Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$14,710,283	2,048,786	$16,164,922
2	Religulous	Documentary	R	$13,011,160	1,812,139	$14,297,777
3	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,904,400	1,518,719	$11,982,693
4	Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed	Documentary	PG	$7,720,487	1,075,277	$8,483,936
5	Shine a Light	Documentary	R	$5,505,267	766,750	$6,049,658
6	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,355,159	745,844	$5,884,709
7	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,243,604	730,307	$5,762,122
8	Young @ Heart	Documentary	PG	$3,992,189	556,015	$4,386,958
9	Deep Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$3,550,091	494,442	$3,901,147
10	Man on Wire	Documentary	PG-13	$2,942,990	409,887	$3,234,008
11	Roving Mars	Documentary	G	$1,775,287	247,254	$1,950,834
12	Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson	Documentary	R	$1,252,100	174,387	$1,375,913
13	Encounters at the End of the World	Documentary	G	$944,933	131,606	$1,038,371
14	American Teen	Documentary	PG-13	$942,441	131,259	$1,035,634
15	I.O.U.S.A.	Documentary	PG	$810,196	112,841	$890,315
16	Up the Yangtze	Documentary	Not Rated	$783,969	109,188	$861,493
17	Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland	Documentary	R	$603,894	84,108	$663,612
18	Trouble the Water	Documentary	Not Rated	$486,582	67,769	$534,697
19	Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?	Documentary	PG-13	$384,955	53,615	$423,022
20	The Singing Revolution	Documentary	Not Rated	$381,529	53,138	$419,259
21	Bigger, Stronger, Faster*	Documentary	PG-13	$308,575	42,977	$339,089
22	Morning Light	Documentary	PG	$275,093	38,314	$302,297
23	Taxi to the Dark Side	Documentary	R	$274,661	38,254	$301,824
24	Planet B-Boy	Documentary	Not Rated	$272,791	37,993	$299,765
25	Surfwise	Documentary	R	$269,994	37,604	$296,696
26	Standard Operating Procedure	Documentary	R	$228,830	31,870	$251,454
27	Waltz with Bashir	Documentary	R	$220,441	30,702	$242,239
28	Chris and Don: A Love Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$216,110	30,099	$237,481
29	Call+Response	Documentary	PG-13	$207,625	28,917	$228,155
30	Steep	Documentary	PG	$204,069	28,422	$224,250
31	Wild Safari 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$188,131	26,202	$206,734
32	Constantine's Sword	Documentary	Not Rated	$179,507	25,001	$197,258
33	Chicago 10	Documentary	R	$176,545	24,588	$193,999
34	Girls Rock!	Documentary	PG	$159,294	22,186	$175,048
35	My Winnipeg	Documentary	Not Rated	$156,629	21,815	$172,120
36	A Man Named Pearl	Documentary	G	$156,090	21,740	$171,529
37	FLOW: For Love of Water	Documentary	Not Rated	$142,569	19,856	$156,664
38	Nanking	Documentary	R	$134,970	18,798	$148,316
39	The First Saturday in May	Documentary	PG-13	$124,294	17,311	$136,584
40	Bra Boys	Documentary	R	$113,730	15,840	$124,978
41	Trumbo	Documentary	PG-13	$108,280	15,081	$118,989
42	Bustin' Down the Door	Documentary	Not Rated	$106,100	14,777	$116,591
43	A Jihad for Love	Documentary	Not Rated	$105,651	14,715	$116,101
44	The Unforeseen	Documentary	Not Rated	$90,287	12,575	$99,217
45	Blindsight	Documentary	PG	$89,169	12,419	$97,986
46	Louise Bourgeois	Documentary	Not Rated	$87,997	12,256	$96,700
47	Dalai Lama Renaissance	Documentary	Not Rated	$82,736	11,523	$90,916
48	Praying with Lior	Documentary	Not Rated	$82,553	11,498	$90,719
49	America the Beautiful	Documentary	R	$76,173	10,609	$83,705
50	Body of War	Documentary	Not Rated	$71,716	9,988	$78,805
51	The Business of Being Born	Documentary	Not Rated	$69,348	9,658	$76,202
52	Happy Valley	Documentary	PG-13	$67,665	9,424	$74,355
53	Allah Made Me Funny	Documentary	Not Rated	$66,903	9,318	$73,519
54	CSNY: D�j� Vu	Documentary	R	$65,025	9,056	$71,452
55	Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains	Documentary	Not Rated	$64,000	8,914	$70,331
56	Harvard Beats Yale	Documentary	Not Rated	$63,973	8,910	$70,300
57	Bloodline	Documentary	R	$62,248	8,670	$68,406
58	Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$60,332	8,403	$66,300
59	The Order of Myths	Documentary	Not Rated	$59,400	8,273	$65,274
60	Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired	Documentary	Not Rated	$59,192	8,244	$65,045
61	War Dance	Documentary	PG-13	$57,525	8,012	$63,215
62	Beautiful Losers	Documentary	Not Rated	$56,386	7,853	$61,960
63	Dare Not Walk Alone	Documentary	Not Rated	$52,166	7,265	$57,321
64	Pray the Devil Back to Hell	Documentary	Not Rated	$51,886	7,226	$57,013
65	Shoot Down	Documentary	PG-13	$51,408	7,160	$56,492
66	Gunnin' for that #1 Spot	Documentary	PG-13	$50,804	7,076	$55,830
67	Dhamma Brothers, The	Documentary	Not Rated	$49,568	6,904	$54,473
68	For the Bible Tells Me So	Documentary	Not Rated	$43,505	6,059	$47,806
69	Moving Midway	Documentary	Not Rated	$40,864	5,691	$44,902
70	Refusenik	Documentary	Not Rated	$39,456	5,495	$43,356
