Box Office Performance for Based on Real Life Events Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour	Concert/Performance	G	$65,281,781	9,092,170	$71,737,221
2	Valkyrie	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$60,733,921	8,458,763	$66,739,640
3	The Bank Job	Thriller/Suspense	R	$30,060,660	4,186,721	$33,033,229
4	W.	Drama	PG-13	$25,534,493	3,556,336	$28,059,491
5	Milk	Drama	R	$17,157,994	2,389,693	$18,854,678
6	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$14,710,283	2,048,786	$16,164,922
7	The Great Debaters	Drama	PG-13	$13,791,114	1,920,768	$15,154,860
8	Religulous	Documentary	R	$13,011,160	1,812,139	$14,297,777
9	The Longshots	Drama	PG	$11,511,323	1,603,248	$12,649,627
10	Stop-Loss	Drama	R	$10,915,744	1,520,299	$11,995,159
11	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,904,400	1,518,719	$11,982,693
12	U2 3D	Concert/Performance	G	$9,674,438	1,347,415	$10,631,104
13	Cadillac Records	Drama	R	$8,134,217	1,132,899	$8,938,573
14	Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed	Documentary	PG	$7,720,487	1,075,277	$8,483,936
15	Mongol	Drama	R	$5,705,761	794,674	$6,269,978
16	Shine a Light	Documentary	R	$5,505,267	766,750	$6,049,658
17	Die F�lscher	Drama	R	$5,488,570	764,425	$6,031,313
18	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,355,159	745,844	$5,884,709
19	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,243,604	730,307	$5,762,122
20	Flash of Genius	Drama	PG-13	$4,442,377	618,715	$4,881,661
21	Bottle Shock	Drama	PG-13	$4,048,523	563,861	$4,448,863
22	Young @ Heart	Documentary	PG	$3,992,189	556,015	$4,386,958
23	Deep Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$3,550,091	494,442	$3,901,147
24	Jodhaa Akbar	Drama	Not Rated	$3,444,629	479,753	$3,785,251
25	Man on Wire	Documentary	PG-13	$2,942,990	409,887	$3,234,008
26	Roving Mars	Documentary	G	$1,775,287	247,254	$1,950,834
27	August Rush	Drama	PG	$1,490,945	207,653	$1,638,382
28	Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson	Documentary	R	$1,252,100	174,387	$1,375,913
29	The Children of Huang Shi	Drama	R	$1,031,872	143,715	$1,133,911
30	American Gangster	Drama	R	$1,013,910	141,213	$1,114,171
31	Encounters at the End of the World	Documentary	G	$944,933	131,606	$1,038,371
32	American Teen	Documentary	PG-13	$942,441	131,259	$1,035,634
33	I'm Not There	Drama	R	$874,343	121,775	$960,805
34	Emma Smith: My Story	Drama	PG	$872,427	121,508	$958,698
35	I.O.U.S.A.	Documentary	PG	$810,196	112,841	$890,315
36	Up the Yangtze	Documentary	Not Rated	$783,969	109,188	$861,493
37	Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland	Documentary	R	$603,894	84,108	$663,612
38	Trouble the Water	Documentary	Not Rated	$486,582	67,769	$534,697
39	Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?	Documentary	PG-13	$384,955	53,615	$423,022
40	The Singing Revolution	Documentary	Not Rated	$381,529	53,138	$419,259
41	Billy: The Early Years of Billy Graham	Drama	Not Rated	$320,896	44,693	$352,628
42	Bigger, Stronger, Faster*	Documentary	PG-13	$308,575	42,977	$339,089
43	Morning Light	Documentary	PG	$275,093	38,314	$302,297
44	Taxi to the Dark Side	Documentary	R	$274,661	38,254	$301,824
45	Planet B-Boy	Documentary	Not Rated	$272,791	37,993	$299,765
46	Surfwise	Documentary	R	$269,994	37,604	$296,696
47	Il Divo	Drama		$240,159	33,448	$263,905
48	La M�me	Drama	PG-13	$230,722	32,134	$253,537
49	Standard Operating Procedure	Documentary	R	$228,830	31,870	$251,454
50	Waltz with Bashir	Documentary	R	$220,441	30,702	$242,239
51	Chris and Don: A Love Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$216,110	30,099	$237,481
52	Call+Response	Documentary	PG-13	$207,625	28,917	$228,155
53	Steep	Documentary	PG	$204,069	28,422	$224,250
54	The Errand of Angels	Drama	PG	$195,184	27,184	$214,482
55	Wild Safari 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$188,131	26,202	$206,734
56	Chicago 10	Documentary	R	$176,545	24,588	$193,999
57	Girls Rock!	Documentary	PG	$159,294	22,186	$175,048
58	My Winnipeg	Documentary	Not Rated	$156,629	21,815	$172,120
59	A Man Named Pearl	Documentary	G	$156,090	21,740	$171,529
60	FLOW: For Love of Water	Documentary	Not Rated	$142,569	19,856	$156,664
