Box Office Performance for Original Screenplay Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Kung Fu Panda	Adventure	PG	$179,276,754	26,057,668	$179,276,756
2	Juno	Comedy	PG-13	$117,477,046	17,075,152	$117,477,046
3	10,000 B.C.	Adventure	PG-13	$94,784,201	13,776,773	$94,784,198
4	The Bucket List	Comedy	PG-13	$92,834,777	13,493,427	$92,834,778
5	You Don't Mess With the Zohan	Comedy	PG-13	$91,190,129	13,254,379	$91,190,128
6	Cloverfield	Action	PG-13	$80,048,433	11,634,947	$80,048,435
7	What Happens in Vegas...	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$78,344,563	11,387,291	$78,344,562
8	27 Dresses	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$76,806,312	11,163,708	$76,806,311
9	Vantage Point	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$72,266,306	10,503,824	$72,266,309
10	Fool's Gold	Adventure	PG-13	$70,231,041	10,208,000	$70,231,040
11	WALL-E	Comedy	G	$63,087,526	9,169,699	$63,087,529
12	Forgetting Sarah Marshall	Comedy	R	$62,725,000	9,117,006	$62,725,001
13	Baby Mama	Comedy	PG-13	$59,644,700	8,669,288	$59,644,701
14	The Happening	Thriller/Suspense	R	$59,120,854	8,593,147	$59,120,851
15	Made of Honor	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$46,012,734	6,687,897	$46,012,731
16	College Road Trip	Comedy	G	$45,218,566	6,572,466	$45,218,566
17	Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins	Comedy	PG-13	$42,168,445	6,129,134	$42,168,442
18	Meet the Spartans	Comedy	PG-13	$38,232,624	5,557,067	$38,232,621
19	First Sunday	Comedy	PG-13	$37,931,869	5,513,353	$37,931,869
20	Semi-Pro	Comedy	R	$33,472,850	4,865,240	$33,472,851
21	Drillbit Taylor	Comedy	PG-13	$32,862,104	4,776,469	$32,862,107
22	Definitely, Maybe	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,973,840	4,647,360	$31,973,837
23	Leatherheads	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,230,175	4,539,270	$31,230,178
24	Untraceable	Thriller/Suspense	R	$28,687,835	4,169,743	$28,687,832
25	Street Kings	Thriller/Suspense	R	$26,397,695	3,836,874	$26,397,693
26	Superhero Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$25,837,097	3,755,392	$25,837,097
27	The Love Guru	Comedy	PG-13	$25,222,377	3,666,043	$25,222,376
28	Never Back Down	Action	PG-13	$24,848,292	3,611,670	$24,848,290
29	Enchanted	Romantic Comedy	PG	$17,126,485	2,489,315	$17,126,487
30	88 Minutes	Drama	R	$16,930,884	2,460,884	$16,930,882
31	Under the Same Moon	Drama	PG-13	$12,578,661	1,828,294	$12,578,663
32	Be Kind Rewind	Comedy	PG-13	$11,169,531	1,623,478	$11,169,529
33	Doomsday	Action	R	$10,955,425	1,592,358	$10,955,423
34	Penelope	Drama	PG	$10,011,274	1,455,127	$10,011,274
35	Michael Clayton	Drama	R	$9,892,860	1,437,916	$9,892,862
36	Smart People	Romantic Comedy	R	$9,511,289	1,382,455	$9,511,290
37	In Bruges	Comedy	R	$7,786,213	1,131,717	$7,786,213
38	The Visitor	Comedy	PG-13	$7,651,884	1,112,192	$7,651,881
39	Over Her Dead Body	Comedy	PG-13	$7,563,670	1,099,371	$7,563,672
40	How She Move	Drama	PG-13	$7,070,641	1,027,709	$7,070,638
41	The Orphanage	Horror	R	$6,925,824	1,006,660	$6,925,821
42	Strange Wilderness	Comedy	R	$6,575,282	955,710	$6,575,285
43	Run, Fat Boy, Run	Comedy	PG-13	$5,998,971	871,943	$5,998,968
44	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Comedy	R	$5,893,907	856,673	$5,893,910
45	The Savages	Drama	R	$4,919,815	715,089	$4,919,812
46	Deception	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,597,760	668,279	$4,597,760
47	Witless Protection	Comedy	PG-13	$4,131,640	600,529	$4,131,640
48	Charlie Bartlett	Comedy	R	$3,950,294	574,171	$3,950,296
49	Then She Found Me	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,384,821	491,980	$3,384,822
50	The Band's Visit	Comedy	PG-13	$3,051,388	443,516	$3,051,390
51	Bee Movie	Comedy	PG	$2,416,909	351,295	$2,416,910
52	Redbelt	Action	R	$2,342,445	340,472	$2,342,447
53	Priceless	Comedy	PG-13	$1,904,571	276,827	$1,904,570
