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	$167,741,905
2	Wanted	Action	R	$134,508,551	18,733,781	$147,809,532
3	Tropic Thunder	Comedy	R	$110,515,313	15,392,105	$121,443,708
4	Step Brothers	Comedy	R	$100,468,793	13,992,868	$110,403,729
5	The Pineapple Express	Comedy	R	$87,341,380	12,164,538	$95,978,205
6	Role Models	Comedy	R	$66,703,740	9,290,214	$73,299,788
7	The Happening	Thriller/Suspense	R	$64,506,874	8,984,244	$70,885,685
8	Forgetting Sarah Marshall	Comedy	R	$63,172,463	8,798,393	$69,419,321
9	Burn After Reading	Black Comedy	R	$60,355,347	8,406,037	$66,323,632
10	Saw V	Horror	R	$56,746,769	7,903,450	$62,358,221
11	The Strangers	Thriller/Suspense	R	$52,597,610	7,325,572	$57,798,763
12	Rambo	Action	R	$42,754,105	5,954,611	$46,981,881
13	Righteous Kill	Thriller/Suspense	R	$40,081,410	5,582,369	$44,044,891
14	There Will Be Blood	Drama	R	$39,795,491	5,542,547	$43,730,696
15	Body of Lies	Thriller/Suspense	R	$39,315,385	5,475,680	$43,203,115
16	Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay	Comedy	R	$38,108,728	5,307,622	$41,877,138
17	Atonement	Drama	R	$37,979,097	5,289,568	$41,734,692
18	Death Race	Action	R	$36,316,032	5,057,943	$39,907,170
19	Changeling	Thriller/Suspense	R	$35,707,327	4,973,165	$39,238,272
20	Semi-Pro	Comedy	R	$33,479,698	4,662,911	$36,790,368
21	No Country for Old Men	Action	R	$33,205,061	4,624,660	$36,488,567
22	Quarantine	Horror	R	$31,691,811	4,413,901	$34,825,679
23	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Comedy	R	$31,300,810	4,359,444	$34,396,013
24	Mirrors	Horror	R	$30,691,439	4,274,574	$33,726,389
25	The Bank Job	Thriller/Suspense	R	$30,060,660	4,186,721	$33,033,229
26	Untraceable	Thriller/Suspense	R	$28,687,835	3,995,520	$31,524,653
27	Slumdog Millionaire	Drama	R	$28,676,598	3,993,955	$31,512,305
28	Street Kings	Thriller/Suspense	R	$26,418,667	3,679,480	$29,031,097
29	Charlie Wilson's War	Drama	R	$24,957,785	3,476,015	$27,425,758
30	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Musical	R	$22,288,215	3,104,208	$24,492,201
31	Appaloosa	Western	R	$20,080,574	2,796,737	$22,066,255
32	My Best Friend's Girl	Comedy	R	$19,219,250	2,676,776	$21,119,763
33	The Ruins	Horror	R	$17,432,844	2,427,973	$19,156,707
34	Milk	Drama	R	$17,157,994	2,389,693	$18,854,678
35	88 Minutes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,930,884	2,358,062	$18,605,109
36	Pride and Glory	Drama	R	$15,740,721	2,192,301	$17,297,255
37	Bangkok Dangerous	Action	R	$15,279,680	2,128,089	$16,790,622
38	Religulous	Documentary	R	$13,011,160	1,812,139	$14,297,777
39	Soul Men	Comedy	R	$12,021,938	1,674,365	$13,210,740
40	Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem	Action	R	$11,311,743	1,575,452	$12,430,316
41	Doomsday	Action	R	$11,008,770	1,533,255	$12,097,382
42	Stop-Loss	Drama	R	$10,915,744	1,520,299	$11,995,159
43	Rachel Getting Married	Drama	R	$10,307,424	1,435,574	$11,326,679
44	Michael Clayton	Drama	R	$9,866,490	1,374,163	$10,842,146
45	Gran Torino	Drama	R	$9,820,554	1,367,765	$10,791,666
46	Smart People	Romantic Comedy	R	$9,511,289	1,324,692	$10,451,820
47	Sex Drive	Comedy	R	$8,402,485	1,170,263	$9,233,375
48	Cadillac Records	Drama	R	$8,134,217	1,132,899	$8,938,573
49	Punisher: War Zone	Action	R	$8,050,977	1,121,306	$8,847,104
50	Miracle at St. Anna	Drama	R	$7,916,887	1,102,631	$8,699,759
51	In Bruges	Comedy	R	$7,800,825	1,086,466	$8,572,217
52	El orfanato	Horror	R	$6,821,123	950,017	$7,495,634
53	Strange Wilderness	Comedy	R	$6,575,282	915,777	$7,225,481
54	Frost/Nixon	Drama	R	$6,291,176	876,208	$6,913,281
