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Friday, August 29, 2008

Box Office Performance for PG-13 Movies in 2008

RankMovieGenreMPAA2008 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 The Dark Knight Action PG-13 $471,082,150 68,471,243 $471,082,152
2 Iron Man Action PG-13 $317,058,295 46,084,055 $317,058,298
3 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Adventure PG-13 $315,070,993 45,795,202 $315,070,990
4 Hancock Action PG-13 $225,022,587 32,706,771 $225,022,584
5 The Incredible Hulk Adventure PG-13 $134,189,490 19,504,286 $134,189,488
6 Get Smart Comedy PG-13 $127,967,512 18,599,929 $127,967,512
7 Juno Comedy PG-13 $117,477,046 17,075,152 $117,477,046
8 Mamma Mia! Musical PG-13 $116,013,715 16,862,459 $116,013,718
9 You Don't Mess With the Zohan Comedy PG-13 $99,436,165 14,452,931 $99,436,165
10 10,000 B.C. Adventure PG-13 $94,784,201 13,776,773 $94,784,198
11 The Bucket List Comedy PG-13 $92,834,777 13,493,427 $92,834,778
12 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Adventure PG-13 $86,245,775 12,535,723 $86,245,774
13 Jumper Adventure PG-13 $81,170,146 11,797,986 $81,170,144
14 21 Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $81,159,365 11,796,419 $81,159,363
15 What Happens in Vegas... Romantic Comedy PG-13 $80,199,843 11,656,954 $80,199,844
16 Cloverfield Action PG-13 $80,048,433 11,634,947 $80,048,435
17 27 Dresses Romantic Comedy PG-13 $76,806,312 11,163,708 $76,806,311
18 Hellboy 2: The Golden Army Action PG-13 $74,616,780 10,845,462 $74,616,779
19 Vantage Point Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $72,266,306 10,503,824 $72,266,309
20 Fool's Gold Adventure PG-13 $70,231,041 10,208,000 $70,231,040
21 I am Legend Horror PG-13 $61,896,512 8,996,586 $61,896,512
22 Baby Mama Comedy PG-13 $60,321,790 8,767,702 $60,321,790
23 Step Up 2 the Streets Drama PG-13 $58,006,147 8,431,126 $58,006,147
24 The Forbidden Kingdom Action PG-13 $52,075,270 7,569,080 $52,075,270
25 Made of Honor Romantic Comedy PG-13 $46,012,734 6,687,897 $46,012,731
26 Prom Night Horror PG-13 $43,818,159 6,368,918 $43,818,156
27 Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins Comedy PG-13 $42,168,445 6,129,134 $42,168,442
28 Meet the Browns Comedy PG-13 $41,975,388 6,101,074 $41,975,389
29 Meet the Spartans Comedy PG-13 $38,232,624 5,557,067 $38,232,621
30 First Sunday Comedy PG-13 $37,931,869 5,513,353 $37,931,869
31 Drillbit Taylor Comedy PG-13 $32,862,104 4,776,469 $32,862,107
32 The Love Guru Comedy PG-13 $32,074,182 4,661,945 $32,074,182
33 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 Adventure PG-13 $32,002,712 4,651,557 $32,002,712
34 Definitely, Maybe Romantic Comedy PG-13 $31,973,840 4,647,360 $31,973,837
35 The Eye Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $31,397,498 4,563,590 $31,397,499
36 Leatherheads Romantic Comedy PG-13 $31,230,175 4,539,270 $31,230,178
37 P.S., I Love You Drama PG-13 $30,108,915 4,376,296 $30,108,916
38 One Missed Call Horror PG-13 $26,884,212 3,907,589 $26,884,212
39 The Other Boleyn Girl Drama PG-13 $26,814,957 3,897,523 $26,814,958
40 Shutter Horror PG-13 $25,926,543 3,768,393 $25,926,544
41 Superhero Movie Comedy PG-13 $25,874,034 3,760,761 $25,874,036
42 Never Back Down Action PG-13 $24,848,292 3,611,670 $24,848,290
43 Mad Money Comedy PG-13 $20,668,843 3,004,192 $20,668,841
44 The X-Files: I Want to Believe Action PG-13 $20,504,740 2,980,340 $20,504,739
45 The Great Debaters Drama PG-13 $16,969,956 2,466,563 $16,969,953
46 Swing Vote Comedy PG-13 $14,687,549 2,134,818 $14,687,548
47 Under the Same Moon Drama PG-13 $12,589,108 1,829,812 $12,589,107
48 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Comedy PG-13 $12,294,036 1,786,924 $12,294,037
49 His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass Adventure PG-13 $11,332,392 1,647,150 $11,332,392
