#1 of 540 #1 English-language movie of 2008
2008 · Action, Drama
$1B worldwide · 5% of the chart's total
$535M US & Canada · 53% $477.6M elsewhere · 47%
English box office · 2008
English Box Office 2008: Highest-Grossing English Movies, Page 3
The Dark Knight (2008) is the highest-grossing English-language movie released in 2008, with $1B worldwide, ahead of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) at $786.6M and Mamma Mia! (2008) at $703.2M. 540 English-language films released in 2008 report a worldwide gross, $20B in all, 45% of it from the US & Canada. 1 film crossed $1 billion and 55 crossed $100 million. That is down 2% on 2007, whose releases took $20.5B. By genre, Action leads with $9B across 69 English releases.
- 2008 releases with a gross
- 540
- combined worldwide
- $20B
- films crossed $100M
- 55
- vs 2007
- −2%
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Every English Release of 2008, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 101 to 150 of 540. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2008.
- 101
Oct 10, 2008 US and Canada: $31.7M Rest of the world: $9.6M Worldwide: $41.3M - 102
Apr 4, 2008 US and Canada: $31.4M Rest of the world: $9.9M Worldwide: $41.3M - 103
Jun 20, 2008 US and Canada: $32.2M Rest of the world: $8.6M Worldwide: $40.9M - 104
Nov 7, 2008 US and Canada: $9M Rest of the world: $31.4M Worldwide: $40.4M - 105
Oct 17, 2008 US and Canada: $37.8M Rest of the world: $2.2M Worldwide: $40M - 106
Dec 25, 2008 US and Canada: $19.8M Rest of the world: $19.4M Worldwide: $39.2M - 107
Jan 11, 2008 US and Canada: $37.9M Rest of the world: $878.4K Worldwide: $38.8M - 108
Sep 12, 2008 US and Canada: $37.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $37.1M - 109
Aug 29, 2008 US and Canada: $14.2M Rest of the world: $20.6M Worldwide: $34.8M - 110
Oct 3, 2008 US and Canada: $31.5M Rest of the world: $2.1M Worldwide: $33.6M - 111
Mar 28, 2008 US and Canada: $6M Rest of the world: $27.5M Worldwide: $33.5M - 112
Sep 26, 2008 US and Canada: $33.5M Rest of the world: $17K Worldwide: $33.5M - 113
Apr 18, 2008 US and Canada: $17.2M Rest of the world: $15.4M Worldwide: $32.6M - 114
Dec 25, 2008 US and Canada: $14.9M Rest of the world: $17.7M Worldwide: $32.6M - 115
Oct 24, 2008 US and Canada: $15.7M Rest of the world: $15.5M Worldwide: $31.2M - 116
Sep 19, 2008 US and Canada: $19.5M Rest of the world: $11.4M Worldwide: $30.9M - 117
Feb 22, 2008 US and Canada: $11.2M Rest of the world: $19.4M Worldwide: $30.6M - 118
Oct 17, 2008 US and Canada: $25.5M Rest of the world: $4M Worldwide: $29.6M - 119
Sep 19, 2008 US and Canada: $20.2M Rest of the world: $7.5M Worldwide: $27.7M - 120
Aug 27, 2008 US and Canada: $23.5M Rest of the world: $4.1M Worldwide: $27.7M - 121