55	Mongol	Drama	R	$5,705,761	794,674	$6,269,978
56	RocknRolla	Action	R	$5,700,626	793,959	$6,264,337
57	Shine a Light	Documentary	R	$5,505,267	766,750	$6,049,658
58	Die F�lscher	Drama	R	$5,488,570	764,425	$6,031,313
59	Hamlet 2	Comedy	R	$4,886,216	680,531	$5,369,390
60	College	Comedy	R	$4,694,491	653,829	$5,158,711
61	The Savages	Drama	R	$4,654,390	648,244	$5,114,645
62	Deception	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,598,506	640,460	$5,053,229
63	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Comedy	R	$4,072,431	567,191	$4,475,137
64	Charlie Bartlett	Comedy	R	$3,950,294	550,180	$4,340,920
65	Then She Found Me	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,735,717	520,295	$4,105,128
66	Elegy	Drama	R	$3,577,210	498,219	$3,930,948
67	The Reader	Drama	R	$3,553,578	494,927	$3,904,974
68	Happy-Go-Lucky	Comedy	R	$3,310,429	461,063	$3,637,787
69	Blindness	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,073,392	428,049	$3,377,307
70	Choke	Comedy	R	$2,926,565	407,600	$3,215,964
71	How to Lose Friends & Alienate People	Comedy	R	$2,775,593	386,573	$3,050,061
72	Synecdoche, New York	Drama	R	$2,705,849	376,859	$2,973,418
73	Redbelt	Action	R	$2,344,847	326,580	$2,576,716
74	Frozen River	Drama	R	$2,309,148	321,608	$2,537,487
75	The Fall	Adventure	R	$2,273,751	316,678	$2,498,589
76	Transsiberian	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,203,641	306,914	$2,421,551
77	The Wackness	Comedy	R	$2,077,046	289,282	$2,282,435
78	Roman de Gare	Drama	R	$1,852,764	258,045	$2,035,975
79	Talento de Barrio	Drama	R	$1,667,294	232,214	$1,832,168
80	Låt den r�tte komma in	Horror	R	$1,483,912	206,673	$1,630,650
81	Revolutionary Road	Drama	R	$1,375,749	191,608	$1,511,787
82	The Wrestler	Drama	R	$1,324,228	184,433	$1,455,176
83	Into the Wild	Drama	R	$1,295,247	180,397	$1,423,332
84	Funny Games	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,294,640	180,312	$1,422,662
85	Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson	Documentary	R	$1,252,100	174,387	$1,375,913
86	What Just Happened	Comedy	R	$1,090,947	151,942	$1,198,822
87	The Children of Huang Shi	Drama	R	$1,031,872	143,715	$1,133,911
88	American Gangster	Drama	R	$1,013,910	141,213	$1,114,171
89	Diary of the Dead	Horror	R	$952,620	132,677	$1,046,822
90	I'm Not There	Drama	R	$874,343	121,775	$960,805
91	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead	Drama	R	$661,340	92,109	$726,740
92	Heroes	Adventure	R	$655,538	91,301	$720,365
93	Fugitive Pieces	Drama	R	$634,379	88,354	$697,113
94	Obsluhoval jsem anglick�ho kr�le	Black Comedy	R	$617,228	85,965	$678,264
95	Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland	Documentary	R	$603,894	84,108	$663,612
96	War, Inc.	Black Comedy	R	$578,527	80,575	$635,737
97	House	Horror	R	$575,048	80,090	$631,910
98	Reprise	Drama	R	$554,826	77,274	$609,692
99	Nobel Son	Thriller/Suspense	R	$539,572	75,149	$592,926
100	Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom	Romantic Comedy	R	$532,878	74,217	$585,572
101	Paranoid Park	Drama	R	$486,021	67,691	$534,082
102	JCVD	Action	R	$448,991	62,534	$493,393
103	The Hammer	Comedy	R	$442,638	61,649	$486,411
104	Hitman	Action	R	$438,996	61,142	$482,410
105	The Promotion	Comedy	R	$406,252	56,581	$446,424
106	Snow Angels	Drama	R	$402,858	56,108	$442,692
107	Towelhead	Drama	R	$372,124	51,828	$408,923
108	Everybody Wants To Be Italian	Comedy	R	$351,416	48,944	$386,168
109	Teeth	Comedy	R	$346,692	48,286	$380,977
110	Cidade dos Homens	Drama	R	$307,076	42,768	$337,440
