Market Charts > 2008 > Sources > Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Domestic Box Office Performance for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies in 2008
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date |
Genre | MPAA
Rating | 2008 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|
| 1 |
Twilight |
Nov 21, 2008 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$170,672,976 |
23,770,609 |
| 2 |
Quantum of Solace |
Nov 14, 2008 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$165,690,358 |
23,076,652 |
| 3 |
Horton Hears a Who |
Mar 14, 2008 |
Adventure |
G |
$154,529,439 |
21,522,206 |
| 4 |
The Chronicles of Narnia: P… |
May 16, 2008 |
Adventure |
PG |
$141,621,490 |
19,724,442 |
| 5 |
Marley & Me |
Dec 25, 2008 |
Comedy |
PG |
$106,664,046 |
14,855,717 |
| 6 |
Journey to the Center of th… |
Jul 11, 2008 |
Adventure |
PG |
$101,704,370 |
14,164,954 |
| 7 |
21 |
Mar 28, 2008 |
Thriller/Suspense |
PG-13 |
$81,159,365 |
11,303,533 |
| 8 |
Jumper |
Feb 14, 2008 |
Adventure |
PG-13 |
$80,172,128 |
11,166,035 |
| 9 |
Yes Man |
Dec 19, 2008 |
Romantic Comedy |
PG-13 |
$79,507,388 |
11,073,452 |
| 10 |
The Curious Case of Benjami… |
Dec 25, 2008 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$79,297,086 |
11,044,162 |
| 11 |
The Day the Earth Stood Still |
Dec 12, 2008 |
Adventure |
PG-13 |
$74,424,256 |
10,365,495 |
| 12 |
The Spiderwick Chronicles |
Feb 14, 2008 |
Adventure |
PG |
$71,195,053 |
9,915,746 |
| 13 |
The Forbidden Kingdom |
Apr 18, 2008 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$52,075,270 |
7,252,823 |
| 14 |
I am Legend |
Dec 14, 2007 |
Thriller/Suspense |
PG-13 |
$50,263,436 |
7,000,479 |
| 15 |
Nim’s Island |
Apr 4, 2008 |
Adventure |
PG |
$48,006,762 |
6,686,179 |
| 16 |
The Sisterhood of the Trave… |
Aug 6, 2008 |
Comedy |
PG-13 |
$44,089,964 |
6,140,664 |
| 17 |
The Tale of Despereaux |
Dec 19, 2008 |
Adventure |
G |
$43,661,775 |
6,081,027 |
| 18 |
Rambo |
Jan 25, 2008 |
Action |
R |
$42,754,105 |
5,954,611 |
| 19 |
Nights in Rodanthe |
Sep 26, 2008 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$41,802,381 |
5,822,059 |
| 20 |
There Will Be Blood |
Dec 26, 2007 |
Drama |
R |
$39,795,491 |
5,542,547 |
| 21 |
Atonement |
Dec 7, 2007 |
Drama |
R |
$39,743,016 |
5,535,239 |
| 22 |
Body of Lies |
Oct 10, 2008 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$39,315,385 |
5,475,680 |
| 23 |
The Secret Life of Bees |
Oct 17, 2008 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$37,525,311 |
5,226,366 |
| 24 |
Death Race |
Aug 22, 2008 |
Action |
R |
$36,316,032 |
5,057,943 |
| 25 |
No Country for Old Men |
Nov 21, 2007 |
Western |
R |
$33,205,061 |
4,624,660 |
| 26 |
Nick and Norah's Infinite P… |
Oct 3, 2008 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$31,487,293 |
4,385,417 |
| 27 |
One Missed Call |
Jan 4, 2008 |
Horror |
PG-13 |
$26,890,041 |
3,745,131 |
| 28 |
The Other Boleyn Girl |
Feb 29, 2008 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$26,814,957 |
3,734,674 |
| 29 |
P.S. I Love You |
Dec 21, 2007 |
Romantic Comedy |
PG-13 |
$25,794,246 |
3,592,513 |
| 30 |
Babylon A.D. |
Aug 29, 2008 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$22,532,572 |
3,138,241 |
| 31 |
Appaloosa |
Sep 19, 2008 |
Western |
R |
$20,080,574 |
2,796,737 |
| 32 |
The Ruins |
Apr 4, 2008 |
Horror |
R |
$17,432,844 |
2,427,973 |
| 33 |
The Duchess |
Sep 19, 2008 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$13,848,978 |
1,928,827 |
| 34 |
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day |
Mar 7, 2008 |
Romantic Comedy |
PG-13 |
$12,313,694 |
1,714,999 |
| 35 |
The Golden Compass |
Dec 7, 2007 |
Adventure |
PG-13 |
$11,332,392 |
1,578,328 |
| 36 |
The Kite Runner |
Dec 14, 2007 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$9,372,753 |
1,305,397 |
| 37 |
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas |
Nov 7, 2008 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$8,758,292 |
1,219,818 |
| 38 |
Sex Drive |
Oct 17, 2008 |
