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	$14,710,283
2	Religulous	Documentary	R	$13,011,160	1,812,139	$13,011,158
3	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,904,400	1,518,719	$10,904,402
4	Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed	Documentary	PG	$7,720,487	1,075,277	$7,720,489
5	Shine a Light	Documentary	R	$5,505,267	766,750	$5,505,265
6	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,355,159	745,844	$5,355,160
7	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,243,604	730,307	$5,243,604
8	Young @ Heart	Documentary	PG	$3,992,189	556,015	$3,992,188
9	Deep Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$3,550,091	494,442	$3,550,094
10	Man on Wire	Documentary	PG-13	$2,942,990	409,887	$2,942,989
11	Roving Mars	Documentary	G	$1,775,287	247,254	$1,775,284
12	Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson	Documentary	R	$1,252,100	174,387	$1,252,099
13	Encounters at the End of the World	Documentary	G	$944,933	131,606	$944,931
14	American Teen	Documentary	PG-13	$942,441	131,259	$942,440
15	I.O.U.S.A.	Documentary	PG	$810,196	112,841	$810,198
16	Up the Yangtze	Documentary	Not Rated	$783,969	109,188	$783,970
17	Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland	Documentary	R	$603,894	84,108	$603,895
18	Trouble the Water	Documentary	Not Rated	$486,582	67,769	$486,581
19	Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?	Documentary	PG-13	$384,955	53,615	$384,956
20	The Singing Revolution	Documentary	Not Rated	$365,660	50,928	$365,663
21	Bigger, Stronger, Faster*	Documentary	PG-13	$308,575	42,977	$308,575
22	Morning Light	Documentary	PG	$275,093	38,314	$275,095
23	Taxi to the Dark Side	Documentary	R	$274,661	38,254	$274,664
24	Planet B-Boy	Documentary	Not Rated	$272,791	37,993	$272,790
25	Surfwise	Documentary	R	$269,994	37,604	$269,997
26	Standard Operating Procedure	Documentary	R	$228,830	31,870	$228,827
27	Waltz with Bashir	Documentary	R	$220,441	30,702	$220,440
28	Chris and Don: A Love Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$216,110	30,099	$216,111
29	Call+Response	Documentary	PG-13	$207,625	28,917	$207,624
30	Steep	Documentary	PG	$204,069	28,422	$204,070
31	Wild Safari 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$187,606	26,129	$187,606
32	Constantine's Sword	Documentary	Not Rated	$179,507	25,001	$179,507
33	Chicago 10	Documentary	R	$176,545	24,588	$176,542
34	Girls Rock!	Documentary	PG	$159,294	22,186	$159,295
35	My Winnipeg	Documentary	Not Rated	$156,629	21,815	$156,632
36	A Man Named Pearl	Documentary	G	$156,090	21,740	$156,093
37	FLOW: For Love of Water	Documentary	Not Rated	$142,569	19,856	$142,566
38	Nanking	Documentary	R	$134,970	18,798	$134,970
39	The First Saturday in May	Documentary	PG-13	$124,294	17,311	$124,293
40	Bra Boys	Documentary	R	$113,730	15,840	$113,731
41	Trumbo	Documentary	PG-13	$108,280	15,081	$108,282
42	Bustin' Down the Door	Documentary	Not Rated	$106,100	14,777	$106,099
43	A Jihad for Love	Documentary	Not Rated	$105,651	14,715	$105,654
44	The Unforeseen	Documentary	Not Rated	$90,287	12,575	$90,289
45	Blindsight	Documentary	PG	$89,169	12,419	$89,168
46	Louise Bourgeois	Documentary	Not Rated	$87,997	12,256	$87,998
47	Dalai Lama Renaissance	Documentary	Not Rated	$82,736	11,523	$82,735
48	Praying with Lior	Documentary	Not Rated	$82,553	11,498	$82,556
49	America the Beautiful	Documentary	R	$76,173	10,609	$76,173
50	Body of War	Documentary	Not Rated	$71,716	9,988	$71,714
51	The Business of Being Born	Documentary	Not Rated	$69,348	9,658	$69,344
52	Happy Valley	Documentary	PG-13	$67,665	9,424	$67,664
53	Allah Made Me Funny	Documentary	Not Rated	$66,903	9,318	$66,903
54	CSNY: D�j� Vu	Documentary	R	$65,025	9,056	$65,022
55	Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains	Documentary	Not Rated	$64,000	8,914	$64,003
56	Harvard Beats Yale	Documentary	Not Rated	$63,973	8,910	$63,974
57	Bloodline	Documentary	R	$62,248	8,670	$62,251
58	Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$60,332	8,403	$60,334
59	The Order of Myths	Documentary	Not Rated	$59,400	8,273	$59,400
60	Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired	Documentary	Not Rated	$59,192	8,244	$59,192
61	War Dance	Documentary	PG-13	$57,525	8,012	$57,526
62	Beautiful Losers	Documentary	Not Rated	$56,386	7,853	$56,385
63	Dare Not Walk Alone	Documentary	Not Rated	$52,166	7,265	$52,163
64	Pray the Devil Back to Hell	Documentary	Not Rated	$51,886	7,226	$51,883
65	Shoot Down	Documentary	PG-13	$51,408	7,160	$51,409
66	Gunnin' for that #1 Spot	Documentary	PG-13	$50,804	7,076	$50,806
67	For the Bible Tells Me So	Documentary	Not Rated	$43,505	6,059	$43,504
68	Moving Midway	Documentary	Not Rated	$40,864	5,691	$40,861
69	Refusenik	Documentary	Not Rated	$39,456	5,495	$39,454
70	Dhamma Brothers, The	Documentary	Not Rated	$34,727	4,837	$34,730
