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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Box Office Performance for Sequel Movies in 2008

RankMovieGenreMPAA2008 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Adventure PG-13 $312,809,594 45,466,511 $312,809,596
2 The Dark Knight Action PG-13 $182,904,796 26,584,999 $182,904,793
3 The Incredible Hulk Adventure PG-13 $131,855,725 19,165,076 $131,855,723
4 National Treasure: The Book of Secrets Adventure PG $94,886,090 13,791,583 $94,886,091
5 Step Up 2 the Streets Drama PG-13 $58,006,147 8,431,126 $58,006,147
6 Hellboy 2: The Golden Army Action PG-13 $57,699,265 8,386,521 $57,699,264
7 Rambo Action R $42,724,402 6,209,942 $42,724,401
8 Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay Comedy R $38,108,728 5,539,059 $38,108,726
9 Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem Action R $14,907,624 2,166,806 $14,907,625
10 Dans une galaxie pres de chez vous 2 Comedy Not Rated $1,883,999 273,837 $1,883,999
11 Sarkar Raj Drama   $1,009,065 146,666 $1,009,062
12 Diary of the Dead Horror R $952,620 138,462 $952,619
13 City of Men Drama R $307,076 44,633 $307,075
14 OSS 117 Action   $258,697 37,601 $258,695
Total Gross of All Movies$938,313,828
Total Tickets Sold136,382,822
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$938,313,815

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.