Comedy |
R |
$8,402,485 |
1,170,263 |
| 39 |
Miracle at St. Anna |
Sep 26, 2008 |
Drama |
R |
$7,916,887 |
1,102,631 |
| 40 |
City of Ember |
Oct 10, 2008 |
Adventure |
PG |
$7,862,312 |
1,095,030 |
| 41 |
Brideshead Revisited |
Jul 25, 2008 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$6,432,256 |
895,857 |
| 42 |
Ne le dis à personne |
Jul 4, 2008 |
Thriller/Suspense |
Not Rated |
$6,137,968 |
854,870 |
| 43 |
Le Scaphandre et le Papillon |
Nov 30, 2007 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$5,107,379 |
711,334 |
| 44 |
Elegy |
Aug 8, 2008 |
Drama |
R |
$3,577,210 |
498,219 |
| 45 |
Blindness |
Oct 3, 2008 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$3,073,392 |
428,049 |
| 46 |
Choke |
Sep 26, 2008 |
Comedy |
R |
$2,926,565 |
407,600 |
| 47 |
How to Lose Friends & Alien… |
Oct 3, 2008 |
Comedy |
R |
$2,775,593 |
386,573 |
| 48 |
The Reader |
Dec 10, 2008 |
Drama |
R |
$1,955,106 |
272,299 |
| 49 |
The Polar Express |
Nov 10, 2004 |
Adventure |
G |
$1,862,997 |
259,470 |
| 50 |
Married Life |
Mar 7, 2008 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$1,506,998 |
209,888 |
| 51 |
Revolutionary Road |
Dec 26, 2008 |
Drama |
R |
$1,375,749 |
191,608 |
| 52 |
Into the Wild |
Sep 21, 2007 |
Drama |
R |
$1,295,247 |
180,397 |
| 53 |
Brick Lane |
Jun 20, 2008 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$1,094,998 |
152,507 |
| 54 |
What Just Happened |
Oct 17, 2008 |
Comedy |
R |
$1,090,947 |
151,942 |
| 55 |
Beowulf |
Nov 16, 2007 |
Adventure |
PG-13 |
$1,075,379 |
149,774 |
| 56 |
And When Did You Last See Y… |
Jun 6, 2008 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$1,071,240 |
149,198 |
| 57 |
Une vieille maîtresse |
Jun 27, 2008 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$785,671 |
109,425 |
| 58 |
Fugitive Pieces |
May 2, 2008 |
Drama |
R |
$634,379 |
88,354 |
| 59 |
Obsluhoval jsem anglického … |
Aug 29, 2008 |
Black Comedy |
R |
$617,228 |
85,965 |
| 60 |
House |
Nov 7, 2008 |
Horror |
R |
$575,048 |
80,090 |
| 61 |
Un secret |
Sep 10, 2008 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$573,788 |
79,915 |
| 62 |
Starting Out in the Evening |
Nov 23, 2007 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$436,348 |
60,773 |
| 63 |
Savage Grace |
May 28, 2008 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$434,417 |
60,504 |
| 64 |
Snow Angels |
Mar 7, 2008 |
Drama |
R |
$402,858 |
56,108 |
| 65 |
Towelhead |
Sep 12, 2008 |
Drama |
R |
$372,124 |
51,828 |
| 66 |
Blade Runner |
Jun 25, 1982 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$369,694 |
51,489 |
| 67 |
Cidade dos Homens |
Feb 29, 2008 |
Drama |
R |
$307,076 |
42,768 |
| 68 |
Life Before Her Eyes |
Apr 18, 2008 |
Drama |
R |
$303,439 |
42,262 |
| 69 |
The Mist |
Nov 21, 2007 |
Horror |
R |
$297,020 |
41,368 |
| 70 |
Ne touchez pas la hache |
Feb 22, 2008 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$278,601 |
38,802 |
| 71 |
Mio Fratello è Figlio Unico |
Mar 28, 2008 |
Drama |
R |
$255,620 |
35,602 |
| 72 |
C'est pas moi, je le jure! |
Sep 26, 2008 |
Adventure |
Not Rated |
$235,027 |
32,734 |
| 73 |
Ben X |
Oct 24, 2008 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$193,137 |
26,899 |
| 74 |
Le Mépris |
Mar 14, 2008 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$153,619 |
21,395 |
| 75 |
L'Année Dernière à Marienba… |
Jan 18, 2008 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$143,381 |
19,969 |
| 76 |
Boy A |
Jul 23, 2008 |
Drama |
R |
$113,662 |
15,830 |
| 77 |
Youth Without Youth |
Dec 14, 2007 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$110,516 |
15,392 |
| 78 |
Beaufort |
Jan 18, 2008 |
Action |
Not Rated |
$102,342 |
14,254 |
| 79 |
Lola Montès |
Oct 10, 2008 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$89,986 |
12,533 |
| 80 |
Plus tard |
Oct 31, 2008 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$84,787 |
11,809 |
| 81 |
Save Me |
Sep 5, 2008 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$82,369 |
11,472 |
| 82 |
