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Friday, August 29, 2008

Box Office Performance for 20th Century Fox Movies in 2008

RankMovieGenreMPAA2008 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Horton Hears a Who Adventure G $154,507,380 22,457,468 $154,507,380
2 Jumper Adventure PG-13 $81,170,146 11,797,986 $81,170,144
3 What Happens in Vegas... Romantic Comedy PG-13 $80,199,843 11,656,954 $80,199,844
4 27 Dresses Romantic Comedy PG-13 $76,806,312 11,163,708 $76,806,311
5 Alvin and the Chipmunks Comedy PG $75,921,869 11,035,155 $75,921,866
6 The Happening Thriller/Suspense R $64,384,941 9,358,276 $64,384,939
7 Nim's Island Adventure PG $48,002,678 6,977,133 $48,002,675
8 Meet the Spartans Comedy PG-13 $38,232,624 5,557,067 $38,232,621
9 Space Chimps Adventure G $27,568,802 4,007,093 $27,568,800
10 Shutter Horror PG-13 $25,926,543 3,768,393 $25,926,544
11 The X-Files: I Want to Believe Action PG-13 $20,504,740 2,980,340 $20,504,739
12 Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem Action R $14,907,624 2,166,806 $14,907,625
13 Meet Dave Comedy PG $11,564,040 1,680,820 $11,564,042
14 Mirrors Horror R $11,161,074 1,622,249 $11,161,073
15 Deception Thriller/Suspense R $4,597,760 668,279 $4,597,760
16 Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium Comedy G $1,050,579 152,700 $1,050,576
17 Hitman Action R $480,250 69,804 $480,252
Total Gross of All Movies$736,987,205
Total Tickets Sold107,120,231
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$736,987,189

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.