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Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Box Office Performance for Thriller/Suspense Movies in 2008

RankMovieGenreMPAA2008 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 21 Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $81,159,365 11,796,419 $81,159,363
2 Vantage Point Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $72,266,306 10,503,824 $72,266,309
3 The Happening Thriller/Suspense R $59,120,854 8,593,147 $59,120,851
4 The Strangers Thriller/Suspense R $51,519,705 7,488,329 $51,519,704
5 The Eye Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $31,397,498 4,563,590 $31,397,499
6 The Bank Job Thriller/Suspense R $30,060,660 4,369,282 $30,060,660
7 Untraceable Thriller/Suspense R $28,687,835 4,169,743 $28,687,832
8 Street Kings Thriller/Suspense R $26,397,695 3,836,874 $26,397,693
9 Deception Thriller/Suspense R $4,597,760 668,279 $4,597,760
10 Funny Games Thriller/Suspense R $1,294,640 188,174 $1,294,637
11 Awake Thriller/Suspense R $318,338 46,270 $318,338
12 Blade Runner Thriller/Suspense   $167,183 24,300 $167,184
13 Youth Without Youth Thriller/Suspense R $110,516 16,063 $110,513
14 Pathology Thriller/Suspense R $109,045 15,850 $109,048
15 Cover Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $79,436 11,546 $79,436
16 Stuck Thriller/Suspense R $61,383 8,922 $61,383
17 Boarding Gate Thriller/Suspense R $50,440 7,331 $50,437
18 The Cry Thriller/Suspense R $21,427 3,114 $21,424
19 Sleuth Thriller/Suspense R $9,866 1,434 $9,866
20 Anamorph Thriller/Suspense R $6,873 999 $6,873
21 Insidious Thriller/Suspense   $5,508 801 $5,511
22 Heartbeat Detector Thriller/Suspense   $5,500 799 $5,497
Total Gross of All Movies$387,447,833
Total Tickets Sold56,315,090
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$387,447,819

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.