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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Box Office Performance for Adventure Movies in 2008

RankMovieGenreMPAA2008 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Adventure PG-13 $312,809,594 45,466,511 $312,809,596
2 Kung Fu Panda Adventure PG $207,221,026 30,119,335 $207,221,025
3 Horton Hears a Who Adventure G $154,325,165 22,430,983 $154,325,163
4 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Adventure PG $139,640,838 20,296,633 $139,640,835
5 The Incredible Hulk Adventure PG-13 $131,855,725 19,165,076 $131,855,723
6 National Treasure: The Book of Secrets Adventure PG $94,886,090 13,791,583 $94,886,091
7 10,000 B.C. Adventure PG-13 $94,784,201 13,776,773 $94,784,198
8 Jumper Adventure PG-13 $81,170,146 11,797,986 $81,170,144
9 The Spiderwick Chronicles Adventure PG $71,195,053 10,348,118 $71,195,052
10 Fool's Gold Adventure PG-13 $70,231,041 10,208,000 $70,231,040
11 Nim's Island Adventure PG $47,852,186 6,955,260 $47,852,189
12 Journey to the Center of the Earth Adventure PG $45,129,135 6,559,467 $45,129,133
13 The Polar Express (IMAX) Adventure Not Rated $18,345,033 2,666,429 $18,345,032
14 His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass Adventure PG-13 $11,308,183 1,643,631 $11,308,181
15 Space Chimps Adventure G $9,290,145 1,350,312 $9,290,147
16 The Fall Adventure   $2,099,067 305,097 $2,099,067
17 Beowulf Adventure PG-13 $1,115,061 162,073 $1,115,062
18 T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous Adventure Not Rated $650,020 94,480 $650,022
19 The Darjeeling Limited Adventure R $211,267 30,707 $211,264
20 A Plumm Summer Adventure PG $60,668 8,818 $60,668
21 Passage to Zarahemla Adventure PG-13 $49,408 7,181 $49,405
22 Haunted Castle Adventure PG $41,726 6,065 $41,727
23 Last Stop for Paul Adventure PG-13 $11,340 1,648 $11,338
24 One Piece: The Desert Princess and the Pirates Adventures in Alabasta Adventure   $6,587 957 $6,584
25 Solar Flare Adventure   $4,098 596 $4,100
Total Gross of All Movies$1,494,292,803
Total Tickets Sold217,193,719
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$1,494,292,787

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.