Lust, Caution |
Sep 28, 2007 |
Drama |
NC-17 |
$81,836 |
11,398 |
| 83 |
99 francs |
Jun 6, 2008 |
Comedy |
Not Rated |
$79,477 |
11,069 |
| 84 |
Love Comes Lately |
Jun 13, 2008 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$76,872 |
10,706 |
| 85 |
A Thousand Years of Good Pr… |
Sep 19, 2008 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$76,806 |
10,697 |
| 86 |
The Stone Angel |
Jul 11, 2008 |
Drama |
R |
$75,139 |
10,465 |
| 87 |
Midnight Meat Train |
Aug 1, 2008 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$73,548 |
10,243 |
| 88 |
Bushi no ichibun |
May 2, 2008 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$60,910 |
8,483 |
| 89 |
Mister Foe |
Sep 5, 2008 |
Drama |
R |
$60,641 |
8,446 |
| 90 |
Diva |
Mar 26, 1982 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$54,096 |
7,534 |
| 91 |
Passage to Zarahemla |
Oct 12, 2007 |
Adventure |
PG-13 |
$47,935 |
6,676 |
| 92 |
XXY |
May 2, 2008 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$46,011 |
6,408 |
| 93 |
Breakfast with Scot |
Oct 10, 2008 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$43,383 |
6,042 |
| 94 |
I Can't Think Straight |
Nov 21, 2008 |
Romantic Comedy |
PG-13 |
$38,589 |
5,375 |
| 95 |
How About You |
Nov 14, 2008 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$36,778 |
5,122 |
| 96 |
The Tracey Fragments |
May 9, 2008 |
Drama |
R |
$33,183 |
4,622 |
| 97 |
The Assassination of Jesse … |
Sep 21, 2007 |
Western |
R |
$30,501 |
4,248 |
| 98 |
While She Was Out |
Dec 12, 2008 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$29,784 |
4,148 |
| 99 |
The World Unseen |
Nov 7, 2008 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$17,808 |
2,480 |
| 100 |
Cthulhu |
Jun 14, 2007 |
Horror |
R |
$15,513 |
2,161 |
| 101 |
All Hat |
Jan 18, 2008 |
Comedy |
R |
$15,198 |
2,117 |
| 102 |
Gone, Baby, Gone |
Oct 19, 2007 |
Drama |
R |
$15,134 |
2,108 |
| 103 |
My Mexican Shivah |
Aug 29, 2008 |
Comedy |
Not Rated |
$13,042 |
1,816 |
| 104 |
Contre-Enquete |
Feb 29, 2008 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$11,846 |
1,650 |
| 105 |
Vivre sa vie: Film en douze… |
May 30, 2008 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$8,336 |
1,161 |
| 106 |
It Always Rains on Sunday |
Feb 13, 1949 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$7,176 |
999 |
| 107 |
La Question Humaine |
Mar 14, 2008 |
Thriller/Suspense |
Not Rated |
$5,309 |
739 |
| 108 |
Red |
Aug 8, 2008 |
Thriller/Suspense |
Not Rated |
$4,643 |
647 |
| 109 |
Romulus, My Father |
Feb 29, 2008 |
Drama |
R |
$4,283 |
597 |
| 110 |
Genghis Khan: To the Ends o… |
Feb 21, 2008 |
Drama |
R |
$3,892 |
542 |
| 111 |
The Holy Mountain |
Jan 21, 2007 |
Adventure |
Not Rated |
$3,755 |
523 |
| 112 |
Das Haus der schlafenden Sc… |
Nov 14, 2008 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$3,387 |
472 |
| 113 |
Edgar Allan Poe's House of … |
May 9, 2008 |
Horror |
R |
$1,677 |
234 |
| 114 |
Ice Blues: A Donald Strache… |
Oct 10, 2008 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$1,377 |
192 |
| 115 |
Le Doulos |
Jun 29, 2007 |
Thriller/Suspense |
Not Rated |
$1,200 |
167 |
| 116 |
$9.99 |
Dec 12, 2008 |
Drama |
R |
$781 |
109 |
| 117 |
Rome & Jewel |
Nov 28, 2008 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$470 |
65 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $2,157,423,741 | |
| Total Tickets Sold | 300,476,845 |
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 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011.
Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.
Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.
Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
The yearly amounts on our Theatrical Market pages are based on box office years. Each box office year starts on the first Monday of the year, so the previous year ends on the Sunday before the first Monday. For example, the "2017 box office year" started on January 2, 2017 so the "2016 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 1, 2017.