54	Son of Rambow: A Home Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$1,662,184	241,597	$1,662,187
55	The Game Plan	Comedy	PG	$1,608,219	233,753	$1,608,221
56	Race	Action	Not Rated	$1,367,024	198,695	$1,367,022
57	Roman de Gare	Drama	R	$1,354,877	196,930	$1,354,878
58	Taare Zameen Par	Drama	Not Rated	$1,223,869	177,888	$1,223,869
59	Flawless	Drama	PG-13	$1,187,519	172,605	$1,187,522
60	4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days	Drama	Not Rated	$1,124,397	163,430	$1,124,398
61	Caramel	Romantic Comedy	PG	$1,060,591	154,156	$1,060,593
62	Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium	Comedy	G	$1,050,579	152,700	$1,050,576
63	You, Me and Us	Drama	Not Rated	$1,028,191	149,446	$1,028,188
64	Cassandra's Dream	Drama	PG-13	$973,018	141,427	$973,018
65	L'Âge des ténèbres	Comedy	Not Rated	$941,618	136,863	$941,617
66	My Blueberry Nights	Drama	PG-13	$856,882	124,547	$856,883
67	The Year My Parents Went on Vacation	Drama	PG	$788,567	114,617	$788,565
68	Dan in Real Life	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$729,388	106,016	$729,390
69	Fred Claus	Comedy	PG	$705,661	102,567	$705,661
70	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead	Drama	R	$661,340	96,125	$661,340
71	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$650,020	94,480	$650,022
72	Bonneville	Drama	PG	$488,393	70,987	$488,391
73	Paranoid Park	Drama	R	$486,021	70,643	$486,024
74	Hitman	Action	R	$480,250	69,804	$480,252
75	Bella	Drama	PG-13	$470,249	68,350	$470,248
76	Reprise	Drama	R	$469,817	68,287	$469,815
77	La Ligne Brisée	Drama		$466,309	67,777	$466,306
78	Tashan	Action		$457,380	66,480	$457,382
79	Bhoothnath	Drama		$449,776	65,374	$449,773
80	The Hammer	Comedy	R	$442,638	64,337	$442,639
81	The Perfect Holiday	Romantic Comedy	PG	$406,902	59,143	$406,904
82	War, Inc.	Comedy	R	$405,119	58,884	$405,122
83	The Flight of the Red Balloon	Drama		$397,914	57,836	$397,912
84	The Promotion	Comedy	R	$362,531	52,693	$362,528
85	Teeth	Comedy	R	$344,655	50,095	$344,654
86	This Christmas	Drama	PG-13	$340,706	49,521	$340,704
87	Tout est Parfait	Drama		$336,569	48,920	$336,570
88	Awake	Thriller/Suspense	R	$318,338	46,270	$318,338
89	Jellyfish	Drama		$284,921	41,413	$284,921
90	Honeydripper	Drama	PG-13	$267,880	38,936	$267,880
91	Lars and the Real Girl	Comedy	PG-13	$262,541	38,160	$262,541
92	The Edge of Heaven	Drama		$255,845	37,187	$255,847
93	The Signal	Horror	R	$251,150	36,504	$251,148
94	Chaos Theory	Comedy	PG-13	$237,958	34,587	$237,959
95	Margot at the Wedding	Drama	R	$230,490	33,501	$230,487
96	The Darjeeling Limited	Adventure	R	$211,267	30,707	$211,264
97	CJ7	Comedy	PG	$206,678	30,040	$206,675
98	The Foot Fist Way	Comedy	R	$203,162	29,529	$203,160
99	Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic	Drama		$181,610	26,397	$181,611
100	Sleepwalking	Drama	R	$168,972	24,560	$168,973
101	Mister Lonely	Comedy		$151,730	22,054	$151,732
102	Shelter	Drama	R	$142,666	20,736	$142,664
103	Constantine's Sword	Documentary		$121,668	17,684	$121,666
104	The Grand	Comedy	R	$115,879	16,843	$115,880
105	Chop Shop	Drama		$115,775	16,828	$115,777
106	Mere Baap Pahle Aap	Comedy		$113,576	16,508	$113,575
107	My Father, My Lord	Drama		$112,335	16,328	$112,337
108	Pathology	Thriller/Suspense	R	$109,045	15,850	$109,048
109	Love Songs	Musical		$103,970	15,112	$103,971
110	Little Chenier	Drama	R	$87,939	12,782	$87,940
111	Me & You, Us, Forever	Drama		$84,093	12,223	$84,094
112	Cover	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$79,436	11,546	$79,436
113	Christmas in Wonderland	Comedy	PG	$78,566	11,419	$78,563
114	The Grocer's Son	Drama		$77,436	11,255	$77,434
115	The Witnesses	Drama		$77,300	11,235	$77,297
116	Still Life	Drama		$75,985	11,044	$75,983
117	Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul	Drama		$70,087	10,187	$70,087
118	Romance and Cigarettes	Comedy	R	$67,403	9,797	$67,403