Dec 5, 2008 US and Canada: $18.6M Rest of the world: $8.8M Worldwide: $27.4M - 122
Sep 19, 2008 US and Canada: $13.4M Rest of the world: $13.7M Worldwide: $27.1M - 123
Jan 18, 2008 US and Canada: $20.7M Rest of the world: $5.7M Worldwide: $26.4M - 124
Oct 8, 2008 US and Canada: $5.7M Rest of the world: $20M Worldwide: $25.7M - 125
Mar 19, 2008 US and Canada: $12.6M Rest of the world: $10.7M Worldwide: $23.3M - 126
Apr 4, 2008 US and Canada: $17.4M Rest of the world: $5.4M Worldwide: $22.8M - 127
Jan 23, 2008 US and Canada: $10.4M Rest of the world: $12.4M Worldwide: $22.7M - 128
Oct 1, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $22.7M - 129
Jan 18, 2008 US and Canada: $973K Rest of the world: $21.7M Worldwide: $22.7M - 130
Mar 14, 2008 US and Canada: $11M Rest of the world: $11.5M Worldwide: $22.5M - 131
Oct 24, 2008 US and Canada: $3.2M Rest of the world: $19.1M Worldwide: $22.3M - 132
Apr 4, 2008 US and Canada: $867.3K Rest of the world: $21.1M Worldwide: $22M - 133
Feb 1, 2008 US and Canada: $7.6M Rest of the world: $13.9M Worldwide: $21.5M - 134
Oct 3, 2008 US and Canada: $2.8M Rest of the world: $16.4M Worldwide: $19.2M - 135
Oct 17, 2008 US and Canada: $8.4M Rest of the world: $10.4M Worldwide: $18.8M - 136
Oct 10, 2008 US and Canada: $3.5M Rest of the world: $15.2M Worldwide: $18.7M - 137
Apr 25, 2008 US and Canada: $4.6M Rest of the world: $13.4M Worldwide: $18M - 138
Oct 10, 2008 US and Canada: $7.9M Rest of the world: $10.1M Worldwide: $17.9M - 139
May 21, 2008 US and Canada: $742.3K Rest of the world: $17.1M Worldwide: $17.8M - 140
Jun 20, 2008 US and Canada: $17.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $17.7M - 141
Jan 18, 2008 US and Canada: $4.8K Rest of the world: $17.6M Worldwide: $17.6M - 142
Aug 1, 2008 US and Canada: $16.3M Rest of the world: $1.3M Worldwide: $17.6M - 143
Oct 3, 2008 US and Canada: $12.8M Rest of the world: $4.1M Worldwide: $16.9M - 144
Mar 7, 2008 US and Canada: $12.3M Rest of the world: $4.4M Worldwide: $16.7M - 145
Sep 5, 2008 US and Canada: $623.6K Rest of the world: $15.9M Worldwide: $16.5M - 146
Apr 4, 2008 US and Canada: $5.5M Rest of the world: $10.3M Worldwide: $15.8M - 147
Oct 31, 2008 US and Canada: $13.6M Rest of the world: $1.9M Worldwide: $15.4M - 148
Aug 8, 2008 US and Canada: $3.6M Rest of the world: $11.3M Worldwide: $14.9M - 149
Oct 3, 2008 US and Canada: $13M Rest of the world: $628K Worldwide: $13.6M - 150
Jul 25, 2008 US and Canada: $6.4M Rest of the world: $7M Worldwide: $13.5M
Archive
English Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 1919 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2019 leads with $28.7B, led by Avengers: Endgame (2019).
