$223,051	31,066	$223,054
122	Waltz with Bashir	Documentary	R	$220,441	30,702	$220,440
123	Che, El Ar the Argentine		R	$218,470	30,428	$218,473
124	Hell Ride	Action	R	$213,608	29,750	$213,605
125	The Darjeeling Limited	Adventure	R	$204,055	28,420	$204,056
126	Defiance	Drama	R	$200,614	27,941	$200,616
127	Margot at the Wedding	Drama	R	$191,989	26,739	$191,986
128	Chicago 10	Documentary	R	$176,545	24,588	$176,542
129	Ashes of Time Redux	Action	R	$173,526	24,168	$173,526
130	My Name is Bruce	Horror	R	$173,066	24,104	$173,067
131	Sleepwalking	Drama	R	$168,972	23,534	$168,974
132	Shelter	Drama	R	$142,666	19,870	$142,667
133	Repo! The Genetic Opera	Musical	R	$140,244	19,533	$140,247
134	Baghead	Drama	R	$140,016	19,501	$140,017
135	Nanking	Documentary	R	$134,970	18,798	$134,970
136	Hounddog	Drama	R	$132,016	18,387	$132,019
137	The Grand	Comedy	R	$115,879	16,139	$115,878
138	Bra Boys	Documentary	R	$113,730	15,840	$113,731
139	Wendy and Lucy	Drama	R	$111,329	15,505	$111,326
140	Youth Without Youth	Thriller/Suspense	R	$110,516	15,392	$110,515
141	Pathology	Thriller/Suspense	R	$109,045	15,187	$109,043
142	Boy A	Drama	R	$106,368	14,814	$106,365
143	Greetings from the Shore	Drama	R	$94,715	13,192	$94,719
144	Little Chenier	Drama	R	$87,939	12,248	$87,941
145	Humboldt County	Comedy	R	$82,357	11,470	$82,355
146	America the Beautiful	Documentary	R	$76,173	10,609	$76,173
147	The Stone Angel	Drama	R	$75,139	10,465	$75,139
148	Midnight Meat Train	Thriller/Suspense	R	$73,548	10,243	$73,545
149	Stuck	Thriller/Suspense	R	$67,505	9,402	$67,506
150	CSNY: D�j� Vu	Documentary	R	$65,025	9,056	$65,022
151	Lions for Lambs	Drama	R	$62,708	8,734	$62,710
152	Bloodline	Documentary	R	$62,248	8,670	$62,251
153	Romance and Cigarettes	Comedy	R	$60,905	8,483	$60,908
154	Mister Foe	Drama	R	$60,641	8,446	$60,642
155	Meet Bill	Comedy	R	$59,108	8,232	$59,106
156	What We Do Is Secret	Drama	R	$58,776	8,186	$58,775
157	The Secrets	Drama	R	$57,509	8,010	$57,512
158	Finding Amanda	Comedy	R	$57,297	7,980	$57,296
159	Chapter 27	Drama	R	$56,215	7,829	$56,212
160	Holly	Drama	R	$54,817	7,635	$54,819
161	Sukiyaki Western Django	Action	R	$50,659	7,056	$50,662
162	Boarding Gate	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,440	7,025	$50,440
163	Paris	Comedy	R	$49,954	6,957	$49,951
164	Undoing	Drama	R	$44,999	6,267	$44,997
165	The Babysitters	Drama	R	$44,852	6,247	$44,853
166	The Babysitters	Drama	R	$44,852	6,247	$44,853
167	Surfer, Dude	Comedy	R	$36,497	5,083	$36,496
168	Control	Drama	R	$35,106	4,889	$35,103
169	The Edge of Love	Drama	R	$33,260	4,632	$33,258
170	Kiss the Bride	Romantic Comedy	R	$32,033	4,461	$32,030
171	Dark Matter	Drama	R	$30,591	4,261	$30,594
172	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Western	R	$30,501	4,248	$30,501
173	Kiss Me Deadly		R	$30,316	4,222	$30,314
174	The Alphabet Killer	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,784	4,148	$29,783
175	While She Was Out	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,784	4,148	$29,783
176	While She Was Out	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,784	4,148	$29,783
177	Good Dick	Drama	R	$28,835	4,016	$28,835
178	The Air I Breathe	Drama	R	$25,775	3,590	$25,776
179	The Walker	Drama	R	$24,732	3,445	$24,735