61	Nanking	Documentary	R	$134,970	18,798	$148,316
62	The First Saturday in May	Documentary	PG-13	$124,294	17,311	$136,584
63	Bra Boys	Documentary	R	$113,730	15,840	$124,978
64	Trumbo	Documentary	PG-13	$108,280	15,081	$118,989
65	Bustin' Down the Door	Documentary	Not Rated	$106,100	14,777	$116,591
66	A Jihad for Love	Documentary	Not Rated	$105,651	14,715	$116,101
67	Lola Montes	Drama	Not Rated	$90,774	12,643	$99,753
68	The Unforeseen	Documentary	Not Rated	$90,287	12,575	$99,217
69	Blindsight	Documentary	PG	$89,169	12,419	$97,986
70	Louise Bourgeois	Documentary	Not Rated	$87,997	12,256	$96,700
71	Dalai Lama Renaissance	Documentary	Not Rated	$82,736	11,523	$90,916
72	Praying with Lior	Documentary	Not Rated	$82,553	11,498	$90,719
73	Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!	Comedy	Not Rated	$80,037	11,147	$87,950
74	Il Trittico at Fenice	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$79,842	11,120	$87,737
75	One Day You'll Understand	Drama	Not Rated	$77,368	10,775	$85,015
76	America the Beautiful	Documentary	R	$76,173	10,609	$83,705
77	Body of War	Documentary	Not Rated	$71,716	9,988	$78,805
78	The Business of Being Born	Documentary	Not Rated	$69,348	9,658	$76,202
79	Happy Valley	Documentary	PG-13	$67,665	9,424	$74,355
80	Allah Made Me Funny	Documentary	Not Rated	$66,903	9,318	$73,519
81	CSNY: D�j� Vu	Documentary	R	$65,025	9,056	$71,452
82	Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains	Documentary	Not Rated	$64,000	8,914	$70,331
83	Harvard Beats Yale	Documentary	Not Rated	$63,973	8,910	$70,300
84	Bloodline	Documentary	R	$62,248	8,670	$68,406
85	Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$60,332	8,403	$66,300
86	The Order of Myths	Documentary	Not Rated	$59,400	8,273	$65,274
87	Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired	Documentary	Not Rated	$59,192	8,244	$65,045
88	What We Do Is Secret	Drama	R	$58,776	8,186	$64,588
89	War Dance	Documentary	PG-13	$57,525	8,012	$63,215
90	Beautiful Losers	Documentary	Not Rated	$56,386	7,853	$61,960
91	Chapter 27	Drama	R	$56,215	7,829	$61,771
92	A Plumm Summer	Adventure	PG	$53,752	7,486	$59,065
93	Dare Not Walk Alone	Documentary	Not Rated	$52,166	7,265	$57,321
94	Pray the Devil Back to Hell	Documentary	Not Rated	$51,886	7,226	$57,013
95	Shoot Down	Documentary	PG-13	$51,408	7,160	$56,492
96	Gunnin' for that #1 Spot	Documentary	PG-13	$50,804	7,076	$55,830
97	Dhamma Brothers, The	Documentary	Not Rated	$49,568	6,904	$54,473
98	All Roads Lead Home	Drama	PG	$43,905	6,115	$48,247
99	For the Bible Tells Me So	Documentary	Not Rated	$43,505	6,059	$47,806
100	Moving Midway	Documentary	Not Rated	$40,864	5,691	$44,902
101	Refusenik	Documentary	Not Rated	$39,456	5,495	$43,356
102	The Edge of Love	Drama	R	$33,260	4,632	$36,546
103	Enlighten Up!	Documentary	Not Rated	$33,226	4,628	$36,515
104	Hats Off	Documentary	Not Rated	$31,272	4,355	$34,361
105	Fighting for Life	Documentary	Not Rated	$30,606	4,263	$33,635
106	Dark Matter	Drama	R	$30,591	4,261	$33,619
107	The Alphabet Killer	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,784	4,148	$32,728
108	Lou Reed's Berlin	Concert/Performance	PG-13	$29,692	4,135	$32,625
109	Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains	Documentary	PG	$28,278	3,938	$31,071
110	Frontrunners	Documentary	Not Rated	$26,976	3,757	$29,643
111	Wie man sein leben kocht	Documentary	PG-13	$23,789	3,313	$26,140
112	Yiddish Theater: A Love Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$22,653	3,155	$24,893
113	The Matador	Documentary	Not Rated	$21,816	3,038	$23,970
114	Dear Zachary: a letter to a son about his father	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,834	2,902	$22,897
115	Walking on Dead Fish	Documentary	PG-13	$20,705	2,884	$22,755
116	The First Basket	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,440	2,847	$22,463
117	Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,018	2,788	$21,997
118	Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon	Documentary	Not Rated	$19,712	2,745	$21,658
119	Saving Marriage	Documentary	PG-13	$18,720	2,607	$20,569
120	Am Limit	Documentary	Not Rated	$18,254	2,542	$20,056
121	Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten	Documentary	Not Rated	$18,190	2,533	$19,985
