Box Office Performance for Sequel Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Dark Knight	Action	PG-13	$531,001,578	73,955,652	$531,001,581
2	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Adventure	PG-13	$317,101,119	44,164,501	$317,101,117
3	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Comedy	PG	$177,016,810	24,654,152	$177,016,811
4	Quantum of Solace	Action	PG-13	$166,820,413	23,234,041	$166,820,414
5	The Incredible Hulk	Adventure	PG-13	$134,806,913	18,775,336	$134,806,912
6	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	Adventure	PG-13	$102,491,776	14,274,621	$102,491,779
7	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	Musical	G	$90,224,290	12,566,057	$90,224,289
8	National Treasure: The Book of Secrets	Adventure	PG	$77,018,263	10,726,778	$77,018,266
9	Hellboy 2: The Golden Army	Action	PG-13	$75,986,503	10,583,078	$75,986,500
10	Step Up 2 the Streets	Drama	PG-13	$58,017,783	8,080,471	$58,017,782
11	Saw V	Horror	R	$56,746,769	7,903,450	$56,746,771
12	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Adventure	PG-13	$44,089,964	6,140,664	$44,089,968
13	Rambo	Action	R	$42,754,105	5,954,611	$42,754,107
14	Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay	Comedy	R	$38,108,728	5,307,622	$38,108,726
15	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Adventure	PG	$35,161,554	4,897,152	$35,161,551
16	Transporter 3	Action	PG-13	$31,715,062	4,417,140	$31,715,065
17	The X-Files: I Want to Believe	Action	PG-13	$20,982,478	2,922,351	$20,982,480
18	Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem	Action	R	$11,311,743	1,575,452	$11,311,745
19	Punisher: War Zone	Action	R	$8,050,977	1,121,306	$8,050,977
20	Cruising Bar 2	Comedy	Not Rated	$3,554,434	495,047	$3,554,437
21	Dans une galaxie pres de chez vous 2	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,883,999	262,395	$1,883,996
22	Sarkar Raj	Drama	Not Rated	$1,009,065	140,538	$1,009,063
23	Diary of the Dead	Horror	R	$952,620	132,677	$952,621
24	Golmaal Returns	Comedy	Not Rated	$313,102	43,608	$313,105
25	City of Men	Drama	R	$307,076	42,768	$307,074
26	OSS 117	Action	Not Rated	$303,328	42,246	$303,326
27	Goal! 2: Living the Dream...	Drama	PG-13	$225,067	31,346	$225,064
28	Another Gay Sequel	Comedy	Not Rated	$104,828	14,600	$104,828
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,028,060,347
Total Tickets Sold					282,459,660
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,028,060,359

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.