Box Office Performance for Action Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Dark Knight	Action	PG-13	$505,417,800	73,461,890	$505,417,803
2	Iron Man	Action	PG-13	$317,858,838	46,200,412	$317,858,835
3	Hancock	Action	PG-13	$227,381,199	33,049,593	$227,381,200
4	Wanted	Action	R	$134,028,425	19,480,876	$134,028,427
5	Cloverfield	Action	PG-13	$80,048,433	11,634,947	$80,048,435
6	Hellboy 2: The Golden Army	Action	PG-13	$75,433,235	10,964,133	$75,433,235
7	The Forbidden Kingdom	Action	PG-13	$52,075,270	7,569,080	$52,075,270
8	Speed Racer	Action	PG	$43,945,766	6,387,466	$43,945,766
9	Rambo	Action	R	$42,724,402	6,209,942	$42,724,401
10	No Country for Old Men	Action	R	$33,205,061	4,826,317	$33,205,061
11	Death Race	Action	R	$25,284,890	3,675,129	$25,284,888
12	Never Back Down	Action	PG-13	$24,848,292	3,611,670	$24,848,290
13	The X-Files: I Want to Believe	Action	PG-13	$20,850,997	3,030,668	$20,850,996
14	Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem	Action	R	$14,907,624	2,166,806	$14,907,625
15	Babylon A.D.	Action	PG-13	$12,211,191	1,774,882	$12,211,188
16	Doomsday	Action	R	$10,955,425	1,592,358	$10,955,423
17	In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale	Action	PG-13	$4,775,656	694,136	$4,775,656
18	Redbelt	Action	R	$2,344,847	340,821	$2,344,848
19	Singh is Kinng	Action		$1,907,733	277,287	$1,907,735
20	Race	Action	Not Rated	$1,367,024	198,695	$1,367,022
21	Hitman	Action	R	$480,250	69,804	$480,252
22	Tashan	Action		$457,380	66,480	$457,382
23	OSS 117	Action		$288,481	41,930	$288,478
24	Hell Ride	Action		$194,287	28,239	$194,284
25	The Legend of God's Gun	Action		$115,509	16,789	$115,508
26	Beaufort	Action		$102,342	14,875	$102,340
27	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Action	R	$31,926	4,640	$31,923
28	Sukiyaki Western Django	Action	R	$12,172	1,769	$12,171
29	Vexville	Action		$4,070	592	$4,073
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,633,258,525
Total Tickets Sold					237,392,226
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,633,258,515

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.