122	My Kid Could Paint That	Documentary	PG-13	$18,133	2,525	$19,922
123	Billy the Kid	Documentary	Not Rated	$17,809	2,480	$19,567
124	Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust	Documentary	Not Rated	$17,537	2,442	$19,267
125	Kicking It	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,266	1,848	$14,581
126	In the Valley of Elah	Drama	R	$12,718	1,771	$13,973
127	Full Battle Rattle	Documentary	Not Rated	$12,306	1,714	$13,523
128	Operation Filmmaker	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,391	1,586	$12,514
129	What Would Jesus Buy?	Documentary	PG	$11,232	1,564	$12,340
130	Sputnik Mania	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,650	1,483	$11,701
131	The Betrayal	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,648	1,483	$11,701
132	Whaledreamers	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,584	1,474	$11,630
133	Lord, Save Us From Your Followers	Documentary	PG-13	$10,510	1,464	$11,551
134	Without the King	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,663	1,207	$9,523
135	Battle for Haditha	Documentary	R	$8,443	1,176	$9,279
136	Kurt Cobain: About a Son	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,995	1,114	$8,789
137	The Killing of John Lennon	Drama	Not Rated	$6,975	971	$7,661
138	Patti Smith: Dream of Life	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,703	934	$7,369
139	Arranged	Drama	Not Rated	$6,312	879	$6,935
140	A Lawyer Walks into a Bar	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,202	725	$5,720
141	El Inmigrante	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,196	724	$5,712
142	God and Gays: Bridging the Gap	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,095	710	$5,602
143	Fuel	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,915	685	$5,405
144	Stealing America: Vote by Vote	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,740	660	$5,207
145	Twisted: A Balloonamentary	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,345	605	$4,773
146	Poisoned by Polonium: Litvinenko File	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,293	598	$4,718
147	Heavy Metal in Baghdad	Documentary	R	$4,070	567	$4,474
148	King Corn	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,676	512	$4,040
149	Death Defying Acts	Drama	PG	$3,561	496	$3,913
150	Nothing But the Truth	Drama	R	$3,500	487	$3,842
151	Fraude	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,373	470	$3,708
152	Who Does She Think She Is?	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,081	429	$3,385
153	The Beautiful Truth	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,026	421	$3,322
154	Run For Your Life	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,992	417	$3,290
155	Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Rock Club	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,970	414	$3,266
156	Angry Monk: Reflections on Tibet, The	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,125	296	$2,335
157	Running with Arnold	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,119	295	$2,328
158	Staub	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,072	289	$2,280
159	Hunger	Drama	Not Rated	$1,980	276	$2,178
160	Maria Bethania: Music is Perfume	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,858	259	$2,044
161	On the Rumba River	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,698	236	$1,862
162	Beyond Belief	Documentary	Not Rated	$667	93	$734
163	The Life of Reilly	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$654	91	$718
164	Salvadore Allende	Documentary	Not Rated	$634	88	$694
165	Beautiful Boxer	Drama	Not Rated	$447	62	$489
166	I for India	Documentary	Not Rated	$386	54	$426
167	Show Business	Documentary	PG	$84	12	$95
Total Gross of All Movies				$370,680,395
Total Tickets Sold					51,626,792
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$407,335,389

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2008. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2008. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2007 will most likely earn money in 2007 and 2008. 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.