50 Be Kind Rewind Comedy PG-13 $11,169,531 1,623,478 $11,169,529
51 The Kite Runner Drama PG-13 $10,403,395 1,512,121 $10,403,392
52 The Visitor Comedy PG-13 $9,277,453 1,348,467 $9,277,453
53 Over Her Dead Body Comedy PG-13 $7,563,670 1,099,371 $7,563,672
54 How She Move Drama PG-13 $7,070,641 1,027,709 $7,070,638
55 Run, Fat Boy, Run Comedy PG-13 $5,998,971 871,943 $5,998,968
56 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Drama PG-13 $5,107,379 742,352 $5,107,382
57 In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale Action PG-13 $4,775,656 694,136 $4,775,656
58 Brideshead Revisited Drama PG-13 $4,650,150 675,894 $4,650,151
59 Persepolis Drama PG-13 $4,280,031 622,098 $4,280,034
60 Witless Protection Comedy PG-13 $4,151,836 603,465 $4,151,839
61 Vicky Cristina Barcelona Comedy PG-13 $3,755,575 545,868 $3,755,572
62 The Band's Visit Comedy PG-13 $3,053,823 443,870 $3,053,826
63 Priceless Comedy PG-13 $2,155,820 313,346 $2,155,820
64 Son of Rambow: A Home Movie Comedy PG-13 $1,785,505 259,521 $1,785,504
65 Married Life Drama PG-13 $1,506,998 219,040 $1,506,995
66 Flawless Drama PG-13 $1,200,234 174,453 $1,200,237
67 Beowulf Adventure PG-13 $1,115,061 162,073 $1,115,062
68 Cassandra's Dream Drama PG-13 $973,018 141,427 $973,018
69 My Blueberry Nights Drama PG-13 $866,778 125,985 $866,777
70 Bottle Shock Drama PG-13 $850,488 123,617 $850,485
71 And When Did You Last See Your Father? Drama PG-13 $828,717 120,453 $828,717
72 Brick Lane Drama PG-13 $823,486 119,693 $823,488
73 Man on Wire Documentary PG-13 $800,247 116,315 $800,247
74 How to Cook Your Life Documentary PG-13 $779,456 113,293 $779,456
75 Dan in Real Life Romantic Comedy PG-13 $729,388 106,016 $729,390
76 American Teen Documentary PG-13 $656,207 95,379 $656,208
77 Starting Out in the Evening Drama PG-13 $495,150 71,969 $495,147
78 Bella Drama PG-13 $470,249 68,350 $470,248
79 Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? Documentary PG-13 $384,955 55,953 $384,957
80 Beer for My Horses Comedy PG-13 $350,013 50,874 $350,013
81 This Christmas Drama PG-13 $340,706 49,521 $340,704
82 Honeydripper Drama PG-13 $267,880 38,936 $267,880
83 Lars and the Real Girl Comedy PG-13 $262,541 38,160 $262,541
84 Chaos Theory Comedy PG-13 $237,958 34,587 $237,959
85 La Vie en Rose Drama PG-13 $230,722 33,535 $230,721
86 The First Saturday in May Documentary PG-13 $124,294 18,066 $124,294
87 Trumbo Documentary PG-13 $108,280 15,738 $108,277
88 Cover Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $79,436 11,546 $79,436
89 Sixty Six Comedy PG-13 $72,922 10,599 $72,921
90 Happy Valley Documentary PG-13 $67,665 9,835 $67,665
91 Deal Drama PG-13 $61,626 8,957 $61,624
92 War Dance Documentary PG-13 $57,570 8,368 $57,572
93 Shoot Down Documentary PG-13 $51,408 7,472 $51,407
94 Gunnin' for that #1 Spot Documentary PG-13 $50,804 7,384 $50,802
95 Passage to Zarahemla Adventure PG-13 $49,408 7,181 $49,405
96 Kabluey Comedy PG-13 $44,761 6,506 $44,761
97 Shotgun Stories Drama PG-13 $41,108 5,975 $41,108
98 Lou Reed's Berlin Concert/Performance PG-13 $29,692 4,316 $29,694
99 The Hottie and the Nottie Romantic Comedy PG-13 $27,696 4,026 $27,699
100 Kenny Comedy PG-13 $26,697 3,880 $26,694
101 My Kid Could Paint That Documentary PG-13 $18,133 2,636 $18,136
102 Harold Comedy PG-13 $13,229 1,923 $13,230
103 Last Stop for Paul Adventure PG-13 $11,340 1,648 $11,338
104 Outsourced Comedy PG-13 $11,340 1,648 $11,338
105 Polar Opposites Drama PG-13 $2,377 345 $2,374
106 White Rainbow Drama PG-13 $2,074 301 $2,071
107 Jack and Jill vs. the World Romantic Comedy PG-13 $1,964 285 $1,961
Total Gross of All Movies$3,857,487,470
Total Tickets Sold560,681,313
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$3,857,487,433

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.