Box Office Performance for Contemporary Fiction Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Sex and the City	Comedy	R	$149,870,455	21,783,496	$149,870,452
2	Get Smart	Comedy	PG-13	$120,167,090	17,466,147	$120,167,091
3	Juno	Comedy	PG-13	$117,477,046	17,075,152	$117,477,046
4	You Don't Mess With the Zohan	Comedy	PG-13	$97,736,720	14,205,919	$97,736,723
5	National Treasure: The Book of Secrets	Adventure	PG	$94,886,090	13,791,583	$94,886,091
6	The Bucket List	Comedy	PG-13	$92,834,777	13,493,427	$92,834,778
7	21	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$81,159,365	11,796,419	$81,159,363
8	What Happens in Vegas...	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$79,567,024	11,564,974	$79,567,021
9	27 Dresses	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$76,806,312	11,163,708	$76,806,311
10	Vantage Point	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$72,266,306	10,503,824	$72,266,309
11	Fool's Gold	Adventure	PG-13	$70,231,041	10,208,000	$70,231,040
12	Forgetting Sarah Marshall	Comedy	R	$62,932,375	9,147,148	$62,932,378
13	Baby Mama	Comedy	PG-13	$60,281,345	8,761,823	$60,281,342
14	Step Up 2 the Streets	Drama	PG-13	$58,006,147	8,431,126	$58,006,147
15	The Strangers	Thriller/Suspense	R	$52,549,645	7,638,030	$52,549,646
16	Made of Honor	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$46,012,734	6,687,897	$46,012,731
17	College Road Trip	Comedy	G	$45,527,847	6,617,420	$45,527,850
18	Prom Night	Horror	PG-13	$43,818,159	6,368,918	$43,818,156
19	Rambo	Action	R	$42,724,402	6,209,942	$42,724,401
20	Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins	Comedy	PG-13	$42,168,445	6,129,134	$42,168,442
21	Meet the Browns	Comedy	PG-13	$41,975,388	6,101,074	$41,975,389
22	Atonement	Drama	R	$39,743,016	5,776,601	$39,743,015
23	Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay	Comedy	R	$38,108,728	5,539,059	$38,108,726
24	First Sunday	Comedy	PG-13	$37,931,869	5,513,353	$37,931,869
25	Drillbit Taylor	Comedy	PG-13	$32,862,104	4,776,469	$32,862,107
26	Definitely, Maybe	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,973,840	4,647,360	$31,973,837
27	Mamma Mia!	Musical	PG-13	$31,844,365	4,628,541	$31,844,362
28	The Love Guru	Comedy	PG-13	$31,832,191	4,626,772	$31,832,191
29	P.S., I Love You	Drama	PG-13	$30,093,955	4,374,121	$30,093,952
30	Untraceable	Thriller/Suspense	R	$28,687,835	4,169,743	$28,687,832
31	Street Kings	Thriller/Suspense	R	$26,415,649	3,839,484	$26,415,650
32	Shutter	Horror	PG-13	$25,926,543	3,768,393	$25,926,544
33	Never Back Down	Action	PG-13	$24,848,292	3,611,670	$24,848,290
34	Mad Money	Comedy	PG-13	$20,668,843	3,004,192	$20,668,841
35	The Ruins	Horror	R	$17,432,844	2,533,844	$17,432,847
36	88 Minutes	Drama	R	$16,930,884	2,460,884	$16,930,882
37	Under the Same Moon	Drama	PG-13	$12,589,108	1,829,812	$12,589,107
38	Be Kind Rewind	Comedy	PG-13	$11,169,531	1,623,478	$11,169,529
39	The Kite Runner	Drama	PG-13	$10,403,395	1,512,121	$10,403,392
40	Penelope	Drama	PG	$10,011,274	1,455,127	$10,011,274
41	Michael Clayton	Drama	R	$9,892,860	1,437,916	$9,892,862
