Box Office Performance for Adventure Movies in 2008
| Rank | Movie | Genre | MPAA | 2008 Gross | Tickets Sold | Inflation- 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 Sold | 217,193,719 |
| 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.
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