2020s 7 years · $104B
2010s 10 years · $261.1B
- 2019 $28.7B #1 Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- 2018 $28.3B #1 Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
- 2017 $27.9B #1 Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
- 2016 $27.4B #1 Captain America: Civil War (2016)
- 2015 $27.1B #1 Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
- 2014 $24.6B #1 Transformers: Age Of Extinction (2014)
- 2013 $26B #1 Frozen (2013)
- 2012 $26B #1 The Avengers (2012)
- 2011 $24.2B #1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
- 2010 $21B #1 Toy Story 3 (2010)
2000s 10 years · $170.3B
- 2009 $23B #1 Avatar (2009)
- 2008 $20B #1 The Dark Knight (2008)
- 2007 $20.5B #1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
- 2006 $17.7B #1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
- 2005 $16.6B #1 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
- 2004 $15.9B #1 Shrek 2 (2004)
- 2003 $17.1B #1 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- 2002 $13.9B #1 Spider-Man (2002)
- 2001 $13.4B #1 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
- 2000 $12.2B #1 Mission: Impossible II (2000)
1990s 10 years · $84.5B
- 1999 $12.9B #1 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
- 1998 $10B #1 Armageddon (1998)
- 1997 $11.8B #1 Titanic (1997)
- 1996 $9.2B #1 Independence Day (1996)
- 1995 $8.9B #1 Toy Story (1995)
- 1994 $7.3B #1 The Lion King (1994)
- 1993 $6.3B #1 Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
- 1992 $5.5B #1 The Bodyguard (1992)
- 1991 $5.9B #1 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- 1990 $6.5B #1 Ghost (1990)
1980s 10 years · $33.4B
- 1989 $6B #1 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
- 1988 $4.3B #1 Rain Man (1988)
- 1987 $3.7B #1 Fatal Attraction (1987)
- 1986 $3.3B #1 Top Gun (1986)
- 1985 $3.5B #1 Back to the Future (1985)
- 1984 $3.4B #1 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
- 1983 $2.6B #1 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
- 1982 $2.2B #1 Tootsie (1982)
- 1981 $2.1B #1 Superman II (1981)
- 1980 $2.3B #1 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
1970s 10 years · $9.6B
- 1979 $2B #1 Moonraker (1979)
- 1978 $1.5B #1 Grease (1978)
- 1977 $2.1B #1 Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
- 1976 $624.6M #1 A Star Is Born (1976)
- 1975 $955.1M #1 Jaws (1975)
- 1974 $694.9M #1 Blazing Saddles (1974)
- 1973 $906.4M #1 The Exorcist (1973)
- 1972 $369.2M #1 The Godfather (1972)
- 1971 $182.9M #1 The French Connection (1971)
- 1970 $346.9M #1 The Aristocats (1970)
1960s 10 years · $1.4B
- 1969 $244.6M #1 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
- 1968 $143.9M #1 Funny Girl (1968)
- 1967 $336.7M #1 The Jungle Book (1967)
- 1966 $28.1M #1 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
- 1965 $227.4M #1 Doctor Zhivago (1965)
- 1964 $238.6M #1 Mary Poppins (1964)
- 1963 $75.1M #1 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
- 1962 $49.6M #1 Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- 1961 $952.7K #1 Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
- 1960 $42.4M #1 Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
1950s 10 years · $757.2M
- 1959 $126.4M #1 Ben-Hur (1959)
- 1958 $5.1M #1 Touch of Evil (1958)
- 1957 $31.3M #1 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- 1956 $140.6M #1 The Ten Commandments (1956)
- 1955 $95.8M #1 Lady and the Tramp (1955)
- 1954 $70.6M #1 Rear Window (1954)
- 1953 $147.7M #1 Peter Pan (1953)
- 1952 $38.6M #1 The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
- 1951 $4.4M #1 Ace in the Hole (1951)
- 1950 $96.7M #1 Cinderella (1950)
1940s 10 years · $651.4M
- 1949 $1.7M #1 The Third Man (1949)
- 1948 $707.7K #1 The Fallen Idol (1948)
- 1947 $1.4M #1 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
- 1946 $91.9M #1 Song of the South (1946)
- 1945 $22M #1 The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945)
- 1944 $117.4K #1 Henry V (1944)
- 1943 $6M #1 Casablanca (1943)
- 1942 $102K #1 Went the Day Well? (1942)
- 1941 $1.9M #1 Citizen Kane (1941)
- 1940 $525.5M #1 Gone with the Wind (1940)
1930s 10 years · $213.2M
- 1939 $26.3M #1 The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- 1938 $185.2M #1 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938)
- 1937 $27.1K #1 Stage Door (1937)
- 1936 $1.4M #1 Born to Dance (1936)
- 1935 $105.9K #1 The 39 Steps (1935)
- 1934 $37.5K #1 It Happened One Night (1934)
- 1933 $137.1K #1 Duck Soup (1933)
- 1932 $40K #1 The Old Dark House (1932)
- 1931 $299 #1 Transgression (1931)
- 1930 $1.2K #1 Madam Satan (1930)