42	Smart People	Romantic Comedy	R	$9,511,289	1,382,455	$9,511,290
43	The Visitor	Comedy	PG-13	$8,836,990	1,284,446	$8,836,988
44	In Bruges	Comedy	R	$7,786,213	1,131,717	$7,786,213
45	How She Move	Drama	PG-13	$7,070,641	1,027,709	$7,070,638
46	The Orphanage	Horror	R	$6,925,824	1,006,660	$6,925,821
47	Strange Wilderness	Comedy	R	$6,575,282	955,710	$6,575,285
48	Run, Fat Boy, Run	Comedy	PG-13	$5,998,971	871,943	$5,998,968
49	The Savages	Drama	R	$4,919,815	715,089	$4,919,812
50	Deception	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,597,760	668,279	$4,597,760
51	Witless Protection	Comedy	PG-13	$4,131,640	600,529	$4,131,640
52	Charlie Bartlett	Comedy	R	$3,950,294	574,171	$3,950,296
53	Then She Found Me	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,660,690	532,077	$3,660,690
54	The Band's Visit	Comedy	PG-13	$3,053,823	443,870	$3,053,826
55	Redbelt	Action	R	$2,344,847	340,821	$2,344,848
56	Priceless	Comedy	PG-13	$2,073,558	301,389	$2,073,556
57	Roman de Gare	Drama	R	$1,648,734	239,642	$1,648,737
58	The Game Plan	Comedy	PG	$1,608,219	233,753	$1,608,221
59	Race	Action	Not Rated	$1,367,024	198,695	$1,367,022
60	Into the Wild	Drama	R	$1,363,057	198,119	$1,363,059
61	Funny Games	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,294,640	188,174	$1,294,637
62	Taare Zameen Par	Drama	Not Rated	$1,223,869	177,888	$1,223,869
63	Caramel	Romantic Comedy	PG	$1,060,591	154,156	$1,060,593
64	You, Me and Us	Drama	Not Rated	$1,028,191	149,446	$1,028,188
65	Sarkar Raj	Drama		$1,009,065	146,666	$1,009,062
66	Cassandra's Dream	Drama	PG-13	$973,018	141,427	$973,018
67	L'Âge des ténèbres	Comedy	Not Rated	$941,618	136,863	$941,617
68	My Blueberry Nights	Drama	PG-13	$866,778	125,985	$866,777
69	Dan in Real Life	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$729,388	106,016	$729,390
70	Fred Claus	Comedy	PG	$705,661	102,567	$705,661
71	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead	Drama	R	$661,340	96,125	$661,340
72	War, Inc.	Comedy	R	$541,284	78,675	$541,284
73	Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na	Comedy		$539,857	78,468	$539,860
74	Starting Out in the Evening	Drama	PG-13	$495,150	71,969	$495,147
75	Bonneville	Drama	PG	$488,393	70,987	$488,391
76	Krazzy 4	Comedy		$487,215	70,816	$487,214
77	Paranoid Park	Drama	R	$486,021	70,643	$486,024
78	Hitman	Action	R	$480,250	69,804	$480,252
79	Bella	Drama	PG-13	$470,249	68,350	$470,248
80	La Ligne Brisée	Drama		$466,309	67,777	$466,306
81	The Edge of Heaven	Drama		$457,620	66,515	$457,623
82	Tashan	Action		$457,380	66,480	$457,382
83	The Hammer	Comedy	R	$442,638	64,337	$442,639
84	The Perfect Holiday	Romantic Comedy	PG	$410,020	59,596	$410,020
85	The Promotion	Comedy	R	$406,252	59,048	$406,250
86	Snow Angels	Drama	R	$402,858	58,555	$402,858
87	This Christmas	Drama	PG-13	$340,706	49,521	$340,704
88	Tout est Parfait	Drama		$336,569	48,920	$336,570
89	Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic	Drama		$335,874	48,819	$335,875
90	Awake	Thriller/Suspense	R	$318,338	46,270	$318,338
91	Jellyfish	Drama		$312,092	45,362	$312,091
92	City of Men	Drama	R	$307,076	44,633	$307,075
