Box Office Performance for Based on Book/Short Story Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Horton Hears a Who	Adventure	G	$153,881,396	22,366,482	$153,881,396
2	The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian	Adventure	PG	$137,665,472	20,009,516	$137,665,470
3	21	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$81,159,365	11,796,419	$81,159,363
4	Jumper	Adventure	PG-13	$80,163,344	11,651,649	$80,163,345
5	The Spiderwick Chronicles	Adventure	PG	$71,195,053	10,348,118	$71,195,052
6	I am Legend	Horror	PG-13	$61,896,512	8,996,586	$61,896,512
7	The Forbidden Kingdom	Action	PG-13	$52,075,270	7,569,080	$52,075,270
8	Nim's Island	Adventure	PG	$47,211,224	6,862,097	$47,211,227
9	There Will Be Blood	Drama	R	$39,907,597	5,800,523	$39,907,598
10	Atonement	Drama	R	$39,743,016	5,776,601	$39,743,015
11	No Country for Old Men	Action	R	$33,205,061	4,826,317	$33,205,061
12	Charlie Wilson's War	Drama	R	$31,910,305	4,638,126	$31,910,307
13	P.S., I Love You	Drama	PG-13	$30,093,955	4,374,121	$30,093,952
14	The Other Boleyn Girl	Drama	PG-13	$26,814,957	3,897,523	$26,814,958
15	The Polar Express (IMAX)	Adventure	Not Rated	$18,345,033	2,666,429	$18,345,032
16	The Ruins	Horror	R	$17,432,844	2,533,844	$17,432,847
17	Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day	Comedy	PG-13	$12,294,036	1,786,924	$12,294,037
18	His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass	Adventure	PG-13	$11,308,183	1,643,631	$11,308,181
19	The Kite Runner	Drama	PG-13	$10,403,395	1,512,121	$10,403,392
20	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly	Drama	PG-13	$5,107,379	742,352	$5,107,382
21	Married Life	Drama	PG-13	$1,506,998	219,040	$1,506,995
22	Into the Wild	Drama	R	$1,363,057	198,119	$1,363,059
23	Beowulf	Adventure	PG-13	$1,115,061	162,073	$1,115,062
24	Fugitive Pieces	Drama	R	$554,068	80,533	$554,067
25	Starting Out in the Evening	Drama	PG-13	$495,150	71,969	$495,147
26	Snow Angels	Drama	R	$402,858	58,555	$402,858
27	And When Did You Last See Your Father?	Drama	PG-13	$378,873	55,069	$378,875
28	Life Before Her Eyes	Drama	R	$303,439	44,105	$303,442
29	The Mist	Horror	R	$297,020	43,172	$297,023
30	The Duchess of Langeais	Drama		$267,588	38,894	$267,591
31	Savage Grace	Drama		$243,055	35,328	$243,057
32	My Brother Is an Only Child	Drama	R	$215,548	31,330	$215,550
33	Blade Runner	Thriller/Suspense		$167,183	24,300	$167,184
34	Brick Lane	Drama	PG-13	$137,228	19,946	$137,228
35	Youth Without Youth	Thriller/Suspense	R	$110,516	16,063	$110,513
36	Beaufort	Action		$102,342	14,875	$102,340
37	99 francs	Comedy		$79,477	11,552	$79,478
38	Lust, Caution	Drama	NC-17	$79,366	11,536	$79,368
39	Control	Drama	R	$70,465	10,242	$70,465
40	Passage to Zarahemla	Adventure	PG-13	$49,408	7,181	$49,405
41	Love Comes Lately	Drama		$43,478	6,319	$43,475
42	The Last Mistress	Drama		$33,554	4,877	$33,554
43	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Action	R	$31,926	4,640	$31,923
44	Love and Honor	Drama		$27,967	4,065	$27,967
45	All Hat	Comedy		$15,198	2,209	$15,198
46	XXY	Drama		$12,610	1,833	$12,611
47	The Tracey Fragments	Drama		$12,459	1,811	$12,460
48	Heartbeat Detector	Thriller/Suspense		$5,500	799	$5,497
49	Romulus, My Father	Drama	R	$4,283	623	$4,286
50	Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher	Horror	R	$1,677	244	$1,679
Total Gross of All Movies				$969,940,749
Total Tickets Sold					140,979,761
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$969,940,756

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.