Top 10 Box Office Movies of 2008

[j7wild]

10. HORTON HEARS A WHO havent seen it
Total Gross: $154,529,439

Featuring the voice talents of Jim Carrey and Steve Carell, and based on Dr. Seuss' storybook classic, the computer-animated Horton hit it big in March with one of the top spring opening weekends ever.


9. TWILIGHT haven't seen it and won't, not even on DVD
Total Gross: $158,461,000

Fueled by an enthusiastic fanbase, Stephanie Meyer's hit literary phenomenon jumped from the page to the big screen to take a bite out of the annual box office, grabbing the number 9 spot during the last weeks of the year.


8. QUANTUM OF SOLACE seen it, love it
Total Gross: $161,300,000

Picking up where 2006's "Casino Royale" left off, Daniel Craig returned to action as 007 and raked in a cool sum in ticket sales, making James Bond the second most successful movie franchise behind "Star Wars."


7. MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA haven't seen it - haven't even seen the first one
Total Gross: $172,332,000

In the sequel to 2005's animated animal hit, Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra and the rest of the zoo crew crash landed in uncharted territory, and "moved it, moved it" at the box office, kicking off the holiday movie season.


6. KUNG FU PANDA seen it - it was okay, not great
Total Gross: $215,434,591

Armed with all the right moves and an all-star voice cast, DreamWorks' unlikely kung fu hero battled his way to box office greatness, nabbing the animation studio one of its biggest, fattest, fuzziest hits yet.


5. WALL-E haven't seen it
Total Gross: $223,749,872

The animation wizards at Pixar rocketed to critical and box office success again with the biggest family movie of the year, an out-of-this-world tale of a lonely little robot with a really big heart.


4. HANCOCK seen it, hated it, this movie was pure CRAP
Total Gross: $227,946,274

Once again, Will Smith proved to be king of Independence Day, starring as a high-flying superhero with some really bad public relation problems, and smashing his way to his biggest summer opening weekend ever.


3. INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL seen it, didn't love it, didn't hate it, expected more after an almost 20 year wait
Total Gross: $317,023,851

Nearly twenty years after his last Crusade, Harrison Ford returned as everyone's favorite whip-cracking archaeologist to don the famed fedora once more, raiding a large trove of box office treasure but falling short of record-breaking expectations.


2. IRON MAN seen it, love it
Total Gross: $318,313,199

Director Jon Favreau and star Robert Downey Jr. brought Marvel Comics' popular armored superhero to the big screen, kicking off the summer blockbuster season, defying expectations and blasting off all the way to the number two spot.


1. THE DARK KNIGHT seen it, didn't care for it, too loud, too flashy, too long, too boring, too much hype
Total Gross: $530,750,228

Christian Bale faced off against Heath Ledger for the highly-anticipated, action-packed follow-up to 2005's "Batman Begins," conquering the box office with not only the biggest movie of the year, but also the second highest-grossing movie of all time -- behind "Titanic" -- sending the Joker laughing all the way to the bank.

box office numbers are for USA only

[Granite]

Total Box Office take in US for top ten movies:

$2,479,840,454

-->or roughly 2.5 Billion Dollars

of note:

This is the same amount of money that General Motors (car mega-company) lost this summer.

This is the same amount of money that the United States Postal Service lost in revenue in 2008.

The Space Shuttle Endeavour (built to replace the Shuttle Challenger, only cost 1.7 Billion

The yearly budget of the United States National Park Service is 2.25 Billion

2.5 Billion would run Miami, Fl for about 3 years

------------------->Maybe I'm in the wrong business!!!!

[j7wild]

Total Box Office take in US for top ten movies:

$2,479,840,454

-->or roughly 2.5 Billion Dollars

of note:

This is the same amount of money that General Motors (car mega-company) lost this summer.

This is the same amount of money that the United States Postal Service lost in revenue in 2008.

The Space Shuttle Endeavour (built to replace the Shuttle Challenger, only cost 1.7 Billion

The yearly budget of the United States National Park Service is 2.25 Billion

2.5 Billion would run Miami, Fl for about 3 years

------------------->Maybe I'm in the wrong business!!!!

yeah but the Adult Film Industry took in almost $7 billion in 2008 so....

[Mithrandir01]

To early to make this list.

1. This is still few days of 2008 year.
2. For the movies from 2008 year count also 2009 gross.

So. Wait for Marley and Me, Quantum of Solace (higher on the list) and 4 Christmases.