2008 in Review

Best Investments

Title Budget* Domestic Box Office Return on Investment
1. Fireproof $500K $32.9M +6500%
2. Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus:
Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour
$7M $65.3M +933%
3. High School Musical 3: Senior Year $11M $89M +800%
4. The Strangers $9M 52.6M +584%
5. Saw V $10.8M $56.7M +525%

*Estimated. Sources: Box Office Mojo and IMDb

Worst Investments

Title Budget* Domestic Box Office Return on Investment
1. City of Ember $55M $7.8M -86%
2. Miracle at St. Anna $45M $7.9M -82%
3. Meet Dave $60M $11.8M -80%
4. Punisher: War Zone $35M 7.1M -80%
5. The Express $40M $9.6M -76%

*Estimated. Sources: Box Office Mojo and IMDb

Robert Pattinson

Breakout Stars

  1. Robert Pattinson (Twilight)

  2. Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire)

  3. Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

  4. Brandon Walters (Australia)

  5. Elizabeth Banks (Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Iron Man

Movies that Lived Up to the Hype

  1. Iron Man

  2. Twilight

  3. The Dark Knight

  4. The Incredible Hulk

  5. Wall-E

Incredible Hulk vs. Abomination

Best Fights

  1. Hulk vs. Abomination (The Incredible Hulk)

  2. Hulk vs. Abomination (The Incredible Hulk)
    (yeah, it's that good)

  3. Edward vs. James (Twilight)

  4. Iron Man vs. Iron Monger (Iron Man)

  5. Jet Li vs. Jackie Chan (The Forbidden Kingdom)

Bella and Edward

Best On-Screen Couples

  1. Bella & Edward in Twilight

  2. Carrie Bradshaw & Mr. Big in Sex and the City

  3. Eve & Wall-E in Wall-E

  4. Norah & Nick in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

  5. Lady Sarah Ashley & Drover in Australia

Twilight Trailer

Top Trailers (views)

  1. Twilight (189,642 views)

  2. Passengers (75,190 views)

  3. Iron Man (24,249 views)

  4. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (19,068 views)

  5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (18,315 views)

New Moon Vampires Vs. Potter

Top Twilight Clips

  1. New Moon - Vampires Vs. Potter (83,209 views)

  2. Twilight - Casting (70,383 views)

  3. Twilight - Interview (55,774 views)

  4. Twilight - Set Visit (48,392 views)

  5. Twilight - Update (44,429 views)

Top Foreign Movies (box office)

Film US Box-Office Worldwide Box-office Widest Release
1. Tell No One $6.1M $33.3M 112 Theaters
2. Mongol $5.7M 26.3M 253 Theaters
3. Counterfeiters $5.4M $19.4 170 Theater
4. Priceless $2.1M $27.8M 44 Theaters
5. I've Loved You So Long $1.9M $15.7M 52 Theaters

*Estimated. Sources: Box Office Mojo and IMDb

I've Loved You So Long

Top Foreign Language Films (as picked by the staff of Eurocinema)

  1. I've Loved You So Long (France) - 2 Golden Globe nominations

  2. Tell No One (France) - Winner of 8 film awards

  3. My Brother is an Only Child (Italy) - Winner of 4 film awards

  4. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days (Romania) - 1 Golden Globe nomination

  5. Let the Right One In (Sweden) - Winner of 15 film awards



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