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Sunday, July 5, 2009

Box Office Performance for Universal Movies in 2008

RankMovieGenreMPAA2008 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Mamma Mia! Musical PG-13 $144,130,063 20,073,825 $144,130,064
2 The Incredible Hulk Adventure PG-13 $134,806,913 18,775,336 $134,806,912
3 Wanted Action R $134,508,551 18,733,781 $134,508,548
4 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Adventure PG-13 $102,491,776 14,274,621 $102,491,779
5 Hellboy 2: The Golden Army Action PG-13 $75,986,503 10,583,078 $75,986,500
6 Role Models Comedy R $66,703,740 9,290,214 $66,703,737
7 Forgetting Sarah Marshall Comedy R $63,172,463 8,798,393 $63,172,462
8 Baby Mama Comedy PG-13 $60,494,212 8,425,378 $60,494,214
9 The Tale of Despereaux Adventure G $43,661,775 6,081,027 $43,661,774
10 Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins Comedy PG-13 $42,436,517 5,910,378 $42,436,514
11 Death Race Action R $36,316,032 5,057,943 $36,316,031
12 Changeling Thriller/Suspense R $35,707,327 4,973,165 $35,707,325
13 Definitely, Maybe Romantic Comedy PG-13 $32,241,649 4,490,480 $32,241,646
14 Leatherheads Romantic Comedy PG-13 $31,373,938 4,369,629 $31,373,936
15 Charlie Wilson's War Drama R $24,957,785 3,476,015 $24,957,788
16 The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie Comedy G $12,981,269 1,807,976 $12,981,268
17 Doomsday Action R $11,008,770 1,533,255 $11,008,771
18 The Express Drama PG $9,793,406 1,363,984 $9,793,405
19 Frost/Nixon Drama R $6,291,176 876,208 $6,291,173
20 Flash of Genius Drama PG-13 $4,442,377 618,715 $4,442,374
21 American Gangster Drama R $1,013,910 141,213 $1,013,909
Total Gross of All Movies$1,074,520,152
Total Tickets Sold149,654,614
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$1,074,520,129

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.