93	Life Before Her Eyes	Drama	R	$303,439	44,105	$303,442
94	Lars and the Real Girl	Comedy	PG-13	$262,541	38,160	$262,541
95	OSS 117	Action		$258,697	37,601	$258,695
96	Tell No One	Thriller/Suspense		$248,674	36,144	$248,671
97	Chaos Theory	Comedy	PG-13	$237,958	34,587	$237,959
98	Margot at the Wedding	Drama	R	$230,490	33,501	$230,487
99	The Foot Fist Way	Comedy	R	$230,325	33,477	$230,322
100	The Darjeeling Limited	Adventure	R	$211,267	30,707	$211,264
101	Sleepwalking	Drama	R	$168,972	24,560	$168,973
102	Mister Lonely	Comedy		$162,385	23,602	$162,382
103	My Father, My Lord	Drama		$142,908	20,772	$142,911
104	Shelter	Drama	R	$142,666	20,736	$142,664
105	The Grocer's Son	Drama		$128,485	18,675	$128,484
106	The Grand	Comedy	R	$115,879	16,843	$115,880
107	Chop Shop	Drama		$115,775	16,828	$115,777
108	Mere Baap Pahle Aap	Comedy		$113,576	16,508	$113,575
109	Pathology	Thriller/Suspense	R	$109,045	15,850	$109,048
110	Love Songs	Musical		$103,970	15,112	$103,971
111	Elsa & Fred	Romantic Comedy	PG	$92,394	13,429	$92,392
112	Little Chenier	Drama	R	$87,939	12,782	$87,940
113	Me & You, Us, Forever	Drama		$84,093	12,223	$84,094
114	99 francs	Comedy		$79,477	11,552	$79,478
115	Cover	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$79,436	11,546	$79,436
116	Still Life	Drama		$75,985	11,044	$75,983
117	Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul	Drama		$75,804	11,018	$75,804
118	Stuck	Thriller/Suspense	R	$67,505	9,812	$67,507
119	Romance and Cigarettes	Comedy	R	$67,403	9,797	$67,403
120	Lions for Lambs	Drama	R	$63,519	9,232	$63,516
121	Alice's House	Drama		$61,678	8,965	$61,679
122	Deal	Drama	PG-13	$61,626	8,957	$61,624
123	Meet Bill	Comedy	R	$59,108	8,591	$59,106
124	Holly	Drama	R	$58,769	8,542	$58,769
125	Take Out	Drama		$57,660	8,381	$57,661
126	Finding Amanda	Comedy	R	$57,297	8,328	$57,297
127	The Violin	Drama		$54,633	7,941	$54,634
128	Sangre de mi sangre	Drama		$54,166	7,873	$54,166
129	Boarding Gate	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,440	7,331	$50,437
130	L'auberge rouge	Comedy		$50,304	7,312	$50,307
131	Tuya's Marriage	Drama		$50,003	7,268	$50,004
132	Water Lilies	Drama		$49,851	7,246	$49,852
133	Love Comes Lately	Drama		$49,202	7,151	$49,199
134	The Babysitters	Drama	R	$44,852	6,519	$44,851
135	Irina Palm	Drama	R	$44,064	6,405	$44,066
136	Shotgun Stories	Drama	PG-13	$41,108	5,975	$41,108
137	Blonde and Blonder	Comedy		$38,848	5,647	$38,851
138	Transsiberian	Thriller/Suspense	R	$35,216	5,119	$35,219
139	Kiss the Bride	Romantic Comedy	R	$32,033	4,656	$32,033
140	Baghead	Drama	R	$31,278	4,546	$31,276
141	Jannat	Drama		$30,316	4,406	$30,313
142	The Hottie and the Nottie	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$27,696	4,026	$27,699
143	Kabluey	Comedy	PG-13	$26,256	3,816	$26,254
144	The Air I Breathe	Drama	R	$25,775	3,746	$25,772
145	The Walker	Drama	R	$24,964	3,628	$24,961
146	Sex and Death 101	Comedy	R	$23,563	3,425	$23,564
147	On Broadway	Drama		$23,095	3,357	$23,096
148	Woman on the Beach	Comedy		$21,957	3,191	$21,954
149	Diminished Capacity	Comedy		$21,291	3,095	$21,294
