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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Box Office Performance for Paramount Pictures Movies in 2008

RankMovieGenreMPAA2008 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Iron Man Action PG-13 $314,489,281 45,710,651 $314,489,279
2 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Adventure PG-13 $312,809,594 45,466,511 $312,809,596
3 Kung Fu Panda Adventure PG $207,221,026 30,119,335 $207,221,025
4 Cloverfield Action PG-13 $80,048,433 11,634,947 $80,048,435
5 The Spiderwick Chronicles Adventure PG $71,195,053 10,348,118 $71,195,052
6 There Will Be Blood Drama R $39,907,597 5,800,523 $39,907,598
7 Drillbit Taylor Comedy PG-13 $32,862,104 4,776,469 $32,862,107
8 The Love Guru Comedy PG-13 $31,832,191 4,626,772 $31,832,191
9 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Musical R $25,984,477 3,776,814 $25,984,480
10 The Ruins Horror R $17,432,844 2,533,844 $17,432,847
11 Stop-Loss Drama R $10,915,744 1,586,591 $10,915,746
12 The Kite Runner Drama PG-13 $10,403,395 1,512,121 $10,403,392
13 Strange Wilderness Comedy R $6,575,282 955,710 $6,575,285
14 Bee Movie Comedy PG $2,416,909 351,295 $2,416,910
15 Son of Rambow: A Home Movie Comedy PG-13 $1,742,104 253,213 $1,742,105
16 Beowulf Adventure PG-13 $1,115,061 162,073 $1,115,062
Total Gross of All Movies$1,166,951,095
Total Tickets Sold169,614,987
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$1,166,951,111

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.