111	Life Before Her Eyes	Drama	R	$303,439	42,262	$333,447
112	Awake	Thriller/Suspense	R	$295,591	41,169	$324,823
113	The Mist	Horror	R	$287,853	40,091	$316,318
114	Taxi to the Dark Side	Documentary	R	$274,661	38,254	$301,824
115	Surfwise	Documentary	R	$269,994	37,604	$296,696
116	The Lucky Ones	Drama	R	$266,967	37,182	$293,366
117	Mio Fratello � Figlio Unico	Drama	R	$255,620	35,602	$280,900
118	The Signal	Horror	R	$251,150	34,979	$275,984
119	The Foot Fist Way	Comedy	R	$234,286	32,630	$257,451
120	Standard Operating Procedure	Documentary	R	$228,830	31,870	$251,454
121	Battle in Seattle	Drama	R	$223,051	31,066	$245,111
122	Waltz with Bashir	Documentary	R	$220,441	30,702	$242,239
123	Che, El Ar the Argentine		R	$218,470	30,428	$240,077
124	Hell Ride	Action	R	$213,608	29,750	$234,728
125	The Darjeeling Limited	Adventure	R	$204,055	28,420	$224,234
126	Defiance	Drama	R	$200,614	27,941	$220,454
127	Margot at the Wedding	Drama	R	$191,989	26,739	$210,971
128	Chicago 10	Documentary	R	$176,545	24,588	$193,999
129	Ashes of Time Redux	Action	R	$173,526	24,168	$190,686
130	My Name is Bruce	Horror	R	$173,066	24,104	$190,181
131	Sleepwalking	Drama	R	$168,972	23,534	$185,683
132	Shelter	Drama	R	$142,666	19,870	$156,774
133	Repo! The Genetic Opera	Musical	R	$140,244	19,533	$154,115
134	Baghead	Drama	R	$140,016	19,501	$153,863
135	Nanking	Documentary	R	$134,970	18,798	$148,316
136	Hounddog	Drama	R	$132,016	18,387	$145,073
137	The Grand	Comedy	R	$115,879	16,139	$127,337
138	Bra Boys	Documentary	R	$113,730	15,840	$124,978
139	Wendy and Lucy	Drama	R	$111,329	15,505	$122,334
140	Youth Without Youth	Thriller/Suspense	R	$110,516	15,392	$121,443
141	Pathology	Thriller/Suspense	R	$109,045	15,187	$119,825
142	Boy A	Drama	R	$106,368	14,814	$116,882
143	Greetings from the Shore	Drama	R	$94,715	13,192	$104,085
144	Little Chenier	Drama	R	$87,939	12,248	$96,637
145	Humboldt County	Comedy	R	$82,357	11,470	$90,498
146	America the Beautiful	Documentary	R	$76,173	10,609	$83,705
147	The Stone Angel	Drama	R	$75,139	10,465	$82,569
148	Midnight Meat Train	Thriller/Suspense	R	$73,548	10,243	$80,817
149	Stuck	Thriller/Suspense	R	$67,505	9,402	$74,182
150	CSNY: D�j� Vu	Documentary	R	$65,025	9,056	$71,452
151	Lions for Lambs	Drama	R	$62,708	8,734	$68,911
152	Bloodline	Documentary	R	$62,248	8,670	$68,406
153	Romance and Cigarettes	Comedy	R	$60,905	8,483	$66,931
154	Mister Foe	Drama	R	$60,641	8,446	$66,639
155	Meet Bill	Comedy	R	$59,108	8,232	$64,950
156	What We Do Is Secret	Drama	R	$58,776	8,186	$64,588
157	Sodot Ha	Drama	R	$57,509	8,010	$63,199
158	Finding Amanda	Comedy	R	$57,297	7,980	$62,962
159	Chapter 27	Drama	R	$56,215	7,829	$61,771
160	Holly	Drama	R	$54,817	7,635	$60,240
161	Sukiyaki Western Django	Action	R	$50,659	7,056	$55,672
162	Boarding Gate	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,440	7,025	$55,427
163	Paris	Comedy	R	$49,954	6,957	$54,891
164	Undoing	Drama	R	$44,999	6,267	$49,447
165	The Babysitters	Drama	R	$44,852	6,247	$49,289
166	Surfer, Dude	Comedy	R	$36,497	5,083	$40,105
167	Control	Drama	R	$35,106	4,889	$38,574
168	The Edge of Love	Drama	R	$33,260	4,632	$36,546
169	Kiss the Bride	Romantic Comedy	R	$32,033	4,461	$35,197
170	Dark Matter	Drama	R	$30,591	4,261	$33,619
171	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Western	R	$30,501	4,248	$33,517
172	Kiss Me Deadly		R	$30,316	4,222	$33,312
173	The Alphabet Killer	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,784	4,148	$32,728
