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Friday, September 5, 2008

Box Office Performance for Shadow Movies in 2006

RankMovieGenreMPAA2006 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 The Beauty Academy of Kabul Documentary   $225,448 34,420 $236,810
2 Touch the Sound Documentary Not Rated $40,004 6,107 $42,016
3 Yang Ban XI     $21,244 3,243 $22,312
4 The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill Documentary G $16,936 2,586 $17,792
5 Searching for Wrong-Eyed Jesus Documentary Not Rated $9,608 1,467 $10,093
6 Edvard Munch Drama Not Rated $2,955 451 $3,103
Total Gross of All Movies$316,195
Total Tickets Sold48,274
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$332,125

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2006. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2006. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2005 will most likely earn money in 2005 and 2006. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.