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Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies Released in 2008
This list shows all Based on Fiction Book/Short Story films released in 2008, including films that went direct-to-video, or only got an international theatrical release. For each film, we use the first date on which it was made available to the public, which might include international theatrical or domestic video releases that were a few days, or sometimes more, earlier than the domestic (US/Canada) theatrical release.
The revenue listed is the worldwide box office combined with the domestic home market revenue to date.
Domestic Analysis for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies for 2008
Release
Date | Movie | Genre | Release
Type | Revenue
to Date | Trailer |
|---|
| January, 2008 |
| January 15 |
Suburban Girl |
Romantic Comedy |
Video |
$0 |
|
| |
| January 18 |
All Hat |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$15,198 |
|
|
Beaufort |
Action |
Theatrical |
$102,342 |
|
| |
| January 25 |
Donkey X |
Adventure |
Theatrical |
$230,779 |
|
|
Rambo |
Action |
Theatrical |
$155,648,098 |
|
| February, 2008 |
| February 13 |
Ezra |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$13,488 |
|
| |
| February 14 |
Jumper |
Adventure |
Theatrical |
$257,284,859 |
|
|
The Spiderwick Chronicles |
Adventure |
Theatrical |
$191,160,631 |
|
| |
| February 19 |
Company K |
Drama |
Video |
$0 |
|
| |
| February 21 |
Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Eart… |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$4,874,498 |
|
| |
| February 22 |
Ne touchez pas la hache |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$278,601 |
|
| |
| February 29 |
Cidade dos Homens |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$2,606,553 |
|
|
Contre-Enquete |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$6,272,554 |
|
|
The Other Boleyn Girl |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$88,182,149 |
|
|
Romulus, My Father |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$4,283 |
|
| March, 2008 |
| March 4 |
The Hogfather |
Adventure |
Video |
$0 |
|
|
Horton Hears a Who (TV Special) |
Adventure |
Video |
$4,490,265 |
|
| |
| March 7 |
Married Life |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$2,975,188 |
|
|
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day |
Romantic Comedy |
Theatrical |
$19,191,590 |
|
|
Snow Angels |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$414,404 |
|
| |
| March 14 |
Horton Hears a Who |
Adventure |
Theatrical |
$383,142,818 |
|
|
La Question Humaine |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$5,500 |
|
| |
| March 18 |
Jack Ketchum's The Lost |
Drama |
Video |
$0 |
|
| |
| March 28 |
21 |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$187,243,820 |
|
|
Mio Fratello è Figlio Unico |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$6,463,286 |
|
| April, 2008 |
| April 4 |
Nim's Island |
Adventure |
Theatrical |
$121,226,218 |
|
|
The Ruins |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$33,826,360 |
|
| |
| April 18 |
The Forbidden Kingdom |
Action |
Theatrical |
$154,418,845 |
|
|
Life Before Her Eyes |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$7,203,439 |
|
| |
| April 30 |
Urmel voll in Fahrt |
Adventure |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| May, 2008 |
| May 2 |
Fugitive Pieces |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$634,379 |
|
|
XXY |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$46,011 |
|
| |
| May 6 |
Love's Unfolding Dream |
Drama |
Video |
$4,583,226 |
|
| |
| May 9 |
Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$1,677 |
|
| |
| May 16 |
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian |
Adventure |
Theatrical |
$507,938,325 |
|
| |
| May 28 |
Savage Grace |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$968,805 |
|
| June, 2008 |
| June 6 |
99 francs |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$11,479,477 |
|
|
And When Did You Last See Your Father? |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$2,476,491 |
|
| |
| June 13 |
Love Comes Lately |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$78,079 |
|
| |
| June 20 |
Brick Lane |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$3,838,486 |
|
| |
| June 27 |
Une vieille maîtresse |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$1,697,774 |
|
| July, 2008 |
| July 4 |
Ne le dis à personne |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$33,954,018 |
|
| |
| July 11 |
Journey to the Center of the Earth |
Adventure |
Theatrical |
$270,282,227 |
|
|
The Stone Angel |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$75,139 |
|
|
Das Wilde Leben |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| July 23 |
Boy A |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$1,760,943 |
|
| |
| July 25 |
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$13,835,569 |
|
|
Brideshead Revisited |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$13,432,256 |
|
| August, 2008 |
| August 1 |
Midnight Meat Train |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$1,590,246 |
|
| |
| August 5 |
Starship Troopers 3 - Marauder |
Action |
Video |
$4,991,816 |
|
| |
| August 6 |
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$60,262,536 |
