In 2008, superheroes, spies, and animated animals dominated the box office, with moviegoers flocking to theaters to see a little bit of everything, from new heroes to old favorites. Here are the top ten highest grossing films at the domestic box office this year.

Photo by 20th Century Fox10. HORTON HEARS A WHO
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.

Photo by Susie Allnutt/Sony Pictures9. QUANTUM OF SOLACE
Total Gross: $166,800,000

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."

Photo by Deana Newcomb/Summit8. TWILIGHT
Total Gross: $176,815,000

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.

Photo by DreamWorks Animation7. MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA
Total Gross: $176,934,000

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.

Photo by DreamWorks Animation6. KUNG FU PANDA
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.

Photo by Pixar/Walt Disney Pictures5. WALL-E
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.

Photo by Frank Masi/Sony Pictures4. HANCOCK
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.

Photo by David James/Paramount Pictures3. INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL
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.

Photo by Zade Rosenthal/Marvel2. IRON MAN
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.

Photo by Warner Bros. Pictures, Everett Collection1. THE DARK KNIGHT
Total Gross: $530,917,814

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.