Box Office Performance for Thriller/Suspense Movies in 2008
| Rank | Movie | Genre | MPAA | 2008 Gross | Tickets Sold | Inflation-
Adjusted
Gross |
|---|
| 1 |
Eagle Eye
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
PG-13
|
$101,401,695 |
14,122,799 |
$101,401,697 |
| 2 |
21
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
PG-13
|
$81,159,365 |
11,303,533 |
$81,159,367 |
| 3 |
Vantage Point
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
PG-13
|
$72,266,306 |
10,064,945 |
$72,266,305 |
| 4 |
The Happening
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$64,506,874 |
8,984,244 |
$64,506,872 |
| 5 |
Valkyrie
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
PG-13
|
$60,691,979 |
8,452,922 |
$60,691,980 |
| 6 |
The Strangers
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$52,597,610 |
7,325,572 |
$52,597,607 |
| 7 |
Righteous Kill
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$40,081,410 |
5,582,369 |
$40,081,409 |
| 8 |
Body of Lies
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$39,315,385 |
5,475,680 |
$39,315,382 |
| 9 |
Lakeview Terrace
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
PG-13
|
$39,263,506 |
5,468,455 |
$39,263,507 |
| 10 |
Changeling
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$35,707,327 |
4,973,165 |
$35,707,325 |
| 11 |
The Eye
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
PG-13
|
$31,418,697 |
4,375,863 |
$31,418,696 |
| 12 |
The Bank Job
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$30,060,660 |
4,186,721 |
$30,060,657 |
| 13 |
Untraceable
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$28,687,835 |
3,995,520 |
$28,687,834 |
| 14 |
Street Kings
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$26,418,667 |
3,679,480 |
$26,418,666 |
| 15 |
Traitor
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
PG-13
|
$23,530,831 |
3,277,275 |
$23,530,835 |
| 16 |
88 Minutes
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$16,930,884 |
2,358,062 |
$16,930,885 |
| 17 |
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
PG-13
|
$13,442,412 |
1,872,202 |
$13,442,410 |
| 18 |
Tell No One
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
Not Rated
|
$6,137,968 |
854,870 |
$6,137,967 |
| 19 |
Deception
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$4,598,506 |
640,460 |
$4,598,503 |
| 20 |
Blindness
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$3,073,392 |
428,049 |
$3,073,392 |
| 21 |
Transsiberian
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$2,203,641 |
306,914 |
$2,203,643 |
| 22 |
Ghajini
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
Not Rated
|
$2,192,682 |
305,387 |
$2,192,679 |
| 23 |
Funny Games
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$1,294,640 |
180,312 |
$1,294,640 |
| 24 |
Nobel Son
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$539,572 |
75,149 |
$539,570 |
| 25 |
The Girl Cut in Two
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
Not Rated
|
$409,658 |
57,055 |
$409,655 |
| 26 |
Le Piege Americain
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
Not Rated
|
$407,447 |
56,747 |
$407,443 |
| 27 |
Kidnap
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
Not Rated
|
$328,573 |
45,762 |
$328,571 |
| 28 |
Awake
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$295,591 |
41,169 |
$295,593 |
| 29 |
Passengers
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
PG-13
|
$292,437 |
40,729 |
$292,434 |
| 30 |
Youth Without Youth
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$110,516 |
15,392 |
$110,515 |
| 31 |
Pathology
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$109,045 |
15,187 |
$109,043 |
| 32 |
Cover
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
PG-13
|
$79,436 |
11,064 |
$79,440 |
| 33 |
Midnight Meat Train
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$73,548 |
10,243 |
$73,545 |
| 34 |
Stuck
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$67,505 |
9,402 |
$67,506 |
| 35 |
Boarding Gate
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$50,440 |
7,025 |
$50,440 |
| 36 |
The Alphabet Killer
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$29,784 |
4,148 |
$29,783 |
| 37 |
While She Was Out
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$29,784 |
4,148 |
$29,783 |
| 38 |
Timecrimes
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$22,494 |
3,133 |
$22,495 |
| 39 |
The Cry
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$21,427 |
2,984 |
$21,425 |
| 40 |
Sleuth
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$9,926 |
1,382 |
$9,923 |
| 41 |
Anamorph
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$6,873 |
957 |
$6,871 |
| 42 |
Insidious
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
Not Rated
|
$5,508 |
767 |
$5,507 |
| 43 |
Heartbeat Detector
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
Not Rated
|
$5,309 |
739 |
$5,306 |
| 44 |
Red
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
Not Rated
|
$4,643 |
647 |
$4,645 |
| 45 |
Mad Detective
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
Not Rated
|
$4,629 |
645 |
$4,631 |
| 46 |
On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$2,892 |
403 |
$2,894 |
| 47 |
Murder.com
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$2,070 |
288 |
$2,068 |
| 48 |
Doulos, Le
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
Not Rated
|
$2,025 |
282 |
$2,025 |
| 49 |
Ice Blues: A Donald Strachey Mystery
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$1,377 |
192 |
$1,379 |
| 50 |
Fall of Hyperion
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
PG
|
$1,093 |
152 |
$1,091 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $779,895,874 |
| Total Tickets Sold | 108,620,590 |
| Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices | $779,895,836 |
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.
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Sunday, July 5, 2009