150	Garden Party	Drama		$19,853	2,886	$19,856
151	Grace Is Gone	Drama	PG	$18,835	2,738	$18,837
152	Noise	Black Comedy		$16,513	2,400	$16,512
153	Yella	Drama		$15,729	2,286	$15,728
154	David & Layla	Romantic Comedy		$15,427	2,242	$15,425
155	All Hat	Comedy		$15,198	2,209	$15,198
156	Holding Trevor	Drama		$14,923	2,169	$14,923
157	Never Forever	Drama		$14,485	2,105	$14,482
158	Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead	Comedy		$13,804	2,006	$13,801
159	Day Zero	Drama	R	$13,800	2,006	$13,801
160	XXY	Drama		$13,336	1,938	$13,333
161	Harold	Comedy	PG-13	$13,229	1,923	$13,230
162	Blind Mountain	Drama		$12,719	1,849	$12,721
163	The Tracey Fragments	Drama		$12,459	1,811	$12,460
164	Backseat	Drama		$12,343	1,794	$12,343
165	I don't hear the guitar anymore	Drama		$12,011	1,746	$12,012
166	Vice	Drama		$12,000	1,744	$11,999
167	The Go-Getter	Drama	R	$11,931	1,734	$11,930
168	Quid Pro Quo	Drama		$11,864	1,724	$11,861
169	Last Stop for Paul	Adventure	PG-13	$11,340	1,648	$11,338
170	Outsourced	Comedy	PG-13	$11,340	1,648	$11,338
171	Lost in Beijing	Drama		$10,827	1,574	$10,829
172	Rogue	Horror	R	$10,452	1,519	$10,451
173	Frontière(s)	Horror	NC-17	$9,913	1,441	$9,914
174	Sleuth	Thriller/Suspense	R	$9,866	1,434	$9,866
175	Before I Forget	Drama		$9,676	1,406	$9,673
176	Anamorph	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,873	999	$6,873
177	Times and Winds	Drama		$6,176	898	$6,178
178	Red Roses and Petrol	Drama	R	$6,000	872	$5,999
179	I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With	Comedy		$5,970	868	$5,972
180	Skid Marks	Comedy		$5,729	833	$5,731
181	Insidious	Thriller/Suspense		$5,508	801	$5,511
182	Heartbeat Detector	Thriller/Suspense		$5,500	799	$5,497
183	The Willow Tree	Drama		$5,120	744	$5,119
184	Tre	Drama		$4,759	692	$4,761
185	Solar Flare	Adventure		$4,098	596	$4,100
186	Vivere	Drama	R	$3,547	516	$3,550
187	Ripple Effect	Drama	R	$3,309	481	$3,309
188	Nina's Heavenly Delights	Comedy	PG	$3,188	463	$3,185
189	Turn the River	Drama	R	$2,900	422	$2,903
190	Shrooms	Horror		$2,863	416	$2,862
191	Mad Detective	Thriller/Suspense		$2,682	390	$2,683
192	Polar Opposites	Drama	PG-13	$2,377	345	$2,374
193	13 Months of Sunshine	Drama		$2,237	325	$2,236
194	White Rainbow	Drama	PG-13	$2,074	301	$2,071
195	Fat Girls	Comedy	R	$2,000	291	$2,002
196	Jack and Jill vs. the World	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$1,964	285	$1,961
197	It's a Free World...	Drama		$1,925	280	$1,926
198	On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,537	223	$1,534
199	Miss Conception	Comedy	R	$1,503	218	$1,500
200	Take	Drama	R	$1,264	184	$1,266
201	Murder.com	Thriller/Suspense		$1,245	181	$1,245
202	Wonderful Town	Drama		$1,154	168	$1,156
203	Looking for Cheyenne	Drama	R	$808	117	$805
204	How to Rob a Bank	Comedy		$711	103	$709
205	Guta-yubalja-deul	Drama		$249	36	$248
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,150,973,619
Total Tickets Sold					312,641,506
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,150,973,561

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.