71	Enlighten Up!	Documentary	Not Rated	$33,226	4,628	$33,229
72	Hats Off	Documentary	Not Rated	$31,272	4,355	$31,269
73	Fighting for Life	Documentary	Not Rated	$30,606	4,263	$30,608
74	Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains	Documentary	PG	$28,278	3,938	$28,275
75	Frontrunners	Documentary	Not Rated	$26,976	3,757	$26,975
76	How to Cook Your Life	Documentary	PG-13	$23,789	3,313	$23,787
77	Yiddish Theater: A Love Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$22,653	3,155	$22,653
78	The Matador	Documentary	Not Rated	$21,816	3,038	$21,813
79	Dear Zachary: a letter to a son about his father	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,834	2,902	$20,836
80	Walking on Dead Fish	Documentary	PG-13	$20,705	2,884	$20,707
81	The First Basket	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,440	2,847	$20,441
82	Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,018	2,788	$20,018
83	Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon	Documentary	Not Rated	$19,712	2,745	$19,709
84	Saving Marriage	Documentary	PG-13	$18,720	2,607	$18,718
85	To the Limit	Documentary	Not Rated	$18,254	2,542	$18,252
86	Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten	Documentary	Not Rated	$18,190	2,533	$18,187
87	My Kid Could Paint That	Documentary	PG-13	$18,133	2,525	$18,130
88	Billy the Kid	Documentary	Not Rated	$17,809	2,480	$17,806
89	Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust	Documentary	Not Rated	$17,537	2,442	$17,534
90	Full Battle Rattle	Documentary	Not Rated	$12,306	1,714	$12,307
91	Operation Filmmaker	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,391	1,586	$11,387
92	What Would Jesus Buy?	Documentary	PG	$11,232	1,564	$11,230
93	Sputnik Mania	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,650	1,483	$10,648
94	The Betrayal	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,648	1,483	$10,648
95	Whaledreamers	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,584	1,474	$10,583
96	Lord, Save Us From Your Followers	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,510	1,464	$10,512
97	Lagerfeld Confidential	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,420	1,451	$10,418
98	Without the King	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,663	1,207	$8,666
99	Battle for Haditha	Documentary	R	$8,443	1,176	$8,444
100	Kurt Cobain: About a Son	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,995	1,114	$7,999
101	Patti Smith: Dream of Life	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,703	934	$6,706
102	A Lawyer Walks into a Bar	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,202	725	$5,206
103	El Inmigrante	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,196	724	$5,198
104	God and Gays: Bridging the Gap	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,095	710	$5,098
105	Fuel	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,915	685	$4,918
106	Stealing America: Vote by Vote	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,740	660	$4,739
107	Twisted: A Balloonamentary	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,345	605	$4,344
108	Poisoned by Polonium: Litvinenko File	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,293	598	$4,294
109	Heavy Metal in Baghdad	Documentary	R	$4,070	567	$4,071
110	King Corn	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,676	512	$3,676
111	Fraude	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,373	470	$3,375
112	Who Does She Think She Is?	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,081	429	$3,080
113	The Beautiful Truth	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,026	421	$3,023
114	Run For Your Life	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,992	417	$2,994
115	Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Rock Club	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,970	414	$2,973
116	Kicking It	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,669	372	$2,671
117	Angry Monk: Reflections on Tibet, The	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,125	296	$2,125
118	Running with Arnold	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,119	295	$2,118
119	Staub	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,072	289	$2,075
120	Maria Bethania: Music is Perfume	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,858	259	$1,860
121	On the Rumba River	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,698	236	$1,694
122	Beyond Belief	Documentary	Not Rated	$667	93	$668
123	Salvadore Allende	Documentary	Not Rated	$634	88	$632
124	I for India	Documentary	Not Rated	$386	54	$388
125	Show Business	Documentary	PG	$84	12	$86
Total Gross of All Movies				$87,932,344
Total Tickets Sold					12,246,845
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$87,932,347

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.