Box Office Performance for Sequel Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Dark Knight	Action	PG-13	$505,417,800	73,461,890	$505,417,803
2	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Adventure	PG-13	$315,873,722	45,911,878	$315,873,721
3	The Incredible Hulk	Adventure	PG-13	$134,523,385	19,552,818	$134,523,388
4	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	Adventure	PG-13	$98,834,715	14,365,511	$98,834,716
5	National Treasure: The Book of Secrets	Adventure	PG	$94,886,090	13,791,583	$94,886,091
6	Hellboy 2: The Golden Army	Action	PG-13	$75,433,235	10,964,133	$75,433,235
7	Step Up 2 the Streets	Drama	PG-13	$58,006,147	8,431,126	$58,006,147
8	Rambo	Action	R	$42,724,402	6,209,942	$42,724,401
9	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Adventure	PG-13	$41,645,720	6,053,157	$41,645,720
10	Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay	Comedy	R	$38,108,728	5,539,059	$38,108,726
11	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Adventure	PG	$30,845,729	4,483,391	$30,845,730
12	The X-Files: I Want to Believe	Action	PG-13	$20,850,997	3,030,668	$20,850,996
13	Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem	Action	R	$14,907,624	2,166,806	$14,907,625
14	Dans une galaxie pres de chez vous 2	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,883,999	273,837	$1,883,999
15	Sarkar Raj	Drama		$1,009,065	146,666	$1,009,062
16	Diary of the Dead	Horror	R	$952,620	138,462	$952,619
17	City of Men	Drama	R	$307,076	44,633	$307,075
18	OSS 117	Action		$288,481	41,930	$288,478
19	Another Gay Sequel	Comedy		$26,155	3,802	$26,158
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,476,525,690
Total Tickets Sold					214,611,292
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,476,525,689

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.