Box Office
Worldwide box office · 2008
The top-grossing releases of the year. Switch between worldwide, domestic, and international — every figure shown both as reported and adjusted for inflation, so films from any era are directly comparable.
| # | Title | Worldwide | Adjusted for inflation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dark Knight | $1.00B | $1.54B |
| 2 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $786.6M | $1.21B |
| 3 | Kung Fu Panda | $631.7M | $968.3M |
| 4 | Hancock | $629.4M | $964.8M |
| 5 | Mamma Mia! | $610.0M | $935.0M |
| 6 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $603.9M | $925.6M |
| 7 | Quantum of Solace | $589.6M | $903.7M |
| 8 | Iron Man | $585.4M | $897.2M |
| 9 | WALL·E | $521.3M | $799.0M |
| 10 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | $419.7M | $643.2M |
| 11 | Sex and the City | $418.8M | $641.9M |
| 12 | Twilight | $407.2M | $624.2M |
| 13 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | $403.4M | $618.4M |
| 14 | Slumdog Millionaire | $378.4M | $580.0M |
| 15 | Wanted | $342.5M | $524.9M |
| 16 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $335.8M | $514.7M |
| 17 | Bolt | $310.0M | $475.1M |
| 18 | Horton Hears a Who! | $298.6M | $457.6M |
| 19 | Gran Torino | $270.0M | $413.8M |
| 20 | 10,000 BC | $269.8M | $413.5M |
| 21 | The Incredible Hulk | $264.8M | $405.8M |
| 22 | Marley & Me | $255.7M | $392.0M |
| 23 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $252.9M | $387.6M |
| 24 | Welcome to the Sticks | $245.1M | $375.7M |
| 25 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $244.2M | $374.3M |
| 26 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $233.1M | $357.3M |
| 27 | Get Smart | $230.7M | $353.6M |
| 28 | Taken | $226.8M | $347.7M |
| 29 | Jumper | $225.1M | $345.1M |
| 30 | Yes Man | $223.2M | $342.2M |
| 31 | What Happens in Vegas | $219.4M | $336.2M |
| 32 | Bedtime Stories | $212.9M | $326.3M |
| 33 | Australia | $211.8M | $324.6M |
| 34 | You Don't Mess with the Zohan | $204.3M | $313.2M |
| 35 | Ponyo | $204.2M | $312.9M |
| 36 | Valkyrie | $201.5M | $308.9M |
| 37 | Tropic Thunder | $195.7M | $300.0M |
| 38 | Eagle Eye | $178.8M | $274.0M |
| 39 | Cloverfield | $172.4M | $264.2M |
| 40 | Seven Pounds | $169.7M | $260.2M |
| 41 | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | $168.3M | $258.0M |
| 42 | The Spiderwick Chronicles | $164.2M | $251.6M |
| 43 | Four Christmases | $164.1M | $251.5M |
| 44 | Burn After Reading | $163.7M | $251.0M |
| 45 | The Happening | $163.4M | $250.5M |
| 46 | 27 Dresses | $162.7M | $249.3M |
| 47 | 21 | $159.8M | $244.9M |
| 48 | Vantage Point | $152.0M | $233.0M |
| 49 | Step Up 2: The Streets | $150.8M | $231.2M |
| 50 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $149.3M | $228.8M |
| 51 | Asterix at the Olympic Games | $131.9M | $202.1M |
| 52 | Red Cliff | $129.7M | $198.8M |
| 53 | The Forbidden Kingdom | $128.8M | $197.4M |
| 54 | Step Brothers | $128.1M | $196.4M |
| 55 | Body of Lies | $115.9M | $177.6M |
| 56 | Saw V | $113.9M | $174.5M |
| 57 | Changeling | $113.4M | $173.8M |
| 58 | Rambo | $113.2M | $173.6M |
| 59 | Fool's Gold | $111.2M | $170.5M |
| 60 | Transporter 3 | $109.0M | $167.0M |
| 61 | The Reader | $108.9M | $166.9M |
| 62 | Made of Honor | $106.4M | $163.1M |
| 63 | Forgetting Sarah Marshall | $105.8M | $162.2M |
| 64 | Pineapple Express | $101.6M | $155.8M |
| 65 | Nim's Island | $100.1M | $153.4M |
| 66 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $96.4M | $147.8M |
| 67 | Speed Racer | $93.9M | $144.0M |
| 68 | Role Models | $92.6M | $142.0M |
| 69 | Max Payne | $87.1M | $133.4M |
| 70 | The Tale of Despereaux | $87.0M | $133.3M |
| 71 | Meet the Spartans | $85.9M | $131.7M |
| 72 | Nights in Rodanthe | $84.4M | $129.3M |
| 73 | The Strangers | $82.4M | $126.3M |
| 74 | Righteous Kill | $78.5M | $120.3M |
| 75 | The Other Boleyn Girl | $78.2M | $119.9M |
| 76 | Mirrors | $78.1M | $119.7M |
| 77 | Death Race | $76.0M | $116.5M |
| 78 | Revolutionary Road | $76.0M | $116.5M |
| 79 | Boys Over Flowers: Final | $72.2M | $110.7M |
| 80 | Babylon A.D. | $72.1M | $110.5M |
| 81 | Superhero Movie | $71.5M | $109.6M |
| 82 | Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert | $70.6M | $108.3M |
| 83 | Departures | $70.4M | $108.0M |
| 84 | The House Bunny | $70.4M | $108.0M |
| 85 | The X Files: I Want to Believe | $69.4M | $106.3M |
| 86 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | $68.3M | $104.7M |
| 87 | Street Kings | $66.5M | $101.9M |
| 88 | Space Chimps | $65.1M | $99.8M |
| 89 | The Bank Job | $64.8M | $99.4M |
| 90 | Baby Mama | $64.4M | $98.8M |
| 91 | Inkheart | $62.8M | $96.3M |
| 92 | The Eye | $58.0M | $88.9M |
| 93 | Prom Night | $57.2M | $87.7M |
| 94 | Definitely, Maybe | $56.0M | $85.8M |
| 95 | Suspect X | $54.8M | $84.1M |
| 96 | Milk | $54.6M | $83.7M |
| 97 | Untraceable | $52.9M | $81.1M |
| 98 | Doubt | $51.7M | $79.2M |
| 99 | College Road Trip | $51.5M | $79.0M |
| 100 | Meet Dave | $51.3M | $78.7M |
“Adjusted for inflation” restates each gross in today’s dollars using US CPI-U annual averages. Domestic and international views are re-ranked from the year’s top releases; some early years report domestic-only figures.