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	$65,280,346	9,488,422	$65,280,343
2	The Bank Job	Thriller/Suspense	R	$30,060,660	4,369,282	$30,060,660
3	The Great Debaters	Drama	PG-13	$16,969,956	2,466,563	$16,969,953
4	Stop-Loss	Drama	R	$10,915,744	1,586,591	$10,915,746
5	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,886,395	1,582,325	$10,886,396
6	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,512,425	1,382,620	$9,512,426
7	U2 3D	Concert/Performance	G	$8,880,139	1,290,718	$8,880,140
8	Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed	Documentary	PG	$7,598,071	1,104,371	$7,598,072
9	The Counterfeiters	Drama	R	$5,458,024	793,317	$5,458,021
10	Shine a Light	Documentary	R	$5,371,629	780,760	$5,371,629
11	Mongol	Drama	R	$4,867,490	707,484	$4,867,490
12	Young @ Heart	Documentary	PG	$3,837,995	557,848	$3,837,994
13	Jodhaa Akbar	Drama	Not Rated	$3,440,718	500,104	$3,440,716
14	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,015,491	438,298	$3,015,490
15	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,884,299	419,230	$2,884,302
16	Deep Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$2,403,263	349,311	$2,403,260
17	August Rush	Drama	PG	$1,628,545	236,707	$1,628,544
18	I'm Not There	Drama	R	$1,232,174	179,095	$1,232,174
19	Roving Mars	Documentary	G	$1,151,682	167,396	$1,151,684
20	American Gangster	Drama	R	$1,145,920	166,558	$1,145,919
21	How to Cook Your Life	Documentary	PG-13	$779,456	113,293	$779,456
22	The Children of Huang Shi	Drama		$691,581	100,520	$691,578
23	Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson	Documentary		$679,262	98,730	$679,262
24	Emma Smith: My Story	Drama	PG	$675,223	98,143	$675,224
25	Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland	Documentary	R	$603,564	87,727	$603,562
26	Up the Yangtze	Documentary		$504,247	73,292	$504,249
27	Encounters at the End of the World	Documentary	G	$479,501	69,695	$479,502
28	Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?	Documentary	PG-13	$384,955	55,953	$384,957
29	Bigger, Stronger, Faster*	Documentary		$285,135	41,444	$285,135
30	Taxi to the Dark Side	Documentary	R	$274,661	39,922	$274,663
31	Planet B-Boy	Documentary		$272,791	39,650	$272,792
32	The Singing Revolution	Documentary		$269,069	39,109	$269,070
33	Surfwise	Documentary	R	$260,053	37,798	$260,050
34	La Vie en Rose	Drama	PG-13	$230,722	33,535	$230,721
35	Standard Operating Procedure	Documentary	R	$228,007	33,141	$228,010
36	Steep	Documentary	PG	$204,069	29,661	$204,068
37	Chicago 10	Documentary	R	$176,545	25,661	$176,548
38	Wild Safari 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$176,101	25,596	$176,100
39	Girls Rock!	Documentary	PG	$147,331	21,414	$147,328
40	Nanking	Documentary	R	$138,788	20,173	$138,790
41	My Winnipeg	Documentary		$128,100	18,619	$128,099
42	The First Saturday in May	Documentary	PG-13	$124,294	18,066	$124,294
43	Bra Boys	Documentary	R	$113,730	16,531	$113,733
44	Trumbo	Documentary	PG-13	$103,000	14,971	$103,000
45	Chris and Don: A Love Story	Documentary		$92,800	13,488	$92,797
46	Blindsight	Documentary	PG	$89,169	12,961	$89,172
47	A Man Named Pearl	Documentary		$84,302	12,253	$84,301
48	The Unforeseen	Documentary		$80,610	11,717	$80,613
49	Praying with Lior	Documentary		$79,516	11,558	$79,519
50	Body of War	Documentary		$71,716	10,424	$71,717
51	The Business of Being Born	Documentary		$69,348	10,080	$69,350
52	Happy Valley	Documentary	PG-13	$67,665	9,835	$67,665
53	A Plumm Summer	Adventure	PG	$60,668	8,818	$60,668
54	War Dance	Documentary	PG-13	$57,570	8,368	$57,572
55	Chapter 27	Drama	R	$56,215	8,171	$56,216
56	A Jihad for Love	Documentary		$55,244	8,030	$55,246
57	Shoot Down	Documentary	PG-13	$51,408	7,472	$51,407
58	Gunnin' for that #1 Spot	Documentary	PG-13	$50,804	7,384	$50,802
59	Bloodline	Documentary		$44,523	6,471	$44,520
60	For the Bible Tells Me So	Documentary		$43,505	6,323	$43,502
61	Refusenik	Documentary		$39,456	5,735	$39,457
62	Hats Off	Documentary		$31,272	4,545	$31,270
63	Fighting for Life	Documentary		$30,606	4,449	$30,609
64	Dark Matter	Drama	R	$30,591	4,446	$30,588
65	Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains	Documentary		$28,278	4,110	$28,277
66	Forever	Documentary		$23,291	3,385	$23,289
67	Billy the Kid	Documentary		$22,795	3,313	$22,793
68	America the Beautiful	Documentary	R	$22,577	3,282	$22,580
69	Yiddish Theater: A Love Story	Documentary		$20,390	2,964	$20,392
70	Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts	Documentary		$20,018	2,910	$20,021
71	Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon	Documentary		$19,712	2,865	$19,711
72	Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten	Documentary		$18,684	2,716	$18,686
73	My Kid Could Paint That	Documentary	PG-13	$18,133	2,636	$18,136
74	Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust	Documentary		$17,537	2,549	$17,537
75	Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired	Documentary		$17,152	2,493	$17,152
76	In the Valley of Elah	Drama	R	$12,718	1,849	$12,721
77	Operation Filmmaker	Documentary		$11,573	1,682	$11,572
78	Kurt Cobain: About a Son	Documentary		$11,373	1,653	$11,373
79	Sputnik Mania	Documentary		$10,650	1,548	$10,650
80	Lord, Save Us From Your Followers	Documentary		$10,510	1,528	$10,513
81	Without the King	Documentary		$8,663	1,259	$8,662
82	Battle for Haditha	Documentary		$8,443	1,227	$8,442
83	Lou Reed's Berlin	Concert/Performance	PG-13	$8,280	1,203	$8,277
84	To the Limit	Documentary		$7,760	1,128	$7,761
85	The Killing of John Lennon	Drama		$6,672	970	$6,674
86	Twisted: A Balloonamentary	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,345	632	$4,348
87	Poisoned by Polonium: Litvinenko File	Documentary		$4,293	624	$4,293
88	El Inmigrante	Documentary		$3,968	577	$3,970
89	FLOW: For Love of Water	Documentary		$3,644	530	$3,646
90	Death Defying Acts	Drama		$3,561	518	$3,564
91	Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Rock Club	Documentary		$2,951	429	$2,952
92	Running with Arnold	Documentary		$2,119	308	$2,119
93	On the Rumba River	Documentary		$1,698	247	$1,699
94	A Lawyer Walks into a Bar	Documentary		$1,632	237	$1,631
95	Beyond Belief	Documentary		$667	97	$667
96	I for India	Documentary		$386	56	$385
97	Show Business	Documentary	PG	$217	32	$220
Total Gross of All Movies				$206,012,829
Total Tickets Sold					29,943,729
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$206,012,856

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.