|
| |
| August 8 |
Elegy |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$11,459,039 |
|
|
Red |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$4,643 |
|
| |
| August 22 |
Cthulhu |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$15,513 |
|
| |
| August 26 |
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning |
Adventure |
Video |
$44,594,293 |
|
|
Virgin Territory |
Drama |
Video |
$5,473,041 |
|
| |
| August 29 |
Babylon A.D. |
Action |
Theatrical |
$88,267,154 |
|
|
My Mexican Shivah |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$13,042 |
|
|
Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále |
Black Comedy |
Theatrical |
$7,174,984 |
|
| September, 2008 |
| September 5 |
Mister Foe |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$60,641 |
|
|
Save Me |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$83,397 |
|
| |
| September 10 |
Un secret |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$16,173,558 |
|
| |
| September 12 |
Towelhead |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$400,755 |
|
| |
| September 19 |
Appaloosa |
Western |
Theatrical |
$39,292,693 |
|
|
The Duchess |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$54,412,323 |
|
|
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$76,806 |
|
| |
| September 26 |
C'est pas moi, je le jure! |
Adventure |
Theatrical |
$235,027 |
|
|
Choke |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$4,124,277 |
|
|
Miracle at St. Anna |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$20,236,898 |
|
|
Nights in Rodanthe |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$98,255,902 |
|
| October, 2008 |
| October 3 |
Blindness |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$20,052,958 |
|
|
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$12,031,443 |
|
|
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$45,329,070 |
|
| |
| October 10 |
Body of Lies |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$142,130,815 |
|
|
Breakfast with Scot |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$46,060 |
|
|
City of Ember |
Adventure |
Theatrical |
$26,204,627 |
|
|
Ice Blues: A Donald Strachey Mystery |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$1,377 |
|
| |
| October 17 |
The Secret Life of Bees |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$58,661,304 |
|
|
Sex Drive |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$21,547,587 |
|
|
What Just Happened |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$2,412,123 |
|
| |
| October 24 |
Ben X |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$193,137 |
|
| |
| October 31 |
Plus tard |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$145,642 |
|
| November, 2008 |
| November 4 |
Shrek the Halls |
Adventure |
Video |
$15,956,491 |
|
| |
| November 7 |
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$56,920,731 |
|
|
House |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$575,048 |
|
|
The World Unseen |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$33,758 |
|
| |
| November 14 |
Das Haus der schlafenden Schönen |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$4,509 |
|
|
How About You |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$78,234 |
|
|
Quantum of Solace |
Action |
Theatrical |
$650,462,402 |
|
| |
| November 18 |
The Clique |
Drama |
Video |
$0 |
|
| |
| November 21 |
I Can't Think Straight |
Romantic Comedy |
Theatrical |
$39,576 |
|
|
Twilight |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$637,166,347 |
|
| |
| November 25 |
The Nutty Professor |
Adventure |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| November 27 |
Winter in Wartime |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$9,662,214 |
|
| |
| November 28 |
Rome & Jewel |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$470 |
|
| December, 2008 |
| December 10 |
The Reader |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$126,189,421 |
|
| |
| December 12 |
Dean Spanley |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
While She Was Out |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$29,784 |
|
| |
| December 19 |
The Tale of Despereaux |
Adventure |
Theatrical |
$118,251,638 |
|
|
Yes Man |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$253,782,372 |
|
| |
| December 25 |
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$376,476,517 |
|
|
Marley & Me |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$319,117,386 |
|
| |
| December 26 |
Revolutionary Road |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$88,415,672 |
|
| |
| |
| Unknown TBD |
15 ans et demi |
Comedy |
Unknown |
$2,089,547 |
|
|
Animals |
Horror |
Unknown |
$0 |
|
|
Arn - Riket vid vägens slut |
Action |
Unknown |
$6,998,907 |
|
|
Arrancame la Vida |
Drama |
Unknown |
$9,475,906 |
|
|
Babo |
Drama |
Unknown |
$4,913,889 |
|
|
Black Water Transit |
Drama |
Unknown |
$0 |
|
|
Deux jours à tuer |
|
Unknown |
$9,196,127 |
|
|
Le Grand Alibi |
Thriller/Suspense |
Unknown |
$2,032,094 |
|
|
Inu to watashi no 10 no yakusoku |
|
Unknown |
$7,220,517 |
|
|
Kuraimâzu hai |
|
Unknown |
$8,667,202 |
|
|
Mes amis, mes amours |
Romantic Comedy |
Unknown |
$5,051,954 |
|
|
Parlami d'amore |
Romantic Comedy |
Unknown |
$9,482,854 |
|
|
Scusa ma ti chiamo amore |
Drama |
Unknown |
$17,646,235 |
|