71	Enlighten Up!	Documentary	Not Rated	$33,226	4,628	$36,515
72	Hats Off	Documentary	Not Rated	$31,272	4,355	$34,361
73	Fighting for Life	Documentary	Not Rated	$30,606	4,263	$33,635
74	Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains	Documentary	PG	$28,278	3,938	$31,071
75	Frontrunners	Documentary	Not Rated	$26,976	3,757	$29,643
76	Wie man sein leben kocht	Documentary	PG-13	$23,789	3,313	$26,140
77	Yiddish Theater: A Love Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$22,653	3,155	$24,893
78	The Matador	Documentary	Not Rated	$21,816	3,038	$23,970
79	Dear Zachary: a letter to a son about his father	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,834	2,902	$22,897
80	Walking on Dead Fish	Documentary	PG-13	$20,705	2,884	$22,755
81	The First Basket	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,440	2,847	$22,463
82	Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,018	2,788	$21,997
83	Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon	Documentary	Not Rated	$19,712	2,745	$21,658
84	Saving Marriage	Documentary	PG-13	$18,720	2,607	$20,569
85	Am Limit	Documentary	Not Rated	$18,254	2,542	$20,056
86	Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten	Documentary	Not Rated	$18,190	2,533	$19,985
87	My Kid Could Paint That	Documentary	PG-13	$18,133	2,525	$19,922
88	Billy the Kid	Documentary	Not Rated	$17,809	2,480	$19,567
89	Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust	Documentary	Not Rated	$17,537	2,442	$19,267
90	Kicking It	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,266	1,848	$14,581
91	Full Battle Rattle	Documentary	Not Rated	$12,306	1,714	$13,523
92	Operation Filmmaker	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,391	1,586	$12,514
93	What Would Jesus Buy?	Documentary	PG	$11,232	1,564	$12,340
94	Sputnik Mania	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,650	1,483	$11,701
95	The Betrayal	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,648	1,483	$11,701
96	Whaledreamers	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,584	1,474	$11,630
97	Lord, Save Us From Your Followers	Documentary	PG-13	$10,510	1,464	$11,551
98	Lagerfeld Confidential	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,420	1,451	$11,448
99	Without the King	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,663	1,207	$9,523
100	Battle for Haditha	Documentary	R	$8,443	1,176	$9,279
101	Kurt Cobain: About a Son	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,995	1,114	$8,789
102	Patti Smith: Dream of Life	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,703	934	$7,369
103	A Lawyer Walks into a Bar	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,202	725	$5,720
104	El Inmigrante	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,196	724	$5,712
105	God and Gays: Bridging the Gap	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,095	710	$5,602
106	Fuel	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,915	685	$5,405
107	Stealing America: Vote by Vote	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,740	660	$5,207
108	Twisted: A Balloonamentary	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,345	605	$4,773
109	Poisoned by Polonium: Litvinenko File	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,293	598	$4,718
110	Heavy Metal in Baghdad	Documentary	R	$4,070	567	$4,474
111	King Corn	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,676	512	$4,040
112	Fraude	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,373	470	$3,708
113	Who Does She Think She Is?	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,081	429	$3,385
114	The Beautiful Truth	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,026	421	$3,322
115	Run For Your Life	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,992	417	$3,290
116	Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Rock Club	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,970	414	$3,266
117	Angry Monk: Reflections on Tibet, The	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,125	296	$2,335
118	Running with Arnold	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,119	295	$2,328
119	Staub	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,072	289	$2,280
120	Maria Bethania: Music is Perfume	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,858	259	$2,044
121	On the Rumba River	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,698	236	$1,862
122	Beyond Belief	Documentary	Not Rated	$667	93	$734
123	Salvadore Allende	Documentary	Not Rated	$634	88	$694
124	I for India	Documentary	Not Rated	$386	54	$426
125	Show Business	Documentary	PG	$84	12	$95
Total Gross of All Movies				$87,974,176
Total Tickets Sold					12,252,671
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$96,673,574

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.