Box Office Performance for Science Fiction Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Wanted	Action	R	$134,508,551	18,733,781	$134,508,548
2	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Adventure	PG	$101,704,370	14,164,954	$101,704,370
3	Jumper	Adventure	PG-13	$80,172,128	11,166,035	$80,172,131
4	Cloverfield	Action	PG-13	$80,048,433	11,148,807	$80,048,434
5	The Day the Earth Stood Still	Adventure	PG-13	$74,424,256	10,365,495	$74,424,254
6	The Happening	Thriller/Suspense	R	$64,506,874	8,984,244	$64,506,872
7	I am Legend	Horror	PG-13	$50,263,436	7,000,479	$50,263,439
8	Speed Racer	Action	PG	$43,945,766	6,120,580	$43,945,764
9	Death Race	Action	R	$36,316,032	5,057,943	$36,316,031
10	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Adventure	PG	$35,161,554	4,897,152	$35,161,551
11	Babylon A.D.	Action	PG-13	$22,532,572	3,138,241	$22,532,570
12	The X-Files: I Want to Believe	Action	PG-13	$20,982,478	2,922,351	$20,982,480
13	Meet Dave	Comedy	PG	$11,803,254	1,643,907	$11,803,252
14	Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem	Action	R	$11,311,743	1,575,452	$11,311,745
15	Doomsday	Action	R	$11,008,770	1,533,255	$11,008,771
16	Dans une galaxie pres de chez vous 2	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,883,999	262,395	$1,883,996
17	The Mist	Horror	R	$287,853	40,091	$287,853
18	The Signal	Horror	R	$251,150	34,979	$251,149
19	Repo! The Genetic Opera	Musical	R	$140,244	19,533	$140,247
20	Timecrimes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,494	3,133	$22,495
21	Christmas on Mars	Musical	Not Rated	$5,692	793	$5,694
22	Vexville	Action	Not Rated	$4,070	567	$4,071
Total Gross of All Movies				$781,285,719
Total Tickets Sold					108,814,167
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$781,285,719

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.