119	Lions for Lambs	Drama	R	$63,519	9,232	$63,516
120	Summer Palace	Drama		$62,707	9,114	$62,704
121	Alice's House	Drama		$61,678	8,965	$61,679
122	Deal	Drama	PG-13	$61,626	8,957	$61,624
123	Stuck	Thriller/Suspense	R	$61,383	8,922	$61,383
124	Meet Bill	Comedy	R	$59,108	8,591	$59,106
125	Holly	Drama	R	$58,769	8,542	$58,769
126	The Violin	Drama		$54,633	7,941	$54,634
127	Boarding Gate	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,440	7,331	$50,437
128	L'auberge rouge	Comedy		$50,304	7,312	$50,307
129	Water Lilies	Drama		$49,851	7,246	$49,852
130	Sangre de mi sangre	Drama		$47,557	6,912	$47,555
131	The Babysitters	Drama	R	$44,852	6,519	$44,851
132	Irina Palm	Drama	R	$44,064	6,405	$44,066
133	Mother of Tears	Horror		$43,260	6,288	$43,261
134	Haunted Castle	Adventure	PG	$41,726	6,065	$41,727
135	Shotgun Stories	Drama	PG-13	$40,712	5,917	$40,709
136	Tuya's Marriage	Drama		$40,167	5,838	$40,165
137	Take Out	Drama		$39,326	5,716	$39,326
138	Blonde and Blonder	Comedy		$38,848	5,647	$38,851
139	Kiss the Bride	Romantic Comedy	R	$31,799	4,622	$31,799
140	Finding Amanda	Comedy	R	$31,340	4,555	$31,338
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	The Air I Breathe	Drama	R	$25,775	3,746	$25,772
144	The Walker	Drama	R	$24,964	3,628	$24,961
145	Sex and Death 101	Comedy	R	$23,563	3,425	$23,564
146	On Broadway	Drama		$23,095	3,357	$23,096
147	Woman on the Beach	Comedy		$21,957	3,191	$21,954
148	Baghead	Drama	R	$21,575	3,136	$21,576
149	Grace Is Gone	Drama	PG	$18,835	2,738	$18,837
150	Noise	Black Comedy		$16,513	2,400	$16,512
151	Yella	Drama		$15,729	2,286	$15,728
152	David & Layla	Romantic Comedy		$15,427	2,242	$15,425
153	Never Forever	Drama		$14,485	2,105	$14,482
154	Military Intelligence and You!	Black Comedy		$14,251	2,071	$14,248
155	Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead	Comedy		$13,804	2,006	$13,801
156	Day Zero	Drama	R	$13,800	2,006	$13,801
157	Blind Mountain	Drama		$12,719	1,849	$12,721
158	Backseat	Drama		$12,343	1,794	$12,343
159	The Go-Getter	Drama	R	$11,931	1,734	$11,930
160	Quid Pro Quo	Drama		$11,864	1,724	$11,861
161	Last Stop for Paul	Adventure	PG-13	$11,340	1,648	$11,338
162	Outsourced	Comedy	PG-13	$11,340	1,648	$11,338
163	Lost in Beijing	Drama		$10,827	1,574	$10,829
164	Elsa & Fred	Romantic Comedy	PG	$10,800	1,570	$10,802
165	Rogue	Horror	R	$10,452	1,519	$10,451
166	Frontière(s)	Horror	NC-17	$9,913	1,441	$9,914
167	Anamorph	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,873	999	$6,873
168	Times and Winds	Drama		$6,176	898	$6,178
169	I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With	Comedy		$5,970	868	$5,972
170	Skid Marks	Comedy		$5,729	833	$5,731
171	Insidious	Thriller/Suspense		$5,508	801	$5,511
172	The Willow Tree	Drama		$5,120	744	$5,119
173	Tre	Drama		$4,759	692	$4,761
174	Solar Flare	Adventure		$4,098	596	$4,100
175	Vexville	Action		$4,070	592	$4,073
176	Vivere	Drama	R	$3,547	516	$3,550
177	Nina's Heavenly Delights	Comedy	PG	$3,188	463	$3,185
178	American Zombie	Horror		$3,126	454	$3,124
179	Turn the River	Drama	R	$2,900	422	$2,903
180	Shrooms	Horror		$2,863	416	$2,862
181	Polar Opposites	Drama	PG-13	$2,377	345	$2,374
182	13 Months of Sunshine	Drama		$2,237	325	$2,236
183	White Rainbow	Drama	PG-13	$2,074	301	$2,071
184	Fat Girls	Comedy	R	$2,000	291	$2,002
185	Jack and Jill vs. the World	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$1,964	285	$1,961
186	It's a Free World...	Drama		$1,925	280	$1,926
187	Miss Conception	Comedy	R	$1,503	218	$1,500
188	Looking for Cheyenne	Drama	R	$808	117	$805
189	How to Rob a Bank	Comedy		$711	103	$709
190	Guta-yubalja-deul	Drama		$249	36	$248
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,884,514,221
Total Tickets Sold					273,911,944
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,884,514,175

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.