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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Box Office Performance for Warner Bros. Movies in 2008

RankMovieGenreMPAA2008 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 The Dark Knight Action PG-13 $531,001,578 73,955,652 $531,001,581
2 Sex and the City Comedy R $152,647,258 21,260,064 $152,647,260
3 Get Smart Comedy PG-13 $130,319,208 18,150,308 $130,319,211
4 Four Christmases Comedy PG-13 $118,189,834 16,460,980 $118,189,836
5 Journey to the Center of the Earth Adventure PG $101,704,370 14,164,954 $101,704,370
6 10,000 B.C. Adventure PG-13 $94,784,201 13,201,142 $94,784,200
7 The Bucket List Comedy PG-13 $92,588,080 12,895,276 $92,588,082
8 Yes Man Comedy PG-13 $79,507,388 11,073,452 $79,507,385
9 Fool's Gold Adventure PG-13 $70,231,041 9,781,482 $70,231,041
10 I am Legend Horror PG-13 $50,263,436 7,000,479 $50,263,439
11 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 Adventure PG-13 $44,089,964 6,140,664 $44,089,968
12 Speed Racer Action PG $43,945,766 6,120,580 $43,945,764
13 Nights in Rodanthe Drama PG-13 $41,802,381 5,822,059 $41,802,384
14 Body of Lies Thriller/Suspense R $39,315,385 5,475,680 $39,315,382
15 Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay Comedy R $38,108,728 5,307,622 $38,108,726
16 Star Wars: The Clone Wars Adventure PG $35,161,554 4,897,152 $35,161,551
17 One Missed Call Horror PG-13 $26,890,041 3,745,131 $26,890,041
18 P.S., I Love You Romantic Comedy PG-13 $25,794,246 3,592,513 $25,794,243
19 Appaloosa Western R $20,080,574 2,796,737 $20,080,572
20 Pride and Glory Drama R $15,740,721 2,192,301 $15,740,721
21 Michael Clayton Drama R $9,866,490 1,374,163 $9,866,490
22 Gran Torino Drama R $9,820,554 1,367,765 $9,820,553
23 RocknRolla Action R $5,700,626 793,959 $5,700,626
24 Deep Sea 3-D Documentary G $3,550,091 494,442 $3,550,094
25 The Polar Express Adventure G $1,862,997 259,470 $1,862,995
26 August Rush Drama PG $1,490,945 207,653 $1,490,949
27 Fred Claus Comedy PG $609,342 84,867 $609,345
28 Towelhead Drama R $372,124 51,828 $372,125
29 Chaos Theory Comedy PG-13 $240,476 33,492 $240,473
30 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Western R $30,501 4,248 $30,501
31 In the Valley of Elah Drama R $12,718 1,771 $12,716
Total Gross of All Movies$1,785,722,618
Total Tickets Sold248,707,886
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$1,785,722,621

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.