174	While She Was Out	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,784	4,148	$32,728
175	Good Dick	Drama	R	$28,835	4,016	$31,686
176	The Air I Breathe	Drama	R	$25,775	3,590	$28,325
177	The Walker	Drama	R	$24,732	3,445	$27,181
178	Sex and Death 101	Comedy	R	$23,563	3,282	$25,895
179	Ciao		R	$22,944	3,196	$25,216
180	Los Cronocr�menes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,494	3,133	$24,719
181	The Elephant King	Drama	R	$22,251	3,099	$24,451
182	Maldeamores	Drama	R	$22,000	3,064	$24,175
183	The Cry	Thriller/Suspense	R	$21,427	2,984	$23,544
184	Holding Trevor	Drama	R	$16,814	2,342	$18,478
185	Day Zero	Drama	R	$16,659	2,320	$18,305
186	Noise	Black Comedy	R	$16,513	2,300	$18,147
187	Antarctica	Romantic Comedy	R	$16,312	2,272	$17,926
188	Cthulhu	Horror	R	$15,513	2,161	$17,050
189	David & Layla	Romantic Comedy	R	$15,427	2,149	$16,956
190	All Hat	Comedy	R	$15,198	2,117	$16,703
191	Never Forever	Drama	R	$14,485	2,017	$15,914
192	Ripple Effect	Drama	R	$14,059	1,958	$15,449
193	Good	Drama	R	$13,651	1,901	$14,999
194	In the Valley of Elah	Drama	R	$12,718	1,771	$13,973
195	Lake City	Drama	R	$12,686	1,767	$13,942
196	Shoot on Sight	Drama	R	$12,500	1,741	$13,736
197	The Tracey Fragments	Drama	R	$12,459	1,735	$13,689
198	Vice	Drama	R	$12,000	1,671	$13,184
199	The Go-Getter	Drama	R	$11,931	1,662	$13,113
200	Quid Pro Quo	Drama	R	$11,864	1,652	$13,034
201	August	Drama	R	$11,762	1,638	$12,924
202	Gardens of the Night	Drama	R	$11,436	1,593	$12,569
203	Dark Streets	Drama	R	$10,958	1,526	$12,040
204	Rogue	Horror	R	$10,452	1,456	$11,488
205	Sleuth	Thriller/Suspense	R	$9,926	1,382	$10,904
206	Tropa de Elite	Action	R	$8,744	1,218	$9,610
207	Battle for Haditha	Documentary	R	$8,443	1,176	$9,279
208	Tru Loved	Romantic Comedy	R	$8,043	1,120	$8,837
209	Eden Lake	Horror	R	$7,321	1,020	$8,048
210	Jerusalema		R	$7,294	1,016	$8,016
211	Special	Drama	R	$7,202	1,003	$7,914
212	Viva	Comedy	R	$7,197	1,002	$7,906
213	Anamorph	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,873	957	$7,551
214	Take	Drama	R	$6,627	923	$7,282
215	The Sensation of Sight	Drama	R	$6,558	913	$7,204
216	Red Roses and Petrol	Drama	R	$6,000	836	$6,596
217	Skid Marks	Comedy	R	$5,729	798	$6,296
218	The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela	Drama	R	$5,384	750	$5,918
219	The Oxford Murders	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,803	669	$5,278
220	Romulus, My Father	Drama	R	$4,283	597	$4,710
221	Heavy Metal in Baghdad	Documentary	R	$4,070	567	$4,474
222	Vivere	Drama	R	$3,547	494	$3,898
223	Nothing But the Truth	Drama	R	$3,500	487	$3,842
224	On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,892	403	$3,180
225	Lower Learning	Comedy	R	$2,804	391	$3,085
226	Turn the River	Drama	R	$2,722	379	$2,990
227	Murder.com	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,070	288	$2,272
228	Fat Girls	Comedy	R	$1,911	266	$2,099
229	Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher	Horror	R	$1,677	234	$1,846
230	Ice Blues: A Donald Strachey Mystery	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,377	192	$1,515
231	Miss Conception	Comedy	R	$1,342	187	$1,475
232	Flashbacks of a Fool	Drama	R	$1,020	142	$1,120
233	Death at a Funeral	Comedy	R	$744	104	$821
234	Oublier Cheyenne	Drama	R	$722	101	$797
235	$9.99	Comedy	R	$478	67	$529
236	Look	Drama	R	$410	57	$450
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,981,851,560
Total Tickets Sold					276,023,896
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,177,828,539

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.