180	Sex and Death 101	Comedy	R	$23,563	3,282	$23,565
181	Ciao		R	$22,944	3,196	$22,947
182	Timecrimes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,494	3,133	$22,495
183	The Elephant King	Drama	R	$22,251	3,099	$22,251
184	Maldeamores	Drama	R	$22,000	3,064	$22,000
185	The Cry	Thriller/Suspense	R	$21,427	2,984	$21,425
186	Holding Trevor	Drama	R	$16,814	2,342	$16,816
187	Day Zero	Drama	R	$16,659	2,320	$16,658
188	Noise	Black Comedy	R	$16,513	2,300	$16,514
189	Antarctica	Romantic Comedy	R	$16,312	2,272	$16,313
190	Cthulhu	Horror	R	$15,513	2,161	$15,516
191	David & Layla	Romantic Comedy	R	$15,427	2,149	$15,430
192	All Hat	Comedy	R	$15,198	2,117	$15,200
193	Never Forever	Drama	R	$14,485	2,017	$14,482
194	Ripple Effect	Drama	R	$14,059	1,958	$14,058
195	In the Valley of Elah	Drama	R	$12,718	1,771	$12,716
196	Lake City	Drama	R	$12,686	1,767	$12,687
197	Shoot on Sight	Drama	R	$12,500	1,741	$12,500
198	The Tracey Fragments	Drama	R	$12,459	1,735	$12,457
199	Vice	Drama	R	$12,000	1,671	$11,998
200	The Go-Getter	Drama	R	$11,931	1,662	$11,933
201	The Go-Getter	Drama	R	$11,931	1,662	$11,933
202	Quid Pro Quo	Drama	R	$11,864	1,652	$11,861
203	August	Drama	R	$11,762	1,638	$11,761
204	Gardens of the Night	Drama	R	$11,436	1,593	$11,438
205	Dark Streets	Drama	R	$10,958	1,526	$10,957
206	Rogue	Horror	R	$10,452	1,456	$10,454
207	Sleuth	Thriller/Suspense	R	$9,926	1,382	$9,923
208	Elite Squad	Action	R	$8,744	1,218	$8,745
209	Battle for Haditha	Documentary	R	$8,443	1,176	$8,444
210	Tru Loved	Romantic Comedy	R	$8,043	1,120	$8,042
211	Tru Loved	Romantic Comedy	R	$8,043	1,120	$8,042
212	Eden Lake	Horror	R	$7,321	1,020	$7,324
213	Special	Drama	R	$7,202	1,003	$7,202
214	Viva	Comedy	Not Rated	$7,197	1,002	$7,194
215	Anamorph	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,873	957	$6,871
216	Take	Drama	R	$6,627	923	$6,627
217	The Sensation of Sight	Drama	R	$6,558	913	$6,555
218	Red Roses and Petrol	Drama	R	$6,000	836	$6,002
219	Skid Marks	Comedy	Not Rated	$5,729	798	$5,730
220	The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela	Drama	R	$5,384	750	$5,385
221	Romulus, My Father	Drama	R	$4,283	597	$4,286
222	Heavy Metal in Baghdad	Documentary	R	$4,070	567	$4,071
223	Vivere	Drama	R	$3,547	494	$3,547
224	Nothing But the Truth	Drama	R	$3,500	487	$3,497
225	On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,892	403	$2,894
226	Lower Learning	Comedy	R	$2,804	391	$2,807
227	Turn the River	Drama	R	$2,722	379	$2,721
228	Murder.com	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,070	288	$2,068
229	Fat Girls	Comedy	R	$1,911	266	$1,910
230	Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher	Horror	R	$1,677	234	$1,680
231	Ice Blues: A Donald Strachey Mystery	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,377	192	$1,379
232	Miss Conception	Comedy	R	$1,342	187	$1,343
233	Flashbacks of a Fool	Drama	R	$1,020	142	$1,020
234	$9.99	Comedy	R	$781	109	$783
235	Death at a Funeral	Comedy	R	$744	104	$747
236	Looking for Cheyenne	Drama	R	$722	101	$725
237	Look	Drama	R	$410	57	$409
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,981,923,385
Total Tickets Sold					276,033,899
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,981,923,395

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.