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Saturday, October 11, 2008

Box Office Performance for Digital Animation Movies in 2008

RankMovieGenreMPAA2008 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 WALL-E Comedy G $221,127,808 32,140,670 $221,127,810
2 Kung Fu Panda Adventure PG $215,395,021 31,307,416 $215,395,022
3 Horton Hears a Who Adventure G $154,529,439 22,460,674 $154,529,437
4 Star Wars: The Clone Wars Adventure PG $34,853,585 5,065,928 $34,853,585
5 Space Chimps Adventure G $29,942,542 4,352,114 $29,942,544
6 Igor Comedy PG $17,073,170 2,481,565 $17,073,167
7 Fly Me To the Moon Adventure G $11,907,364 1,730,722 $11,907,367
8 Persepolis Drama PG-13 $4,280,031 622,098 $4,280,034
9 Bee Movie Comedy PG $2,416,909 351,295 $2,416,910
10 Beowulf Adventure PG-13 $1,115,061 162,073 $1,115,062
11 Vexville Action   $4,070 592 $4,073
Total Gross of All Movies$692,645,000
Total Tickets Sold100,675,147
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$692,645,011

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.